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Wol said:
Knowing that the forum has had DDOS problems and stutters along from day to day, I would recommend that you approach/DM Null about getting permission for scraping, including your intent and scope for it off the bat.
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One time I scraped parts of arXiv for a shitlib physics grad student who later called me a "fucking retard" for having the wrong opinions and ended up having to access arXiv with other IPs for a while after that fiasco. (Wasn't grateful for the Python help either.)
 
How do I deal with all these missing icons? I'm using the Brave Browser on IOS. To clarify something obvious, I am using the built in filters in Brave but I know that it's not the problem. I reinstalled brave with anything content blocking related off and it still has this problem.
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Ryei said:
How do I deal with all these missing icons? I'm using the Brave Browser on IOS. To clarify something obvious, I am using the built in filters in Brave but I know that it's not the problem. I reinstalled brave with anything content blocking related off and it still has this problem.
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Not familiar with Brave on iOS, but it looks to me like it could be either a reminiscent cache issue, even considering that you reinstalled everything, or otherwise an issue somewhere with retrieving fonts, since all the icons are part of a font. Have you tried clearing your cache? If not, you can try going into settings in the app (under the three dots on the top right) > Shields and Privacy > Clear Private Data to at least enable the Cache option in that section and then hit Clear Data Now. If that doesn't work, I'd suggest doing something like restarting the phone to see if it works to reset or remove the issue if it's just odd behavior. Using a fresh/default install for reference, I was able to see the icons on the site, so it seems that there shouldn't be a problem with normal Brave behavior.
 
Wol said:
Not familiar with Brave on iOS, but it looks to me like it could be either a reminiscent cache issue, even considering that you reinstalled everything, or otherwise an issue somewhere with retrieving fonts, since all the icons are part of a font. Have you tried clearing your cache? If not, you can try going into settings in the app (under the three dots on the top right) > Shields and Privacy > Clear Private Data to at least enable the Cache option in that section and then hit Clear Data Now. If that doesn't work, I'd suggest doing something like restarting the phone to see if it works to reset or remove the issue if it's just odd behavior. Using a fresh/default install for reference, I was able to see the icons on the site, so it seems that there shouldn't be a problem with normal Brave behavior.
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Clearing the cache somehow fixed the issue instantly. I say somehow because I have always cleared my cache since I have everything ticked in the Clear Private Data section.
 
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Officer Barbrady said:
Apparently Calibre still gives the option to transfer books to Kindle via USB. It's just Amazon that are nulling that service, but Calibre supposedly should still work.
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Calibre rules. I used to use FBReader on Linux but something as simple as monospaced code doesn't work in it. Overall Calibre is a much more pleasant reading experience including for non-technical stuff like Black Library books. If the whole Calibre package is a bit much for you, it's still possible to use the standalone ebook-viewer and not have to import books into your "library". Oh and, by the way, you might want to know about how it saves bookmark files in EPUBs and how to turn that off if desired:
 
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I have a bunch of files that are named something like this:
File1.DESCRIPTION File1.JPG File1.JSON File1.WebM File2.DESCRIPTION File2.JSON File2.WebM File2.WEBP File3.DESCRIPTION File3.JSON File3.MKV File3.WebM
Is there any program that I can use to sort them into folders like this:
File 1 File 2 File 3
There are hundreds of these files and I can't do it all manually.
 
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I have a bunch of files that are named something like this:
File1.DESCRIPTION File1.JPG File1.JSON File1.WebM File2.DESCRIPTION File2.JSON File2.WebM File2.WEBP File3.DESCRIPTION File3.JSON File3.MKV File3.WebM
Is there any program that I can use to sort them into folders like this:
File 1 File 2 File 3
There are hundreds of these files and I can't do it all manually.
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I quickly made this fish shell script that should do the trick if you've got linux and use fish. I can try and adapt it to something else like a bash script if you'd like:
Code: 
for i in ./*
    if [ -d $i ]
        continue
    end
    set CHEAD (string replace -a -r "File([\d]+)\.[\w]+" "File \$1" $i)
    mkdir -p ./$CHEAD
    mv $i ./$CHEAD
end
 
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I bought a new fire tablet from amazon, plugging headphones in causes a crackling / static sound in the headphones if I rotate the headphone connector. If I keep rotating the headphones connector for about 4 seconds it will stop and won't cause any issues until I unplug it and plug it back in.

