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Why is my download speed so sluggish?
I'm trying to download RDR2 (It IS a whopping 115 gigs) and it has me fed up with an issue I've been dealing with for awhile now. Despite having 100mbps internet, my download speed is like 12mbps.
-It's not viruses
I have been running Malwarebytes for a decade now and I'm pretty adept at preventing, finding, and removing malware. So that's not it.
-It's not my signal
I'm running a direct line into a modem that has a direct line to my 100mbps internet. So that's not it.
-It's not my modem.
I've gone through three different modems the last year and this problem has persisted with all of them.
Honestly, I'm at a loss. I just think maybe Spectrum sucks and maybe I should switch to AT&T.
Computer Networking1 year agoWhich suits the guild system I need better, UCoz, Enjin, something else?
I want to create a guild site and I d like the following functionality
-Must be free
-Customizable ranking system I have full control of
-Automated points system and ability to allocate points manually, bonus if it connects with ranks
(So X rank requires Y points and auto promotes)
-Forum is a must
Do UCoz or Enjin offer this kind of function? Or any other site?
Video & Online Games2 years agoWhy doesn't my PC let me use a headset to game?
I'm using a refurbished HP PC and it's my first time having Windows 10.
It has this sound management system called "Realtek Audio" and it's really p***ing me off. Whenever I plug my headset in, it asks "What did you just plug in? and gives me the options
[ ] Line In (Record)
[ ] Microphone
[ ] Headphone
But it only lets me choose one. To make matters even worse, even when I choose mic, not only do my headphones lose sound, but the mic doesn't function either. I've tried it in multiple games and have been tweaking in-game settings for hours now trying to figure out this SIMPLE thing that should even be an issue.
I'm absolutely fed up right now.
2 AnswersMental Health2 years agoWho is that tan-skinned model from the Rotita swimsuit ads?
Man, she has an unbelievable body. Just curious what her name is.
2 AnswersOther - Beauty & Style3 years agoWhat are some websites for hosting/sharing written documents?
I can't seem to find any websites that meet my needs. I just want a website that lets me share written documents on social media the same way an image-hosting site does.
I'm not writing stories or anything. I have things like designs, brainstorms, guides, and rule-sets that I'd like to share with others. But there seems to be no site that offers a service to conveniently share these documents on social media.
If Facebook had an "attach document" feature on the status/feed, I would just use that and settle, but it only lets you share images or videos.
1 AnswerMedia & Journalism3 years agoWasher will dry-cycle, but why doesn't it do anything when turned on to wash?
We moved recently. When we reinstalled the washer in the new place, we had some issues getting the hoses tight enough to not leak. So I bought a new hose that doesn't.
When I put it on the "Off" selection and turn it on, it will cycle without water. As soon as I put it on a "wash" selection and turn it on; nothing.
It obviously has something to do with the water. I made the hot was paired with the hot and so on. I also removed both hoses and put them back on twice (Which really really sucks, because it's hard to tighten them without them leaking).
The new hose I bought doesn't have the "metal mesh" thing on the water spigot end of the hose. Does this have anything to do with it?
2 AnswersMaintenance & Repairs4 years agoIdentify this low budget film I saw when I was a kid?
I was 12-14 (16 - 18 years ago)
I remember it being a pretty cliche horror movie intro of a family moving into a huge house.
The kid finds what I remember as either a cellar or dungeon beneath it. They find a room there that had a barred window, like a solitary confinement cell.
So the kid grabs the bars pull themselves up to look inside and finds themselves looking at a ragged old lady with long hair covering her face. She had kind of a "The Ring" vibe to her. I don't remember if the woman spotted the kid or not. Somehow the woman escapes the cell. I remember a scene where she picks up a sex-whip and tries to kill one of the parents with it. I don't remember if she does or not.
It may have been a low budget movie, but that premise was interesting. I've asked countless people in person and this is like the 3rd time over the years that I have attempted to ask about it here. I haven't found anyone that had ever heard of such a movie.
