/sqt/ - Stupid Question Thread - old one is at bump limit
Previous edition : >>54345600
There are no stupid questions, or maybe there are what do I know
Recommend me a free/gratis Windows program that backs up files from one folder to another (basically "matching" them), if something is deleted on one end, it's also deleted on the other end.
Even better if it was encrypted, but not necessary.
I don't need incremental backups or shit like that. I just want a more or less recent backup in case my hard drive dies.
What are some good cheap resources I could use?
Looking to a VPS or VPN
>>54356996
>>54357038
Wouldnt this be incredibly time consuming to do for each episode?
If I was to get an Android phone and run a Linux distro on it via chroot, would Android still be using RAM in the background?
hello /g/
I'm trying to sell my pc but my ram shows only a speed of 666Mhz on speccy, how do i convince the potential buyer it's a 2133Mhz kit?
My question: >>54356790
I tried a new set of drivers, and none of them changed anything. They only crash when I start up a game, and they crash immediately when the game launches. I have now used DDU to reinstall the most up-to-date drivers.
Any other alternative ways I can go about diagnosing this? My motherboard BIOS drivers are also up-to-date, and I am using Windows 10.
Yo I'm running debian 8 on a thinkpad t420 and the pad won't scroll, so I paste these lines in the terminal at each boot :xinput --set-prop --type=int --format=32 "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Two-Finger Pressure" 4
xinput --set-prop --type=int --format=32 "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Two-Finger Width" 8
xinput --set-prop --type=int --format=8 "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling" 1 0
it works like a charm but I have to do it every time, so I added them to my .bashrc, and it doesn't change anything, wat do
Is there any program out there that will let you type just by left/right clicking on your mouse to enter the 7-bit ASCII code of each letter?
I think this would be very convenient for when I don't have a keyboard handy.
Thinking of selling my PC, will upgrading it to Windows 10 increase or decrease its potential value to a buyer?
>>54357257
You should put Linux on it so you can claim the PC is for "power users" and tack another couple hundred dollars onto the price.
>>54357257
Someone who is going to buy your piece of shit isn't going to know the difference
reposting this
>>54356929
>>54357277
The best way of learning programming is by actually programming, so just make sure whatever you choose has you spending a lot of your time doing so.
As far as which is better, there are good courses and books out there, either option can work really. Also depending on your language of choice it can also be good to check out the official documentation for it whenever you are confused, often has good explanations for things.
I.... what?
I have an external HDD. I formatted it on my Mac to 200GB HFS+ for time machine, left the rest (500GB) to exFAT for portable shit.
On my Windows PC I reformatted the 500GB exFAT to 100GB NTFS and 400GB blank.
If I put it back to my Mac, it says 200GB HFS+ and 500GB exFAT as if nothing happened?
Now I thought Windows might just not have saved the settings or whatever, so I plug it back to Windows and voila, the 100GB NTFS partition shows up, but nothing exFAT (and obviously nothing HFS+ but that is out of the question).
W-what kind of trickery is this?
>>54357095
U need SyncToy, search up how to execute it every x amount of minutes (remember click "run when I'm logged in or logged out of my computer", this will mean you don't get the cmd popup on top of everything every x amount of minute's)
I want to write a batch script to turn my computer on automatically when I wake up in the morning, anyone know how I might go about doing this?
The fan of my laptop is making a shitload of noise.
I ran some compressed air through one of the vent and some dust came out but the noise still continues. The laptop works ok and there's no overheating.
Am I gonna have to open it to see what's happening or can I continue using it this way?
I'm too much of a pussy to open my laptop since I fucked one before when I opened it.
>>54357386
Look in the motherboard's setup thing for something like that. A computer can't run anything when it's off.
>>54357386
If windows then just set it to wake with a scheduled task, if linux then write to sys proc hibernation with a 0 or something similiar to that.
Why am I the only one not getting the whole fuzz about the WinX updater? Just locate the GWX folder, delete all the shit in it, change it's permissions to nobody can't do any shit and it's done.
I'm not even using Windows as a main OS, I just did that free handedly and it just worx.
>>54357436
Because it's not that it's hard, it's that you shouldn't have to do it in the first place.
>>54357198
not if you make a script for it
>>54357391
I'm guessing the fan bearing is wearing out. Find a service manual and have replacement stuff ready before trying to open it. Laptops are put together counter-intuitively so you can't just guess how it comes apart. Maybe look in bios/uefi and Power Options to see if you can make the fan run less. It may be part of a botnet if it's always noisy. Installing GNU/Linux can fix that.
I'm not sure if I should be posting this in /g/ or /mu/ but whatever
I'm looking for magnetically shielded speakers so I can set them next to my CRT display. The problem is that many people usually don't set their speakers next to anything that is actually in danger of being damaged by their speakers, so speakers that say they are magnetically shielded either a) are so poorly shielded that it doesn't seem to make much of a difference or b) are not shielded at all.
So how the fuck do I found a decent pair of satellite speakers that are actually magnetically shielded that I can set next to my CRT?
