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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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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for Managing the Production of a Magazine

« Last post by wraith808 on May 13, 2019, 02:56 PM »

Anyone else catch a whiff of canned pork-product here?

-Deozaan (May 13, 2019, 10:47 AM)

Maybe.  Not sure considering other factors.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on May 13, 2019, 09:34 AM »

 

This is where we're going, eh?

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Developer's Corner / Introducing GitHub Package Registry

« Last post by wraith808 on May 13, 2019, 09:28 AM »

https://github.blog/...ub-package-registry/

GitHub Package Registry provides fast, reliable downloads backed by GitHub’s global CDN. And it supports familiar package management tools: JavaScript (npm), Java (Maven), Ruby (RubyGems), .NET (NuGet), and Docker images, with more to come.

Looks like an interesting proposal.  Signed up for the waitlist for the beta.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for Managing the Production of a Magazine

« Last post by wraith808 on May 13, 2019, 05:24 AM »

I'd second Deo's recommendation of Trello, though I actually use something else to keep track of things in sync with my other work- Notion.   It has a lot of features that let me get a great bang for my buck and the ability to expand it with templates and integrates with the browser for clipping and imports Evernote.

They have a free version, but I pay for it so that I don't have to worry about limits and to support the platform, though I'm in no danger of hitting the limits as they're pretty generous. You can see the pricing at https://www.notion.so/pricing.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Why do people keep requesting DonationCoder license keys for Pokemon Go??

« Last post by wraith808 on May 10, 2019, 10:33 PM »

Is this true for anybody else?

-Stephen66515 (May 10, 2019, 05:09 PM)

It is for me on DuckDuckGo.

-Deozaan (May 10, 2019, 05:14 PM)

Me too.  So maybe that's just doing a search?

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Living Room / Re: Need Video Doorbell Options

« Last post by wraith808 on May 09, 2019, 06:09 PM »

Understood... I've heard good things about the Ring devices (that's the one with the 6 month battery IIRC), and they will push the video to/through Alexa or dump it on an onboard SSD.

I thought all of the ring devices had to be hooked up to the power line.  I'll have to take another look!

We use Ring at our home. The doorbell camera comes in two versions. One uses the doorbell’s transformer power, the other is strictly battery powered.

It works with your existing doorbells and it’s been very reliable. Decent range of user selectable settings. Decent latency for a web type surveillance cam too. Has an optional swarm feature that allows you to receive updates about alerts issued by other Ring users in your area.

-40hz (May 09, 2019, 05:10 PM)

Thanks for that info!  And good to see you around, stranger!  Hope to see you more, and that everything is going well with you! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Brave: A new browser with built-in adblock and payment solutions

« Last post by wraith808 on May 09, 2019, 02:00 PM »

If only they'd figure out what was wrong on my middle click on browser tabs, I'd use it full-time.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Free Game on Humble Store

« Last post by wraith808 on May 09, 2019, 01:58 PM »

Age of Wonders III is free for the next couple of days.

https://www.humblebu...e/age-of-wonders-iii

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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder Recipe Sharing Thread

« Last post by wraith808 on May 09, 2019, 10:17 AM »

Just got one off Friendica that I tried.  Very good!



Instant Pot Lemon Chicken

This simple recipe is quick and delicious. The chicken comes out juicy and tender every time.
photo from a batch that just came out of our oven.

Ingredients

➤ 2 pounds of organic drumsticks (or wings)
➤ lemons (for juicing)
➤ avocado oil spray
➤ garlic powder
➤ salt
➤ pepper
➤ dried parsley

Instructions

➤ spray Instant Pot with avocado oil
➤ put raw chicken into Instant Pot
➤ sprinkle chicken liberally with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and dried parsley
➤ pour in one cup of lemon juice
➤ pressure cook on high manual 5 minutes
➤ preheat oven to 500 degrees
➤ manually depressurize Instant Pot
➤ remove chicken and place in single layer on oil sprayed cookie sheet
➤ bake for 5 minutes at 500 degrees or until golden brown
➤ while chicken is baking turn Instant Pot to saute and reduce left over sauce for a glaze
➤ pull chicken from oven, top with glaze, and serve

NOTE: I changed this up to use boneless chicken breasts that I cut in half, and reduced the lemon to 3/4 cup.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Brave: A new browser with built-in adblock and payment solutions

« Last post by wraith808 on May 08, 2019, 04:23 PM »

Yeah, I have DC set to get the auto donations, but it's unverified as you said.

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Living Room / Re: How to expand laptop storage?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 06, 2019, 03:09 PM »

I think you have your answer as well as can be expected.  You get what you pay for.  Do you trust the manufacturer?  That's why I go with SanDisk and keep everything backed up too.

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Living Room / Re: How to expand laptop storage?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 06, 2019, 01:41 PM »

I don't know what would be good for use.  I purchased this one: https://smile.amazon.../product/B0758NHWS8/

You can see some definitions of speed here: https://en.wikipedia...g/wiki/SD_card#Speed

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Living Room / Re: How to expand laptop storage?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 06, 2019, 01:17 PM »

If you get a high-speed SD card, it's pretty good.  I use one in my surface and XPS, as on both of those I can't upgrade the hard drive or it's the largest capacity.  I don't notice a difference in most day to day tasks.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 06, 2019, 08:04 AM »

I've never used it, but it looks interesting in concept.  Not sure seeing the comments about cloning an app if it requires multiple instances of apps and just partitions them into different user spaces.  I see a few others apps for the same thing; not really sure what the difference is, but would be interested in seeing others' responses to this query.