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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by tomos on March 31, 2021, 05:01 PM »

The 4a 5G OTOH came down from €499 to 399. So I got the 4a 5G, delivered today (I just setting it up now).

-tomos (February 08, 2021, 04:21 PM)

Some random thoughts. I haven't even really tested this much, but can say the camera is miles ahead (that wasn't intentional @Miles :-)) of my last phone the Moto G6. Fwiw I always thought the G6 camera was good until I printed out a bunch of pictures lately (over sharpened, too much noise reduction, really did not look good).
The pixel camera is so much better -- a much better dynamic range, colours are fairly good, is great at night in town, good in low light. But I still feel kind of disappointed. They've had the same camera sensor and software for years. At 12 megapixel, it's fine -- you could print quite large if you wanted to. But as there's no real zoom, zooming in means cropping at best (or resizing at worst). They missed an opportunity to keep ahead of (or keep up with) the pack here -- even 16 or 18 MP would have given users much more freedom to crop.

Otherwise: screen is lovely, I find I'm using the phone instead of my tablet to watch videos/TV. Android 11 is nice, lots of dark. A few bugs, but that's life I guess. I'm happy with the purchase, don't know would I have been if I paid more (it's currently 50€ more than I paid for it).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Cannot claim free space in C:\

« Last post by tomos on March 31, 2021, 04:18 AM »

@hulkbuster, I think the only way you can prove the problem, is to delete/move a large amount of files, or files that take up a large amount of space. Then, if that space doesn't show up....
The advice on this thread is very good, essential even, for an OS + files on a small partition (been there). You don't seem to have tried a lot of it.
For example the paging file could be gone crazy -- have you tried the suggestion there etc etc

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Some thumbnails only show an icon

« Last post by tomos on March 31, 2021, 02:06 AM »

^ do thumbnails show when you look at the same folder in Windows Explorer?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Syncovery at 50% off - BDJ

« Last post by tomos on March 30, 2021, 01:44 PM »

And again. 12 hours or so to go:

Syncovery Pro
Backup and Sync to Local, LAN, and Cloud Storage
50% Off   $29.95 Today Only

https://www.bitsdujo...ncovery-pro/src=day?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Sync: move files on one side but *dont* copy any?

« Last post by tomos on March 28, 2021, 04:37 PM »

EDIT// REQUEST #2:
what I need with the dates is the ability to replace newer files with older. This not an option with Syncovery or Dopus...

-tomos (March 28, 2021, 05:01 AM)

Isn't that just overwrite no matter what? That's an option.

-wraith808 (March 28, 2021, 10:27 AM)

I now have two sets of data -- neither is older or newer, they all jumbled up -- that's what I mean by a mess!
Will see how I get on with Antidupl.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Sync: move files on one side but *dont* copy any?

« Last post by tomos on March 28, 2021, 04:33 PM »

Will check out Antidupl.
I hadn't thought of metadata. Did have a couple of different dams (or whatever they called) in the past. (Won't be able to attack it all again for a few day though.)
Thanks both for the input.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Sync: move files on one side but *dont* copy any?

« Last post by tomos on March 28, 2021, 05:01 AM »

Just to give some background:
computer HDD and main backup drive both gave up the ghost a while back.
I'm cobbling files together from various incomplete backups.

I notice with photos that some are more recent versions with different file sizes. This possibly from e.g. rotating in Dopus (and saving rotation) but with many files I can see no reason for the different modified date / size. So if anything I want to overwrite the newer with the older version. (FWIW this does not seem to be an option either in Syncovery.)

But it's such a mess I just want to get the same folder structure on both sides, then I can look at the dates closer.

EDIT// REQUEST #2:
what I need with the dates is the ability to replace newer files with older. This not an option with Syncovery or Dopus...

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General Software Discussion / Sync: move files on one side but *dont* copy any?

« Last post by tomos on March 28, 2021, 04:49 AM »

A good Sync programme will offer to move files on one side, that exist on the other side -- but in a different location.
e.g. via Snycovery:



I want to be able to do this *without* copying files -- especially without *overwriting* files (e.g. due to more recent date or different size).
Syncovery insists that I copy in one direction.

Do you know of any software that will move but not copy ?

EDIT// I've discovered a way to do this in Syncovery, it's fairly manual i.e. not quick but does the job (see 'Leave alone' in context menu below) -- still interested in any easy alternatives..

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Req: (Autohotkey script ): auto unzip zip files in a folder recursively ?

