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General Software Discussion / SOLID: A New Paradigm for the Web by Sir Tim Berners-Lee
« Last post by wraith808 on December 19, 2018, 02:08 PM »
With the impending G+ doom, I've been looking at a lot of options: The FediVerse (Diaspora, HubZilla, etc), the Mastodon Federation, MeWe, OpenSocial, and more.

But I just came across the concept for SOLID. (Github)

From the page, the blurb is "Solid was created by the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Its mission is to reshape the web as we know it. Solid will foster a new breed of applications with capabilities above and beyond anything that exists today."

It's based on data ownership and making your data yours.  The applications that you choose to give access to it do not store that data, they merely use it to deliver their functionality to you.  This location where you store your data is termed a POD, which can be hosted on a provider, or locally, or in any location of your choosing.  It seems a lot like Keybase in that manner, though a lot less techy.

Has anyone looked into this or heard about it?  I'm just exploring it a bit now, as there is an importer for all of the G+ information exported from Takeout.
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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: NANY 2019: Shorthand 3_2
« Last post by wraith808 on December 19, 2018, 07:56 AM »
Yes, unfortunately the preview doesnt do anything with the images until after that point. If you attach them to the post as files, you'll see an option to embed them. Click that, and it should embed a thumbnail wherever the cursor is in the post.
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General Software Discussion / Re: G+ Takeaway viewer
« Last post by wraith808 on December 19, 2018, 07:53 AM »
Now, I make a NANY entry :) There's a few JSON Viewers out there, but none do what that html viewer does in my experience.  I'll also try to make something that allowes you to stitch selected JSON together in one file.

Stay Tuned
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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: NANY 2019: Shorthand 3_2
« Last post by wraith808 on December 19, 2018, 07:50 AM »
To embed your images, you'll have to download them from imgur to attache them here.
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General Software Discussion / Re: G+ Takeaway viewer
« Last post by wraith808 on December 18, 2018, 11:05 PM »
I apologize if this has been discussed anywhere on the forum but I did not turn up anything during a search.

Google+ is shutting down in four months (April 2019). They offer a service known as Takeaway that will download your G+ data but not viewable in a very convenient way.
In the G+ universe, the posts are shown and accessible on one webpage. When downloaded, each post is it's own html page. It would be nice if there was a way to view all the posts without having to open each one individually. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated by myself and the G+ community.

Larry
-wetsmellydog (December 18, 2018, 06:39 PM)


You should request it as JSON instead of HTML.  The HTML output is essentially useless.

More information on why: https://plus.google....93/posts/itsbPERaapX

G-plus-takeout-options.png

There are many places you can find out what people are doing with that; one of the best resources is the PLexodus Wiki: https://social.antef...edmorbius/G%2BMM_FAQ
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Living Room / Re: Google being jerks in order to dominate the internet
« Last post by wraith808 on December 18, 2018, 10:06 AM »
That article makes me more paranoid about this notification from WinPatrol:

google_chrome_elevation_service.png

Why does Google Chrome need an elevation service?
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Comparative Review of Writers' Tools (INITIAL DRAFT)
« Last post by wraith808 on December 17, 2018, 11:42 AM »
My ergonomic needs are usually uppermost (and that could probably be true for most users, were they but aware of it) and before I use/trial a new app. I invariably head for the options panel for application settings  - for view/fonts/background colours, etc.
For example:
-IainB (December 17, 2018, 10:09 AM)
But that's for you. Makes no difference to me. Individual differences. That's the point.

-Dormouse (December 17, 2018, 10:56 AM)

That's usually what it comes to in the end.  And assuming that your method is better than someone else's method is folly.  Just as different people learn in different fashions, different people process work in different fashions.  And there's nothing wrong with that.  Only with use do you tend to find out what's right for you.  Blindly following someone else's methodology is a good way to get frustrated quickly.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Move specific file types with original folder path included to another directory
« Last post by wraith808 on December 16, 2018, 06:38 PM »
You mean you Trust OneDrive?   
-questorfla (December 16, 2018, 04:12 PM)

I haven't seen any reason not to, and it's helped me out.  For the price, I get 1TB and Office for 5 people.

