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

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

rule of thumb, no one should ever touch electricity...

-Target (March 07, 2019, 11:18 PM)

Shocking revelation, that.

-skwire (March 08, 2019, 12:04 AM)

That lightning wit on display, eh?

-wraith808 (March 08, 2019, 12:20 AM)

These kinds of remarks are a bit of a jolt!

-cranioscopical (March 08, 2019, 08:21 AM)

Ohm my word, I knew you all wouldn't be able to resist.

-skwire (March 08, 2019, 08:39 AM)

That comment really Hertz.

-wraith808 (March 08, 2019, 09:49 AM)

And so it should! After all, we are discussing the crown joules of mouser's demesne.

-cranioscopical (March 08, 2019, 02:46 PM)

I think that there is a potential difference that you re-fuse to see that I can't relay between our alternating current conversations.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on March 08, 2019, 09:49 AM »

rule of thumb, no one should ever touch electricity...

-Target (March 07, 2019, 11:18 PM)

Shocking revelation, that.

-skwire (March 08, 2019, 12:04 AM)

That lightning wit on display, eh?

-wraith808 (March 08, 2019, 12:20 AM)

These kinds of remarks are a bit of a jolt!

-cranioscopical (March 08, 2019, 08:21 AM)

Ohm my word, I knew you all wouldn't be able to resist.

-skwire (March 08, 2019, 08:39 AM)

That comment really Hertz.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on March 08, 2019, 12:20 AM »

rule of thumb, no one should ever touch electricity...

-Target (March 07, 2019, 11:18 PM)

Shocking revelation, that.

-skwire (March 08, 2019, 12:04 AM)

That lightning wit on display, eh?

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Developer's Corner / Re: Looking for a way to increase load on system to simulate OOM

« Last post by wraith808 on March 07, 2019, 07:27 PM »

Is there no debugger on the production machine?

With the Embarcadero RAD Studio software there is a piece of software (PIA server, if memory serves me) that you need to install on the production system and after that you can use the debugging environment from your own system to "hook" into the production system. Does the debugger software you use have a similar feature?

Such a solution does presume that you have full access to the production system. Not sure how such a solution would hold up if the production system is cloud-based.

I think I mentioned this software before, but here goes: API Monitor  This might give you a better idea of why process is running out of memory. It is portable freeware, so no installation required.

-Shades (March 07, 2019, 07:20 PM)

Visual studio has such a feature, but I doubt that any enterprise that has external clients would want such a security risk installed on the production servers.  I don't even have access to the servers- that's the purview of Release Engineering.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Serious Chrome zero-day – Google says update “right this minute” (06 MAR 2019)

« Last post by wraith808 on March 07, 2019, 03:23 PM »

I ignore it quite a bit also, but happened to catch that one 

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Developer's Corner / Re: Looking for a way to increase load on system to simulate OOM

« Last post by wraith808 on March 07, 2019, 02:56 PM »

I'm not looking to limit the CPU, though, but the RAM available.  Both of those operate on CPU.  Process Tamer reduces the priority of the process allowing other processes to interfere with it.  Process Lasso does the same, though it does have an option for RAM, it's not a limit; it just triggers an action.  However, that answer did contain my answer it seems!  Thanks for that!  There's a different answer that talks about process governor that seems to do what I want!

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Developer's Corner / Looking for a way to increase load on system to simulate OOM

« Last post by wraith808 on March 07, 2019, 01:24 PM »

I'm having a problem in a production environment while performing a memory intensive operation, the process gets an OOM exception.  In the debugger, because my local machine is not under the same memory pressure and has access to the entire address space, I can't reproduce it.  I'm pretty sure it's concurrent processing when processing this large document in memory that's the problem, but I can't verify it.

Is there a utility or a way in visual studio where you can limit the memory that the debugger can access to simulate memory pressure on the system, so I can determine under what conditions the process runs out of memory?  Either external to VS or internal?

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Coding Snacks / Re: contextmenu addon feature (alike LevelZap)

« Last post by wraith808 on March 07, 2019, 12:21 PM »

Still slammed at work (up until 4 AM last night ) but I've downloaded it and will put it in my queue to evaluate if no one gets to it first. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Serious Chrome zero-day – Google says update “right this minute” (06 MAR 2019)

« Last post by wraith808 on March 07, 2019, 12:12 PM »

https://www.donation...=35862.msg428264#new

The original link (posted there) is https://chromereleas...ate-for-desktop.html.  They tell the issue number, but when you try to go there, it's blocked from general view.