>>54357554
>magnetically shielded speakers
Lmao
Just but some magic rocks you dumb fuck
I've installed openSUSE from a 16 GB usb drive, using suse studio image writer. It works, and it's all fine. However, my usb stick now has only 4MB left. How can I get it back?
>>54357391
Sounds like coilwhine. Get a better laptop next time.
>>54357201
It's actually running at 1332mhz.
>>54357554
Mumetal foil might work
>>54357617
Its possible, its just not cheap
You basically have a material that redistributes the magnetic field inside itself
>>54357217
try
putting it into a script
execute script from xinitrc
>>54357095
Make it yourself. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365261%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
Pretty easy. There are tons of libs out there for encryption.
I need a tool that lets me press return at 17:00 exactly. Any ideas?
>>54357737
watch your clock very carefully
also, why?
>>54357737
get time -> if 17:00keybd_event(VK_RETURN, 0x9C, 0, 0);
keybd_event(VK_RETURN, 0x9C, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);
Alternately you can get the current time and convert to seconds than sleep for the duration difference between the current time and 17:00 then do the above.
>>54357737
search on amazon mechanical turk for somebody to do it for you
Dear /sqt/.
What could cause one of my svchosts constantly using whole single core of my CPU on Windows 7?
I noticed it since like week or two - sometimes, usually once per day, for few hours svchost related with net services, start using constant 25% of CPU power.
Here is screenshoot from manager + services related with this process.
My CPU gets pretty loud from that and I just want to know, what it could be doing all the time.
Thank you for replies, like always.
>>54357806
Thanks dude.
The faggots at Intel made it impossible to spoof my MAC address for my NIC card, is there any libre software to spoof it?
Why is emacs so fucking big?
>>54357941
You're probably just being retarded
>>54357955
With great power comes great disk usage
>>54357962
The driver for my NIC card blocks the ability to spoof it, not joking. They block it for "security reasons"
Yo hol up
You mean to tell me that Windows 7 can't fucking search the CONTENTS of files like Win XP did? Like if I want to find a text file that contains a particular string?
>>54357994
It cant? Mine performs this all the time.
I read head -c 1000 </dev/urandom > file isn't portable
is the most portable way using dd?
dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1000 c=1 of=file
or
dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1000 c=1 > file
or
dd bs=1000 c=1 < /dev/urandom > file
?
Buy new GTX 960 now? If yes I'm done asking questions, if no, buy new GTX 970 now? CPU will be an i5-6400.
I am coming from a 7770.
how can I add a custom resolution in lubuntu ? In windows its very easy and straight forward with the CRU GUI
>>54357979
Actually, just fuck it. I'll use my other laptop I can spoof the MAC address on.
>>54357898
Compile and run this:#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>
#define DEBUG
typedef struct
{
int hour, minute;
} time_struct;
#define DEBUG
unsigned int ui_get_sleep_time(time_struct t_strc)
{
SYSTEMTIME st_time;
GetLocalTime( &st_time );
#ifdef DEBUG
printf ( "time to shutdown %i%i\r\n", t_strc.hour, t_strc.minute);
#endif
int seconds_input = t_strc.hour * 3600 + t_strc.minute*60, seconds_time = st_time.wHour*3600 + st_time.wMinute*60;
return (seconds_input-seconds_time);
}
void v_press_return ()
{
keybd_event(VK_RETURN, 0x9C, 0, 0);
keybd_event(VK_RETURN, 0x9C, 2, 0);
return;
}
int main(int argv, char * argc[])
{
time_struct i_struct = {17,22};
#ifdef DEBUG
printf ( "** time to shutdown %i:%i\r\n", i_struct.hour, i_struct.minute);
#endif
Sleep(ui_get_sleep_time(i_struct));
v_press_return();
return 0;
}
You can get rid of the console easily too,
>>54357979
Is it open source? Write it yourself then.
>>54358220
initialize as 17,00 instead of 17,22
What would I need to look for in a whole-house audio system?
Is there any way to have more than two redundancy (not spare) hdds if I have 8+ hdds total? I know about raid-10 but it's not the same.
Or is it better to have multiple arrays at this point?
>>54358259
Lots of money.
>>54358270
Let's assume that isn't a problem. What else?
>>54358235
It's a proprietary driver sadly
So I'm really interested in getting an acer predator 35/34 inch ultrawide. Currently I'm running 1080 but after seeing them in person I really want to bite the bullet (also I'm running 980's in SLI so, yeah, not really pushing them that hard).
My question is, is ultrawide just a dankmeme? I mean 1200 bucks for 34 inches seems ridiculous, and does gsync even make a difference or is it marketing fluff?
Would I be better off just buying a 40+ inch 4k tv, tossing it on a vesa mount, and gaming on that?
Pic unrelated but was the first case I fell in love with that made me want to get int PC building (still never bought one ;~;)
>>54357827
Im sorry for bumping my own question but it really makes me scared. Like I cant control my own PC.
Anon said I should post in here:
I'm working on a stage setup for a band and one of the things they want is for all of their computers to be off stage but still be controlled by USB devices.
I'm looking at the USB over ethernet devices.
