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General Software Discussion / Trout

« on: November 26, 2018, 04:19 PM »

Nice to see Trout get a mention on Libellules today. 

Nice piece of software from Skwire, and some worthy recognition

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Living Room / Re: My first excel macro

« on: October 09, 2018, 05:45 PM »

for changing cell use 'ActiveCell'

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Developer's Corner / disenchantment...

« on: September 23, 2018, 06:41 PM »

worth a read, something thats been bugging me (pun intended) for years!

https://hackaday.com...e-world-of-software/

http://tonsky.me/blog/disenchantment/

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: September 05, 2018, 11:02 PM »

I don't think this needs any explanation (Finally! a solution!)

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General Software Discussion / Re: How can I find approximate matches of numbers?

« on: July 15, 2018, 02:43 AM »

what happens if there are multiple matches, ie where there are multiple records that fit within that tolerance?

and just how large are these 'numbers', <10 or <100 or >1,000,000 

and how are you 'viewing' these lists? 

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: June 19, 2018, 10:01 PM »

I was torn between putting this here or in the dev's forum, but here goes...

http://classicprogrammerpaintings.com/

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General Software Discussion / Re: desktop sharing tool

« on: May 14, 2018, 05:21 PM »

thanks guys! I shall have to look into anydesk

FWIW when I googled TeamViewer there seemed to be a few question marks around it, hence my query

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General Software Discussion / Re: desktop sharing tool

« on: May 14, 2018, 12:18 AM »

If both ends have Microsoft accounts there's Quick Assist (Windows 10) or Remote Assistance (pre-10 which didn't require a Microsoft account IIRC).

https://www.howtogee...eshoot-a-friends-pc/

Haven't tried Quick Assist but have previously used Remote Assistance and it worked fine for what I was doing.

-4wd (May 13, 2018, 11:17 PM)

hadn't heard of that one before, but that sounds just the ticket 

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General Software Discussion / Re: desktop sharing tool

« on: May 13, 2018, 11:01 PM »

I've just been using Skype as of late.  It works well enough for my purposes.

-wraith808 (May 13, 2018, 09:35 PM)

yeah, but that opens up other possibilities that I don't want to have to manage (and once the cats out of the bag there's no getting it back in)

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General Software Discussion / desktop sharing tool

« on: May 13, 2018, 08:35 PM »

anyone got any current recommendations for a desktop sharing tool? 

looking for something simple - pretty limited use, ie desktop support for my inlaws (so potentially lots of calls, but only 1 or 2 users)

A search on DC throws a number of suggestions but most posts are quite old or have since disappeared

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« on: May 03, 2018, 05:41 PM »

just finished 'Sea of Rust' by C. Robert Cargill.



It's a somewhat different take on a post apocalyptic world where our robot overlords have risen up

a very enjoyable read...

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Living Room / Re: Data connection through audio jack

« on: May 02, 2018, 12:00 AM »

its certainly possible - I had (have) an old iriver DAC that used the audio jack for charging, data transfer, and playback

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: March 07, 2018, 10:26 PM »

Could anyone here really believe that Trump could win the Nobel Peace Prize?

then again, did anyone really believe he'd win the presidency  

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Living Room / Re: Why doesn't DC make its own browser?

« on: February 20, 2018, 02:13 AM »

I am of the feeling that there is some "harm" done every time we make a new section, in terms of fractionating the community.   So my preference is always to avoid creating new forum sections.

-mouser (February 20, 2018, 12:31 AM)

perfectly understandable.

Is there a compromise whereby all that info could be stored in a central place rather than scattered across multiple random threads?

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Living Room / Re: Why doesn't DC make its own browser?

« on: February 19, 2018, 07:38 PM »

been following this thread and it sort of dovetails into something I've been thinking about for some time

Given the rather appalling offerings in the browser market I'm wondering if there is some value in creating a new(?) board, similar to the mini-review board but specifically for browsers (Browser Wars)?

I envisage that it would borrow a lot from the mini-review board in that posters would need to provide detailed info/feedback (ie no 'chrome is great' posts).

