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General Software Discussion / Re: Reliable phonetically controlled web browser or Windows?
« on: December 12, 2022, 05:09 PM »
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Dear Stadia player,
On September 29, 2022, we announced that the Stadia service will be shut down on January 18, 2023. We’re getting in touch with important information on what this means for you as a Stadia player.
Availability
Stadia will remain available for gameplay until the service is shut down on January 18, 2023. During this period, you will have access to your game library, including Pro games if you had an active Pro subscription as of September 29, 2022. Be aware that publisher support for games may vary, and it’s possible that your gameplay experience may be affected during the shut-down period.
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Google is offering a refund to Stadia users for Stadia hardware purchases (Stadia Controller, Stadia Founder’s Edition, Stadia Premiere Edition, or Play and Watch with Google TV Package) made on the Google Store, and game purchases and add-on purchases made on the Stadia Store. The refund process will take some time, but we expect to have the majority of refunds processed by January 18, 2023. We expect to be able to automatically issue refunds for a substantial portion of transactions as a credit to the form of payment used to make the purchase. For purchases that we are not able to automatically refund, you will receive an email with details on how to obtain your refund.
Transactions and subscription fees
All commerce functionality (the ability to buy games, new subscriptions, add-ons or in-game purchases) on Stadia has now been disabled. Users who held an active Stadia Pro subscription as of September 29, 2022 will not be charged for access to their Pro library or other subscription entitlements during the shut-down period. Historical Stadia Pro subscription fees will not be eligible for refund.
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You will be able to export your Stadia data, such as profile information, game stats, social data, save files and captures from Google Takeout until the Stadia service shuts down on January 18, 2023, after which point your Stadia data will be permanently deleted. You can also delete Stadia from your Google account at any time or delete your Google account entirely. Please note that deleting your Google account will result in deletion of all data and content in that account, including emails, photos, and files, and may increase the amount of time it takes to receive a refund of your Stadia purchases. Google may however retain certain data, including transaction data, for up to three years following the shut-down of the service for the purposes of processing refunds and providing customer support.
More information is available in the Help Centre, which will be updated as new information becomes available.
The Stadia team
I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but can you open it up in Audacity and get a view of the waveform that way?-Deozaan (May 15, 2022, 10:38 PM)
I have a lot of niblings (nephews and nieces) with about 20 years spread between the oldest and the youngest. So I've been around a lot of diaper-wearing littles and I've changed quite a number of diapers over the years. I think that having a diaper pail is the most essential luxury for new parents.
The one I linked supports both major bag refill types. I suggest you try out both types of refills and see which you prefer. I know someone who tried one type, had some complaints about it, then went out and bought a different diaper pail that supported the other type of refill, only to find out they had even more complaints about that one and learned that they preferred the first one. So it's nice that this one supports both types. It also advertises itself as having a "self-sealing system" which twists the bag closed, preventing foul odors from coming back out when you open the lid to put another diaper in. And it has a foot pedal which makes it easy to open with your foot while your hands are full.
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And these won't come in handy for a while, but once you start transitioning away from formula/bottles to a more standard drinking cup, these silicone membrane-covered cups are nice. They're not 100% spill-proof, but usually the worst that happens when they fall is that a little bit of liquid comes out due to the force of the impact and then nothing else comes out. Very rarely I've seen the silicon membrane pop off completely when the cup was dropped, at which point the liquid is free to flow out of the cup. But even then it still flows more slowly than it would in a regular cup. They also come without handles to be even more like a regular cup.
