/sqt/ Stupid Questions Thread

So let's say that I knocked off a resistor on my GPU and I would assume it's the reason why, even though fans are running fine and I can still be detected by tools such as atiflash, it no longer displays shit and it seems the PC gets stuck on POST (unless I switch to integrated graphics in which case Windows throws a nice little "thread stuck in device driver" BSOD).

Do you think it just needs resoldering and that's it or is there a process more complicated than that? I got the resistor and the GPU right here, I know exactly which one fell off. I already assume the GPU to be pretty dead but maybe this will "resurrect" it. I know not too much about soldering either, but maybe this is a good start.

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If that pic is of your actual graphics card then just re-solder it. You lucked out with it being a bigger component, make sure it's the right way around.

Is KeepAss a good password manager?

trying to set up VLC how can I stop the video when I click on the screen like in MPC-HC?

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does life has a meaning or do we have a purpose?

Can someone tell me what the best way to learn Java, C and C# is? And link me to some books? At the moment I am just parroting things I need from youtube tutorials at the moment, I'd like to actually learn for myself a bit more basic things (not looking at getting advanced or anything like that)

Excuse the shitty picture, this one is my GPU specifically. Unfortunately it's a smaller one as you can see, and it's hard to tell which side it is. But I guess I'll try. What could happen (other than not working) if I soldered the left side to the right and viceversa instead of the right way?

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Maho-tan is best girl.

Are we human? Or are we dancer?

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Use MPV. It's set that way by default. Right click on the video pauses/unpauses.

No, we are Devo.

I'm not sure, try /ohm/

Likely nothing. It'll be fine. If it's a resistor or inductor, it doesn't matter. If it's a capacitor, it is almost certainly okay. I've never seen a polarized cap in an 0805 package that wasn't marked.

it depends on what component it actually is.

if there is a R near it or next to his spot on the board i'll call it a 99% chance the direction it is placed doesn't matter.

if it's not a resistor it's likely a diode, in that case it almost certainly doesn't work and doesn't do anything bad if it's flipped, so you can just try to flip it again.

Are there any router that Jow Forums recommends?
I'm considering NETGEAR, mainly for the USB flash sharing options as well as the guest network mode.

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All listings showing 120GB SSD with 500MB/s sequential write are lies, right?

can i play 2 audio tracks simultaneously with MPV?

I saw somewhere on here some kind of ultimate file organizer, i.e. for sorting tagged images and videos, does anyone know what it was called?

I just need an image/video organizer in general though.

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Here's a challenge. My old CRT has a bunch of horizontal red lines flickering along it while running a PS2, and I'm assuming other stuff. Can I fix it without opening it up and electrocuting myself?

No.

I doubt very highly that it is a diode. I have never seen a diode in that package and the polarity isn't marked. It's almost certainly a passive.

How do I compile OpenXcom?

Is there a program to automatically download files attached to rss feeds? Or do I need to write a python script?
utorrent has an rss feature, is that strictly for .torrent files?

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Are there any portable audio players with last.fm scrobbling capability? I was interested in the shanling m0

>desktop
>its under the desk
can someone explain this to me please?

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I've been doing some pentesting to a network I'm in charge with.
and I found something weird, While running pixiedust attack on pic related (TP-Link TL-WR841N), some times the pixiedust attack fails, while sometimes it works.
The same goes for reaver which to my understanding is just brute-forcing the PIN.
Any idea what causes it?

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>go on site that I'm beta testing
>cookies popup, because of course there is
>press accept
>Jow Forums settings somehow get reset, thread watcher is empty
why did another site somehow affected the cookies on this one? is there a limit on how many cookies a browser can store? (using vivaldi if that's relevant)

"desktop" was a metaphor for the GUI element, as well as pic related, long before "laptops" became a thing. now that the distinction needs to be made, it no longer makes literal sense. technology evolves faster than the buzzwords used to describe it. off the top of my head, a keyboard on a touchscreen device - i don't see any keys or boards. a shitty example but you get the point. a lot of words don't make sense literally if you think about it enough.

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hey fa/g/s I want to clean up my ssd and would like to see where all my space is being taken up. I've seen these pretty block diagrams before which visualize exactly that, which does anyone know which program that is?

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as a noob, is it easy to install, make everything work and mantain a debian testing? I want to replace my ubuntu with something bleeding edge/rolling release that suits a noob's skills. should I go opensuse tumbleweed?

What does
1
2
34
Mean? I can't even google it.

windirstat

thanks to you fren

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it's a screenshot of a greentext story on Jow Forums that makes Jow Forums cry/rage every time. it almost always gets posted whenever someone brings it up so you'll see it eventually if you just lurk.

ok heres a question or two from an idiot for Jow Forums

why does firefox updates always bloat the fuck out of it? runs like a herd of snails through tar pits atm.
or better yet any good vid downloader apps (about the only reason im still using firefox) for chrome?

sudo wget yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

Chrome is botnet.

i found my old s3 neo and i need an music player, is rooted now. I need volume buttons to skip music should i install a custom rom (if yes which one since everything is discontinued and broken) or simply install xposed and keep it as it is. I need a better app for music, which one would you recommend?

