/sqt/ - Stupid Questions Thread

Stupid question thread.
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>Programming questions?
>PC building?
>Good, cheap, laptops?
>Cheap electronics?
>Windows questions?
>Where can I get Win10 LTSB?
>How do I activate Win10/Win7?
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I wonder what she smells like

>new thread before bump limit
>pedo op
sage

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So 8gb is ideal then?

My semen, of course.

Go with the 16 gigs like said, 8GB isn't enough nowadays.

Get help.

Is there a way to disable youtube auto title translate?

Change your country at the bottom of the site

Then other languages will be translated to the country i selected which is exactly what i want to avoid.

How many cats is too many?

There's no such number.

Anything over two isn't practical for the mind.

>the mind
I think you're supposed to capitalize the name of the super AI simulating our reality.

Thinking about getting a dell inspiron 13 7000 not the 2 in 1. And usig that until I save up enough to get a beast XPS 15 or 13. Then using the 7000 as a backup it has a option of 8gb DRR4 2400 and 256gb ssd or 16gb DDR4 2133 and 512gb ssd. both have 8th gen i7 8565u but I'm going to use it for suffering the inter web mostly. What should I do?

>name
>capitalize
Funny how I always do that for THE NORRIS and nothing else. Must be a glitch or I'm Neo...

You want a hiv?

Cat's don't give you aids. Toxoplasmosis is a bitch though.

If you're asking me, get a memepad from the recommended list in and libreboot it
Otherwise go for the 16gb + 512gb SSD, better longevity and resale value. Also the speed really won't make much of a difference, and is really only a bigger deal for AMD Threadrippers, RAM disks or maybe VM's (which more memory would be better for anyway).

>Buying an $800 laptop as a placeholder
Are you one of those rich kids that recently got cut off and haven't figured out how money works yet?

Looking for a good projector ~$200 USD

>Toxoplasmosis is a bitch though
Lol, do you have HIV, are an organ donor recipient, are you receiving chemo? Unless you're 80 or a toddler, you shouldn't be effected by toxo; that is unless you're immunocompromised.

preferably one that I can project something onto a wall without a screen (I'd like to be able to project it onto the side of a building or something)

I bet you smell terrible

Do I need a permit or anything to keep bees in my backyard? My neighbor keeps threatening to report me since his son is supposedly allergic but honestly I think it's none of his fucking business if I keep bees or not.

You don't have my consent to speak to me like that.

any chinkshit one? honestly, who the fuck even buys projectors in this day and age?

Depends where you live, usually you need to get a license and mark your hives with your registration number, so probably yes.

It's not the physical symptoms that concern me, it's the impact on psyche and risk taking. A disease that subtly changes the way you think is a much bigger deal to me than some flesh eating bacteria that hits 1 in a million people.

How far technologically do you think we are from being able to make an implantable device you can plug into an electrical outlet and it will give the body energy from electricity alone? Like filters the blood and does some kind of photosynthesis kind of thing yanno feasible? Maybe within the next 50 years or what? I just think it'd be nice to be able to plug into the wall and not need to eat anything for a while, like maybe you still need vitamins & a protein supplement if you wanna stay healthy but as far as calorie needs you can just pull it off the electrical grid cheap and easy, look forward to this.

>The cats are brown now!
Unless you fall into the aforementioned categories, you should be fine. A little brain damage is okay. We might be able to reverse it incoming decades.

It's not brain damage, it's a change in behavior.

Maybe next week sometime.

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>It's not brain damage, it's a change in behavior.
How do you think the personality change occurs, magic? Satan?

bump limit is 310, fuck off.

And you think all personality changes are a result of concussions and too much booze?

>67934249
fucking retard

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I don't know a lot about gayming but tearing is solved if you play game in window borderless mode so are all -sync tecnologies a meme?

>And you think all
Obviously not, but parasites aren't dumping hormones into your system. It's brain damage in the case of toxo. Ever heard of Phineas Gage? With alcohol, short term is brain damage, long term is hormonal imbalance.

That's over generalizing. And TP's impact on behavior isn't caused by "brain damage".

Playing a game where control alternates between KB+M and dualshock 4 depending on what's going on. Is it better for the DS4 to be plugged in when it's not in use, or just leave it unplugged?

I know DS4 is kinda weird in that it will actually drain its battery if I leave it plugged into my powered down PC overnight so idk.

Hmm, thing is i had a macbook pro with 8gb specs and it worked fine for me but idk with the difference in quality when comparing that to dell? Going to be my second PC purchase ever so kind of in the dark

You need a decent backup because you never know

>Punctuation marks go inside quotation marks
You're right, it achieved by epigenetic remodeling. Pretty cool stuff. Again, you probably have nothing to worry about.