Has anyone used them? Are they solid?
How would they cope with with the usb switch changing the connected computer?
Would the USB monitors work?
Any chances of dropped/delayed information from devices?
Any alternatives?
>>54357675
how do you know that? in bios it says 2133
Anyone know of a cheap VPS?
>>54357827
Needs more diagnostics. See what calls it's making. What the call is related to and how to stop it. Maybe use process explorer to see pic related and investigate.
wireless keyboard or mouse runs with batteries?
this sd should fit in my windows phone?
>>54358342
Please help Wizards of technology.
Has anyone else ever had a problem where their graphics card just stops displaying after a certain period after each reboot? I'm honestly not sure if it's my GPU or not, this isn't the first one to do this for me.
How do I get piss out of my phone speaker? The sound is off and slightly distorted, I think this will get worse in the long run
>>54358507
I doubt your phone has a full size SD card slot
>>54358462
Truth to be told, Im surely not aware enough, how to read such information.
Is there any sort of documentation that could help me start?
Trying to make a VBA script for work that, when I select several entries from a listbox userform, it appends specific attachment(s) to the email. I know that I'm gonna need a loop for it and I'm curious if I can put it within the loop that cycles through the listbox and builds part of the email in Outlook.
For i = 0 To ListBox1.ListCount - 1
If ListBox1.Selected(i) Then
Counter = Counter + 1
msg = msg & "<font style = 'background: yellow'>" & ListBox1.List(i) & "<br />"
Else: If Counter = 0 Then msg = msg & “nothing”
End If
Next
e.g., if my listbox consists of 4 different entries - example, "excuse me, but i'd like, to interject, for a moment" - I want to have VBA grab two specific attachments if I select "excuse me" and "to interject" and attach 'em to the email.
>>54358618
It's stuck on something. See what services are running from the service tab and disable/reenable them one by one to see if the problem goes away. If it does then it's a driver/service problem that needs to be reinstalled.
How do I detect spyware without using AVs, is running wireshark for an hour when I'm idle enough?
>>54358731
Thank you, will check.
Come to think of it, I was not doing any update since around November. Maybe it is somehow related...
>>54358563
Please help, I don't have rice but I found dome of these so fixed it up so my phone would be in them.
Could someone give me an amazon link for a hardware tool that can tell me when packets are passing through ethernet? I searched network tap but that just came up with a switch
>>54358806
Toner probe
Should I worry about connections if the state is TimeWait? the process is System(0) I have around 10 of them all heading to different IPs
>>54358909
botnet listening for C&C connections.
>>54358952
How do I get rid?
how to get the path of the uploaded image to put it in my sql database ?$ID="";
$name=$_POST["name"];
$image=$_POST["image"];
$path="";
//decode the image
$decodedImage = base64_decode($image);
//upload the image
file_put_contents("pic/".$name.".jpg", $decodedImage);
$query = "INSERT INTO photos VALUES ('".$ID."','".$name."','".$image."');";
mysqli_query($connection,$query);
>>54359042
remote & local address are both ::1
>>54359049
>>54358714
use /dpt/
>>54359049
Firstly, don't access your POST values directly. Use filter_input() and filter_input_array() instead.$name = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'name', FILTER_SANITIZE_MAGIC_QUOTES);
$image = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'image', FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
or$postData = filter_input_array(INPUT_POST, array(
'name' => FILTER_SANITIZE_MAGIC_QUOTES,
'image' => FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING,
));
You use $_FILES to get any files that have been submitted with your form. I dunno if you can use filter_input with that yet, though.
It's been a while since i PHPed, but I hope this at least gets you looking in the right direction.
Also, I think you need to include an enctype in your html form.<form action="action.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Hey really quick stupid question here, I've tried youtube and google and all I get results of people doing similar setups to mine, but I can't find anything regarding fitting a PSU in this case.
I have a dell optiplex 380 here, doing a intel quad core server cpu at 3.16 (x5460), gtx 750ti, 8gb ddr3, and I had trouble running it, I'm thinking the stock 255 Peak psu is the issue. i want to buy a cx430 but don't know if it will fit in this case or not.
Do you think a cx430 would fit in the upper right hand of this case as shown in pic?
Also do you think an Evo 212 would fit here as well? I figure since nearly every single part in here is new I might as well do away the stock heatsink.
What intel hd graphics does an intel pentium g3258 have?
>>54359421
looks like it'd fit
Is it safe to assume that ANY sounds coming from a hard drive are bad? Or is it normal for some to make a little sound?
I just bought a brand-new internal hard drive and installed it properly, both in the case and software-wise, but it's making some dare I say some low "grindy" kind of sounds? That's bad for a hard drive, right? But the thing is brand new.
>>54359508
It's got moving parts in it. Of course it's going to make a sound
>>54359508
>low "grindy" kind of sounds
Are we talkin' the ice crush setting on a blender "grindy" or a hum?
Why doesn't my Steam open on my Ubuntu 16.04? Is it because I have AMD?
I open it and wait and well...nothing happens
>>54357012
Any activators or keys that actually activate win10 pro? without all the free random malware that comes with most like picokms?
