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idk how tech this stupid questions is, but i was just at wal-mart to load some cash on my gobank card.

they tell me anything over $200 i have to go to the customer service desk, since there's a lot of holiday scams going on.

i hand them cash, they load my card.

where the fuck is the scam in any of that?
ask 5 varying levels of hierarchy up to the night manager to explain WHY.
>the answer from each: it's due to the amount. any high amount needs to go to the desk for security reasons.
me: yeah i heard that already, i am asking WHY.
>it's our policy now
me: ok, but what caused it? how is the desk more able to prevent "scams" than the normal register?
>service desk is trained better.
i just shake my head and leave, since none of them KNOW why, they are all just blindly following orders.
one of them even said.
>i don't make the rules, i just follow them.

tl;dr
what possible scam can come from me loading my cash to my gobank card?

I have a folder on my desktop I can't delete because as far as Windows 7 is concerned it doesn't exist. How can I make it go away?

>Have Google Fiber.
>Use GS108t v2 + RT-AC68U for 2+ years without any downtime whatsoever.
>Laugh at friends who use Network Box and drop connection every 2 hours.
>December 2017.
>Random downtime, internet stops working, have to reboot everything to make it work again.
>Replace GS108t v2, replace RT-AC68U and Fiber Jack with new ones.
>No difference, it still goes down.
>Nobody else is posting about this in the Google Fiber discussion.


Any ideas Sup Forums? I feel like you're my only hope!!

boot a linux livecd and delete it from there
if it still won't go away, do a chkdsk (schedule it and reboot windows, don't skip it when it pops up)

I want to get an XLR microphone, and for that I would have to get an audio interface with an XLR input and phantom power. But I already have a DAC+amp (that doesn't have an XLR input) for my headphones which functions as a sound card just like audio interfaces.

How can I hook up an XLR microphone? Could I buy an audio interface and just use that for my microphone while I use the DAC for my headphones? In that case I would basically have two audio interfaces, I'm not sure if that works.

Yea, I have a question. First of all, is this the stupid questions thread?

refresh?

maybe anti-counterfeiting?

I kept cloning my class repo instead of pulling it so now I have a Borgen nightmare of a directory and I dont know enough about UNIX to fix it.

any1 know a static site generator who gives me a js free output?

>close discord
>open discord
>it updates
>betterdiscord isn't working
>reinstall betterdiscord
>my themes and stuff still aren't working
it's just vanilla discord now, how do I fix this horrible meme

Does leaving an android tablet plugged in for a while after it's fully charged do anything bad?

Assuming it will just quit charging if it doesn't need more power but...?

Could be stolen or something I guess.

Also isn't necessarily that they suspect something specific will happen with your type of transaction, but rather that blanket rules are in place for broad categories of transactions since obviously if the guys at the front lines aren't trained to spot all the scams as well then they're not gonna be as capable of spotting what kinds of things might be scams as well, yanno?

One of your addons is probably broken. Open the BD folder and then copy it as a backup, delete stuff or update them all.

I keep getting this, I've never had this issue before and don't know how to fix it

How do I extract the filename from truncated Sup Forums filenames? On Firefox. The information is still there cause I can see it when I hover, and I thought archives display the full filename, no matter how long.

Assuming the expiration date on a multivitamin is actually far in advance of when they would actually lose a meaningful amount of potency or what? Should I worry if they're a few months past the date? I tend to buy them in the big 500-packs from Costco but they tend to have a date a bit before they'd all be gone if I only took one a day.

I hear those pre-made liquid coolers eventually let air get into them and you have to replace them

Is this true? If so, what is the longevity?

I need some headphone cables that'll last more than a month or two. I've been using Vmoda's 1 button cables with mics for my daily commute, but I've gone through about three of them and was looking for an alternative.

How can I learn SQL? Never touched it in my life but I know I'm going to use it in my job eventually

>put computer into hibernate mode
>it wakes itself up after a few hours
why does this happen?

us.aoc.com/product_feature.php?id=32
22" Class LED High Definition Monitor
E2260SW
been looking at this monitor for $88 it seems not bad.
however it only has DVI-D/VGA
no HDMI/DP
claims to run 1920x1080 at 60hz

i don't have a DVI-out on my rig.
i do have VGA out. HDMI out.

Q: am i really gonna get best use since VGA is analog vs digital?
if i'm gaming or watching bluray movies, how would VGA-1080 compare to HDMI-1080 (or even DP-1080)?

Did you uninstall it entirely?

mhmm, several times too

I know this is stupid but what if i put a camera on public places using cheap single board computer and camera inside a waterproof case that sticks on walls or utility poles.

