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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: NANY 2019: TextWorx - Universal Text Manipulator
« Last post by wraith808 on January 17, 2019, 09:02 AM »
oh, well, if there were word separations, such as spaces, that would be easy. thisisavariable would be quite difficult (more difficult than I am interested in, anyway!).  However, would anybody ever want to do that to a phrase?  I think Cytochrome wanted to do it to thisisavariable, and I can understand wanting to do that.  When people write variables in code, they never write them with spaces between.  I would actually find it easier to camelcase the vars as they come to me in my mind than to put spaces into them where they don't belong.
-BGM (January 15, 2019, 11:25 PM)

I was thinking about this, and you could convert between CamelCase, snake_case, and kebab-case pretty simply.  Just not the random all lower case words.  That could be a real use.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: gpa calculator
« Last post by wraith808 on January 17, 2019, 08:04 AM »
Isn't this going to depend on what country you're in, (and quite possibly state/region)?

eg. Scholaro GPA Calculator
-4wd (January 17, 2019, 05:23 AM)

And quite possibly school...  some use a 4.0 range, others a 5.0 range, and others different calculations.
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Non-Windows Software / Re: Android 6.0 tablet recent windows close all?
« Last post by wraith808 on January 16, 2019, 10:40 AM »
From his memory constraints, I'd think he'd want to terminate the app, else you wouldn't get back the resources.
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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: NANY 2019: TextWorx - Universal Text Manipulator
« Last post by wraith808 on January 15, 2019, 11:23 PM »
I was thinking that the ask was to take a phrase and turn it into the appropriate case.  So if you had this is a variable it would be turned into this_is_a_variable or this-is-a-variable.  Nothing would be done to thisisavariable.
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Non-Windows Software / Re: Android 6.0 tablet recent windows close all?
« Last post by wraith808 on January 15, 2019, 09:07 PM »
The frustrating bit for me is the thing saves the list across boots. 
-MilesAhead (January 15, 2019, 03:44 PM)

That's actually one thing that I love.  I don't lose an app unless I explicitly close it.
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by wraith808 on January 15, 2019, 09:05 PM »
I think that 'free' is often misinterpreted, especially on the side of the receiver.  'Free' is never free, the costs are either absorbed by someone else, or are in a form that you don't immediately realize.  People thought that Facebook was free.  They were wrong.  They were buying the ability to use Facebook with their privacy.  In the same way, skwire offers these programs for free, but he absorbs the cost, whether he does it because he wants to or not, it takes his time and resources. 

I think if more people thought about things in that way, they might be more appreciative (and in some cases skeptical) of the people that provide free things.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Folder Organizer/Sorter
« Last post by wraith808 on January 15, 2019, 09:01 PM »
@wraith808 Being the lazy type, everything goes into a download directory. I would like to sort the download directory and put the files where they should be according to what they are used for.
Hope this helps explain what I'm looking for.
-wetsmellydog (January 15, 2019, 12:32 PM)


I'm just going to do it so that you have the option, but to put it a better way; let's say that you specify your download directory, and say to move all to your 3d models directory, and specify the extension to look for as .DXF.  If there is a lone .DXF file in the directory (not in a zip) would you want it moved to that directory also?  Or only if it's in a zip file?  (And I should hopefully start on this tomorrow)
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Non-Windows Software / Re: Android 6.0 tablet recent windows close all?
« Last post by wraith808 on January 15, 2019, 07:47 AM »
My tablet has android 6, but it is a Samsung Galaxy S2, so if what Ath says above is true, it could be jist because it's a Samsung device.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Folder Organizer/Sorter
« Last post by wraith808 on January 14, 2019, 10:37 PM »
He didn't seem to mean the files being in the directory, which was why I was asking.
-wraith808 (January 14, 2019, 06:17 PM)

... scan for files with a specific extension in/out of a compressed folder ...
-wetsmellydog (January 12, 2019, 12:55 PM)

I took it to mean files within the directory and archives.
-4wd (January 14, 2019, 06:24 PM)

It could mean that.  But no harm checking.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Folder Organizer/Sorter
« Last post by wraith808 on January 14, 2019, 06:17 PM »
When I say 'zip files' I mean supported archives, which would have to be an extension :)  He didn't seem to mean the files being in the directory, which was why I was asking.  I might add the ability to add the files in the directory to be scanned, but wanted to make sure that I covered his specific use case.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Folder Organizer/Sorter
« Last post by wraith808 on January 14, 2019, 05:27 PM »
So, I think I could take this on, but just want to make sure of a couple of things.

First, a restatement of the problem:

Given a directory of files, you want to scan the zip files in that directory looking for files with a certain extension.  Given that a file with this extension is in the archive, you want to move the entire archive to a directory which you will specify.

Is that correct?
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Non-Windows Software / Re: Android 6.0 tablet recent windows close all?
« Last post by wraith808 on January 14, 2019, 12:50 PM »
What version of Android is on your tablet?  Mine has that function, and I don't even have the latest version on the tablet.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Folder Organizer/Sorter
« Last post by wraith808 on January 13, 2019, 02:06 PM »

@Shades & @wraith808: I think you're missing the key ask of the OP...and that's to scan within ZIP/RAR/7z files and make decisions based on the compressed files.  I don't think any of the aforementioned file sorters do that.
-skwire (January 13, 2019, 01:01 PM)

I think that's the reason that he added this part:

These will help out with sorting your files. Keeping them sorted will already you a lot in identifying what is what before you even have to open an archive to see what it contains. This works best with new downloads, but all pieces of software allow you to create rules for filtering and some can even automatically rename them according to your rules.
-Shades (January 13, 2019, 09:21 AM)

