/sqt/ - Stupid Question Thread

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How long is 10 seconds?

WHAT IS OBJECTIVELY THE BEST MOUSE FOR GAMING?

THANK YOU.

razer naga 2012

Is there a way to set qbitorrent to download torrents in a specific order

THANK YOU.

isn't there like a queue or priority you can set for each torrent?

Should I compare the files by file size or by content?
I think file content would take too long, it's like 900 GBs

Watch this: youtube.com/watch?v=-J14fyar5ns

Measure your hands, pick a good mouse that'll fit your hand size.

THANK YOU ASWELL.

VERY specific to your hand size, grip, and to a lesser degree what types of games you play

rocketjumpninja.com/top-40/

I can't choose a monitor size. I know I want 1080p and somewhere between 20 and 24 inches but I can't select one.

You can go up to 25 and still be ok with 1080. The price difference is sufficiently small that I'd go with the 24. Also consider IPS unless you absolutely need really good response times.

I know i'm a huge sucker but I'm really hoping someone can help me. I feel like i'm going crazy

So I factory reset my Galaxy S4 after having it rooted, and now it gets stuck on "checking for updates" forever. So i'm trying to flash firmware through Odin, but I can't for the life of me get it to work. I either get stuck on SetupConnection or Get PIT for mapping.

I know i'm a huge idiot but can someone please help? i'll get any info you need, I'd just really like some reassurance that i'm not going crazy. please

I'm thinking two or three of these 21.5" ones right now right now. asus.com/us/Commercial-Monitors/C622AQ/ There's also a C624AQ which is 23.8". It's ~$40 more. My filters are IPS,

1. You didn't specify what provider it's for. Their models are generally very different

2. Because every phone/tablet has different ways of handling shit, general knowledge probably wont help you here. You should go to the relevant xda page, and lurk till you've got what you need. Post there if you have to.

3. Find out if you should avoid factory resets in the future. Depending on how you achieved root, you may need to avoid all future updates, or take special steps beforehand

nmouse

I wouldn't bother with displayport at 1080p. There's really no advantage. Even if you got a card that lacked HDMI you could just buy a $3 adapter. Also the G2G response time listed on IPS monitors is more or less marketing bullshit. If you can find something with an overdrive mode though, that's helpful. Might have to go digging around in manuals to find out.

21.5" or 24".

Oh, so everything I know about monitors is a lie. Wonderful. I don't know how to proceed.

Shorter than a minute, longer than your battery life.
They can feel longer while in a waiting period though.

Are there any better options than VirtualBox for Windows, or is it jus gud enuf

I need to get an external hdd for my pc. I only have usb 2 connectors though. Going to use it to store, mostly lossless music, visual novels, bluray rips, and roms/isos for emulation. So it needs to be at least 2tb.

Should I buy an internal hdd and buy a shell for it or buy a WD passport? Don't want to overspend here, budget is around $100 us. Also thinking about getting a usb 3 pci card, but idk if there is one that'll fit in my Lenovo ThinkCentre M90p.

sorry if this immediately seems dumb, because I'm pretty sure I know the answer but

the i5 7500 has integrated graphics, right?
like every resource I've seen says it does, and yet my build won't output a display at all.
I was testing out a new build before I got my GPU, and every thing seems fine, but no video.
Fans and lights are on, I've re-seated the RAM in every available port, tried different PSUs, the debug lights on my motherboard aren't lit.
I've more than triple checked every cable and they're all plugged in correctly.
I've also tried using HDMI and VGA on different monitors.

motherboard is MSI Z170A SLI Plus

is there something incredibly obvious that I'm just not doing or is one of my parts just fucked?

Is there any way to hide a drive from Windows when I'm not using it, besides the obvious unplugging it? I'd like to just use an internal drive for backups but I know that's not traditionally safe against anything but drive failure. I don't want to rummage around in my case every day though.

