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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by wraith808 on May 03, 2019, 02:09 PM »

That's strange... mine only uses one port, whether wired or wireless.

https://smile.amazon...phone/dp/B003VANOFY/

That third image shows the dongle; when it's connected for charging, you only use the one cable still and get the sound also. (Note that the prices have gone up a lot seemingly since they're hard to find; I paid nowhere near that price).

I don't use that anymore; since most of mine use is seated at a PC, and I don't need to speak when getting up, I got a good pair of wireless monitors and a separate desktop mic.  The stand for my monitors also charges, so I don't have worries about keeping it charged.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by wraith808 on May 03, 2019, 08:47 AM »

Today's XKCD is an exploration game in the comic

https://xkcd.com/1608/

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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 02, 2019, 09:26 AM »

Someone needs to make an image of that now...

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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 01, 2019, 05:04 PM »

That's one of the strangest things I've seen.  Where are you getting the requests?

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Living Room / Re: Need Video Doorbell Options

« Last post by wraith808 on May 01, 2019, 01:42 PM »

My front doorbell is just out (think there's an electrical problem) so I want to put another bell out front that can ring inside and downstairs.  As I'm currently in a rental (always best IMO to rent when you first move), I don't really want to deal with the landlord or an electrician over this...

-wraith808 (May 01, 2019, 09:18 AM)

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.

-Stoic Joker (May 01, 2019, 09:27 AM)

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

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Living Room / Re: Need Video Doorbell Options

« Last post by wraith808 on May 01, 2019, 09:18 AM »

My front doorbell is just out (think there's an electrical problem) so I want to put another bell out front that can ring inside and downstairs.  As I'm currently in a rental (always best IMO to rent when you first move), I don't really want to deal with the landlord or an electrician over this...

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Living Room / Re: Need Video Doorbell Options

« Last post by wraith808 on April 30, 2019, 05:50 PM »

I'd be interested in this too... I've been looking for one that works on batteries rather than requiring it to be hooked in, but all of the ones that I've seen require that.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor - How to improve image quality?

« Last post by wraith808 on April 29, 2019, 01:24 PM »

Quote from other post

Hello and thanks to all who read and take time to respond. My question is about the DPI: setting. What setting should this be to get a good quality screen capture? Most screen capture software gives a result that is difficult to read and I would like to have a screen capture that is easily read without any blurring of text, images, or numbers. What setting in Screenshot Capture should be adjusted to provide a good quality PNG or JPEG. So far I have only found the DPI Setting. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Captured images I paste on Word, Excel, or PDF files are usually fuzzy when I increase the size in the document.

Consolidated 3 posts into one.

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Living Room / Docker Hub Database Hack Exposes Sensitive Data of 190K Users

« Last post by wraith808 on April 27, 2019, 11:47 AM »

From https://www.bleeping...-data-of-190k-users/

An unauthorized person gained access to a Docker Hub database that exposed sensitive information for approximately 190,000 users. This information included some usernames and hashed passwords, as well as tokens for GitHub and Bitbucket repositories.

According to a security notice sent late Friday night, Docker became aware of unauthorized access to a Docker Hub database on April 25th, 2019.

After performing an investigation it was determined that the database contained information for approximately 190,000 users. This information included access tokens for GitHub and Bitbucket repositories used for Docker autobuilds as well usernames and passwords for a small percentage of users.

More at link.

Full text of notification e-mail

On Thursday, April 25th, 2019, we discovered unauthorized access to a single Hub database storing a subset of non-financial user data. Upon discovery, we acted quickly to intervene and secure the site.

We want to update you on what we've learned from our ongoing investigation, including which Hub accounts are impacted, and what actions users should take.

Here is what we’ve learned:

During a brief period of unauthorized access to a Docker Hub database, sensitive data from approximately 190,000 accounts may have been exposed (less than 5% of Hub users). Data includes usernames and hashed passwords for a small percentage of these users, as well as Github and Bitbucket tokens for Docker autobuilds.

Actions to Take:

- We are asking users to change their password on Docker Hub and any other accounts that shared this password.

- For users with autobuilds that may have been impacted, we have revoked GitHub tokens and access keys, and ask that you reconnect to your repositories and check security logs to see if any unexpected actions have taken place.

- You may view security actions on your GitHub or BitBucket accounts to see if any unexpected access has occurred over the past 24 hours -see https://help.github....ng-your-security-log and https://bitbucket.or...-what-when-and-where

- This may affect your ongoing builds from our Automated build service. You may need to unlink and then relink your Github and Bitbucket source provider as described in https://docs.docker..../builds/link-source/

We are enhancing our overall security processes and reviewing our policies. Additional monitoring tools are now in place.

Our investigation is still ongoing, and we will share more information as it becomes available.

Thank you,

Kent Lamb Director of Docker Support [email protected]

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Living Room / Re: Remember Net Neutrality and the arguments that the concerns were overrated?

« Last post by wraith808 on April 26, 2019, 10:40 PM »

I did find a more balanced view of it in an article on Ars.

https://arstechnica....online-game-servers/

Relevant part:

"This service does not increase the speed of any traffic, nor prioritize gaming traffic ahead of other traffic on our network," a Cox spokesperson told Ars. "Cox Elite Gamer solves a problem with deficiencies in the public Internet, not our network. No customer's experience is degraded as a result of any customers purchasing Cox Elite Gamer service as an add-on to their Internet service... the Cox Elite Gamer service selects an optimized Internet path with each gaming session initiated by the customers."

