[X] My Assistant

Since U3 is still expensive, this will suffice.

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Just found out that you can use adb to manually uninstall those otherwise unremovable stock apps Samsung likes to riddle their phones with, and it doesn't even need root
So long, Facebook and Instagram apps

I wonder if I should bother replacing my thinkpad x201 with the i7-620m/i5-580m version of the same laptop.
They still have the same shit iGPU and I'll need to buy another motherboard or another laptop to do it (soldered BGA, and I've not got the equipment to even try replacing it).

No, I will not get a 16:9 laptop or a macbook.

Might go for a Panasonic Let's Note model, but they're only sold in Japan so it could be tricky. 1920x1200 at 12" sounds awesome though.
Also they're ridiculously expensive compared to an x201

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Oct 24 2018, 05:53

From 30Mbps to 300Mbps at no extra cost. Good.

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My computer sensors still tell me my CPU cores are running at least at 80°C, and often jumping above 95°C.
But if those values were true, I would no longer have a computer, but a lump of magma instead for the time I've used it normally (after various checks of course).
I wonder what's wrong and if I will find a way to fix it.

From 30Mbps to 300Mbps at no extra cost. Good.

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Grats, i'm still on 100mbps.

My computer sensors still tell me my CPU cores are running at least at 80°C, and often jumping above 95°C.
But if those values were true, I would no longer have a computer, but a lump of magma instead for the time I've used it normally (after various checks of course).
I wonder what's wrong and if I will find a way to fix it.

Laptop or desktop?
Dust it out, whichever it is, and make sure all the fans spin (or if it's water cooled, that your pump works and you don't have leaks).
Also some older CPU's have normal operating temperatures of 70 to 85°C.

My computer sensors still tell me my CPU cores are running at least at 80°C, and often jumping above 95°C.
But if those values were true, I would no longer have a computer, but a lump of magma instead for the time I've used it normally (after various checks of course).
I wonder what's wrong and if I will find a way to fix it.

Laptop or desktop?
Dust it out, whichever it is, and make sure all the fans spin (or if it's water cooled, that your pump works and you don't have leaks).
Also some older CPU's have normal operating temperatures of 70 to 85°C.

Desktop.
And it actually got worst after dusting, and definitely should be far below those values.

Desktop.
And it actually got worst after dusting, and definitely should be far below those values.

Might also be the thermal compound degrading. Ran into some cases where the thermal compound degraded due to the CPUs being pushed hard. Replaced the compound, gave the guts a good spraying with an air compressor, and things were fine again. An even rarer issue would be thermal pipe leakage in fan cooling units. Those pipes use alcohol inside to carry heat away from the cores.

This post has been edited by chriseras: Nov 4 2018, 08:21

To finish on my story (since it somehow was the latest discussion in that story), the issue came from one corner of the cpu block not screwed hard enough.
The things you screw on this kind of cpu to attach it to the motherboard are shit (my previous cpu had to go to thrash because one of the corner things got completely destroyed when I took it out to replace thermal paste, and it wasn't something that could be repaired or replaced), I think Intel may even have gotten sued in the past about it, or got other kinds of troubles, so modern hardware should no longer have this kind of issue.
Anyway, rescrewing did the trick (but as I mentioned, it could also have completely destroyed everything, I was scared when my father did that (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) ), and after a few adjustments, things are back to normal for now.

To finish on my story (since it somehow was the latest discussion in that story), the issue came from one corner of the cpu block not screwed hard enough.
The things you screw on this kind of cpu to attach it to the motherboard are shit (my previous cpu had to go to thrash because one of the corner things got completely destroyed when I took it out to replace thermal paste)

So you replaced your CPU, because your heat sink was garbage? You're talking those spring powered clip things that hold the sink on the board, right?
That's, like, a $20 part, I bet. At most.
And a bolt and nut should suffice to replace it, if that's not what your dad ended up doing and I'm reading this wrong. Your terminology (i.e., corner things, cpu block, the things you screw on this kind of cpu to attach it to the motherboard) could use some work.
The heat sink doesn't hold the CPU on the motherboard; the ZIF socket does that. The heat sink just gives a relatively efficient heat transferral vector to prevent the cpu core from overheating.

Anyway, rescrewing did the trick (but as I mentioned, it could also have completely destroyed everything, I was scared when my father did that (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) )

Unless you have absolutely no coordination and try to do it in under 15 seconds while blindfolded, you have basically no chance of breaking anything. At least, if you're doing what I think you're doing.

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Nov 5 2018, 08:23

A very long time ago (possibly in an era where Internet and mobile phones barely existed yet), I think I would have planned to put 150~300 euros for a computer.
Later, when I had to do it, I went as far as using 1000 euros for my current system.
Recently, I made some tests on shopping websites, and it feel like I may have to go 1500~2000 euros for my next system, but then there will be the issue of more common planned obsolescence, as well as decreased long term reliability of hardware, main OS, sub OS (internet browser), and possibly other issues.
Maybe buying much cheaper system, but changing it more often, may be a more reliable than 10 years ago.
I wonder (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

edit (because I thought of something else 2 days later):

Nowadays, the trend seems to be to have 2 hard disks: 1 SSD and 1 HD.
I wonder what's the usual practice for downloads in that case?
Download to the SSD for max speed, then move the downloaded files to HD, or directly download to bigger HD, possibly losing download speed, but having better computer responsiveness and/or saving some work from the SSD, or other reasons?

This post has been edited by uareader: Nov 13 2018, 05:06

One of the joys of using development versions of Chromium is getting delightfully cryptic error messages when you run into a bug

Based on human evaluations using industry standard test sets, we are seeing up to 11% improvement in overall quality.

How do they even quantify translation quality?

Trying to figure out what laptop I want to ask for xmas

Trying to figure out what laptop I want to ask for xmas

they all suck now
get a tandy 1400HD (the version with the hard disk, as opposed to the 1400LT).

but for real, they all suck now unless you go for panasonic, but even those have caveats, like no trackpoint and insane prices.
The toughbooks are still good and are available in america.
the Let's Note series books are also excellent, but japan-only so you'd have to import.

The SV and XZ series in particular look nice.
16:10 screens in the SV, 3:2 in the XZ. Both are 12" notebooks with decent CPU's, though the XZ has better ones. Both have a ton of kinds of ports, which is a plus, and the XZ is a tablet convertible. Both feature proper LAN jacks, and the SV features a CD/DVD tray. They use island keyboards and use standard barrel jacks for power, if I'm reading correctly. Also they're well built.

But again, japan only and expensive.
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My laptop is a Thinkpad X201 Tablet from 2010.

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I've connected my Android phone to my local Pi-hole for shits and giggles and the results are somewhat interesting
• PC: around 10% of requests are blocked (most of them are Windows/Microsoft telemetry)
• Phone: around 35% of requests are blocked (all kinds of shit in there)
I'm even using a mobile browser with a built-in adblocker, but I guess that's not enough

tl;dr phones are riddled with adds and telemetry

Uploaded over 200GB in less than 48 hours. New record for me.

A year and a half ago I've bought a Z270 MB with G4600 to replace the latter with something more powerful later. But prices for top-tier Intel CPUs are getting ridiculous. I guess it's time to move on AM4, because AMD 1X00 + x470 MB will actually cost me less than a decent 7X00 and will last for a longer period of time. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif)

This post has been edited by Evil Scorpio: Nov 29 2018, 20:40

...Does anyone actually need that much power?
Feels like at this point we're just buying bigger and bigger because consumerism.