/sqt/ Stupid Questions Thread

I've just been reading the virtualbox manual and it says that it only supports Windows 10 RTM, which I dont have. Can I still use virtualbox or am I stuck with Hyper-V?

it will work

wiki says for networking use NAT instead of bridged, why would I do this? wouldnt i want my VM to use the host NIC to access the internet?

doesn't matter unless you plan on running services that need ports on the virtual guest
whatever is easiest. i've always used NAT because that puts all the guests on a subnet together

Anyone know what toolkit is used for the Blender interface?

QupZilla or Pale Moon are both pretty solid

Going to be LANing with my two friends and I on xboxes. How nice of a router do I need for that? Will I want cabled over wifi? I mean I really don't need the best of the best.

was there a better PNG compressor than this for batch processing? i remember there was a time when pngs were optimized all the time on this board. don't remember what people used though

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>lossless compression
>compress it more
>still lossless
??? this is a thing??

Friend's computer refuses to boot:

>mobo doesn't throw an error code
>ram is seated properly
>rest of components' wires are a godawful tangled mess
>cpu/gpu fans only spin up and stay on half the time when forcing a reboot

Tried with 3 different monitors, it never shows anything but a black screen. Ideas?

cmos jumper. do it

For PNG? yes.

my processor is rated at 3.4GHz but it's running at 3.8? and CPU-Z seems to be reporting some sort of multiplier? Did my computer overclock itself, and how can it do that when its a locked processor?

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so i got an asus ux430ua laptop and wanna do a fresh instal of windows cuz i dont want bloatware and its only 250b ssd

but it says it will remove all this shit

wiill it fuck up my laptop after even if i backed up the drivers and reinstall them? will shit like hotkeys and card reader and intel stuff be messed up after?

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You're definitely losing something, then.
% xz -z -k -9 -e -T 0 -v 'Screenshot from 2018-03-27 17-35-45.png'
Screenshot from 2018-03-27 17-35-45.png (1/1)
100 % 1,221.9 KiB / 1,258.3 KiB = 0.971
% du -b 'Screenshot from 2018-03-27 17-35-45.png'
1288453 Screenshot from 2018-03-27 17-35-45.png
% du -b 'Screenshot from 2018-03-27 17-35-45.png.xz'
1251236 Screenshot from 2018-03-27 17-35-45.png.xz

I gained a whole 2.9% using real lossless compression

Turboboost is a thing.

No, also what you are doing doesn't count as a clean install.

I7-6700
Processor Base Frequency
3.40 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency
4.00 GHz

you don't have to press a button for TURBO anymore
ark.intel.com/products/88196/Intel-Core-i7-6700-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_00-GHz
>Processor Base Frequency 3.40 GHz
>Max Turbo Frequency 4.00 GHz

Turboboost has existed for years.

Provide uncompressed sample PNG and expected savings

why does my processor need to automatically use TurboBoost when it doesnt need it?

Something is using your CPU, even the most minimal use will trigger it.

because it's not *too* hot.

You're right, there is a way to compress them more.
you can probably write a bat script on windows to do what you want.
% optipng -o 7 'Screenshot from 2018-03-27 17-35-45.png' :(
** Processing: Screenshot from 2018-03-27 17-35-45.png
3840x1080 pixels, 3x8 bits/pixel, RGB
Input IDAT size = 1136822 bytes
Input file size = 1136931 bytes

Trying:
zc = 9 zm = 9 zs = 0 f = 4 IDAT size = 1134898
zc = 9 zm = 9 zs = 1 f = 4 IDAT size = 1127155
zc = 9 zm = 9 zs = 3 f = 5

this is taking a long time...

If you used a better 3rd party tool like HWInfo it may not be boosting completely up to its limit.
For instance, my Ryzen 1600 boosts to 3.7GHz on two cores for gaming/single threaded loads and 3.4GHz on all 6 cores for multi-core loads.

