tech-related-help

[cosmic tulip]

it is for school, just didnt plan time for it, so outsourcing it is

[amber mountain]

what is the purpose of data mining?

[open solstice]

basically turning loads of data to understandable/processable data

[gray mesa]

I'm trying to make a github for my student organization at school, and i'm wondering what my free options are to manage repos for projects we'll be working on. could I just make a "personal" account under the org name and invite collaborators to the repos, or is there a better way to do this? also could I just fork repos made by our members and display it on the profile?

[midnight ledge]

Which type of website you want to make ?

Ok what is content in website?

[cosmic tulip]

everything fine right now, found someone who did it for me

[midnight ledge]

Ok 👍 if you want another one I’ll help you

[tepid nexus]

hello! so i’m new to computer science and using scratch for my online course but i’m having issues with creating a simple game does anyone think they could hop on a call and help me out?

[tulip moss]

yo i have been using firefox with user.js and everything seems to work fine i.e the websites are loading up but then when i change profiles and try to use the profile without the user.js file then none of the sites are loading up --the error message is -- CONNECTION TIMED OUT but some reason google and wikipedia seem to be running this is not only happening in normal firefox aka without the user.js file but in ungoogled chrome as well

[amber mountain]

why is data mining needed or important?

[tulip moss]

after restarting Network Manager (OS --> endeavour OS ) it's back to normal but i still don't know what could have caused the issue

if anyone knows the cause of the problem feel free to explain

[tulip moss]

nope not working same thing aagain -_-

[oblique snow]

Anyone know an affordable e ink tablet I can use to mark up PDFS? Sold my m1 ipad air the other day cause it wasn't worth the investment just to use goodnotes.

[steady moon]

So my friend gave me this, but what can i really use it for besides plugging in LAN? or even WAN? and what’s the usb port for?

i have a vague idea of what it does

it’s a router

now i have to find out how it works

[idle dew]

Hey guys! I am looking for a good battery for my Thinkpad T400 but I don't want to spend more money on it than what the laptop costs. I've found a Greencell one, so I would like to ask you if this brand is good and if their battery would be good quality and work with the laptop?

[compact bay]

guys am new to css and used a imageslider as my background but for some reason it flickers occasionally any one that can help?

the con selector is the name of the div

or the class name perhaps

like it turns white for a split second during its shift to a new img

[austere walrus]

Hi guys! I found out today that I have a technical interview tomorrow, any tips? All resources online are giving me like 4-week training plans but I only have one night to get ready:)) I have never had a whiteboard coding interview before either, so I dont know what to expect

[fringe anchor]

Hi everyone

Does anyone knows what a weak armstrong number is?

[hot fable]

for whiteboard coding talk through your thought process. even if you have a wrong answer you can still get you hired

[austere walrus]

I hope so 🤞 Thanks!

[wanton briar]

hey, does anyone know a good youtube channel/ free online course to learn HTML? Thanks 🙏

[keen oar]

Trying to curb my iPhone use, are there any apps y’all recommend to help for that?

[ripe cipher]

https://www.w3schools.com/

[ripe cipher]

The native Screen Time is quite good. You can get a family member or friend to type in the password for you so you don't extend the limit you give yourself

[steep flint]

to anyone who uses a tiling window manager, do you have any tips on what the best one is for beginners and how to get started configuring it?

[slow wasp]

i3 is the best for beginners

manjaro has this neat background with all the keybinds you need

but i DO NOT recommend using manjaro as an OS

[wanton briar]

Thank you so much!!!

[steep flint]

dont worry i wont LOLL

not trying to ddos the aur😵‍💫

[slow wasp]

lol

[frosty fossil]

Computer Science majors! What are some advice that you have for your major?

[shrewd heron]

do programming on the side bc u learn more theory in school

and it really wont help u much professionaly

if ur plannong on doing software development ^

[glad wyvern]

just install i3 and watch a few videos about window managers

from ppl like distro tube etc

good luck falling into the rabbit hole

[idle dew]

Get a good GPA but don't just focus on the education you receive from your university

u need many courses

[shell spoke]

https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer

[trail dock]

Thank you 👑

[plain gazelle]

this is technically digital philosophy, but does anyone have any experience with creating circuits & gates (AND, NAND, OR, XOR, NOR, etc.)?

[umbral sinew]

creating in what way?

[cyan torrent]

umm...(important for future questions) does anyone here know or has expiririence with python, bash, c and kali linux?

[wind musk]

Hey does anyone know what os does James use while studying is it linux or mac

[hot fable]

all of the above but i’m not a kali pro

[plain gazelle]

drawing out mostly

[midnight ledge]

Anyone using dual boot in one drive win & linux?

[vital slate]

Ye

Also feel free to ping me when you respond

[umbral sinew]

Ok, if you have a question about that just ask it

[compact bay]

does anyone know how to make the imageslider compatible in mobile view
pleaseeeee pm if u have time to spare i rlly need help

[amber mountain]

how can i transfer files easily? except for mobile to pc transfer

[compact bay]

does anyone know how to make the imageslider compatible in mobile view
pleaseeeee pm if u have time to spare i rlly need help

[glad wyvern]

arch and macos

arch for study , windows for streaming , and macos for other stuff

[compact bay]

can someone help

please

[ripe cipher]

could you be a bit more specific about what you need help with? do you mean you're trying to make an image slider for a website you're developing responsive on mobile screens or?

[cyan torrent]

im not really expierienced with this but i think it depends on what u want to transfer and from what device to what device u want to transfer

[valid veldt]

Can anybody recommend a free program to make diagrams like that one?

[pallid lark]

If you're willing to invest a little time then learning plantuml is a great way to make diagrams like that and loads more

https://plantuml.com/

[valid veldt]

thank you, I'll definitely check it out!

[pallid lark]

imo it's really handy thing to know how to use as you can throw together some pretty neat diagrams very quickly

couple of examples @valid veldt

[lilac compass]

kinda forgot but does anyone remembers what type of monitor james is using

[open solstice]

you can use figma

[pallid lark]

he's currently got an apple cinema display, 23" iirc

[gusty merlin]

you can use fedora i3, it's more stable than manjaro

[steep flint]

im on debian rn im probably gonna stick to this or arch

[paper wedge]

Guys I´m a complete beginner in Python and I don´t understand this error because I think I defined response above but idk

[open solstice]

the variable response is defined inside the find_songs function

so that you can't use it outside of that function

so take the response = response.json and the print statement inside of the find_songs function

[pallid lark]

Agree with @slow wasp i3 comes with some sane keybinds out the box and is pretty easy to get into

[pallid lark]

How come?

[steep flint]

Usually the reasons that ppl dislike Manjaro is bc 1. they forgot to upgrade their SSL certificate three times 2. they hold back updates from arch so it even though it's arch based it's not as up to date as arch meaning 3. it does not work with the aur well 4. their gui package installer has ddosed the aur twice

[pallid lark]

Fair. I set my parents up with it as it took no time to set up and gets a bit more out of their old laptops

Seems to be running smoothly for that use case

[steep flint]

yea despite not having all the benefits of a typical arch based distro it works just fine for a lot of ppl

[pallid lark]

I've been on artix for a little bit and it's serving me well

prior to that I was a gentoo dood

[slow wasp]

i used manjaro with kde

i liked it for a while but started disliking it

im using xmonad now

[gray beacon]

@olive cipher

[buoyant nexus]

can anyone help me set up my server? im shit w techs

[frozen socket]

anyone know how to spoof their user agent? I have a windows PC and want to spoof an apple iPhone

[vale aspen]

can anybodey HELP I have problem with phpmyadmin

PLS

[dark verge]

does anyone here have any good apps for an ipad to help boost productivity? Just got an air and I'm kind of unsure how to use it

[eternal vigil]

Hi folks! To anyone interested in technology, engineering or science: GreenGlobal Hacks is a virtual hackathon (a virtual get-together for coders/engineers/anyone who wants to hang out to create something new in 48 hours) on Feb 3rd-5th- it is beginner friendly, has cool prizes, and people can participate as individuals or in teams. Here is the registration link: https://greenglobal-hacks.devpost.com/ - it's free of cost to join!! Please share the hackathon with your connections/friends! Looking forward to seeing you at GreenGlobal Hacks!

