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Started by u/aetios • September 17, 2015, 12:22:10 PM
AVG USERS ALERT: AVG can, and will, send your browsing history to 3rd-parties.
Yes. If you use it, ditch that piece of trash as soon as possible.
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Started by u/aetios • June 08, 2016, 08:46:12 AM
Recommend me a sub-€45 mouse
So, I noticed that my middle mouse click is dying on my Logitech G300, which is a PAIN because I use it all the time. I really like the mouse, so naturally I'm looking at the g300s as a replacement but maybe you guys know something better. The mouse I'm looking for must at the very least have the following functionality:1) Next/prev page buttons2) DPI switch. Call it a 'sniper button' if you want, I usually don't use it for sniping but sometimes you just need that temp extra accuracy.3) DPI rang...
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Started by u/aetios • December 12, 2015, 12:23:31 PM
Inbox by Gmail - anyone use it?
So I logged into my gmail a few days ago, roughly a week I think, and I got a popup to switch to 'Inbox by Gmail'. Apparently, it's a new thing that's going to replace Gmail in the future, and I must say after getting used to it for a bit it's really awesome. My inbox hasn't been as organized as it is now Basically, Inbox emphasizes archiving and makes it way easier to do so, so I often have my inbox entirely empty. It's awesome and I recommend it. I also don't exactly know why I'm writing this...
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Started by u/Alvajoy123 • April 13, 2017, 04:21:36 PM
Pocketchip
look at the Pocketchip ;t=316stell what you think about it Page website:
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Started by u/Araidia • December 16, 2015, 04:24:24 PM
What headphones/earphones do you own?
Ditto to the title.I have a pair of V-Moda Crossfade LP2(Over-ear) headphones. The sound is great and the durability is on a whole other level(I feel like it can stop a bullet, but I won't test it). And the price was amazing($130)!
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Started by u/Araidia • September 13, 2017, 05:42:57 AM
iPhone X
So yeah, Apple Keynote happened, and the iPhone X was revealed. Looks cool, but look at that price tag!$999 for 3gb of ram and 64 gb of storage$1,149 for 3gb of ram and 256gb of storageIn comparison, a OnePlus 5 with 8 gb of ram and 128gb of storage is only $539.Yeah, maybe you want that cool screen or Face ID or Animojis, but even then, is it worth 1k? Especially when smartphones half the cost(and even less) can do the job of a smartphone perfectly?
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Started by u/brentmaas • March 07, 2015, 11:13:15 PM
Jupiter, 8th of March 2015
The skies were clear and Jupiter was peeking through my window as I decided to blow the dust off my telescope and snap some pictures through it.
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Started by u/brentmaas • February 23, 2016, 10:46:36 PM
Don't use Windows 7 legacy Backup on Windows 10
Long story short; about three months ago I wanted to use said program to create a backup of my Windows 10 machine. It failed again and again, and a thorough chkdsk revealed that every single cluster of the external HDD it was writing to was marked bad.Today I managed to get myself to have a look at it. Interestingly, a little digging with diskpart made me discover that -8MB (yes, negative 8 megabytes) was free for usage. I erased the partition and did a full format, taking about 6,5h. So far I s...
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Started by u/c4ooo • November 26, 2015, 08:42:12 PM
My idea for an anonymous, encrypted app/network
So i got this idea, with ppl all concerned with privacy, why not program a network (and a client/app to use it), that uses key encryption and a proxy sever. I know MIT runs a keyserver, but it is practically just a database, there is no graphical way to search for users or send messages, and there is no infrastructure for irl-like channelsSo it would work like this: The client would establish a secure connection to the server The cleint would push, via the secure co...
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Started by u/c4ooo • June 12, 2016, 11:47:08 PM
Open CW creative server to the general public [minecraft]
As of right now, all that the CW server is doing is eating up CPU time on some forgotten computer somewhere. No one ever plays on it much. If we open to the general public we could advertise the server on MC forums, and maybe even pull some activity towards codewalrus. Buildings could be protected by some plugin, maybe even Cumred_Snektron could write it. Unlike a normal towny plugin, were you must 'pay' to keep your town protected, this plugin would protect land based on pla...
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Started by u/c4ooo • February 22, 2017, 08:49:29 PM
Ryzen is out!
Well what do you guys think about it? Seems to be much higher performance for same cost. What i wonder is if intel prices will drop.
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Started by u/Caleb Hansberry • April 11, 2015, 05:35:43 PM
Ting, the Phone Service
I'm looking at signing up for Ting . It's $14 for a SIM card to activate your phone, and then $6/month for line access, everything else is postpaid, which sounds good to me. Does anyone have any comments about this service, and since a referrer gets $50 off their service, is there anyone who is able to be a referrer?