You apparently install software on a Windows PC, and it reroutes your traffic.  It's a rebranded version of  wtfast (https://www.wtfast.com/), snake oil by another name.  So not a net neutrality issue, it appears.  But who's to say if there are other reasons around this related to probing and obscurement?

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Living Room / Remember Net Neutrality and the arguments that the concerns were overrated?

« Last post by wraith808 on April 26, 2019, 12:26 PM »

Cox Communications is rolling out a new Elite Gamer ‘fast lane’ internet connection

Who wants to pay more for your internet connection to make sure you can play games on it? Because that’s what Cox Communications is now offering with its Elite Gamer package, an extra $15 charge to ensure that your online game experience has minimal lag and ping. You know, exactly the sort of “fast lane” connection that net neutrality rules prevented and that various companies (including Cox) assured people wouldn’t be created.

More at https://massivelyop....internet-connection/

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Living Room / Re: What musical piece is this?

« Last post by wraith808 on April 24, 2019, 07:20 AM »

you can take a picture of the written score and upload it

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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: Unping all the links!

« Last post by wraith808 on April 19, 2019, 08:14 PM »

How is Iridium?  So many choices... all based on Chromium.

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Developer's Corner / Re: File Upload With Php

« Last post by wraith808 on April 18, 2019, 04:40 PM »

This may be helpful to you, in helping those who might help you:

https://stackoverflo....com/help/how-to-ask

-Deozaan (April 18, 2019, 02:59 PM)

 

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DC Gamer Club / Update Origin Now

« Last post by wraith808 on April 18, 2019, 02:53 PM »

If you have Origin (EA's launcher/store) installed, update it now.   As in quit reading this and go update it.

Then you can read the long story here: https://gizmodo.com/...lient-now-1834079604

Excerpt:

But strangely, a recent bug with its Origin game client might be one of the company’s most serious issues yet.

That’s because due to a security flaw in the Windows version of Origin, it was possible for hackers to essentially run or install any application on a user’s computer through something as innocuous as a hyperlink.

Discovered by Daley Bee and Dominik Penner of Underdog Security (via TechCrunch), the source of the flaw came from EA’s use of a custom URL protocol that allowed gamers to access a game’s web store from a browser instead of using the Origin client. Unfortunately, because those “origin://” links could also be tricked into launching malicious software, it essentially gave hackers free rein to install almost any program onto an end user’s machine.

According to Bee, by combining a malicious code with a cross-site scripting exploit, malware could be sent and automatically installed on vulnerable systems simply by clicking a link. And to prove the existence of the flaw, the team at Underdog security even created a demo exploit that opened up the Windows Calculator app instead of a link in Origin that appeared to be an EA sales offer.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Transfer.sh - Easy file sharing from the command line

« Last post by wraith808 on April 17, 2019, 04:33 PM »

And it's down again for me.

It never works when I need it. 

-Deozaan (April 17, 2019, 04:06 PM)

You could host your own instance...

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

« Last post by wraith808 on April 16, 2019, 09:42 PM »

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General Software Discussion / Re: I know this has been done but not sure where to find it quickly.

« Last post by wraith808 on April 16, 2019, 05:26 PM »

I use the commercial app CompareIt!/SynchronizeIt! and love it.

That said, are the two folders on the same drive or different drives?  Are the drives formatted the same if they are different?

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

« Last post by wraith808 on April 15, 2019, 07:10 PM »

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by wraith808 on April 12, 2019, 05:45 PM »

Nice homage to your Pops.   

-skwire (April 12, 2019, 03:04 PM)

 

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Developer's Corner / Re: File Upload

« Last post by wraith808 on April 11, 2019, 08:12 AM »

Again, check StackOverflow with your questions.  You'll have a larger variety of coders and people to help you.  If someone knows here, they'd be happy to help you, but we have a smaller pool and depending on timeframe they might not be able to answer.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Building Pagination With Php 7 Using Mysqli And Prepared Statements

« Last post by wraith808 on April 11, 2019, 08:11 AM »

Again, check StackOverflow with your questions.  You'll have a larger variety of coders and people to help you.  If someone knows here, they'd be happy to help you, but we have a smaller pool and depending on timeframe they might not be able to answer.

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: NANY 2019: Mass JSON Viewer

« Last post by wraith808 on April 09, 2019, 12:01 PM »

Hmmm... that's strange.  It should have formatted it.  Let me take a look.  Still slammed at work (they terminated my boss with no warning or reason, so I'm picking up the pieces O_O).  But I'll try to get to this in the next few days.

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: NANY 2019: Mass JSON Viewer

« Last post by wraith808 on April 09, 2019, 10:11 AM »

I'd say try it now with your massive file and see if it works to view it.  That might give an indication if it would be able to edit it.

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: NANY 2019: Mass JSON Viewer

« Last post by wraith808 on April 09, 2019, 08:25 AM »

It does not have an edit option, though I can look at adding that.  I'm not sure about being able to handle very large files - it uses Newtonsoft JSON.NET to manipulate the JSON, and is supposed to be highly performant, and I know that I've manipulated some very large datasets with it, but not sure how large.