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Does USB reading/writing speed matter when using a USB drive for Memtest86/Memtest86+?

I'm thinking of buying the cheapest & smallest one on offer, 16GB storage, 3MB/s writing speed, 10 MB/s reading speed. Just because it's the tiniest so I can easily remember that "this is the one I'm using for Memtest", because I'm too lazy to temporarily format one of my other three USB drives for the test and then turn it back again.

>>106303709
I would think the memory test application would load into memory, so not likely.
>>106303629 (OP)
Why doesn't fedora just let you sudo grub-update instead of whatever the other command(s) are?

Hello /sqt/
I'd like to know where 4chan official CSS themes originated
>Yotsuba and Yotsuba B are modified Futaba and Burichan themes, respectively
>Futaba is 2chan.net
>Burichan was an altchan hosted by one of moot's RH pals
>No idea about Tomorrow
>No idea about Photon
are there any oldfags that can give a QRD about them?
(not really a /g/ question, but it is remarkably stupid)

do browsers allow websites to read your bookmarks bar?

Is clamav any good? Are there better alternatives for linux?

what would be the best way to format my videos for storage?
I would like to get the same quality (most videos between 720p and 1080p) but with significantly lower data footprint, I've seen sizes before of 720p video 90 minutes long hitting 700 mb without artifacts or quality loss, I would very much like to see that or something close to 10mb/min
I don't care about the format container encoding etc, literally anything is fine by me, and I don't need subtitles or other languages so that's not a concern
right now I've got about 4tb of video that I would very much like to compress, some of my videos are less than 2 hours but take up 8 gigs, when I try to convert them smaller they end up looking like garbage so clearly I don't know what im doing

>>106303629 (OP)
While buying a laptop which score rating of the processor should I keep in mind single thread score or multithreaded score? Sole use would be web browsing.

>>106304082
>some of my videos are less than 2 hours but take up 8 gigs
try 2.5mbps h264

>>106304420
neat thanks I'll try that

>>106304420
>>106304440
Try crf 18 with ac3 passthrough

>>106303709
memtest is an efi binary so it's just loaded once then everything else it does is in memory only, so even the slowest piece of shit wouldn't matter.
learn to make an efi rescue/test disk for fun, put something like grml and memtest on there, maybe parted or whatever other things that boot efi, they all get loaded into memory so read write doesn't matter once it's loaded.
>>106303732
>Why doesn't fedora just let you sudo grub-update instead of whatever the other command(s) are?
every distro is different. grub-update is a debian thing right? Just follow whatever your distro says to do.
>>106303803
the newer themes were added a long time ago when dark mode wqs taking off
yotsuba was for nsfw, burichan for sfw boards
>>106304142
probably multi threaded.

>>106304584
>the newer themes were added a long time ago when dark mode wqs taking off
I'm more interested about their source: m00t certainly wasn't the guy to actively design UI for his website
I'm also pretty sure that Photon is from some other imageboard (Russian 2ch used to use it by default)

When are the faggot mods going to do something about the constant spam on this board?

how can I tell if my repository's ffmpeg has hard ware accelleration for my amd graphics card enabled already and if it does how do I actually use it?
I've been trying to google it but so far I haven't seen anything with a straight forward answer, ffmpeg's own docs are either wrong, out of date, or assuming something I know not what
surely it's just a simple flag I have to add when running it right?

>>106304846
Not sure if it's a compile option but you can check what you're using
-version

Show version.
-buildconf

Show the build configuration, one option per line.

if it's not compiled in then you can't just add the flag at runtime you need to compile it yourself. but from what I recall yes you need to specify the device when using hardware acceleration

Did anyone else start getting these on YouTube recently? Is it a new anti uBlock Origin strategy?

For me, it only started today and it's happening on two different devices and two different operating systems.

>>106304993
ok I've verified that my setup has hardware encoding enabled however it seems to actually be slower

ffmpeg -init_hw_device vaapi=foo:/dev/dri/renderD128 -hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format vaapi -hwaccel_device foo -i 'thing.mkv' -filter_hw_device foo -vf 'format=nv12|vaapi,hwupload' -c:v hevc_vaapi -qp 24 -filter:a volume=1.5 -ar 44100 -acodec aac -ab 64k -y 'thing.mp4'

yields 6.8 times speed

ffmpeg -i 'thing.mkv' -qp 24 -filter:a volume=1.5 -ar 44100 -acodec aac -ab 64k -y 'thing.mp4'

yields 12x speed
am I retarded?

>>106305309
probably can get by with less operands and pinpoint what's actually happening, and maybe watch the GPU utilization, and make sure it's a codec that your card can actually encode.

>>106305363
how would I find out which codec my card can encode?

>>106305376
https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/radeon-for-creators/video-editing.html#tabs-b6a36ad588-item-0cb6dbfc4b-tab

>>106303965
No.

>>106304142
Single threaded. JavaScript is strictly single threaded.

>>106304818
Who do you think the spammers are?!

>>106305309
The point of hardware encoding/decoding is efficiency, not speed. The hw encoder probably consumes 10 Watts to encode that, while the CPU burns through 100+W.

is shamiko magisk module android 8 and above only?

>>106304565
>>106304420
these worked great thanks! I got a 1.7 gig 90 min video down to 700 meg

>>106305629
Could go even lower if you used hevc, vp9, or av1, but av1 has the most support across devices; You don't need to use ac3 passthrough if the files don't already have ac3 to begin with, but any audio passthrough should preserve the sound.

>>106303967
clamav if fine...ish. It doesn't scan on access, only on demand.
I'd go with something else for a high-value server. NOD32, Bitdefender, Trend Micro, Symantec, pretty much every serious AV supports Linux.

>>106305980
Correction, avc (x264/h264), not av1

>>106305981
I kinda like the on-demand; Doesn't waste resources.

>>106306015
Depends on your goals.
Finding out that you have a virus 5 hours after it's done the damage isn't exactly comforting.
On the other hand, if you need to scan uploaded files or incoming emails then on-demand is fine since you feed every incoming file to the AV before storing it.

>>106303629 (OP)
My computer does this weird thing where my display occasionally turns black for a few frames and then goes back to normal, but after doing do it will Penne various windows and ui elements black as well, and when mousing over then it "removes" the black in rectangular pieces over ui elements, almost like a weird html hover effect or something.
I usually just minimize and then restore the windows to "clean" everything.
Is this a sign that my GPU is fucked up? Or could it be a problem with my monitor? (It has had some dead pixels for a long time.)
Or is it just shitty AMD drivers?

>>106306257
>but after doing do it will Penne various
*but after doing so it will turn various
Fucking phoneposting fuck me

>>106305980
>>106306002
wait so I'm currently using

ffmpeg -i "input.mp4" -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -maxrate 2500k -bufsize 5000k -c:a copy "output.mp4"

it's giving me really small sizes with very little loss, is that avc or is it something else would do better?

I also set it to -maxrate 1000k for some older anime with no visible loss of quality

>>106306300
Yeah, that's avc, and it's supported on most hardware, and takes less time to convert. You can replace -maxrate
ffmpeg -i Input_File.mkv -c:v libx264 -b:v 2.5M -crf 18 -c:a copy -sn -map_metadata -1 Output_File.mp4

Get even lower sizes if you don't mind down-scaling. -vf scale=-1:480
Or larger sizes -vf scale=-1:1080:flags=lanczos

>>106303629 (OP)
Is there a single email provider that isn't shit and won't deactivate after 2 years since i have no fucking reason to open it apart from the occasional password bullshit some sites comes up every 5 years that won't mean shit anyway?

I am about to switch to Firefox after I abandoned it almost exactly 10 years ago. Wish me luck.

>>106306739
Press the import from other browser button

>get this warning
>never posted a thread that was meant to be a general
>warning never linked me to the thread that caused the warning

Anyone have advice disassembling flip phones? Wanting to buy a couple for parts phones and make a working one out of them. Pic related is the phone I'm curious about. Nokia 2780 flip. Only found low-effort disassembly videos of an earlier model on youtube.

>>106306494
Which ones have you tried? I've had luck with protonmail for this. I would have to reset the password to a service account an old job made me create once a year when I had to use said service.

>>106303629 (OP)
sup frens
I'm looking for a watch that I don't have to setup and has a huge battery life. As big as possible. Right now I have a smartband and it does the job but the battery only lasts a couple of weeks. Your classic battery life watches are fine as long as I don't have to setup the time or I only need to do it once per year or so. Your average Casio will move about a minute every two months and that's just too much trouble for me. Maybe something that gets time through GPS?

>Shut down computer
>Tabs are all from a week ago when I wake it back up
I love firefox so much, it's so great. Is it something on my end that I'm doing wrong?

>>106306804
How come it managed to load icons for bookmarks? If you import old chrome bookmarks to chrome, it loads them without favicons

If I put a generic USB hub (no special power features) in an "Always On" USB port on my laptop, does the laptop USB port charge all the devices connected to said hub?

>>106307521
>your classic battery life
battery powered*

>>106303629 (OP)
Is that some metaphor on the unsurmountability of mount stupid?

>>106307521
If you get a radio controlled watch it will automatically adjust it's time based on the local radio time standard

>>106304584
>yotsuba was for nsfw, burichan for sfw boards
Were the original imgboards from those themes also sfw/nsfw like the themes? The blue one safe and the orange unsafe?