The idea is to provide a centralised area where users can find info on various browsers, their hereditary, feature sets, strengths, weaknesses, use cases etc.   

And most of the info should stay relevant (unlike the mini-reviews which can date quickly)

is this worth pursuing or investigating?

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Living Room / Re: How to check xlsx files for malicious macros or virus

« on: February 18, 2018, 01:02 AM »

as long as it is actually an xlsx you wont have a problem - XLSX files can't hold macro's (they need to be in XLSM format)

as to how you confirm that I couldn't say, though excel is pretty good about highlighting files it thinks aren't in the expected format

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Living Room / Re: Laptop monitor screen to box pc via cables?

« on: January 11, 2018, 04:48 PM »

actually its not that hard as driver boards are readily available for most displays

You'll need to crack the screen open (ie remove the shell around the display) so you can identify the display type/model, eg I have a display from an old Acer travelmate 3100 - the display is an LG.Phillips LP154W01.  A quick google turns up the relevant hardware (about $40 aust for the driver board, plus an appropriate power supply)

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Living Room / Re: Happy New Year 2018 - Share new years resolutions or best practices?

« on: January 04, 2018, 11:25 PM »

you misspelt banned....

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Living Room / Re: Happy New Year 2018 - Share new years resolutions or best practices?

« on: January 04, 2018, 09:53 PM »

You're going to tell us what the tenon saw?

-cranioscopical (January 04, 2018, 09:21 PM)

well, seeing as you axed so nicely.

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Living Room / Re: Happy New Year 2018 - Share new years resolutions or best practices?

« on: January 03, 2018, 11:29 PM »

just what is it you're implying?

-Target (January 03, 2018, 04:13 PM)

That your actions not always appear above board?

-Shades (January 03, 2018, 08:17 PM)

Ah the old distraction technique… ever seen him pull a rabbet out of a hat?

-cranioscopical (January 03, 2018, 09:27 PM)

check that, I've mortise ay!

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Living Room / Re: Happy New Year 2018 - Share new years resolutions or best practices?

« on: January 03, 2018, 04:13 PM »

I didn't peg him for being a hack, but you had to chisell away that layer of veneer...

-Shades (January 03, 2018, 11:26 AM)

just what is it you're implying?

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Living Room / Re: Happy New Year 2018 - Share new years resolutions or best practices?

« on: January 01, 2018, 11:17 PM »

It seems to me there is a mind virus on this thread..

-mouser (January 01, 2018, 08:02 PM)

that sure wood screw things up a bit, and if it wasn't for you we miter got away with it!

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Living Room / Re: Happy New Year 2018 - Share new years resolutions or best practices?

« on: January 01, 2018, 03:19 PM »

Just scroll up to see the look on my face.

-mouser (January 01, 2018, 11:26 AM)

now he's got a scroll saw...

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General Software Discussion / Re: save to text or print to file in chrome

« on: December 20, 2017, 06:04 PM »

so you've succinctly summarised the same issue all big businesses/bureaucracies have, pressure to 'succeed'

FWIW I've been banging on about automation to anyone that will listen for years, and its only in the last 12 months that there has been any focus on it.  That said its more to do with the latest management fad of 'digitisation' (and oh man, do I hate that term) than anything I've ever said

But again, this is a business that doesn't recognise efficiency - the tools they built are only replacements for the workarounds we've had in place for years, and some still don't work properly (if at all).  Yet on the back of 'delivering' these boons to productivity they cut our staffing by half...

way to make a wheel squeak...

but we digress, AFAICS the chrome issue is nothing to do with my use case, but more to do with Google determining how I will use the browser.  I fail to see why I don't get to decide what I want to do with whatever is open in the browser (it is in fact its none of their business, or perhaps it is their business and they're failing to deliver). 

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General Software Discussion / Re: save to text or print to file in chrome

« on: December 19, 2017, 11:14 PM »

sadly I work for a big company, which is to say that inefficiency is the norm (no matter what management might say to the contrary)

There is zero chance that the data could be made available in any other format, or via any other means, and certainly not on the scale that we're talking about here (I'm only one of several thousand users, and I do this in order to make these reports usable to others)