General Computer Thread

Discussion in 'Science and Technology' started by Amaris, May 26, 2016.

  1. Gingerbread Demon

    Gingerbread Demon I love Star Trek Discovery Premium Member

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    1060 is a very popular card on steam. I tried to get one 2nd hand but ouch on prices
     
  2. publiusr

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    Computer improvements
    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-electronics-quantum.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-photonic-materials-powerful-efficient-light-based.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-future-reconfigurable-metasurfaces.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-advanced-electronics.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-vertical-broke-bottleneck-powering-high-performance.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-wi-fi-lamppost.html
    https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/algae-powered-computer/
    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-ultrahigh-piezoelectric-ceramic-materials.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-unique-quantum-material-enable-ultra-powerful.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-all-optical-phase-recovery-quantitative-imaging.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-silicon-nanowires.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-google-tweets-disease-outbreak.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-intelligent-quantum-sensor-simultaneously-intensity.html
    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-polymeric-scintillators-x-ray.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-solution-cool-electronic-devices-overheating.html
    https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news2/newsid=60700.php

    Watch that robot
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-approach-safer-mobile-robotic-arms.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-everyday-wifi-robots-indoors.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-socially-aware-robots-safely-people.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-beaver-inspired-method-movements-one-legged-robot.html

    New ways to keep from being spied on
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-04-spying-ai-block-rogue-microphones.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-method-cyberattacks.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-strategy-discern-real-virtual-video.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-deepfake-algorithms-success.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-approach-faster-ransomware.html

    Computers that write reviews:
    ttps://techxplore.com/news/2022-04-product-human.html

    On language processing
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-language-assign-kinds-word-human.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-pace-machine.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-physics-ai-insights-material-properties.html

    Creating tools that open up programming languages to multiple users
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-04-tools-languages-multiple-users.html

    A way to end traffic jams
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-ai-traffic-distant-memory.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-traffic-efficient.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-artificial-intelligence-autonomous-vehicles-idling.html

    Pre-crime
    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-chicago-police-yields-index-networks.html

    Help with video clips
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-machine-learning-action-video-humans.html

    Charge up—absorb CO2
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-low-cost-battery-like-device-absorbs-co2.html

    No passwords?
    https://phys.org/news/2022-05-memory-alloy-artificial-intelligence-framework.html

    How professions are viewed
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-text-analysis-reveals-tv-representations.html
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-artificial-intelligence-job-hiring-outperforms.htm

    The 6G hack
    https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-eavesdroppers-hack-6g-frequency-diy.html

    Rotary cell phone
    https://wonderfulengineering.com/th...e-could-be-the-retro-phone-you-always-wanted/
     
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  3. Guy Gardener

    Guy Gardener Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    My mouse response slowed the %%ck down.

    I reboot the computer.

    No help.

    I switch the usb port the mouse's wireless aerial is resting in.

    No help.

    I check cpu usage on the task manager.

    No help.

    I turn my room upside down looking for my other mouse.

    No help.

    I try the mouse on a different surface.

    OOO?

    I clean the mouse with a wet rag.

    All good.
     
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  4. KamenRiderBlade

    KamenRiderBlade Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    What do you use as a mouse pad?
     
  5. Guy Gardener

    Guy Gardener Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Old hardcover school book.
     
  6. KamenRiderBlade

    KamenRiderBlade Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Do you have any desire to use a proper Mouse Pad?
     
  7. Guy Gardener

    Guy Gardener Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    No.

    Years ago when I still had a roller ball mouse I scratched the shit out of my star trek encyclopedia and almost ate through the back cover.

    I have a non traditional set up.
     
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  8. publiusr

    publiusr Vice Admiral Admiral

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    The Marangoni effect is being used to clean surfaces residue free as per nanowerk
     
  9. Santaman

    Santaman Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Grmmph, one of my machines has a H510 chipset, tried to install Linux Mint on it but nope, it was all hissy fit-ish and problematic, found out that the current Mint isn't compatible with the machine because that chipset is a tad on the new side, so downloaded the edge version of Mint which contains newer kernels and the like but still no go.
    I've tried the new Ubuntu LTS on it and that one worked, Mint is based of Ubuntu and it seems I have to wait a while before that version will be ready, so for now the machine is put aside, yes I know, I could just install Ubuntu but I'm far more comfortable with using Mint.
     
  10. { Emilia }

    { Emilia } Cute but deadly Moderator

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    Don’t do this again. A forum is for discussion, it’s not your personal blog for you to just dump links without any further comment. Don’t do this again or we’ll have to issue a spamming warning. Comments to PM.
     
  11. Shaytan

    Shaytan Vice Admiral Admiral

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    You can also try a distro with a recent kernel and Cinnamon : Ubuntu Cinnamon edition, Manjaro Cinnamon (community edition), Fedora Cinnamon spin for exemple.
     
  12. Santaman

    Santaman Vice Admiral Admiral

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    ^^ That's true but I've tried dozens of distros in the last 15-20 years and I've started to use Linux Mint as of version 13.X and I never looked back, it works on all my machines, they range from a Dell Optiplex 745 all the way up to a Ryzen 2200G and they all work flawlessly on it.
    Of course the older machines use the XFCE version of Linux Mint but even that old Optiplex doesn't feel too slow running it.:mallory:
     
  13. Unicron

    Unicron Boss Monster Mod Moderator

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    I've noticed YouTube is acting really weird for me today. I generally have no trouble with it, but several times it freezes everything just loading the page or a video. Like the page loads but the mouse freezes and I can't move it at all. There's no timer light or anything like that, and other websites seem fine. Only YT is acting strange. :confused:

    I'm looking into updating my aging laptop anyway, but if this is somehow a browser issue with Safari, it's one I've never seen before. Any advice?

    ETA:

    Just randomly had the same problem on a few other websites, with the mouse freezing. No clue what's causing it. Time to reboot... :p

    Reboot seems to have fixed it, so maybe it was a weird glitch. I tend to be paranoid sometimes... :lol:
     
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  14. Santaman

    Santaman Vice Admiral Admiral

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    When in doubt, reboot or use a hammer.. ;)
     
  15. Marc

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    Was in a local hardware store on Thursday and the POS terminals locked up (seems to happen every day around 12pm which would actually make trouble shooting a lot easier). It appeared to be a DOS based but not sure if it ran local or from remote desktop/virtualised environment. That it affected both POS units suggests the problem was at the back end.

    One of the cashiers made a comment about bringing a hammer and some-one actually went to get one until it was clarrifyed that the reference was to a portable POS unit.
     
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  16. Santaman

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  17. KamenRiderBlade

    KamenRiderBlade Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Do any of you folks still use PS/2 ports for the KB / Mice?

    I miss those days. So much Nostalgia for them =D
     
  18. Gingerbread Demon

    Gingerbread Demon I love Star Trek Discovery Premium Member

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    Kinetic repair..... Known more commonly as Percussive maintenance



    I only got some of the clips, anyone able to name them all?
     
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  19. John Clark

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    Pretty sure one of my old PC's still does:)
     
  20. Santaman

    Santaman Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Gamers use PS/2 ports because of it being faster than USB, I still use them because most of my machines have them and I've got a few nice PS/2 keyboards which are working perfectly fine.:mallory:
     
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