/sqt/ - Stupid Questions Thread

>do all those services run before you even log in though?
Yes

>i'm talking about the time between first turning the laptop on and getting to the login page
Me too.

Yours is a common situation I've seen repeatedly. That said, it's generally a bad idea to upgrade, and HP specific shit can definitely go. I'd do a clean install whether it's related to this particular problem or not.

will a clean install of windows 10 let me use my windows 7 licence that's on the sticker at the bottom of the laptop?

You said you already upgraded to 10, didn't you?

yep that worked, and i only did that cause i wasn't sure a clean install onto a new ssd would let me use that licence. if i wipe the drive now and do a clean install i should be fine with the licence right?

You've already activated, you don't need to worry about it anymore.

So is ProtonMail safe to use for all your mail or is it the honeypot nerds say it is.

I few months ago I started fapping to gay porn, but like ironically, but lately I find myself unable to get hard to the regular stuff anymore. Did I fuck up and turn myself gay?

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Uh....charge portable charger through the DC IN port and NOT the DC OUT, right? I don't want to battery to burst into flames while I'm sleeping

Connect the DC in port to the DC out and you can achieve unlimited power!

Hey guys anyone ever tried replacing their wifi card with mSATA? How do you guys connect to the internet?

Does anyone know of a service where I can purchase a hard copy and an electronic copy of a book as a bundle? I'd like to have my library on a USB drive so I can carry it with me, but would prefer not to pirate the electronic versions.

I bought a m.2 WWAN card, but my laptop's antenna connectors are too big, since it uses a mpcie card size
Anybody know what kind of adapter I need exactly? I don't want to replace the antennas but I can if I need to

I know this is sqt but bruh...

Hi everyone, I'm making a Jow Forums clone and I need a file server. I need something that can handle images, gifs, webms, and even mp4s and also be a rest api.

Is there anything I can use? Is there a way I can setup linux to do this? Are there any existing projects that I can use to store data on the fly via rest?

Just got pic related.

Is it shit for browsing? I'm using clover on my OP3 but...

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Is there anything I should know about when updating a computer from Vista to win 7?

I want to get back into screwing around with micro processors. I've only used TI launchpad shit before so I am wondering whats on the open market outside of them. Not that I'm against using launchpads again. Will probably use it mostly for DSP and some handy things.

I know python well, and I'm decent at C and C++. I have taken no formal classes on computer science and I feel like I'm really missing out. I want to learn more, but I feel like I'm stuck in the "tutorial hell" where should I begin? My main interest is cyber security.

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Yes

Find a project and work on it or come up with something to work on yourself. I find I have always learned the best by having something I want to do and finding out how best to do it. Tutorials are very helpful but with no short term goal they may go in one ear and out the other.

The nordVPN installer tries to download windows updates from microsoft. Is there a way to bypass this? Other vpn applications don't do it.

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I just need something that I can use to upload and fetch files from. Is there some apache tool I can use for this?

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Antimalware Service Executable is rapping my cpu what the fuck can I do to stop it?

Yeah, 7 is dying at the end of the year. If it can't run 10, it's linux or bust.

How's Linux against viruses? Whole point of the exercise is to be absolutely sure there's nothing on the machine I'm going to use to trade around muh chainlinks

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Does anyone here have a list of the Scheduled Tasks that can be disabled safely on Windows 7?

if you didn't know

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>computer science
>cyber security
get a cyber security certification training manual or a computer science textbook. neither one will necessarily make you a better programmer. If you want to be a better programmer, then program more.

I've been here too long and did not know this, but that ended up deleting both my posts. Oh well.

Nevermind. I ran the installer on a different machine then copied the folder across and it works fine.

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Does anyone have experience with cheap IP cameras. I'm looking to setup a cheap surveillance system and don't really care to go with Unifi. Maybe you can tell me what software and camera you use and your experience. H.264 + 1080p is a minimum. Maybe Onvif devices?

