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Why don't people encrypt their system... twice?

So I run LineageOS without gApps. Some apps of course say they need Google Play Services to function. But I recently downloaded Protonmail mobile app through Yalp store and it works fine besides the initial popup message saying I need Play Services.


My questions is are all of these apps just saying they need Google Play Services or what? I'm about to open a Schwab checking account and I need the mobile app to work for depositing checks and stuff.

Does my internet speed increases if i buy more wifi router?

best place to buy laptop batteries? picked up a latitude e6410 and want a new 9 cell just in case the one it comes with is dead.

When will it finally be worth upgrading my 4.3ghz 4770k? For someone who only uses it recreationally for video games, photoshop, illustrator, and web browsing.

I am currently picking my advanced classes on my ECE degree, I can avoid literally everything electrical and signal related by just sticking to network protocols/architecture, OS architecture, software engineering, programming, computer/network security etc.

Do I have viable life options on those?

generally the same reason you don't need 2 condoms

2019, maybe 2020.

not yet

yes

"double-baggin it" just breaks both condoms.

There is an xposed module to fix that

Last time I checked xposed modules didn't work on LinageOS 14

That's a reason it doesn't work well in practice.
But the reason you don't need 2 condoms is that if one isn't enough then doubling it isn't going to help. You don't get extra protection from layering it.

No, it's literally just that they will both break. I'd wear 2 condoms if it helped. Skanks be nasty yo.

>have MBP and windows desktop
>wants to only use 1 keyboard and 1 mouse on those 2 PCs

is what I need a USB switch? KVM switch?

Does this fit the bill? amazon.ca/UGREEN-Sharing-Keyboard-Scanner-Printer/dp/B01MXXQKGM/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1499014902&sr=8-6&keywords=usb switch

Got really confused with the input and output label. 2 input that goes into the MBP and windows. 4 output that goes to keyboard and mouse and possibly ext HDD. Does that sound right?

Why is imgur so fucking cancer? I browsed imgur.com/r/[pornsubreddit] to extract it for pics on mobile, but I noticed they all have "_d" added to the filename and are lower res than actually hosted, because of the mobile format redirect.

How does incompetence this gross even happen? Literally providing lower res images than you fucking host? What the fuck? On an image hosting site? WHAT THE FUCK

CPU : Ryzen 5 1600x
Mobo: B350-Plus Asus Prime
Ram Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB)

Can someone give me an idea of roughly the timings/voltages I'd be looking at using to get 4.0Ghz on the cpu and 2666mhz-2933Mhz on the ram?

The QVL for this mobo says the LPX ram i have should get 2933 with these settings
15-17-17-35 1.35V 3000 DOCP2933
but i can't get it to post with this.

I did manage a stable overclock of 4.0Ghz with just a 0.03V CPU core offset but I don't know an upper and lower limit on the cpu voltage i should expect.

ps. I know things vary chip to chip,board to board, however there is an acceptable/expected window and I'd like to know expected results.

/r/ ramlet.jpg

I installed Arch on my laptop but when I rebooted it all I got was a black screen with "GRUB" and a blinking underscore.

I'm finally upgrading from my iPhone 4 and I want to buy something that will last me a while
I'm thinking of the OnePlus 5 but it looks so fucking big, are there any good phones around the same price that aren't fucking tablets? Everything else is too expensive or shit

old Nexus 5 or new OnePlus 3T

Live in germany and want privacy.
Thinking about dualbooting loonix with win7 (loonix for productivity and win for gaymes).
Bitdefender against german spy tools from the government and IPVanish as vpn.

Critic / something else?

Specs on the Nexus aren't enough for me and the 3T is so close in price to the 5 I may as well get the 5 if I buy OnePlus
I know this is a really stupid issue to have but thanks for the help anyway

...

dont bother with bitdefender... just use build in, its only for games...

win7 is old shit, use win8.1 or win10 if DX12 games

Is 8gb of RAM still enough? Or is 12gb or 16gb the new standard?

4GB of RAM is enough

16 is good if you never want to bother paying attention to how much ram you're using. But most people can get by ok on 8, unless there's some heavy shit you're doing or you multitask like a motherfucker.