>>106307452
I didn't pay attention to it so far, and pretty much all my old (luckily mostly throwaway) stuff closed. gmail, yahoo, some country specific one, protonmail (after 12 months, the delete a free one).
I'm trying to rebuild, that's why i'm asking. Apart for 1-2, i only use them to register for stuff, but i like to keep them separate, because even like this, most of the old stuff already got out by various sites/companies being hacked.

>>106307596
that sounds like exactly what I need
can you provide an example? are they too pricy?

>>106307576
It might have used the "Favicons" sqlite database file stored in the same directory as the bookmarks file

>>106307694
google radio controlled watch. If you don't live near places with signal from these towers then there are gps watches like you said too

>>106307588
yes, because that ports stays on and is not configured to be turned off to save power in Power Options

>>106303629 (OP)
Bought a Switch Pro controller and didn't know that they spaz out on PC for some reason, the inputs are all randomly on. What's the fix for this?

>>106303629 (OP)
are you guys familiar with document scanning apps on smart phones? You can take a picture of a page of paper that you want to scan, and the app will automatically shear and crop the photo to create a facsimile scan of the page.
I want to know if there exists any software which does the same thing for video files, so that if I'm using my camera to record a video of my laptop or tv, I can get a pretty good copy of what's being shown on the screen.

>>106308344
Planar tracking a video? Huh, I tried searching and nothings coming up (other than vfx programs of course )

>>106308344
>>106308493
davinci resolve

>>106304082
the most efficient for low bitrates is AV1 video and Opus audio.
10MiB/min is 1,365Kbps (10*1024*8/60), but keep in mind this needs to count the audio as well. you could do two-pass encodes to make the videos all average out to 10MiB/min if you like, but usually it's better to use CRF and just find a CRF value that you personally think looks good enough. two-pass encoding or even fixed-bitrate encoding is only for when you need a specific filesize at the end, some videos may need a higher bitrate than others to achieve comparable quality, as it depends on their content how well they compress. also use a longer GOP (makes seeking slower, but can improve compression considerably), and use the slowest profile you can put up with

>>106305309
hw encoding isn't necessarily faster, it's just more efficient and doesn't require the cpu. like when encoding video on your gpu, it uses a special part of the gpu just for video encoding, so you can encode video while doing other things like playing a heavy game without the video encoding slowing it down
also, you're comparing hevc encoding with avc encoding, the second command doesn't specify the video codec, so it's using the default for ".mp4" output, which is avc, avc is a much older and simpler format than hevc

>>106308579
>AV1
meme codec
stick with H.264

>>106308728
H.264 is good for high bitrate or high compatibility, but at 1.3Mbps (total) you're not getting decent quality HD video out of it

>>106308780
at no bitrate you're getting decent quality video out of AV1
it looks nothing like the source material no matter how you configure your encoder
if you're fine with transcoding a video to one of those meme codecs you might as well just delete it

retard at understanding how benchmarks relate to the real world here.
I find running retropi on a raspberry pi 4b is lacking, it can sort of pull off ps1 games all the way back to early consoles but not much more (which is expected) but even a lot of the old sprite games are surprisingly laggy and finicky. This is after trying to tailor everything with the right emulators and video settings and overclocking.
Is a raspi 5 worth upgrading to? Is there a goto mini pc that's miles better? I'd still like to use retropi and i find the sd card os swaps really convenient

>>106303629 (OP)
I use the last available version of Chrome for Windows 7 and this appeared when i opened my Google Drive today. I just closed it and everything still worked fine but should i be worried at all? Like will i eventually not be able to use Google Drive on my computer? Also is there any way i can make it stop popping up every time i go to my drive? Ublock still works on my version so could i use the zapper so it doesn't pop-up anymore?

I have an old Fire 7 I got for free ages ago. Don't really need it but wanted to tinker with it, is fire toolkit still a thing? How would I effectively root it? I don't really work with handheld devices. I don't understand them at all.

Woke up to find a weird search on my search bar on my phone
This was in the exact moment where I was browsing some porn site + it has all these "referred" things there so I imagine it was just some annoying redirect?
Checked my google accounts, no log ins anywhere I don't recognize

What's the current best android app for youtube without ads?

>>106309574
i'm still using newpipe but i only watch videos for subscriptions i have in the app

>>106309353
you likely clicked a a link that went to Google com

>>106309574
REVANCED
Any other option is just plain shit, avoid like a plague

>>106305551
lol, lmao
Open a web browser and see how many threads it spawn ahmed

>>106309893
>REVANCED
IF that's the one where you have to patch shit, I'm too retared for it

>>106309876
I had no clue ads could do that, huh... well just wanted to make sure, thanks anon.

>>106309902
Download revanced manager
Download recommended apk from apkmirror (revance manager literally tells you what exact version to get and it will open the exact url you need in a browser)
Patch the apk you just downloaded
Install MicroG (Equally this is promted only the first time you run the app)
???
Profit!
I have to patch a new version probably once a year but goddamn is worth it.

>>106303629 (OP)
Can someone explain to me how one would download GNU IceCat or Privacy Browser: https://www.stoutner.com/ on Windows 10? I've never compiled from source before.

I currently have the destiny edition PS4; I'm guessing it's first gen. I presume it has sata 2 (2.5 inch). The current disk is 7200 RPM 2TB. I can't afford a PS5. Is it worth getting a cheap SSD, or should I just get a ps5 slim? Some of the 1TB ssd are going for roughly $60 after tax. That's about 10 times the savings vs a PS5. I mostly just play fortnite, COD, GTAV, and psychonauts 1&2.

>>106310564
I don't think it would be worth the hassle | Could just use brave or firefox with noscript and ublock and change your dns

GenP or Monkrus?

Uh, WTF? I opened a thumbnail in a thread, closed it, and then a few seconds later, the thumbnail changed as if it were a gif. It was an image of a zoomed-in anime girl staring at me.

Is my 4chan about to get raped again, or is my local glownigger fucking with my brainwaves? Shit spooked me.

>>106309897
>doesn't understand the subject
>resorts to ad hominem
None of those threads consumes much CPU. The one (1) thread that runs JS for a particular website is the only one that ever uses the full 100% of a core, and it is limited only by single thread performance.
A web browser never uses all the cores fully, so the multicore *benchmark* is irrelevant to web browsing. Having multiple cores is obviously beneficial.

>>106309574
PipePipe, it's NewPipe with sponsorblock built in.

>>106308916
>Is a raspi 5 worth upgrading to?
It is significantly faster, sure. Some shaders are very taxing on the CPU, this would be another reason to upgrade.
I decided to stay on the Pi4 and play the games I already have (NES, DosBox Pure, and MegaDrive). I'll get the Pi5 when there's nothing left to play, and I'm not even remotely close to scratching the surface.

>>106307526
Sounds as if the filesystem didn't persist the new data. This could happen when the OS crashes, or the computer loses power, or the disk was full when the browser tried to persist its state.
I would run a filesystem check, but otherwise wouldn't worry too much about it unless it happens again.

>>106307452
>buy a couple for parts phones and make a working one out of them
Is this just for practice?
Flip phones have a ribbon cable in the hinge, it's usually the first thing to fail.

My mail server was compromised and spam was sent out from my domain for about 8 hours. It was a weak password. Yes, I am a retard. I forgot I made an account for testing and some nigger happened to find it by brute force after several years.
Anyway the account is deleted and my server is secure again.
But now my IP is appearing on blocklists such as Spamhaus making me unable to send mail or best case have them appear in recipients spam folders.
Requesting removal is currently a cancerous process with clankers and pajeets replying with automated messages giving me no help at all.
My VPS provider refuses give me a new IP.

short: Is it a dead end trying to get off of a blocklist? Should I just start up a new VPS? I basically only run a web and a mail service.

whats the best ocr tool?

Why does Firefox group all history together even when I'm using containers? I can tell that the cookies are at least being separated (different logins to website work separately in different containers) but I can't clean the history and/or cookies just from one container?

>>106312147
for english? tesseract

>>106312553
need it multi, english, spanish for textbooks, will look into that

How do I read data from an SSD inside a broken down laptop {which may or may not work itself, the SSD} without putting it into another laptop? And if there was no other option, can individual components, such as the SSD, be incompatible with other laptops' motherboards? I reckon the answer to the second one is yes.

Why can I not save 4chan webpages in Firefox via "Save page as"? In example, this thread right here. I try to save it, no matter what filename I use, it fails. If I retry, it downloads, but HTML only. In Chrome it worked just fine. I have a hoarding problem so I save every thread I post in multiple times (even though archives exist).

>>106312638
Put it into disk enclosure and connect it via USB

im trying to access annas-archive (a online ebook download site) via a proxy browser (because my ipad cant access the site normally) to download an ebook
but when i get to the download page cloudflare just keeps on asking me for verification and not registering it when i supply it
does anyone know how i can download an ebook from annas-archive on my ipad?

>>106312684
how often do you go back and look at what you posted?

>>106312993
At least a few times a year

>>106309071
A big security issue, yea. You could remove the warning with the element picker, not the zapper (the zapper only removes it from the current page and is temporary).
There are forks of firefox (r3dfox) and chromium (supermium) that are kept relatively updated - you could use one of those.

>>106309179
Yes it is.
But if you want to install linux on it then you will still need root

Any way to disable this garbage AI Overview thing? I'm using Firefox. Like an add-on? Config tweak for Google Search?