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I messed up the tag.
At some point yesterday Jow Forums stopped working properly for me, the auto thread updaters from Jow Forums X/the native extension don't work, and I can't even load the index with X unless the JSON index setting is disabled. I've tried it in Firefox and Chrome, both with and without all of my extensions, and it still has issues.The one thing that I can see mentioned in both of their errors logs is powerad ai the errors are:
Firefox
Content Security Policy: The page’s settings blocked the loading of a resource at powerad.ai/script.js (“script-src”).

Chrome
Refused to load the script 'powerad.ai/script.js' because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src s.4cdn.org s.4cdn.org google.com google.com gstatic.com cdn.mathjax.org cdn.mathjax.org cdnjs.cloudflare.com rawgit.com 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'". Note that 'script-src-elem' was not explicitly set, so 'script-src' is used as a fallback.

I was able to restore functionality by adding --disable-web-security to the target of a Chrome shortcut, but I removed that after testing it since I assume that it would be a bad idea to resume my normal activity with that. I don't think I'd be able to provide all the relevant information that someone would need to actually help me with the problem directly, since I'm pretty clueless, so I guess I'm mostly wondering how bad of an idea is it to resume using --disable-web-security on Chrome(or whatever Firefox's equivalent to that would be) and just continue on like nothing is wrong?

Fuck the retarded ~45 seconds cooldown

Is there a good iOS app for Android that replicates their keyboard well?

Relax, took me 9 years to realize you could choose to only delete the picture and its not even hidden

Yeah it happened to me as well
get rid of the extension and install the script via tampermonkey instead
that solved it for me

where is /wdg/?
whats the best way to make a form for a somewhat long application in django? i understand how to post and save the data, i'm just stuck between using an autogenerated form from a model and manually creating fields. i tried looking for 'form for business application in django' but all i get is information about business logic which i thought using this framework was going to make irrelevant.

I want to create .so and .a files. Should I optimize .o file first or not?

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My back is like pic related on the right. What kind of chair should I get so my back doesn't stay this way? I'm doing Jow Forums stuff on the side to help as well, but I'm still spending most of my time in a chair all day anyways.

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Please help.

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>NORDVPN
he fell for it guys

Maybe uninstall the TAP and reinstall it with a fresh install from NordVPN?

I'd rather not run the installer it tries to download windows updates.
>he fell for it guys
There's no vpn I could choose that would satisfy Jow Forums so whatever.

Unfortunately that won't be doing anything for me. Turns out my problem might be bigger than I thought. On a whim I decided to try tethering my phone so I could use its data an internet connection, and the second I turned it on the thread auto updater started working and I didn't even have to refresh the page. I haven't changed anything with my internet connection recently, so now I'm starting to think that my ISP is doing something with Jow Forums traffic.

>I'd rather not run the installer it tries to download windows updates.
support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2500967/how-to-stop-windows-7-automatically-installing-drivers

>There's no vpn I could choose that would satisfy Jow Forums so whatever.
lol, I'm just giving you grief cause I get beat over the head with it constantly from youtube sponsors.

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But you did fuck up, however
vpnscam.com/hola-vpn-and-nordvpn-partners-in-data-mining-bot-network/

Preventing drivers from automatically installing probably won't stop nordvpn from downloading and installing windows updates but thanks anyway.

That site can't even be navigated on my machine. Clicking anywhere on the page redirects me to an article about ipvanish.

Also the powerad ai error is still present when using the tethered connection so that whole thing was irrelevant. So I'm currently at a point where the site works properly if I run Chrome with --disable-web-security or tether my phone's connection which fixes both browsers. Gonna sleep now, maybe I'll be able to come up with a proper solution in the morning.