Any problem with my plans?

you can get a DVI-D>HDMI cable, DVI-D is digital, and won't look any different to an HDMI display, since the video signal is identical

i'll try to help more in a few minutes, doing something

Is there a way to remove the like button from Facebook or hide it or something?

HDMI to dvid.
Do NOT use VGA it'll look like shit and there will be added input delay

to save you the trouble of asking, yes. I've gone into the appdata and deleted every single file for both better and regular discord. I've cleanly installed both and even tried doing a manual install, nothing seems to work. It's quite possible that the newest discord update just broke it and I'll have to wait for a betterdiscord update, but usually that doesn't happen

Yeah it seems I haven't updated my Discord yet, so I can't really help either. I'd say your plan of waiting a day or two is smart.

Retarded tech question.

How do I become smart.... in computersss.???

install gentoo

superuser.com/questions/973009/conclusively-stop-wake-timers-from-waking-windows-10-desktop

This helped me when I was facing similar problems. There's a lot of things that can cause the computer to wake itself but that should walk you through finding and disabling them.

youtube.com/watch?v=2Op3QLzMgSY&list=PLE18841CABEA24090

>Q: Error: index.js not found
>A: Changes were made in discord that haven't been fixed in the installer. Use Zerebos's Fork till then and choose "Use Zere's unofficial fork" when installing: github.com/rauenzi/BetterDiscordApp/releases/tag/0.2.82
Try that.

shameless self bump

Answer me.

yes i think so

What is a processor architecture?

What is the difference between meltdown and spectre?

When the fuck are Ryzen Thinkpads coming?

Should I update from FireFox 55.0.3 to 56.0? What are the pros/cons?

gmail standard view will only load once and then if i visit the page again i have to use html view, ive deleted all google related cookies as well which will cause it to load once more for that first time and then not again if i close and revisit the gmail page, havent found a solution anywhere

using the newest chrome and nothing has changed extension-wise

1. cd into your directory containing "borgen nightmare"
2. rm -rf borgennightmare

I finally ran an ethernet cable from my router to my pc yesterday, and when I got up today it no longer works. I can still connect to wifi, and plugging the ethernet cable directly into my modem works fine, but when it's plugged into the router I have no connectivity and the ethernet port lights do not turn on. Is there something I can check/fix? It seems like a hardware problem to me but I want some other opinions before I buy a new router.

Check out this list for ideas:
netlify.com/blog/2017/05/25/top-ten-static-site-generators-of-2017/

Go to 57 and get the enhanced performance
>Developer Tools still sucks though

Codecademy has free intro, middle, and advanced courses. I redo them when I need to brush up.
I'm sure there are plenty of other good free resources out there.

How do i add and or remove then recompile a module into the kernel for an embedded device?

Got me a TP-Link WR1043ND (V2) for cheap. Am I better using Gargoyle, OpenWRT, or LEDE for firmware?

I'm trying to connect a 1050ti to the PCI 1 slot on my motherboard using this riser. The card is powered and is recognized, but in device manager it says "there is a problem with this device."

I have all the latest drivers installed and am on win 10.

I can't speak for the others, but OpenWRT was pretty easy to install and set up and had a load of useful features compared to the original firmware

is there an email client and password manager i can use across multiple devices? like desktop/phone?

How do you pronounce "sudo"?

soo-doo

Does the Ancile script fuck with the wufuc patch? After starting the script and it got to the uninstalling updates phase, I was met with the "Unsupported Hardware" popup for the first time since installing the patch.

No news about GTX 1100 cards yet?

Is the memory usage of firefox right? Only has 1 new tab open and Ublock origin. No antivirus or nothing attached to it. What would it be if this isn't right?

How do I make/where do I find a startpage like webm related?

Asking again. Does the distro violate the GPLv2

Simple javascript. You can even use jqueery

Akari ricing is always so cute.

Why have AMD only decided to release low-end zen+ APUs?

I don’t need much in the way of graphics but I would like more cores. So a 1600 based APU would have been ideal. I feel like I have been cucked.

1 try different port on router
2 try to get to web interface of router
3 find manual for router (google) learn more about router
4 call support for router
5 buy new router if nothing above helped

it's just a webpage, google any frontend framework bootstrap whatever

anyways, question: what kind of a browser is this? i'm using i3 on laptop and i'd love to have something this minimalistic+keyboard operated. is it firefox with some kind of plugin? i hope it is, i don't want it to be on links engine

As of the past three days, every time I try to play any game for more than a few minutes, I get this shit. Windows 7 outright crashes and I get suggested to start in safe mode.
Looking into AppHangB1 gives me a million different solutions, most being generally vague or obviously not the issue, and I've tried every basic solution I can think of.
I only built this thing about two years ago so I doubt it's my hardware just falling apart or some shit and normally I wouldn't ask here but jesus christ this is freaking me out.