Not a huge issue but I was unsure if it would be worth returning for a new one while I still can in case it gets worse?

I did try the q-tip trick to clean it out didn't do anything. Don't have this issue with any other device using the same headphones so it must be the tablet
 
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I bought a new fire tablet from amazon, plugging headphones in causes a crackling / static sound in the headphones if I rotate the headphone connector. If I keep rotating the headphones connector for about 4 seconds it will stop and won't cause any issues until I unplug it and plug it back in.

Not a huge issue but I was unsure if it would be worth returning for a new one while I still can in case it gets worse?

I did try the q-tip trick to clean it out didn't do anything. Don't have this issue with any other device using the same headphones so it must be the tablet
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Just return it IMO. No need to fiddle around troubleshooting when Amazon will just exchange it.
 
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SandyCat said:
I bought a new fire tablet from amazon, plugging headphones in causes a crackling / static sound in the headphones if I rotate the headphone connector. If I keep rotating the headphones connector for about 4 seconds it will stop and won't cause any issues until I unplug it and plug it back in.

Not a huge issue but I was unsure if it would be worth returning for a new one while I still can in case it gets worse?

I did try the q-tip trick to clean it out didn't do anything. Don't have this issue with any other device using the same headphones so it must be the tablet
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Clean the headphone connector with booze or soap. Inserting and pulling out the connector a hundred times might also help. Not once or twice, a hundred. It will take a couple of minutes at most. If that doesn't work, return it.
 
Is it normal for a 7700x to run at 95c under full load or do I just have insufficient cooling? I have a Noctua NH-U12S, anything bigger will not fit in my case. All of the case fans are running at either full speed, or set to ramp up to full speed past 80c. I have 1 rear exhaust fan, 2 top exhaust fans, and 3 intake fans at the front. The heatsink fan is a Noctua PPC fan, so it can get really loud under full load, but even running at full speed, the temp does not drop below 95c (under full synthetic load)

Idle temp is 40C, and there is no overclocking except for the motherboard and cpu's default overclock settings. I'm not installing an AIO so don't suggest that.

Fan orientation is correct. I've tried repasting and remounting the cooler but that didn't change anything. Case is clean, no dust blocking airflow.
 
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SandyCat said:
I bought a new fire tablet from amazon, plugging headphones in causes a crackling / static sound in the headphones if I rotate the headphone connector. If I keep rotating the headphones connector for about 4 seconds it will stop and won't cause any issues until I unplug it and plug it back in.

Not a huge issue but I was unsure if it would be worth returning for a new one while I still can in case it gets worse?

I did try the q-tip trick to clean it out didn't do anything. Don't have this issue with any other device using the same headphones so it must be the tablet
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You bought chinesium. Enjoy
 
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Hi Kiwis, I’ve tried searching the site but not been able to find this, so I hope someone can help, please.

A while back I came across a tool that showed which sites an email address had been used to sign up for. I THINK it was on another forum and it was discovered that a certain fat author’s wife’s email had been used to sign up to xhamster but I’m not sure. I remember trying it out with another email address which showed the owner had used it to sign up to Chegg and Wattpad and a few other places.

It was one of those tools that was designed to look a bit like old IRC, colourful text on a black background etc., but it worked in a browser. Does anyone know what I’m talking about, and can they please link me to it? Thank you.
 
kidsinister said:
It was one of those tools that was designed to look a bit like old IRC, colourful text on a black background etc., but it worked in a browser. Does anyone know what I’m talking about, and can they please link me to it? Thank you
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Probably exposed.lol but it appears to be dead now
 
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