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imthewalrus got a reaction from Inimigor in LINUS TECH TIPS TEAM Q&A
To Dennis, did you receive the mattress yet?
To @Slick, did you ever think that leaving school to be Linus' right hand was a bad idea? If so, why?
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imthewalrus got a reaction from CommandMan7 in HDD to stay relevant for the next 15-20 years, SEAGATE CFO said
If Intel's 3D XPoint claims are true, then that is going to be a lot sooner.
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imthewalrus got a reaction from Raichuboy17 in HDD to stay relevant for the next 15-20 years, SEAGATE CFO said
If Intel's 3D XPoint claims are true, then that is going to be a lot sooner.
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imthewalrus reacted to patrickjp93 in AMD’s Answer To Nvidia’s GameWorks, GPUOpen Announced – Open Source Tools, Graphics Effects, Libraries And SDKs
As incompetent as AMD's management is, it's either purely for marketing, or to somehow unseat Intel as the Open-Source King to bring back the Linux community. -
imthewalrus reacted to patrickjp93 in AMD’s Answer To Nvidia’s GameWorks, GPUOpen Announced – Open Source Tools, Graphics Effects, Libraries And SDKs
Adaptive Sync is the VESA standard. FreeSync is AMD's particular use of it on the GPU side. -
imthewalrus reacted to GoodBytes in Microsoft is sorry about Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 issues
1- @AluminiumTech, I think you missed something in your post which I have told you about before to do to fit a certain posting guideline. Please fix.
2- Microsoft has been pushing and working with manufacture to fix their drivers, solving nearly all the problems Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book reported.
Except for Sleep. The system uses this new sleep mode called Connected Standby (actually the SP3 has this feature too), where the system goes to sleep, but periodically, partially turn on select components of the system under low power state to fetch online information, including helping to fast connect back to your wireless when you wake up the system, this system is not working well (System doesn't actually sleep). Microsoft said that they have it planned to release a fix, however, they said that they can't deliver it any time sooner than early Jan 2016.
So, sorry, you'll be like everyone else right now for a few weeks, where you'll need to avoid sleeping the system. Either turn it off, or hibernate (I wonder if the problem is solved, if you disable connected standby from the registry (restart system to apply)).
Hopefully, Microsoft will pick better manufactures next time, some that they are better at making drivers.
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imthewalrus reacted to Kobathor in Microsoft is sorry about Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 issues
Apple Macbook 2015?
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imthewalrus reacted to Prysin in Can someone help me understand why 8 core AMD is not truly 8 cores?
actually, that may not be the games, but rather DX11 doing that.
DX11 is primarily single core API with the ability to expand to multiple cores. However, unles implemented right, the DX11 API itself will attempt to push ALL drawcalls and AI onto core "0" then unload the rest onto core "1 through 7".
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imthewalrus got a reaction from espurritado in Looking for Arduino language specification
It is almost like C, same syntax and everything. There are really good tutorials in youtube to get you started!
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imthewalrus reacted to patrickjp93 in Qualcomm enters server CPU market with 24-core ARM chip
Qualcomm doesn't have the architectural or compute strength to get above entry level for desktops, and before you go quoting Geekbench, that is one benchmark that has been optimized at the assembly level for ARM. It's as biased as you can get. Run the Linpack bench suite on the 810 or Exynos 7420 and compare against Bay Trail. ARM is still miles behind. -
imthewalrus reacted to LukaP in Intel to manufacture their own NAND memory chips as of 2016
Its only logical. Its not like they dont know how to make memory. Its not like they dont have the most high tech fabs. Its not like their 14nm ones will be out of a large chunk of work by then, if they manage to get 10nm out in time. Its not like they cant produce it cheaper for themselves.
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imthewalrus got a reaction from Paytend01 in Project Laptop Converstion
The fact that you still have to use another power supply kinda kills the concept. The alienware 13 / 15 has a very similar concept though.
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imthewalrus reacted to fizzlesticks in Master one set or Average All?/Programming Learning order?
jQuery is just JavaScript and would be front end. Whereas plain JavaScript can be used for both front and back.
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imthewalrus reacted to Philosobyte in Noise filter Project help
I have no ideas, but have you posted this question on gearslutz.com? You are far more likely to get help from there because it's chock-full of audio professionals.