It's good enough. VMWare Player has better performance for Windows virtual machines, but if you've got power to spare, VirtualBox is the shit.

VirtualBox VM's on my R7 1700X feel like they're running at native performance with the guest additions installed.

I'd say that every well rated IPS from a good brand is going to be about the same, within a given price bracket and age range. Some form of "overdrive" is a nice option to have. You can go digging around in enthusiast sites if you want more specifics, but they mostly talk about monitors with features that cost 2-5 times as much. Also slickdeals.net is good for shaving some $$$ off and getting model specific feedback.

tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

Yes.

Get a motherboard speaker, your motherboard is POSTing.
That will tell you your problem.

>Windows
Just install Hyper-V, it's included on every version of windows above "Home"

Try a single RAM module in the first slot.
Try reseating the CPU.

superuser.com/questions/295913/how-to-mount-and-unmount-hard-drives-under-windows-the-unix-way

gone through this about ten times, actually following through with each one individually if I have the tools.

done both of these, still no result.

guess I'll have to bite the bullet and get one. was hoping I was just making a super dumb mistake that wasn't on that list.

thanks guys.

It should be $1 tops, theyre not expensive.

Its literally a 3cm black speaker with 2 cables.

Note that it needs to be a internal speaker, not a headset or 3.5 or USB speaker.

So just to be sure, the cyka ransomware won't be able to figure this out?

It's not a defense mechanism that is expected, so it's not worth it for malware to put in the extra effort to scan for that kind of thing and work around it

Considering they use NSA backdoors built into your OS, not bloody likely. Just cough up a little extra for an enclosure. USB 3.0 is almost as fast as SATA 3.

Common malware uses other kind of workaround.

are you me?
srsly what the fuck

>be me switch windows start up and shut down to custom noises
>noises dont ever pop up even resetting the computer and shutting it down
>disable fast boot in this process
anyone know why it isnt working

Do I need UASP support to take advantage of USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) speeds?

No. It's not even a bandwidth thing, just a random read/write boost.

nvm Just found a usb 3 card that should fit my pc, and wd 2tb usb 3 external drive for $80 all together.

My galaxy S6 is stuck in a boot loop, I'm trying to reflash original firmware in ODIN but every time I plug my phone in I get "USB device not recognized" and nothing shows up in ODIN. I just took it to a repair shop and they replaced the charging port for me, and I still get this error. Is this a software thing or did the shop fuck me over and my port is still broken?
(btw I looked at the port inside and it looks brand new. maybe they fucked up the installation?)

Also its not an FRP lock. On ODIN mode, it says "FRP LOCK: OFF"

I figured I'd have a better chance here than in /o/ so here we go...

If I wanted to add a second aux input for the backseat in my car, would a simple y splitter suffice? I already have an aux port in the front which I added so I figured I would add the splitter to the back of the radio and route both wires into it having everything nice and hidden. Completely unnecessary but I like it better than having a long cable floating around from front to back. There would never be 1 input at a time but I figure I'd ask just to be safe.

After looking into this more I'd likely have to use the proper audio switch which would be a pain in the ass so I guess I'll have to rethink it.

...

if you're are after the speed of internal, perhaps instead you could look at an eSATA card/bracket and enclosure

After waking up my w10 laptop from hibernation from overnight, the network list on the taskbar won't load. I click it, and the small window opens, but nothing shows up and it just shows the loading animation.

I tried killing the explorer process and restarting it and that didn't help. Help?

You're not allowed to use that image anymore, user.

REKT

Hey guys, so I was using these old computers as servers, and all I basically do with them is back up files, and use one as a torrent seed box, I have future plan to make apache site for local openwrt repository.

To save on electricity, and heat output I was thinking of doing small cluster of raspberry pi.
>something similar to pic related

I am not sure if newer model still has this but I know the ethernet and usb are on the same bus, did they happen to separate that in the newer model or no?

My main question is, how was the play back? Was it in 720 or 1080p, and also if you don't mind list your setup, or take a pic.