Thanks. Its annoying, takes up space and is always wrong

>>106314330
That'd be cool desu

I just spent an hour dusting my desktop PC because it complained about the temperature at boot. It's not about 48 degrees Celsius when doing nothing, minimum, and 70 degrees Celsius when running sfc /scannow.

The temperature in the room is about 31 degrees Celsius. Is that a tolerable result?

>>106303629 (OP)
so i wonder
Ive got an old smasnug galaxy S4 with dead charging port
how hard would it be to wire a usbA to it?
I wanna use it as a music player inside my car trough aux

>>106312553
tesseract suuucks. ML models beat it by miles

I need a server to sync the app on my phone with the program on the PC.
I've never made a server, so how do I even do it? Do I need some program? Can I just do it in Firefox or something? Call me a boomer or a zoomer, but I literally have no clue.

Firefox on windows eventually kills my windows performance. After some hours of use it always slows down performance of my computer significantly, even after shutting it down. It's as if it had very high CPU usage even after shutting down its process

When it happens I open up the resource manager and everything seems normal... Any ideas?

>>106316083
GPU driver issue most likely

What's the best way to pirate shit with confidentiality?
I can't torrent on my home network, ISPs take that sort of thing seriously here. So can I use a VPN or a VPS or something?

>>106308240
Yours came with a hat? I got gypped.

>>106314987
damn, how dusty was your PC case?

>>106307526
>>106311860
Firefox sometimes has such hiccups. I'm lucky that I only had issues once in all these years of using Firefox since ver. 6. Android has been a different story. Android Firefox has lost all my tabs (not to imply I'm one of those thousand-tab autists) on several occasions in the past few years alone. It seems to be more persistent in maintaining my tabs since 2023, though.

Anyway, maintain a backup copy of your Firefox profile's folder and you should be fine. I think Firefox tries to do that these days.

>>106310588
Yes, an SSD is well worth it, and if the drive in your PS4 is the original, it is likely at the age or nearing the age that you need to replace it or risk data loss. An SSD will also speed up your console a bit.
There's Timetec, Kingston, WD, and Patriot Memory among the reputable brands offering inexpensive SSDs, from what I know. With the other brands, you are more likely to get screwed. Orico and Yottamaster are up and coming, not sure if they offer quality, but if they don't now they probably will later. PNY and Lexar make good stuff in general, but their inexpensive 2.5" SSDs supposedly are mediocre. Inland looks legit, but folks have confirmed that their products are trash to be avoided.

>>106314987
I guess, +30 C is a bit rough on computers, general advice:

Put some curtains, you don't want direct sun exposure.
If you are doing scans or some other idle job, turn of the screen (they have shit cooling and can die).
70 C is tolerable on the high side, i wouldn't keep it running 24/7.

how can I set 2x speed for live streams? people talk so slow

>>106312193
It doesn't segregate histories in tabs, not when you are viewing the History as a whole, no. The most you get is the Forward/Back buttons' history per tab and that's it. If enough folks go and request this feature through Feedback/Customer Support or whatever, they'll likely implement that later.

>>106316349
Watch the vod instead, most streaming platforms allow you to watch a slightly behind vod of the currently live livestream

>>106312638
SSD USB enclosures are your friend in these situations. They exist for every type of internal SSD or HDD drive.

>>106312920
Cloudflare is a little bitch. I haven't seen anons discuss reliable workarounds to maintaining anonymity before Cloudflare. You're going to have to be more "honest" with them. I've tried fully hardening Firefox security, but it breaks Cloudflare verification, leaving me unable to post in some places, including 4chan.

>>106314745
I just ignore it if it looks irrelevant, or click a cited source at the end of the overview if I know it is a reliable site for info.

>>106316083
You have other issue(s). I've never had such problems with Firefox. Check Event Viewer for errors and keep an eye on Task Manager. The source of issues should present itself somewhere around there. Alternatively, you could also try reinstalling Firefox, but I'd leave that as a last resort. If you do reinstall Firefox, don't forget to make backup copy of your profile's folder so you don't lose your bookmarks, tabs, history, etc. When copying the backup into a new Firefox install, you need to edit profiles.ini where the profile Firefox is to use is specified. The name must match the name of your backup.

>>106316122
Have you tried XDCC?

>>106314987
Is your heatsink fully copper? Generally, a fully copper heatsink is better than aluminum and aluminum hybrids, as far as I know. Furthermore, your CPU needs fresh thermal paste. Repaste it every 1-2 years. Oldand dry thermal paste doesn't help transfer heat as well as moist, fresh paste.

>>106316346
Circuit components are all spec'd for a few thousand hours at 85 centigrade tops. 70 is alright, but should not be the constant temp indeed. Semiconductor datasheets recommend 80 centigrade "baking" when components get wet in order to dry them optimally, did you know?
But yeah, lower is better.

How do you even keep CPU/GPU temps under 30? 34-50 is the norm for semiconductors of any kind in general.

>>106316172
There wasn't actually all that much dust, that's why it's so surprising.

>>106316346
Got curtains already, the desktop case is literally in a corner to the left of shutters and behind a curtain.
> i wouldn't keep it running 24/7.
Damn, I do run it almost 24/7 though. I keep my web browser tabs on all the time and a Windows 10 Virtual Machine (which is running a gatcha game which I am farming 24/7 with autohotkeys).

what app do applefags use to browse 4chan?

>>106317142
...a browser? wot?

Switched to 4chanX via Tampermonkey recently instead of a separate addon. Sometimes, I see a weird Frankenstein version of the catalog page where the search bar is on the top right (as if the extension was disabled) and you have to click a button to search first, but the extension is still visible (i.e. the settings wrench icon and so on). But usually it's where it should be, top left.

How can I get around the ofcom ID verification on fabguys? I don’t want to give my ID to these sites

>>106303629 (OP)
/SQT/ is there a /g/ guide to Macos where they reccomend software/settings/ricing.
My current setup is so ugly its killing me.
Ty

>>106314282
How would it be a security issue exactly?
I don't use my Win7 computer for much, mainly just 4chan, mangadex, twitter and uploading files to drive. So it's unlikely for me to run into malware. And using the element picker won't mess up anything with drive or gmail or any other google services, right?

>>106318166
The element picker will work fine.

>yt-dlp updated to latest master
>ERROR: [youtube] rnDFVn-EsS8: The following content is not available on this app.. Watch on the latest version of YouTube.
is it over bros
anyone else able to still watch videos with yt-dl(p)?

>>106318166
>unlikely for me to run into malware
unsupported software has exploits more often. a zero day exploit is saying there has been zero days since the developer has released a patch. the longer you go the more exploits you will be vulnerable to, since the developer isn't going to patch anything anymore.
I think someone would have to specifically target you, knowing your software status for you to realize or see something happen, but you might also just turn into a member of a botnet unwittingly as well since you wouldn't really notice that. I'm sure there could be an exploit in something as simple as a PDF opening in your browser

>>106318555
>a zero day exploit is saying there has been zero days since the developer has released a patch
that's not at all what it means.

>>106318572
yeah, you're right. Thanks for explaining it correctly and highlighting how windows 7 would have thousand day exploits at this point.

>Install RAM sticks ans PC doesnt wanna turn on now
How do I figure this autism

>>106318913
you look for lights on the motherboard and read the motherboard manual
in you case, autism would have noticed that so you're probably not autistic just stupid

>>106319182
Doesnt have any visible lights aside of being screwed and having all its belly hidden so I wouldnt be able to check them anyways, I thought it would be the Bios fucking up but no luck in being that easy, guess I will have to start removing the new ram

So you can't just unplug external hdds right? Doesn't allow the safely remove hardware shit, so I'm assuming it's only safe when I shut down my pc entirely

>>106319367
You should always have the option accessible in Taskbar. Reboot doesn't fix it?
Worst case scenario, make sure you are not using them and then open up Disk Management and Offline the drive you want to unplug. You might need to turn it Online in Disk Management next time you plug it in, but there should be some misconfiguration somewhere for you to not have the Safely Remove option at all.

Be sure to run chkdsk, dism, and then sfc to ensure your OS is okay.

>>106319391
>You should always have the option accessible in Taskbar.

When I try to do it, it usually doesn't allow it. I think it has to do with some caching thing.

>>106319286
Well no luck, I just get a black screen ln start up not even an Bios option

>have to make email account and jump through hoops just to get 800% critical damage sniper rifle

When deleting email accounts in particular, are they GONE, any data left ? I think gmail has a period of days when you can reactivate and after a period of time it gets deleted, but just need some peace of mind on this.

Why do I have a hairy asshole? What's the evolutionary advantage there? And what TECHNOLOGY can I utilize to rid myself of this menace?

>>106319367
That is a bad idea
On the data side, incomplete writes can cause data to be corrupted, and if write caching is used, the data isn't on the disk
On the physical side, the head has the be aggressively retracted, and the electronics probably do not like power loss without notice (if not externally powered)

This is not to say you CAN'T, just that it is a bad idea
>>106319402
If the wait is really long (you you aren't copying GBs of data), you might have an SMR drive
The sustained write speed on those is on the order of 10 MB/s
>>106318913
Test each stick of ram and ram slot separately
You may have a bad stick/slot
Also memtest86 once you have figured out the problem

Is there any way to soft lock my drives?
Not to the point of needing something like bitlocker, just something to not let an idiot acessing my files just by installing my drives, but i can easily recover it without needing fbi level decryption if something goes wrong.

how the fuck do I renew a 4chan pass now? I have never used crypto in my life. I thought they re-enabled paying with traditional payments? that's how I renewed it last time, at least.

