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Noob here. How important is writing good code over writing code that werkz? I'm talking about personal projects only, so answer in terms of your own personal standards and why

If it's a personal project only, it's your sanity that will go.

"Good" code is usually working code - and code that continues to work even when you make changes.

"Good code" is not pretty code - it's usually about using cognitive tools to help you build out what you're trying to get at rather than coding by coincidence.

Where can I download dmg of 10.9 so I can use Disk Maker to make a bootable USB installer?

Is it possible to make good money selling websites To small businesses if I have little exp?

Are people actually paying real USD for Cryptocurrency?

I really find it difficult to believe people are literally wiring $20,000 out of their checking account for a single Bitcoin.

You could make money, but it's not a stable income. The hardest part is convincing them, because if you approach out of the blue most business owners probably get annoyed.

I have a 4tb drive for storage on my windows pc. I momentarily connected a 2tb drive on its slot, restarted the computer. After moving a couple of files I turned it off, reconnected the 4tb drive half of the files were gone. Why?

Not anymore they're not :^)

Java or C++ in 2018?

Where would I start with learining algorithms?
Do I have to be good at math?

Yes.
>I really find it difficult to believe people are literally wiring $20,000 out of their checking account for a single Bitcoin.
You can only buy a fraction of a bitcoin.

how tf do i remove these

Cormen's Algorithms.
>Do I have to be good at math?
At least competent.

Not $20000 anymore.

But Check back in tomorrow. Who knows. Lel

any reason why my PC microphone sounds so quiet? I use a vmoda boom pro which was 30$+
it's the same when I try to use 2 different pair of earphones with inline mics
I didn't have this problem with a cheapo noname "gaming" headset mic

Can someone please explain to me what the different SD card ratings are? What are classes, what's the difference between "U1" and "U3", and why are there two "100 MB/s 64GB" cards where one costs £20 and another £40 on amazon?

The sheer size of computer books annoys me. How do you cope with reading that?

How come Android can use terms like "Oreo" and "KitKat" for their distros? Aren't those private trademarks? Did they get permission?

anyone?

Google gets paid to get those shitty products subliminally into your brain. It's supposed to werk

I don't have the knowledge to follow through my idea that is part electrical, part programming, is there a place where you can find people near you to team up, 3 people, myself, a programmer and an electrician should be able to knock my idea out the park and make a bit of cash. I don't think anything can be patented, its just improving on an existing idea

They're both still relevant for the stuff they're good at. So C++ for things like games, or performance-critical systems where it competes with C (e.g. high-frequency trading software), and Java for corporate spaghetti.

If you're trying to maximise employment, Java probably has the better raw numbers, but you're very likely to end up a pajeet-tier code monkey. And if you're trying to mazimise employment, learn JS anyway.

Not necessarily, these quads will suffice

Although if you want to properly understand algorithms, especially ones that aren't extremely simple, it helps to be competent

Normally you can lift up a part holding them in (so the cable gets inserted horizontally, under the cable you have the contacts, and on top of the cable you have a swiveling lid that opens up to let you lift the cable out). I can't make anything out in your picture, but try that.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#Speeds

ayy thanks, just had to lift them up with a little bit of twisting and they came out, here's a (You)

Just stop asking those "which programming language" questions already. Just pick one and stick to it if you like it. Try out the newer ones to see if you like more and if you want to explore one or two, code more in those. Simple.

Sup Forums x doesn't show Sup Forums ads for some reason. I have uBlock disabled and reinstalled the script already.

Thanks Sup Forumsoogle

Should I give programming a shot if I hate maths?

What part of maths do you hate? If it's calculus/trigonometry, then sure, give it a shot. If you've done some discrete maths and hate it, then programming is very closely related so don't bother.

Yeah I had calculus, linear algebra and analytic geometry in college and I hated having to do the maths because I'm lazy as fuck. But on the other hand it would be cool to make some programs and hack around for fun, so I don't know

My home network looks like this: ISP -> main router (192.168.0.1) -> bunch of devices, and long-ass ethernet cable -> secondary router acting as an ethernet switch and wifi extender (192.168.0.2) -> some more devices

Why can't I load either of the router's consoles while sitting behind the second one, but I can definitely load the primary one when connected to it directly and I haven't tested the secondary one yet?

