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prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

you know that sound an iphone makes when you plug it in? what does it mean when it makes that sound without being plugged in, or when it's been plugged in for an hour already. there are no notifications on the screen, but this seems to happen every couple of days

# ? Oct 25, 2017 11:37

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spankmeister: Jun 15, 2008

Clean out your lightning connector

# ? Oct 25, 2017 11:46

bobbilljim: May 29, 2013; this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me

anthonypants posted:

i've been using a cheap nas (netgear readynas nvx/rndx400e) for the past seven and a half years and it looks like the power supply died. what do i do
- do surgery on an atx power supply i have lying around, because this nas doesn't use a standard atx pinout, and get it back up and working
- invest in some sata cables and get some sort of raid in my desktop. two raid 0? raid 5? raid 10? p sure my case and psu can handle four more disks
- send the nas to some lucky yosposter for yosmas and tell them it's a puzzle

not too worried about having lost everything on the disks, already decided i'm gonna build a replacement

I'm currently using the windows raid. it's ok. if it was me I'd be tempted to do the Frankenstein psu - it can't be that much different from a normal psu and seems like the least ish work? other than just buying a whole new nas thing

# ? Oct 26, 2017 01:20

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

how do i make a windows bat file do this

code:


for i = 0 to 119

new_index = 120+(119-i)

copy file_i as file_new_index

i i have files 0 to 119 and want to ping pong them, but have to do so by coping the individual pngs to new file names (ended up at 238 or whatver

or python or whatever. python of course is always better

lmao i made it myself

code:

from shutil import copyfile

for i in range(1,119):



    src = '{:04d}'.format(i) + ".png"
    dst = '{:04d}'.format(119+(119-i)) + ".png"

    copyfile(src,dst)

echinopsis fucked around with this message at 10:12 on Oct 26, 2017

# ? Oct 26, 2017 09:56

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

my parents have a windows 10 computer and they need to stop getting viruses and poo poo. what do i recommend for them? windows defender? something else?

thanks

# ? Oct 29, 2017 18:12

Stymie: Jan 9, 2001; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

a good adblocker and to stop using pornography

# ? Oct 29, 2017 18:15

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

MBAM seems to catch more stuff than windows defender, but IMO I would lock up the admin account with your own password, give them a standard one, and prevent installation of any programs.

# ? Oct 29, 2017 18:18

OldAlias: Nov 2, 2013

prefect posted:

my parents have a windows 10 computer and they need to stop getting viruses and poo poo. what do i recommend for them? windows defender? something else?

thanks

a Mac

# ? Oct 29, 2017 18:22

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

prefect posted:

my parents have a windows 10 computer and they need to stop getting viruses and poo poo. what do i recommend for them? windows defender? something else?

thanks

I didn't think they still made viruses

# ? Oct 29, 2017 18:26

fishmech: Jul 16, 2006; by VideoGames; Salad Prong

prefect posted:

my parents have a windows 10 computer and they need to stop getting viruses and poo poo. what do i recommend for them? windows defender? something else?

thanks

are they actually getting viruses or is some guy calling them up on the phone from 'the microsoft' and telling them they have a virus and saying he'll fix it for $50

and then the guy in the cubicle next door calling them back in 3 weeks with the same spiel

# ? Oct 29, 2017 18:56

A Pinball Wizard: Mar 23, 2005; I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands; College Slice

The term "virus" is also commonly, but erroneously, used to refer to other types of malware. "Malware" encompasses computer viruses along with many other forms of malicious software, such as computer "worms", ransomware, trojan horses, keyloggers, rootkits, spyware, adware, malicious Browser Helper Object (BHOs) and other malicious software.

# ? Oct 29, 2017 21:05

spankmeister: Jun 15, 2008

A Pinball Wizard posted:

The term "virus" is also commonly, but erroneously, used to refer to other types of malware. "Malware" encompasses computer viruses along with many other forms of malicious software, such as computer "worms", ransomware, trojan horses, keyloggers, rootkits, spyware, adware, malicious Browser Helper Object (BHOs) and other malicious software.