The CPU in my tablet supports VT-x, are there any virtualization apps for Android?
Lately I've been having trouble with my computer waking up at random after I put it to sleep. It only started occurring after I plugged in a second keyboard into a rear usb port.
Any ideas as to why this could be happening?
I keep getting this in wireshark when idle, could someone explain itARP Who has 192.168.0.5? Tell 192.168.0.1
I was told that breaking a TrueCrypt password would take from a day to a millennia. What if I use multiple computers? I have it in my head to jury rig a bunch of old PC and have them all work together to break this password, since it makes some sense to me.
>>54358714
Actual attachments?
Make a MailMessage object.
Make an Attachment object with a filepath to the file you want to attach.
MailMessage has an enumerable property called Attachments.
You can call the enumerable method Add() to add a an Attachment object that references a filepath.
>>54359591
I guess more like the former, but it's very quiet and subtle. I only hear it if I don't have music or commotion in the room going on.
>>54359732
Is the drive secured properly? Check your screws/whatever you used to hold it in place.
>>54359840
>Is the drive secured properly?
Yeah. Friend of mine who's better with putting computers together even helped me out with it and made sure it's secure.
He didn't have a chance to hear the sound, though, so I couldn't really check with him on it.
>>54359698
Ayy
Breaking a 6 digit password will take day or two. 7 digit pass about a week, 8 digit more than couple of years.
Now think of my password which consists on 64 digit password and 64digit keyfile.
>>54358766
Piss? Your dad was using you as a potty again?
It's fucked. Speaker corroded already. Throw it away and install gentoo.
>>54359937
so it's impossible for me? that sucks. I really want to see what he left me.
>>54360037
>he left me
Who?
As I said it depends on the password complexity. If it's short then you can give it a try. Multiple PCs won't help, just use one with good CPU and GPU (preferably in CF/SLI)
Here is something for you to laugh at /g/,
>be posting earlier here >>54359421
>this is my first experience with PC assembly disassembly ever, decide to put it back together for practice
>insert hard drive, DVD drive, PSU,
put CPU in enclosure
>be looking at screen in front of me while hand is fucking around with the level
>hear metal grinding
>look over
fugg
>>54360067
I'm sorry familia, but I fail to see anything wrong with this picture.
Does software treat two quad core CPUs the same as it treats one eight core CPU? I'm going to be upgrading my first gen mac pro with some Xeons
>>54360101
>>54360101
Didn't i just bend the pins, or are they shaped like that?
The little door is curved now too
>>54360134
Well desu I can't tell from this angle. Everything looks fine from here.
>>54360181
s-senpai what angle should i take the pic from then?
or am I actually all good and worried over nothing?
>>54360198
360 degree and walk away
Take a pic like that
>>54359956
anon wtf...i have it sitting in silica gel right now, would a hair dryer work better? r is it truly fucked? i know piss has lots of minerals in it, and ammonia. will i need to get my speaker replaced?
>>54360270
Yes baka, you really need to replace it. Hair dryer (lmao) won't magically disintegrate corrosion.
>>54360248
How do i rice my firefox?. i love the nightly dev theme but i don't like the white color
>>54360312
The socket is fine.
Would running linux off a flash drive be sufficient for a fileserver?
Just the OS on the flash drive, mind you. I want to keep as many SATA ports free for dedicated storage pooling as possible.
>>54357012
What's the best free VPN out there? I'm using hotspot shield right now but it's pretty slow
>>54360302
just
fuck
my
shit
up
senpai
>>54359680
Do you have any other devices connected to your router?
Hey, I'm looking into updating my storage capacity, as I'm using the seagate 250gb out of my 2006 HP, and two other seagate 250gb from elsewhere. I have selected the Samsung 850 evo in either 120 or 240.
My next question is the hdd. Which should I get? I was looking at 1tb minimum with at least 2tb hopefully. I'm trying to stay under 100 on each of these. Is wd black still the tip tier? There's a Toshiba 2tb on neweggs email for 60-70 bucks. Is that well enough off? I know seagate has bad reliability. I had to pull everything off of one of my 4 seagate 250s as it started fucking up. 25% fail rate in my personal experience.
Pls halp droo/g/s.
>>54360358
thanks anon, I thought I fucked my shit.
<3 you
>>54360361
it's quite fine.
>>54360336
Dev edition is dark, though.
I'm looking for a monitor stand brand that allow me to do pic related. I can't find one that makes both VESA 100x100 and 200x100.
Is there a WEBM converter which I can set a size limit for but won't cut off the end (i.e. changes the bitrate or resizes the video instead)? WEBM for Retards cuts off the end.
I received an email from Paypal that they have sent a refund to me (i expected a refund) but the problem is i don't have a paypal account, only ebay.de account
i tried to log in to paypal using the email on which i have received the notification and it says "no email found in our database", wtf should i do?
>>54360825
Three single-monitor stands.
>>54360877
>WEBM for Retards cuts off the end
No, it doesn't, if you're not setting it up wrong.
>>54360948
I'm not sure if this is a serious answer but I can't, I'm already forced into this configuration because I have a small desk and not much room.