[pallid lark]

I know this isn't exactly the response you may have been looking for... but do you have to work on the ipad?

best way to limit its chance of distracting you is to put it in another room while working

[dark verge]

I've been using it for notes and it's been really nice, so I wanna maximize its potential

tbh I haven't gotten distracted too much w it yes so yeah

[pallid lark]

I don't know if you can get the "Stay Focused" app from the apple app store

I used it on android and you can really lock down your device with it

[dark verge]

alr alr ty

[pallid lark]

there seems to be a stay focused app in the apple store, but it doesn't look the same

worth trying though

[idle dew]

hey i need help urgently, i encrypted my folder and it disappeared from the desktop, i can't find it in my files either. I only have the encryption certificate, but as I said, I can't find my associated folder

[silver cloak]

If anyone gets an xserver up and running in wsl2 please let me know

[idle dew]

im trying for like 2 hours now and im so frustrated because they where important documents, i had it synchrosised with drive cloud but there its gone too because it synchrosised right after it

[pallid lark]

gonna need more info my dude. operating system? how did you encrypt the folder? and so on.

[nimble mason]

anyone else think there should be like a dumbphone/digital minimalism chat room? or would that technically be ironic lol

[cyan torrent]

started to learn C to understand other languages better, ill be back random internet strangers :I

[pallid lark]

would better to have it set up on an irc network

hehe

[vale aspen]

can anyone help me

i wrote php file for html and its not woprking

[nimble mason]

that would be cool! tbh idk much abt them or how to even message in one lol

[frozen socket]

REAL

would prefer not to use discord since it's spyware

https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/discord

[brave mauve]

hey, does anyone know how to get the sum of all user inputs in C#? trying to get the total

• frustrated beginner who just keeps seeing increment tutorials

[pallid lark]

it's just a little flashy, about 10 million features I will never

[idle dew]

on windows picture following

here i did this option and after that, the whole folder was gone

i also tic this option what is called "hidden" in german

[pallid lark]

I'm not hugely experienced with windows

@idle dew but does this page help at all?

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/show-hidden-files-0320fe58-0117-fd59-6851-9b7f9840fdb2

[idle dew]

i will have a look thanks for ur patience

[pallid lark]

@idle dew No sweat, I've been in your shoes! In the future back everything up before preforming a task like this

:^)

let me know if you find the files

[idle dew]

😊 💓

[bronze path]

does anyone know how to code with nand2tetris?

if so do you know how to code the inc16.hdl ? 😅

[valid veldt]

does anybody know how to compare two excel tables? I exported the search results I got from to different queries in Web of Science into an excel table and now I'd like to filter out the dublicates... I tried to google it but nothing seems to work

[pallid lark]

Are you trying to remove items that appear in two tables in a single excel 'page'?

or two separate pages?

[valid veldt]

I basically never use excel so I'm not that sure about the terminology, but its ( I think) two seperate pages

like this

[pallid lark]

yeah nice

https://www.ablebits.com/docs/excel-compare-tables/

this page seems to cover how to compare two pages/spreadsheets for duplicate items, which you can then either highlight, remove, select etc

[valid veldt]

ok thank you so much! I will try it out an report back 😄

[pallid lark]

haha yeah let me know how you get on!

excel is a bit alien to me too!

[idle dew]

it worked i looooooveeeeeeeeeeee uuuuuuuuuuuu

bro i would literally never found this setting never fucking ever

[nimble lily]

does anyone know which distro has jay been using?

is it arch?

[glad wyvern]

yep its arch

he uses arch for programming and uses his macbook for note taking and stuff with doom emacs

[pallid lark]

haha awesome that is great news

I wasn't sure how hidden files worked on windows bit figured it couldn't be too far off how it works in linux

[pallid lark]

and now that you've found them I feel ok giving you a virtual slap for not backing up your shit before making a big move like that

hah

BACK UP YOUR IMPORTANT STUFF

[idle dew]

😔 👍 sorry chef

[pallid lark]

haha

all is forgiven, I'm just stoked you managed to find those files

I remember when I was handing my dissertation, I had it stored on three different hard drives... they all died on me

it was the sweatiest day of my life

[left umbra]

Any full stack developer here looking to collaborate on a project ?? DM

[midnight ledge]

I’m in learning stage

[rough ginkgo]

Yes would like to collaborate.

[idle dew]

guys, do u think i should use linux on my laptop
i already have a good pc, i only use laptop for university and programming
my laptop specs: (8 GB ram, 500 ssd, gtx 1650ti, i5 10300H)

[glad wyvern]

go for it linux teaches you command line and it is really helpful in long run as a programmer

choose ur path by either shooting yourself in the foot by installing arch or install popos and go slow and steady

and also linux is just cool in general

[idle dew]

Ok thx. I already have experience with debian i think I will try Arch this time.

[pallid lark]

install gentoo

kidding not kidding

but yeah go for it, linux is great for machines with low specs so you laptop will fly

[slim jay]

found a nutty ThinkPad T60 on ebay and shall cop

[wanton briar]

is a chromebook good for linux? Specifically debian bases os’s

bcuz chromebook are really cheap, i was just wondering

[pallid lark]

I have a feeling that they might be a little annoying to work with

like can you access the bios to boot to a usb on them?

looks like it's possible but seems simpler on a non-chrome book

[ripe cipher]

i agree with coversall, it's simpler and better to do it with a non-chrome book. but if you're set on it for some reason, chrome os has a linux subsystem feature so you can install whatever you want outside of the limited scope of chrome os -- that saved me during high school heh

[pallid lark]

plus you can grab a refurbed think pad for a really good price and just install linux on that

[idle dew]

how about having windows and linux on one laptop, is that a good idea? if u ask urself how this should work, the explanation is via virtual machines 🙂

[pallid lark]

dual booting would be better than a VM imo

On my PC I just have two ssds, one with linux installed and one with windows. I switch the sata cables when I need to use windows for ArcGIS

[wanton briar]

thanks for the info :)

[wanton briar]

that makes sense

[idle dew]

hey

someone use iem?

[dark sand]

i use kzs and shure does that count?

[dry falcon]

Guys im studying redblack tree can someone confirm if the paint picture is the correct final representation for the example on the slide?

[dark sand]

binary search?

yeah seems correct

its balanced

btw can anyone suggest me some good emacs org mode videos? I would really like to try it out after my exams

[wanton briar]

Anyone know any good Kindle Alternatives?

Thanks

[frozen socket]

better idea

start with gentoo

if you can figure out how to install gentoo

you'll be ready for linux

[idle dew]

yo is it possible to install android os on Microsoft Lumia 540?

[idle dew]

https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle

use this to upload epub and pdf to your amazon account

then you can read them anywhere using kindle

[leaden scroll]

any compsci students here? let me know, i’d be happy to tutor occasionally or help with fixing bugs!!

[viral bluff]

heyo everyone

i need help related to UX Research

please fill this form

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[wanton briar]

thanks!!!

[idle dew]

https://tenor.com/view/donald-trump-wink-president-usa-gif-21153002

[amber mountain]

Can someone help me on our thesis? Title on our capstone project. Something that is not common.

[viral bluff]

can you tell me more about it then i can try to help you with it

[midnight ledge]

In ear monitor?

[pallid lark]

was thinking the same

[idle dew]

which one's the best IEM to start with?

[gray mesa]

does anyone here have the unihertz jelly 2? whats ur experience with it

[pallid lark]

I've only used the tinhifi t2s and shure 215s

I like both, but the shures are my go to, I've been using them well over 6 years now

[idle dew]

https://youtu.be/zThMMShSK-I

[midnight ledge]

Lots of beginners iems like Kz Zsn pro x, CCA, Final e3000,moondrop

[idle dew]

ooh thanks

[midnight ledge]

I like VE monk it’s very wide and balanced sound signature

[idle dew]

do you use it?