>>106320176
Google gives you a couple weeks or something, but they supposedly retain data for up to six months. If you stole state secrets and the Feds come after you, Google could cover their own asses in that time period if need be. But you get no access to that data after they end the grace period to restore your account. Months of no access until full deletion. I am guessing you need inside help to restore your account after the grace period.

>>106320618
Increase Recycle Bin's disk space budget, then delete everything, but do not empty the Recycle Bin. Later recover everything via cracked EaseUS Data Recovery.

>>106320618
RAID 0 or stripe, can't read the data unless you have all the drives.

>>106320618
Or just backup and wipe the partition table.

what's the best way to get gud at using the bash terminal in linux?

>>106321445
This. And case it's a single partition one wouldn't even need to back it up.
>>106319367
Generally you'd want to use the "safe removal" with any type of drive.

What do you guys use to clean the insides of your PC?

>>106321670
well learning the difference between bash and a terminal would be a good start. otherwise it depends on what you want to do with it

Why is it that for (majority of) home computing, x86 is the defacto CPU ISA but for GPUs we have different ISAs from AMD, NVIDIA and Intel?

>>106321914
gpus started off processing only high level languages, opengl, directx, glide, etc. and had fixed-function pipelines (i.e. they weren't programmable). once shaders became a thing, instead of doing like what you'd do with a cpu, that is build compiled code that targets a specific shader ISA (i.e. specific kind of gpu), they were shipped in an uncompiled form (like GLSL/HLSL/SPIR-V/etc), ready for a gpu driver to build on-demand for your gpu. shaders tend to be much smaller than applications, and doing it this way allows for changing architecture and competing architectures without needing to update games to support new gpus specifically.
there's probably no reason why the same couldn't be done with cpu software, but historically this would have been difficult, building software at home would be very slow and probably require more memory than most people had, but i suppose in a way this is what source-based linux distros do, like gentoo supports many architectures because it's distributed in a form that is built on-demand, though it's not an exact comparison as some software does need modifications to work properly on some architectures. if this was feasible back in the day maybe we could have done cpu software more like shaders, with an agreed-upon shader intermediate language that all cpus were designed to handle. it's in the past now though, but hard to change it now

>>106322027
>>106321914
-- keep in mind shaders only became a thing in the early '00s, if you had a gpu that supported shaders, you had more than enough cpu speed and memory to compile the shaders needed for said gpus/games

>>106321914
>>106322027
i suppose simply put once they were at the point to decide how they wanted to do shaders, they'd have figured doing it like cpu software would have sucked. locking them into making a backward-compatible isa forever and forcing other existing gpu manufacturers to agree on such a thing

>>106315554
Yeah you can just pay for a VPS and if you want you can have a TTY over the web. Idk what the technology is called but its really just a TTY in your browser. So if you insist or refuse to just remote in from your terminal.

Hey so, I'm wasn't that interested in good audio but someone left this out near my house and I already have two decent bookshelf speakers lying around.

Is there a way I can unfuck this? I am comfortable with soldering basics, but I know jack shit about the workings of electrical stuff.

>>106320832
nope just want to be done with an email account. If Google gets hacked(lol) and my deleted email is still within google?
I just know of data breaches (being hacked). No system is 100% hack proof and that makes me sad. Maybe my question should of included with email service is more secure or they're all the same . hmm, makes me think of why do they allow it to be deleted anyway.

appreciate the reply

>>106322157
I mean if its just missing the cable thats an easy fix

>>106322235
>>106322134
Am I understanding correctly?
>disassemble
>unsolder the cable from the mobo
>solder new one
>reassemble
Do you know what kind of cable I need? Also is it easier to snip a new cable and solder the new to the old one?
I found this cable so far 'IEC C7 Power Cable Figure 8 Power Extension Cord'

>>106322352
>unsolder the cable from the mobo
The cable probably has a connector.
>solder new one
Don't bother, just connect a new one with picrel.
>Do you know what kind of cable I need?
Anything with your country's power connector at the end will do.

>>106322382
Thanks, I'm going to take apart the unit and take a look at mobo. Will report back. I need a 2 pin domino block right?

>>106322405
Yeah, the original cable doesn't have a ground so 2 pins is enough. Give us a few pictures of the boards, old audio equipment is cool.

>>106322416
>ground
I meant protective earth, sorry.

>>106322416
>>106322430
Damn this shit is dusty, but yeah looks like a connector. The rubber clamp holding it the chassis doesn't seem to have a way to release the cable.
There was a loose generic cd flopping around lmao.

>>106322496
You have to push out the clamp while grabbing it with a pair of pliers. Then, once it's out of the chassis, it will separate in two halves and release the cable.

>>106322624
Nice, done, guess I'll order some /csg/ parts and report back in week or two.
Thanks anon for helping a retard.

>>106322713
No problem. Have you considered installing picrel in the back?

>>106322731
Interesting, hadn't considered modernising the thing.
Firstly I'll need to confirm if the damn thing is even in a working state before with the domino blocks before I tinker.
I'll keep it in mind though, thanks.

>>106322794
do you have a soldering iron? you could just cut the end of a spare power cable of some kind and solder the wires to the back of the board where the white power connector is.
chucking a panel mounted iec socket like in >>106322731 would be pretty cool though, or a figure 8 socket

>>106317412
cool

>>106314987
nah you're fine

>>106316126
Basically every nintendo controller from the 90s or something comes with a pov hat, retard

>>106314745
Have you tried filtering it in ubo

>>106321769
The iso alcohol and canned air.

>>106321670
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/command-line-for-beginners

>>106318166
You're probably fine if you NEVER open anything shady
Like the other anon said, something as simple as opening a PDF file could be used as an exploit if your browser is old enough, and while google drive probably does some sort of virus scanning it's not perfect so it's possible that for example opening a file on gdrive will make your part of a botnet
Similarly if an ad script is ever loaded on 4chan, there's really no way to trust it not to be malicious
And of course if you ever click on a random link to some small or personal website, then it could have anything on there

Like the other anon said, software is often imperfect, and every now and then people find ways to break it and exploit a security flaw. Then it gets updated to close this possibility. It's a game of whack-a-mole and it's currently the best way we have of making software unfortunately. But if your software is ancient it means anyone can trivially look up a bunch of old security exploits and try them out on you. It costs almost nothing to include them in a shady advertising JS script on a webpage for example (and 4chan isn't using the most clean and pristine ad networks by any means - not that even big name officially vetted ads e.g. google's are immune to the occasional malicious ad accidentally being included). Sure it won't work on most people but there might be a handful of retards like you that load the page

>>106311999
>My VPS provider refuses to give me a new IP
Just making a new instance should be the obvious workaround here. Image the entire old server, and dd the image directly onto the new server, no need to manually set anything up, just re-provision basically

>>106320719
Gotta wait for the payment processors to get sued and then they'll get back to it
>>106320279
Prevent bugs from climbing up there, and there's creams that remove hair

>>106309574
NewPipe is the standard FOSS client. Doesn't have 100% of the features of the normal app but also removes most of the botnet (other than actually viewing the videos from youtube's servers, obviously).
Revanced is just a patched normal youtube apk which means it's got all of the google tracking and botnet you know and love. Some people unironically prefer it because you can use your official google subscriptions or some shit in it, I dunno. Basically it's a decent option if you really don't care about "botnet" and just want to remove ads while using something close to the official app, but for some reason there a bunch of cultists who believe that that's the ONLY way youtube should be watched and using an actual proper client is blasphemy

>>106318913
Did you consult the manual to see what type of memory your motherboard and cpu support?

>>106307521
>>106307694
You can get those in casio watches that cost just a little bit more than the super basic f-91w btw. That one is basically a meme just because it's iconic, in reality it's kinda trash

>>106316329
Considering the throughput it 300MB/s, I don't need a top of the line drive | Although, considering that SSD speeds slow down if you fill them up too much, I need a large disk, and the cost of a large SSD is comparable to the PS5 price, so it might be worth just getting a PS5, because it's 10 times the speed system wide, instead of just 3.5 times the disk speed from a SSD upgrade.

>>106307588
Maybe. "No special power features" means it might work or it might not. USB hubs can be kind of finicky, especially really cheap ones. In theory it should work, but there's no guarantee that the hub isn't going to somehow prevent it from working by being shitty enough.
Also a laptop USB port is probably not going to provide very much power, and if you're charging multiple devices from it it'll probably end up extremely slow, unless you're charging really tiny and low-power devices. E.g. charging several wireless mice is probably fine, but not much more than that.

>>106305213
I've been having issues with yt-dlp recently. Youtube is, as always, trying to fuck with everyone's settings if you're not using the official goy-approved advertising-filled experience.
There's a good chance UBO will update soon to fix it; you can check its github issues too to see if anything's been reported recently. Or try disabling it to check if it works without.

What are some good programs to run older games? I used to play Amerzone on my pc but now suddenly it refuses to boot up. I heard dgVoodoo2 would help but my pc vehemently refuses to accept it's not a virus. Are there other options to make the game work or should I just tell my pc to shut up and roll with it?

