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Any non-bloated version of shazam to identify music? something that isnt chockful of ads

Not AFAIK. They gotta pay for the R&D somehow

What makes a language better than another language for specific tasks? For instance, why do more people use C# to write bots over other languages?

can I put a password on my cellphone's recovery mode like I can with my pc's BIOS?

You can use Google voice search to identify music.

>Google

Library availability, where is needs to run, performance considerations, if it needs to integrate with other software, personal preference, historical reasons, etc.....

>why do more people use C# to write bots over other languages?
Do they?

If I wanted to learn to become a hacker, what do I need to learn? What programming languages are most useful? How does one go about learning network management?

god I fucking hate script kiddies

sound hound is pretty good

Is there no way to auto-hide the scrollbar in Nightly? I've tried using the userChrome.css modifications that have been going around, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

Probably getting cucked by Windows, or something.

learn haskell

install gentoo

>what do I need to learn?
Depends on what kind of things you want to hack. To be a well rounded hacker you'll probably need:
-A functional knowledge of programming and especially system scripting. Being a excellent programmer is probably not required unless you are creating your own tools and exploits (but you'll need to become a pretty good hacker first)
-Fairly detailed knowledge of operating system internals. Probably Windows and Linux at minimum. You should be able to more or less describe how most parts of the kernels work and core OS components work. iOS and Android are becoming more relevant though.
-A good understanding of networking including all of the OSI model levels, and common protocols.
-Common patterns of vulnerabilities such as SQL injection and buffer overflows to name a few.
-Social engineering. This is like 50% of what hackers do now
-Common exploit frameworks and scanning utilities. Metasploit, nmap, aircrack, sqlmap, php webshells, etc...
-Good knowledge of common software like webservers, databases, etc
-Good knowledge of the other side. To go after websites, you don't need to be a good webdev, but you should understand how websites are built and the common pasterns developers use.
-Probably a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting.

>What programming languages are most useful
You'll get the most millage out of scripting languages like python (or what ever you prefer) and command languages like bash and powershell. A working knowledge of low level languages like C and assembly won't hurt.

>How does one go about learning network management?
Research, study, and practice

I used to use an old program called streamripper that used to save mp3 streams and autosplit the files and name them, is there anything modern/current for windows that does the same?

is torrenting without a VPN safe?

streamripper still works, also sourceforge.net/projects/streamtuner2/

is there an open source alternative to facebook messenger on iphone? or a lite version of messenger? asking for a friend

>doesn't mention
>OS
>ISP
>country
>where he torrents from
>what kind of content he torrents
>if he seeds

Hey, so I have a WD 2TB My Book that stores most of my media files (music, movies, anime, etc). I booted up my computer today, and for some reason it's no longer listed as My Book or anything, but just a generic Local disk that I can't access, it says it isn't formatted properly or something. I've been scouring forums, and nothing has really been helping, can I get some advice, or something to try? Thanks.

how is it that i can download a 1gb file in a few minutes but a 2mb image stops loading halfway through and takes an entire minute to load in my browser?

I can't seem to find anything definitive about this online. Is piracy over i2p totally private, as in, I can't get caught doing it even without a VPN?

are they being downloaded from the same server?

Is there a free or limited website maker that also has some sort of database feature, so I can store articles and have them be searched?

Is Servo in Firefox yet?

wordpress

It's not OK to browse Sup Forums using wifi's around the city with my tablet?

Check legal status of piggybacking in your city

yes as long as you're not posting cp

what is "piggybacking"

Accessing wifi networks that you arent legally allowed to use

alternative to google that is still a quality search engine? >inb4 cuck cuck go

no, man

how do I install Sup Forums X on Tampermonkey? Greasemonkey seems to fuck up my Firefox now.

Why dont you read the fucking install notes on the fucking 4chanx website,retard

are there any Sup Forums clients for linux? is there any advantage to using them over a web browser?

fuck you idiot

netrunner. some user had an old project back in the day that didn't have fruition, forget the name though.

I've been a long time iPhone user since my father got the first version for business back in the day. Should I make the switch to Android? And why?

netrunner isnt a Sup Forums cli program
its just a browser

Who cares.

I want to register on softpedia forums but but protonmail, tutamail are not accepted. Only yahoo mail etc. Yahoo mail requires me to enter a phone number wich i don't have. What do I do ?

startpage, except they're weirdly bad a searching porn

Is there any reason that I can only post on Sup Forums in a private firefox window and not a normal one? Every time I try to post I get "error: upload failed" unless I'm posting via a private firefox window.

It's fucking annoying and makes no sense to me.

