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DragonLord

7:01 PM

> The deal completes Dell's transformation from a consumer PC business to an IT solutions provider for companies.

money.cnn.com/2015/10/12/technology/dell-emc

It's only a matter of time before Dell no longer has any place in the consumer PC market.

Just like IBM, after it sold off its PC division to Lenovo.

@JourneymanGeek: Why are you here this time of day? Isn't this an ungodly hour for you?

The cloud is everything these days. Less is taking place on local computers and in-house datacenters, more is being done on massive server farms shared with innumerable other users.

Even I, as a traditional PC user, have started to experiment with working in the cloud. Cloud computing means convenient, scalable, and affordable access to compute resources.

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Mokubai

8:38 PM

@allquixotic How're you liking the iPhone? Any quirks or things you prefer?

DragonLord

9:05 PM

I'm trying to get some use out of my old 2012 Nexus 7. I've unlocked the bootloader, flashed TWRP recovery, and wiped all partitions, so I pretty much have a clean slate (pun intended) and can install arbitrary software on the device. Any ideas on what I can do with it?

Mokubai

Do you have any doors that swing open in a light breeze or paper that you need to hold down?

In seriousness though: bookreader, media player, makeshift Chromecast-like device, web browser pad...

depending on your mouse software a lot of the gaming ones can send system stats to a remote device so you can control your mouse dpi and see system stats while playing... Logitech has their Arx software for Android that only mostly sucks...

Roccat software looks nicer, but it's just another set of abandonware (like Logitechs "enhanced" bits) and their mice suck more.

DragonLord

@Mokubai I have Roccat hardware (mouse and keyboard) and can look into Power-Grid.

Mokubai

Power Grid looks nicer than the Logitech alternative, but that's about where it ends. They're basically the same in terms of what they can do.

DavidPostill

9:26 PM

@DragonLord You could control your home central heating (remotely) or other household appliances ...

DavidPostill

9:41 PM

Q: Strange display issue with VLC

I just installed a server and I ran some sample video testing, but for some reason I can't understand the video is showing characters and numbers instead of pixels. Here is an image of how I see it: Do you think it has to do something with the video card configuration, or could it be just a si...

Hmm. I wonder why a test video called " "Color AsCii Art" displays strange letters and numbers: ;)

Journeyman Geek

@DragonLord My machines are set up to backup and sleep at specific times. The laptop backs up at night. Guess it took longer.

allquixotic

10:00 PM

@Mokubai No quirks. It's perfect. J/K

Mokubai

10:14 PM

@allquixotic Okay, why the "j/k"? Things you not like about it?

I've just been suckered in by Samsung yet again, and they bought me further into Microsoft it seems.

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill: heh, I knew that one. It amuses the heck out of me.

xCare

10:37 PM

@Mokubai is it true what they say that deleting one's own posts doesn't incur any point penalties?

seems I got into hot water earlier for asking for specifics on the deletion/closing post process

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Q: What are all the penalties to delete or close our own Questions or Answers?

EDIT: This deals with finding out information about penalties for the deletion and closing process, questions not dealt with in the question marked as duplicate. I'd like to know please what are the all the exact penalties if I delete questions or answers I've asked. How about if others delete...