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Living Room / Re: Mechanical Keyboards

« Last post by wraith808 on August 20, 2018, 01:57 PM »

Yeah... it's one of the things I look for in order to steer away from boards, and one of the reasons I like QMK so much, as I can turn off some of the worst offenders.  I like a reasonable underlight; I've found that it helps me when the room is dark (which is most of the time unless I open a window).  But I don't like the more garish combinations.

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Living Room / Re: Privacy (collected references)

« Last post by wraith808 on August 20, 2018, 10:05 AM »

^ Black Mirror is, in general, a very twisted view of several small concepts we take for granted in everyday life.  I recommend the series.  That particular one is very insightful into our current state of the world.

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by wraith808 on August 20, 2018, 10:03 AM »

Promise of Blood is excellent, if you like alternative history with a touch of the fantastical.  I'd definitely recommend it, as I did above

Of course, tastes vary, and admittedly it is a bit hard in the beginning as he's quite detailed in his weaving of the world, and it starts In Media Res.  But I've found the whole series gripping.

The first is the Powder Mage Series, by Brian McClellan.  It starts with A Promise of Blood

The Age of Kings is dead . . . and I have killed it.

It's a bloody business overthrowing a king...
Field Marshal Tamas' coup against his king sent corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brought bread to the starving. But it also provoked war with the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics, and the greedy to scramble for money and power by Tamas's supposed allies: the Church, workers unions, and mercenary forces.

It's brilliantly paced, with visceral battle scenes that other than the presence of the Powder Mages and other Magic are very well done, and might as well be right out of a Sharpe novel, and well written characters that are intelligently developed.

-wraith808 (August 12, 2016, 09:16 AM)

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Living Room / Re: Mechanical Keyboards

« Last post by wraith808 on August 20, 2018, 09:59 AM »

Yeah... but if you look in the mech keyboard communities, you'll see what Razer and Logitech are pushing are not in those communities.  Most gamers use it because people tell them they're better.  Oh... and the RGB.  Mustn't forget the RGB.

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Living Room / Re: Mechanical Keyboards

« Last post by wraith808 on August 20, 2018, 05:24 AM »

Well, yes.  Mechanical Keyboards in general are esoteric, aren't they?

Ah... I get it.

https://www.amazon.c...yboard/dp/B01MDRT4L4

I didn't know that they were still making those.  TIL.

Well, vintage in function, if not manufacture LOL

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Living Room / Re: Mechanical Keyboards

« Last post by wraith808 on August 20, 2018, 04:53 AM »

You might like this site: https://deskthority.net

They deal with vintage mechanical keyboards of all types.  Looks pretty clean- congrats!

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General Software Discussion / Re: How do I go about putting my software's source code into the public domain?

« Last post by wraith808 on August 19, 2018, 08:39 PM »

They only bought it for one reason. To have access to all of that code whenever they please.

-dmd7978 (August 19, 2018, 02:44 PM)

This is FUD and nothing else.

-Tuxman (August 19, 2018, 02:47 PM)

Totally agree!  They bought it because they're getting into the OSS space.  They had access to the source already, as everything else there is already public, so if they did it for that reason, they'd be stupid to spend all that money. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Splinter

« Last post by wraith808 on August 19, 2018, 10:48 AM »

You could just put it on Github with an appropriate license.

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by wraith808 on August 19, 2018, 10:34 AM »

Aretha Franklin & Smokey Robinson on Soul Train

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by wraith808 on August 19, 2018, 10:13 AM »

Essential Aretha Franklin

1942-2018 RIP

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Android Apps / Re: Updating my Android Apps

« Last post by wraith808 on August 18, 2018, 09:21 AM »

Please show your appreciation for this app and support its development by donating at https://www.donationcoder.com/Donate"


Asking for donations to support out work is forbidden.  We can charge for the app, but we are not allowed to ask people who like our work to consider making a donation to our website.

 

-mouser (August 14, 2018, 05:03 PM)

That sucks. What I have seen others do is create a second app which is just a paid Donate app which does nothing (assume that is still allowed). That doesn't really steer people to the site, but it's something.

-daddydave (August 18, 2018, 06:38 AM)

I've seen that too, on all of the app stores.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Free Game on Humble Store

« Last post by wraith808 on August 17, 2018, 01:29 PM »

Thanks!