?

Pi 3B's ethernet is still over USB. Wi-Fi seems to reach higher speeds because the wired is 100Mbps. Unsure if Wi-Fi is also over USB or separate.

Just installed finger replayer on my phone which doesn't have a working power button
(Repair places tried to fix the power button but couldn't, so I'm using Button Saviour to get around that)
I didn't find out until now that in order to stop and save a recording, i need to be able to press the power button on my phone
Is there any way to replicate the effect of pressing the power button?
finger replayer isn't registering button saviour's stuff as part of its stuff

Any way to get around this?
There's gotta be at least some other way to press stop/save

I recently installed a photovoltaic system in my house, and i basically have electricity for free (about 70% of my consumption, to be precise).
There's no downside in mining cryptocoins under these conditions, right?
My rig is an i5 3570k + amd rx 480.
How much money can i expect?
What currency should i "invest" into?
What pool should i join?

As far as i understand its a pretty good choice for ethereum coin, but i don't know much else

Hmm, I was looking at putting osmc on there, maybe keep using my seed box, and then use osmc as media playback, since I also want to throw twitch plugin (which quick google showed kodi) so idk, im not working on this project right this second so I have time.

Got this error when usb connecting my galaxy s7 to a galaxy tab 4
Shouldn't they be compatible?
I've had no trouble connecting either device to my pc

What's a good UML program? I saw StarUML but I want a 2nd opinion.

Excluding microphones, what are some machines that can detect/read vibrations and sound waves?

I'm trying to research this for a story I'm writing. It's a weird thing to google.

any phone around 300usd that has decent camera?

Seismometers, possibly accelerometers

by definition, anything that converts sound into electricity is a microphone, so i suppose you'd have to be looking for non-electrical machines

(to clarify, the machine doesn't have to be completely non-electrical, just the part that "detects/reads" vibration/sound, though i'm not sure what could count under this)

I feel very retarded for asking this, but is there a way to properly copy and paste all selected files at once without any issues? On Windows or Linux, whenever I try to copy and paste files to another drive to back it up, I will get errors that says "could not copy file" with reasons ranging from the filename apparently being too long to the file apparently being missing. I will even get errors using the terminal. The main issue with these errors is that I want to make the backing up an overnight job, but the errors popping up freezes the backup process wherever the file error occurs until I respond to the prompt.

Are there any alternate methods I should consider for this? I don't know why this is giving me so many problems.

Does the Opera VPN allow you to set it to Australia?

My gf is overseas right now and we are trying to find a way for both of us to watch something on websites that block users outside Australia.

am I getting banned for ASCII Porn on Sup Forums?

what's the difference between 5400 and 7200 rpms

1800 rpms

Waiting for my replacement RN4G from China (warranty for RN3P)

>had to use my Moto G 2015 meanwhile but it fell and cracked the screen. First time I broke a phone

>Ok no probs, i'll use my old Nexus 4 until the new phone arrives. Memory corruption and random failures

So these are my options for this month:

- Repair Moto G at a local pajeet shop (could do it myself but screen would arrive later than RN4G)
- Get a cheap (about 60€) temporary phone. Whatsapp support is mandatory
- Use an even older device from the collection:
Nokia E71
Xperia Neo V
iPhone 4 (not 4s, the one with iOS 7)
Vodafone Smart Chat (pick related, got it from a raffle)
Original Nexus One

but. like. real difference wise. is it "faster" or "safer"

how to activate adobe software without turning my computer into a botnet? is painter's adobe emulator safe?