>>106322027
>>106322042
>>106322066
I see... Perhaps I should read more into the history of GPUs and why we even switched to programmable shaders (I'll assume it's something to do with fixed function pipelines getting bogged down). Thanks, Anon.

>>106323644
>why we even switched to programmable shaders
>(I'll assume it's something to do with fixed function pipelines getting bogged down)
it's about functionality. early gpus/3d accelerators could only do specific operations that were built into the hardware, namely they did all the stuff specified by opengl/glide/direct3d/etc but just those predefined things. this was good enough at the time since they were just meant to do one thing, draw 3d stuff so the cpu doesn't have to.
shaders, as they're called, are just software you can run on a gpu, small programs that can take advantage of gpu's large number of tiny cores to do custom effects not baked into the hardware. they get their name from their original purpose, pixel shading, or altering the colour of pixels in the pipeline based on custom rules, but that soon expanded into other shader types that can do things not directly pixel-related, so the name doesn't reflect what they are anymore.
i don't know much more than this myself, if i was much younger i probably would never have thought about it, but i did grow up before pixel shaders were a thing, so i noticed when it became a thing

>>106323644
>>106323910
>so i noticed when it became a thing
and by this i mean, you ever look at late '90s 3d games and mid '00s games and see just how massively different they are? not just in polygon count either, but things like bloom and rippling reflectins in water, glowing outlines, etc. all these effects that if done at all were only previously done with creative texturework? that's the pixel shader difference

Is there a way to stop websites from reacting to changing browser window size?

>>106324001
No.

>>106323240
Wait that might work

>>106323240
>>106324294
>9
yeah it didnt work

Any extensions to automate rejecting cookies everywhere?

>>106324356
The popups or all cookies? Ublock origin can do the first with some additional filter lists, and I think can do the second with a filter too

Is there any reason to not use Windows Server 2025 for a home NAS? It looks comfy.

>>106321670

you maybe open terminal adjust font size color theme and help or man your task

>>106324940
No, not really, I use it for my jellyfin server

>>106321670
Given that it's 2025, unironically ask an LLM

>>106323336
Yes
>The 2 new sticks or 1 alone doesnt boot up
>New one with the old one as secondary doesnt
>But old one with the new one as the secondary work 100% and gets detected in hwinfo
This shit is a mystery for me

>>106324940
ReFS blows goats and is never finished. Makes btrfs look like zfs. Windows straight sucks at storing files.

is there a rentry alternative that allows loli/shota

Does partitioning/formatting a drive degrade it in any noticeable way?
I've had to repartition and reformat several drives I've have (SSD and HDD) multiple times and I'm curious if this puts those drives at risk for early failure. It's a concern cuz I'm a broke lazy NEET and can't buy new ones if they all fail on me and there's data I don't want to lose.

>>106326429
no, formatting and partitioning only write headers, it's why you can use forensic software to still see old files left behind.

>>106322157
People usually cut the cable to signal that the device is defective.

>>106324356
Consent-O-Matic

>>106318292
Check if older versions work, you can install them separately.

>>106326429
Not at all.
But regarding the rest of your post, do remember that all drives can fail randomly and without warning. Being broke is perhaps the one valid excuse to not have a second copy, but do make sure you weight the cost of losing your data vs. the cost of a spare drive to put an offline backup onto.

>>106326864
Hopefully their idea of defective is just something simple like the cd player not working, and I can aux in from my laptop like I intended.
>>106323114
Yes on the soldering iron, but cutting the metal on the chassis would be a whole nother ordeal. I'd be open to it though, assuming I can revive the thing in the first place.

I see lots of people generating AI videos locally but i don't have time right now to learn about it. Is there a retard friendly way to set up it easily just to fool around a bit? Kinda like fooocus but for video?

>>106329028
you'll have to ask in the stable diffusion general threads, they have guides at the top
>>>/g/sdg
>>>/g/ldg

>>106303629 (OP)
Gentoomen,
Sanity check on n8n in prod?
My brother runs a company that is all process and data handling - the whole thing could be automated: email comes in, classify it, update a record, email someone else, update a webform, etc.
N8n seems to be the best solution i can find - even with their shit pricing update.
Any better/other options?

>>106321769
duster and alcohol.
After huffing and drinking, I wipe the computers internals vigorously.

I need you guys to help me get myself into a normie mindset.
My sister (30s) wants to buy a laptop and is overwhelmed with the options. Her needs are so unlike anything I'd ever consider I'm lost too now.
Basically she doesn't own a PC or anything else, and will use the laptop 95% at home, and essentially as a bootloader for her browser. Netflix, Webbrowser, maybe light office use. Normiecore essentially.
Goal is a reasonable price and something that doesn't get slow as shit after a bit.
Currently tempted to tell her to just get a refurbed macbook or something, M1/M2 should be enough for her needs, power efficiency is great and it'll have premium materials for the chassis.
My other idea was like a lonovo yoga slim or something.

Anything else that's good to check? Premium feeling chassis, reasonable price, mid specs. I'd say low specs, but some future proof-ness would be nice.

>>106329616
Anything modern will do, from i5/i7 4th gen to today. The bigger question is: how is the cooling and chassis build quality? That's what you should look into. Newer CPUs are all super overkill for casual use, but can get pushed harder when playing back 4k content on a 4k TV or recording or streaming at such resolution via OBS and what not. Then there's gaming, which is a very normie thing these days, too. If she won't do that, then you just need to find deals, double check reviews on how well the machine cools under load, and if the build quality is good or not (no hinges that break easily after a while, or motherboards that tend to fry themselves often, screens that die easily, etc.)

>>106303709

you probably run memtest twice or three times so bootuptime does not matter that much

also 4k write speeds

>>106329785
>how is the cooling and chassis build quality?
Honestly that's why I considered the M chip macbooks. In terms of thermals and energy efficiency they should be pretty great because it's essentially a mobile chip.
>Then there's gaming, which is a very normie thing these days, too
There's a fairly large chance the last game she played was Creatures 2. Gaming isn't a concern whatsoever.
Not that Creatures 2 doesn't have sovl, but it's been a while.
>double check reviews on how well the machine cools under load, and if the build quality is good or not (no hinges that break easily after a while, or motherboards that tend to fry themselves often, screens that die easily, etc.)
Yeah that's good advice, thanks anon.

I suspect she'd be happiest with a cheap used macbook, given that the materials and build quality are great on those. It pains me in my soul to recommend an apple product to someone, but in the end, it's for her not for me and apple stuff is hard to fuckup from my understanding.
Does macOS fill with trash the way windows does? If not, then that'd be a good thing.

>>106307452

just dont as soon flat cable is broken it is likely worn anyways

>>106329871
>apple stuff is hard to fuckup from my understanding
Can be harder to use instead because of the workflow or contrived permissions. It has its own problems, not that it has less.
If it does actually pain your lazy ass, find her something not an M1 machine, plenty of good out there to be found. Machines that retailed for <$600 new generally aren't that good, either, so that should narrow your search. Older, lightly used Asus TUF and Lenovo Legion gaming laptops are often quite fine, choices, too. People tend to not replace keybeds, so there's one of your indicators of how used a machine is, for instance, besides the condition of the ports, screen,and chassis.

>>106324001

yes maybe with exeptions if screen resolution is at lowest it always stays same

What are more prone to lose their juice, or to leak, in storage (not in a device) -
>(modern) alkaline
>or (modern) zinc carbon batteries?

My neighbors left the country for an unknown period of time, and so left me a bunch of shit. Food. Cleaning products. And a ton of AA and AAA batteries. Various dates. But dates being equal, battery-for-battery, which should I use up first? Which are worse to leave in storage?
I remember hearing something about how alkalines used to be way better for storing but zinc carbons have improved a lot and alkalines seem to be slipping (especially Duracells).

>>106303709
nah, it's a tiny program that loads entirely to ram
>>106303965
i think not, because i recall certain addons needing permissions for that, so i assume it's protected by default
>>106304142
web browsing is multi-threaded. get as many cores and threads as possible within your budget even if theyre weaker individually :)
>>106306494
yahoo?
as long as you put a proper email address as the backup, it will email you long in advance before they delete your junk mail account. they should give you several warnings, so you can log back into it again and reset the counter. google and microshart almost certainly do that. i don't know about yahoo but ive had a yahoo as my junk email account for nearly 2 decades and i only log in sporadically.
>>106312684
i have had this problem in firefox for years
with all webpages, not just 4chan
multiple different fresh profiles on multiple different fresh installations on multiple computers (albeit probably only on windows, don't think i've tried on linux)
it's just a firefox problem, nothing you're doing wrong :(
i really hate it and wish theyd fucking fix it already
>>106316349
>how do i speed up reality bro
lol

>>106329616
>refurbished
>for anything with a li-ion battery
r u retarded?
basically anything modern will be good enough specs-wise. what you need to do is figure out what she prefers physically.
>what screen size, and possibly aspect ratio. typical dumb girl who wants a 13 inch screen for ants because it's >le cute!? or a nice chad 17" screen, great for media, but obviously heavier and more unwieldy. or modern 16", which has a different aspect ratio to the modern standard, it's 15.6" but with a little extra vertical added
>keyboard
does she wants a number pad or not? i work with numbers so a numpad is essential for me, but if she's a dumb girl then maybe not for her, maybe might even be detrimental because it moves the keyboard leftwards.
>what side is the power cable connected to?
this can matter depending on her setup. for me, right is much better than left. i have a desk, but then my head (head of the bed) is right next to it on the right side. so i can easily just pick the laptop up and seamlessly move to my bed and keep using it. left side would be a real hassle, because i cant just seamlessly transition to the bed, it's on the opposite side to the power cable, i have to disconnect and use on battery unnecessarily, or disconnect and use a different cable, which puts unnecessary wear and tear on the port.
>vent
where is the vent blowing out hot air?
>usb ports etc
how many does she need

I bought this NAS and I want to use it without gay apps, is it even possible to just leave it accessible to my LAN?

