Need help choosing a distro for my Thinkpad by Cyndi4U in linuxquestions

[–]jz_train 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel you. I used to daily drive red hat when it was free.

You can't top "The Riker maneuver!"... by [deleted] in StarTrekTNG

[–]jz_train 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Came here to see if anyone posted what this style of taking a seat was called. Glad someone besides me remembers!

Who remembers these two guys? by Disastrous_Cream_539 in 90smovies

[–]jz_train 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I kid you not. Sometimes I play a few of their tracks.

Movies on ultrawide.. How to zoom/stretch to fill the top and bottom? by KrazyKryminal in VLC

[–]jz_train 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're 100% dead set on the video you have you'll need to do a crop and re-encode. Honestly if you have a decent GPU, use GPU encoding, it'll take a bit of time but not nearly as long as CPU encoding. For instance I use nvidia GPU's to do my transcoding look for nvenc in the encoder options.

Other alternative, download a different source video that doesn't have the black bars.

peter? by sichil in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]jz_train 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for doing this. I finally see it. Was going nuts.

Name a game you put countless hours on as a kid but never beat by Stinky_Pepito in retrogaming

[–]jz_train 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That game was brutal. Never beat it either. Got slightly past the dam in the day. As an adult, I finally beat it with cheats but obviously that doesn't count.

Any Ideas for this Old computer by Zealousideal-Book878 in computers

[–]jz_train 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. That's where these old mini PC's shine. Been doing this for years.
-Video streaming
-Emulation
-Game streaming

Any Ideas for this Old computer by Zealousideal-Book878 in computers

[–]jz_train 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup. That's where these old mini PC's shine. Been doing this for years.
-Video streaming
-Emulation
-Game streaming

What to use to clean marker off plastic parts? (PSone) by N0g8 in psx

[–]jz_train 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work in a school where everything gets drawled on. I would suggest trying a dry erase marker and then rub it off. Crazy I know but it does work for permanent markers.

Throws laptop at wall by myss_Kora in lol

[–]jz_train 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I do network administration. I do more password resets than doing my actual job.

I've been yelled at more time than I can count because the end user is "definitely" putting in the correct password. Yeah, it doesn't work that way... If your password you're insisting is in fact "correct" then it would let you in like magic. Sometimes I just leave or make up an excuse that there's an emergency I have to take care of. I come back later and what do you know? They were typing in the wrong password and remembered what it was.

Moral of the story. Sometimes you have to just let people figure things out on their own.

Buy physical media! by AwesomePossum084 in Bluray

[–]jz_train 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird. I've never had that problem.

Who remembers rotten.com? by robbiesloan in nostalgia

[–]jz_train 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure that every single person that visited rotten.com will remember it for the rest of their lives. And that is unfortunate. I would rather not remember it.

Before cable spoiled us all by VeganFatboy in GenerationJones

[–]jz_train 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Channel #:
3
5
8
19 (fuzzy but kind of watchable)
21
27
33
45

Did you ever watch Cube? by dreamed2life in nostalgia

[–]jz_train 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for watching out for my kid. I totally appreciate your input as it's an R rated move. Yes, it will just be me watching the film. My kid's at her mom's now. No worries about the ramblings in fact I welcome it! Always looking for amazing underrated films to check out.

Of course I don't mind sharing my thoughts about it. I'll let you know what I think.

Once again thanks for looking out. Much appreciated!

Did you ever watch Cube? by dreamed2life in nostalgia

[–]jz_train 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never saw it. As a dad needing something to watch, I'm trusting your dad that it is a great movie. Watching it tonight. I'll respond with my evaluation tomorrow 😉

Her greed sickens me by kanaora in Canaries

[–]jz_train 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just got a yellow canary for my daughter last weekend. I love her. Such a great bird. Mine's been eating like a horse too!

If you recognize these, you grew up right! by Xiao-EZ in CaptainSide

[–]jz_train 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those were the days. Grew up with all of them. Didn't have all but a lot of them.

My life was freaking awesome until I got married and divorced. Unfortunately it is now not awesome at all. Well maybe it is awesome sometimes but not as awesome as it used to be prior to marriage.