1 AnswerMovies4 years agoWhat is the best (Free) introduction for a zero experience aspiring indie game designer/developer?
I've always had a knack for custom gaming. Whether it's creating custom maps on Warcraft 3, custom levels on Platform Racing 3, or playing around with RPG Maker.
However, I've absolutely no graphic design, development, or coding experience; but I'd like to learn now.
I want to know how to code, how to graphic design it (My standards for graphic quality are minimal though, as I only intend to make games that are functionally fun) and I want to know how to run it on a server.
Coding obviously comes first and I understand that I need to start small. I'm just giving you an understanding of my long-term goal.
Please don't throw out a recommendation like RPG Maker XP. It is too constricting and there doesn't actually seem to be much of anything that I can learn from it in terms of building an original game from scratch. I mean; I get that the "Events" function has some coding parallels and may be useful, but I already understand that concept.
I want to learn from the bottom up. I don't want some pre-built template that lets me just fill in blanks like RPG Maker. I want to know how to make those blanks myself and manipulate their function any way I please.
Can anyone give me any advice on how to even get started? (That doesn't involve selling my financial soul)? Is there some open source information out there? Basic college textbooks? Instructional PDF's? Message Board communities dedicated to new & aspiring game developers/coders? Anything like that is helpful.
2 AnswersProgramming & Design4 years agoIf I'm about to get my Firestick jailbroken, would it ruin that if I registered my Amazon account beforehand?
A cousin is going to jailbreak our Amazon Firestick in a few days, but we just wanted to mess around on it (to see what it's about) before he does.
Before being able to use it, you're prompted to register your Amazon account.
I'm not sure how Jailbreaking really works in respects to your Amazon account, so just in case; I'd like to know that if I went ahead and registered my Amazon account, would my cousin no longer be able to jailbreak it? (Maybe Jailbreaking involves registering it to someone elses account).
1 AnswerOther - Electronics5 years agoName this Movie: Man puts a small trashcan on his head as he busts out of a building and he's getting shot at?
I'm willing to bet it was an old B-rated movie from the late 90's. I remember watching it when I was 9 or 10 (16/17 years ago).
More in detail: I remember a guy grabs a small metal trashcan that he puts on his head and cuts eyes out. He then busts out of a building and he's having a gun fight. The bullets start ricocheting off the "helmet", leaving dents in it.
That's really all I remember.
1 AnswerMovies5 years agoAny suggestions for our hopeless bedbug situation?
Two weeks ago, my wife and I found bedbugs. We wrapped the mattress and box-spring in plastic and disposed of it, scoured the rest of the house for signs of them and came up empty. I quarantined our room and relocated to our daughters small room on an air mattress. Every day I'd been spraying alcohol and various bedbug sprays all over the room in hopes to get rid of them before they spread.
It was all in vain. Two days ago we started finding them all over the house.
To make matters worse, more complicated & hopeless, my wife has a severe phobia of insects. She's pacing back & forth with a flashlight at night, fidgeting, paranoid, and frantic. She can't get any sleep at all. She won't go outside because there are bugs there too. Wont go to the van, because she's convinced they're there too. Won't agree to get outside help for a place to stay and get away because she doesn't want to risk giving them bedbugs too.
We're stuck in a lease for the next 18 months. We cannot afford the bill for the professional pest extermination that has to be done either.
My wife can't sleep and because of that she's going to inevitably lose her job. We wont make rent. We'll lose the apartment. We have no one to fall back on to stay temporarily.
I'm at a loss. I have no ideas. I feel like my entire life and family are burning to the ground and I'm powerless to do anything about it.
Please, if anyone has any advice or help or suggestions on what we should do, I need to hear them.
2 AnswersOther - Home & Garden5 years agoFF8. What's up with the D-District prison "aura" on disc 4?
So I was at Ultimecia's Castle and decied to go in the portal things leading up to it [Beside the giant chain].