8GB is not enough anymore, I regret going with only 8 considering I always have many programs and tabs open

Good point. Thanks.
Take this pic as reward.

do show screenshot of current RAM consumption of your browser fagget

Instal win 10 for games and use tails for browse.

4GB is fine for every day usage. 8GB is bare minimum for gaming. 16GB is pretty much golden for games and video editing.

>perpetuation of the linux has no gaems meme

i am about to boot up tf2 on linux. a large portion of the steam library runs flawlessly on linux as long as you install the right drivers, which you should be able to do if you are going to install linux

How do I comfortably use a second monitor?

I have 3 monitors right now: Monitor 1, Monitor 2, TV. Last one is only needed if I want to watch a movie, monitor 2 is intended for streams, programming maybe.
Is there a way to control the monitors comfortably? Right now my mouse just moves to the next monitor if I move it to the right and that is annoying. It would be nice if I had to press a button for it to be able to go to the next screen, otherwise acting as if I only had one monitor.

but he did not say browser
tails is extreme, dont recommned it to noobs

Are there any reliable data sources for salary information (e.g. given job role in a given area) besides the H1B database?

Yeah sure you have averages and self-reported things on glassdoor, but H1B is confirmed base salary for all jobs

best free and simple video editor for putting together some video?

windows movie maker?
virtualdub?

I have about 50 tabs open right now, usually I have 65-80
Add music production software, Steam, itunes/foobar, soulseek and anything else running and my PC starts to choke a bit

what's the Sup Forums approved power bank again?

alright, thanks.

Most likely when your motherboard craps itself.

idk but I got a Rapoo one for ~$35 and it's been great

What is /f/

Is it possible to use Chrome Canary builds without occasional SyzyAsan thingy?

Is it possible to upgrade an original Xbox HDD without installing a custom dash?

Probably but you'll need to do some fuckery regarding locking the HDD, it's hard without a custom dash or opens the possibility for installing a custom dash without additional effort either way.

Do people still use preload? Is it recommended? Is there a newer alternative?

What is the best free bouncer service to use? For various reasons, I need to have two bouncers running on Rizon, and the official Rizon BNC service only lets you use one.

I'm sure this is one of the most common questions asked on this board, but I just got an income source so I'm looking to build a gaming PC. What are the best online resources for finding out what I'll need?

Thx :3

If I do install a custom dash, would I be able to uninstall it afterwards? I don't need the extra features they offer, I just want a bigger HDD and the default dash is just fine for me.

/r/buildapc, read for awhile and figure out what kind of budget you have

check
logicalincrements.com/
reddit.com/r/buildapc/

watch some youtube videos

Yes, you should be able to uninstall it.

(posting from other thread, I still need help) I just updated Xubuntu to 17.04 and now it boots to a black screen, what do? There's no error text or anything it's just a black screen where I can move my cursor around, and ctrl+alt+delete works to open the login screen.

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>winfag 'gamer' getting laid or having a gf
>"multiple times"
Haha, no.

you press ctrl+alt+F2
or some other F key, to get to a different TTY - terminal
there you might be able to log in, and do some shit
if no, then start pressing on boot some key that allows you some form of recovery enviroment

That terminal works but I don't know what I should try to do in it to fix the problem

Linux has games.
Windows has all the games.
You can game on linux, but if you do focus on it as a hobby, you probably want windows to avoid missing out on games.

Or you can just dual boot + use wine

you write 'startx' and see what happens what it tells
it should start graphic interface - Xorg

What does Sup Forums use to pirate FLAC music?

/ptg/

Does anyone have a list of the models of ThinkCentres/Optiplexes that had 3rd gen Core processors? I'm looking for one since I don't want to invest that much on a PC that will only see its main use in light to medium gayming and I don't think that anything I play requires more than a i5-3570[k], after all, Intel hasn't improved their CPUs that much since Haswell.

Alright I'll try that when I get home, sorry I should've just waited to repost the question when I was ready

I need help. I installed an ssd on my pc and put windows 7 on it but now when I boot my pc, my pc uses the ssd as the primary storage device. Only when I disconnect it does it go back to using my hard drive with all my data on it. I only want to put my games on the ssd so that they can load faster.

Encrypting something twice with the same key length / cipher combination is the same as adding one bit to the key length of a single pass with the same cipher but usually far more laborious to decrypt.