I would check your RAM
Have you tried a game that isn't from steam?
Try doing another intensive task
Benchmark your gfx card to see if you can get it to crash during benchmark

My cat threw up on my video card, right on the circuit board side. how do I clean this

ethanol, maybe even distilled water on a qtip, then let it dry on a heater

problem with water in electronics isn't really shorting anything, it's pcb inflating, solder, and other shit like that. also, how did your cat threw up on your gpu?

I've tried both steam games and battlenet games, offline and online, and I get it regardless. Only thing that doesn't seem to crash me is old-ass emulated games. Anything else I do seems fine though I don't have much "intensive" anything outside of games. I'll try benchmarking though.

seems like i can use keepass across multiple, what about email and browsers? im trying to get away from chrome and lastpass

thanks

my pc case has a bunch of holes on the top. she likes to jump on my case, and one day she got sick and threw up kek

Yeah looks like modded firefox.

Got an issue with my GPU (1050ti) I know I'm a poorfag. Anyways, my problem is that I'm not getting any kind of graphics on my monitor, and the GPU isn't having any kind of response. Everything else is in order and there doesn't seem to be an indication that there's anything wrong.

Do you have video output from the integrated graphics?
If yes, gpu is dead, rma it/replace it.
If not, its not a gpu problem.

Not getting any kind of output, there's nothing whatsoever. I've tested with HDMI and DVI

So, you removed the gpu from the computer and you still don't get signal from the motherboard hdmi output right?
The gpu is fine, your ram or mobo is dead

Your computer boots using a IGPU?

Haven't removed the GPU, the motherboard seems to be working fine but I don't know about the RAM

What are some free non-temporary email sites that don't ask for verification through phone or existing email accounts?

>Haven't removed the GPU
Well, so it duh
>the motherboard seems to be working fine
Powering on (fan, leds) != Working
>I don't know about the RAM
Remove all but one, test them individually

Your own email server nerd, also, stop harassing people and doing illegal stuff

What's a good portable C++ IDE that I can install on a 32gb flash drive and run from a school computer? The computer in question doesn't let users install anything.

Bump!

People somehow get convened to buy these things by Indian tech support and give them to them.

They literally convince people to walk into a store, buy a prepaid card, and give them the card number.

Fucking how

Recently replaced my PSU, the old one was failing and made my PC shut down multiple times before I could replace it.
After this, some programs refused to start up normally. They'd stay "not responding" until I closed them in the task manager. Thought something in the hard drive might’ve got fucked one of the times the PSU went out, but chkdsk showed they were normal. When I was googling around for how to fix this, one of the solutions for a similar problem was to increase the pagefile size. I increased it from the 4gb it was at to 8gb and rebooted. After a while of working fine, my pc suddenly BSOD'd with the message PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA and "what failed: NTFS.sys", and now whenever i boot it up it BSODs with the message BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO. I've tried everything in the W10 repair menu but nothing fixed it. I can boot into a linux live usb and everything works fine, can even access the Windows drive.

What did i do here? Is there a way to fix what I did without backing up and reformating the drive?

This, can someone explain the whole intlel meme, I'm out of the loop

I think the failure of the old PSU damaged the filesystem of your OS. I'm sorry but a backup and reformat is going to be your quickest option.

meltdown.com

In retard wojak levels:
You were able to read shit your weren't supposed to from the most secure part of your CPU without complex stuff.

What is this meme

Is this a consipiracy?

Valve developer wiki keeps giving me this message when I try to access it. I tested the rest of the internet and i'm not getting the issue anywhere else. Anyone else have this issue? Is it something on my end or is it Valve's fault?

developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page

What are the recommended torrent programs these days? On a fresh windows install and have grown tired of utorrent 1.8.x and its problems.

If a laptop is over 10 years old the hard drive is likely 2.5" and ide, yes?

I've got an RX580 with one DVI port, but 2 monitors that are DVI only. Obviously one monitor is using the DVI port, but for the other I'll have to get a DVI-to-HDMI or DVI-to-Displayport adapter.

Is there any difference (or is one superior for any reason) between the HDMI or Displayport DVI adapters? I notice the DVI-to-Displayport adapters are slightly more expensive.

Deluge if you dont care about it working in the background, qbittorrent if want bittorrent but F R E E

qBittorrent or Deluge

Why does the Emacs font look like ass? This isn't what it looked like the last time I installed Gentoo. How can I make monospace look normal? It looks normal on Firefox. Do I have to install something? Is there a certain flag that I need to pass? How do I make fonts look good on Gentoo?

can someone give a quick rundown of the hiro adpocalypse? Am I affected on Clover? Am I affected with 4chanX and ublock origin on desktop?