And I didn't even think about updating Brave and Vivaldi.  Thanks for the reminder!

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Living Room / Re: Looking for "Smart"watch Recommendations

« Last post by wraith808 on March 07, 2019, 12:09 PM »

I've been looking at the fitbit versa, however I have never used a fitbit device before, and have no experience with the OS. However, the youtube videos that I have watched makes the watch seem like its not a bad watch.

-nite_monkey (March 06, 2019, 10:52 AM)

I'm not sure if it's a versa, but I got the wife a Fitbit some-damn-thing-or-the-other for Christmas. The battery on hers will last just about a full week. And the UI is just about as elegantly idiot simple as it could be. She loves it and wears/uses it constantly. She is also a very nontechnical 65...

-Stoic Joker (March 07, 2019, 08:09 AM)

If you could figure out which fitbit she has, that'd be awesome. A full week of battery is a lot better than my current barely a day battery, and I'm still not 100% on the amazfit bip just yet.

-nite_monkey (March 07, 2019, 08:34 AM)

I bought my wife the Fitbit charge 2 and she loves it and is very non-technical, and gets about a week out of it.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by wraith808 on March 06, 2019, 09:17 PM »

While having the most up-to-date software on your computer is usually an excellent idea, the LifeHacker article doesn't say anything about the reason why. Just that you should do this, because they say so. Call me a rebellious fool or whatever, but when I read such garbage, I am inclined to do just the opposite.

Then again, I don't use Chrome on my PC's...where 99.9% of my internet surfing takes place anyway. My systems are really a 'No Chrome'-zone. As I have Android with Google Play, Chrome comes with that like the unwanted stepchild and gets treated as such, because I am not allowed to remove it from my phone.

-Shades (March 06, 2019, 08:47 PM)

https://chromereleas...ate-for-desktop.html

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Living Room / Re: Looking for "Smart"watch Recommendations

« Last post by wraith808 on March 06, 2019, 07:16 PM »

Just a couple of notes on the BIP:

• For the basic stuff nothing other than the supplied app is required, (Mi Fit), so it's fine for Notifications, Step Counter, Heart Rate, Sleep Analysis, etc, etc.
• The BIP2 is soon to be available, (was available for pre-order for a short time) - 5ATM Water Resistance, slightly narrower, loses the Barometric sensor, albeit at a higher price - but it may prompt sales on the BIP1.

I think Apple has the best Smart Watch.

-Sean123 (March 06, 2019, 06:04 PM)

I'm looking for a smartwatch that won't murder my bank, has good battery life, and that will let me view my [Android] phone's notifications without having to take it out of my pocket.

-nite_monkey (March 06, 2019, 10:52 AM)

0 out of 3 ain't that bad ... I guess.

-4wd (March 06, 2019, 06:19 PM)

 

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Living Room / Re: How to calculate the area of a graph?

« Last post by wraith808 on March 06, 2019, 03:57 PM »

http://www.mathwords...ea_under_a_curve.htm

-wraith808 (March 06, 2019, 10:14 AM)

Bearing in mind it's been 40+ years since I had to stare cross-eyed at this stuff I would have thought that since the graph was seemingly created using sampled data rather than a formula that you would have had to use the age old method of slicing and dicing the area into trapezoids, calculating their area, and then adding them together?

Or given the data you could probably just stick it into Excel and have it do it.

-4wd (March 06, 2019, 03:42 PM)

That's a possible way of doing it- that way just requires geometry and basic math, not calculus.  The equation given there is just the easier way to calculate it from the formula of the graph.

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Living Room / Re: Looking for "Smart"watch Recommendations

« Last post by wraith808 on March 06, 2019, 02:48 PM »

I currently have a Garmin Vivoactive 1st Generation and have had it since it hit the market.  It's a great watch and interfaces well with my s9.  That said, it's about 5 years old.  I constantly research other models, as I'm ready to upgrade.  I looked at the Fenix, but it's a bit pricier (unless I go with the older Fenix 3, which I almost did).  I also looked at the Samsung Galaxy Watch, and Garmin Instinct.  I've almost pulled the trigger on the Amazfit Stratos a few times.  The only thing that I've determined so far is that I'm more confused after looking than I was before.

