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DC Gamer Club / Re: Somebody actually made an Ikea furniture building simulator game

« Last post by tomos on September 20, 2016, 10:50 AM »

. . . how did I end up here ** . . . [video has NSFW language / starts loud!]

"Irish people cant build furniture" -- I thought that was everyone, not just us :p


** ah yes, I remember, it was that darn newsletter

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General Software Discussion / Re: Comparative review of password managers

« Last post by tomos on September 20, 2016, 10:30 AM »

I've been meaning to try out SpiderOaks Encryptr.

-Jibz (February 25, 2016, 01:52 AM)

I've been a LastPass user for a couple of years.  Recently, when Copy shut it doors (damn them) I signed up for SpiderOAK.  I had no idea they had a password manager until now and I have just downloaded it for a try out.

-Daleus (September 20, 2016, 07:49 AM)

let us know how you find it !   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox 49.0 stable is out in both x86 and x64 Windows builds

« Last post by tomos on September 20, 2016, 10:27 AM »

Softpedia and FileHippo both show it as Firefox 49.0 stable.  No changelog though:

http://www.softpedia...-Firefox-Final.shtml

Edit: I upgraded to the x86 49.0 from 48.02 and no, it does not load any faster, at least by eyeball.  Still seems to take almost a minute from double click to being able to type into the address bar. 

-MilesAhead (September 20, 2016, 07:56 AM)

strange, on this machine, Firefox 47.0 says it's up-to-date. And it opens quite promptly (could that be one of your add-ons that's slowing you Ff down?)

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General Software Discussion / Re: LastPass alternatives with two-factor authentication? (including premium LP)

« Last post by tomos on September 20, 2016, 10:22 AM »

Notes on trying to use a Windows phone authenticator/authentication for LastPass:

Duo Mobile did not work for me. Got into a loop trying to register it with lastpass: "An error occurred. : A"

Microsoft Authenticator (AKA 'Authenticator') is not on Lastpass's list of possible authenticators, but they cleverly disguised it as 'Google Authenticator' i.e. pretend that is for the Microsoft App and it will work.
Lastpass link with more info:
https://helpdesk.las...t-authenticator-app/

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DonationCoder.com Newsletters / Re: Super-sized Newsletter for Sep 18, 2016 - Codename: Catching Up with Cody

« Last post by tomos on September 19, 2016, 01:38 PM »

It's always nice the buzz around here after a newsletter has gone out

thanks mouser

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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: Synchronize 2 usb disk

« Last post by tomos on September 18, 2016, 03:52 AM »

So . . .
could you please give some more specific information about what want; what you've tried and why it's not what you want/need?

I mean I could recommend Directory Opus -- the options are broad here...

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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: Synchronize 2 usb disk

« Last post by tomos on September 18, 2016, 03:37 AM »

Looking to synchronize 2 usb drives (make them the same).
A proven software. Option to be portable.

-limelect (September 18, 2016, 02:56 AM)

hi limelect,
there's been a couple of threads here re syncing / software, but they're hard to find if you cant remember the names of the software :-/

You could start here: FreeFileSync - automated backup - Mini-Review.

There was a sync software developed by a member here which got an extremely good response, Bvckup 2 (dont know about portability)
dc thread

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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: Synchronize 2 usb disk

« Last post by tomos on September 18, 2016, 03:20 AM »

Should probably be moved to General Software Discussion board?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is Google Translate suddenly greeting me "Error 403 (Forbidden)" ?

« Last post by tomos on September 17, 2016, 01:01 PM »

How did you set up the context menu entry?
Or is it there by default?

It's not in my context menu, but I'm on Firefox ESR (38.xx).

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: N.A.N.Y. 2017: Youtube Watcher - Linux only

« Last post by tomos on September 17, 2016, 03:53 AM »

great idea

maybe I've got to move to Linux

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General Software Discussion / Re: email clients redux - Eudora and The Bat! (on sale at Bits)

« Last post by tomos on September 15, 2016, 03:20 PM »

I had a look to see what it would cost in Euros -- as there can often be a big price jump there --
was pleasantly suprised to see it was cheaper again in euros (via cleverbridge: provider & cost may depend on your location) 23.76€ / ~22.50$ (not including local VAT/sales tax)

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General Software Discussion / Re: email clients redux - Eudora and The Bat! (on sale at Bits)

« Last post by tomos on September 15, 2016, 03:00 PM »

The Bat! has [..]

