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Coding Snacks / Re: Reading a book and learning vocabulary
« Last post by wraith808 on September 08, 2017, 08:32 AM »

I am writing down the words I don't understand to a txt file.
I would like from this list create a new list that include the meaning of each word of that list.

Can you attach one of your example lists?
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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?
« Last post by wraith808 on September 07, 2017, 06:11 PM »
The Expanse Series by James S. A. Corey.  Currently on Cibola Burn.

cibola_burn.jpg

Pretty good sci-fi.  Got involved after seeing the second season and then the first season on SyFy.  Very good grasp of physics, even in the inventions and liberties taken.

But got interrupted by the new Mitch Rapp book, Enemy of the State.

enemy_of_the_state.jpg

Kyle Mills seemed to reach his stride in the last book, so I've been looking forward to this more than the American Assassin movie.  That could be good- but I've already seen changes, so bracing myself for it not to be.
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General Software Discussion / Re: ERROR after upgrading Windows
« Last post by wraith808 on September 07, 2017, 06:22 AM »
Should this thread be deleted? Or at least locked to prevent further abuse?

Deleted is my vote.
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Wordpress does seem to be a target/recipient of attacks disproportionately, but i think having a single install, with minimal 3rd party extensions, which was kept always up to date, would be more secure than having a large number of different frameworks that were sporadically updated if ever..
Emphasis mine.

Either you figure out a way to always auto-update to the newest version, while not breaking anything... or you have to do this manually, figuring out if an update will break things, looking for CVEs to see if you have to zomgupdatenow or if you can keep it on a regular schedule. You'll also have to prevent users from installing just any plugins, since that's how mass-defacements usually happen.

If somebody wants Wordpress, I think they should be going for a managed solution at Wordpress rather than dealing with it themselves.


Thanks.  That was what I was saying.  And I had minimal plugins/themes.  And it's a pain.
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Living Room / Re: Weather notifications
« Last post by wraith808 on September 05, 2017, 03:07 PM »
You'll have to take a look and decide for yourself.  I don't link my google account, so don't really know.  There's an app for android and iOS, and I use the app for Android.
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Living Room / Re: Weather notifications
« Last post by wraith808 on September 03, 2017, 03:43 PM »
But I only want to get notified if there is chance for rain!

You'd have to look into it.

There is an applet with the following description:

Tomorrow's forecast calls for

This Trigger monitors changes in tomorrow’s forecasted weather condition.

And the first one in the list is Rain.  But you'd have to see if it works for you.
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WordPress multisite (subdomains), easy and good imo

My experience with Wordpress is that it's double minded over whether it's a blogging platform or a CMS, to not good results.  It also takes a bit to maintain, as it's a very big surface for attack, and very popular.  You might take a look at Ghost, and the users could host their downloads offsite, i.e. Dropbox or something.
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Living Room / Re: Weather notifications
« Last post by wraith808 on September 03, 2017, 01:24 AM »
I'm sure 4wd's comment was directed at kalos, who unfortunately so far always needs to be asked 20 questions in order to find the relevant info

Ah... that makes sense :)

I have tried various which I uninstalled, dón't remember the names. Many of them required me to pay to be able to use notifications. Others just didn't work (never got notified of the rain on one day).


I just want an app to do a simple thing: inform me at 7am if it is going to rain today or not (perhaps when about and how likely) with a push notification. Simple isn't it?

ifttt_wu.png

If that's your only criteria, just use IFTTT.  The image above shows the recipe that I used.  And it gives me a forecast on my device every day at 7AM, no fail.
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Living Room / Re: Weather notifications
« Last post by wraith808 on September 02, 2017, 07:59 AM »
Usually the weather forecast authority relevant to your country is the best source of info, eg. The Met Office for the UK.

What have you tried, and why are they unsuitable?

Cue round of 20 questions ...

Well, he says that

I am struggling to find an androip app that will notify me early in the morning if it is going to rain in my area during the day or not.

I have tried several but none is suitable.