So I made an encryption algorithm in highschool and just found my book detailing it, how do I test how secure it is?
>>54360977
I'm serious as far as you should have 3 wall-mounts with one monitor each.
That's certainly the best way to do what you have in that image.
>>54360957
What am I doing wrong? I mean the description in the size limit field even says it will cut off the end to fit it in.
If I need to enter a bitrate also, am I really supposed to calculate the optimal bitrate for the duration and dimensions of the WEBM? I thought leaving it blank was supposed to calculate that for me (ala the description)?
>>54360065
My friend, this was important years ago but he forgot the password, including how long it was.
If the only chance is to let it run for a long time that's what I'll do.
What's the easiest and secure way to forward my ports so that I can ssh into my raspberry pi?
>>54361010
I can't wallmount, that's the thing
>>54360981
foss it and ask for an audit, also post on /g/ about it
I just got home from a vacation and my ssd wasn't detected the first time I tried to start it up, but the second time everything was fine other than a different screen after the bios screen. Is this panic mode for the ssd? It's barely a year old. Samsung 850 evo btw
What can I do with a CS degree?
Will I be able to easily get a job out of college without any prior experience?
How did you manage it?
>>54361338
Did you build your own PC?
What power supply do you have?
When browsing firefox in private mode, all site settings and logins are reset, as if the cookies were deleted, even tho the they are still listed when you check under the privacy tab. Does the private mode prevent sites from reading the stored cookies in any way, or do you need to fully delete them to stop sites from recognizing you under a different IP?
>>54361442
>he fell for the cs meme
>he fell for the degree meme
No now you need to build a work folder for projects and apply for internships
>>54361454
Yes and corsair CX750M
I know there was a thunderstorm here while I was gone which would really suck if thats the reason why
>>54361524
If you plug your computer directly to the wall then you're fucked
>>54361534
listen pal I might be stupid but I'm not that stupid
I know fuckall about PSUs so bear with me.
I got a Corsair VS550 as a replacement because it's affordable and I'm going to change the whole system in less than 5 years (has 3 year warranty).
A friend of mine insists that "while it's not fire hazard" it's still shitty, it could fuck my PC in the long run and I should change it within 2016.
Thing is, it's powering a humble PC with a 650ti and an A10 APU and I'm not even maxing out the GPU. That PC probably draws ~350 watts while gaming (it can draw 400W full load), which is way less than VS550's 500W of "continuous power". But the PC is on for ~12 hrs per day.
So what should I do? Should I replace it or let it be?
>>54361551
you could just buy a replacement now and have it for the next system that you plan on making and not have to worry about your current thing
>>54357200
Normally yes. But you can disable it. Why would you do that anyway?
I need to replace a bunch of phrases in a file, but they're the same word on different lines but need to be changed to different words
My file has:
DETECT
DETECT
Written exactly like that. I need them all changed to:
WORD1
WORD2
How can I search for a linebreak in notepad or notepad++?
Best Linux distro for a complete beginner?
Also are there any reasons to install a Linux distro on an android phone?
Hey /g/,
About a month ago on my Windows 10 laptop a few programs suddenly could not open. When I click on their icons they appear in the task manager for about 5 seconds then disappear. I noticed that this happens with last.fm scrobbler, qBittorrent, and VLC. I was able to open them every few startups after this started happening, but recently they never work.
I tried reinstalling them and running ccleaner and stuff but they aren't working and I can't find any solutions online.Could it possibly be because my harddrive is 95% full, even though they worked before when it was that full? No idea what is causing it.
Thanks for any help
>>54361594
How many years does a high-quality PSU last? If I buy one now, for example, will it be able to power 2 systems throughout 10 years?
Why do some tarballs need to be configured, built and installed before you're able to run them, and others you can just run the program within them once uncompressed?
>>54361755
For the same reason some Windows programs have installers and some are just single item .EXE applications.
An application may need confirmation of where it's going to store its files, or it may need certain configuration options chosen by the user, rather than just assuming default settings.
Just got a HB hub thingy for muh thinkpad. Do I leave this blue film on or take off? the ocrner was peeling
not stupid but
i currently using ubuntu. but i need one windows distribution i really don't wanna use win10 but its free. What do?
Are there any other physical encryption machines like enigma? also what's some good encryption algorithms that the average person can do in his head? not ROT
>>54361805
Leave it, it's an electrostatic protection
>>54361831
thanks anon. sort of thought so but sort didnt want something ot melt
>>54361825
also what are some good books for a beginner on cryptography and ciphers
What a laptop around $300-400 can I get my wife for school that has pretty decent specs, but also looks comfy, and can later repurpose for light a/v work?
Macfags need not apply.
>>54361805
Take it off.
It's just to protect from scratches and whatnot until after its shipped.
>>54361913
Best used MacBook Pro you can find in your price range
>>54361928
>Macfags need not apply
Can you people just not read?
School program uses ms only applications (medical), and I use Mixcraft 7, and Powerdirector, so Mac is unusable
>>54361913
thinkpad x220 off ebay
What's the most secure cipher that's easy to do by hand?