>use arch gnome
>connect laptop to TV with HDMI
>display only tv screen
>close laptop and operate with Bluetooth keyboard for maximum comfy (winblows has to have laptop open even if you're just using an external monitor, still)
>turn off computer after movie is over
>unplug HDMI
>reboot the next day
>stuck on black screen, cursor isn't even blinking, after grub loads
>can't change tty
>can REISUB/REISOU
>nomodeset didn't fix
>turning off acpi didn't fix
>chroot from a USB so I can pacman -Syu
>still broken
Should I just reinstall Arch or go back to Ubuntu? I'm clearly a retard.

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man 1 xrandr

okay lads what the FUCK is this adjustable line that does absolutely nothing in my windows explorer and how do i get rid of it

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Open an issue... oh... sorry wincuck.

Try mozilla with noscript installed but TL;DR is a long explanation of how HolaVPN, Nord and ProtonVPN are all owned by one man, Darius Bereika, whose business is data mining

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Any way of managing USB ports?
Sometimes a port works, sometimes it doesn't. I didn't manage to isolate a cause.

Trying to install centos on computer to act as NAS; and when I'm in the installer I can see all my drives just fine; but when i reboot and go to boot from the boot disk it just doesn't show up in the boot options, it's not in eufi at all. if i insert the install media again and look at my drives it shows there fine still. what the fuck is going on.

WHY THE FUCK CANT I JUST MAP DROPBOX/MEGA/GOOGLEDRIVE AS A NETWORK DRIVE IN EXPLORER SO I DONT HAVE TO FUCKING LOAD THEIR WEBSITES TO UPLOAD SHIT EVERY TIME I NEED TO TRANSFER A FILE TO A DIFFERENT COMPUTER LIKE HOLY SHIT IT DOESNT NEED TO BE THIS HARD

How can I compress gif files to a reasonable level? Even in ffmpeg I'm getting, like, 15~20 mb files for a fucking 10 seconds clip.
Don't bother replying "just make a webm", I know I can do that. There's a reason why I'm asking specifically about gifs.

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gif's just don't compress well. you can compress it more by making the quality shittier; but if you want anything decent looking gifs are gonna be huge.

Why the holy hell does windows consider file extensions in alphabetical sort when the default behavior is to hide extensions? Christ my OCD, I just wanna organize crap.

blog.gregzaal.com/2015/08/06/making-an-optimized-gif-in-gimp/

GIF can be optimized but it will still be large if the image moves a lot. Webm is always going to be the best.

Wait related to this what's the most bunkered down a computer can get? Assuming it still has to have an internet connection.

What is ftp for 300.

I just installed windows 10 ltsc
did I fall for a meme or is this actually kino

Gifs above 300x150 with more than 200 frames will always be fat.
You can try to reduce colors.
10 seconds gifs are too long.
A gif is supposed to be at most 100 frames.

9 year old laptop took a shit and dont want to spend much to replace it. Anyone got a pinebook pro? Is it worth $199?

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is this user right? in the US someone can go public and start talking against jews and niggers without any consequences?

No legal consequences. There would definitely be social backlash, ect. Probably lose your job.

>lose your job
wait, if it's not illegal to publicly denounce minorities, why would he lose his job? wouldn't that be illegal?

In most case no it would not be. Termination clauses are almost always in favor of the employer and they don't want to be associated with racists. That said, this is usually only an issue for public figures. It really depends on how much pressure social media puts on the employer, and how valuable the employee is too of course.

get a Chromebook

It's more about a company not wanting to be associated with the thought that the public thinks they're "harboring racists". Sure you can go out to the local public park/square and start REEE-ing into your megaphone about how the Jews are actually reptiles and blacks are actually hobgoblins and not face a federal or legal backlash. But it doesn't stop other individual people from practicing their own right to free speech and to reach out to your employer and complain. As another user mentioned, those companies fold under societal and public pressure. The problem with this now is that anything even remotely right wing of Stalin is seen as being a hardcore white supremacist racist.

I think US and EU interprets free speech differently...
For once, I wouldn't consider hate speech as form of free speech.
but, whatever... this isn't Jow Forums

Help how do I get Windows 7 and 10 to show Audio Tracks as an option for sorting files!?
My old computer let me do it, but it's no longer an option in a clean install of 7 or 10? Even though I was using 7 before?
It's just not in the list anymore. Was it only added because I downloaded a codec pack or a video player or something?

