hmm

so the 2.4GHz radio on my main AP died at some point

anyone wanna suggest a replacement? :P

ddwrt/openwrt support wanted but not required

A replacement depend on what ytou want.

e.g. wireless Ap only. Or build in switch. Switch at 100 ok or needs gigabit speeds

and wireless: 5Ghz ac? 1, 2, 3 or 4 streams?

etc

For me price was a big issue so I went for a tplink archer 2600

@Hennes eh. AP only would be alright, full (consumer) router maybe preferred, ac unimportant

and I'm looking at $100+, where everything's GbE anyway

I'd either be replacing a WDR4300 or adding an AP to it

since the built in radio half died

@Hennes not too many but some devices that don't support 5GHz

which is why it took me so long to realise, most were either on 5 or hanging off the second AP (across the house, poor signal)

...and my previous router:

@Hennes But the one I had died :(

And a 802.11n router several months later.

(currently on a NETGEAR Nighthawk X4S, model R7800)

@Bob build your own ;p

@JourneymanGeek bah, too hard :P

(eh, its on my current backlog of projects ;p)

@JourneymanGeek also it's hard to find good AP hardware

most just use the Intel client chips

store.steampowered.com/app/587620/OKAMI_HD

youtu.be/Qr1p5R6KU8s (warning, tiny boobie keycap in the background. also, that keyboard in the forground is unusual)

Here's one thing where this monitor is obviously better: It's less dependent on warming up. My Acer H226HQL tended to require quite a few minutes to reach the intended brightness, and its brightness would change dramatically depending on the ambient temperature.

(brand-new Dell S2417DG gaming monitor: 23.8" TN, 1440p 144+ Hz with G-SYNC)

The Acer's dependence on ambient temperature made it a pain in the butt to calibrate.

And yeah. I scored a fantastic deal on this Dell monitor because Best Buy's price jumped back to $500. (oddly, Dell.com and Amazon still sell it for $380; pre-Black Friday sale)

Ultimately decided against the PG279Q. Far too many reports of backlight bleed/IPS glow problems.

Also, too expensive.

Only issue with the S2417DG is the gamma. Tom's Hardware says the gamma is way off towards brighter tones. (It helps that I have a colorimeter...)

Color accuracy otherwise is excellent out of the box.

Probably won't generate a detailed calibration report for this display, but suffice it to say that DisplayCAL reports 93.2% sRGB coverage and 68.2% Adobe RGB coverage. (The H226HQL scored 87.5% and 63.0%, respectively.)

Gamut is not as wide as I had hoped but it's above average for a TN panel. Furthermore, the Dell uses a true 8-bit panel, while the Acer has a 6-bit panel, so color fidelity is noticeably better.

(most TN panels are 6-bit; a 6-bit IPS panel like the one in the Acer H226HQL is unusual)

Also, the bezel on the S2417DG is actually thinner than that on the H226HQL (despite having what Acer calls "Zero Frame")!

TN viewing angle limitations aside, this is quite simply the best monitor I've used in a very, very long time.

TIL: congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/438

No points for guessing why this is happening.

(asserts obstruction of justice by Trump)

Specifically, that Trump obstructed justice by firing Comey in an apparent attempt to stop an ongoing FBI investigation into his ties with Russia.

!!/tumbleweed

unpacking the jdk isn't going to magically install the javac command right?

Had some weird 2500 ms network latency spikes every 8-10 seconds - some software glitch was responsible. Had to reboot the machine :\

Hibernate, router reboot, network adapter reset... none of these worked.

I don't recall ever having a software problem cause latency spikes.

@micsthepick depends on the platform and what you mean by "unpack" and "install"

This was disruptive because I was in an RDP session.

I unpacked the jdk in /usr. I assume that editing ~/.bashrc does not change the PATH for all users?

$ javac --version
javac 9.0.1

@micsthepick no, it'd only change it for you

but, this all depends on your distro

@JourneymanGeek thoe are amazing

lol

and I worked out that's a 40% keyboard ._.

morning @rahuldottech

lp0:~O

hi

I love Java :)

feels good to have internet once again. From the monthly to weekly interruption in internetz now

OMG. Worst question EVER on SU :/

what does it mean??!?