How do I get my mouse's left click and side back button to stop acting like I double clicked/pressed?

How do I get this script to work?
greasyfork.org/en/scripts/39803-mobile-twitter

This script works just fine
greasyfork.org/en/scripts/29875-always-desktop-twitter
Im using Violentmonkey v2.9.5

im trying to code a bot for tbot.xyz/math/ which is just a stupid "is this right?" math game in java. it works 100% of the time when i feed it questions manually but when it runs in the very janky setup i made it sometimes messes it up despite outputting the proper variable.

it works by copying the values from the chrome inspect elements with the program running in jgrasp and pastes each one into an eclipse instance which determines if the question is correct.

ive done it this way because i need to be able to have the program copy and past while queuing for input so i can set the values to what is in the clipboard.

if there is a solution that requests the value from html id love to hear about it

inb4
>java
i knew how to do robot and everything in java already and didnt feel like doing it in python.

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if i get a threadripper should i recompile everything on gentoo? currently im using an intlel i7.

How dangerous is it to google for loli shit? And by that I mean hentai, no nasty 3D shit for legit pedos. Because some days ago I was browsing Sankaku Channel and one artist piqued my interests, so I googled hoping to find a pixiv or something but instead I found a bunch of shady russian websites and a notice on the bottom of the page that results were removed due to "suspected child abuse content".

I'm now in some government list am I?

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Does the switch on the back of a home router do anything if nothing is plugged into it.Does it handle data at all when the ports are unused?

Guys, I just accidentally delet'd my porn folder. Were talking years of collecting here. Help me!

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some mice have switches which you can replace, some require soldering. idk which you have but some quick googling should tell you

Trying to learn Idris. I have the following code:
module Main

data Tree a = Leaf | Node (Tree a) a (Tree a)

sumTree : Tree Int -> Int
sumTree Leaf = 0
sumTree (Node left val right) = val + sumTree left + sumTree right

makeTree : List (Maybe a) -> Tree a -- Turns a binary heap into a binary tree
makeTree = makeTreeAcc 0 where

makeTreeAcc : Nat -> List (Maybe a) -> Tree a
makeTreeAcc depth [] = Leaf
makeTreeAcc depth (Nothing::rest) = Leaf
makeTreeAcc depth ((Just x)::rest) = Node (makeTreeAcc (S depth) (drop (power 2 depth) ((Just x)::rest))) x (makeTreeAcc (1 + depth) (drop (power 2 depth) rest))

main : IO ()
main = print $ sumTree $ makeTree [(Just 1) (Just 2) (Just 3) (Just 4) Nothing (Just 5) (Just 6)]
{-
Should create and sum the tree

1
/ \
2 3
/ / \
4 5 6
-}

However, when I try to compile it I get the error
BinTrees.idr:18:36-98:
|
18 | main = print $ sumTree $ makeTree [(Just 1) (Just 2) (Just 3) (Just 4) (Nothing) (Just 5) (Just 6)]
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When checking right hand side of main with expected type
IO ()

When checking argument x to constructor Prelude.List.:::
Type mismatch between
Maybe a (Type of Just x)
and
_ -> _ (Is Just x applied to too many arguments?)

Specifically:
Type mismatch between
Maybe
and
\uv => _ -> uv

Any help interpreting this error?

Should have had multiple backups. Let this be a lesson to you.

I don't know Idris, but given that it looks a bit like haskell maybe you need some commas in that list?

Thanks I'm retard

What is a good Windows 10 compatible Virtual Machine software so I can test out Linux stuff. Would prefer something free that works out of the box with networking so I can use git.

Are there some standards when it comes to mounting laptop screens? All I can find is 'X model compatible', which isn't useful since the laptop I use doesn't have a 1080p variant (and I want to buy a 1080p screen).

What internet browser should I use for my android phone?
I definitely need an adblocker.

Used opera until now.

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really weird problem that i can't figure out. i'm trying to fix my brothers laptop. i installed win7 on it. when i install the nvidia drivers and reboot, it gets to the login screen then the monitor starts spazzing out and eventually black screens. i've tried a bunch of different drivers, searched through the event log and can't find anything. the only way i can fix it is if i put the comp to sleep by closing the lid/keyboard shortcut, and then wake it up.

what the fuck?

Firefox. You can use all the same addons from the desktop version.

Best Android app for getting dnscrypt and dnssec going?

what is loopback mixing in the alsamixer application?

I just pulled my SD Card out of an old tablet and when I put it into my PC it said there was no disk inserted.
I loaded up diskpart and created a primary partition, and for some reason it's showing up as 1mb in capacity.

