Weird, here's what your original post says:
Guess you forgot to credit them there, but for some odd reason the snippet you shared wasn't even written by you. How quaint.
Pretty stupid reason. It would have been much easier to state that "your" CMS doesn't require anything extra (or even list...
XCache is a PHP opcode cacher... has nothing to do with a framework. Speaking of frameworks.. your db insert snippet is taken verbatim from Simple MVC:
http://simplemvcframework.com/php-framework
https://github.com/simple-mvc-framework/v1/blob/master/helpers/database.php#L29-L44
No... And if I do download an executable it's from a trusted source or is digitally signed with a certificate. Much different then downloading a .exe file off a forum from someone who has 4 posts.
In what way is modifying your hosts file complicated? Over complicating things would be writing a script just to change some values in an XML file to 0.
Or just modify hosts file and set following URLs to whatever you want:
secure.flashtalking.com
cdn.atdmt.com
ad-emea.doubleclick.net
ad.doubleclick.net
ec.atdmt.com
msntest.serving-sys.com
sO.2mdn.net
aka-cdn-ns.adtech.de
rads.msn.com
live.rads.msn.com
ads1.msn.com
rad.msn.com
static.2mdn.net...
No
My build was $850 (maybe $900 total) and can run any game on max settings. If you know how to look for deals and can wait 2-3 weeks to put it all together, can get a nice system for much cheaper than normal.
Well you're wondering why your computer lags when you have a shit ton of stuff open (both of which I mentioned are resource intensive).
If you want real advice, get rid of your Mac and buy a real computer.
Why would you want Photoshop and CS:GO always running? Are you one of those people who keeps the display on their phone to the max setting while having 20 apps opened up for no real reason?