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Started by u/Charlieperson • July 09, 2021, 11:44:48 AM
Unable To Edit Word Documents
Hello Friends. This is my first post in this forum. Recently I am suffering from an issue with my computer. Yesterday I saved some word documents from the office on my home computer by pen drive and I can't edit or modify them in any way. I don't understand why this is happening, and how this problem can be solved. Can anyone help me with this?
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Started by u/CKH4 • January 18, 2015, 03:36:37 PM
What's your computer specs? (+what electronics do you have)
What does your computer run? What electronics do you have?Desktop 1Processor: AMD Athlon X2 2 core 2.8GHZ (I think) Ram: 4GB ddr2 (don't know the speed) Graphics card: Nvidia GT 650 (silent cooled) OS: Windows vista, Ubuntu 12.04Desktop 2 (buying parts)Processor: AMD Fx 8350 8 core 4.0ghzCPU cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU CoolerMotherboard: MSI 970 gamingRam: 16GB DDR3 1866HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPMSSD: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GBGraphics card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4...
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Started by u/DarkestEx • June 24, 2015, 12:08:41 AM
My Notebook died
c! The graphics chip of my main Notebook died yesterday. It does still boot but there is no video on VGA, HDMI nor the LCD.I guess I have to buy another Notebook even though I can't afford a new one right now
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Started by u/DarkestEx • September 18, 2016, 12:33:16 PM
DarkestEx' Tech-Blog
Hello!I have now finally started writing posts for my blog: focus primarily on Technology but I will surely post the one or other different thing.I have started with a series on the HP 100-LX: hope you will find it interesting
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Started by u/DarkestEx • April 28, 2015, 11:04:49 PM
Another shocking government trick to spy on us (Printers involved)
Hey together,having read the articles online regarding the yellow dots on printed pages, I can only say one thing: THE F*CKING US-GOVERNMENT SUCKS WITH ITS CONTROL-FREAKING AND SPYING! They read out mails, record our traffic, spy with satellites, track our mobiles, record our calls and they track our printed pages!But I think this whole thing just goes to far!These dots contain a unique signature of the printer (serial number, date of manufacture, maybe the d...
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Started by u/DarkestEx • December 09, 2015, 08:31:00 AM
Scary secret codes in Android
*2767*3855# It will wipe everything.
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • June 24, 2016, 07:30:08 AM
Windows jokes
Judging by how Quora forces everyone to register, validate and login in order to view answers to questions, if Quora owned Microsoft, then this is what the Windows 10 upgrade nag screen would look like: (poking fun at forced sign-ups, forced upgrades, upgrade nags and such crap here)
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • August 26, 2016, 02:57:10 AM
Post your internets speed
I am surprised we don't have a topic like this yet: I have the same internet plan since half a decade I think
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • June 17, 2016, 05:37:31 AM
Windows 10 upgrade nag pop-up
will totally convince people to upgrade
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • June 09, 2016, 01:15:38 PM
An USB cable that costs $1459.99
;skuId=4022646I wonder what's so special about it (assuming it's not human error) but I'm surprised by the price since it's almost as high as what Apple would have charged
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • July 05, 2016, 11:14:58 AM
Hologram Entertainment Center
Woah, is that real? it's in Australia and opened on June 4th. It reminds me of virtual reality but with holograms.I am skeptical though because the video author disabled ratings and comments.
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • July 27, 2016, 04:05:55 PM
Windows 10
So I upgraded to Windows 10 yesterday. It said the system requirements are identical as Vista so I figured I would be fine, since my PC could run Windows 7 more than well. After several hours the upgrade was done. To my surprise, Starcraft: Brood War actually ran on Windows 10, sort-of, and it did not have the color bug from Windows 7 that caused colors to look funny. Of course Battle.net no longer works and I get memory violation errors upon exiting, but I guess there are fixes for that anyway....
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • December 26, 2015, 02:35:55 AM
What if Google suddenly disappeared entirely?
I was curious about something a while ago since we are so dependent on technology: What if, one day, Google immediately ceased all its operations and shut down all its services with no warning, destroyed all its backups and vanished entirely? Would people just get used to Vimeo and Bing while mourning the loss of billions of videos and e-mails over the last decade? Would worldwide economy collapse beyond recovery? Or would modern civilization simply collapse into some sort of dystopia, unable to...
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • November 18, 2015, 04:31:25 AM
Why 4K instead of 2160p?
So I decided to upgrade from my 1920x1080 monitor and went for a 4K monitor. However, when I tried it, I discovered that it was well under 4000p (almost half of that, in fact). Can I report the store or company for falsely advertising a 2160p monitor as 4000p?Oh wait! I just discovered that they now advertise the monitor horizontal resolution instead of vertical. THey wanted to make the number greater to make technology-illiterate people (most customers) think that the TV is four times the verti...