My requirements for my watch would be

(a) running, cycling, and swimming
(b) daily fitness tracking
(c) 2 weeks+ battery life (would tolerate less with GPS)
(d) GPS
(e) Pair with android
(f) not incredibly oversized
(g) durable

My current watch has all of these, though I've noticed with age that the battery (using GPS daily for about 30-45 mins) is about 4 days, so that's the primary reason that I've started to look.

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Living Room / Re: How to calculate the area of a graph?

« Last post by wraith808 on March 06, 2019, 10:14 AM »

http://www.mathwords...ea_under_a_curve.htm

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

« Last post by wraith808 on March 05, 2019, 06:58 PM »

Plumbing and Electricity are two areas that I personally won't touch.  Good luck!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Slow Windows load even with SSD

« Last post by wraith808 on March 05, 2019, 08:30 AM »

(cleaned up and locked thread.  OP left unbanned for now)

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by wraith808 on March 04, 2019, 09:35 AM »

I'm a Web Designer in an online company somewhere in New Jersey.

-Sean123 (March 04, 2019, 02:32 AM)

Welcome!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Does any folder in tree have more than one file in it?

« Last post by wraith808 on March 01, 2019, 06:52 AM »

I meant that the code that poshgui generates looks like just the freehand code.  you can move things around the xaml canvas also, and it generates the same sort of code.  I just find that I have more fine control doing it myself.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Does any folder in tree have more than one file in it?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 28, 2019, 11:20 PM »

Wow... I write all my forms freehand- I never realized that you could do the same in PowerShell.  I might be writing more scripting than ever now.

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Living Room / Re: Apologies, confessions and a bit of a rant

« Last post by wraith808 on February 28, 2019, 11:51 AM »

This isn't the life you deal with day to day.  Look at this as an escape, and visit as you have a chance.  I hope things get better- I know how work can affect all of the other areas of your life. 

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

« Last post by wraith808 on February 27, 2019, 09:38 PM »

So I decided to dive in again, and have experienced a couple of oddities.  One of my sites doesn't work in brave where it works fine in chrome.  It's a web app, and when I click things, they just refresh the page instead of the control working.  And I can't get the behavior to have middle-clicks close tabs.  It works in Vivaldi and Chrome.  It does seem speedier, but not sure that I'm going to be able to use it if these small things add up.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on February 27, 2019, 04:08 PM »

All of the chrome extensions work on it now?  When last I checked, I wasn't able to use some of them, which is why I dropped it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Switching.social

« Last post by wraith808 on February 27, 2019, 04:03 PM »

https://mastodon.at/...ags/alternativesatoz

A series of toots by switching.social about different FOSS alternatives.

I currently have experience with writeFreely (excellent alternative for writing and having it federate or just using as a lightweight blog), PixelFed (Instagram alternative), Pinafore (alternative interface for Mastodon), PeerTube (alternative to Youtube), Friendica/Diaspora*/HubZilla (alternative social networks- I also use HubZilla for my RSS reader), open.audio (alternative to Soundcloud), and Cryptpad (alternative to Google Docs, operates similarly to f0dder's fSekrit but the pads are sharable). 

I don't go all in on the FOSS nor the privacy bit, but I use these because they are nice.  And the fact that you can own what you use in a different way than normal software has become appealing to me.  I don't have my own instances for all of these (in fact, right now I only have my own instance for Friendica and HubZilla), but the fact that I can do that with most of these is a really compelling idea.

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: Calculor - A Live, Handy, Dandy, Inline Calculator

« Last post by wraith808 on February 19, 2019, 01:31 PM »

Who uses log anyway?

-BGM (December 25, 2016, 10:36 PM)

Yule find out one day...   

-cranioscopical (February 16, 2019, 09:19 AM)

...and you'll get fired up!

-Shades (February 17, 2019, 08:41 AM)

You guys can stick those puns somewhere.

-BGM (February 17, 2019, 09:22 AM)

And then it ends up to be a match...

-Shades (February 19, 2019, 08:20 AM)

Your bark is worse than your bite, truth be told.