If you don't want it happening you can disable it or limit it via windows power plans. I cap my 1600 at 2.75GHz to prevent it running off when I don't need the spikes as mentioned by

>also what you are doing doesn't count as a clean install.
?? after the creators update they added an option where they redirect the user to download the media creation tool to create a bootable win 10 version . im not factory resetting it

How in the fuck do I make freelance money with a degree in CS, and an alright skill level in programming.
My crypto holdings shit the bed.

>you can probably write a bat script on windows to do what you want.
There's an optipng GUI, which also properly multi-threads (1 instance per image).

>this is taking a long time...
Anything other than default is damn near placebo for minimal yields.

% du -b 'Screenshot from 2018-03-27 17-35-45.png'
1127264 Screenshot from 2018-03-27 17-35-45.png
highest setting and I get 14%
that's actually impressive.

I want to upgrade my SSD to a higher capacity drive. Can it be done with Clonezilla or will it complain about the size of the target drive? This is a Linux-only installation.

Clonezilla will be enough.

you talking about reseating the cmos battery? because using the bios otherwise is impossible since his pc refuse to even boot properly

i have a google japanese input thing on my computer and i dont know how to get rid of it, help

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yes do it
>Anything other than default is damn near placebo for minimal yields.
~/Pictures % du -hs .
9.0M .
~/Pictures % optipng -o 7 *.png
...
...
optipng -o 7 *.png 619.71s user 0.28s system 99% cpu 10:20.97 total
~/Pictures % du -hs .
7.8M .
neat. it took 10 minutes using 1 (of 16) threads but it worked...

stop trying to be a weeaboo. uninstall the japanese language pack

Please help a phone brainlet.

Want something that is similar priced to the Nokia 8 or One Plus 3 T

which one would be better? or any other recommendations?

>neat. it took 10 minutes using 1 (of 16) threads but it worked...
What does default give you?

Nokia 8.

hence why i am asking HOW to get rid of it

Control panel>Laguage>Remove Japanese

i tried that, thats why im asking for help, it isnt there for me to remove

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pngquant [--nofs]
but only for screen caps
though it's alright for meme pics which are already sort of low quality or have no shades of colour like cartoons

Remove programs> Uninstall Google 日本語入力.

Every time I try to open a link in a new tab firefox automatically closes it. How do I fix this shit?

I got a brand new EVGA 650w PSU and a brand new Z370-I.

The PSU will light up the motherboard LED but it wont allow me to power on. I have to jump the PSU motherboard plug from the rear (pic related), while its plugged into the motherboard and hit the PC power button at the same time before the computer starts. It shuts down and turns on fine after that.

Pull the wall plug out or switch off at the PSU or wall, will require me to jump the PSU while pressing the power button to start it again and it resumes operating normally.

Everything is brand new, latest drivers etc and has been tested with other equipment.

Why is this happening?

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What's the best password keeper?

what do i select?

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Yes of course.

too late. my shits fully compressed now.
let me see if i have a snapshot

~/pictures2 % optipng *.png
...
...
optipng *.png 47.11s user 0.04s system 99% cpu 47.228 total
~/pictures2 % du -hs .
7.8M .
not different than maximum, just 47 seconds vs 10 minutes.

how do you insert preformatted text on Jow Forums

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If a site is completely in HTTPS, HTTPS is enforced entirely both ways, and shit like SSLstrip or likewise isn't occuring, can a man-in-the-middle observing traffic get anything other than the fact that you made a connection to a given site/IP? Can they read, for example, messages you posted or files you've downloaded? Assume everything in between you and the site is hostile, including ISP. I'm thinking of making a dumb little secret comms and file sharing site for me and my internet friends, but I don't want to get vanned because some idiot started uploading illegal shit to me and he did it without HTTPS so even if I wipe it the cops come knocking, nor do I want my friends from Bongistan and similar getting trolly'd because he accidently downloaded dank ISIS video meme edits without HTTPS.