I lost my static strap and I need to add a hard drive to my rig. Is there anything I can do to prevent static death while I work or should I just order another strap
>>54362300
touch a radiator. straps are only needed if you work with stuff all day long.
>>54362300
static strap was a scam in the first place, you don't need shit just don't work on your PC on the carpet floor and touch something metal before you touch any computer parts
>>54362333
>>54362339
Thanks for the info, should I take off my watch too or not.
>>54362382
if it creates static then you should probably not have it near your computer
>>54360454
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088PUEPK/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_e7pkxb1D4DHPB
OSX launchpad problem:
I run a freshly installed OSX El Capitan on my MBP and the launchpad appears to be dead. Meaning it normally should add everything in terms of folders and/or .app files in the [Applications] folder. But mine just stopped adding new stuff, if I now install for example Python, then everything that is added to the [Applications] folder won't show up in the launchpad, it's not that it's frozen (I can still click on the programs that it shows), but it won't add new stuff and it also won't let me rename folders. Totally weird, anyone experienced with that?
>>54362622
It Just Werkz™
Having a problem with Firefox on Ubuntu 16.04.
Using cinnamon as de and a three monitor setup.
Occasionally when I type something in the url bar the autocomplete drop down opens on the wrong monitor. Same when I click on one of my bookmark folders, the opening menu opens on my left monitor (or right, it's rather random) hanging sort of in the air.
Anyone has experienced this as well?
>>54362676
I've seen it happen on Windows with Firefox on super flash-heavy websites, like an application at my office.
need a new smart phone, which is the best?
>>54362622
additional info: I previously added a few separators for the dock (see pic) and killed the dock a few times via terminal before, might that have triggered a failure in the launchpad? wouldn't think so but may be relevant
>>54362706
You should ask the smartphone thread
>>54362706
any android with a sd card slot
Can someone explain why this might happen? It's only started doing this today. Only happening with Chrome
>>54362736
you should link the thread
I was doing alot of shit on my laptop at once and noticed the battery was draining really fast so I plugged it in and it wouldn't charge so it just died on me and now I can't get it to charge and it's just dead.
I know /g/ isn't tech support but Idk what to do, I don't wanna buy a new battery or charger if that's not the problem, do you guys have any advice? How should I go about finding out the source of the issue and fixing it without wasting money on shit I didn't need to? I really appreciate any help cause I need to get it working again soon.
>>54362836
Wait I messed up
>>54359631
>>54362872
Try turning it on without the battery while plugged in with the charger. If it works then it's not the charger. Then try recharging the battery without turning on the laptop to see if it'll charge.
Does any one have this or can get it?
"Bubbles Super Nasty SFX Extractor Tool"http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/48325-VBScript-Aunty-Mel-s-Cheap-And-Nasty-SxS-Package-Extractor-%28Updated-2013-09-30%29/page7?p=848055&viewfull=1#post848055
Do I have to be using KDE to use KDE connect?
>>54361819
Pirate 7 or just suck it up and use 10
>>54362773
don't care if it's bumping, anyone else having this issue?
![sample-d58a3ab99c2c0230b3830bdd99530353[2].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/m1cDDA1.jpg "sample-d58a3ab99c2c0230b3830bdd99530353[2].jpg")
I want to set up my own Private VPN. Anyone know any good, simple tutorial on how to get started
>>54362985
>Try turning it on without the battery while plugged in with the charger. If it works then it's not the charger.
My bad I forgot to mention I tried this, and it didn't work, do you think it's definitely just the charger in this case?
The only reason I feel like it might be something more is because the battery was draining really fucking fast even considering I was doing a ton of shit and then it so happens it won't charge all of a sudden
/g/ help
I have a pair of Jam transit audio ear buds. Why does the audio sound like its coming thru a telephone line like im listening to waiting music calling a call center?
They were fine last week and now this. I don't know what to do. I've called Jam, I've gone thru all the settings, I don't know what to really google.
If you dont get the idea of what it sounds like, it's like 24kbs. It sounds like shit. My mom doesn't think it sounds different. I think if she heard it she would know (They are hers)
>>54358071
I have a GTX 960 it's good but I mostly play my games on medium to high, whichever gives me 60fps. If you want to go higher I'd go with the 970.
>>54357012
If I have two adapters and one that has INPUT of 100-240V-2A 50/60hz and an OUTPUT of 19.5V to 7.9A
While the other one has the same INPUT but it's OUTPUT is 18.5V to 6.5A would it be ok to use it for my other computer?
Also one seems to show the watts next to the OUTPUT at 120W while the other one doesn't.
There also seems to be a symbol next to them going from positive to negative except the other seems to show negative to positive, I'm not sure if these things are relevant though. I just want to know if I can use the lower OUTPUT one on my other computer.
Update:
The buds do work fine, HOWEVER they sound like the 24kbs on on my mom's phone but not my tablet. I cleared the cache partition on her phone in hopes that may help.
>>54363210
Well if you were doing a ton of things the battery would drain faster. If it wasn't charging that wasn't helping either. Things to keep in mind if you do replace the charger and it doesn't work it might be the battery or the charging port on the laptop.
