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General Software Discussion / Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
« Last post by wraith808 on June 22, 2019, 11:42 AM »
you are not the author of FB2Mate, so how can >you< be launching it on chrome's store?

-Curt (June 22, 2019, 07:40 AM)

Launching as in installing, I took it.  English might not be their native language?
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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Last post by wraith808 on June 20, 2019, 07:41 AM »
You can upgrade Windows 10 S to Windows 10 Pro easily enough:

https://pureinfotech...10-s-windows-10-pro/
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Finished Programs / Re: ZIP to PHP converter
« Last post by wraith808 on June 19, 2019, 01:05 PM »
I'm glad someone is still using it... I'd not seen this before!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Non automated time trackers
« Last post by wraith808 on June 18, 2019, 07:58 AM »
Anuran does this.  An old NANY entry, but I still use it because I'm terrible at tracking time.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Switching.social
« Last post by wraith808 on June 16, 2019, 06:57 PM »
Well, I use OneDrive for most of my heavy lifting.  It's just too good of a deal not to do so.  I was using Dropbox for more of the project-centric stuff that I want to access across devices and use with Apps.  That's what my primary negative reaction to the Dropbox thing is about- it's ubiquitous in apps now.  But they're limiting it to three devices total, which doesn't really work unless you just don't have devices.  I don't know of anything that's in as many apps as Dropbox is, unfortunately.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Switching.social
« Last post by wraith808 on June 15, 2019, 03:18 PM »
How many times do you have to get kicked before you realize that free services aren't free?

Dropbox has recently made a change so that you can only link to 3 devices on a free service.  And by link, that means use on a mobile device.  They spent all of that time getting people to buy into their API and share their service to get more space, and now in order to squeeze the last bit as they're entrenched are restricting the number of devices.

So how it relates to this thread... how are the sharing/syncing services here working out for everyone?  I'm definitely a lot more interested in this now.
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General Software Discussion / Re: some useful but less-known software. share your list!!!
« Last post by wraith808 on June 11, 2019, 10:00 PM »
Note: Comment section on Dissenter is built on Gab.
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Living Room / Re: grabby mouse pad
« Last post by wraith808 on June 10, 2019, 10:26 PM »
Personally, I have had excellent experiences headphones from the brand Sennheiser. But those are hard to get here, and that was years ago. Sony's mid-tier or better headphones are good too.
-Shades (June 10, 2019, 08:49 PM)

That is the brand that I'm currently using, and they're readily available on Amazon.
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Living Room / Re: grabby mouse pad
« Last post by wraith808 on June 10, 2019, 06:33 PM »
You mean from the ones at your link?  Or just in general (just trying to relate the link to the question)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for AsciiDoc editor
« Last post by wraith808 on June 09, 2019, 01:26 PM »
It's at times like this that we had a simple way to vote up.  Been a bit busy today, but planned to answer exactly the above.  :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: Why do I need a router?
« Last post by wraith808 on June 07, 2019, 08:09 AM »
What IP Address did the ISP's router assign to your laptop? If it is a private range address (like 192.168.x.x) then you are fine. If it is a public range IP Address, then the above is quite dangerously true.
-Stoic Joker (June 07, 2019, 07:23 AM)

This.  And if you're connected directly, I have no question that it's a public range.  The router serves as a buffer between you and the internet, and most (all?) include a hardware firewall.  Don't trust your local one on this.  I'd not be surprised if something hasn't already hit your laptop if you don't have a firewall installed.  And if you do, I'd still not be surprised.  I did it one time because I didn't believe that the reports were true of just how much bad stuff was out there.  I took a decommissioned laptop and connected it directly.  It was amazing at how little time it took to be attacked. 

If you're reading this right now on that laptop, disconnect.  Wait until you get a router.  Then thoroughly check to make sure that nothing is on there.  You can also buy your own (they don't really tell you that) and skip the monthly fee in exchange an up-front cost.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Brave: A new browser with built-in adblock and payment solutions
« Last post by wraith808 on June 05, 2019, 03:08 PM »
I've been able to find out what my problem was (it was the fact that I had Muon still installed), so though there are a few hiccups, Brave is now my main browser.  And I have 20 BAT for my ad earnings since that time.  It took me a while to figure out that I needed to set it to only contribute to sites that were verified, so I still have 43 BAT in outstanding pledges.  My contributions in addition to DC are to Brave, NPR, bleeping computer, and the friendica instance I'm on (which gets most of mine at 59%).
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Living Room / Re: Seeking best laptop for daughter entering civil engineering college program
« Last post by wraith808 on June 02, 2019, 02:50 PM »
Has she considered something like a Surface Pro? It has a small enough form factor that she can easily tuck it in her backpack and take it virtually everywhere, but it's still a powerful enough machine (if you're willing to spend the money for the higher tier models) to do most anything she'd want.
-Deozaan (June 02, 2019, 02:45 PM)


I considered offering that up as an option, as I have one and it's one of the best things in my toolbox.  But the price consideration was what held me back from offering that up.
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Living Room / Re: Seeking best laptop for daughter entering civil engineering college program
« Last post by wraith808 on June 02, 2019, 02:29 PM »
i5 or i7, 2.8GHz or faster processor, with 16GB RAM is not very high end on the specs department.  And I think he meant that the Thunderbolt requirement was a bit overkill, as most laptops that you'd find with it are a bit much.  I was going to suggest something like an Inspiron 5480.  It doesn't have the Thunderbolt, but does have a discrete NVidia card and is only $900 base with 16GB and i7.  Add on tax shipping and the requisite warranty and you're looking a little north of 1100.  Buying a laptop with the idea of adding an eGPU makes no sense to me for most uses.

