>>24363
This. They take this very seriously, and if you end up with suspension it can take a few days to put right.

>>24363
>>24364
So you can't make an email address, and add it to whatever app you use for your emails and let them send you whatever they want? You can't have a burner? How about giving them your normal pay-as-you-go phone number?

You lot make it sound harder than it is. It is really weird. I run 5 websites, and they are all registered to a fake named character from a fake address in London somewhere. Stop being idiots.

>>24365

Most good domain registrars offer a free WHOIS privacy service. The difference between a crap registrar and a good one is about two quid a year. If you're willing to dick about with all that rigmarole and risk losing your domain for the sake of two quid, then don't let me stop you.

Surprised none of you have mentioned this yet:

https://www.domainsbyproxy.com/default.aspx

Be aware that a domain name is property, and if your name is not listed it may be difficult to prove ownership. Fraudulent transfers do happen, and if you've put a false name in then you might have trouble getting it back. If your name does not appear on the WHOIS then as far as ICANN are concerned you do not own the domain, so be careful with using proxy or nominee services.

>>24367
That's because they're known to hand over details to almost anyone who asks, and, worse, your actual registration would be with Godaddy.

Have you tried zooming out then zooming in on the place you want?

>>24354
> nor page up & page down
Interestingly enough, there was a browser once, on a platform now nearly forgotten, that used to have such functions. I fail to fathom why no one has ever tried to copy that.

Gave me an idea. Implementing such a thing would be probably possible for Firefox mobile via its extension mechanism.

The problem is that I cannot program. Then perhaps such extension does exist already.

Home button is sort of available. Opera on Android has a feature where, after scrolling up for a bit, it gives you an arrow to tap to go back to the top. Chrome does something similar, if I'm not mistaken. On iOS, if you tap the top of the screen in Safari it'll jump to the top of the page.

>>24343

Yep, you're absolutely right. Mostly I've had ex-C programmers bug me about this while trying to update ints by reference and the idea of suggesting passing them as single-element lists never even crossed my mind. Thanks lad, I've learned something today and I'm only on my first cup of tea.

Is there a better way of creating an empty object in Python than this?

http://pastebin.com/psW67T4w

In Javascript you can just do obj = {} or obj = Object.create(null) and go from there.

>>24348

You need to think differently about objects in Python, because the language lacks prototypal inheritance. Objects are used very liberally in Javascript, because anything can inherit properties from anything else via the prototype chain; You can add methods as and when you need them, which isn't the case in Python, where you really need to define your classes up front.

The closest thing Python has to an object literal is the dictionary object, but it's much less flexible and shouldn't be thought of as equivalent. Trying to write Python as if it were just Javascript with different syntax is a disaster waiting to happen.

>>24348
Could you shed some light on why you want to do that? There's almost never a good reason to create an empty object like that in python (the only exception I've come across so far was when having to write something compatible with optparse and argparse) and as >>24350 points out, trying to force a fundamentally different language's constructs into python will only end in tears.

>>24348
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ostruct

The basic problem with the idea is that of categorisation. It's very hard for software to understand meaning, and how data relates to other data on a human level. Categorising things is really difficult even for humans, and damned near impossible for computers.

A lot of categories have very fuzzy definitions, so it's hard for a program to decide whether something is in that category or not. Many data types are very difficult to process automatically - categorising a video might require accurate speech recognition, categorising images might require good machine vision and so on.

Tim Berners Lee proposed a very similar idea called the Semantic Web, but it never really took off. The hope was that resources on the web could be tagged with relevant metadata, to allow for exactly the sort of application you describe. Content creators tended not to bother adding those tags, and those who did often just stuffed it with spammy keywords. Google totally ignores the keywords meta tag (and treats the other tags very skeptically) because it was so rampantly abused by SEO spammers.

The software you describe isn't necessarily very difficult to build, but would require an enormous amount of tedious manual cataloguing to be even remotely useful. Some systems do work in the way you describe, but they're generally only used for highly valuable data that is already very well categorised, like scientific or financial information.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web

>>23976

I have a One M7 and I'm seconding this, the flagship HTC models are just shit hot. The only thing they're missing is the ability to expand the memory, but I'd still pick a One over a Galaxy for overall fit and finish. I find myself getting more and more frustrated every time I use iOS now. They've fucked the user experience entirely.

>>23976
>HTC One M8
Nice phone M8.

Sorry.

If anyone is looking for a mid-priced phone, there's a new value champion, the Vodafone Smart Ultra 6. For £125, you get a 1080p display, 4G, eight cores, 2gb of RAM, Android L, a decent sized battery and a MicroSD slot. Unlocking is available on eBay for less than a fiver, and you don't have to buy a topup with the phone. It's a ridiculous bargain, even compared to those off-brand Chinese phones from DX.

http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/pay-as-you-go/vodafone-smart-6-ultra-payg/sku86605-grey
http://www.trustedreviews.com/vodafone-smart-ultra-6-review


Apologies for the bump.