[midnight ledge]

Yeah

But if you want full potential you need use amp

But I don’t have I use in my pc

[idle dew]

i see

I'll look into it

[midnight ledge]

Yeah

Try it it’s very cheap

And beat expensive earphones

[idle dew]

okie dokie

[vagrant token]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cn9qwIVMZeK/?igshid=Zjc2ZTc4Nzk=
Our college, that is NIT Jaipur is organising it’s tech fest this coming march. It’s happening after 4 years. So, I request you all to pre-register on our website and follow us on Instagram.
Our pre-registration website: www.sphinx.org.in

Kindly help us in making this event one for the ages.
Thanks in advance 🙂

[cerulean patrol]

yo does anyone here have notes or smth on file handling in c, cause sh*t is crazier than me.

[gray mesa]

anyone here own the hisense touch?

[dark sand]

The crinicle one from KZ is pretty balanced too

Not the best but in terms of what KZs sound like, its pretty balanced

[humble surge]

Does anyone use Linux for university and coding??

[midnight ledge]

Yeah but I like warm sound signature

[dark sand]

I use void and gentoo

[midnight ledge]

I’ll install arch btw

[dark sand]

Just use whatever disto you want lol

As long it fits your need

[midnight ledge]

Yeah

I like tilte windows manager

[dark sand]

I use dwm

[midnight ledge]

Dwm is very good too

[dark sand]

What wm do you use?

My whole setup is based of suckless tools

[midnight ledge]

i3

[dark sand]

Yeah i3 seems fun, never tried it tho

[midnight ledge]

& Sway

[dark sand]

Have you tried hyperland?

It looks like a WM on steroids

[modest fjord]

HELP
I can't move my Adobe-cracked apps from Disk C to Disk D in my computer
and there's literally no space left, it's not working properly
WHAT DO I DO

[dark sand]

There is no space in your whole disk or just the just partition C? Both case, you need to reinstall those apps

If you dont have space then move your desktop files, other media files to the other disk rather than any trouble with reinstalling software

[wanton briar]

What sort of skills do you guys think i should learn? (Related to programming)

im currently trying to learn html, but im not sure if i should learn something else

[midnight ledge]

No I want to try

[dark sand]

Depends on what CS field you are trying to get in

[wanton briar]

Cybersecurity

[dark sand]

Learn shell scripts, and architecture of windows, linux, mac, android, learn basic unix commands like sed, grep, awk, etc. And besides all that you need to learn a little bit about how networks work, but if you want to go more of a threat response field you need to learn how to reverse engineer programs, use either IDA or ghidra. And have some idea about C and Assembly

Theres alot more to it but get a good idea of what activities you would be doing.

Also there are hardware technologies like HID devices, Wifi cards like the pinapple that you can use to spoof wireless networks and shit but for now just learn without spending anything, there are alot of free stuff on the internet. And this field is a bit complicated for most so just dont spend anything

[wanton briar]

Thanks!

Any languages i should learn?

[wanton briar]

Ok, will do :)

[frozen socket]

king shit

[dark sand]

Learn C tbh if you get good at C, you can learn other programming languages without much problem.

[dark sand]

Resident of based land😳

[idle dew]

Hmmm if u r into cybersecurity maybe start with C or C++ and then python
Maybe u will learn C# and js at some point but for now foucs on C++ then python

[wanton briar]

Ok! Ill try learn some C or C++. Heard its pretty difficult tho 😳

[wanton briar]

Dammnnn ok! Ill try haha

[idle dew]

It will be the hardest because it is the first
Take your time learning it and do some problem solving later

[wanton briar]

Ok!

[wanton briar]

By the way, anyone know where i can buy old thinkpads for cheap? (Other than ebay)

[idle dew]

^

[pallid lark]

yes

[pallid lark]

ebay is pretty amazing for old TPs, why are you trying to avoid it?

otherwise try and look for companies that specialise in selling refurbed office stock

Laptops direct in the UK is good, they always seems to have a decent stock of refurbished thinkpads

[glad wyvern]

r/thinkpadsforsale/

[wanton briar]

aight ill check that out!

[wanton briar]

shipping, authenticity, etc

[wanton briar]

Any tips for finding thinkpads in good condition? Thanks :)

[wanton briar]

Ok :)

[pallid lark]

Not much beyond the usual due diligence, checking feedback on the seller, asking them a few questions prior to buying.

Something I like to do is ask the seller for extra images to check the item they are selling is the one that is actually in the picture.

I've been lucky I suppose as I've always bought fairly cheap machines from ebay so it was never a huge riske

[dark sand]

Actual gent right here👑

[idle dew]

hello! Does anybody have a knowledge on the use of Semaphores on OS? I'm really struggling to solve some exercises and to comprehend how semaphores work. Any help would be appreciated

[umbral star]

do you have a dual boot of windows and linux or just linux and which linux are you using

also do you know any good tutorials for installing linux

[pallid lark]

no dual boot. I recently installed windows on a separate ssd as I needed to use ArcGIS, so I just switch the sata cables when I need to use windows.

[pallid lark]

Most distros have detailed wikis and good manuals in installation. Plus a lot of distros have a graphical installer.

If you're totally new then jump on a distro that is easy to install and give it a try. I think most people go through a phase of distro hopping so you'll get loads of experience installing haha

I think I would change my distro and reinstall every couple of months when I started using linux

[umbral star]

which distro do you recommend

btw thank you very much for the detailed answer

i really appreciate it <3

[pallid lark]

no sweat! tbh I would say hop on https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity and look at the '12 month' category and just pick anything from the top 10

When I started distro hoping I bought a large usb stick and used it as my 'vault' and kept all my "can't loose" files on there

that way I could format my hard drive without a care

[umbral star]

thank you!

[pallid lark]

don't get too caught up in all the minor differences between distros atm

you'll learn what is important as you go. Just get installing and learning

[frozen socket]

god bless GentooWiki

[pallid lark]

yeah taught me so much about partitioning hard drives. I installed gentoo originally for the memes but stayed for portage and the wiki

[dark sand]

Amen

Gentoo for the gents

[amber mountain]

ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME TO MAKE A WEBSITE? IT'S GONNA BE LIKE A CHATBOT ASSISTANT.

"Capstone Project: CLERKbot — A virtual assistant chatbot | by CLERKbot | Medium" https://medium.com/@xccproject12/capstone-project-clerkbot-a-virtual-assistant-chatbot-d7653f0233ae

Just like this

[idle dew]

@amber mountain I could help.

Although, helping and doing is different.

I can help you for free or make the project for you for $

[lilac compass]

Anyone using Calibre? Will it work if i sideload it on android and mac

[umbral star]

hey im having a problem i tried dual booting mint linux and my brother started annoying me that he wants to play and i said just a sec but that quickly got to long and i got impatient so i think i stopped the installation mid way through so when i tried booting back to windows and now it just shows me my backround without all the desktop apps and the taskbar without the apps and i cant do anything does this mean i messed up my windows?

sorry for the lack off "." and ","

[steep flint]

ctrl alt delete -> task manager -> file -> run new task -> Explorer.exe

thats only if the desktop is like glitched or something

if not that idk u might have to do a bit more work to fix it

dont stop an installation mid way thru lol

[dark sand]

How much time does instaling mint even take lol, like 5mins max?

[glad wyvern]

5 on ssd and like 10-15 on hard drive

[pallid lark]

can you get into bios and change the boot order so the windows partition is in the number 1 spot?

[dark sand]

Still its not that much tbh

It boots up tho, i dont think there is any issue with its boot partition

[idle dew]

Can anyone help me install Arch Linux?

It's an Inspiron 3542

[pallid lark]

help you how?