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • March 15, 2016, 11:21:51 PM
Weird decisions you have taken during game programming
I forgot if we had a topic about this but I couldn't find one that wasn't specific to Mana Force, so here is a more general one.We all know that some commercial games had weird things in them that made us think "What were they thinking?". But I'm sure this happened at least once to all of you during game development, such as weird decisions that you would have not taken if you had made the game many years later or absolutely strange oddities in some of your game releases. I thought it would be f...
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • April 16, 2015, 06:55:33 PM
Google starts charging money for cross-location copying on Cloud storage
Hi, could anyone help me decipher what this e-mail means? Hello Google Cloud Storage User,Please be advised that, beginning July 14, 2015, Google will begin charging the following fees for Google Cloud Storage:$0.01 per GB of data transferred between buckets located in different regions of the same continentEgress rates per GB of data transferred between buckets located on different continentsUntil then, you will be able to view your current usage in the billing details for your project in...
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • April 14, 2016, 05:35:00 PM
You can now get sued for writing a negative software review on a forum.
Imagine if you had bought or downloaded a new game, software or anti-virus software and didn't like it. You found flaws in it and then you decided to write a review about it to warn people about the flaws. Then you posted that review on CodeWalrus, Gamefaqs or a computer-centric forum. Well... don't do it with SpyHunter antivirus software. Why? Because you will get sued for libel: ...
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • November 04, 2015, 03:20:20 AM
Computer Mice Can Cause Cancer: Click Here To Find Out More
So it looks like not only red meat , bananas , margarine and apples can cause cancer now. A recent study led...
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • December 30, 2015, 11:03:01 PM
A new TI-89 model exclusive to Québec!
After the TI-89 and the TI-89 Titanium, we now have a TI-89 that is literally made of titanium! Sorry if I had your hopes up with this clickbait title, but I thought this mistranslation was hilarious. Have you ever seen particularly bad product descriptions and name mistakes on labels while shopping? I know that in the past, TI also redesigned their entire ca...
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • January 11, 2017, 05:12:04 AM
Alexa web tools now a paid-only service
Well, it looks like Alexa decided to follow the same route as Imageshack and become greedy: They ditched their free website rank tools and became a paid service only. You used to be able to check a website rank (even though the rank itself was reportedly innacurate) and a few other SEO-related info (such as keywords) for free and be able to unlock extra features with a premium paid account, but now you are not only forced to login, but you are offered to choose a plan, and if you decide to not c...
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • August 10, 2017, 09:46:56 PM
How to add programs to Windows 10 start menu without having to re-install
Is there an easy way to add programs to Windows 10 start menu manually, as in without having to install nor uninstall->install again said program? If you try to drag and drop shortcuts manually in the Start folder it gives an error saying you are not allowed to do that.What I am trying to do right now is fixing my Starcraft shortcut, because it points to the old installed copy I got (which I installed in C:\\Starcraft\ by accident in 2010) instead of the 2017 install. Windows 7 or below allowed ...
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • July 16, 2016, 06:09:26 AM
Videoway device
So not many people might know this, but from 1989 to 2006 there used to be a service and device in Quebec, Canada, called Videoway. It served as TV channel decoder, interactive TV, news, astrology, stock exchange, classifields and had a lot of video games playable on it. It was pretty much the ancestor of Internet in Quebec province. It was discontinued in 2000 and the service remained online until 2006. However, since it was shut down, all games that used to be playable on it disappeared perman...
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • July 12, 2016, 06:24:30 AM
The Great Firewall of Quebec (a.k.a Bill 74)
Well, it seems like the province of Quebec is now like China in terms of Internet freedom of speech. According to juju, they now passed a bill that allows the government to block any website that competes with Loto-Québec. ébec is the state-ran lottery company and Quebec laws make it illegal to compete against it unless a certain portion of the revenues are shared with L...
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Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • October 13, 2017, 01:38:12 AM
Achievement unlocked: 48h w/o internet, PC, video games, cellphone & music
My last two days in a nutshell. (long story)Good luck trying it. Especially if you have ASD. But yeah, I'm back now.
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Started by u/Dudeman313 • January 25, 2016, 03:10:07 AM
HoloLens!!!
I am a Windows Insider. I have the rights to test this awesome Microsoft Project, just not the money. Official Site: Up For Development: do you guys think?Do you have the money to spare and the time to kill?Or is this one of those cool things you'll never get?
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Started by u/Duke "Tape" Eiyeron • January 19, 2015, 05:46:20 PM
Smartphone technical discussion
I specially like the UI changes Gogle did. the swooshiness, the fluidity and the little details makes Material Design a more than better UI for Android than ever.
