MikiPCMan

Hello! Sooooo I've been browsing eBay for some laptops and I came across this listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-MacBook-Pro-15-Late-2016-With-TouchBar-2-6Ghz-Core-I7-16GB-Ram-512GB-SSD/263680905194?hash=item3d649b4fea:g:sqYAAOSwUP5a9p~O This deal sounds too good to be true. It simply does. Even with shipping to Europe, this would be awesome. The seller has a 99% rating on eBay, but all of the feedback came from selling clothes and there was a 1 month break in his selling... Is it reasonable to think that a scammer bought a used eBay account and is now using the good rating to scam people? What are your opinions?

Maybe you should put some O-rings under your keycaps. They are quite cheap, and dampen the sound a bit. Amazon link to one of them: https://www.amazon.de/Dämpfer-Transparent-mechanische-Keyboards-Tastaturen/dp/B076X1Y3NB/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517663245&sr=8-1&keywords=keyboard+o+rings

OK, I'm considering this, I might wait and work a bit, so I can grab the T530... Thanks.

Hi everyone, So, I'd like to buy a laptop in late-September/early-October for about $400. I know, that's a tight budget, but I'm currently 16 years old, and my parents aren't going to finance it, and that's the money I have. So I mainly do development in these languages/environments: Android Flutter Java(FX) Dart Unity or Unreal (not currently doing any development in these, but I want to try them when I have the time.) My main IDE is IntelliJ Idea, which I am running on Linux. As for distro, I am kinda used to Ubuntu based distros, and currently running elementaryOS, but I am trying other stuff as well. But if the laptop can be "Hackintoshed", that would be the icing on the cake. I won't be doing gaming on this laptop, I have my desktop for that. I need the battery to last at least about 4 hours, but ideally more. Having USB-C would be a benefit, but not a requirement. The laptop should have (at least) 8GBs of RAM, since I have a bad habit of using a ton of Chrome tabs while developing. Having an SSD would also be a huge bonus (otherwise I need to buy one separately). Second hand is certainly an option, but I live in Hungary, so factor in EU pricing and shipping, not US. I am not afraid of upgrading the RAM or changing the hard drive to an SSD, but I'm going to need to factor that in the cost as well. I am also not afraid of doing weird stuff (eg. buying a Chromebook and replacing the OS on it.). I know this is a lot from such a tight budget, but I hope there are options. So what are your recommendations? Thanks in advance.

I meant it in the way that this program would run on a Raspberry Pi at home, or a VPS and would send the videos to my phone over Messenger. So the video-watching flow would be: In YouTube app click share -> Send to bot via Messenger -> Bot downloads video and sends it over Messenger -> Phone receives video and I can watch it for free. BTW: I know the received video would be of potato quality, but still, it's free.

Hi, So a little bit of background info: I'd like to create a program that could run 0-24 and would do the following: receive a Facebook message with a YouTube URL, download the video and finally send it back as a reply. It is because my data plan includes unlimited data for Facebook, which I never use, and this way I could get unlimited YouTube. I've only started programming recently, and I can use C++ and C#, although I'm not very fast or experienced in either of them. After a bit of searching, I found that the Messenger API uses Javascript, but I haven't used Java or Javascript ever. So: Is there already a bot/program that could do this (kinda like IFTTT)? If there isn't where how I start writing this program, should I use C# or should I learn Javascript? Thanks in advance!

:start start explorer.exe goto :start //Save as a batch file and launch!

OOOOOHHHH, I found this gem: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-Z9PE-D8-WS-SSI-EEB-Workstation-Motherboard-Intel-C602-Socket-R-/182165555217?hash=item2a69e9c811:g:iikAAOSwAKxWXSJ3 +Lots of IO +Has built-in audio +ASUS +PCIe x16 slots -Price This looks to be the winner, I'd rather wait a bit (to get enough money as I'm a student), and have those features.

Thanks, @SLAYR I live in Hungary, and that particular offering does not ship here. So far, I have found these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-S2600G-Z-L-Dual-LGA2011-Motherboard-w-2-x-CPU-Heatsinks-G11481-352-/381674473577?hash=item58dd924869:g:eD8AAOSw3YNXZF7y#shpCntId +Cheap -Lacking IO http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Server-Board-S2600CP4-Dual-LGA-2011-eATX-4xGbit-8xSAS-2xSATA6G-Xeon-E5-/131856551800?hash=item1eb3434f78:g:v1sAAOSwjXRXa5yP +Lots of IO http://www.ebay.com/itm/SuperMicro-X9DRH-IF-O-Dual-LGA2011-Intel-C602-DDR3-SATA3-Server-Motherboard-/222184736551?hash=item33bb3e0727:g:TBQAAOSwRJ9XhWp9 -Only one PCIe 16x http://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-Z10PE-D16-WS-SSI-EEB-Workstation-Motherboard-Intel-C612-Dual-LGA-2011-3-/252457256201?hash=item3ac7a00509:g:N9MAAOSwGtNXieHK +The best so far -Expensive What is your opinion? I'm probably going to go with the ASUS one.

manikyath, as I said, I would be doing video editing and using VMs mostly, so that's why. Also, the cheaper, the better, right?

Thanks, Hackentosher. Do you think I can get one for about $300?

Hi guys, So I am planning on upgrading my AMD FX-6300 system, but I have a low budget. I'd like to use two of these CPUs: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-XEON-E5-2670-2-6-GHz-20-MB-8-Core-CPU-Processor-SR0H8-115W-100-Tested-/131780913476?hash=item1eaec12944:g:cecAAOSwYmZXD03d So, yeah. What is the cheapest LGA2011 dual-socket motherboard which supports these CPUs? And of course, I'm open to suggestions. I am going to use this PC for video editing, VMs, and a little bit of gaming. I am also considering these CPUs: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-2-4GHz-10-core-Westmere-EX-E7-8870-CPU-Q5AV-ES-/121997051731?hash=item1c67974753:g:6UYAAOSwNsdXRbJK ,but Intel 7500 Chipset motherboards are really expensive. Oh, and can you guys tell me if the mobos/chipsets support IOMMU/VT-d? Sorry for the loads of questions and thanks in advance!

I would get a 3rd gen Nest Thermostat for my father. He still uses a wall-mounted crappy thermostat, which loses its settings after a power loss. http://www.amazon.ca/Nest-Learning-Thermostat-3rd-Generation/dp/B012R8MVHC/ref=sr_1_2?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1449748949&sr=1-2 But since that is on the border of US$300, it might be out of competition if Amazon raises the price a bit, so in that case, here is the 2nd gen model: http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00A7JSLMS?keywords=nest&qid=1449257964&ref_=nav_ya_signin&s=electronics&sr=1-1

Using it as a Steam Box would make a ton of sense

So want to win one!