-DK2IT (September 15, 2016, 07:35 AM)

thanks DK2IT for that good mini-review

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General Software Discussion / Re: email clients redux - Eudora and The Bat! (on sale at Bits)

« Last post by tomos on September 15, 2016, 02:05 AM »

Extended for another 24 hours as per this post.

Any even very general comments from Bat! users?

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General Software Discussion / Re: email clients redux - Eudora and The Bat! (on sale at Bits)

« Last post by tomos on September 14, 2016, 03:29 AM »

No tips here - just to say it's extended another day:
22.5 hours to go at time of this post.

Also wondering if it's for me - but what I was missing in Thunderbird was decent easy tagging support. The Bat! sounds like it uses filtering rather than tags, which could be fine too

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

« Last post by tomos on September 09, 2016, 07:34 AM »

http://appleplugs.com/

-wraith808 (September 09, 2016, 07:28 AM)

> Apple Plug isn't just a pristine product. It's an essential part of showing others who you are.

 

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by tomos on September 09, 2016, 07:30 AM »

^ agreed Anand,
I cant really see how to get any other result (?)

A bit of a proverbial storm in a teacup, I think.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by tomos on September 09, 2016, 03:24 AM »

[ Invalid Attachment ]

This simple horse algebra question has left the internet baffled – but can YOU solve it?

They say the answer is 21. I say it is 42(with MDAS order of operations). Who has the problem with their math?

-Arizona Hot (September 07, 2016, 01:25 PM)

are you making the mistake of thinking that there is a pair of boots and a pair of horseshoes in the last line?
Or am I missing something

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by tomos on September 06, 2016, 01:47 PM »

@app103: Sorry. Perhaps surprisingly, the irony was implicit in the comment.
Do try to keep up.

-IainB (September 04, 2016, 10:16 PM)

why so bitchy?

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Living Room / Re: Improving the ergonomic readability on laptop screen displays - Tips and Tricks.

« Last post by tomos on September 03, 2016, 04:16 PM »

Improving ergonomic readability in the CHS (Clipboard Help and Spell) clipboard manager.
I actually think I got somewhere useful (for me at least) on this:

-IainB (August 22, 2016, 02:55 AM)

in relation to the system-wide font changes, I was wondering what screen size/resolution you were using -- or what ppi (is that what they call it: the pixel 'density' I mean). TBH I'm not sure what ppi I have here, so size and resolution would probably be the most helpful, TIA

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by tomos on September 03, 2016, 04:05 PM »

^ I caught the other side of the 6,000 Iain



thought I'd post it if I missed your 6,000th

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017 ideas thread

« Last post by tomos on September 02, 2016, 05:21 PM »

^I'll check it out, thanks mouser

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017 ideas thread

« Last post by tomos on September 02, 2016, 01:05 PM »

No idea if this is possible:
when the screensaver is set to show random images, sometimes I'd love to know what that last image was / where it is located (I've got a lot of photos).
If I'm careful to not touch anything else, I can use the arrow keys to go back to the image, but I have no way of finding out what it is -- or where it is, creation date, any of which would help me find the image.

Is it possible to keep track of these images - or give info about the current image being displayed by the screensaver?

(I'm on Windows 7 x64 FWIW)

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Living Room / Re: Microchips (photographs)

« Last post by tomos on August 31, 2016, 04:02 PM »

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: svchost /k netsvcs [Problem on Win.7]

« Last post by tomos on August 27, 2016, 05:38 AM »

Okay, a solution for Windows 7 X64 which has worked for two machines:
Install KB3161608

Listed with direct links under "Alternative Fix (June 2016)"
at this superuser post (via superuser link above):
http://superuser.com...n7-sp1/997067#997067
[..]
Note:
my problem was not only very high CPU usage [windows update check/svchost], but also inability to find *any* updates

-tomos (July 19, 2016, 09:42 AM)

I can report this working on another Windows 7 machine (not mine) with similar problems.

(Was my sister in Canada: she got an IT guy to look at it, they had no solution; so I enjoyed being able to say I probably know how to fix that...)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Active Window capture includes shadow in Windows 10 w/ Aero Glass cap disabled

« Last post by tomos on August 26, 2016, 12:07 PM »

hi Sangatster,
just to let you know that the attachments didnt work for some reason