« Last post by tomos on March 28, 2021, 04:20 AM »

Instead of asking for a destination folder, and creating a different directory structure.
I would prefer that any archive simply be replaced with an unarchived folder, or the contents of the archive.  In place, in present directory structure.
This is what the old program unziplify did (no longer available, and apparently stopped working due to some Windows system upgrade).

-nkormanik (August 28, 2014, 03:21 AM)

I still use unziplify in windows 8.1 64bits. And it still works fine for me. Apparently you can find it here now :
http://unziplify.en.uptodown.com/

-jity2 (August 28, 2014, 03:29 AM)

Unziplify seems to work well in Windows 10 with one caveat --

SETTINGS:

• delete archives after unzipping successfully [to same location i.e. no new folders created]
• prompt to overwrite

With #2, unfortunately it gives no file information if the file already exists.
If I then select No (do not overwrite) for #2 there -- the zip file is still deleted.

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Living Room / Re: Whoever understands NFTs let's make one for DonationCoder

« Last post by tomos on March 22, 2021, 05:16 PM »

I'm not an art collector, and even if I became a multi-millionaire (or billionaire) I will likely never pay even hundreds of dollars for a single painting. But some art collectors are willing to spend millions on a piece of art. Why would someone pay millions of dollars for the original when you can buy a reproduction that looks virtually the same for a relative few dollars?

-Deozaan (March 22, 2021, 02:58 PM)

Not so important, but fwiw, there is a huge difference between e.g. a painting, and a reproduction photo/print of that painting. (I would agree all the same that it's crazy the money that is paid for some art.)

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: NANY 2021: yaydl

« Last post by tomos on March 22, 2021, 05:04 PM »

Why?

-Tuxman (March 22, 2021, 07:43 AM)

Why not ? 
Actually tbh I'm not sure what you're asking -- maybe I was too brief ?
I was looking for this thread, couldn't remember the yaydl name and tried a forum search for 'youtube downloader'. This thread didn't show up, not in the first page of results anyways. It's now the sixth result.

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: NANY 2021: yaydl

« Last post by tomos on March 22, 2021, 07:31 AM »

adding the words youtube downloader so this thread will show up in search for same...
Link to OP

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Living Room / Re: Whoever understands NFTs let's make one for DonationCoder

« Last post by tomos on March 16, 2021, 04:19 PM »

Speaking of which, this article was published a couple hours ago:

Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake: the Ecological Footprint

-Deozaan (March 16, 2021, 04:00 PM)

Interesting your comments and links re energy consumption Deozaan. Some crazy statistics :-/

the power consumption to mint a single NFT in 10 seconds could have powered the average home for about 4 days. And that a single artist's NFTs have had an equivalent of nearly 80 years of power consumption.

-Deozaan (March 16, 2021, 10:41 AM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: USH-II SD Card compatible with my HP?

« Last post by tomos on February 28, 2021, 03:45 AM »

I do have a fast thumb drive that I've been using.  Of course it sticks out of the side, daring me to break it off. 

-kunkel321 (February 27, 2021, 08:13 PM)

You could get one of those tiny usb sticks, I've only seen them go up to 64gb though.

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by tomos on February 19, 2021, 01:45 PM »

Finally reading something by William Gibson.  Pattern Recognition

-MilesAhead (February 19, 2021, 09:09 AM)

I remember really enjoying a couple of his books before I ever had a computer -- or had much understanding of the internet (the reality was pretty boring in comparison).

(Fwiw I only started using computers -- for work -- in 1999.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need help finding file on my PC

« Last post by tomos on February 19, 2021, 03:11 AM »

hi ich thys, try some dedicated search software like "Everything" -- makes it easy to find anything on your PC. Very quick too.
https://voidtools.com/en-au/

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by tomos on February 18, 2021, 04:34 AM »

Mort by Terry Pratchett. A nice (and not too big) hardback.

about 70 pages in -- a very easy and entertaining read so far. My first book by Pratchett.

-tomos (January 26, 2021, 04:47 PM)

enjoyed that to the end and went for the second in the series -- "Reaper Man". It's a bit all over the shop (almost halfway through). Definitely not as good as the first



Fwiw they do make nice covers in the last hardback series (and they relatively cheap too)

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Android Apps / Re: DiscussionList for android

« Last post by tomos on February 16, 2021, 08:35 AM »

This is an app I have to admit I dont use very regularly, but I do keep coming back to it.