But doesn't give answers for that.  The alternative to asking him to unpack those statements is to cue the rounds of a lot of different suggestions that might have those same limitations.
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Living Room / Re: Weather notifications
« Last post by wraith808 on September 01, 2017, 03:29 PM »
What have you tried, and why are they unsuitable?

I use IFTTT to do this.
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General Software Discussion / Re: A Shortkey Win-5 (in the numpad) under w8.1
« Last post by wraith808 on September 01, 2017, 01:10 PM »
Sigo haciendo algo mal. Tendré que revisar si estoy aplicando un compilador antiguo.
me da un par de errores al compilar.

Voy a bajarme un compilador nuevo. No tiene mucho sentido que el ahk funcione bien (salvo el error windows del UAC desactivado) y que el exe de errores al compilarse.



I am still doing something wrong. I'll have to check if I'm applying an old compiler. It gives me a couple of errors when compiling.

I'm going to get a new compiler. Doesn't make much sense that the ahk works well (except for the disabled UAC windows error) and that the exe errors when compiling it.
Sorry wraith808 this answer don't go still in this forum.
When I have the full answer I will answer IainB.

Best Regards

P.d. I am trying the script in ahk, autoit and batch to try under photo express. Firts attemps go bad.


You wrote a post in a language that most here probably don't speak, so I posted a translation.  That is all.
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General Software Discussion / Re: A Shortkey Win-5 (in the numpad) under w8.1
« Last post by wraith808 on August 31, 2017, 09:26 PM »
Sigo haciendo algo mal. Tendré que revisar si estoy aplicando un compilador antiguo.
me da un par de errores al compilar.

Voy a bajarme un compilador nuevo. No tiene mucho sentido que el ahk funcione bien (salvo el error windows del UAC desactivado) y que el exe de errores al compilarse.



I am still doing something wrong. I'll have to check if I'm applying an old compiler. It gives me a couple of errors when compiling.

I'm going to get a new compiler. Doesn't make much sense that the ahk works well (except for the disabled UAC windows error) and that the exe errors when compiling it.

(For those that don't speak the language in question, I've thrown it in google translate and posted the translation)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Automated ftp uploads
« Last post by wraith808 on August 31, 2017, 03:32 PM »
Mwb's solution will work, but Wraith's suggestion would be what I would go for: Use Automatic Screenshotter and then a standalone tool that monitors a directory and automatically ftp's files from that directory to your destination.  I think that would offer the most flexibility and lowest impact on your pc.

I'd done one before in the past (AutoFTP); maybe I can try to re-write it.  But it won't be very soon, so I'd try to utilize one of the ones out there.  I'd used Directory Monitor, but apparently they've changed that app quite a bit.  A quick google brought up the following responses:

http://watchdirectory.net/
http://venussoftcorp...05/thefolderspy.html
http://leelusoft.blo...tch-4-folder-23.html

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Developer's Corner / Re: Your First Programming Language vs Now
« Last post by wraith808 on August 30, 2017, 01:28 PM »
Node.js is not even a language.
And the jury still hasn't decided on the js part...

Can we be a little nicer on new member contributions?
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It was probably another case of a spammer necro'ing.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Automated ftp uploads
« Last post by wraith808 on August 29, 2017, 03:07 PM »
Seems like you'd want Automatic Screenshotter instead of Screenshot Captor.  However, I've never used it, so I can't say what it has in terms of automated ftp upload- perhaps if it's not there, Mouser would be willing to put it there.

Even without that, however, there are several programs that do automated uploads on directory changes, so you could monitor the location where the screenshots are stored, and use one of those to do the automated uploads.
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highend01 your comments to Contro did seem pretty harsh -- we are here to support one another and find constructive ways to offer criticism and learn from one another without insulting each other.



Having said that..  Contro I do think it would be helpful if you tried a little harder to search for solutions to things before you post so many posts on different subjects.. If you post 30 posts in a week they will inevitably tend to get lost in the clutter, almost like the boy who cried wolf.

It would be better I think for you to plan out posts a bit more and spend more time on each one explaining what you have already searched for, etc.

