**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon Jul 23 03:00:01 2018 Jul 23 05:11:19 Is it normal to already have human memory problems at an age of only 31 years? :-/ Jul 23 05:16:13 Oksanaa: There is a series of Android smartphones from Russia that have both an AMLCD or AMOLED display and an electronic paper display but I cannot remember the name because my memory has become lossy in the last year or so, presumably because I am getting old. Anyway, I lost interest in this series when I found that the battery is difficult to remove because I will not buy a handheld computer with a difficult to remove battery after my Galaxy Note 3 Jul 23 05:16:13 battery adventure. I remembered the name: YotaPhone. Jul 23 05:26:34 * Oksanaa nods, yes, YotaPhone. Frankly, I am tired of "display outside, to scratch, to smash, and to make people use the phone all the time - endangering anybody in traffic Jul 23 05:35:05 You could argue that automatic transmissions endanger other users of the road because they allow operators of a vehicle to be distracted from driving. Jul 23 05:37:34 Although accidentally stalling a vehicle with a manual transmission can be dangerous too. Jul 23 05:38:18 Or rolling back too much when stopped on an incline. Jul 23 05:40:36 Also, is a manual/non-electric wheelchair a modern penny farthing? Jul 23 06:19:03 No idea. But penny farthings, unlike unicycles, are still bicycles, and thus cannot be ridden on footpath. Jul 23 06:19:38 And if I ever get around to learning road rules, I would like to learn driving with manual transmission. But that will take years. Jul 23 06:20:26 nah, manual is easy Jul 23 06:20:33 just takes some practice Jul 23 06:20:44 but it's like riding a bicycle Jul 23 06:21:21 Possibly. I learnt to ride a bicycle in my late teens. At least, I didn't fall sideways into the rice field... Jul 23 06:36:20 * enyc meows Jul 23 06:38:14 Good morning. Jul 23 07:12:35 * brolin_empey just noticed the addition of the “bugs” field in /proc/cpuinfo in Linux kernel 4.4.0 on x86. Jul 23 07:13:48 Well, it may have been added before 4.4.0 but most of the GNU+Linux computers I use are still using a 3.x or earlier Linux kernel. Jul 23 10:41:34 is it worth buying more memory to laptop which is running pentium 2020m processor? It has 4gb now. Jul 23 10:41:48 does it use ssd drive? Jul 23 10:42:30 nope Jul 23 10:42:46 then imo ssd is better investment, assuming it doesnt have to have big storage Jul 23 10:43:39 it is running win10 and I noticed that when just firefox was on it was using 90% of RAM already Jul 23 10:43:46 oh, windows Jul 23 10:44:28 also, first check what is really using the ram Jul 23 10:45:29 doing scans but so far it has seemed clean of spyware and malware Jul 23 10:54:35 you can use memory limiting options in firefox too Jul 23 10:54:49 otherwise it's one red hungry bastard Jul 23 11:08:32 What does "using 90% of RAM" mean? Does that include disk cache? Jul 23 11:08:53 Optimally, all RAM should be used, for cache if nothing else. Jul 23 11:09:15 the only time you would expect RAM to be unused would be immediately after booting, or after processes that were using RAM have exited. Jul 23 11:12:11 Maxdamantus: it was just task manager showing 90% of memory. I thought that lag of memory makes it feel slow, but maybe it is due hdd. Jul 23 11:12:44 but fact is that it is rather slow computer Jul 23 11:12:59 vajb: install noscript extension Jul 23 11:13:17 it will disable javascript by default and allow whitelisting sites where it will run Jul 23 11:13:42 it's a must for braindead web2.0 philosophy Jul 23 11:15:29 will it be suitable for regular user who just wants to browse web and listen to music? Jul 23 11:15:36 yup Jul 23 11:15:56 you have an icon to allow/deny scripts from particular domain Jul 23 11:16:48 it's "suitable" but quite annoying for regular users tbh Jul 23 11:17:06 help curbing bad sites tho Jul 23 11:19:33 I'll check how it feels and decide accordingly. Thx for the hint. Jul 23 11:20:37 some sites are quite stubborn, and plainly refuse to run because you would need to enable all ads, up to the user what to do (temporarily allow all or just find better site) Jul 23 18:07:57 Vajb: Is the computer using a 64-bit OS? Also, try using Vivaldi instead of Firefox. Jul 23 18:12:23 Vajb: Also, 4 GiB may already be the maximum amount of main memory supported by the computer, in which case you can still clone the HDD onto an SSD to improve performance. Jul 23 20:05:33 brolin_empey: yes, it is 64-bit and manufacturer says it supports 16gb of memory, but I think that is over the top with that processor. Jul 23 23:22:19 Vajb: OK. **** ENDING LOGGING AT Tue Jul 24 03:00:00 2018