My main use scenario is for adding individual quotes that I find particularly (practically) helpful or ones that make me think, that stir something up inside. FWIW I'm not saying it's the best app for saving quotes -- and I generally type in the quote which is even slower -- but it means it sinks in more, it allows me to digest it another bit. Then I use the slide view and scroll through the notes.

So, thanks for the app

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Android Apps / Re: DiscussionList for android

« Last post by tomos on February 16, 2021, 08:20 AM »

https://kk.org/thete...-unsolicited-advice/

-mouser (April 29, 2020, 02:23 AM)

the Kevin Kelly list is really good (only took me a year to really look at it :p)

Tools -> Import -> Browse Suggested..

Then you'll see a list of available imports.. The new [Kevin Kelly] one is at the bottom.

-mouser (April 30, 2020, 10:05 AM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: For the love of all that is holy stop the ctrl+MouseWheel text scaling - SOLVED

« Last post by tomos on February 15, 2021, 02:48 PM »

What is it you want / expect to happen (or is it that you want to scroll, and inadvertently have the Ctrl key pressed from last use of same ?)

If there is desired behaviour (as opposed to no behaviour :p) could this be implemented via AHK? [that directed at the AHK specialists...]

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Living Room / Re: Favourite youtube channels

« Last post by tomos on February 15, 2021, 10:12 AM »

I cant say I have any favourite YT channels -- I mostly listen to music or watch snooker/chess/boules, but there's a couple of channels that I occasionally enjoy, that I think others here might enjoy too.

The History Guy

Robertson, Phillips, and the History of the Screwdriver

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ExplainingComputers
has some fairly basic stuff (which has helped me) and some more exotic:



e.g. Old PC Upgrade #2: SSD Boot Drive or Raspberry Pi Devastator Robot #4: Pygame & Speed Control

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Glen And Friends Cooking
often cooking/baking using old recipes e.g.

1892 Galt Cookbook Yeasted Coffee Cake - Old Cookbook Show - Glen And Friends Cooking

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Alpha Order

« Last post by tomos on February 15, 2021, 05:18 AM »

I lknow what you need to change, but dont know what you need to change it to :-/

Right-click Favourites in the main window => Edit this group:



the highlighted text at the bottom -- that's the sort.
Had a quick look in the help but didnt see anything related -- I know this has been discussed in this board before so a search of same might get you the answer.

EDIT//

I Think drgt is asking to sort the GROUPS not the clips within groups.

-mouser (February 15, 2021, 05:21 AM)

my bad :-)

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Living Room / Re: Favourite youtube channels

« Last post by tomos on February 10, 2021, 03:59 PM »

Over the past year or so I've gotten into videos by the LockPickingLawyer.

-Deozaan (February 10, 2021, 01:38 PM)

Have watched a good few of his videos. Very entertaining -- he's got a great voice too. I can imagine really enjoying picking locks but cant imagine making the effort to learn. Nice to hear about your start

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by tomos on February 08, 2021, 04:21 PM »

I was considering the Pixel 4a for a long time, mainly because of the good camera (+ related software), but instead of getting cheaper it got more expensive: the €320 intro offer went up to 350 eventually... The 4a 5G OTOH came down from €499 to 399. So I got the 4a 5G, delivered today (I just setting it up now).
Extra over the 4a is:
a wide angle camera / a better processor / larger battery / larger screen / 5G, possibly other bits and bobs.
For €50 more, it seems fair enough.

I would have liked the recycled aluminium back and the gorilla 6 screen, and the waterproofing of the Pixel 5 -- but to have to pay €230 for those features wasn't that attractive.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Explorer "File manager" Alternative

« Last post by tomos on February 05, 2021, 06:14 AM »

The most important thing immediately is that I can preserve the creation date when copying between drives

I think that with the dates should not be a problem with any half-decent file manager.
With XYplorer, you can trial the portable version (scroll down this page a bit for the link). XYplorer is cheaper than Dopus, and also offers a lifetime license. The regular license includes updates for one year (is not a subscription though).

I dont know can you trial the portable version of Dopus. I preferred Dopus myself for reasons not really relevant here (image handling). It is expensive, but, as 4wd says major (paid) updates dont come around so often.

The link below is not a direct comparision (e.g. some pros or cons of one file manager are not listed on the other, even though they exist there too) but it will give you an idea of each individual manager:
https://www.slant.co...er_vs_directory-opus