There are no hard and fast rules about this kind of thing, but I think a good piece of general advice would be to spend more time crafting your posts and space them out a little so that you don't have so many posts asking for assistance in so many different areas at once.

And then when you do post asking for assistance I think you will get a better reply since those of us reading will know that you have tried to solve the problem a bit yourself and that you actually care about the replies we give.



Again, there is nothing wrong with any one of your posts -- I think the reaction was more to the sheer quantity of short posts (about different issues) in a short time frame.


Thanks mouser.  This is exactly what I was trying to get across, and well stated.  And as Anand said, I fully agree with your statement about the community.
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I'm just saying, why so serious about a non-issue?  It doesn't notify you, you don't have to read, and you definitely don't have to be so aggressively negative about it.  Just don't read it.  And pretty much the DC forum is about being nice and being helpful.  And it's not like we're exactly very busy.
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I will comment
Just don't!  >:(

This is a forum, not a damn chat system :down:


This is a bit outside of the community we have at DC, don't you think?  Yes, he asks a lot of questions.  It's up to the reader to read it, however.
2145
Living Room / Re: Decentralized Cloud Storage Services (Storj, Sia, etc.)
« Last post by wraith808 on August 28, 2017, 05:52 PM »
So I get paid a few dollars worth of the Storj cryptocurrency each month for renting out some space on my HDD.

Storj cryptocurrency?
2146
Living Room / Re: For those with a CrashPlan...
« Last post by wraith808 on August 27, 2017, 11:52 AM »
Is Amazon's Glacier a proper backup destination, if it's your sole remote? I thought it was pretty slow + "expensive" to get stuff out of Glacier? One of the important things wrt. backups is testing your backup archives regularly, which doesn't seem to fit too well with Glacier's model...


For me, it's part of that 3-2-1 thing- my offsite cold storage.
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Living Room / Re: For those with a CrashPlan...
« Last post by wraith808 on August 26, 2017, 07:13 AM »
There's Glacier, depending on your needs.  Definitely not for the end user, and more of an archiving service than anything else, but you can use something else to back up locally, then copy those images offsite using Glacier in case of total disaster.

Apps that support that sort of paradigm include:
https://fastglacier.com/
https://github.com/brianmcmichael/SAGU
https://www.arqbackup.com/
https://www.cloudber...ndows/amazon-s3.aspx

And here is a quick guide to backing up with Glacier:
http://www.technolog...with-amazon-glacier/

I backup my needed files to my Synology NAS, then upload them to Glacier.  I also back them up in OneDrive.  I don't have a fast restore option using images.

http://wahlnetwork.c...synology-to-glacier/


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Interesting... they use an OSS engine called searx.  There are several other providers that use this.

https://github.com/a...wiki/Searx-instances
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...

Is there a reliable way for consumers to defend against this?  I've taken to searching more than one search engine, but this is a pain.  Is there a reliable service that searches a lot of search engines and collates the results, so this becomes obvious?

I believe DuckDuckGo and Startpage do aggregate/metasearching.  Dogpile is still around, which combines Google and Yahoo results.  Qwant is a European search engine jumping on the "we won't track you" bandwagon.

Oh, looky what I found:
List of Metasearch Engines
http://l-lists.com/en/lists/e34z3f.html


DuckDuckGo mentions nothing about aggregate search.  And the last time I evaluated them, there were results missing from their searches that were in Bing and Google for the same search.
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Living Room / Re: Microsoft Surface Pro problems
« Last post by wraith808 on August 23, 2017, 11:48 AM »
Microsoft disputed the study, saying the company’s return and support rates differ significantly from the Consumer Reports study.

“We don’t believe these findings accurately reflect Surface owners’ true experiences or capture the performance and reliability improvements made with every Surface generation,” the company said in a statement.

And with the findings being based on an 'estimated' failure rate from '90,000 users', I don't have confidence in their findings.  If they released their study, then it could be scrutinized.

Microsoft has never won my trust for its Surface line, and I see no reason to start buying its laptops now.

And that reveals the bias.
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