>>54362708
Have you asked the genius bar, they might know about Macs more than /g/
Im about to upgrade a HD 5670 for the R9 280x, but my PSU is shit and i have to upgrade that too, this fuckers are the only thing i can afford (and buy where i live), which one is less likely die early or fuck up my shit?
Corsair: cx750m
Thermaltake: tr-2 700w
EVGA: 600b
>>54361491
Yes, the former. They'll still know your IP and deleting your cookies won't change that unless you use tor or outright change your IP in the router.
My phone sometimes loses WiFi signal when the screen has been off for a little while. Only way to get connection back is to turn on screen. I have "Keep WiFi on when screen is off at all time" on, so I have no idea what it is.
Any ideas?
>>54359342
He is probably working on a local Server, so he couldn't give lesser fucks about security, fucking faggot
>>54361181
Anyone?
>>54363674
change the default ssh port. just pick a random port other than 22. maybe in the 1000s.
use key authentication rather than a password.
>>54363547
please?
>>54364066
all 3 are bronze certified. why do you think any of them would fail?
all are good honestly.
nvm fixed it
Also, if any one has my issue, clear the cache partition, if you dont know how, turn off your phone, hold down the power and the volume up button till it vibrates. Then wait for it to get to come to a basic boot screen. You should have like 3 or 4 options. "Clear cache data" or something. DO NOT HIT WHIPE.
There you go
>>54364132
I read somewhere that those PSU's are low tier. I guess i will try the corsair, thanks m8.
Is there a buying guide for monitors? I need to get a new monitor for my PC, preferably 16:10
>>54364320
Samsung. There's not really a guide, just go with what you like. avoid dell tho, they get hot fast
>>54364320
le logical increments has a guide
>>54364449
I have never suffered the slightest inconvenience from a monitor being warm.
>>54364490
The only reason I use the monitor I use is cause the other monitor is my wii u one. This one is a dell I use and it's hot as hell. It's almost hot enough to burn you. It's 4:3. It must be nice to have a wide screen.
Also this monitor has extra USB ports and they come in handy.
>>54363017
Anyone?
>>54364320
Get a dell monitor overall if you can afford it.
Logicalincrements.com/monitors
What's the easiest way to rip a DVD? I'm talking standard popular films and I can do the converting with ffmpeg, I just want the decrypted video files in the most efficient way. OS is FreeBSD and Fedora, doesn't seem simple for either.
>>54357249
srs famalam? seems bretty convoluted, especially compared to an on-screen keyboard which solves your problem
>>54357277
I learnt loads from books, but I didn't truly understand until uni. I was doing things that were simple, but actually doing them was what it took. You might be different, but I'd sggest: red as much as you can, but a course (even a basic one) is what really makes you grok it.
>>54357335
osx is caching it based on the device uuid? there might be a button saying reload config from disk?
>>54358063
first way is retarded and unreadable, second way is the correct way
>>54358265
raid-z2 but with 8 disks it's borderline two raid5s
>>54358454
yes
>>54358477
yes
>>54359698
more computers will reduce the time as you'd expect - 4 computers means a quarter of the time to break. However a quarter of billions of years (assuming a strong password) is still billions of years.
Is this a good starter gaymen pc?
http://pcpartpicker com/p/Yz9fsY
My Win 8.1 laptop came with a fuckton of bloatware and seems to have a bad virus on it, so I want to reformat and reinstall to start clean.
Windows 8.1 keeps the verification key on the motherboard right? As in, I wouldn't need to repurchase Windows 8.1 if I reformat?
>>54363603
bump
>>54364643
you missed a dot.
>>54364678
The key is not stored in your motherboard, is linked to it.
Why dont you try to clean it first?
Adwcleaner+Malwarebytes.
Its FUBAR? just crack windows.
What's a game I can play briefly to help me relax and focus after having to talk to someone?
>>54364643
>AMD
No, get a I5, you are going to use your PC for games.
A I5-4460 or I5-6400 if you dont want to spend a lot, depends on what socket you want.
And a GA-Z97X-UD3H for the 4460 or a GA-Z170XP-SLI for the I5-6400.
>Videocard
Get a better one, or wait for this summer for the new cards, your perfomance will be based on this.
>PSU
Get a EVGA 500B or a EVGA 650 G1 or GS.
>Buying windows
You can activate windows for free with no downsides in seconds with Daz loader, spend those $100 on a better videocard.
My pc got a bluescreen and when I started it up I can only see a blue background and nothing else, anybody can help me with this?
Also, what is the best virus scanner out there that I don't have to pay for?
>>54364753
Hearthstone.
Check out the Come2us games on android.
If PC, same thing for Hearthstone, or get a VBA and get some gba games and goto town. I recommend The sims bustin out.
>>54364767
Comodo.com
Also BSOD's are not normally caused by virus' I don't think so more than likely your computer was doing too much at once
>>54364767
Blue screen or BSOD?
Boot in safe mode.
Malwarebytes.
>>54364782
I hate free2play esport shit. I'll just CS surf or something.