As time goes on, system requirements will go up. Seriously, 8GB is so shit, especially on wangblows, just shut the fuck up and get the extra RAM already.

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Lol is windows really that needy compared to macos? Right now i got a inspiron 15 3000 from like 2014 with 4 gb of ram and it is kind of shit but this does have a celeron so... side note Brave runs so much smoother than edge on this piece of shit

My usage right now, though I have a lot of tabs, am running a VirtualBox appliance and am playing a video.
If you're really set on the 8gb (which it sounds like you are), install GNU/Linux on the laptop when you get it.

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>complains about drawings
back to plebbit

>DDR3
There's your problem, and na I'll most likely get the 16 because why not. DDR5 is coming out in 2019 or 2020 most likely so it woudn't matter anyway. Each upgrade is further separating itself from the previous iteration

Can I connect two computers with the lan cable than came with my modem/router or does it have to be crossover or something?

IPs configured correctly and all but can't ping for some reason. But I installed OpenDHCP on one of them and it could correctly assign an IP to the other which is very weird!

announcing and inciting sage is against the rules

Can I make scp not overwrite already existing files and just give a different name to the new file?

Modern OSs auto-negotiate. What OSs, IPs and subnet masks are you using?

You don't need to spend $800 on a "backup" laptop.

Nigga... I'm from FO TREY GANGSTA CRIP GANG NIGGA
I do what I do, best you do the same unless you want more iron in yo diet, because I won't be the only nigga who be feeding you, ya dig. What's understood doesn't need to be discussed on CRIP

Is this a pasta? It feels like a pasta.

Best wireless ergonomic gaming mouse? I want a second mouse for very casual gaming and I think I have carpal tunnel. Logitech Performance MX? I don't know I'm new to wireless.

>not having it shipped the next morning by amazon whenever you have a problem
>not being able to go to a retail and buy any laptop in a hurry
>not having friends to borrow one

Would sound dampening foam reduce the levels from outside?
Like, if I maintained a singular audio level, but in two scenarios (one without dampening foam, one with dampening foam), would there be any appreciable difference?
I'm about to set some up in my sons room because he's quite loud on the weekends with friends online, playing gaymes and shit.

I have aquired a shitty smartphone for free (a uncle gave it to me). Its from a chinese company and infected apps came preinstalled. I already own a good smartphone.
What could I do with a throwaway smartphone?

Yes.
Your wife won't hear you raping him.

Use it as a torrent machine.

H-h-how did you k-know?!
I-I m-mean, no I d-d-don't do th-that!

Faggots what second hand GPU can i buy right now? In a range of 50-100€

Where should I start if I want a career in IT, but don't have money/time for uni? I'm mildly tech literate.

>a career in IT, but don't have money/time for uni
U can learn as a hobby but not much more without certificates

I recently picked up a 750 ti 2 gigs for 50 bucks on ebay

I wouldn't recommend it, but help desk is unironically a start.
Otherwise, ask a local computer place if you can volunteer some time, and hope they say yes. Don't expect payment, just hope that they also ask you to do paid time some time down the line.
Unless you specifically apply for jobs in such a field, hope the long run works out desu

It's hard to argue for a gpu in that price range when iGPUs are as good as they are. I would save up till you can get an rx 570

Bought an R9 380X 4G for $65 off Craigslist.
The dude had the HDMI plugged into his motherboard, instead of the graphics card, and said games didn't run as well as they should've.
Probably a bit shit to not tell him he did it wrong, but it's his fault

>750 ti 2 gigs
This is fine for 1080p light gaming? You know CS:GO and DotA 2 not much more intensive gayms

I don't have a FHD monitor and don't play games really. It might drive 1080 on modern titles if you like mucky textures and 30 frames. It's a cheap low power card.

Best USB WiFi Card under 30? I’m refuse to believe that 39.99 Netgear piece of shit is worth buying

Join the military. They'll pay you while they train you, and then you'll gain experience doing your job. You'll be done in 4 years, which is a minimum level of experience for most jobs, as well as have a security clearance, which is a requirement for any job that pays well.

so what would be the better degree to do if i wanted to get into AI? joint mathematics and computer science or computing (with artificial intelligence and machine learning)? bearing in mind the ai and ml aspect doesn't begin until the third year, until then it's just a cs degree, and i can take ai and ml modules in jmc anyway.

Math. If you're good at math, and enjoy it, computer shit will be easy.

