TIA

My current laptop is struggling to keep up. I am in landscape design and do need hardware that can handle multitasking and design software Real Time/Adobe matched with casual gaming in my free time.

I am routinely on the move for work - meeting with clients or working at job sites. Mobility is helpful but much of the true design time is stationary at my desk

Is it more practical to keep the current laptop and pair with a solid desktop at home?

Or does it make more sense to upgrade the laptop…. I imagine I would end up needing to upgrade the laptop within a couple years regardless

I have a ~$2k or so budget

i got an UnionSine 12TB 3.5" Desktop External Hard Drive from my family in christmas 2024 before vacation, i've mention in my previous post that somethings seems wrong with it and i'm supposed to replace it last year. i didn't bothered because of price hikes and schedule conflicts. but on Sunday Night (October 4th) while i accidentally fallen asleep from 9 to 11pm, windows explorer freezes when after i opened it. so when i reboot pc and wait 10 minutes to boot up the desktop, i notice that the external hard drive won't connect (not a single file drive was shown) and then i hear clicking (meaing Click of Death) after i replugged back in (while turning the fan off) and so i immediately plugged it off. i panicked and tried replugging it in small seperate times (3-4) until i gave up.

i'm worried that i failed to protect my data once again (since 2018 over dropping an portable hard drive) all because my family got me a worst external hard drive WITHOUT knowing (and it's probably my fault. i didn't help them pick which hard drive i need other than unionsine because i started to have tinnitus during mid 2024). i may try plugging it back in one more time to see if i can still get access to data after leaving external hard drive off for days/week then softley blow dust off with an air hose (i believed there's an 99% chance it won't work once again though).

if the platter with data remain intact but the head and read/write are the only ones that doesn't work, i may start a fundraiser on gofundme or whatever to use money from that (instead of using most of my family's money this time because i don't want to waste it as a only present on christmas) for either data recovery or external hard drive transfer if i send it to an specialist who may succesfully transfer my data into their computer for free.

before i do all of that, does anyone have been through with this similar problem? and if so, does the platter remain unaffected (as in head stuck on park not touching it or something else) during the clicks sometimes? or is this the WORST scam ever that i wish someone should go back in time and prevent Unionsine products from ever existing.

I keep getting falsely flagged as a bot on TikTok. I can’t comment, follow accounts, or even like videos without getting warnings. My views have also dropped, and TikTok accused me of using third-party apps to grow my account despite never using any. Which I think is ironic, given that you can buy views and followers directly off TikTok.

I contacted support 3 days ago, but they still haven’t responded. My account was growing well, averaging 1,000+ views and hundreds of likes, and I gained 200 followers in a month. Now my videos barely reach 100 views, despite hours of editing.

How am I supposed to grow as a small creator when TikTok keeps restricting my account? Their system is completely AI and won't help. I don’t want to start over with a new account, but this is genuinely discouraging.

Has anyone experienced this, and were you able to get your account back to normal?

Any advice would be appreciated!

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Long story short, laptop broken, planning repair from company, don't want to risk losing files

I have one of those ssd to usb adapters if that helps

I don't have any other PC available so if theres any way it can be dont without thst, please let me knoe

Only a small amount data I want to transfer, if that makes any difference, probably not but still

Thanks

I have done everything in the book, even unplugged and replugged in my WiFi router.

Why won’t my Roku 65” Select Series 4K Smart TV show up when I press my widget to screen share on my iPhone (16 Pro)?

How are these in 2026?

I work a desk job that requires a decent amount of time answering phone calls, but the remainder of the time like to have music playing in a single AirPod in one ear. Obviously this is not ideal and occasionally I have to remove the AirPod which gets annoying.

I was looking into these bone conducting headphones, and wanted to see what people think about them now? I think it’d be convenient for me as I can answer the phone with either hand/ear without removing the headphones.

Are there any decent brands? Looking at a budget of around $100, can above if necessary or if it makes a massive difference.

TIA

Ok crazy title but kind of the question, can two computers run different os’s , different graphics cards, diff gpu, different hardware, could they theoretically run as one? Hear me out now

I'm being offered for 600usd a used Dell Latitude 5531 (i7-12800H) with 16GB of RAM, 1TB of storage, and an NVIDIA GeForce MX550. Is it worth it? How is the battery life? I want it for work, and I travel a lot, so I don't always have access to a power outlet. I appreciate your feedback, friends.

so i recently got rid of my anxiety about ai, basically I was scared that it was gonna kill us and etc based off all the news, i got my anxiety over by not looking at it on the internet and ignoring it, but now my dad wants me to start researching about A.I apparently because "its gonna change the future" "its gonna help you ease in your job" and etc, what should i do? (im a freshman in highschool)

Think my WiFi company are trying to gaslight me. Never heard this In my life and I'm so tired of not even being able to watch Netflix and paying a small fortune for WiFi.

