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Not really a stupid question but what's the best modem/router for me
>needs to be VDSL/fibre ready
>attainable in bumfuck australia
>wireless, but doesn't need to be crazy good
>gigabit wired connection
That's really it. Preferably something under 150AUD, 100 would be awesome.

Why don't my motherboards ports work properly anymore?
Sometimes my mouse and keyboard start disconnecting and reconnecting and won't properly work until i restart

>I just sent a couple firefox crash reports because i'm frustrated with youtube and nyt tabs crashing immediately. i have a whole suite of privacytools add ons because it's 2017 and i hate tracking ads. how much did i fuck up and do i need to start fresh on firefox to get back to "normal"?

After reading this mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/ I guess sending a few crash reports is not much worse than what Firefox knows already, and that if I want a real private browser Tor is the way to go

Right?

What can I use to take a screenshot of media that I selected by setting the time I want to screenshot to occur? So that the screen capture is the same resolution as the media it came from.

My monitor only has a signal from a cold boot, if I attempt to restart when installing something etc it just stops at the orange light and doesn't power back on, any ideas?

pcpartpicker.com/list/74LXQV
I don't care if this is a 'good' build, I just want to know if this is actually going to function, this is my first time building so I'm just making sure I didn't fuck something up horribly

scratch this. i think i've fixed it by updating chipset drivers

Can I install aol from an old cd, and will it still work today?

>inb4 "no os or gpu
I already have those taken care of so they're not on the list

I can't open mikandi on my phone. Am I being censored from downloading this app store. I just want to see what type of shit they have, and I can't open the webpage.

bumping for interest

When installing windows a new, how do i get it to COMPLETELY erase everything?
Every time i reinstall a new version it keep the old files in Windows.old.
How can i stop this from happening. I dont care about my old folders/files i just want them gone.

You can delete "Windows.old" if you want.

If you delete the current windows OS partition it wont make windows.old becaude windows will be gone entirely. Then just install windows on a clean partition

Yes i belong here.
That was dumb.
I never thought of that.

This. There should be an option when you're installing Windows to format the partition.
It should work. Make sure you buy thermal paste.

i booted up my old laptop thata has a broken screen, windows 7, should i enable automatic updates?

best video for how to assemble a PC?

Any working torrent client for Android you guys would recommend?
>bittorrent actually connect to peer and download right away but crash in the background
>cattorrent and flud seem to not crash but can't for life connect to anyone
>utorrent is a meme so I won't touch it

Common sense.
Also if you cant figure out how to put one together, go buy a child's "put the shapes in the holes toy" to practice.

What laptop should I buy?

I work at home and do a lot of multitasking but nothing more demanding than running lots of the office suite at the same time while using the internet and sending emails.
Budget is around $900
I really want a good build quality laptop because I travel frequently with it and my last few laptops always end up getting broken.
Need something in the 13"-14" range
Needs to have 500GB minimum storage.

I've been looking at the Thinkpad 13 and the Thinkpad T470

Looked at the zenbook too but worried about its sturdiness and I don't feel the need to pay a premium for muh thinness.

I'd really appreciate any tips

Is it possible to rip images from, say a PS2 disc? If so, what program should I use?

Do apple laptops have any exclusive software which could help grow a business or make money? If not, whats the best bang for your buck laptop with windows 10?

For about a week now i have had real bad issues with high ping on LoL and even watching twitch.tv it stutters on auto quality even low loads like 240p.
I have tried everything i can think of. Please help
Also ipconfig shit seems to do nothing i see.

I'm trying to choose a laptop for university(comp sci) in the fall.
Do need one with a discrete GPU for undergrad level programming?
I'm considering a ThinkPad T470. Open to recommendations.

What are the best books to learn C since K&R is outdated?

Can I just pull my SD card that has the retropie image on it out of my Raspberry Pi 3 and stick it in an Asus Tinker Board and expect it to work?

My hard drive is being slow all of a sudden, and when I tried restarting, I could login fine, but when I came to the desktop, there were no icons anywhere, the mouse loading circle was there, and it would constantly go white as if it was non-responsive and goes black only to come back on to the same empty desktop

Also my question is how badly do magnetic screwdrivers effect the harddrive if its only touching the screws keeping it in place

q: if it takes 6 men 6 hours to dig a hole, how long should it take 3 men to dig half a hole?

