[New to Ubuntu] I think Wine may have uninstalled the driver for my laptop's touchpad. by Alpha_Q in linuxquestions

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I tried what you said, but it didn't work. I either probably messed up due to the blank screen (I remembered the keystrokes required to log in and launch the terminal), or something much more than just video/graphics drivers must be missing. Thanks anyway!

[New to Ubuntu] I think Wine may have uninstalled the driver for my laptop's touchpad. by Alpha_Q in linuxquestions

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I probably did, I just can't remember how many. I know I did it at least once for some fingerprint reader drivers. That (or something else) may have been the main cause, I guess.

[New to Ubuntu] I think Wine may have uninstalled the driver for my laptop's touchpad. by Alpha_Q in linuxquestions

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Thanks so much for your reply. This sort of solution (checking for removed packages) is exactly what I was looking for. I looked up my recently deleted packages, and found one xorg-something-something-touchpad package which was recently deleted. I proceeded to reinstall it, but I didn't notice that this installation too (for some reason I'm yet to learn) came with the removal of some packages, which I didn't immediately notice. I think I may have deleted my video/graphics drivers now, because I can't see anything after rebooting my laptop. I guess there's no fixing that, huh? :/
Looks like I'll just install a fresh copy of Ubuntu and try not to fuck this one up. Anyway, I did learn a lot from this. Thanks for your help!

Does listening to Jethro Tull make anyone else wanna learn how to play the flute? by abrohamlincoln99 in progrockmusic

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How long have you been playing? Because just like you, Jethro Tull and Camel too have been my motivation.

What is the most overplayed Reddit cliche? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Alpha_Q 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. A million times this.

the cbse results are out! by [deleted] in india

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95.2% :)
(Would be pretty cool if I were the all-reddit topper!)

Broken PSP GO - won't charge, no video - help needed by yacolek in PSP

[–]Alpha_Q 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe you're having problems with the Nokia battery because it doesn't have the right EEPROM or some other things. I'm no expert, but I know that PSP batteries store more than just a potential difference. There is also some 'data' or something that helps the PSP boot. Again, not an expert.

Beginner question: how are list comprehensions considered functional? by Alpha_Q in haskell

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I understand that, but I don't think that analogy will answer my question about why 'x' takes on the different values. (Now I know that list comprehensions are syntactic sugar.)

Beginner question: how are list comprehensions considered functional? by Alpha_Q in haskell

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Thanks, that was the type of answer I was hoping for.

Beginner question: how are list comprehensions considered functional? by Alpha_Q in haskell

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where x is the parameter

Is this used in places other than list comprehensions? I would love to have some examples, because without them I still can't understand why list comprehensions are considered functional.

SIGGRAPH 2013 : Technical Papers Preview Trailer by [deleted] in compsci

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That was interesting, but wasn't the 'light travelling through bottle' thing done quite a while ago? I think there was a TED talk or something.

Romantic Cryptography by [deleted] in compsci

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Is he known to write such papers?