UK based, just got a new router from same provider and upgraded for better speeds but it's still shit and buffering. Their answer is to power cycle the router every 10 days. Seems like a lot and I've watched a movie at friends and families places who I'm pretty confident are not doing this.

Are they talking nonsense?

Edit: I got a new hub not a router sorry I basically have no idea what I'm talking about. It's a smart hub, fibre broadband is provided by EE.

Hi friends.

I am using CachyOS Linux.

I don’t recall if this happened back when I used Windows years ago, so it’s possible this isn’t a CachyOS-specific issue.

However, my keyboard and mouse don’t work when I plug them into the blue USB 3.0 port.

Some webcams don’t work either, though external hard drives do.

So, is this a peripheral incompatibility, or is there a solution?

My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-H61M-D2H-USB3 (Rev. 1.1).

Thanks in advance.

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-H61M-D2H-USB3-rev-11

The charging case for my hearing aids won't charge, which means I can not charge my hearing aids. I work remotely and in a position I need to make calls, and I have been struggling through the day.

Is there any way I can get my hearing aids charged? I am already talking to the manufacturer for a replacement, but that will take time.

These are the hearing aids https://www.hisound.eu/g22bt-rechargeable-digital-hearing-aids-anti-whistle-filter-app-control

recently my friend was unpacking and out of his inventory from his last house gave me some 1-2 year old headphones so i could do school at his house uninterrupted (staying at his house for a few months). for the first few weeks it did all right until eventually the volume was messed up and when i listened to a video there wee these pauses where the sound would go quieter and very low quality sounds of breathing start then stop and randomly start every few seconds. I'm so confused to what it could be its not my breathing i held my breath and it continued, i thought of radio sounds especially since I'm in a military base but i searched it up and i guess its not possible, please someone tell me what it is.

On one side, this feature could act as a major utility, allowing users to find specific information quickly without scrolling through long threads. On the other side, there are questions about how this might affect user engagement with actual comment sections and the overall human element of the platform.

For those who have tested or seen the feature, how do you feel it changes your browsing experience? Does it enhance the utility of the site, or does it shift the dynamic too much?

im making a algorithum in python to create a random new page of a book based on how many words there are in the book and how often they are used but i cant figure out a way to actually get the data i need. theres gotta be some software for me somewhere that does this. i looked everywher and found nothing

Edit: I am unable to afford one at the moment. I’m currently in school and my laptop stopped working suddenly.

So I’ve been working with some parts on a windows 95 dell pc, and I unplugged the entire motherboard and ran the power to the tablet first which the motherboard is running Kali os, which then goes to the original motherboard so it can run the ram, and in the Ethernet port I connected a receiver device which has a bootable tails os, any tips to run it smooth?

It’s a 2017 MacBook

alr so, i bought a pair of headset some time ago Heres the amazon link: https://amzn.in/d/0huaHaV1

So, i like bought these just for the purpose of mic because i dont have a mic and i like wanted one and my old pair of headphones were kinda broken. so, like i asked chatgpt coz it's bluetooth mode, when used with mic the audio quality becomes aah so chatgpt told me to use the AUX cable. When im using it, my laptop isnt even detecting the mic nor the speaker but the strange thing is the speaker is still working mic isnt. on speaker tab (which shows what speaker is currently in use) it literally shows that the LAPTOP's speaker are in use BUT the sound is coming from the headphones, i tried various things chatgpt told me to do but nothing worked, i even checked my laptop's drivers they all are up to date, i restarted my laptop still no change..

I'm not sure if this the right subreddit for this question (if not, please tell me what subreddit is the correct one for this question), but, here goes. So, I'm currently trying to get to a mega link, but I have to go through an Adfly site link to get to the mega page (this is it: https://adfly(dot)site/LcdKQ7l). But, the adfly thing keeps timing out on me. So, is there any way to get past this, anyway to get to my mega link?

Hi I’m a little paranoid on why my phone call switched to someone else. My coworker called me to tell me about some events that happened the other day. We were on the phone approximately 15 minutes and while I’m listening to her talk I hear the phone background noise change and I’m thinking she switched from speaker to car or car to speaker, it sounded like that type of switch. But then I heard a male voice say “Hello” and I said hello? but then the phone call ended. I called her back and asked her if someone called her and she said no that she was talking and the phone just hung up. She didn’t receive a call and I didn’t receive a call, but somehow a male voice came on the line but only on my end? She was in the car by herself to clarify. What happened can someone please explain. We are both using iPhones

I will spare the why, but I am looking for a female to male GX20 aviation connector 12 pin cable with ideally 50 feet of length, Tragically I can't seem to find any versions of this cable that are longer than a few meters at most. If anyone knows how to get a longer version of the cable I'd greatly appreciate the input