>Anime
Go to hell.

generally speaking, 5400 rpm drives are;
- quieter
- use less power
- have poorer seek times/contiguous access speed

Alright lads so this right here is how i plan to transfer the OS on my current build (win 7 x64, amd phenom cpu + amd gpu) to my planned new build (ryzen 5, i plan to keep the gpu from the old build at first and then later upgrade it):

> Update the BIOS from the R5 board right at the beginning
> Install win7 on the new build, slap on language paket
> Install truecrypt and encrypt the hdd
> Do the sysprep thing to prepare for the transfer, then do it via the belkin cable
> After the transfer is done, run the github script to manually re-enable windows update on my ryzen machine again which now has the OS from the "old" build running on it with no problems whatsoever (maybe i'd have to retroactively install some drivers though, i should probably make a folder of those before i get the build)

Basically only the RAM would be from a different manufacturer than before i think. Even the mainboard and HDD manufacturers will be the same as before so there should not be any problems if the sysprep is done right, no?

Yes i know it's always better to just reinstall the OS altogether but i have some important licensed programs on the current build which i cannot reinstall so i would have to transfer them and that's why i'm asking

... How foolproof is all of this and how likely is the OS migration to suceed?

do a fresh install

Is there anything I can delete here?

pastebin.com/XUHQfQ3r

For example, there seems to be a lot of Microsoft Visual C++, do the other programms there really need all of them?

Also if anyone else here has done the sysprep thing before and could comment on whether or not such a migration affects stability/performance at any rate or causes BSOD's then please let me know, i'm thankful for every bit of information because there's not too much to be found elsewhere on the net desu

Razer Grow The Fuck Up, some say the Logitech Get A Fucking Job is better

>> Install win7 on the new build, slap on language paket
>> Install truecrypt and encrypt the hdd
this is just a waste of time if you plan to sysprep/transfer your previous installation

>belkin cable
?

DP is a better connector than HDMI. I would definitely go for it. There are clips to hold it in. HDMI can get pulled out on accident.

qemu

>visual c++
Some programs can rely on older redists. Nuke them all and see if anything stops working.
You can also remove everything ASUS related and Winflash.

>... How foolproof is all of this and how likely is the OS migration to suceed?
99% of the time people have problems moving windows to new hardware, is because the didn't sysprep
it's a critical step barely any home user knows about, since most home users don't install windows themselves at all

if your machine will work with a fresh install, it'll also work with a sysprep/generalized install, since the part that matters (specialization is set to occur) is the same for both

I can't seem to load a site with Firefox or Chrome but it works fine with IE. If I delete the cookies of the site then I can load the page one time only and anything after that doesn't load (eg: load the page, click on something on the site, thing I clicked on doesn't load nor does the original place I went to anymore).

I've tried searching for a solution but mostly all I can find is people having problems with the CSS or outdated browsers which isn't my problem at all. I've also flushed my DNS and tried using Google's but that didn't work either. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening? I never had this problem a week or so ago.

Site in question is nicovideo.jp

How can I delete all fonts accept the default ones? Restoring default font settings doesn't do anything.

might help if we knew what you're using

what's the pros and cons between PHP, javascript, ruby?

Windows 10

So basically i shouldn't run into any problems if i do this?

I mean of course i could reinstall if it fails anyways but i might just try this at first and see if it works heh

What's the normal temperature range for a 2.5" HDD when idling?
Mine's sitting around 48-52 degree celsius.

Let's say I want to install Debian on my spare external drive. It will be the only system on there. I can boot to it from UEFI. Do I need GRUB? It just adds a couple of seconds of latency to booting.

That's a bit high for newer HDDs but within safety margins, I suppose. Any ventilation around it?

It's in an old laptop and i removed the cover just to be sure.

should be fine
after all, it is the official/supported way to move windows to new hardware, and is common practise outside of home usage

how do you think companies setup hundreds of machines with custom software and settings?
they install windows on a non-production machine, switch it to audit mode with sysprep, install and configure whatever they want to, then generalize it with sysprep, then capture it into a wim image with imagex, which can be used as an installation media just like how the official dvd is done

(audit mode isn't relevant to your use-case, fyi. it's just there so one can use the system without creating any permanent user accounts)

>Anime
Go to hell.