Posts by Jesse Ortiz4

Just grab any audio player that’s got a fade-out feature.

You definitely don't need ECC memory.

An SSD is a total must—go for at least 250 GB.
The build Ryan Hayes82 put together is solid.

You just didn't mention your budget right out of the gate.

Number your tracks in order (just slap numbers right in front of the song titles)
Make sure you use three digits. You don't want your DVD player getting confused between track 1 and track 10.
Basically, go with 001, 002, ..., 010, 011, ...., 100, 101
Once you pop that disc into the DVD player, it should play everything exactly how you laid it out.

Honestly, there are plenty of music software programs out there that can just automate this whole thing for you.

You can grab some used Kyocera 1020 D or 1030D models around here.

The replacement toner for the 1020D ($53) is way cheaper than what you'd pay for the 1030D ($83).
You can squeeze out about 7,200 pages from it (at 5% coverage), and honestly, if you drop the print resolution a notch, you’ll probably get even more. 😉

My brother just picked up a 1030D with 30,000 prints on the clock. The drum warranty goes all the way up to 100,000.

As for me, I’ve got a 1020D with 60,000 prints on it; I just swap the toner and it keeps chugging along. 😁
It had some issues with paper jams once, but a quick trip to the repair shop fixed it, and now it runs smooth as silk.

Robert Long7 said:So, I'm running into a frustrating issue where BS Player has absolutely no audio, even though everything else on my system is working perfectly fine. I’ve already tried the standard troubleshooting steps—uninstalling and reinstalling the software—but no luck there. I also messed around with the internal audio settings and made sure my sound drivers were fully up to date, yet the silence persists. For context, I'm running Windows 7 32-bit on a machine with 2 GB of RAM and an Intel Core Duo processor. The motherboard is an ASUS PCL5AM and the audio is handled by Realtek.

Honestly, there's a chance the file itself just doesn't have an audio track. Have you tried playing it with a different media player?

Even with the basic stuff, I still managed to trip up on Microsoft Office 2013.

Like, trying to export an Excel sheet to a CSV using UTF-8 Character encoding.
Then actually importing it back in correctly.

I just hopped over to LibreOffice Calc and knocked it out without breaking a sweat.

There are things you can actually fix, and then there are things where you just have to change how people see them.

I used to be obsessed with looks. Now? I care way more about someone's vibe.
It’s about how they carry themselves when they walk into a room—whether they’re magnetic or just total manipulators. That’s what matters, not some superficial aesthetic.
We all do it, too. We take one single trait and use it to build an entire personality for someone we don't even truly know.

Own your flaws. Seriously. Make fixing them a priority.

At the same time, get real about your strengths and figure out how to bridge them with those weaknesses.
Once you start applying that same discipline from your virtues to your faults,
you'll eventually reach a point where you're actually proud of the mess you used to hide. 🎉

Andrew Murphy5 said:How much RAM are we talking about here to actually run this thing smoothly?

Look, you need enough for your main OS plus whatever you decide to hand over to the VM, depending on what kind of heavy lifting you're doing inside it.

So, what kind of processor are you rocking?

VMware Player is free. Period.

VirtualBox is running fine on my Intel i5 laptop, and it works just as smooth on my AMD Athlon II X4 640 desktop too.
Both are 64-bit.

I really hope you've got enough RAM to handle running a VM.

So, what kind of rig are you running?

I’m on a laptop, and I actually had to dive into the BIOS to toggle virtualization just to get my 64-bit OS to play nice.
The 32-bit OS worked fine in a VM without any hassle.
I was spinning up Linux on Windows 7 64

I’ve been using VMware Player since it’s free, and honestly, some stuff just runs smoother there, while other things work better in VirtualBox.

I actually dug the movie.

It felt less like a standard biopic and more like this deep dive into finding an artist who basically reshaped how the world saw South Africa and played a huge role in tearing down apartheid.

Then I was scrolling through IMDb and realized he did this massive tour through Australia.
That part kind of rubbed me the wrong way afterward.

But even with that hanging over it, the film is definitely worth a watch. 😉

crimsonstag84 said:Are you actually planning on gaming? You could just grab a cheaper graphics card if that's not the plan.

Nah, I don't see myself gaming.

I'm looking to pick up a new graphics card.
My current setup is struggling big time with Full HD video on my 24" monitor, and even basic stuff like JavaFX SceneBuilder 2.0 feels sluggish.

Here’s what I'm running right now:
AMD Athlon II X4 640 Processor, 4GB Kingston RAM
Enermax EG301AX-VE, 300W (ATX) power supply
Biostar MCP6P M2+ Ver. 6.x motherboard
Nvidia Geforce 210 512mb
Running a dual monitor setup (LCD and VGA)

Do I need to swap out the power supply too, or can I just slap in a better GPU and call it a day?
Looking for the cheapest way to get this working. 😁

I've got a Dell U241M and honestly, it works like a charm.

That black tint issue you're seeing? That’s on your media player software, not the monitor itself.

I’m rocking a Dell UltraSharp U2412M and honestly, I couldn't be happier.
Working on a 16:9 monitor was a total nightmare.

The 16:10 aspect ratio is hands down the gold standard for productivity. 😎

Here’s the lowdown on aspect ratios:
http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/a...16-9v16-10.png

http://www.bit-tech.net/blog/2012/10...-aspect-ratio/

Daniel Morgan2 said:I could use some help here... I've got an Epson printer and sometimes certain letters come out super faint, or they don't show up at all... thanks

1. You're out of ink
2. Clean the connection point between the cartridge and the printer. You probably have some dried ink buildup acting like dust, blocking the fresh stuff from getting through.

Noah Sanchez39 said:Man, I totally blanked on using Outlook as a POP/IMAP client 🙄

Thunderbird pretty much handles all the Gmail setup automatically. 😍

Just make sure you've got IMAP enabled in your Gmail settings 😉

dustymason41 said:I don't have a monitor, I'm just using a Samsung TV.

Look, give me the specifics. What GPU are you running? What's the exact monitor model? Give me some actual details here.

Jesse Ortiz4 said:Sure, you could just grab a projector bulb instead.🙏

Except you can't even buy the damn bulb, let alone the stand.😍

And you could always just grab a new projector bulb while you're at it 🙏