Thank you infosec fishmech

# ? Oct 29, 2017 21:10

A Pinball Wizard: Mar 23, 2005; I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands; College Slice

well apparently that is confusing to some people itt

# ? Oct 29, 2017 21:17

OldAlias: Nov 2, 2013

the medical associations of �virus� are also unfortunate, it�s not a great metaphor but i don�t think there�s any confusion of its blanket use. yospos, the forum for computer doctors

# ? Oct 29, 2017 21:27

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

Sagebrush posted:

MBAM seems to catch more stuff than windows defender, but IMO I would lock up the admin account with your own password, give them a standard one, and prevent installation of any programs.

mbam is trash and there are 0 reasons to replace defender with anything on a home computer

# ? Oct 30, 2017 01:02

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

yeah i just use defender on my own computers, but when attempting to fix some relatives' grandmaputers i have found that mbam locates more of the adware and poo poo that they have installed than defender does. at least it reports a larger number of dangerous files.

doesn't really matter bc the end result is always a wipe and reinstall, but maybe mbam might be more proactive about keeping the adware out in the first place?

# ? Oct 30, 2017 01:12

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

adware is more of an end user problem, but, either way, id rely more on mbam scanner than on protection

# ? Oct 30, 2017 01:16

syscall girl: Nov 7, 2009; by FactsAreUseless; Fun Shoe

cinci zoo sniper posted:

mbam is trash and there are 0 reasons to replace defender with anything on a home computer

it's good and you can run it concurrent with defender no problem

# ? Oct 30, 2017 01:55

Stymie: Jan 9, 2001; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

but seriously an adblocker helps filter out a lot of the "click here for FREE VIRUS SCAN" stuff that installs malware and a focused policy of not downloading/looking at porn on the computer eliminates virtually all malware vectors

there's no downside, both practically and morally

# ? Oct 30, 2017 04:35

lampey: Mar 27, 2012

Use opendns umbrella prosumer, install ublock origin, use chrome or Firefox, tell them not to download any programs or add-ons, setup their pics to backup to icloud/Google drive. The default antivirus is fine and no antivirus will work if you download something and say this is safe and override it. Opendns blocks a lot of malware even if it is installed and gets past the av. It's $20 a year for three devices

# ? Oct 30, 2017 08:29

BangersInMyKnickers: Nov 3, 2004; I have a thing for courageous dongles

prefect posted:

my parents have a windows 10 computer and they need to stop getting viruses and poo poo. what do i recommend for them? windows defender? something else?

thanks

Defende, EMET or whatever the baked-in stuff is for Win10 fall creators, put all their user data on onedrive and hope for the best. Maybe turn on the disk snapshotting while you are at it so you have quick restore. Train them to use edge if they are IE people otherwise Chrome/Firefox should do an ok job of blocking bad plugins.

# ? Oct 30, 2017 17:56

OldAlias: Nov 2, 2013

install Linux and you�ll never hear from them again

# ? Oct 30, 2017 19:25

BangersInMyKnickers: Nov 3, 2004; I have a thing for courageous dongles

disOwn your pAAAaaarents

# ? Oct 30, 2017 19:29

fishmech: Jul 16, 2006; by VideoGames; Salad Prong

Edge supports uBlock now so that's real good for just setting and forgetting

# ? Oct 30, 2017 19:31

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
(and can't post for 10 years!)

set and forget until the des moines daily register or w/e installs an antiadblock script and they can't read the headlines anymore

# ? Oct 30, 2017 22:29

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

fishmech posted:

Edge supports uBlock now so that's real good for just setting and forgetting

yeah, i walked my mom through getting it from the microsoft app store, and she seemed pretty happy about it

# ? Oct 30, 2017 22:32

fishmech: Jul 16, 2006; by VideoGames; Salad Prong

carry on then posted:

set and forget until the des moines daily register or w/e installs an antiadblock script and they can't read the headlines anymore

tell them that means the des moines daily register is a virus

# ? Oct 30, 2017 22:51

A Pinball Wizard: Mar 23, 2005; I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands; College Slice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9R-2X9Bl5w&t=123s