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I know neither of these suggestions are hi-tech gadgets that are super fun for tech-geeks like us, but in my experience and observations, these two items will potentially be useful to you for years, and possibly for multiple children if you have more.-Deozaan (May 04, 2022, 03:15 PM)
There are two hard problems in programming: Naming things, caching things, and off-by-one errors.-Deozaan (August 24, 2021, 04:22 PM)
I thought this was really funny when I heard it last August, but I just reread this entire thread and was surprised to see it had been posted here seven years earlier:...there are two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors.
via bottom of Martin Fowler-ewemoa (February 24, 2014, 07:27 PM)-Deozaan (January 18, 2022, 06:26 AM)
This is definitely more of a place aimed towards "make whatever sounds like fun" and not somewhere to try and make an income (although, if you can....then do it!).
As for "customs" - just be friendly. We try not to moderate when it isn't needed (and honestly, it's VERY rare for moderation to happen for anything other than spam, or just to split off a post into it's own topic so the main thread doesn't get derailed). I wouldn't say this is an "anything goes" place, but the users here basically self-moderate for the most part.
As for your software suggestion, I haven't seen it personally, but it is well established that any suggestion of any single thing on this forum can be expected to have alternatives suggested in its place haha. Coding Snacks aren't always picked up quickly, and the userbase generally understands this so attempts to give other options for people to use until somebody codes the custom solution
If you have any more questions, then feel free to drop them, or you can also drop by our Discord to chat with us and mouser!
-Stephen-Stephen66515 (April 30, 2021, 06:00 PM)
Ok, cool. (I was thinking more about if it's a place where the coders come to make an income or just to hang out and code fun stuff. Again, back to my example of r/slavelabour on Reddit.)
And I guess I got lucky with my request, it was picked up right away. Which probably also effected my read on what kind of culture this place had. I honestly was expecting to have to wait a bit.
I think I'll be fine here. Probably, lol. I did have one comment misread a bit (not the one with CodeZwerg), but while I'm wysiwyg and can be direct, I'm not a hater, ha, I can say that.
Thanks!-Jasong222 (April 30, 2021, 06:09 PM)
hi Jasong,
lots of people here aren't coders. If you make a request, people will make suggestions of software that might do that already (why reinvent the wheel) and people will make suggestions of workarounds (fwiw they may or may not be coders, doesn't matter...).
In the thread you posted in, a couple of people were negative about the idea of coding something cause they felt the workaround was a better, or a good enough solution. Everyone who posted in that thread was being helpful -- naturally that doesn't mean you agree with or follow their advice.
People who code 'snacks' or apps do it if they want (and have the time) and don't if the idea doesn't interest them. Re donating: it's always nice to donate to say thank you. If you request something, you could always ask per private-message (PM) what the coder's expectations are. I reckon a lot of people donate according to their means. One could also donate to someone who has given particularly helpful advice. There's no rules about any of it though.-tomos (April 30, 2021, 11:42 AM)
Ok, thanks, noted. I recall one person, who commented in this thread also and to whom I'm about to reply to, posted they weren't interested and I thought nothing else. On reread I see they did actually suggest one thing. The other thing was just using regular system functions, or at least that's how I read it.
And then on the coding- noted. I guess I'm looking to orient myself if this is like a place where hobbiests hang out and help people out when they want, or is this more like a place where people come to earn income. Like r/slavelabour, on Reddit. And places can have customs or conventions/expectations that are unspoken, and if there were any, I'd want to know as a guy is about to finish my request.
Thanks for your thoughts, appreciated!-Jasong222 (April 30, 2021, 05:50 PM)
I am looking to buy myself a good microphone as I want to start streaming, which one would you actually recommend me, or in case there is anyone who is streaming in here, which microphone are you using?-Liamer (January 15, 2021, 09:36 AM)
Are you still having such an awesome fundraiser? I have been using lots of the stuff here over the time and I would like to contribute seeing how much it helps you going on.
-Umanles (January 08, 2021, 03:41 PM)
Haha, as if the mugs would actually exist... they stopped being shipped last year!
Thank you for another round of NANY, everyone!-Tuxman (January 03, 2021, 11:11 PM)
Stopped being shipped? What is that a reference to?-wraith808 (January 04, 2021, 10:12 AM)