>If a site is completely in HTTPS, HTTPS is enforced entirely both ways, and shit like SSLstrip or likewise isn't occuring, can a man-in-the-middle observing traffic get anything other than the fact that you made a connection to a given site/IP?
if they don't have the private key that only the server should have then it's just encrypted traffic.

the government may ask the owner of the server to give the private key to them.

>I'm thinking of making a dumb little secret comms and file sharing site for me and my internet friends, but I don't want to get vanned because some idiot started uploading illegal shit to me and he did it without HTTPS
they still could fuck you through a man in the middle if they ignore security warnings about the public key is different than what their browser (or stored certificates including self signed) expected.

I make a thread the other day asking a simple question and got about 30 replies from you faggots telling me to post it in /sqt/ to which I insisted that you were all just a bunch of useless faggots and evidently I was extremely accurate when I made that statement.

>if they don't have the private key that only the server should have then it's just encrypted traffic.
So as long as I'm hosting all my shit from my own server and strictly enforce HTTPS, shit going in and out of my server is just going to be unreadable to third parties?

>the government may ask the owner of the server to give the private key to them.
In this case I'm the owner. Not only would I be keeping a close eye to make sure any of my friends don't try to be wiseasses and meme on me, I'd ban them from the site and wipe whatever they were doing worth wiping. I doubt any of my friends are going to call cops on dumbasses posting bad shit on my little project.

>they still could fuck you through a man in the middle if they ignore security warnings about the public key is different than what their browser (or stored certificates including self signed) expected.
None of them are that retarded, or at least I'd like to believe so. Most of them are at least somewhat technologically inclined. What about HSTS and making them enter the public key as part of the sing-up process? It's a simple string equivalency check on my end, I'm sure I can slap something that simple onto whatever junk from Github I decide to use to handle logins, if that's not already available as part of it. I seriously doubt any of my friends are doing anything bad enough to already have them under an MITM attack before they connect the first time and defeating HSTS.

My new laptop isn't big enough to hold all my music, but I need to be able to share it on soulseek. Right now I have my old server running as a samba server. however I'm unable to share network locations through soulseek. Is there a way to make a folders network location appear like a local location? There now way for me to acces smb:// locations in SS

>So as long as I'm hosting all my shit from my own server and strictly enforce HTTPS, shit going in and out of my server is just going to be unreadable to third parties?
yes
>In this case I'm the owner.
keep it safe. keep it secret.
>What about HSTS and making them enter the public key as part of the sing-up process?
not necessary if you just want to encrypt their access to https content. just give them your public key if it's self signed.
>I'm sure I can slap something that simple onto whatever junk from Github
>I'm sure I can slap something that simple onto whatever junk from Github I decide to use to handle logins, if that's not already available as part of it
nginx and apache both have very basic login tools. give your friends a "guest" account and password to share if they want. change it every now and then.

I don't know why it's happening. I would recommend the same thing I do when computers don't start up right and reset the CMOS.
if it's faulty hardware then return it.

How to I find communities that share programming books/news/ect, for example in telegram/twitter/ect.
I've been looking for a while and all I can find are arab or comutities that share books/news in russian..

If I update my motherboard's BIOS do I have to install all the updates or just the most recent?

Is there a piece of software that can monitor and track changes made to the filesystem and registry in Windows while installing software that isn't a complete piece of shit? Literally every single one that provides this exact functionality is either paid or a bloated piece of shit.

Has anyone here ever had to RMA G Skill RAM? I just found out my RAM from them is FUBAR and they have a lifetime warranty, but I don't have the reciept anymore and was wondering if I could still send it in

the most recent. it's a rom image, so everything gets overwritten, no matter what you flash

How harmful are those actions?
blackhillsinfosec.com/towards-quieter-firefox/

What is the most visually aesthetic GNU/Linux distro?

it depends. sometimes the updating part of the firmware gets an update. it should tell you this when you download it if it requires a specific version before updating to latest.

elementary os

I want to learn about Machine Learning in Python; specifically, I want to write something that can read an article and then rewrite the article in proper English. Can this be accomplished with NLK? I'm thinking I'll need something like TensorFlow/Keras to train it, but am unsure if NLK is what I am looking for.

there's already grammar libraries out there, see languagetool. I don't think you can automate an editor though they might get mad about that.

hey guys, I was wondering if getting a ssd for gaming will reduce some stutter/hitching? I know getting a ssd wont increase performance but in games like open world games would it eliminate stutter?