# ? Oct 31, 2017 04:00

Beast of Bourbon: Sep 25, 2013; Pillbug

the la times has that, if you have ublock installed, you literally can't read anything on the site.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 04:31

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

Beast of Bourbon posted:

the la times has that, if you have ublock installed, you literally can't read anything on the site.

and when i see that i just keep on truckin'. gently caress disabling my ad blockers.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 04:34

anthonypants: May 6, 2007; by Nyc_Tattoo; Dinosaur Gum

akadajet posted:

and when i see that i just keep on truckin'. gently caress disabling my ad blockers.

this is correct

last time i tried to disable my adblocker to read an article on la times, specifically, it did not stop loading bullshit in the background

here is an article someone else wrote up about it: https://nelsonslog.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/la-times-and-ads/

# ? Oct 31, 2017 04:38

MaxxBot: Oct 6, 2003; you could have clapped

you should have clapped!!

My knowledge of networking is pretty lacking, am I correct in assuming this is an issue with my ISP? I only have this problem with something awful every other website works fine.

Having the same issue on Android and windows devices.

MaxxBot fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Oct 31, 2017

# ? Oct 31, 2017 04:49

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

hmm. it seems that your name is Matt. best practice is James. please make this change and report back

# ? Oct 31, 2017 05:01

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Sagebrush posted:

best practice is James

lol

# ? Oct 31, 2017 05:03

bobbilljim: May 29, 2013; this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me

Sagebrush posted:

hmm. it seems that your name is Matt. best practice is James. please make this change and report back

# ? Oct 31, 2017 05:26

bobbilljim: May 29, 2013; this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me

MaxxBot posted:

My knowledge of networking is pretty lacking, am I correct in assuming this is an issue with my ISP? I only have this problem with something awful every other website works fine.

Having the same issue on Android and windows devices.

forgive me, but what is the problem? doesn't work? how did u post? have u tried using a different dns server?

# ? Oct 31, 2017 05:28

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MaxxBot posted:

My knowledge of networking is pretty lacking, am I correct in assuming this is an issue with my ISP? I only have this problem with something awful every other website works fine.

Having the same issue on Android and windows devices.

routing loop

Your ISP Is A Piece Of poo poo

# ? Oct 31, 2017 05:37

MaxxBot: Oct 6, 2003; you could have clapped

you should have clapped!!

bobbilljim posted:

forgive me, but what is the problem? doesn't work? how did u post? have u tried using a different dns server?

I was posting on a cell data plan, luckily my ISP has now fixed their poo poo.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 06:37

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

quoting from greythread

cinci zoo sniper posted:

Last time I posted bunch of thread posters helped me to get a setup for a media computer for my parents. The time to buy has come, so I've revised the setup, and am looking for some advice.

Budget of $1200 maximum (though I'd be surprised it takes as much).

The computer primarily is a movie watching box hooked up to a TV, but should also be a competent home office machine if need be. Requirements:

1) S/PDIF audio.
2) Smooth 4K movie playback. (Kind-of worried here about which ports to look out for on their future TV to hook things up for 4K @ 30/60 since HDMI supports 24 Hz only as per Intel website, but then that mobo below says it supports 60?)
3) Silent (e.g. no active cooling, preferably not even in PSU. There's a very fluffy cat in the apartment to watch out for too in that regard.)
4) 1-2 TB of disk storage.
5) Case dimensions, but I think I mentioned them last time when this was suggested, or did pick it myself - I don't remember.

What I have at the moment:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($128.89 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital - Red 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($81.88 @ OutletPC)
Case: Silverstone - ML03B HTPC Case ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $368.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-30 15:48 EDT-0400

What I am stuck at - 370th motherboards. PCPartPicker only shows gamer stuff at the moment, but if that's the reality then oh well, not much to do about it. My current guess is ASRock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 08:16

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bobbilljim: May 29, 2013; this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me

why would u not get an ssd for teh boot fdrive at least in this day in age

# ? Oct 31, 2017 11:24

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