It's supposed to be 64gb, and I'm pretty sure I've had a couple gigs of data on it before, so I'm certain It's not actually 1mb in capacity.

What do?

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ayayaaaa~

>stuck on sddm greeter
>disables mouse and keyboard input as soon as it comes up for some reason
>can't type password
>can't even ctrl+alt+f2
>plugging in different mouse/kb doesn't work either
how do i fix this?

best file recovery software?

I've heard that a drink can help with programming, but can alcohol or weed help with simple web dev?

I don't really care if it makes me low iq I just have a small amount to do and it's boring.

using wordpress btw so it's not like I'm actually anything more than a kiddo

if you're struggling to focus on a task then make it the first thing you do in the morning.

as far as substances goes, sativa can make you more creative but it might also make you less productive. so if it's just a matter of getting shit done, you could try Modafinil.

my dad just wants me to do a business website for him and implement all of his silly ideas. I do have a really good sativa strain but plan to smoke weed tomorrow too and don't want to overdo it.

Instead I'm lurking g

no thats pretty normal, you can buy that for $40 on amazon right now
t. bought a $40 SSD on amazon

All benches I find show sustained sequential write speeds of ~120GB SSDs to be way below 500MB/s, most are even below 300MB/s, even good models like Samsung 850EVO. I read it's something about the chips mostly being rather big and there's just too few of them in smaller SSDs for good write speeds.

I have two 128GB Samsung 830 SSDs that I've had since like 2012. The different benchmarks give different results, but HD Tune seems to be closest to what manufacturer's list if you testing in Windows.
Transfering in Linux is always faster though. Maybe it has something to do with ext4 vs NTFS or some sort of overhead on the Windows OS.

435 MB/sec btw. I think that's pretty good for 'old' ssd tech and 128 GB chipset form factor.

Please post Crystal Disk Mark or other reputable bench (with large sample size!), multiple benchmark sites show the 120GB variant to be slow as all fuck in sustained write. Though they are not reputable by any stretch, the sheer number is kinda convincing.

Even the manufacturer seems to claim 320MB/s write speed, I'm guessing you are just talking about very small tests with the RAPID, Magician or w/e enabled.

raid0, so cut the rates in half for per-drive performance.

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That's more believable, ~320GB/s write speed. Looks promising though.

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please don't spoonfeed

>That's more believable, ~320GB/s write speed. Looks promising though.
Unless you have USB 3.1 gen 2, Thunderbolt 2 or 3 or 10Gig ethernet, 320MB write speed is more than enough. Windows has too much overhead and slows shit down. If you want fast transfers, use Linux.

>~320GB/s write speed
damn, didn't know they're already making ssds like L3 cache

Bump

Can someone tell me what the best way to learn Java, C and C# is? And link me to some books? At the moment I am just parroting things I need from youtube tutorials at the moment, I'd like to actually learn for myself a bit more basic things (not looking at getting advanced or anything like that)

You know what I mean, but yeah, I should've proofread that post.

start looking at the docs and trying things out, learn about the parts you don't know

>ddr4 is still a scam but modern builds need it
I'm not too familiar with the workings of memory, but lower sticks (4gb) tend to have slower clock speeds right? But if you get 2 now and then another 2 later, the fact that you have 4 working together would still be superior to settling with 2x 8gb - even if they're "faster"?

This logic makes sense right?

don't worry about me, I'm just bored

>This logic makes sense right?
No

If a guy with myopia looks at something with binoculars will he see clearly?

Then explain?
Isn't this why it's always been recommended to get sticks in pairs rather than buying a single one?

yes

Speed has nothing to do with why you get paired ram.
When you buy a dual channel/tri/quad channel ram kit, the ram has been tested to work together. If you get random ram unpaired, it hasent been specifically tested together to work properly with each other.It has been set to frequencies that all the ram will function at together. You can run in to problems getting unpaired ram.

Speed wise, the ram will work at what ever the lowest ram clock is.
So 3200/3200/2600/2600. The 3200 will clock at 2600 since its the lowest speed.

Does your board support quad channel ram?

This is my mobo:
newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130918&cm_re=MSI_H110M_Gaming_LGA_1151_Intel_H110_HDMI_SATA_6Gb/s_USB_3.1_Micro_ATX-_-13-130-918-_-Product

Am I limited to only purchasing ddr4 2133 mhz 288 pin ram then?

Are you suppose to update your HDD driver?

I'm retarded and just realized how stupid my question was - thank you.
Thanks but I realized my thinking was wrong. Just so we're clear - having 4 slots for memory doesn't mean the motherboard can actually use them then right?

So if a motherboard says "dual channel" it can really only support 2 then?

DDR4 288pin yes.
2133 MHz is what's listed on their site. You can probably go higher.
us.msi.com/Motherboard/H110M-GAMING/Overview#
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