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Wanted: Android app to transfer new pictures from card reader

« Last post by wraith808 on August 16, 2018, 06:52 PM »

I'm not sure if this works for your use or you're still looking, but there's an android app called SyncThing that might fit your needs: https://syncthing.net/

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Keyboard Kard - Purchase and get Paste As File FREE

« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2018, 10:06 PM »

This sale is over and I no longer own Paste As File. If you still want Keyboard Kard you can download it from here:

http://vdsfreak.tumb...720960/keyboard-kard

-c.gingerich (August 15, 2018, 12:06 PM)

There, is no Download-Link of Keyboard Kard there is only the PDF Manual.

-Murderhead (August 15, 2018, 09:21 PM)

I purchased the source today, and am trying to figure out the disposition.  If you want it currently, you can PM me, and we can see what we can arrange.

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General Software Discussion / Re: difference in windows explorer and window search with file path

« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2018, 05:57 PM »

MS  intends to do away with supporting mapped drives eventually.

-questorfla (August 15, 2018, 04:52 PM)

I'd like to know the source for that one.  I can't imagine them doing that.  Some things just don't work over UNCs.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for create folders from an eligible list of folders

« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2018, 05:54 PM »

Why don't you try to accomplish something on your own (like... forever)?

That would actually be a real improvement...

-highend01 (August 15, 2018, 05:01 PM)

People come here for help.  I don't think we want to discourage nor disparage them.  I'd think if you don't want to help, then just ignore them.

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2018, 03:58 PM »

Erikson absolutely does not hold your hand.  I liked his description of the Crimson Guard mercenary army as "500 men and women in brown leather with not a single shiny buckle between them."  Much more realistic than the flowery heraldry and romanticised conflict you sometimes get in fantasy.

-rjbull (August 15, 2018, 03:17 PM)

I am definitely seeing this.  Many times I read before going to bed to wind down- this is definitely not a book for that!  You have to engage your mind more than with most fiction these days, and I love it!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Keyboard Kard - Purchase and get Paste As File FREE

« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2018, 12:08 PM »

Are you still selling that?  I see that the link is there, but it's not on your software site, i.e. https://theblindhouse.com/vdsfreak

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Android Apps / Re: Updating my Android Apps

« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2018, 10:56 AM »

So when google tells you to jump, you just have to jump.

-mouser (August 15, 2018, 01:29 AM)

You can also host the APK yourself, and/or on some site like F-Droid.

That said, the fact of the matter is that most people with an Android device will prefer using the Google Play Store.

-Deozaan (August 15, 2018, 01:33 AM)

Yeah.  The few apps on F-Droid that I use, I also see on GPlay.  I might install F-Droid in any case, if I can figure out how to sideload it.  Haven't really done anything with any software on my android devices outside of the play store.

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Android Apps / Re: Updating my Android Apps

« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2018, 09:18 AM »

Can you put that text into the about or splash screen and be OK?  Rather than in the store listing?

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Developer's Corner / Re: OSNews on the Mobile App Store Model

« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2018, 09:10 AM »

I can't really disagree with anything said there.  Hopefully this is a wakeup call, but more likely it's a death knell to anything independent.

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Living Room / Re: Do Not Buy a Smartwatch Right Now

« Last post by wraith808 on August 15, 2018, 09:07 AM »

Thanks for the endorsements.  I've always been a Garmin type person, so all of my data is there, but I've been looking afield, and this looks like it might be worth looking into before spending $500 on another watch.

Thanks!

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Living Room / Re: Do Not Buy a Smartwatch Right Now

« Last post by wraith808 on August 14, 2018, 10:31 PM »

How's the interface?  I see it on MassDrop right now for a few days: https://www.massdrop...e&referer=CEC3WC  (I think that's a referral link)

I was looking at the Amazfit Stratos but didn't pull the trigger: https://www.massdrop...e&referer=CEC3WC (referral, but not open anyway, so it doesn't matter)

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Android Apps / Re: Updating my Android Apps

« Last post by wraith808 on August 14, 2018, 09:43 PM »

Google has to get their 30% cut of the donation.

-Deozaan (August 14, 2018, 05:42 PM)

Deo has the right of it, methinks.  Thankfully, many companies are starting to chafe at the robbery of the platforms.  Not sure that will make any change though.

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by wraith808 on August 14, 2018, 04:45 PM »

So, not sure I take the WP seriously when it continually cries about the end of Bitcoin.

-Renegade (August 14, 2018, 10:45 AM)

Exactly.  They decry stability in a currency, but Bitcoin at this point is more like a well-performing stock at the beginning stages.