ǝloɥ ɐ ɟlɐɥ sɐ ƃuıɥʇ ɥɔns ou s,ǝɹǝɥʇ :ɐ

Is it okay to use a usb to store videos for plex server? Besides space issues I don't want to drop 50 for an external + case.

So, I'm using xfce.
Is there a way to remove the tittle bar but to keep the minimize,maximize buttons?

I have bought (rented) for many years 3 domains form godaddy and I was wondering what plan should I take if I'm expecting to run a business through one of my websites? I think the middle one is the best but I am looking for more professional input.

Thanks anons.

I have a weird problem on a gtx970.

Not always, but sometimes a game would start with low fps (always 40-or so), and fps won't go up until I winkey+tab out of it. Alt-tabbing doesn't seem to fix this.

It seems to be happening on window/borderless mode.


I tried updating my drivers, now this time I used DDU as well. Not fixed.
Fucking Nvidia, did the gimpening already begin?

vuze

why are you trying that many options for a torrent client on mobile

Asus Q304UA-BBI5T10

switch to namecheap for domains and don't look at registrars for providing web hosting, you'll mostly likely be more satisfied if you go with something that focuses on hosting

why does remix os perform like shit in boxes when everything else works super fluidly

Noted thank you, any hosting companies you'd recommend? For 7$ a month I think it's a pretty good deal.

>any speed wireless and gigabit wired
probably cheaper to buy a router and then a access point separate desu

no, install gentoo

Mom lives in a shithole apartment and her box gets dusty as fuck and overheats.

It's an i5 with an SSD and she just uses it for normie book.

I'm tearing her box apart tonight. Can I go fanless? More fans? Less fans? Liquid cool?

I'm looking for a good tablet Sup Forums, I mostly intend to use it for netflix and shitposting on Sup Forums.
Can you give me some recommendations? A good quality screen is a must, I have never owned a tablet pc before so I have like no idea what's good or bad.
My budget is about $800 AUD if it matters.

I've been pretty satisfied with my Samsung Galaxy. I've tried those Sony tablets and they feel crispy af, so I think it's worth looking into, also.

go to gearbest and buy one of the 100 dollar w10 ones
>800 aud
>netflix machine
is your economy just crap or are you really willing to spend a shit ton of money on something so trivial

It's the government and tariffs and fucking them because they can. The famous anecdote was that it was cheaper to book a round trip flight to California to buy Photoshop than buying it in Oz.

like i said, i have zero clue about tablets

vlc should let you screenshot while you are watching and there's probably some command to do it from cli too, should be plenty clear

learn to use your keyboard shortcuts instead

vultr suits my needs pretty well and has been pretty reliable, but the best deal for any budget is gonna be from different companies

just depends on what you really need

clean it and replace fan

any other questions then

>$800 for movies and Sup Forums
is Australia really that bad

gtx 1080ti costs $1400 here

Got bored, now I'm writing a kernel out of raw ASM, emulating with QEMU on Windows x86-64. Got myself into Long Mode, Ring-0 GDT done (obv), 2MiB paging complete, and got a couple of functions working to output some text (with 256-color attribute) to the screen properly. Also set up very very basic macros for saving register states (since PUSHA got fukt with no replacement, apparently).

What should I do next? People say it's a matter of preference. I'm looking to design something raw like a shell, and eventually implement a user-space version of said shell. what do

Laptops with discrete GPUs tend to not last as long, but maybe thats less of a problem now. Plus you wouldn't need it.

I suppose it makes sense to make a shell before adding a filesystem. You need to be able to render cat pictures.

How do you transfer bookmarks from one browser to the other without having to sync both of them together? Or at least a simple way to copy paste them into a notepad.

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but I usually export to html from one browser then import from html on the other. I don't use the automatic transfer or sync features.

I would like to buy a laptop or windows tablet if it supports all x86 software.
I want to read my VNs on it while being comfy, can you recommend me something?

Bonus points if it works with win7.

While I'm at it, how good is wine nowadays?
Could I get most VNs running via wine?

Thank you in advance.