Ignore that advice. It's okay to not like math. You could do programming if you just understand what the math is about. You don't need to learn the math itself. The founder of Julia language has a story for how he also sucked at his engineering math. But Julia is a scientific computing language. So there you go

Will an x16 video card FUNCTION in an x16 slot downshifted to x4, power-wise? Performance doesn't matter, as this is operating as a server. I just need to free up a PCIv3 slot for a Lycom DT-120/Samsung 960.

Trying to avoid blowing up the board/card.

Is there any rule in open-source development?
Like, let's say there are two similar programs (not a fork, both are their own thing) that do the same thing. The first one has good UI/UX, but poor features, while the second one has poor UI/UX but lots of features.
Can the first program's dev copy some of the 2nd program's features without getting in a trouble?

I just got a pi zero w.

I don't have any of the damn necessary connectors though.

Is it possible to connect the pi through bluetooth to my pc and use my pc as the keyboard/mouse etc?

Android One.
Yea or nay?

If the license allows it, sure. If it's free software, then yeah, that's the entire point: the goal is to make better software, not provide perfect ownership and attribution

How to run a jar file on linux?
I tried to run it via java -jar filename.jar but it returns Error: Could not find or load main class
I also tried to run it via wine but nothing happened.

im trying to play hi10p videos but i have no idea if its working and im seeing this
>D3D11 windowed (8bit)
>8bit
what does this mean?

If both are Free Software, then definitely.

In practice, it's rarely as simple as taking the frontend from one tool and the backend from another, because they're so dependent on each other.

It's hard

Is there a usb hub that just werks on the nintendo switch?

Can someone explain to me why Windows likes to consume all memory available when transferring large files, to MTP devices like tablets in particular, causing page file threashing and near-total cessation of system function? How the fuck does the OS not protect itself from this nonsense?

Anybody? Is the partition table faulty? Is there a procedure to change a drive in windows that I'm unaware of?

If someone on facebook has made 2 accounts, 1 real and another fake, can we trace the ip of the fake one and locate the real account?

Output format - your display is in the 8-bit/color mode.

To expand on this, it also happens with large file allocations, as with torrenting, and is inconsistent, suggesting that it is some system process associated with the file transfers going absolutely out of control at random.

Which is the best css addon for Firefox at the moment?

wtf how do i change that?? i thought i was playing hi10p correctly all this time

If the partition table was messed up there would be no files at all, it is more likely the filesystem that is damaged.
DO NOT FUCK WITH IT NOW!
If you need the files do a 1-to-1 backup now!
Do not write to the disk!
Find a data recovery software, if you want help with that people need to know the filesystem you use (NTFS, reFS, FAT?) and what OS(s) you use.
Good Luck!

Hey guys, stupid python question here:

Im trying to run a set of scripts that are importing a package that isn't on PYTHONPATH. I know there are methods in sys that can accomplish this, but this is something that will need to be done for a range of files and I don't want to have to copy/paste this in each of them for obvious reasons. Is there a way to put this logic somewhere so that it will run automatically every time any python script from that directory is called? I tried putting it in __init__ but that doesn't seem to do anything...

Also, how did OP manage to post without a picture?

Be a real G and make a script to edit all the files for you

no, that's not the point

Facebook may be able to associate the 2 accounts but you definetely can't :^)

Well do you have to do it how you said? Can't you link the package in PATH? Maybe elaborate on your issue or wait for someone informed to respond

I think the power will be fine just worse performance

I already have the files backed up. What I want to know is if there is a procedure for swaping hard drives so it doesn't happen again and weather this drive is still usable or I should just throw it to the garbage.
I use NTFS and windows 10.

sorry, I appreciate the help.

The issue is that I can't expect the PATH to be set on whatever machine will be running it. I just want to know if there is some mechanism that lets me say whenever you run a script from this dir, run these commands first. I thought that's what __init__ was supposed to do, but I think that only gets run when you actually import the directory in some other script.

CAN I CONTROL A RASPBERRY PI ZERO W WITH FUCKING BLUETOOTH PC YOU GOD DAMNED KEKS?

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

how do you block the new ads in Sup Forums?

Strongly doubt it, especially not for setup purposes

Thanks

Settle down
Update your uBlock Origin filter lists

Did you unmount (or your windows equivalent) the drive properly?

How good is the video quality using a Chromecast? I mean in comparison to me connecting my laptop via HDMI, waste of money or largely the same?

Anyone know where I can get a cracked version of maya? I haven't used blender YET but I'm just curious if I can try out both at once

I didn't want to shit up Sup Forums with a new thread but in a week my old iPhone 4S which is still in mint condition will be useless as a phone to me since i'm getting a new one. What i'm curious is what all can I do with this thing now? Would it be possible to wipe it and boot linux to it just to dick around or is there anything of use I can put it to, like maybe making it an iPod or something.