That was one of the reasons that I'd replied.  But point taken.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Folder Organizer/Sorter
« Last post by wraith808 on January 13, 2019, 12:16 PM »
There's also Pneumatic Tubes.  You can get a good idea of how it works from the guide: http://www.pneumatic...ams.net/p/guide.html
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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Last post by wraith808 on January 13, 2019, 12:06 PM »
Heads Up Driving

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-Arizona Hot (January 12, 2019, 07:25 PM)

These things have been around for years, save some money:
https://www.aliexpre...Car/32857395000.html
https://www.aliexpre...lay/32956414277.html
https://www.aliexpre...one/32930732684.html
etc
-4wd (January 13, 2019, 03:18 AM)


A lot of them don't do well (a) in the heat, or (b) in continued sunlight.  Be wary and look for long-term use reviews.
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Skwire Empire / Re: sWeather Stopped Working on New Year.
« Last post by wraith808 on January 12, 2019, 03:46 PM »
https://www.donation....msg426773#msg426773
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General Software Discussion / Re: G+ Takeaway viewer
« Last post by wraith808 on January 12, 2019, 12:03 PM »
If you need more, let me know.  I'm planning to put the combine function in there to combine all the data into one file, but haven't gotten it fully baked yet.  (And as there has been no response as of yet, haven't really had the impetus to do it yet)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft to buy GitHub in $7.5B all-stock deal
« Last post by wraith808 on January 12, 2019, 12:01 PM »
So, a new development on this story:

from https://blog.github....new-year-new-github/ via https://www.engadget...s-keep-code-private/

Historically, if you've wanted to create a private repository on GitHub, you had to be a paying user, but that's about to change. Starting today, free GitHub users will have access to unlimited private projects as long as there are three or fewer collaborators on board. For larger projects, you'll have to join a paid plan or make your code public, as GitHub isn't changing how it manages public repositories.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Playing games on other people's computers
« Last post by wraith808 on January 11, 2019, 06:06 PM »
OnLivew, reborn?

See the following threads for related info:

The Unraveling of OnLive
OnLive.com has shut down....
-Deozaan (January 11, 2019, 10:15 AM)

No, it's not the same concept.  You're actually renting a box with this.  And the prices are commensurate with that.  It's one of the reasons I've been seriously thinking about it; I had a box offsite that I RDP'd into no matter where I was, but I stopped renting it.  It was Windows Server though, so the price was a lot higher.  Because it's your own box, one of the biggest problems I had with OnLive is gone... the fact that the games that you are using are actually yours, and you aren't buying it from the service.
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by wraith808 on January 10, 2019, 02:54 PM »
You'll care when something breaks and you have to figure out what that might be  ;D :Thmbsup:
-wraith808 (January 09, 2019, 05:54 PM)
That's what detailed comments in the code are for. ;) Besides, debugging can be fun and I could surely help with that, if needed.  8)
I see the old Firefox/Pale Moon extension I mentioned somewhere above still works with AccuWeather so maybe we could get some inspiration from its code.  :D
-Drugwash (January 10, 2019, 02:07 AM)

Detailed comments are not always helpful in retrospect with legacy code.  I know that from experience.  I think a combination of good coding practices and comments are optimal- and even that doesn't always work!  But, it's up to the maintainer to decide if that shortcut was useful in the long run!  :Thmbsup:
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General Software Discussion / Re: Disabled Services in Windows 10
« Last post by wraith808 on January 10, 2019, 02:52 PM »
Depending on your use case, you might want to take a second look at eventlog.  It's helped me out of a jam when Windows is acting wonky for some reason.
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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: NANY 2019: TextWorx - Universal Text Manipulator
« Last post by wraith808 on January 10, 2019, 02:47 PM »
Sure. As you know, different programmers/computer languages have different conventions for naming variables.

camel case: concatenated words with each word in titlecase or the first word in lowercase 
  ThisIsMyVariableName or thisIsMyVariableName

snake case: lower-case words concatenated by underscores
  this_is_my_variable_name

kebab case: lowercase words concatenated by dashes
  this-is-my-variable-name


-cytochrome (January 10, 2019, 10:31 AM)

I'd not heard of those other cases being referred to by a particular name.  Interesting!

For others in that same situation -

https://en.wikipedia...#Special_case_styles

There's also Studly caps, which it doesn't seem like a useful thing to implement.. :)
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Living Room / Re: Unity Engine ToS change makes cloud-based SpatialOS games illegal
« Last post by wraith808 on January 10, 2019, 02:46 PM »
Unity is at it once again it seems.  Perhaps they are prepping to release their own (worse) version of SoS or something, so had to think of a way to kill off competition.  Either way, it's nice of Improbable to be giving financial assistance to developers affected by this (and other help such as porting) whilst they try to resolve the issue.
-Stephen66515 (January 10, 2019, 01:23 PM)

Nothing really nice of them to be doing... as you stated unity is looking to clear the field, which would include their operations.  You see companies provide help to developers that are affected quite a bit.  I remember MS coming into a contract to help get it going on .NET when .NET was a new tech in order to steal a client from the competition.  Borland wasn't looking, so lost a lucrative contract when they moved away from Delphi.  Earlier, Borland had done the same to get a different contract that I was on.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Playing games on other people's computers
« Last post by wraith808 on January 10, 2019, 02:43 PM »
I've actually been looking at this, and thought I'd posted about it here.  I've had a few friends who have trialed it and said it works really well.  One said he'd wait because it wasn't really that much better than his local box.  But I'm at the point where for gaming, I'm going to have to upgrade at some point.  So I've been really considering it.
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by wraith808 on January 09, 2019, 05:54 PM »
I don't care if it takes 50 or 100 RegExMatch() statements to do its job, as long as it does its job.
-Drugwash (January 09, 2019, 02:45 PM)

You'll care when something breaks and you have to figure out what that might be  ;D :Thmbsup:
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