>>106330565
>r u retarded?
Probably, but that's besides the point
>what screen size
15-15 inch, 14 is fine too.
>does she wants a number pad or not?
No numpad, if it has one it's not an issue, just not needed
>this can matter depending on her setup
It doesn't for hers
>where is the vent blowing out hot air?
As long as it's not towards the user it doesn't matter. With the workloads mentioned, hot air should be limited anyways, otherwise the CPU is overkill
>how many does she need
2 or more.

>>106330585
The app allows you to set up a samba shared file. No idea if that is enabled out of the box

>>106330492
Just buy some eneloops and throw that shit out.

>>106330618
Can someone who knows chime in, do they even make fanless laptops any more? Things where the CPU is so low powered but efficient, it doesn't even generate that much heat therefore no fan needed?
I have such a laptop. A shitty walmart-tier HP. Inside is Celeron from 2014. Celeron N2840. I'm currently using it as a server because nice low idle power. But on typical use (like when using it as a proper computer), while it struggles (especially nowadays, can barely use the web), it just doesn't get hot. Whereas something like an i3 from the same era, while idle power usage might be similar, the moment you stress it the power and heat spikes, necessitating a fan. The Celeron didn't need a fan at all.

Do they make modern equivalents of that Celeron, something that doesn't need a fan? N100? But more importantly, does anyone make laptops with such a CPU, and that don't have a fan. Or that has a fan, but it doesn't do much because it doesn't generate much heat even on stress?

Because if anon's sister is your typical dumb femoid, they love using their laptops on the bed without a stand. It sinks into their duvet, the big fluffy duvet envelops the sides, covering the intake and outtake vents, and then they play youtube on 4k60 ("why would i reduce the res? moar is better, tee hee!"), then complain when the laptop oveheats, even shuts down. A low power fanless laptop is perfect for these dumb vagoids.

>>106330585
The app sounds incredibly fishy

>>106330553
>i really hate it and wish theyd fucking fix it already
Get the SingleFile addon, then you can save your webpages as a single file with actual embedded picture data

How accurate is this website?
https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/4ba2794

I am checking if my old computer screen supports VESA mounting and here it says it's got 100x100mm, but the official HP page doesn't mention VESA. I can't check it myself physically because I don't have the screen with me.

>bookmark a YouTube link to a video on Firefox, Windows 10
Favicon is there.
>bookmark a YouTube link to a video on Firefox, Windows 11
Favicon is missing, empty globe.

What gives? At first I thought it's because of the extra parameterswith & after v=, but nope, even without anything else, globe only.

>>106330585
app? doesn't it have a webui? i haven't used one that has it's own app, but i would hope it's just an optional feature, like to just make it easier to configure for people who don't know how to access the webui or perhaps to set up backups on a phone in a simpler way

What are the advantages of using the nano SIM card slot on my ThinkPad over, let's say, some sort of "e-SIM" or virtual SIM service or something?

>>106331218
probably more portable, just take it out and put it in another device, no need to configure it from your provider

>>106330492
Zinc are more likely to leak, I think.
Avoid Kodak batteries like the plague, even the more expensive ones are shit and leak when new.

>>106330922
Almost all PC monitors support VESA mounts.

>>106330773
It's chink shit so I want to avoid it at all costs.
>>106331069
No, I tried connecting with all local IPs but had no luck.
>>106330693
Sadly, I think this is the momentary solution, thanks anon.

>>106331381
>No, I tried connecting with all local IPs but had no luck.
False, I just saw the IP and it has a different subnet. Fuck me I'll just try tomorrow.

>>106303629 (OP)
i have a netgear r6230 on latest openwrt. both radios work but the 5G radio is extremely unreliable and a temporary fix is manually restarting it. the 2.4G radio seems to be starting to do the same. is there any way to debug this? otherwise, is the openwrt one with a external switch good hardware?

>>106331663
installing OEM firmware doesnt seem to be a option bc ive tried for like 2 hours and couldnt get the router to get into the "upload firmware from my computer" mode so im stuck with openwrt

>>106331663
probably getting hot?

>>106324356
>>106324881
https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies

>>106330922
Looks like it.
>>106331378
>Almost all PC monitors support VESA mounts.
There are still plenty of turboshit monitors that have a non-removable hinge.

>>106330026
>>106324256
I want to tile my browser yo top right corner, while still having the elements of the page in the same size, particularly the post box of an image board.

>>106303629 (OP)
morning
leaving country for a while, planning on putting my sim in my previous android phone, leaving it plugged in, on wifi, and locked at family's place the entire time I'm gone. and then somehow set up sms forwarding to my email.
is this a stupid idea that's gonna stop working after a week and explode the battery?

>>106329616
macbook air m1/m2 should be fine yeah
otherwise refurb thinkpad
basically like the other anon said start by asking about the screen size she wants, and then pick anything that's from the last ~5 years and has decent physical quality/durability

>>106330730
Yes. N100/N150 can often be fanless I think.
But macbook airs are the obvious answer here, unironically.

>20 years of using computers
>5 years of working on computers as a career
>Just now found out the entire 127.0.0.0/8 block is loopback, not just 127.0.0.1
>Somehow never even considered what I thought the rest of the address range did
uhh... how common is this knowledge?

>>106331218
Like the other anon said, you can take out a physical sim, not an e-sim. Same advantages and disadvantages as on any other device: an e-sim is basically "contained" in the device you register it, while a physical sim is "contained" in the small physical chip. So with an e-sim there's less hassle because you can't e.g. lose it or break it, but it means you can never take it out and use it in anything else ever again.

Is there any way to bring back or add a download bar to fire fox like chrome used to have at the bottom?

>>106333654
>/8
Yes, not /32 so it should be obvious when looking at the mask.
I'm assuming it's mostly for DNS as specifying a different port could get hinky. Some Linux setups listen to 127.0.0.53 (53 like the port, very memeish) when providing a local DNS stub. Or when you're transparently routing to Tor you could just use some arbitrary local address for the Tor onion DNS.
Then there's a Linux feature net.ipv4.conf.*.route_localnet which allows you to do real life networking with the 127.0.0.0/8 range, I have no idea what's the use case though.

Question: why didn't IPv6 spec give a range of loopbacks, just a singular [::1]?

would it be possible to connect my laptop to my main screen and have it only expand when needed, while keeping everything connected to my main pc? with projector settings maybe?
I don't want my main screen on my laptop. I basically only occasionally want to use my main screen as a second screen for my laptop
(I know that my kbm might be useless when using my laptop screen on main screen but that's fine)
I have a monitor with kvm switch but don't know/think it works like I want it to (it takes both, so main screen on laptop as well which I don't want)

would the only/simplest option be to just plug/unplug a cable when I need the expanded screen or not?

>>106334227
I don't know what you mean by "only expand when needed" (how does a screen "expand"?) and I also don't know what you mean by
>I don't want my main screen on my laptop

I am guessing you mean something like - you want the main screen connected to the PC most of the time, but sometimes you want to switch to using it as a second screen for the laptop, but only occasionally. Is that it?
If so then keeping both connected and using the screen's input selection settings is probably the simplest way to do this.
A KVM should work also, I don't get what you mean by saying "it takes both".

>>106333654
i've known about it for a long time, but don't know/haven't looked into the reason or potential uses for anything besides 127.0.0.1. i couldn't say how common knowledge this is. i suppose if you're savvy enough to even know about 127.0.0.1 at all, it wouldn't take much more learning to realise it's a /8 and not a /32 (and understand what that means)

>>106333654
I am utterly unsurprised by it but I also never realised it either. I think I've never in my life considered what any of the other IPs in that range are for, one way or the other.
I wager it's pretty common knowledge for anyone who's ever had a reason to think about those IPs in the first place, and probably rather uncommon for everybody else because if you never even think about those addresses then you probably won't think or learn about what they are, either.

>>106334289
>how does a screen "expand"?)
I'm illiterate, I meant extend

>Is that it?
yes that's what I want, I'll test it out soon thanks

I have no idea how kvm works, I thought it's basically just a button to swap between using both screens for device 1 or device 2, always 'taking both' screens. always extending screen 1 or always extending screen 2 but you can never have screen 1 for device 1 and screen 2 for device 2 (what I sometimes want basically)

>>106334296
>>106334342
You use them to go around port restrictions as pointed out by the DNS example.
Or for tunneling where you got local gateways for routing purposes.

>>106334397
>both screens
There's only one (external) screen on your diagram so I still have no idea what you're talking about.
Not that it matters because like I said you can just plug both in and select on the screen itself which input to use, but I'm mildly curious wtf you're talking about.

I'm running a dual channel 2 x 8gb ram setup on my PC at the moment.
I've essentially gotten a 32gb stick for free so I'm wondering right now if going single channel with the 32gb will be an objective improvement.