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imthewalrus got a reaction from Nelius in Master one set or Average All?/Programming Learning order?
The front end is what you interact with:
Javascript, CSS, HTML
The back end are the application, server, and databases
PHP, ruby, python, java, C++, python, jquery
Wordpress is an application writen in PHP that allows you to build websites without much coding.
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imthewalrus reacted to Satlen in Java Recursively Sort an ArrayList
Alright guys, I actually figured it out. I ended up not going with the merge sort because that was making things more complicated than they needed to be. I ended up using a much simpler sorting method which basically sets the the first value in a given range to the min and compares it to the rest, swaps the two elements if it finds a smaller one, then is recursively called until everything is sorted.
Here is a snippet of my method in case anyone is curious in the future:
private static void sortObjects(ArrayList<GeometricObject> list, int low, int high){ if (low < high){ int minIndex = low; GeometricObject min = list.get(low); //set min to first object in range for (int i = low + 1; i <= high; i++){ //loop through all values other than first if (list.get(i).getArea() < min.getArea()){ //check if the value is smaller than current min min = list.get(i); //if it is update the min minIndex = i; //store min index so we can swap locations later } } Collections.swap(list, low, minIndex); //move the original min to new min's old index (tricky wording) list.set(low, min); //set the old lowest to the new lowest using store min value sortObjects(list, low + 1, high); //call it again } } -
imthewalrus reacted to Mahigan in EK doesnt recomend buying from frozen CPU
I've ordered from performance-pcs many times. Never had an issue
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imthewalrus reacted to alzayani in Acer announced the Revo Build a super-small PC with stackable blocks
Acer has announced the Revo Build M1-601, a super-small Windows 10 unit that can be expanded and customized with a series of stackable blocks. So, in the base unit you'll find a super small form factor PC that only occupies 125 square millimeters on your table and comes with a low-power Intel Pentium or Celeron chip. Then, if you wanted to expand the machine's 32GB storage, you can plonk on a 500GB external hard drive in a case that sits perfectly on top. Each block connects to the one below using magnetic coupling and pogo pins, and enabling you to create a PC that looks like a tower of single Duplo bricks the more powerful it becomes.
Sources:
http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/02/acer-revo-build-modular-pc/
http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/2/9242553/acer-windows-10-pcs-notebooks-modular-computer
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2979082/ifa/acer-revo-build-uses-stackable-blocks-to-build-a-computer.html
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BTW: this is very similar to my stackable computer concept, i posted here a few weeks ago http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/423277-stackable-computer-concept/
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imthewalrus reacted to That Norwegian Guy in Seagate will ship prototype HAMR HDDs to select customers, but only in 4TB capcacity
Seagate already has the lowest RMA rate (in 2014) of all the manufacturers.
They have two products which everyone knows not to buy (3TB Barracuda and 1TB 2.5") but the rest are top notch.
- Seagate 0,69% (vs 0,86%) - Western 0,93 (vs 1,13%) - HGST 1,01% (vs 1,08%) - Toshiba 1,29% (vs 1,02%) http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/255466-huge-list-of-failure-rates-for-all-pc-components/ Nice blind bandwagoneering though, you must be proud of yourself. -
imthewalrus reacted to othertomperson in windows 10 usage share hits flat
Prove it. Having actually used Windows 10 for nearly a month now it's about as stable as Windows 7 ever was.
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imthewalrus reacted to othertomperson in windows 10 usage share hits flat
http://linustechtips.com/main/tags/forums/windows%2B7/
Such terrible OS. People on tech forum asking for help with problems. Must be bad. Windows 7 pile of shit.
The fact that you couldn't name a single problem yourself without searching a tech forum specifically looking for them tells me that you a) don't know what you're talking about and b) know shit all about statistics and the effect of a biased sample.
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imthewalrus reacted to ShadowCaptain in iPod Touch 6 Gen Teardown ifixit
Its not a phone, so no cellular or 3g antenna, should still have good battery life
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imthewalrus reacted to Prysin in Do you need to put washers?
Any decent electric screw driver has a torx setting. Just turn the torx down low enough that you can easily, without force, hold back the electric screw driver, then manually do the last few turns