Both

Can you name a (preferably) lightweight video trimming software with ms start/end points that works with flv/mp4/avi formats. Tried a few by googling, only shit results that reencodes everything or doesn't work at all.

what is this ?

>namethatpornstar.com
>click
>4archive.com

I'm getting this error whenever I add an image using 4chanx github.com/ccd0/Sup Forums-x/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions#error-reading-metadata

I use uBlock Origin, so I go to Whitelist to put that line in, but Apply Changes remains greyed out when I copy paste it in.

Any way to fix?

Keep it for 10 years then sell it for mad hipster bux

Don't think you can do that sort of thing on an iphone, running linux on it, if I was you I'd make sure to keep it working, backup phone, mp3 player, phone for someone else all seem best to me

I was in your place some time ago, looked for a lighweight just werkz program, the ones that came close were Shotcut and Avidemux
In the end I just settled for reencoding with ffmpeg.

You're not supposed to put it in the whitelist.

I think you gotta put that in "My rules" not the whitelist

No. I shut it down and disconnected the hard drive. Then connected the second drive in its slot.

I have an old computer with a Radeon 6950 in it.
It's struggling to play some newer games on even low settings. The only demanding game I really give a shit about is Dark Souls III, though.
How much of an upgrade would a RX 550 be over something like the 6950? It's not a computer I want to sink a lot of money into.

Don't bring up Nvidia products. I insist on getting AMD, for it's significantly better Linux support.

I should've also mentioned the computer is dual booted, which is why I would give a shit about some winmeme gaymes and linux support.

What if we post something here and thry save it could we trace their ip through the image they saved?

stylrrr iirc

You shut the PC off? (Not sure whether you're talking about ext. HDD) In that case, I don't know what the issue could be other than dodgy hardware

If you were Sup Forums you would be able to see who downloads what from your servers but you wouldn't know which IP you are looking for

Pull and wiggle. Those require a lot of force to get out.

Recently built a computer with an i3-8100. Coffeelake CPUs are affected by the Intel Management Engine vulnerability. Is upgrading the BIOS really necessary? Would you have to be stupid enough to download something dodgy to be affected by this vulnerability?

I think you made a typo and now I don't know what you mean. I think I'll use Stylus (?)

Got it. It's the "My filters" tab. Thanks.

Than how do you trace someone's ip normally?

The whole point of the shitstorm about Intel ME is the fact that it does not reqire any actions from the user. It may even work with shut down PC.

You don't.

Yes. It cannot be exploited remotely, and the thing exploiting it must be running with root/admin permissions inside your OS to infect the ME. This means not only do you need to download and run something to be infected, but you have to say yes to a UAC prompt on Windows or give a sudo password on Linux.

That's once it's exploited and a backdoor is installed. Then it can even power up a desktop PC when it's fully turned off.

However the current exploit does not work remotely. It must be run locally inside the main OS in order to make its way into the ME.

t.fbi

bluestacks on mac stuck on one frame and only updates when tabing out to other window. so in order to use it i have to keep tabbing in and out every two seconds. controls and everything else works. any way i can fix this?
i know that bluestacks isnt supported on mac, but i had too much trouble trying to get genymotion or android studios to work.

Pull gently directly upward on the cable, as close to the end as you can. Wiggle it some since it's easier to lift one end then the other, than to lift the whole thing at once. Yeah, once in a long while you might damage the cable doing it (though I've never had an issue with them), but it's the only way to get them out.

Nicer cables have a taller plastic piece at the end with a loop of tape through it that you can pull.

Your screwing up the terminology but you should just update your BIOS, it's not that big of a deal and you'll be safer.
The ME has a few vulnerabilites and because of the way it works it's a massive threat to have it exploited. You should keep your BIOS updated, maybe sign up for email notifcation when there is a BIOS update on the manafacturer website :)

What shiny tech thing can I get a woman as a gift within a $300 budget?

Look dude are you trying to be le epic hacker or are you paranoid? Your questions don't really make sense...

Yes I shut the PC off. Opened the case disconnected the 4tb drive and connected the 2tb drive. I booted into linux on my pendrive to copy some files, then I shut the pc off again. Presently, I disconnected the 2tb drive, connected the 4tb drive again and half of my files were gone.
Is this a common problem?

>*$200