One Question about Syncovery:  Do you know how it will handle cases where the files are buried beyond the Max_Path point?  I run into this a lot on these exact folders.  I am sure that a number of them are going to be like that.  Many Backup programs either Choke or return error codes for those files.  Yet they  really are there and can be opened, read, modified etc. by the programs (and people) that put them there. 
-questorfla (December 16, 2018, 04:12 PM)

I don't have anything that deep that I can recall, unfortunately.  You could ask on the Syncovery site.  They've been responsive, even after the change from Super Flexible File Synchronizer.
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Developer's Corner / Re: Anyone used protocol buffers?
« Last post by wraith808 on December 16, 2018, 06:33 PM »
Last time I got this software for free on 'BitsDuJour' or 'GiveAway Of The Day' and it helped me out with JSON.

Yet at 28 USD JSONBuddy isn't that expensive for what it does.
-Shades (December 16, 2018, 06:05 PM)

I just use plain text in Sublime Text or VS Code, along with a few tools that are online:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Move specific file types with original folder path included to another directory
« Last post by wraith808 on December 16, 2018, 01:54 PM »
I think if I ever had to do something that Syncovery didn't cover, that Robocopy would be easier to alter little aspects.  But so far, I haven't come up against anything that Syncovery didn't cover, so I just gave in and started using it pretty much exclusively.  I haven't messed with the scheduling yet.  But I've been thinking about it. 

My backup routine is (a) I have my documents in a couple of locations, depending on use.  My books and such are directly in my OneDrive directory.  The projects that I can't directly sync (Scrivener, Development) are in their own folder.  I sync those to my OneDrive directories when I work in those folders.  I also sync my OneDrive directories that I want to have a backup copy of to my NAS.  So my development work and writing are in 4 different locations (not counting the fact that I sync OneDrive to 3 other computers), and my other things are in 3 different locations.  I've never had to resort to my backups, but hopefully, that's good enough if I ever do...
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Developer's Corner / Re: Anyone tried the Godot game/graphics library engine?
« Last post by wraith808 on December 16, 2018, 01:20 PM »
Just downloaded... thanks!
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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: NANY 2019 - Windows App - Process Watcher
« Last post by wraith808 on December 16, 2018, 01:00 PM »
I may use Protocol Buffers as the data file format. See here: https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=46840
-mouser (December 16, 2018, 05:11 AM)

I'd shy away from that for this.  You want them to be human readable, right?  That's been the deciding factor in a lot of cases...
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Developer's Corner / Re: Anyone used protocol buffers?
« Last post by wraith808 on December 16, 2018, 12:59 PM »
We had this same discussion at work, and use a combination of the two.  I don't think that either is a case of lets use this in all cases, as each has its own strengths and weaknesses of which one of the primary ones that leads us to use JSON in many cases- JSON is human readable. 

They say it well, right before their conclusion in that second article:

And probably lots more. In the end, as always, it’s very important to keep tradeoffs in mind and blindly choosing one technology over another won’t get you anywhere.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Move specific file types with original folder path included to another directory
« Last post by wraith808 on December 16, 2018, 12:52 PM »
PS:  Update I FINALLY got Robocopy to work   perfectly at that.  I have been told that I can even shorten this but here is the Working Script to create an empty copy of a dir with only all paths

Code: Text [Select]
  1. robocopy.exe /R:0 /W:0 "C:\SCRIPTS\A" "C:\SCRIPTS\B" /E /Z /Copy:DT /XF "*.???" /LOG:"C:\SCRIPTS\EMPTY.LOG"

where A is the original folder and B is the exact copy with no files in it
At this stage I alwasy add a pause when trying things i dont know for sure but all ran well and the log said no errors

Merry Christmas!

-questorfla (December 16, 2018, 12:34 AM)

Merry Christmas to you too... and good job on the implementation!   :Thmbsup:  I use robocopy at work for a variety of tasks, but just rather kick back with Syncovery at home :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Move specific file types with original folder path included to another directory
« Last post by wraith808 on December 15, 2018, 01:22 PM »
Are you open to a pay solution?  I use Syncovery, and it can do exactly what you're saying.
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General Software Discussion / Re: offline browsing - archiving
« Last post by wraith808 on December 15, 2018, 01:21 PM »
Liquid Web is really a great outfit.  Again, maybe you can save some $$ on A,B,C but when you want voice tech-help, they are there, with real names, in the USA, lots of savvy, and your successful resoluation being their concern.  Our business had to move away from them for a hosted package, for our main website, but I am sticking with them for lots of stuff, on one reasonably priced server.  The usage may include some auxiliary landing pages, blogs and such from the biz, so then the $60 a month or so is not so daunting, as it might be for only private use.

