/sqt/ Stupid Questions Thread

What does this port do? What does the symbol mean? Can it help me with my surround sound?

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Brainlet here my HDD almost failed and my friend had to reinstall Windows (dont give me the install arch stuff please) now I have my old Windows folder, but not the product key, where can I find the product key?

What are some good time management techniques/applications?

If your switch is slower than your router all devices connected to the switch will only be able to use the max speed of the switch.
A switch is however all you need.

Nice, thank you!

How do I install xcb-util-xrm from source (cloned from github.com/Airblader/xcb-util-xrm)?
It differs from another installing procedures I know, there is no configure script, only autogen.sh script and I'm stuck

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Try Nirsoft ProduKey and use the /windir command-line option on the Windows.old folder.

produkey.exe /windir c:\windows.old
or something like that.

Will a computer boot at all without ram? Trying to see if this one works and it's missing ram and a harddrive but it's giving me no signals

yes that is the setup you need and it will work. Just get a 1gbit switch (more or less all of them are that speed now). Even the cheapest one will good enough for your needs.
Plug everything in as in your drawing and you are good to go.

>Will a computer boot at all without ram?
No.

Nothing at all? No fans, LEDs?

yes. though some behave differently if there is no ram present. sometimes in the troubleshooting section of your motherboards manual there might be listed how the motherboard behaves if there is no ram.

Probably fans will spin for a little while and DRAM LED will light up.

If I am using Python and am inputting two arguments into function, can I define a single variable as both arguments?

I have written a function which reads an excel sheet but it requires both the workbook name and sheet to be specified, however I want this to be labelled as a single variable where I define my variables.

I know that I can define a tuple and split it using indexs within the function but that seems even uglier.

Looking for style tips, help me write "beautiful code"? What's the best way to lay this out? How would you do it?

>this to be labelled as a single variable where I define my variables
THat's how you write an ugly code.

Thanks will try this now and revert back to you.

What is the meaning of life?

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Thanks

>firefox cannibalises itself AGAIN and i have to spend an hour fixing it
is there any modern browser that isnt coded by rajesh patel?

U r more than welcome.

You think so?

I feel like having all my variables defined clearly at the top and then my code is almost pseudocode that is really easy to read looks best. You think it's better to hard code values in as I go?

When Windows and Windows programs says it needs to restart to apply changes, would a log out (and log back in) yield the same results? Excluding Windows update.

Everyone says to build a PC instead of buy prebuilt. How much money can you actually expect to save?

I think that trying to cram two different things in one variable is ugly.

But they're related pieces, workbook and worksheet.

Do you think it's better to label them separately as variables? Or to hard code the sheet? I just felt like having a chunk of variables that were workbook+sheet would look nicer than workbook variables and worksheet variables all alternating

Is there software to do incremental backups without having to read the full backup? I want to backup stuff to DVDs without having to pull them all up and read all of them to create an incremental backup. Something that uses metadata of full backup to detect changes perhaps?

>But they're related pieces
Related != same.
>Do you think it's better to label them separately as variables?
Yes.
> Or to hard code the sheet?
Absolutely no.

How does an ini files work in games?

9900k leaks, 1st october release = holding off buying anything right?

what's the plural of vps in lowercase?

Any program/ffmpeg command recommended for converting my porn into an acceptable quality where 10 mins equals less than 50MB?

first android phone ever, galaxy samsung A4
no I didn't buy it, it was a gift
i dislike how it downloads/updates/keeps me from uninstalling some official native apps
do i ought to get into ROMs just to get rid of them

>10 mins equals less than 50MB?
>acceptable quality
Not happening.

>be very into computers
>think i know everything about computers
>decide to start learning computer science
>realise i don't know jack shit about computers
how do i into computers

When I use pixiv mobile (just visiting from a mobile device) there is this horizontal thumbnail view I can use to scroll through the artist's gallery from newest to oldest. Well it's quite alright (I hate that it crops thunbnails into a square) but my main complaint is by opening the full res of the image you're viewing, this horizontal gallery scroll view resets to the newest image- It even resets thr fact that it only loads like 3 at a time, so you have to swipe, wait, swipe, wait, just to get back in place... I was wondering if this was somehow specific to my device or if every mobile user of pixiv is feeling this. I suspect it's just me, since I was told Japan mostly browses from phones and priorities mobile viewing experience.

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jesus

line output maybe

Thanks user

if you want to downscale to a measly 240p/144p so that it's slightly blurry even on a smartphone screen yes
google and DL webms for dummies, read up on the different quality options
the real smart move is keeping your high quality porn and just filtering it so it's not a huge collection size wise [spoiler]and not jacking off all the time[/spoiler]

not pixiv user but yes tons of mobile websites have retarded server responses that keep setting you back
try the desktop version or other browsers

It didn't work, when searching the normal drive it did give me a code, which didn't work.
Sorry it took me so long, I'm busy working with the laptop and clien't are giving me hassles.
See attached picture.

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I have sony mdrxb950bt headphones with a mic. They work with Fortnite and other games but when I try and record my voice in Audition it won't pick up anything. Even when I select the mic in option.

No joke, windows update

Cool. What does it do?

unamplified sound output, you need an amp or active speakers to use it

How to format the unused/unallocated partition in GNU/Linux?

You did try LOOKING at your computer, right? A lot of them have a sticker with the windows key printed right on it.

Yeah I tried that, the laptop is 5 years old and there are no stickers at the bottom.

What OS did it originally come with?

Thats because the product key isnt on a sticker its on the EEPROM on the motherboard since 8 was released

If I'm setting up a firewall with pfsense in my homelab, does it need to be on a managed switch, or can I install it on a workstation on my network? I've got a crappy dell optiplex, but I've only got an unmanaged switch.