@idle dew you could look at using the GUI installer to make the process simpler

otherwise it's a good idea to read over the wiki pages about installing a couple of times so you are familiar with it all before you start

Or think about using manjaro which is arch based

[idle dew]

I did try installing it once but the wifi couldn't be detected during the installation after booting

[pallid lark]

ah yeah

laptop wifi drivers can be a pain

[idle dew]

yeah i'll try

[pallid lark]

the first thing to do is to certain what the wifi chipset in you laptop is

then to look into the linux driver needed to run it

if it isn't included in the base packages then you may need to download it and put it on a usb stick before the install

[idle dew]

i see seems pretty complicated

[pallid lark]

otherwise if you can run the install with an Ethernet connection

[pallid lark]

it's not too bad. this has always been one of the first hurdles to linux that people encounter, working out the drivers needed for their hardware

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Laptop/Dell

This page makes it seem like wifi is supported on arch in all the inspiron laptops

[idle dew]

it ain't there already checked it🥲

[pallid lark]

have you got a functioning OS on the laptop atm?

[idle dew]

yup

[pallid lark]

can you use it get the name/model of the wifi card in it?

[idle dew]

it's an old one so I thought of experimenting with it

[pallid lark]

yeah it's a good idea, I'm almost certain that the wifi card is supported, so we should be able to get it working

[idle dew]

yaaay

[pallid lark]

please note the almost haha

[idle dew]

i'll try again when i'm free

thanks mate

[pallid lark]

no worries, @ me when you find out which wifi card it is and I'd happily help you looking at the drivers etc

[idle dew]

https://tenor.com/view/hug-hugs-big-bear-gif-26214696

[young dune]

can anyone help me debug a c program

plz?

[unborn talon]

use gdb?

[cloud stirrup]

anyone familiar with unreal engine?

[slender geode]

guys

is anyone good at python?

im currently experimenting with nested if statements andf tried to build my own currency converter

Im having issues with my code for some reason

can someone please help me out

?

[velvet yoke]

exact error ?

[slender geode]

nvm i fixed it

so basiclaly

i had a nested if

calling first upon a string

and accidently

towards the response

i coded it to expect a float when it was supposed to expect a strig

stribg

so i changed it

and fixed it that way

[velvet yoke]

greatt

[slender geode]

xD

ill send the code to you, i do have a few questions related to shortning the lines used

gimme a minute

[velvet yoke]

suree

[prisma seal]

Hi can anyone give me some advice on what laptop I should get for my IT degree, I’m starting in about 2 and a half weeks and I’m not sure which laptop is reliable for everyday usage for my IT degree

[idle dew]

get a macbook air with the M1 or M2 Chip

it should very much suffice for all your need and is a good investment for long-term usage.

You can get a PRO if you want which is much better but I think the air will be most suitable for you unless you use high CPU draining softwares

or maybe an ipad

[prisma seal]

i was kinda leaning towards a Macbook too since i felt like it was the most reliable, idk if pro or air is better tho absolutely don't wanna get the air m2 since its in a similar price range with the MacBook pro m2 and pro has fans as well might come in handy

[idle dew]

i see

[prisma seal]

ipad probs wont be very helpful in terms of coding prob good for notes

[idle dew]

true

[prisma seal]

tbh pretty hard decision to make on weather to go with macbook or windows as an IT student

[idle dew]

Maybe just consult your seniors

or your teachers

[prisma seal]

i've emailed them, they send me the laptop requirements that's all, but what i wanna know is whats the popular choice for IT

[unkempt ore]

proooo

[pallid lark]

surely most modern laptops will be sufficient? It's really a choice of windows/linux/osx

[unkempt ore]

windows so ass

just go osx

[prisma seal]

was looking into the pro as well

[prisma seal]

how come

[unkempt ore]

well this is my opinion but

i needed to install an IDE on my windows and mac systems

the cmd prompt on windows is so hard to configure mingw on

idk im just bitter

but mac is just very convenient

what if u wanted to code on your phone and stuff, u can directly upload files to the cloud and have ur mac be able to do stuff from there

if u have an iphone

[prisma seal]

i see but what about like window applications which my uni requires can i use bootcamp on mac to run windows applications etc

[prisma seal]

true

[prisma seal]

that comes in handy i use most things apple so might be convenient i guess thus wanted to stay in the apple ecosystem

[unkempt ore]

and lol

theres like no difference between the air and pro

[unkempt ore]

idk if u can lol

u might be

never did that before

[prisma seal]

the air is fanless that's the only main difference

[prisma seal]

oh damn

[unkempt ore]

also is ur mac gonna be general purpose as well

mine is like that

my windows device is like all programming stuff

u gotta tell me what else u gonna use the laptop for

[pallid lark]

why not go linux

[prisma seal]

well ye i'll be doing most things including coding on my mac

[prisma seal]

like you mean applications?

[unkempt ore]

yeah

is it just gonna be for school

or is it gonna be something u wanna keep long-term for urself

[prisma seal]

i currently have a macbook air i might use that for like browsing and the mac pro solely for uni

[prisma seal]

and yes it would also be a long term investment i imagine myself using it even after my degree

[unkempt ore]

ill do some research

but why not just use the air

if u said u can use bootcamp for that

[prisma seal]

i would use the air certainly but its a 2016 MacBook and its quite slow I've already tried running boot camp on it before but it wasn't able to run it sadly otherwise i would happily use my mac air

[prisma seal]

allg thanks

[unkempt ore]

ohh alr

are u gonna game on ur laptop too

[prisma seal]

nope not looking to use it for gaming

[unkempt ore]

oh ok

ur pretty flexible

macbooks have pretty reliable long-lasting batteries, have nice displays, and u can easily transfer files from ur old mac

u can go linux to because their distributions are open-sourced

download any software there tbo

linux might be more useful for u if ur very technical

[prisma seal]

ye that's true they are quite reliable in those fields

[eager olive]

I'd like to add that you can run Windows programs on Linux with Wine

[pallid lark]

I don't think you need to be very technical

[prisma seal]

macs are well known for being able to run linux right

[pallid lark]

The joy of linux is you can buy an old laptop and get the most out of it by installing a light distro

[prisma seal]

ic

[pallid lark]

*unix

[unkempt ore]

ur choice

im not too well versed in os

and stuff

[prisma seal]

wait whats the difference between them

[prisma seal]

ye ig thats for me to decide but idk macbooks are more on the pricey side

[pallid lark]

both linux and OSX are unix based OSs iirc

so they share a similar base

[unkempt ore]

they are pricey

[pallid lark]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

[unkempt ore]

kinda regret having one

[pallid lark]

doh that took up a lot of space

sorry

[unkempt ore]

u good

[eager olive]

Basically making two chocolate cakes but putting different icing on top of each

[unkempt ore]

is ubuntu a light distro

[pallid lark]

I owned a macbook pro for years

but will never go back

[prisma seal]

ic

[prisma seal]

indeed

[prisma seal]

thanks

[pallid lark]

For me it's refurbished thinkpads+linux forever

[prisma seal]

Is thinkpad good?

[eager olive]

Reliable, strong and easy to repair

[unkempt ore]

yeah

[pallid lark]

cheap as well

[prisma seal]

damn i used to think they're not that good

[pallid lark]

they are just computers man

all the same junk on the inside

chinese chips etc

[prisma seal]

lmao fair

[pallid lark]

comfy life

[eager olive]

Whew, this is an old one

[pallid lark]

eheh, it has been retired as it was a little slow for what I needed

[eager olive]

It wouldn't happen to have the IBM logo on the cover would it ?

[pallid lark]

no it's the x61 so lenovo and not IBM

the original battery died and the greencell replacement ones kept letting me down

[eager olive]

Fair enough

I used to travel with two batteries for long trips

[unkempt ore]

nice kb

[pallid lark]

yeahh that was the newer hhkb they realised, the classic pro or whatever. I bought it on a whim but stuck with my original pro 2

Not sure why but I prefer it. The classic pro felt like a better built key board. But there is something about the pro 2 that keeps me coming back to it

[eager olive]

Any recommendations for a not too bad, relatively cheap wireless mechanical keyboard ?

Sure that sounds contradictory but thought I'd still try asking.