Theoretically, 32gb should be better than 16gb ram right? But from a layman's research around RAM fuckery, the only stuff I've been stumbling on is
>SINGLE CHANNEL BAD
>DUAL CHANNEL GOOD

Will the stronger ram (again, it's a single 32gb vs a cumulative 16gb) outweigh the alleged advantages of a dual setup?

>>106334910
>only one (external) screen
yeah, how you phrase it makes more sense. Kind of like A (main) + B (external) and there always being a main screen
I see it as 1+1 where both screens are ''main'' and ''external'' (screens are equal) depending on which is set as main. I thought the case would be that you ALWAYS need to extend onto the external screen
like for example here >>106334227 the top picture has 1 for main screen and 2 for laptop. I thought it would -always- be 1 main screen and 1 laptop or 2 main screen or 2 laptop.
or did I just make it worse? I'm new to using multiple screens and don't really know how they work. I assume most tech is incredibly user-unfriendly so I didn't expect it to work how I want it so easily

>>106335266
>or 2 main screen or 2 laptop.
I mean AND 2 laptop

>>106335266
I honestly still have no idea what you're saying lmao.
>Kind of like A (main) + B (external) and there always being a main screen
There's no main/external. What there is, is internal/built-in and external. The laptop has an internal screen attached to it. The desktop doesn't.
This matters because you can't plug anything else into the laptop screen (well, you can, but you'd need to disassemble the laptop and maybe buy an adapter connector, so for practical purposes it's not something to consider). So: the laptop will always have at least its own screen. You can also plug more external screens into it.
The external screen can be plugged into anything (within limits of the number of input ports it has, obviously). The desktop PC has no built-in screen, so if you want it to display anything, it has to be plugged into the external screen.

In your diagram, you have exactly one external screen, so there's only one screen that you can plug into anything else. That's why I'm confused when you're talking about "plugging both screens". If you have two external screens, you should say so explicitly so I can understand what you're talking about.

>the top picture has 1 for main screen and 2 for laptop. I thought it would -always- be 1 main screen and 1 laptop or 2 main screen or 2 laptop.
I have no clue what "1" and "2" mean in your mind, anon.

>>106335207
The 32gb ram isn't "stronger", it's just bigger. You will be able to use more RAM. But it will be a bit slower due to only using a single channel.
This is assuming the 32gb stick is a) of similar speeds and also b) compatible with your computer in the first place. E.g. if your motherboard is for DDR4 RAM only and your 32gb stick is DDR5, it won't work. Alternatively if your 8gb sticks are super cheap DDR4 running at like 2000MHz and the 32GB stick is proper 3200MHz DDR4, it might almost make up for being single channel (again assuming the motherboard can also handle the RAM being this fast, and doesn't slow it down).

If you're never running out of RAM with your 16GB, and there's nothing that you'd want to do but feel like you can't because you don't have enough RAM, then you won't see much benefit from the extra capacity of the 32GB since you won't really be using it anyway.

>>106331381
>It's chink shit so I want to avoid it at all costs.
well, should have avoided it before buying

I have a nice idea for a 2D game in the style of stardew valley. But a very different gameplay, etc. not a farming sim. It's still kinda straight forward and I believe not too complex to build. Muh neighbour is a dev and he recently told me that he already built several games (all failures) in his free time just for fun. I'm more on the artist side and I can create great tileset graphics, pixelart, stories and even the music. I wanna ask him if he wants to join me in building this game. And then do a 50/50 share just in case there is a profit. Does that make sense? I have no idea how time consuming it would be for him and if it's comparable with my work.

How bad is this adapter?

>>106331663
Power adapter dying most likely. gl-inet Flint 2 is faster and usually cheaper. OWRT One is a weird tinkertroon config nobody asked for.

>>106336011
It really depends on skill level and how much detail you want to put in to the art and into the game.

>>106336179
>realtek
Pretty bad.

>>106335337
I am looking at the screens and their respective 'output device' as one, nobody is using a desktop or laptop with screen.
so we have two output/computing devices (desktop and laptop) and respectively two screens (monitor and laptop screen, built in)
I thought, the display on BOTH the screens always needed to be the output from ONE of the devices. laptop computing on laptop screen and monitor, or desktop computing on laptop screen and monitor. This is not the case as you've said in your first post, you can have both screens show one computing device, or have them separate, as if the connecting cable was not there.
this latter situation, was not something I knew was possible. I thought since they were connected with a cable, you always needed to have the screens show both

if it's not clear now then I have no idea how to explain it otherwise

How do I revert this so I don't have to open an extra menu?

>>106336474
>nobody is using a desktop or laptop with screen
Huh what?
>I thought, the display on BOTH the screens always needed to be the output from ONE of the devices. laptop computing on laptop screen and monitor, or desktop computing on laptop screen and monitor.
I see, that is indeed a very odd line of thinking, particularly because there's no way to display the desktop computing on the laptop's screen (at least, again, not in an easy/normal manner). The laptop's screen is its own but hopefully my post above explained that well enough. Only the external screen needs to be considered.

That said I'm curious, what made you think both screens were somehow "linked" in some way that would force you to use both for the same thing?

test 0

test 1

>>106336678
>Huh what?
without. that was a typo, my bad

>what made you think both screens were somehow "linked
the cable connecting them. I assume a lot of tech is user-unfriendly so I assume it was an either-or situation. a middle path (like how I wanted) was not something I expect

>>106336575
Is that Edge? Just use Brave.

>>106336011
Blocky pixel art? Pixel art is sweet, but way overdone. Go much higher res, that's a little less common.
4chan is surely the wrong place for further discussion on this topic, however.

>>106334227
There are USB, Displayport, and HDMI switches just for this purpose depending on your connection needs, anon.

>>106336906
>without
A laptop without a screen, true, since they're built-in. But the fact that desktops require an external screen to be connected actually matters a lot. It is not at all uncommon to use a PC without a screen, e.g. as a home server that you remote into rather than using directly.

>the cable connecting them
Ah I see. Your confusion seems to stem from the fact that you thought you were plugging into the laptop's screen, but the cable is actually plugging into the laptop itself, not its screen. The laptop's display ports are strictly output ports. It's exactly the same as plugging a cable into the PC's GPU ports (while the PC has a screen connected through another port).

>>106336011
I don't think it's possible to answer that question upfront.
If you really want to go about it properly, then try to first create a demo, or a mini-game based on your core concept. Something like just one core gameplay mechanic, just the bare minimum stuff around it to make it playable, and "real" art for all the assets but only again for the bare minimum assets needed for the game to run (e.g. the player character, a single very basic environment, etc.).
Once you have a working playable demo/mokcup that'll give you a few things. First, you'll be able to judge how you work together on a personal level (do you actually mesh along well enough to be happy embarking on a bigger project together?). Secondly, you'll have a rough idea of the workload, if you were to create something similar but 50x more complex. Thirdly, you'll also have an opportunity to learn how to shill for your game and try to get some players and feedback on the demo, which is very much important if you ever want anyone to play the real game once it's finished, so one of you two will need to be good at social media "marketing"/self-promotion. Fourth, if you are lucky enough to get some players checking out your demo, you'll be able to get some initial feedback from strangers on your core mechanic, to help validate whether your idea has appeal or not.

And remeber that the current gaming market is extremely oversaturated - there's plenty of excellent and even really fun games that just nobody ever plays because there are too many games out there. Making a successful indie game is as much a function of luck and managing some successful marketing as it is a matter of game design. What this means is that while it's good to think about ownership stakes upfront to avoid conflicts later, the odds that it will ever matter are pretty low, and ideally just working on the game would be fun by itself for you two. And also that the work of marketing/promotion shouldn't be ignored.

What is the best modern equivalent of ASUS Eee PC?
With x64 cpu, under 13" (the smaller the better), NOT a tablet with detachable or external keyboard (and aluminum shell would be ideal)

>>106336380
Isn't most of the wifi adapters recommended by kali devs are realtek?

>>106337341
A small notebook laptop?

>>106337341
11” education model laptops.
Unfortunately they don't usually come with more than 4gb of memory.

>>106337341
You could also get one of those handheld laptops - they're kinda like a clamshell version of the steamdeck (with a keyboard and touchpad)

>>106337440
>recommend Realtek
>for Linux
No, that would be stupid.

>>106337440
I'm guessing they just copied a list of 'known working' adapters. If you don't use Mediatek for USB you're certifiably retarded.

what webcam do you guys use for video calling? some random temu one or basic logitech?

What are some public tracker torrent sites that are reliable these days? I remember using tpb and rarbg back in the day.
I just want to download a movie or tv series.

>>106338633
That meme logitech one, I forgot the name
Go for one that's decently good quality, especially if you work full remote rather than hybrid. You may even be able to expense it

I'm thinking of buying Lenovo LOQ/Legion and installing linux on it but saw some anon discourage people from using linux on a laptop. Is there any reason for this? Thinking of using Mint or Bazzite. Have been using SteamOS for a while and it seems to be fairly retardproof.

>>106303629 (OP)
I keep getting volmgr event 162 -> kernel event 41 BSOD crashes but only when trying to salvage a corrupt backup using some shitty software.
I just upgraded my motherboard and CPU and made sure everything was compatible. I suspect that the fucked up backup was causing these crashes because it always reliably happened around 80% and 90% completion, but when searching the errors most posts say it's either a dying PSU or a bad motherboard. I tested the PSU, which I'm not accustomed to but if I understand correctly it seems to be working fine.
So how can I diagnose if the software somehow caused this or if it's my board?