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Living Room / Re: Seeking best laptop for daughter entering civil engineering college program
« Last post by wraith808 on June 02, 2019, 09:49 AM »
Get one with at least one Thunderbolt 3 connector.
That sounds like serious overkill to me.

I would instead make reliability and trouble-free operation my top priority when it comes to this kind of thing.

In these cases having a super fast computer is way down on the priority list.  I'd find out whether she wants a heavier computer with big screen, or a very light computer that's small.
And rather than spending money on squeezing out performance that you'd only notice when playing the highest end games on, put the spare money towards things she can get some use out of, an online cloud backup service and/or a little plug and play backup drive, etc., or printer.
-mouser (June 02, 2019, 09:31 AM)

I'd agree.  What you want is something that is reliable, and that has pretty reputable after purchase support.  What are you looking to spend?  And will she be taking it to class?  Always remember that you can get an external screen and keyboard to keep at her desk if she needs more real estate.
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General Software Discussion / Re: [Solved] Looking for a way to bookmark location in long article.
« Last post by wraith808 on May 31, 2019, 05:00 PM »
Have a look at Pocket: https://getpocket.com/
Cheers

-MrZebulon (May 31, 2019, 04:13 PM)

A nice service that I used, but it doesn't provide intra-page bookmarking or highlighting as was requested.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Best 'no frills' clipboard history tool?
« Last post by wraith808 on May 28, 2019, 10:23 AM »
most ergonomic answer:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q...ng+clipboard+history
-Google

-Curt (May 28, 2019, 09:05 AM)

I don't think that people get that questions are asked because others want feedback from users that they sort of trust.
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Binary Fortress summer sale - Clipboard Fusion, Display Fusion, FileSeek, etc.
« Last post by wraith808 on May 26, 2019, 08:06 AM »
I did find clipboard fusion indispensable.  Then there was an update, and it's become a real problem as it doesn't automatically sync all the time.  Logfusion is pretty great for dealing with text based log files of indeterminate type.  And of course Display Fusion is one of my go-tos for multi-monitor support.  I have TrayStatus, but rarely run it.
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General Software Discussion / Re: some useful but less-known software. share your list!!!
« Last post by wraith808 on May 24, 2019, 03:28 PM »
If you're related, we can move the posts to the correct area.  If not, and you're just enthusiastic about them, that's fine too!  We're just asking for reference- not that you did anything wrong!
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General Software Discussion / Re: some useful but less-known software. share your list!!!
« Last post by wraith808 on May 24, 2019, 10:31 AM »
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-user4589 (May 24, 2019, 10:13 AM)

Hi, user4589, and welcome to the site!  I see that your two posts were related to software that has similar names and a similar developer/site, i.e. [link removed].  How are you related to that site?  If you are the developer, then we require that you state your relationship and share them in the announce your own product section instead of spreading them in bits across the site.
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DC Gamer Club / Re: Free Game on Humble Store
« Last post by wraith808 on May 23, 2019, 11:01 PM »
After watching gameplay, I wasn't prepared to even spend $1 on a steam key.  Maybe it gets more interesting.  But the Let's Play on Twitch was more boring than watching paint dry.
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DC Gamer Club / Re: Free Game on Humble Store
« Last post by wraith808 on May 23, 2019, 01:55 PM »
So this is strange.  Jalopy is free on Humble Bundle for the next couple of days (1day 22hrs at this point).  When you redeem, you get access to the DRM free download.  But you have to pay $1 to get the steam key.

https://www.humblebu...om/store/jalopy-free
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fSekrit / Re: FSekrit 1.40 Error Saving File
« Last post by wraith808 on May 23, 2019, 10:29 AM »
Yeah, I have it intermittently too; I just figure it's because I use fsekrit in a dropbox folder.  As that accesses the files to sync/check them, I could see there being an access problems.
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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Last post by wraith808 on May 20, 2019, 07:50 AM »
I did check and do see some stuff there, but not all.  I'm not sure what they use to determine, as some Stripe purchases from my local coffee shop are there, but not all Stripe purchases.  It seems that they'd have to get permission for this, but I checked in my privacy settings and didn't see anything that would apply.  And I don't see how this is useful for the consumer, as there's no search for your purchases.
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General Software Discussion / Re: WinPatrol appears dead
« Last post by wraith808 on May 18, 2019, 01:37 PM »
It's still working well for me; I get alerts for the things that I need to get alerts for, so I hadn't noticed about the site.  PLUS information on the processes still works, and has appeared useful.  I know that he'd (Rui?  The guy that bought them) had been working on the ransomware protection more than WinPatrol, but it had never really bothered me, as I have it set up to block everything unless I OK it.  In fact, I just got an update right before this as Onedrive set up an update to start after reboot.

As far as the site, I'd try to contact him if worried before pronouncing it dead.  Not sure why yours would have stopped giving alerts; are you sure it's running?
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