[pallid lark]

haha, I don't know much about wireless kbs tbh

I think the tricky thing about mech keybs is that switch choice is like 99% of your selection criteria. And without trying a bunch it's really hard to pick

ideally you could find a local meet up and try other peoples' keyboards

otherwise do what I did which was buy one, try it out, and then sell it if you didn't like it

[eager olive]

Where did you sell it?
I'm always skeptical about selling stuff

[pallid lark]

ebay

I use ebay a fair bit for 'hobby' stuff

otherwise you can look at subreddits/forums

I use gear trade subreddits for my outdoor hobby stuff

[eager olive]

Alright, I'll check that out.
Thank you for your insights

[idle dew]

Do you know what switches you're looking for?

[eager olive]

I don't know much about switches honestly, but I don't need them to be silent or top tier

[idle dew]

There are different kinds of sounds

tactile, clicky, and a few others I recommend you looking for what sound you want

I do not recommend blue or brown MX 😄

I personally have red switches.

[eager olive]

Red or blue switches...
Aren't they optical or something?

[idle dew]

arrghh dats cute

Blue switches are hella clicky and can distract you from your work 😄 ngl

switches are like the source of the sound

I can send you a video in dm

[eager olive]

Yes please

Watched it, red it is then

[idle dew]

I have red too

I can send you a vid on how red sounds on my keyboard

I paid 150 euros but its well worth it

especially because it's my job

[compact bay]

Hey guys just a quick announcement for pple who took the EC council CEH cert or are currently preparing for it. please please DM me I have some queries thanks in advance.

[boreal skiff]

Hi, can anyone help me with this C++ question?

[pallid lark]

I unironically really liked browns

but now am topre4life

[idle dew]

Hahahahah browns are terrible, everybody hates them 😄

[pallid lark]

shrugging.gif

I loved them haha

wouldn't go back now I've been on topre for so long

[idle dew]

hahaha

It's personal preference

U mustve had god lube

[pallid lark]

It was a pok3r if I remember

cute little 60% board

[idle dew]

hahaha i always wanted one with numpad

[iron carbon]

@boreal skiff it must be D

[unkempt ore]

i have a 60 %

cherry mx reds

its very nice but i need to mod my keyboard because it has that weird metallic sound

i wish i got silent reds

or the akko cream ons

ones

[gray mesa]

reds all the way

[boreal skiff]

thank you @iron carbon

[paper wedge]

Can somebody explain me what "Code is unreachable" means. I basically copied a code into my .py file. Code above is fine but everything beneath is marked as unreachable by pylance. Is the identation wrong?

[pastel torrent]

You would have to show the code to give you an exact answer, but your program stops before you ever reach the code. So maybe you have an exit() or return that always occurs before the code that's unreachable

[fringe jetty]

I know this was yesterday but pretty sure my Keychron C1 (cheapest option for $60 USD) has blue key caps

PRO: they have a really satisfying clicky sound to them and tactile responsive feeling
CON: since they are loud it can be distracting from audio and isn't ideal when I don't want others such as family to hear me typing.

[steady moon]

Guys, i’m trying to block twitter on my mac using the terminal command. I did 127.0.0.1, tab then www.twitter.com, wrote to the file then closed it, flushed the cache yet i’m still able to use twitter.com on chrome even after flushing my history, reopening chrome.

[fringe jetty]

same thing happened to me on Windows way back when I tried editing the hosts file @steady moon I have been thinking lately that the best solution to website blocking may be a Pi Hole DNS Server if you have a Raspberry Pi, although I have not tried it and it may be overkill.

[eager olive]

I understand that some fields might not interest you, but please be considerate of other people

Your comments in this room as well as others are neither productive nor appropriate.

Please find it in yourself to fix that.

[pallid lark]

hah, relax

[pallid lark]

Do you have any more info on the approach you're taking? It sounds similar to editing the hosts file

I'm not super familiar with OSX but typing "127.0.0.1 www.titter.com" into terminal won't do much I reckon

It looks like editing the /etc/hosts file works the same on OSX

With mine to be safe I entered all variations of the url

[pallid lark]

This is what I have in my /etc/hosts for twitter:
127.0.0.1 www.twitter.com 127.0.0.1 twitter.com 127.0.0.1 https://www.twitter.com

[steady moon]

ahhh i see now

i’m sure if i add twitter.com along with the https I should be able to succeed

unfortunately it didn’t work

that’s so strange

because i’ve done it with so many other websites and it worked successfully

i usually do (domain name).com and then www.(domain name).com

[unkempt ore]

is this better then using a site blocker

I use leech blocker

[eager olive]

How could I achieve faster typing ?
My current max is around 30wpm, on a membrane keyboard (yeah I know 😅 ), Azerty layout, numpad...

I'm pretty used to it but can't seem to get any faster

[unkempt ore]

practice

that’s it

[eager olive]

Are there any good websites/apps to practice ?

[unkempt ore]

yeah i’ll post a link

https://www.typingclub.com/sportal/program-3.game

this helped me a lot

it has a variety of levels for free from very beginner to advanced

after you sign up u should do the placement test first so you don't have to do all the levels right away]

[eager olive]

This website is amazing !
Thanks a lot 🙏

As for your previous question, their solution seems pretty specific, you might want to stick to your site blocker, or even better a pi hole like @.jadenh mentioned

[frozen socket]

Anybody know anything about creating your own pirate radio station?

As in playing music off your own music collection, and having other people connect to it through a car radio?

[steady moon]

oh yes

definitely

especially because any time you try to access the site on any browser, incognito or private it’ll never go through because it’s blocked via your computer’s localhost

very effective

[steady moon]

azerty? very interesting

[gray mesa]

do you touch type?

https://www.ratatype.com/

[eager olive]

AZERTY is the standard in France, otherwise I'd pick QWERTZ over QWERTY any time of day

[pallid lark]

just to confirm you are using sudo [insert text editor] /etc/hosts to edit the file and add these lines?

[pallid lark]

when learning to type faster increasing your accuracy is better then just focusing on speed

you want to work on reducing errors, after that increases in speed come naturally

one of the best tips I ever was received: If you have to back space more than twice you just use ctrl+delete to remove the whole word and retype it

that alone increased my wpm

[eager olive]

Yep I already use it 👍

[pallid lark]

niooce

[eager olive]

And the opposite backspace too

Thanks I'll try reducing my number of mistakes then

[pallid lark]

https://www.keybr.com/

This is the website I've used in the past

[eager olive]

Just checked it out, I'll add this to my learning routine

thanks again 🙏

[pallid lark]

no stress

there is a fun typing/racing game on there

[eager olive]

that is fun indeed

[pallid lark]

yeah man it's a great site, and I really enjoy all the data/insights it provides you

[eager olive]

I mean yeah, it show a fair progress

[pallid lark]

If you tap away at that for like 30 mins a day you will make great progress

just heads up, what normally happens is fast progress is made until you hit something of a plateau, then progress slows down a fair bit. Stick with it through that stage as you've probably hit your 'natural typing speed' from then on you need to practice to get better.

[fringe jetty]

By the way guys, Windows Power Toys has a feature for DNS blocking

its basically editing hosts file'

[steady moon]

thanks!

[umbral star]

hey guys i fixed my pc i just reinstalled windows and i successfully got dual boot to work

[dark sand]

That aint a dumb phone thats smartphone with keypad

Dumb phone are just meant fir calls and sms, some allow whatsapp but what the point if using meta services lol

Just get something like a nokia

Its just for calls so dont spend much on it

Yeah

Idk what type of plan you got there but get a full years prepaid plan

[pallid lark]

you could look at feature phones like the nokia 8110 4g

basically a dumb phone with whatsapp

[eager olive]

The best phone in my hearth will always be the Nokia 3410; virtually indestructible, long battery life, snake II, fire ringtones, doubles as a self-defense weapon, and does what you would expect from a phone.

+You're certain it won't distract you from studying

[drowsy shuttle]

android or ios guys?

[pallid lark]

android

[dark sand]

Android

[drowsy shuttle]

why?