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Ubuntu Dropping Ubuntu Touch, Unity 8 and (Presumably) Mir
I did not expect that : ;px=Ubuntu-Dropping-Unity Even though i did not use Unity in a long time, it's still surprising they dropped Unity 8 after working on it for more than 5 years.Ultimately, they finally realized Convergence was dead duck. (Microsoft learned it the hard way)They also announced that Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will use Gnome (god no), rather than Unity 8 or even Uni...
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Twitter is giving the death sentence to third party clients
So a month ago, Twitter had announced that they are going to require devs to use the new APIfor third party clients.The problem is that it is fairly limited and also very expensive... (over 16$ a month to break even, assuming you have 250 users)Here's a website talking about it : .And corebird's dev opinion on it : In short, Twitter is clos...
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Mediatek claims to own copyright on the Linux Kernel
Look at what i've found : Someone from Mediatek issued a DMCA claim to some github repositories. They claim in the DMCA latter this : Is the work licensed under an open source license?... Are the allegedly infringing files being used under the open source license, or are they in violation of the license? Mediatek : No, all are Mediatek'...
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960i possible on the Gamecube/Wii ?
A year ago, the Dolphin team had announced that they even support 960i as an internal resolution, though they mentioned thatonly a few homebrew supports it. It went almost unnoticed until someone on reddit asked the question if this was actually true, sinceit was known that the highest resolution possible on the GC/Wii is 576p on a P...
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Huawei no longer allows unlocking the bootloader
Huawei stopped allowing unlocking the bootloader for devices released after May 24. As for devices before that date, well they'll stop unlocking the bootloader 60 days after May 24.It's unknown why Huawei would decide to do this, as devices like the Honor 10 were constantly advertised and recommended on XDA as Custom ROM friendly devices.Looks like i...
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ToaruOS - Unix-like "hobby" operating system
I just discovered this operating system thanks to Phoronix, who reported it was still alive and kicking. Juju , that's your stuff, bring the condoms and some anime geurls !ToaruOS is a unix-like operating system with its own kernel and mostly it's own userspace.Right now, it supports only the framebuffer, the AC97, ext2, the RTL9138 and i think that's it.Despite being in a very alpha form, it looks surprisingly good. https...
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Scaling algorithms
Everyone knows scaling algorithms such as linear, cubic or lanczos or even specific ones like hqx or xBRZ.But i thought i would talk about some of the lesser known scaling algorithms i think are pretty interesting.Let's start with Waifu2x first.Waifu2x is an upscaling algorithm for anime-style art that was developped at a chinese university in Hong Kong, inspired by SRCNN.(That's probably the only good thing China has done, read on)It also supports noise cancellation but a picture with li...
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Alternative to Wordpress, Bludit ?
I'm looking for something like Wordpress or Bludit that plays nice with restrictive Content Security Policy rules.That is : No unsafe-inlining No eval No links to other websites (other than my own) Unfortunately, no alternatives i found (except maybe Jekyll) play nice with restrictive CSP rules.I was using a patched out Nibbleblog for CSP, except that one day it broke X_X.Plus, it was still not playing very nice before it broke.I thought Bludit would fare bett...
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Apparently Microsoft is acquiring Github
;px=Microsoft-GitHub-Reported-Deal Github, the biggest open-source development platform, is apparently being bought by Microsoft.Neither Microsoft or Github have confirmed this but it does seem to look likely...This still raises a bunch more questions :Github was not that harsh as far DMCA claims are concerned, even keepîng a Halo's mod source code because ...
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E-whoring on Hackforums.net
Does anyone know hackforums.net ?It's a board where some hackers/crackers/script kiddies... talk about hacking, computers and security in general.It needs to mentioned but the website itself is an impenetrable fortress.Even if you do not use a proxy, your ip was most likely used at some point by the previous owners and banned.Hackforums do not lift bans on ip addresses and even entire countries are banned from using hackforums.Visitors also cannot read topics... they must register for that.I eve...
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Old Android devices
When you look at Android websites, they often talk about new devices coming out but once they're out,it's no longer being mentioned ever again.Feeling sorry for my old devices, i started to put custom ROMs on them.Thanks a lot to the XDA community for keeping those devices alive !They really brings some life to otherwise useless junk.Today, i'm taking a look at the LG Optimus L3 E400. Read my blog post about it for th...
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Most secure/ideal Internet forum software ?
So now that my quest for blog software is over (spoiler: the winner was Jekyll), i would like to open a forum on my website as well.However, i'm not much a fan of phpbb : it already has suffered security issues in the past and since it is popular, most spammers/hackers love to target it.Simple Machines Forum is also out of question, i mean just look at this website...I have never seen you guys not complaining about SMF (=_=)I found about Discourse, which looks pretty cool and it was used in the ...
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