I have a Windows Pro product key, if I upgrade my laptop from Windows 10 Home to Pro using "Change product key" option in settings, will that be permanent? I would want to use that same product key when I build a new PC. I'll downgrade windows to home edition at that time by clean installing on laptop.

I have a very old phone Samsung phone with a dead battery that I can't replace anymore (not available for sale).
But it turns out there are some Nokia batteries that can fit my phone if I remove the cover. It has the same capacity.
So, how bad is it to use a battery from a different phone? I just want to use this old phone as backup.

It's a fucking battery

>will that be permanent?
Yes.

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would suspending tabs via 'the great suspender' on chrome get me some more battery life ?

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So I want to try an encrypted /boot setup.
syscall.eu/blog/2018/02/01/encrypted_boot_debian/
dustymabe.com/2015/07/06/encrypting-more-boot-joins-the-party/

Is it possible to bypass having to write my key twice, like using a keyfile for /root and a backup key for when I need to open / on a different computer or something? So basically I just enter my grub key and my root automounts by itself.

window borderless makes your gayem run in 60 fps max. Its the same as Vsync byt with more latency and your game wont have "highest priority" in windows
Borderless is a meme

I spilt coke on my mums laptop and killed it.

I'm 19 and need to buy her a new one, I only have £150 to spare.

Can anyone recommend me a laptop? I was looking at a Lenovo G50-30, but if anyone knows anything better I'd gladly take it into consideration.

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idk lol

thinkpad

he he idk either hence why I am asking u

I've owned one before and I thought it was really bad

Hijacking this, i also want to start a career in IT and have had a job in the past building gaming PCs. Would that intrest any employers out there or do they just want drones sitting behind a helpdesk all day? Is that really the only way to break into IT?

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Yeah, I guess. I just don't want it to suddenly catch fire or something, although rated voltage is also the same...

Here's an interesting thought experiment, possible conspiracy.

Are loading/progress bars fake?

Here's my thought (and I think I read this somewhere).

Presumption 1 - Today's computer processors are so powerful and efficient that most typical tasks could theoretically be completed instantly or within a few seconds.

Presumption 2 - Humans are strange creatures and due to our biases and past experience, seeing a piece of technology spending time "working" to complete a task makes us feel more like the work is actually being done.

Presumption 3 - if a progress bar hypothetically completed instantly, we might assume something is wrong and it didn't complete successfully. Since we expect progress bars to take time.

My bottom line question, are progress bar UI elements artificially designed to look like they're taking longer than they actually would need to otherwise?

Is it worth taking the shroud & fans off my graphics card to cable ties some better fans to it?

Also, wouldn't a shroud realistically trap some of the heat inside of the card?

Is there any reason not to use my older "Ultra" 64gb microsd with my new gopro or just keep using the "Extreme" 32gb that came with the camera? I bought the 64gb to work with my hero3+ a few years ago so the card is older I suppose.
Have there been any changes to microsd from gopro3-gopro7? theres a bunch of bullshit little symbols on the new card, not sure if you can see in the pic.
As a side, I have a gsync monitor, and I've tried a few videos @120fps on the gopro, but I'm pretty sure windows media player won't support the added fps. Will VLC work? is there a player I can download that'll work with the codec for 1080@120fps? I use the gopro for practicing watersports, smoother vids would be nice.

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Are there any games made with FOSS gayme engines that aren't RTS / Turn-based / FPS / Arena shooter?
Like, I don't particularly want to play something like Civilization or Quake.

If I have been using Windows since 3.11, how hard is it going to be for me to learn Windows CE? Is there a good place that has a crash course on it? I'm assuming most of the issues that arise with it are easily researched online, right?

The shroud helps direct air flow, so no, it doesn't really trap heat. You could try nigger-rigging a fan to it but it doesn't sound like an ideal solution. How hot is it getting? How many case fans do you have? Is the case sealed?

Start Bluestacks and you will see the same shit. I think that conspiracy could be easily proved just by looking at what files are being accessed.

Anyone can certainly write a program so that it includes a protracted or fake progress bar. I've always figured that's what fakespot.com does when they're running their analysis. But the main issue is competition. People want products and services to be faster then their competitors, so usually that wins out.

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The card is an R9 270X Sapphire Vapor-X, getting mid-70's, but the Vapor-X from what I've been told is a good cooler, so I'm a little confused at the moment.
Also, there are 3 intakes, 2 exhausts.
2 front intakes, 1 intake directly under the graphics card.
1 exhaust above CPU cooler, 1 at the default rear.

Okay, aside from porn, too, what else is there?
Is there a website I could use to find all sorts of foss games by category/tag/genre?

Wikipedia probably has an entry on freedumb compliant vidya gaymens