[pallid lark]

Personally I'm not a huge fan of apple products in general. I will caveat this by saying I haven't used an apple product in ages. But I feel like you can have a higher degree of control over your device if it runs android

[dark sand]

Cause I can use f droid and I personally dont care about eco systems I can install new ROMs if i need to and IK apple chips are powerfull but if all that power just for some olive garden shit then no one cares tbh

with android your phone belongs to you

[inland sapphire]

Very true

[drowsy shuttle]

Any exercises python?

[wanton briar]

Anyone know the monitor james uses in his videos?

Or a cheaper alternative? Thanks

[eager olive]

Yep, it's a Compaq V50 Color Monitor

I haven't found any on ebay though, so you might want to do some research on that
Note that you should expect the prices to range from 50 to 160+ bucks

For a cheaper but resembling alternative, maybe the Compaq S700, which is also larger, as well as rare

Hope that helped, good luck with your research

[wanton briar]

Thank you sm!

[eager olive]

anytime dude

[fringe jetty]

@eager olive do you know the typical size of monitors like that? I think 19" is the same size as my desk when I measured a CRT so I can't use them because I only have so much space on desk and in room.

it sucks too because I wanted to use a CRT for Melee.

[gray mesa]

what android launcher does james use on his hisense touch ereader?

[fringe jetty]

Minimal I think

@gray mesa look up "Before launcher" on google play store

as for the one on the ereader I'm not sure because hes showed many different devices. I just remember seeing Before used when he shows off his phone.

[dark sand]

Its "O launcher" i think

[eager olive]

I'll re-check in a bit I believe this one is 14"

[eager olive]

Nvm, I gave the manual another read:
-This is a 15" monitor
-it uses VGA or SVGA
-screen res is 1024 × 768
-it works on both 110-120V and 220-230V outlets

Let me know if you need anything else

[zinc wind]

generally, how many hours does it take to learn basic LaTeX

[eager olive]

What's LaTeX ?

[pallid lark]

not long

[pallid lark]

a typesetting system for publishing docs

it's f***ing amazin imo

[zinc wind]

I mean I just need to convert my physics and maths formulas into pdf

[pallid lark]

the basics are quick to pick up, but it will seems overly complicated when you first start

[pallid lark]

you can probably just use an online tool to generate the LaTeX code

and save learning it for another time

[zinc wind]

like?

[pallid lark]

I'm not sure, I've never used one, but I'm sure there is one out there

[zinc wind]

I know a bit basic stuff about mathjax

the language used on maths stack exchange

[pallid lark]

https://latexeditor.lagrida.com/

[zinc wind]

is LaTeX similar to that?

[pallid lark]

something like that

ummm not sure, never used mathjax

I don't publish formulas often

I use LaTeX mainly for it's simple reference managing and the fact I can inbed my R code into the doc I am writing

plus org-mode can just export straight to LaTeX

[zinc wind]

so I write formulas here, copy them and paste into MS Word and then print them out?

looks like it'll work

[pallid lark]

I'm not sure, I just googled it and went to the first thing that looked right

haha

[zinc wind]

Thanks a lot, you are very helpful :)

[pallid lark]

no sweat

if you are going to continue in academics or whatever latex is worth investing some time in imo

[zinc wind]

yes will learn it before going to uni

[pallid lark]

I'm guessing maths is the sort of area you'll be studying in?

[zinc wind]

I live in India and my exam result will decide what I'll be studying

[pallid lark]

oh ok wild

well keep studying then ;)

[zinc wind]

yeah :)

[pallid lark]

what might be worth looking at first, or now, is using a reference manager

it helps to organise your reading and means that citing sources while writing becomes much simpler

but that might not be useful for your subject

[zinc wind]

I like to write about this kind of stuff so I'll surely look into it

[pallid lark]

wicked

[idle dew]

Guys anyone know any coding platforms to write your code besides git and code chef

[eager olive]

Visual Studio is an old yet reliable classic

[idle dew]

Okay thankss👍😊

[eager olive]

No problem.
I could also name IntelliJidea (not sure about the spelling) but Visual Studio already has most of its functionalities ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[idle dew]

Okayy will try using it thankyou 🤗

[dark sand]

Use vim

[eager olive]

hardcore if you don't know the combos

[dark sand]

Vim macros make life easy

[pallid lark]

key binding are always a learning curve but once they are in your muscle memory it's so smooth

[eager olive]

windows' alt codes

[gray mesa]

yup that's the one i was looking for, thanks!

[idle dew]

heya i wasn’t sure where to ask about this but can anyone help me with this? i’m a total beginner haha

also, it won’t stop centering even if i add \end{center} and no mistake is indicated,,, can anyone help?

[pallid lark]

you're using \centering rather than \begin{center}

which is why \end{center} won't end it

I don't quite understand what the other issue can you elaborate?

[idle dew]

in this case i attempted using centering because after endcenter it would not stop centering but the same problem arose here

[idle dew]

t says illegal unit of measure

[pallid lark]

can you send me the texfile

I find it hard to work out without being able to play with it

[idle dew]

of course, i’ll send in in a mo

[pallid lark]

no sweat

[modest wolf]

I learned more of the C++ stuff back in the day but I found it seems to be easier to use java without errors for Leetcode. dunno why ...

[eager olive]

Java easier ?

[fringe jetty]

@eager olive thanks for answering earlier. I think that type of CRT is better because it would fit on my desk. The remaining problem is that I need space for my keyboard. I think the fact that I don't have arm space for arms to rest while typing on keyboard is a drawback so It makes the CRT setup pointless.

[dark sand]

I rather use brainfuck than java lol

[dreamy leaf]

does anyone know how to limit youtube use in pc? already delete it from my phone but i still get drag to it on pc.

[unkempt ore]

self control

also use site blocker extensions

ones that allow scheduled use of sites

[pallid lark]

an app like stayfocused can block youtube

otherwise spend less time around your phone

if you need to study put it some where else

[pallid lark]

haha CRTs are cute but a massive inconvenience

[eager olive]

And if you build a PC, put the monitor away, because the static won't be good
(Happened to an old colleague, he retired not to long after that)

[shadow stream]

@eager olive any other phones you recommend? i;m into the candy bar style of phones more than flip phones

jus copying the message here

[eager olive]

Just curious, what exactly do you mean by "candy bar"

[shadow stream]

like this, the nokia 6300

[eager olive]

Well, still in the Nokia group, maybe the 8110 4g ?

It's more recent and likely cheaper but that might depend where you live

[shadow stream]

for me anything but a flip phone, not really into those

i'm in NA btw

[shadow stream]

i wouldn't mind any brand

[eager olive]

Yup I get you, but the of feature phones world is pretty much dominated by Nokia, like, the 6300 is also pretty good

[pallid lark]

I use the 8110 4g

it's pretty good

[shadow stream]

i might get the 8110 and use my iphone as an ipod

do you use the hotspot? or does it even have one?

[pallid lark]

not sure, never used it for the tbh

https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/nokia-8110-4g?sku=16ARGYW1A09

the nokia site seems to say it does

I basically just use it to send voice messages on whatsapp

[shadow stream]

you're in EU right?

[pallid lark]

yee

[shadow stream]

apparently this phone doesn't work in NA

with T-Mobile (my carrier)

[pallid lark]

well it's funny

I have a google pixel 6a

that I use for travel

everyone said it would work in the states

but I activated my sim in a US phone

then put it in the pixel

and it worked fine

that was AT&T

even the dudes in the AT&T shop were saying it wouldn't work

[shadow stream]

LOL

might just try the 6300 and if it doesn't work oh well move on to something eles

[pallid lark]

do it

is it a feature phone or dumb phone?

[shadow stream]

feature

[pallid lark]

nice

typing on those keypads is a pain

which is why I ended up using voice messages the whole time

it's almost like having a walkie talkie haha

[shadow stream]

yea i mainly want to use it for call and text, i'm not really in a lot of group chats

and i hope it has a hotspot just in case

[pallid lark]

https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_gb/nokia-6300-4g?sku=16LIOB01A12

this site seems to say it does

[shadow stream]

i see, i've just been reading some reviews and some people are saying it doesn't work and there's other problems with the phone so i've been hesitant lately, but $70 isn't too much for my budget

or i'll go with the 225

[eager olive]

I do ~200% of typing practice daily, but my wrists start hurting a bit, any ways to prevent that ?