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Windows 7
I'm not sure what is on the motherboard I can have my friend look at it.

i used to run pfsense on my old laptop
it runs on anything, obviously it makes more sense to use it one something with a bunch of ports, but anything with 2 or more will work

gparted for gui
fdisk with mkfs. if you're a command line cool guy

So I could daisychain it to the optiplex? Like, plug one end into the router and the other into a switch that distributes my traffic?

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But did I make a mistake with the looking for the product key in the windows.old file?

Some parser is implemented into the game's code that parses text read from a file into actual data for the game.

you can use it an an in-line firewall and/or router with just 2 ports
for example;
modem > pfsense pc > switch/wifi AP > your other machines

Depends on shipping and tax applied from where you're buying. Find a warehouse that supplies cheapest parts and shipping is your best bet. I never bought prebuilt, but I assume $500 at least if you're buying from like BestBuy, Futureshop, etc.

Impossible to fully boot a computer without RAM. A computer loads instructions from a program into the RAM like a copy paste for the CPU to execute. Even if you make swap partitions, you need RAM to load into the swap.

If it's just something like unloading a shell extension then a logout is fine (restarting explorer.exe is the key here), anything else can be tricky.

This explains it pretty well when it comes to pending file operations. You can check the reg keys it mentions to see if this is whats happening in your case:

symantec.com/connect/articles/pending-file-rename-operations

Maybe if the bios lets you boot from USB, but if it could you might have issues with the Linux Live CD not supporting the tablet's hardware with its current drivers thus you can't touch screen input but maybe you could plug a keyboard+mouse.

It will power on and give you some beeps indicating you have no memory (check mobo manual). But it won't pass the 'POST'.

Do you think 60FPS for Witcher 3 at highest settings could be done with an i3?

Try ./autogen.sh then ./configure and then make or make install.

Format the computer and install windows from scratch if you want a clean computer. Windows Defender and various services will sometimes randomly do CPU intensive scheduled tasks.

It was a long shot to being with. If that folder still contains your orld install, you could try restoring it, then run nirsoft then reinstall again. You could also try using this

raymond.cc/blog/download/did/3292/

>GPUs still cost a shitton more than msrp
when will these prices drop

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Very stupid question but is there honestly any reason why more than 60FPS is desirable?

Is there a way to compress a video based on the file size

for example I want a video to be less than 40MB no matter how shitty the quality becomes

they have better contrast. I don't think they are a meme for movies anime etc.
Get an ips for photo/video editing
I'm a retard so I might be wrong, but from what I've seen all professional monitors are ips but If you are not a pro I think better contrast ratio is godtier (and you don't need higher res for movies since they are 1080p unless I don't know something)

10 minutes = 600 seconds
50 MB = 50 x 1024 KB = 51200 KiB
51200 KB x 8 bits/byte = 409600 Kb
409600 kB / 600 seconds = 683 Kbps bitrate
Yeah, you can have acceptable quality if you adjust video & audio bitrate along with resolution, etc.

Yes.

Thanks for the answer. I was sorta losing faith I'd get one.

I basically just updated Windows then ran this .bat file or whatever after restarting:
gist.github.com/xvitaly/eafa75ed2cb79b3bd4e9

and I was wondering if I needed to restart again instead of just logging off. Also every Windows update seems to bring back "libraries" so I have to run a registry file to disable it again. It's annoying to restart twice, so I hoped a relog would be enough but I'll check if it is or not for me, thanks again.

Looks a lot smooter and faster, also if your machine barely does 60 FPS you will have more noticeable visual FPS drops since it could go from 60 to 30 depending on the game's workload. 120 to 80 FPS drops isn't as noticeable.

less input lag
If you have a high refresh rate monitor you need more fps to see the higher refresh rate

Is there anything else I can do with a PC that is in that part of my network other than set up a firewall on it? Like, could I put a pihole or an FTP on there or something? Or would it only be able to work as a firewall?

Probably not, depends how CPU intensive the game is. If it is, then your CPU will bottleneck your performance.
youtube.com/watch?v=dt5CNi0aEpI

you can put whatever you want on it, just a matter of binding services on the firewalled or unfirewalled NIC, depending on your intention

That's only if he uses vsync where it goes below 60 FPS.

do you HAVE to run pihole on a raspberry pi, or can you run it on any computer you have?

Bitrate
Tell your video encoder to do CBR (constant bitrate) where you choose bitrate for video & audio.
40 MiB = 40960 KiB = 327680 Kb
Bitrate = 327680 Kb / Duration of video in seconds

>unlimited call and text
>2gb monthly data
How much would this cost me on at&t

Asked this before on /cyb/erpunk+info/sec/ but didn't get a reply, probably because nobody there works in at least IT.

How is Coursera when it comes to learning about cybersecurity? I'm starting a session today just to find out if it's something I'd be interested in since I'm more into programming myself. Is it a good career to get into and for people who actually are in the field, do you enjoy doing it?

>assuming Jow Forums is any better

Nice try to stroke our ego, but just stop that shit. Makes you look like a dick.

it can be run on anything running linux, lots of ppl put it on vm's

There is also Orange for half the price, if that's your concern.

*Orange Pi

Just a quick fact check here. If I'm wiping a disk that currently boots from LILO to install a distro that boots from GRUB, it will install GRUB automatically after wiping the disk during the installation process, correct? I just want to make sure that I don't have to do that shit manually before starting the install.

Python2 dosent seem to be able to find the unicode charset and is erroring with
default_value=unicode("", "utf-8"),
NameError: name 'unicode' is not defined

How do i correct this?