There are situations where multiple encryption makes sense, but if you're talking about a hard drive, just assume your first choice of cipher works and move on.

Hello,

I need to do a shitty HTML/CSS webdesign homework for a Uni class quickly and I want to find a GUI-driven and retard-proof web development software which would require little to no actual coding.

Which one would you recommend?

Why do some HDDs have, say, 250GB of memory, but actually have 230GB when you look at the storage space within the drive properties?

>put windows 7 on it
ok

>I only want to put my games on the ssd
then why do you have windows on it?

anyway usual use is windows and programs, 20GB windows eats but rest should be enough for you...

The filesystem has some overhead for bookkeeping.

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Stupid question? When will Sup Forums get flodded with traps and blacked crowd like other boards?

Solid desktop speakers. Brands/notable picks? My range is dynamic depending on how much I like them

Manufacturers use base 10, your operating system uses base 2.

Has anyone here used Embarcadero RAD Studio? I just installed it and i cant get a basic c++ project to run properly. I have a button and a label, and when the button is clicked, the label text should change from whatever is default to "Hello World!".
But when i run it, the label text changes when the button is clicked, but when mouse leaves the button it changes back to the default value, and also while the button is pressed it has the default value.
Any help would be much appreciated.

That doesn't answer my question about why my pc uses it as the default start up drive.

Could someone answer this young handsome man's question?

>small amp for passive speakers with build in DAC for around $100
SMSL Q5 PRO or FXAudio D802
youtube.com/watch?v=qpwyWJZPJ0Q

>passive speakers for under $300
wharfedale - diamond 220 / diamond 10.1
KEF - Q100 / Q300
ELAC - B5/B6

or active speakers, JBL LSR305 are go-to most recommended

>ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2166771
>HDMI output does NOT support connection/re-connection while the OS is running
Please tell me this is a meme and there's a way to switch to HDMI without rebooting

Maybe I'm not understanding the question here, but... because you installed Windows 7 on it?

you plug it in, your bios looked at disks pluged and choose one
if you did not specify in bios which one, it choose whichever was on lower number sata... I think.. so it booted from there

if you have uefi and run in it and not legacy... then during installation OS can tell bios what to boot as well..

Best Winblows file searcher? Looking for something can help me find why there is 200GB's of my drive taken up but no available files to explain it.

Nice and comprehensive thanx user glad I asked here

Can i turn a 8 pin computer on with a PSU that only has a 4 cpu power pin and 20 instead 24 power cable?

fuck off zeos

Hi Sup Forums,
I need a recommendation for a SSD.
>for a T430
>for office use and browsing mostly
>as the only hard drive
>should be

I can't upgrade my damn kernel on arch.
If I install a new one, something just fucks up. I hang on loading X, it seems. If I go to another tty and log-in, the uname -r is still the kernel version of the old kernel.
I can just install the old kernel and it'll boot again, no dice with an upgraded one, though.

Help.

850 EVO.

I have a 144Hz refresh rate monitor and a regular Samsung TV (60Hz I guess).

I like to occasionally use the TV as my monitor when I'm chilling on the couch. The thing is, whenever I plug it in, it kills the refresh rate on my monitor (I think it gets capped at the same rate as the TV when I have both hooked up to the PC)

Is there any way I can keep both plugged in mirrored desktop mode while retaining the refresh rate on my monitor? I can unplug the TV HDMI when it's not in use, but I'd like to keep it plugged in if it's possible.

Any way to do this? Win10

I found this

xrandr --output HDMI-1 --auto

but audio doesn't come through

upgrade gpu drivers

How much gb do you need? Like said the 850 Evo is ~$100 but for the 250gb model, and I don't know if that's sufficient as your only storage device.

or rather, recompile for new kernel

not sure what those are supposed to have to do with my uname being the old kernel and pacman reporting the newest one

I like Manjaro's i3 edition but I don't agree with everything they pre-configured. I want to create something similar but I can't find its config file. Why isn't it in home/.config?

I have an i5 6402p CPU. Youtube videos suggest that gains from a CPU in gaming is usually 1-10 fps. I own an SSD so everything loads almost instantly.
Could someone tell me the benefit of owning a more expensive processor if you are only a simple gamer ?