[inland sapphire]

The placement of your hands along with your keyboard

Maybe get a wrist rest too

[eager olive]

that's how I place my hands, but I'll look into wrist rests

thanks

[inland sapphire]

Alrighty

[pallid lark]

I've got a rolled up bit of material that I use as a wrist rest

but you want to 'lightly float' you wrists

iirc

are you keyboard and chair at the right heights @eager olive

[eager olive]

yup !

[mighty hawk]

anyone majoring in electronics engineering? precisely has experienced in learning Assembly language for pic microcontroller?

tad need of guidance or tips

[turbid adder]

Hello, anyone here has a solidworks app ?

[fossil mica]

anyone here know C?

[tight ocean]

what's up

[fossil mica]

here

i am very new to C

heres my problem

https://gyazo.com/13976b26cc1d9f1a91aebc3959e73352

why is radius not printing in main?

it says I haven't defined it but I declared my function and defined it in my function? i think

[tight ocean]

ok so, yes you have it defined in your testMath function, but unless you declare a global variable, other functions cannot access that variable. this is why your main function cannot print radius, because there is no variable declared within main to reference

does that make sense?

I can clarify further

[dapper kraken]

bruh, try to change the language before it's too late
C is too hard to get into programming

[viral bluff]

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A Beginner's Guide to Thematic Analysis for Qualitative User Research Data
& let me know you're feedback on it thanks, Krishna.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pOfuehE9YY&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=krishnadevz

[zinc wind]

hey my printer is full of pages

but its still showing load tray

and not printing

anyone know how to solve this?

[crisp creek]

look if there is a lot of dust in some sensors or ripped parts.

[zinc wind]

i opened it and there wasn't

i think there is problem with the paper it is asking for

specifically plain letter paper

but I have done printing with the A4 plain paper on this printer

only today it is showing this error

[eager olive]

Sometimes this happens when you overfill it, the max limit is often ambiguous

for example, my printer can't be over half-full, or it will do just that

Btw what are you guys' average wpm ?

[zinc wind]

i thought so, and then I emptied it and put only 5-6 pages

wasn't making :(

[eager olive]

What's the model ?

[zinc wind]

HP LaserJet something

I don't know the model

[eager olive]

sigh It's you again... my old enemy... Hewlett-Packard

I had a similar model
Will see what I can find

[zinc wind]

Thank You ✨

[eager olive]

So a common recommendation that doesn't require you to dismantle your printer is:
-Turn it on
-Unplug it for one minute
-Re-plug it

That should reset your printer, HP's paper issues are always a mystery

[zinc wind]

This didn't work :(

I think I'll need to go to repair shop for this

[idle dew]

hey guys i have a huge Question in terms of concentration loss on phone. Sometimes when im on phone im playing around with my homescreen (im on iphone) there appears to be a blurr on top of the apps and all of a sudden my brain starts to recognize again, it comes back to live and the concentration is immediatly there again because my brain got fully blacked out from the sharp looking apps and texts. So the solution is maybe to prevent yourself from getting stuck on phone with a blur Filter that u could activate or deactivate

Im writing this down here to tech related help because maybe somebody has an idea on how to integrate this, maybe via extension or via app or distribution, i dont actually know a good solution or maybe there is already something like this and im just missing it out. Also i know that u cant expect Apple or Samsung or any type of Media Producer to integrate it because they want screen time! Tell me what do u think guys!!!

i cant send a screen so you have to imagine it to be blurry or try it yourself on your iphone (i dont know if this is also possible on android), Tutorial on IOS: activate phone then when u on home screen swipe lo the left but hold it between the widget section and the first home screen section)

i u dont see potential pls ignore and sorry for the interruption🫶 🍀

[zinc wind]

what was the command to select the word while typing 😅

[zinc wind]

| $\vec{a}$ \pm $\vec{b}$ | \le |$\vec{a}$| + |$\vec{b}$|

i'm writing this in LaTeX

but the vectors aren't showing up

[fossil mica]

Sorry I didn’t reply to this until now, but yes you did help I understood and ended up finishing my assignment.

[dark sand]

can anyone help me understand some concept regarding Numerical methods?

[obsidian hemlock]

Heeey maybe a bit off topic but can anyone recommend me a LapTop up to 1500$ for business and school usage, 13-14” display and with a good battery life.. thanks 😁🫱🏻‍🫲🏽

[nova basin]

anyone who knows how to solving this, please dm to guide me. I need help :((

[idle swan]

id say range over each columns and compare between them the lenght of the strings, then append the max length (int) in the int array you return in the func

[idle swan]

macbooks

[dark sand]

Or a high speced thinkpad, like the P series

[river star]

Hi does anyone know what type of motor this is?

And what do you call the two points that are soldered?

[glad wyvern]

dc motor

and the soldered points are called positive and negative terminals

refer this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_motor

[river star]

Thank you @glad wyvern ^^

[glad wyvern]

np

[fresh spade]

hi any font-end dev here

[obtuse coral]

@fresh spadehttps://dontasktoask.com/

[idle swan]

https://tenor.com/view/damn-damn-damn-damn-damn-right-dame-time-gif-18029769

[storm scroll]

Guys, i have a very noobie question and have just started python

this code works in pycharm but doesn't work in visual studio

instead gives this error

why is that so?

this is how it looks like in visual studio and it looks like the variables are recognized? idk '-'

[eager olive]

quick tip, you can send code in discord by putting your text between these accents:

```
your text here
```

then you can add diff and add a + before a line you want to highlight in green:
```diff
your text here
+This line is green!
```

which gives:

name = input('What is your name?' )
color = input('What is your favorite color? ')
print( 'Hi ' + name )
+print('Omg my fav colour is also '+ color)

[eager olive]

also, you used " instead of ' in the 4th line of code

[warm goblet]

dont u have to use "" for strings, instead of ' ?

[eager olive]

not in this context

[warm goblet]

u can install ad ons that help you visualize typos (this type of error)

[eager olive]

hold on I got something
nvm I can't find it
ok found it

[obtuse coral]

I thought that " was used for strings and ' is used for characters

It's been at least a year since I've touched anything python related so I'm not sure.

[storm scroll]

Ahh thankyou so much, i'll keep this in mind next time

[eager olive]

Np
Got an article on formatting somewhere, want me to send it ?

[storm scroll]

Sure man, thankyou

[eager olive]

Here you go dude
https://www.writebots.com/discord-text-formatting/

[storm scroll]

Awesomee~~

[idle dew]

anyone know a good tut on how to setup emacs/doom/org mode?

last time i tried i had to reset my mac lol

[silk dawn]

Any Book recommendation for data structure and algorithms

[calm ridge]

https://teachyourselfcs.com/#algorithms

Credit - @tight ocean posted in #jimmys-book-club

[long heron]

Hello, does anyone know how James hooks up his computer to his old monitor? I'm considering doing something similar if it's within my means, but I cannot find information on doing so

[slow wasp]

adapters mostly

his old monitor might have vga or dvi

but most of his tech (old thinkpads/desktops) have those ports too

so its simple as just connecting them

for anything modern i assume he uses and adapter

[inland sapphire]

Check what port the crt has

If your devices dont have that port get an adapter

[eager olive]

His monitor is a Compaq V50, and it uses VGA/sVGA

[fossil mica]

anyone here know c

[eager olive]

I don't remember enough, but this website's really good for learning, better give it a shot

https://www.w3schools.com/c/index.php

[fossil mica]

kk ty

[marsh dagger]

hello

has anyone every coded an isolation game

in python

[placid lion]

ahh

just heard about it

[scenic oriole]

theres also a cracked channel called codevault, got me through first year C course with a 4.0 just form his vids

[fossil mica]

@scenic oriole ty will look into it

thing is

i dont struggle w the concepts

i think my prof is just insane

he's literally an op

asks for a double

doesn't teach you how to scan for double's

like bro

even though i know thats pretty basic, when compiling the code ran fine I just didnt get the correct number i was looking for and it took me like 30 min to figure out u cant %f a double in scanf

or maybe im just slow

[eager olive]

at what wpm count is your typing considered fast ?