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Go to the software uninstall tab of your control panel, look for the google ime, uninstall it. Install the microsoft one

>downloads a japanese ime
>cant type/read japanese

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>jump the PSU motherboard plug from the rear
Assuming you're doing as in the picture (aka paperclip testing), I'm not sure how you're doing that while it's plugged into the motherboard? A paperclip test does not fully test PSU functionality either. You need to check if it is outputting the correct voltage per line with a voltmeter.

In any case, I would recommend breadboarding your PC. Do you have anything else plugged in? Start off with just the bare essentials to power it on; Plug in your motherboard and PSU together but nothing else. No ram, no gfx card, no hdd, etc... then boot it up either by shorting the power on the motherboard itself or via front panel connectors. If successful, add each component one at a time and booting it once more. Rinse and repeat.

It's essentially process of elimination. But if all fails, it might just be faulty hardware either motherboard or PSU. Being brand new does not mean it won't be prone to potential issues. RMA's exist for a reason. If you have another PSU, you could try and test that with your motherboard. Finally, try to see if you can test your wall outlet's integrity/try another outlet if possible.

im doing a factory reset on my windows 8 HP laptop because its going pretty slow
and there are two options - to clean the drive fully, and to remove my files, and it says that i should just remove my files if im planning to keep the laptop
will the second option be enough if i want my laptop to run as it used to? fully cleaning takes much more time

Which chair should I buy? It doesn't need to be a meme gaming chair, however I do spend about 10 hours/day in front of the pc, so if it's comfy, I'll take it.
Price range is 200-300.

so I downloaded virtualbox, and it automatically put the VDI on my C drive which is my SSD, when I'd rather have that on my D drive (HDD). How do i change the location of the VDI, do I have to reinstall virtualbox on my D drive or can I have virtualbox on my C drive while having the VDI on my D drive?

Say you owned a store and a buddy came in and you offered that buddy a discount on your goods, due to the relationship you share-

What would American's call that?

Somebody redpill me please.
I'm having a problem by setting up SSH to my Pi server. I'd like to reach it from my phone when I'm not home.

>Installed openssh-client and openssh-server on my Pi
>Having a static public IP
>PasswordAuthentication: no
>PubkeyAuthentication: yes
>Specified a port number for SSH
>Enabled port forwarding on my router on the specified port

This is where things got confusing for me.
I used ssh-keygen (without a passphrase, does it matter?), then got a private key and a public key. Which one is for my Phone and how do I connect to the server now? I need to get the key on my phone somehow if I understand it right.
I also have no idea how do I give the key to PuTTY to access my Pi server from my Home network, I hope somebody can help me out.

I still need to setup nftables & fail2ban to finish and make it secure.
Did I miss something?
What else should I do to keep unwanted guests out of my network?

Thanks in advance Jow Forumsuys!

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do you have a windows product key (or do you need one?)

member discount

no its all handled within the pc itself, i dont have a pirated os

then you can fully wipe it if you have the product key.

Please respond.

What content would Jow Forums consider readworthy on my shitty low cost website

buy an office chair off craigslist.

I can connect to my web server over Gopher using the domain but need to use the IP address to connect using HTTP, any idea what's wrong?

Do you have it in your DNS?

Yeah, the weird part is it was working over HTTP in Opera 12 but not in Firefox, now it's not working in either browser.

Is err equal to nil?

So I have Kubuntu running on my Virtualbox as a test, and it seems kind of slow. I've allocated 8GB RAM to it, so I'm assuming it's CPU power. How do I allocate CPU power to Virtualbox? It seems CPU power to Virtualbox is limited, when I'd rather split the power between the host and the guest

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