Follow-up question: If I do exchange my mobo for the exact same model can I just continue using my current drivers and os install or do I still need to do another clean install?

>>106339272
Side question I forgot to consider; does this seem like something a bios update could fix?

I'm struggling to understand the difference between Linux distros as most of the explanations in forum discussions and videos are vague vibes.
So far I got it that it comes down to the kernel and a choice of default programs.

Therefore my question is with regards to distros that belong to the same "family":
If, for example, I take a Debian-unstable, lookup a list of Mint's software, its Package Manager, Desktop, and default system settings and install them on top of that Debian base - will there be any meaningful difference between Actual Mint and "Mintified" Debian?
Do any of those daughter-distros being anything to the table other than their choice of "initial defaults"?

>>106339875
Also, what would be the significant difference in behaviour between an install of Debian with Wayland, Nix and KDE and of Fedora with all the same.

how do I get rid of chromes "resume browsing"
its a feature I cant imagine anyone using, instead of a new tab that uses the page it opens a small fuck you panel that takes a quarter of the page while 3/4 is left unused

what on earth

>>106303629 (OP)
I have a scholarship to do a Masters Degree and would like to do it on CS. What would be a good university or how could what criteria should I look into for one?
Also any suggestions on where to learn about Kubernetes or get some sort of Certificate for it?

With how many extensions are losing support in chrome/chromium it seem like it might be time that i'm forced to switch? What should i move to? I sometimes use brave on my phone since it has built in adblocking should i just use that on desktop too or do something like firefox?

>>106339875
>Do any of those daughter-distros being anything to the table other than their choice of "initial defaults"?
Two things, in order of importance:
- support;
- a set of goals/values and the dedication to pursue them.
For example, Ubuntu is a Debian fork, but it does not use any Debian repos. They import a snapshot of Debian Unstable into their own repos every 6 months, polish a big chunk of it (Main and Multiverse acrchives), and then support it for up to 12 years.
Then Ubuntu offer a hardware certification program for which vendors pay in order to ensure that whatever's broken can be made to work with Ubuntu.
For example, when I bought a Dell laptop with Ubuntu many years ago, it had a working dial-up modem, WiFi, and DVD playback, three things you couldn't get if you installed Debian on the same laptop back then.
As for values, Debian emphasizes freedom, and until very recently that meant that installing Debian gave you non-working hardware due to the lack of firmware, since firmware is proprietary and goes against Debian's values. Ubuntu took the pragmatic way of bundling both firmware and proprietary drivers on the DVD, and codecs, and ZFS, and a **lot** of other stuff that isn't in the spirit of free software but makes Linux usable for millions of people who wouldn't touch it otherwise.
So it's not just a list of settings and preinstalled packages, the differences go deep even between very close distros, and different users have different priorities.
Fedora has no video codecs since 2-3 years ago because its "downstream" Red Hat have decided to disable codecs in Fedora. Red Hat is not even directly downstream of Fedora, there is CentOS in between them. You'll never see something like this done in Debian by Ubuntu, despite them being so much closer distros than Fedora and Red Hat.
It's a complicated dynamic and there's a distro for every taste. Try some yourself, judge them with an open mind, and don't fall for memes.

>>106340416
Thank you for the detailed answer.
If I may focus on some down to earth aspects like
>Fedora has no video codecs
How much does that matter practically?
I can run nix-env --install ffmpeg and lookup other codec packages as needed, or is there anything fundamental preventing me from doing that in Fedora?

>>106340664
Not at all because you install them from rpmfusion.
>I can run nix-env --install ffmpeg and lookup other codec packages as needed
You're going to run into trouble doing that because every Linux distro has its own user ABI.
You can't mix libraries like that. Linux distros all have their own user ABI.

>>106303629 (OP)
hello, i have been trying to install arch32 on an old computer.
after doing everything listed on the guide and having installed some other useful packages, i booted into the system, but i havent gotten the "starting version XYZ of arch" on startup. i have also noticed that before i had to create the .config directory to make my window manager work, it didnt exist.
Does anyone know what's going on with my install?

>>106340833
Alright, I thought that goes without saying but I did imply removing whatever the default package manager at the install and replacing it with Nix (not for any particular reason, just as an example), Nix says that they do support Fedora.
Or is there some fundamental issue with that as well?

theres no way i need anything more than a base mac studio m4 max for hobby photography working with 24mp files right?

is there a good simple tool for cleaning up HDD space on win11?

>>106341048
add or remove programs from the settings app

>>106303629 (OP)
this is more of a personal question than anything related to computers, but I wonder what you fags thing
I had a woman friend that I fell in love with, and since she only wanted to be my friend, I decided to cut the relationship... in the worst, most retarded way, at the worst moment. I won't elaborate on that, but my question is about the following situation:
the last day we met, I decided to help her with her laptop, and tried to replace the HDD on his laptop with a SSD. for reasons that are beyond this post, I couldn't make W10 run on the laptop while staying at her house, so I left it disassembled and came back home. I assumed I'd be able to fix it or put back the HDD the next day, but drama happened... and we cut our relationship. before we stopped talking, I told her to be very careful with the laptop.
the next week she called me saying some technician said the laptop had a dead motherboard, so I told her that I'd send someone to fix it and/or pay for it if she wanted me to pay. she said no, for reasons.

it's been almost half a year and I still feel bad for that (and other things), even though it probably was not 100% (or even 10%) my fault: the laptop was running when I left it at her house.

if you were me, would you pay her for "killing" her laptop?

>>106340934
>removing whatever the default package manager at the install and replacing it with Nix
Then you're just running a retarded Nix install that can't upgrade its kernel.

Things like Nix, flatpak, ... work by providing whatever user libraries their application expects and work with the host OS by using standard interfaces like the Linux kernel ABI, Wayland, and pulseaudio. If you try to yank one library out of the guest environment and use it on a program built for the host environment, you're mixing two interfaces which are similar but not the same, and that's going to cause weird behavior sometimes.

>>106340260
chrome://flags/
> NTP Most Relevant Tab Resumption Module
> NTP Most Relevant Tab Resumption Module uses fallback to host for favicon
> Disable Top Sites

Might be some more stuff

>>106341334
> Disable Top Sites
?
did you ask an AI for that
I dont think it works

>>106331218

maybe you were given thinkpad and nanosim just use those phone calls might be enabled or not

if they wanted to give you thinkpad with sip phone calls they likely would have told you

Newer MacBook, Cant sign-In as Standard User. Only Admins Work. Removed/Changed Passwords, Still Nothing. Also Admins are by Default Hidden, Even from Each other.

Checked that File Vault was Off, Changed from Standard to Admin back to Standard. I also left a Active Directory that was a Domain, and Retried.
I got Nothing, Any Ideas?

>>106341048

it is called return to factory settings with delete all data function

>>106341255
samefag here. in case anyone cares:

>if you were me, would you pay her for "killing" her laptop?
I didn't mean pay as in "get someone to fix it and pay them", but as in "compensate her for the stupid thing I did". I wanted to give her $200 for the trouble I caused, even though, again, I don't think it was my fault

>>106341803
you've cut ties and she said no when you offered, so don't worry about it.
>his laptop

>>106341947
ok, thanks anon. I'll just forget it.
still makes me sad, but, whatever.
I'm autistic and I've never understood why people tell other people to just forget things, though. I'm kind of obsessed about learning the lessons, and that makes me remember things...

I've got a buddy that's going through hard times, and I'm trying to send him a flash drive full of shows he likes.
One aspect of these hard times is lack of access to any device that can play any video file other than MP4 or AVI.
I've got one of his favorite shows, but it's MKV, and every single download I can find for it is the same MKV.
What do I use to change the format?
I tried Handbrake, but it fails every single time and the resulting file won't even play on my PC.

>>106342456
you should know that the extensions are just containers and the codecs themselves vary, especially with mkv. you should figure out what the device is and the specific codec they prefer then use ffmpeg to transcode to that codec and put it in the mp4 container.

>>106303629 (OP)
How do I get my clangd to not be retarded and actually work/compile correctly? Doesn't understand the standard library. Drives me nuts. Researched it for two days straight, came back empty handed. Using cmake, a native 0.11 Neovim lsp config, and Arch. Thanks in advance.
>>106339221
>using linux on a laptop
Installation is harder/requires more documentation to work around things like bootloaders from your laptop provider, but so long as you read its not so bad.

>>106342827
are you using the arch build system? never had any problems compiling software using the build tools and supplying a makepkg file or writing my own

>>106336575
What browser is that? That's an atrocity! It must be destroyed. I have never been so angry.

>>106339221
>>106342827
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Laptop/Lenovo
It looks like some of those models have been tested. You'll probably be fine, albeit with some tinkering required (its linux, so yeah).

Why does basedjak party give me malwarebytes warnings all of a sudden? I didn't do it before. I'm just gonna stay away from that retarded site from now.

New >>106343315
New >>106343315

>>106342456
If you want to use a gui instead of a cli like ffmpeg, xmedia recode supports stream copying (since it uses ffmpeg internally anyway) so you wouldn't need to reencode the videos

>>106342370
i'm the same way