[strange zodiac]

in my opinion +80 wpm

if you can get to +100 👏

[eager olive]

cries in 40wpm

alright I'll practice more then, thanks

[strange zodiac]

you got this 💪. remember to take breaks from time to time

i remember my dad giving me a typing program to follow when i was younger 😂

nitrotype the good old days

[eager olive]

wonder if I could find that 🤔

old school stuff can be fun, when it works

[scenic oriole]

Nah the small things will come to you after you do a bunch of practice, theres still small stuff like that I get stuck on but it trains u to get good at googling lol

glgl

[tight ocean]

i learned how to type fast by playing games 💀

[eager olive]

I know the feeling

I started learning English by playing Minecraft a long time ago.
My ass couldn't change the language (because I was totally clueless) so, I had to improvise, adapt, and overcome.

The first word I learned was pumpkin.

[inland sapphire]

Thats crazy

First english word i learned was hello

[hidden imp]

Heyyy so I need help
When I open .html text doc in vs code it open as folder with no extension like simple text file without any extension and I don't know what to do it not runin doing whatsoever

This happens like every time time and I give up

[glossy wind]

how to make work flow setup like james using org mode emac etc plz guide me

[calm ridge]

which layout?

[eager olive]

Azerty

[calm ridge]

I like colemak, but dropped it 'cos vim (keyboard text editor) shortcuts get hecked, so I stuck with good ol' qwerty

[eager olive]

colemak ?

[calm ridge]

Ah
yeh
French?

[eager olive]

yup

[calm ridge]

It's English basically, but the keys are placed in more optimal spots for the comfort of your hands
Most common keys are placed in the homerow

There's also Dvorack
ppl learn those layouts to suppousidy improve typing speed

And comfort xd

[eager olive]

sounds like that'd be worth a shot for sure
thanks !

[calm ridge]

No problem
Tho it will feel hard at first, like you're rewiring your brain
I'mma share a nice website that made the transition smoother

https://www.keybr.com/

This should help!

Maybe do like 30min a day, and you'll get there ^^

new letters will be introduced as you build better muscle memory with the ones you're practicing

[eager olive]

yup, I use it already (2h a day, yeah)
didn't know it supported dvorak though

[calm ridge]

Oh, yeh, it supports 4 layouts
workman, dvorack, colemak, and qwerty

one warning about dvorak
keyboard shortcuts are all screwed up xD
so if u wanna keep em', then colemak triea to accomplish the same while keeping most of the shortcuts same

[crisp creek]

same. I got a good score in one of my vocabulary tests when they asked for wood, ore etc 😄 a bit later i started playing multiplayer which helped a lot!

[haughty night]

hey guys any recommendations for a course for git

[idle hollow]

At least as an introduction, I like Mosh courses

[flint ravine]

thoughts 🤔 (217usd)

[gray mesa]

for the price, this is pretty decent. however, if you could spend a bit more for more ram, it's worth it to save you money down the road

[ember scaffold]

Only eh thing besides the RAM is the 2 core CPU

I’m not a thinkpad expert tho

@flint ravine

[flint ravine]

will just be used for studying

[flint ravine]

neither me lol

i'm just broke and this thinkpad cult looks very convincing XD

[ember scaffold]

I’m bias to a T480 since I just got one

https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/swkjrx/people_who_use_a_dual_core_cpu_in_2022_how_is_it/

[flint ravine]

third world country perks

[fossil mica]

I learned english the same exact way, I played on many OP prison break servers and to communicate with mfs I had to learn English. First word I learned was shovel.

[calm ridge]

Those are pretty solid

Saw a couple videos about it, and I really like it

[ember scaffold]

I’m replacing the HDD with an SSD in mine today

I’ll let everyone know my thoughts after I get it set up

[regal oxide]

hey guys can you recommend an ereader?

[regal oxide]

id love one thats really simple. i usually read novels. so i think 16 gb would be more than enough (maybe even less) and it should be a little bigger

budget is open end although i feel like i dont need an expensive one ^^

[ember scaffold]

I use a boox leaf 2 and love it

@regal oxide

I like having physical turn buttons, I also just download stuff off of libgen or use tachiyomi

It’s kinda pricey for an ereader but I figured since I wanna read a lot it was worth it

I also considered a kobo libra

[regal oxide]

thank you very much:)

[tight ocean]

ooo actually, I need an ereader rec as well. I'm looking for something that's around the size of my ipad 11", has note-taking capabilities, and can allow me to read textbooks, academic papers, novels, and manga - 100% need android so I can port notes to one-note or smth. also don't mind getting 2 devices as long as 1 is small, and 1 is big, so any suggestions would be fantastic

Ideally anywhere from 32-128gb storage or expandable, usb-c is a must, and budget is anywhere from 2-400 usd

[calm ridge]

ipad size?
400 usd sounds reasonable xd

note-taking capabilities too?

I think you could find one, but it's probably expensive

there's one with note-taking but not too big
there's one where it's ipad size but has no note-taking capabilites

if you want both, it's probs gonna cost you more than an ipad + apple pencil, so just get that really

ereaders' only benefit is less eye strain
which, at least for me who has poor vision and dry eyes, it ain't doing it for me, lol

I would say I feel scammed, but hey it's light-weight, has built-in dictionary, and battery life is no joke
So I can't complain

[calm ridge]

Also it's just not gonna be as responsive as if you'd use an ipad

At that point, I'd use real paper

[eager olive]

I don't like being that guy, but what suits your needs most seems to be an actual tablet, and you could get a fairly good one for 400 bucks

[calm ridge]

Exactly what I said, yeh

Agreed 👍

If you want something cheap and nice, the tab s6 lite is a steeeel

[eager olive]

I got a refurbished galaxy tab 3 lite for 10 bucks
it's mostly obsolete, but it reads ebooks, can take notes, last maybe a day on normal use.
For that price I can't complain

[calm ridge]

Damn, sweet deal

[fringe jetty]

anyone know how to turn on "relative line numbers" in Visual Studio 2019 or does it no exist? (Im using VSVim since I don't get the default keybindings. ChatGPT and YouTube aren't helping.)

[carmine pewter]

been eyeing listings for the s6 lite for just under/around 200€.. people seem to only be recommending it - so i guess i should go for it?

[fringe jetty]

s6 lite as in the tablet?

I just got one for christmas

[calm ridge]

Heck yeh! ✨ I do recommend you check out some reviews first to see if it suits your needs.

It's really good, light-weight, fine battery life, and good enough note-taking or even drawing exp. Should be enough for mostly whatever you wanna do on it, like reading and notes.

For 200€, it's the best you'll get for that price 😄

[fringe jetty]

Its pretty good but I end up writing really large on a small screen. but on actual paper I write smaller

dont think one note is the best on it, I use Samsung Notes and the Sketching app

is good for media consumption and light gaming

A good program I use for notes is Obsidian. (on PC it is the best because of extensions) Typing is just easier. I haven't tried taking notes for the textbook I'm assigned yet so I don't know. It just takes one hour for each page of each module. if you try writing notes by hand.

[carmine pewter]

lovely! that's pretty much what i want to use it for - digital "handwritten" notes (+ study apps etc) and possibly some amateur drawing

[fringe jetty]

the stylus you can get replacements for $20 on amazon that comes with tips. the tips break easily within a few weeks of writing notes if you are like me

thats the biggest flaw I've found.

the replacement pens also are made of a slightly different material than the one that comes with the tablet.

nothing deal breaking though.

[carmine pewter]

i looked into some other brands n models but seems i can get the best deal for the s6 lite, so i'm really happy to see good reviews