@DavidPostill on the other hand, Its not quite off topic. Just... not very good

unclear?

@jokerdino Nothing at all. It is not valid machine code or a valid exe file header ...

:)

^^^ Running a file full of zeros ...

@DavidPostill good answer but I'd add that there is no such thing as context-free "machine code"; the term machine code as in the question only means anything within the context of a specific processor/architecture/family, and when it runs in user-mode on top of an OS, many specific rules have to be obeyed, like you mentioned... PE header, memory segmentation limits what memory you can access, etc.

and there are different opcodes for each architecture that have their own semantics in terms of what the next byte(s) must be to pass arguments to them

and once again, questions based on nothing but speculation lead to utter wastes of time

@JourneymanGeek What problem is it trying to solve?

If you don't know the problem, you can never identify the answer

@allquixotic Agreed, but I think that might be a bit complicated for the OP to understand ;)

Morning all

@BenN Good $timeofday :)

piclaw.xyz

Chrome's still faster

laptopmag.com/articles/firefox-quantum-vs-chrome

Well, it's very variable.

@DavidPostill There also needs to be a header that starts with something like MZ.

Running a blank executable file... triggers a "This app can't run on your PC" error.

[Window Title]
C:\Users\brian\Desktop\e.exe

[Content]
C:\Users\brian\Desktop\e.exe

The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.


[OK]

(for a file full of null bytes)

If the file is blank (zero bytes)...

Unlike COM files, EXEs have a format

You might be able to create a COM file full of zeros and try it in DOSBox

IIRC zero is "add" in 16-bit x86

I created a COM file with 24 zero bytes and running it crashed DOSBox, so I guess that's not valid

The console printed something about an invalid call

lol

@bwDraco Yes. I've aleady tested a .exe - see my answer :)

@bwDraco Is that error for Windows 10? It's a bit different. Can I use your image in my answer?

Yes, feel free :)

@bwDraco It is Windows 10?

@bwDraco Hey man. Did you just buy this monitor or a similar one? I got an email saying

> Slickdeals' Best Deals: 27" Dell S2716DGR 2560x1440 144Hz GSync Gaming Monitor for $350 at Best Buy

OK, so he ordered the 24" 2017 model and the 27" 2016 model is on sale

He might have paid around $379 unless the price has changed recently

that's $30 more for the newer generation (by 1 year) but 3" less diagonal space

@allquixotic Yup.

$380 minus $15 in gift certificates.

So is that a 27 for the price of 24, or a 24 for the price of 27 ? ;)

Not the S2716DG.

Hmm. So... tried overclocking my old Acer display. Turns out it can go up to 76 Hz.

@djsmiley2k He bought a 24 for $15 more than a $27-on-sale

ah ok

Nice price for the 27 then

yeah, except that the 27 is from last year

though I can't really distinguish any meaningful differences between the 2016 and 2017 models

any lithium batteries?

lol

Haven't tried running the Dell at 165 Hz, since I don't think that's going to be a noticeable difference. But I'm currently doing 75 Hz on an Acer H226HQL and it is noticeably smoother.

@djsmiley2k maybe those are new to the 2017

:D

well, I tried watching "Rick and Morty"

gods below, it's such a piece of crap

(Acer H226HQL under frame skip test, operating at 75 Hz)

TIL ordinary LCD monitors can be overclocked, like the CRTs of yore.

@DavidPostill Yes, this was tested on Astaroth.

(Windows 10 Pro version 1709 x64)

So... @allquixotic, have you tried overclocking "normal" monitors before? You can set custom display modes in the NVIDIA Control Panel to force the monitor to operate at a higher refresh rate.

Old people shouldn't be allowed to call IT Helpdesks. D:

@MichaelFrank Who are you calling old? ;)

Well, overclocking isn't going to help the IPS panel's crazy overshoot (overdrive) but it will make it feel smoother.

@DavidPostill If you have to read every option from a context menu out loud every time you click on it... you're old.

@MichaelFrank lol. Perhaps it was a blind reader using some speech accessibility option ;)

@DavidPostill No, I've met this user a few times. They're certainly not blind.

@bwDraco technically anything over 60 Hz is "overclocking" my current monitor (Predator X34) according to the manufacturer, but it works stably and is basically designed for it

morn

Hi!

Woof

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