Sup Forums's got your back bro, don't want the nsa to catch a shitpost
go private or go home

Anyone suggest poweruser applications and utilities for OSX?

Before anyone asks, it's a Hackintosh for Final Cut Pro

My motherboard is a Gigabyte F2A88XN and I know sometimes the USB ports stay active even when the pc is turned off. My keyboards led doesn't turn on unless I click a key, but some nights it turns on by itself. Is it my pc or is my house haunted?
Also, how can I turn off the usb ports when i turn off the pc?

how old would a mobo have to be to not have an integrated sound card?

I know you're just memeing on me hard, Broseph Kony. But that's pure malarkey. Chink moot doesn't give a shit about us and it was working fine just yesterday. Plus that wouldn't help anyway. NSA would still be able to watch me rant about the ZOG in one tab and jerk off to futa ponies in the other tab. They hacked my dog and now her belly wont stop itching, poor girl.

Is there no fix for this? Is this the life I'm condemned to now?

I wonder if my Gentoo is finished downloading

I don't know if this has been answered ad nauseum, but I figured I'd ask here.

When I took a few freshman-level CS courses at uni, we used Putty to log into the school's linux server, and we were able to compile and run c++/g++ programs.

I want to start practicing my coding on my own now (mathematician here), but I'm running on windows. I'm looking for a virtual machine to run basic programs on because
1) I'm comfortable with linux and would like to use it even more
2) I don't want to wreck my actual machine with my memory issues.

Any ideas? I basically want a small, virtual, local, linux putty server, if that makes sense.

Super noob question, I know. Thanks

If the heatsink mounting bracket is touching the back of the Motherboard, can that cause a short?

I forgot to mention, I'm looking for free software, if possible

also
>those digits

I have a Smok AL-85 mod vape, would it be advisable to charge it with a wall block at 5V/1.5A or should I just plug it into my computer? The kit only came with a USB cable.

Basically load up any distro into a virtual machine and you'll be good. Preferably a Server OS or stripped down distro to leave as many resources free as you can.

Best cross platform password manager (mac, windows ios)
Best mail client for windows 7
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Guys I am using a controller/gamepad for the first time (xbox 360 based gamepad).

I was playing NFS on my pc and it said to press this button to quit:

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Also it said to press this button to play drag tutorial:

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I don't understand what buttons are they, please help.

Also, should I choose Xinput or direct input?
Also, are both triggers not supposed to work on Xinput mode?

goddamnit formatting borked

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Correct formatting is this

GODDAMN!! fucking pos formatting

Good synchtube alternative? I'm out of the loop because I haven't bothered in forever

I want to host a server for files and maybe some gayming on this old PC I have, which distro should I go with having near zero experience with linux systems? Current OS on the PC is Vista so that's rather unsuitable

I have a GTX 1080TI and a Ryzen 5 1600 CPU, how big should my power supply be? 650w, will that be fine?

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Should I pull the trigger on this chair? I know it's one of those dumb """gaming""" chairs, but I cant find anything with good neck support and decent reclining at a cheaper price.

>racing style
fag
>$99.99
>neck support
do it fagt, other chairs try too hard to be respectable to let you go completely limp in an upright position

is there an android equivalent to itunes? I know you can just copy paste music across, which is what I do, but what about organizing music creating playlists I can sync?

I was going to buy this
bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-4tb-external-usb-3-0-portable-hard-drive-black/5792405.p?skuId=5792405

But someone said it was micro usb-b, which was bad.
Might someone explain to me why that's bad?
And what is something better I can get that has the same storage capacity and a similar price?

Can anyone tell me why I get an error message for my input function?

it tells me that my input has invalid syntax, but how can a string have an invalid syntax?

>I'm looking for a virtual machine to run basic programs on because
I have no recent experience with virtual machines on windows, but I am told that VirtualBox is the convenient and powerful tool for this job. Have a look.

>1) I'm comfortable with linux and would like to use it even more
Can't argue with that. However, I hope you realize that you can just run g++ on windows if you prefer that sort of thing. (I wouldn't, but just so you know.)

>2) I don't want to wreck my actual machine with my memory issues.
I should note that you will not easily wreck a machine, or even cause notable harm, with programming errors. If you fuck up your memory usage in C++, your program will crash, but it won't harm anything else. It is theoretically *possible* to cause real damage with an honest mistake (like when you are writing a file manager, and a buggy function deletes everything in sight rather than just the file you wanted to delete, or something), but I have *never* known it to actually happen, outside programs designed to manage files en masse. Of course, some good old-fashioned paranoia is still a wise precaution.

you want raw_input, not input.