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>in the US someone can go public and start talking against jews and niggers without any consequences?
That's probably safer than ranting about them on twitter- every now and then you can see videos of people trolling soapboxers by choosing that spot to set up their band or preaching the Jedi code louder. No one ever thinks to ID the guy being mocked.

There are no legal consequences (i.e. from the government). Any entity that is not the government (your employer, twitter, etc;) is free to respond however they want. There is a very specific list of things that are illegal to discriminate against and opinions are not one of them.

So there isn't a /wdg/ available right now so i'll ask here.

I am a web dev intern working on a personal project for my portfolio and want to use some favicons like a info icon and a star for favoriting things. Should I use font awesome for this or should I go through the trouble of looking up images to use as svgs instead? The info icon doesnt need to change but I would like the star to change colors when its clicked.

Is there a way to change the icon for a specific file type on Ubuntu 18.04?

simply put, so long as your speech isn't asking for violence against someone(s) for their ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc, it's free speech meaning the government cannot step in and tell you you're not allowed to say that. If you support the government being allowed to moderate what their people say, you're NOT an advocate for free speech. TRUE free speech is being willing to risk offending or taking offense to what you or others say, it's just that simple. The problem with trying to flag "hate speech" as a crime is that supposed "hate speech" is subjective. Look at Canada where it's a crime now to misgender some mentally ill man who decided to cut off his cock. Fuck that.

yanescodegeek.blogspot.com/2015/03/yanes-gmime-change-your-mimetypes-names.html?m=1

Does this work?

>so long as your speech isn't asking for violence
doesn't hate speech literally means provoking violence towards specific group of people?

Depends on who you ask. To most people, "hate speech" only means "anything that offends me".

>abusive or threatening speech or writing that expresses prejudice against a particular group, especially on the basis of race, religion, or sexual orientation.

According to Google? No. Even just writing with a bias against a certain group of people is considered "hate speech" to them. FBI statistics pointing out that Blacks commit the vast majority of violent crime? Can't talk about that. That's hate speech bigot.

This is the problem. Yes hate speech is vile. No I'm not wanting to defend actual, literal white supremacists or hardcore racists. But allowing any governing body to determine what is and isn't hate speech is dangerous. Look at China. Say the wrong thing and you get disappeared.

I have Avira Antivir installed. Is this enough to keep my PC safe? Should I run another scanner or something?

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I looked up definition of hate speech. And apparently, looks like it's open for interpretation.
who says, that someone speaking out loud about how much he dislikes jews doesn't imply to discriminate or use violence against them?
wouldn't someone, determined enough, find a connection?
I wouldn't agree tho, that it's racist to say that blacks commit most crimes in US, if it's a fact. That would be nonsense...

I think power saving modes are a scam
Default windows settings for hdd is 20 minutes inactivity, 10 minutes for monitors
this does hardly anything to benefit the consumer energy saving wise, what it does is put more strain on the device powering back up, reducing its lifespan so you have to replace it sooner
fite me

>wouldn't someone, determined enough, find a connection?
and therein lies the problem. All it takes is enough people to complain about what you said, innocuous as it may truly be and without "hate speech" being protected by free speech, you'd wind up in prison. This creates the mob mentality we see already with people bitching at a company to get an individual fired from their job. The mentality goes now that if you're convicted of wrong think, or you go against the grain, you deserve to lose your job and never get another. You should lose all ability to take care of you and yours because you have a differing opinion than them. As an individual, it's well within your rights to say as you please about me and my opinion. But true to bootlicker fashion, these people want MORE government control to use their iron grip and strangle the right of free speech out of the people here in the US.

>10 ARROWS

Any good software for learning a new language?

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takes forever
just attach an external car audio jack and use something that can play with an 1/8th-inch stereo out. You'll have far more songs available