-Steven Avery (December 15, 2018, 07:32 AM)

You've basically outlined why I stay with them, even though it costs a bit more.
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: PromptPal, PTFB Pro and Logmeister on 20% discount
« Last post by wraith808 on December 14, 2018, 08:19 PM »
Yes, those are indeed the pair.  And within them, I run Powershell, MSys, Cmd, etc.  They're basically the same as Promptpal.  They aren't a shell in and of themselves, they're just an enhancement to shells that already exist.  Those others that you list fall into the same category.  Shells would be Powershell, MSys, Cmd, Bash, Cygwin, etc.
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Living Room / Re: Mechanical Keyboards
« Last post by wraith808 on December 14, 2018, 01:11 PM »
I would go crazy with this layout.
-Tuxman (December 14, 2018, 11:17 AM)

And as an alternative, I can't see myself ever going back to even a TKL, let alone a full sized.  I'm preparing to build an 1800 (the TKC 1800), as that might tempt me.  But I'm doing that more for the exercise in making a cool board, as anything else.
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General Software Discussion / Re: offline browsing - archiving
« Last post by wraith808 on December 14, 2018, 01:08 PM »
I've used bbPress and BuddyPress.  Of the two, I liked bbPress better, and it had most of the functionality of SMF (which I used before) easily accessible.  I had to add a separate plugin for polls, but that wasn't difficult either.  I haven't used them in a couple of years (both were for guilds, and the groups that I was using them for either broke up, or I stopped playing the games that we were using it for), but I imagine that they have only become better in the interim.

A couple of articles on Forum plugins:

https://www.wpbeginn...ugins-for-wordpress/

https://themegrill.c...press-forum-plugins/


Oh, and as a plus, I was running on LiquidWeb infrastructure also, so they were very compatible with that.
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General Software Discussion / Re: offline browsing - archiving
« Last post by wraith808 on December 14, 2018, 08:33 AM »
Well, if you're using it as a blog, why not try blogging software?  Forums on WordPress are actually pretty well implemented for the forum use, and of course blogging is well implemented. Or is that not an option?
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Living Room / Re: Mechanical Keyboards
« Last post by wraith808 on December 14, 2018, 08:31 AM »
Actually no HHKBs  ;D

I tried Topre before and found it overrated. Those sre Tokyo60s- same layout as HHKB, but Mx based switches (using Kailh speed copper) and QMK firmware.  The last one is a Clueboard 66 v4 and is my daily driver, also using QMK.
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Living Room / Re: Mechanical Keyboards
« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2018, 10:21 PM »
I did a thing with my hardware at work.  :-[
-Tuxman (December 13, 2018, 08:39 AM)

That's ... a thing.  Yup.  Definitely a thing.  I haven't posted any of my latest.

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20181006_130848.jpg
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DC Gamer Club / Re: GOG Connect - DRM-free access to your Steam library
« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2018, 10:16 PM »
Full Throttle Remastered is also free right now.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: DC Archive
« Last post by wraith808 on December 13, 2018, 08:13 AM »
Hi Andrea.

By default all screenshots are put in a single Screenshots folder when they are taken.

Are you talking about the optional feature that files OLDER screenshots away into subfolders?

If so, you can customize how older screenshots are filed, by going to the "Saving and Loading Files" tab, and look for "Auto Move Older Screenshots".

For example, the following setting will file old screenshots away in one subdirectory per month of the year:
[ Invalid Attachment ]
-mouser (December 12, 2018, 07:37 PM)


I've never played around with this feature (I have archive turned off), but instead of a pattern, I assume that you could put an explicit name there like ArchivedScreenshots?
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General Software Discussion / MOVED: DC Archive
« Last post by wraith808 on December 12, 2018, 04:45 PM »
This topic has been moved to Screenshot Captor.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=46827.0
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