See stackoverflow.com/questions/4915361/whats-the-difference-between-raw-input-and-input-in-python3-x

Can someone explain the difference between fixed and actual cost on Ebay?

Fixed lets me use UPS which is right next time my house, but from what I understand it's a flat fee you choose, and you could either over or underestimate the actual shipping cost depending on where the person is located?

Question, should I just get any 10 dollar tempered glass or do brand name ones actually offer anything better?
Just want something that will stick really and not gather dust.

Hey guys I have an RX480 and it's connected to a projector (no monitor available).
I experience screen tearing in 3d games regardless if I turn Vsync on or off also it doesn't make any difference if I play around with the overscan/underscan option or the resolution. I also tried limiting my FPS to 60 with the target FPS option but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
Anyone has any idea how to fix this?
(Newest radeon drivers)

CSR or Broadcom for bluetooth?

Is there a meme generator for cmdln in linux.

I mean its just putting text centered top and or bottom of a picture. I know I can use gimp etc, but it would be nice to do is with a cmdline.

>user@CHAD1:~$memgen "you're facing the wrong way" -f cod3.jpg

The font is just impact usually.

It sounds to me like Actual cost will charge the exact money needed for shipping, I'm not sure if it has the same options.

Fixed cost will charge whatever you want, it sounds like you understand fixed.

Hey, /sqt/
I'm playing around trying to understand c++ and, more specifically, RADstudio/embarcadero c++ builder.

Basically, I want to give an user the option to take in or out values of a list. Once he's done tinkering with them (for example, he left 7 out of 10 in), the program takes the remaining (let's say, long int)values and stores them in an array (in order) to be used later.

How can I make that happen? besides checkboxes and a ton of ifs?
alternatively, where can I read some material on the different components I can use with embarcadero?

how do i put a password on a .rar file?

Is there a simple app that makes you make cheap international phone calls with your own number without any bloat?

Like the old version of skype, before it turned into a shitty version of snapchat. now you can't even call a phone number from your contacts without (((synchronising))) your entire phonebook sending out botnet invitation to all of them

how do you setup ftp on ubuntu server? in my other drive? all tutorials are pointing in home folder

does it use 18650 i charge mine with a 2 amp charger and it's fine just done overcharge it

The computer i have for my plex server is bad and can barely stream 1080p video to devices so i was wondering if there is a way i can just make the network drive accessible over the internet so i can stream directly from the drive

There was this age-old workaround for the jootube "sign in to confirm age" bullcrap where you replaced the ?watch= with the letter v and it let you watch the video in embedded form without having to sign up, but now it shows this message instead because (((google))) ruined it. Is there another workaround?

if you're on android just get an old version of skype

how do I alias "curl" to "Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing $@" in powershell?

I'm real special kind of idiot, which copy of what do I need to download to have a c compiler on windows? There are like two kinds of mingw and they both don't have have a "this is the one you need" thing.

Set-Alias -name curl -value "Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing $@" in your $PROFILE iirc.

For those who are using Firefox on macOS, do you get problems when trying to quit the program?
When I use cmd+Q, or the quit button in the Firefox menu, the windows close but the program itself is still running and doesn't respond.
This forces me to killall firefox in the terminal every time I want to actually quit it.
Is there a problem with the current version or something? How do I fix this?

>workaround for the jootube "sign in to confirm age" bullcrap
Use a proxy site, something like Hooktube.

>HT
That's for 140 IQ cosmic adventurers only, stay away

So I have a weird one. The Network icon in the bottom left corner shows that no cable is plugged in (red cross), but it says I have internet access (which I do). When I open Network Sharing Center, all the icons are flickering, the entire window is unresponsive and I have to close it through task manager.

I have no PCI network adapter.

just got to the house im staying at on holiday
browsing the internet is fine and really quick, but downloading (from everywhere) is very slow, like ~400kbps
how can i tell if this is how it is or if i can increase the speed?
thanks

I know this isn't /r/ but does anyone know an Office 2016 torrent that isn't riddled with viruses? TPB's stuff is like a leper ward

Honest question, but why do you need it?

it's a REALLY long and annoying story but I'm certain that I need the latest version of Office

I'm looking for an ebook reader. It should only be able to read .epub files from an SD card. It must not be able to connect to the internet. Does something like this exist?

I'm looking for a FIDO U2F compliant authenticator in a Smart Card form factor, preferably with NFC for use with my laptop and phone. Does anything like this even exist?

>tfw I learn this as soon as it's not possible

How is your IRC setup ?
Hexchat ? Bouncer ?

Does this mean that if one uses an M.2 device, and it's under heavy load, their LAN speeds could technically see a dip?