Exactly right, I prioritize correctly. ;)
So set up the filesystem. I suppose I should also do more "behind-the-scene" things like a proper IDT, drivers, etc. too before even considering the shell.

Do you have any advice on the easiest filesystem to organize? I'm actually unsure whether or not it's something I can choose vs. something that is dependent on the boot device. Thanks.
>t. brainlet

I had a look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab A, it looks cheap and pretty much what I'm after.

Should I go for it guys? Feeling pretty good about this one.

Can someone on macOS tell me what size the recovery partition is? It's a hidden partition. To check the size you need to perform
diskutil list
in terminal. Thanks.

how do i get into building an app? i have an idea and no experience programming of any kind

Ok, looks like Vuze is working fine. No crashes and stuff actually get downloaded.
Like I said, bittorrent just crashes while in backgrounds and other clients refuse to connect for some reason. I would just use something right away if it works.
Thanks for the suggestion

>Overcounted - 123%

What does Android mean by this?

I use Flud

It just werx

is there an app for android that will allow me to connect my phone to my pc as a keyboard but has the feature of just selecting wasd or the up down left right keys?

My parents need a computer for light web browsing, what do I get them? I've been out of the low-end market for a long time.

Requirements
-Has a 15"+ screen or can be hooked up to one
-Small form factor, so no normal sized desktop towers
-Not any more complicated to use than a regular Windows machine
-CHEAP, preferably no more than $200

Run mtr to twitch.tv for 1 hour and then post results.

That's dumb.
People told me I could do anything with Linux!

I dropped my 9H tempered class cover before putting it on my phone, and now it has dust particles and shit all over the sticky part. How can I clean it off?

What is generally more indicative of a drive being ready to kick the bucket: power on count or power on hours?

I have a WD 1TB external with 2,500 hours, which isn't that much, but over 500 power cycles. Should I be worried about it shitting the bed soon?

Another question: do hard drives still experience progress in reliability? I.e. would a 1TB WD Blue manufactured in 2017 be more reliable than one manufactured in 2012 (on average, not just looking at a single sample)?

bruh chill the fuck out.
Your HDD is just fine. It has a lot of usage left.

would you be fine building one or would you rather buy prebuilt?

Anyone knows what controls the keyboard volume Fn combos for Win7? Mine is messed up for some reason.

Build on an itx or mitx with an i5. Put Ubuntu or mint on it.

My mom has been running Linux for 10 years. Best decision I ever made.

Honestly Google is your friend

Is it possible (and if so a viable option) to set up a raspberry pi as a Wi-Fi extender in which I then run an Ethernet cable from to my computer to get faster internet?

That's fucking retarded.

A high-end TV box with Android.

Is the netgear AC1900 router overkill if my ISP only gives me 300Mbps? Why would I need 1900mbps bandwidth for 300Mbps download speeds? I feel like a retard but I don't understand.

Something on craigslist

Yes

I'm looking at buying a new business laptop. I'll be doing some general websurfing using word Facebook etc but I cannot tell any difference between these 3 computers except that the bottom 2 say "performance models". Am I better off just saving some money and going with the top computer or is there a major difference that I will see if I buy one of the bottom computers?

pic related

Using 4chanX, any way to fix this? Sometimes it just show a 1 and never let me post and gotta refresh the whole thread everytime this happens.

>websurfing
>facebook
>Office

You don't need a fucking laptop with i7 and a GPU to do that.

>business laptop
>not a think

Ishyygddt

How do i make partitions on linux without having to use a live CD?

I just wanted something fast
my last laptop was a thinkpad

On a new drive? fdisk /dev/[urdrivehere] same as always.
On an existing, in-use drive? You could try rebooting to rescue mode, then resizing partitions and filesystems as needed from the shell, but you really probably shouldn't.

Those are gaming laptops.
If you want fast, get something with an SSD

what about an ideapad?

hello fag OP
put /sqt/ in the OP, OP

Does overclocking ram have any effect on CPU temps?

Is there ANY way to get the full text from RSS feeds without farming it out to some service?

forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Correct-way-to-make-a-PS2-disc-image

You mean can you parse xml without a library? If you're a madman.

where can i find out the best public torrent sites . like some blog that is regularly updated with the latest ones