>>24345
>Apologies for the bump.
Not at all. It's nice when people bump old threads with new information, instead of just replying to a months old post to call someone a cunt.

>>24346

See you in a few months mate... :-*

(A good day to you Sir!)

I too would be interested in this.

Although I also wish smartphones had extra physical buttons. I still use a separate MP3 player mainly so I can skip tracks or change the volume without having to take it out of my pocket. (or mess around with poncy bluetooth headphones)

>>24312

A lot of inexpensive in-ear headphones have inline remotes that allow for the control of basic playback functions. An app like Headset Button Controller allows you to customise the function of those buttons. An advantage of using a smartphone over an MP3 player is that you can use Google Now to control media playback using speech.

>>24313

In-line remotes are nearly as bad, it cuts your choice of headphones down to about a quarter, and it's an extra thing on the cable to get snagged on things and break.
As for using google now, I'm not going to walk around Tesco shouting "next track"

It just annoys me because there's no good reason that my phone couldn't have an extra few buttons down the side, and I'm hoping that this line of minimalism is just a fad.

>>24312
I don't know how useful it'll be to you, but if you're rooted and have Xposed, then Gravitybox has a feature that lets you use the volume buttons to skip tracks by holding them down when the screen's off, so I just do that through my pocket.

I use Poweramp, if you've rooted your phone you could get it for free I guess

That's an insane (or at the very least ridiculous) decision, as the article makes very clear. What the bloody hell were they thinking?

The problem is with the current Android permissions system. An app must request every permission it needs for every feature in one big lump at install time. The developer can't provide explanations in the permissions request dialog, and the user is forced to either accept all permissions or not install the app. This is far from ideal for both parties. Users have to sign their life away just to try an app, and developers are stuck with either scaring off users with a massive list of permissions or removing useful features.

This article explains the (perfectly legitimate) reasons for the permissions needed by Facebook Messenger:

http://www.androidcentral.com/facebook-messenger-permissions-not-scary-stories-might-have-you-believe

The problem will be fixed in Android M, which will have a completely new approach to permissions. Rather than being one big lump, permissions will be dealt with individually. The user will only be asked to accept or deny a permission at the point when that permission is needed; For example, if you never use the SMS features in an app, then you will never be asked to grant that permission. Users can deny specific permissions, and the app will have to cope gracefully with that. A system settings menu will allow users to see what permissions are currently granted to which apps, and revoke any previously granted permissions.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V-fIGMDsmE?start=3600

>>24123

Also, inb4 that lad who responds to every post about the complexities of software development by calling us all whiny incompetent cunts.

>>24124

Shut up and make my messages load faster, you useless prick.

>>24123
I really hate how he speaks.

This might be of some interest to some people: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2015/06/google-chrome-listening-in-to-your-room-shows-the-importance-of-privacy-defense-in-depth/

>>24325

Flats often have problems with interference and congestion, due to the density of nearby access points and other 2.4GHz equipment. The problem isn't necessarily bandwidth, but availability. Wifi connections on busy channels tend to suffer from chronic packet loss, which can ruin online gaming. That can be largely mitigated by using 5.4GHz, but that's a potentially expensive solution if you need to upgrade all your kit. Powerline is usually rock solid, and surprisingly affordable - a pair of basic 500AV adapters costs less than £25 from Solwise.

>>24326
Fair enough, I didn't know they'd got that cheap. My experience with them has been really mixed, especially in older houses where the wiring is dodgy, but I'm not surprised to hear they've improved.

>>24323
Hmm, >>24321-lad here. Now I think about my internet is slower than it used to be when I had it downstairs instead of in my room. Why did this never occur to me.

Alright lads, OP here
Cheers for your advice, I've got VDSL from BT with the Home hub 5, from what I can gather from the googling and the look of my master socket it's filtering out the broadband before it gets to the extension wiring
I have considered trying to rerun the wires with actual Ethernet cable however given the location of the master and the Sheer distance and route it must take to get to my room(there's a good chance it's partially external) that's a no go, I was hoping for a cheap bodge with the phone wiring really since I won't make use of it.

I mainly wanted to have Ethernet in my bedroom because it's what I'm used to but I've done some tests and it seems the WiFi isn't actually that bad, certainly I appear able to max out my internet connection with it(76Mbs) which was a nice surprise

My secondary reason was as a location to plonk the sever but it hit me earlier tonight that while it would be out of the way in the bedroom I'd also have to sleep with it and it would stand a good chance of keeping me up, I've decided to put it in a very large cupboard near the living room which I can route a long Ethernet cable into discretely.