The very first one took me to the western continent where the D-District prison is and upon seeing it... it now has a shiny aura all around it.
Is there something I should know about this? Or is it just a pointless easter egg?
1 AnswerVideo & Online Games6 years agoProvide a list of blocked websites?
I'm studying some pretty controversial subjects. Something in line to conspiracy theory, but nothing really extreme. I'm studying just out of curiosity.
There are some subjects that I'm aware I can't look into much on the standard WWW because they've been blocked for whatever theoretical reason.
I have Tor ready to use to browse sites, but even with Tor I can't manage to dig up any leads because the search engine still operates on Google-standard search filtering [Which wont display blocked sites in its results].
So I need some sort of list of blocked websites. Does anyone know of a site that lists a large catalog of blocked websites?
2 AnswersOther - Internet7 years agoNetflix says "Too many people are using your account right now"?
I've only ever used Netflix on my Xbox360. I don't use it on my PC, or my laptop, or a phone, or any other device whatsoever.
So why is it that I can no longer watch things on my Xbox360 because "Too many people are using your account right now"?
Do you think someone has stolen my Netflix? How do I change that?
6 AnswersMovies7 years agoWhat sort of arrows should someone buy for a recurve bow?
My girlfriend is interested in learning to use a recurve bow but neither of us have ever dabbled in such a thing. She's already found a few bows she's interested in, but we're not sure what kind of arrows she should go for, for the sake of practice and sport. They should of course be under an amateurs budget too.
One thing is for sure, she's an animal lover and doesn't plan on hunting with it. She, for some odd reason, just thinks it would be fun and interesting to learn.
Based on my research, the kind of arrows [Length, grain, weight] are determined by the persons build and strength. My gf is only 5"1 and I'd say she could bench 120. I know that's not much to go on, but I don't really know anything.
2 AnswersHunting7 years agoCritique/Interpret a fresh poem?
Woah, these dark vibes
So dark, so vibrant
Shrouded by pain
Myself walking in the dark
Myself staring at the moon
Scratches a lonely spark soft & slow
Lights up in fire, burning warm & low
Oh
Woah these dark vibes
Woah it eats me whole
Scratches, caresses the soul
Darkness strokes, I purr within
The pain is gone when it's beneath the skin
See me, just once for what I want, see it, see the pain tear me apart, feel the pain, the strain that's in the heart, just once
Woah just once for you to feel how I feel
In pieces...
Because woah these dark vibes
So dark, so vibrant
Like vibrations in the soul that touch the mind, that eat me whole
So soft & slow
Woah these dark vibes
I love them so
3 AnswersPoetry8 years agoHow do I contact support for Youtube?
I am having an account issue that their help-section doesn't answer and I need to email someone for support... but there's no support link that I can find anywhere. Is there one at all?
1 AnswerYouTube8 years agoWhere to download single music tracks?
I've tried iTunes and their selection just doesn't have some of the songs I need.
I plan on bringing a list of songs I want to cover to my friends place, where we jam. He doesn't have internet, but I got a laptop. I am willing to pay for the songs, but I cannot find a site that sells the singles I want.
One such example is Lava, by Ministry. Amazon has a cd copy of Filth Pig for sale, but no digital downloads for it and iTunes has a pathetically small selection of Ministry songs in general.
1 AnswerMusic & Music Players8 years agoPinkeye or Bronchitis, both? Or just Cold?
After reading a little about both, I've come to the conclusion that I may have Viral Bronchitis and Pinkeye... but I'm not sure.
The inner part of my eye near my tear ducts are blood shot, I'm having a very light burning feeling in the eyes. I've also had a headache for 24 hours.
The thing that bothers me more is that I'm also congested and I read that infections of the respiratory system.
I don't know what to do. I work tonight, but if I'm carrying highly contagious diseases, then it's not a good idea.
4 AnswersInfectious Diseases8 years ago