>>54364785
Blue screen, and will try
I use an ssd as my main OS drive on linux
I have a bunch of drives I want to add some redundancy to, 2x 5TB drives, 1x3TB and 2x1TB. Is there a way to do some sort of raid 10 like setup?
Or would it just be better to just use them normally and just do actual backups?
>>54360116
depending on what exactly you're asking, probably yes
>>54360361
yep, sure
>>54360890
email or call ebay.de
>>54360981
try to break it. If you fail, ask /g/ with code
>>54361142
>thinking you can beat nsa-proof encryption
let's hope your 'friend' had one shit password
>>54361181
>set up ssh with key auth
>forward port
????
what's the question?
>>54361524
>not unplugging your pc during thunderstorms or when you go awawy for a while
>>54361640
>How can I search for a linebreak in notepad or notepad++?
>giving a meta-un-question after describing the problem and desired result
>>54361755
some containg source files and some contain executables. A tarball is jut an archive container, it says nothing of its contents, even if they are commonly source snapshots
>>54361819
>not stupid
>can't even phrase a question properly
>>54361825
I read this as a child, it covers everything from ceasar shifts to enigma and more in a simple, fun way. Shit, I remember it and am recommending it probably 13 years later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totally_%28book_series%29#/media/File:Crackingcodes.jpg
>>54362258
OTP
>>54363603
why do you need wifi when yu're not using it?
>>54363646
Pipe the fuck down faggot, he's making reasonable suggestions and you're assuming what the other anon wanted
>>54364701
Kind of related, you can read win8 key from bios using RW Everything for example, but on laptops with recovery partition does the recovery hold a different key? I've heard that before.
Supposedly if i were to erase hdd completely and use that key i've read, to install fresh win with, it would not be completely legal, because the system i'm entitled to is signed with a key from recovery partition.
Might be load of bs
>>54364823
With Hearthstone it's not like that. You play with what you get, git gud then buy packs with the money you earn from the game. You can buy packs if you want but earning them also works if you're good. But you have to play against people
as for Com2us, they are more in the game, you only connect to the internet for chat and updates
>>54364867
btrfs can do weird raid setups using all the space if you're willing to accept bugs and shit
you could also use zfs with copies=2 if you understand the implications
you could raid5 the first TB or few of each drive and raid0 the rest for a balance
personally i'd probably go for just having separate drives, manually copying backups of what's most important
>>54364643
don't buy windows for $100 man. that's insane. get it for $20 off reddit or kingwin. or just pirate it.
>>54364753
Fucking rollercoaster tycoon or openttd
>>54364946
this
or the sims complete collection if you wanna be edgy and kill them off for shiggles
New question
what does /g/ think of the archos brand?
http://www.archos.com/us/products/smartphones/index.htm
>>54364760
How about now senpai?
http://pcpartpicker com/p/b8vgdC
Pls halp with the vid card.
>>54365020
why you keep removing the dot?
>>54365020
much better
>>54365018
Are they still doing paid DLC for basic functionality? They did in the past with some of their media players.
>>54363310
Anyone have any advice?
>>54365104
no good man don't do it.
the second has different voltage. it might be within the margin of error but it gives even less amps. it might've been safe if it gave more amps.
i can't recommend you try it
>>54365020
Change the videocard for a GTX 960 or a R9 380X.
>>54365058
I use to be big with the Pocket Dish. It was an amazing idea till Hollywood got their panties in a wad and complained that we were taking money away from them even tho, they still got paid for it for being on the air. There's no more issue here than pirating.
>>54365104
Read what voltage does your laptop actually need.
Power supply can have a bit larger amperage, not voltage.
Smaller values and it won't turn on/ battery will not load.
W is V times A
>>54358714
Excuse, I'd like to interject for a moment, but what kind of shitty job do you have that you have to program in VBA?
When's fucking Zen?
Q4? 2017?
>>54365170
Laptop needs 19V
Old adapter:
OUTPUT of 19.5V to 7.9A
Watts (after googling and doing the math suggested to double check) 150W
New adapter:
OUTPUT is 18.5V to 6.5A
120W
both have the same polarity tip it's just that one had an upside down C which confused me but it just means the same thing. Both also have the same INPUT.
So is it still safe to use? I don't want to use it for long term, I just want to check to see that it actually turns on and it's not the motherboard fucking up.
>>54365379
Just get an i7-6700k and call it a day. You can rationalize it later by consider the fact that it was too fucking late.
>>54364893
>why do you need wifi when yu're not using it?
WhatsApp, email, livescores etc.
>>54358766
>opening silica packets
>>54365457
how to reinstall windows 10
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128651&AID=10657534&PID=3938566&SID=&nm_mc=AFC-C8JunctionCA&cm_mmc=AFC-C8JunctionCA-_-na-_-na-_-na&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-%zn
>>54365438
seriously just don't. borrow someone else's charger. or drop your laptop by a repair shop.
>>54364767 guy here again
I tried booting in safe mode and it didnt do anything, was stuck at the black background not being able to do anything
only thing i see is pic related please help