Should I need to get ethernet elsewhere I'll probably go with the homeplugs.

Thanks for your advice anyway.

>>24329
>put it in a very large cupboard near the living room
Might want to keep an eye on the temperatures to begin with.

>>24302

I don't code a lot of javascript, thank christ, but 'return text.indexOf(substr) === text.length - substr.length;' seems like an incredibly barse-ackwards way of checking the end of a string.

Something like 'return text.slice(-substr.length) === substr' seems a lot more logical.

I'll write something in bash for you if i cba, later on.

>>24277
Corporate IT plays a significant role in choosing a company's browser, sure. When you interviewed for your current company you had the chance to learn what the IT department were like and you chose to work there anyway.

Corporate IT often gets away with a lot of shit because people complain among themselves and not to the right people. That's probably true of life and not just corporate IT. People whine and bitch that people in power are fucking them, but so often they've never expressed their lack of consent.

>>24307
You're doing really well, rapistlad. Keep on digging. Them victims wont no wot hit em.

>>24302

Oh, I see now. indexOf finds the first occurrence. Like I said, I'm still learning.

On a sidenote, it's very hard to find the classic blue jeans and george asda running shoes combo on google images.

>>24194
>But what kind of idiot spends £500/month on a mortgage? Admit it, you didn't really want a small flat, you just wanted a property and the ability to throw away £500/month for no reason.

>>24196
Nice comparison.

>>24199
Yeah, they're completely different. One involves buying something and paying for it over time, while the other involves buying something and paying for it over time.

>>24200
You're doing awesome. Keep going.

>>24152
Means you have the timezone set wrong lad. Set it to UK and not UTC.

>>24153
I meant Ubuntu 12.04.

>he doesn't hide the dock

How people live like that I don't know.

(A good day to you Sir!)

Install a tiling window manager.

>>24165

Or at the very least opt for Xubuntu.

>>24107

Yep, all you need is the source to plug into them. It's worth noting that most of this kind of speaker don't take the standard 3.5mm headphone jack, they either take the big 1/4" ones or stereo phono plugs.

You can either pop down to Craplin and get a couple of adaptors to chain together, or just go down the sound card route and get something like the smallest M-Box (designed for Pro-Tools recording, but works fine as just a general purpose sound card).

For £200 you should easily get a set of slightly bigger speakers than the one I posted above and a sound card, with change left over for a Cornetto.

>>24109
Yeah, I'm using some chain of franken-adaptors at home because my old 3.5MM - > RCA adapter broke and that's what the TV thing takes.

What about the AV-40s? They seem to be the 'next one up' and still have an integrated amp.

I do think a cheap USB DAC can be a noticable improvement over most laptop sound under certain conditions. It does depend on your speakers/headphones, although it depends more on the sensitivity than the quality.

My PCs built-in sound seemed to pick up a lot of interference from the graphics card, although it was only noticeable on my grado headphones, nothing else I own was sensitive to pick up the buzzing.

You don't even need to spend £50, this is £25 and it should be pretty good. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-Xonaru3-Mobile-USB-Soundcard/dp/B004ZI5E1S/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1431869882&sr=8-20&keywords=usb+sound+card

Of course follow the advice in >>24106 first, get some active monitors now, and worry about a USB DAC later.

>>24110

Exact same thing with a slightly bigger speaker. If you can push it up to the next model, the BX-5, it'll be a significant improvement in terms of all-round frequency response though.

Be careful of leaving them switched on if you do go for these however, I had a set where the transformer caps eventually went dodgy. Still meaning to repair them but they are a bugger to disassemble. Check around for reviews on similar priced KRKs or Yamahas if you like, though I suspect the build quality for any brand is going to be similar in this price range.

>>24112
Interesting. Thanks. I do have a cheap Sennheiser DAC I use to give my laptop a microphone port but I have to pay I prefer my laptop's DAC because I can use the onboard equaliser.

Looks like I'll go for the monitors and keep using the TV thing at home then.

>>24079

Yep, they have replaced the old publicly available ISOs with their new "Microsoft Software Recovery" service, which requires a legit CD key.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-recovery

>>24079
Still plenty of torrents out there, and the hashes to verify the ISOs are still widely available.

OP here.

As it happens, i've been given this by a friend. Certainly a step up from what I had but, I figure it could be better.

>>24102
Does it do everything you need it to do?

>>24102

Needs a new mother board, CPU and RAM. £100 tops. Two 4gb sticks ddr3, the rest on the CPU, both from CeX, scrounge a compatible mb from somewhere.