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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: NANY 2021 Entry: The Lightning Bolt Quiz

« Last post by tomos on December 26, 2020, 02:25 PM »

Hi Deozaan,
I prompted the 'censoring' of this thread.
You must know that it was not censored because you said things like "I wish you joy and happiness" and "goodwill toward others". You also must know where that discussion goes, and that, if you want that discussion on dc, you gotta allow pretty much all other discussions related to religion. You must also know where that will eventually go.
I understand the dislike of this moving of posts / call it censoring if you want. I also remember the days where there were all sorts of people (I mean beliefs/ views) on dc and there wasn't much discussion about those beliefs or views. That was really nice, but it didnt last. It was a just couple of peple who screwed that up, but that's beside the point.
Sorry that the thread did end up like this ...

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: NANY 2021 Entry: The Lightning Bolt Quiz

« Last post by tomos on December 25, 2020, 06:48 AM »

I am so evul that I can not even write a word evul right and I cannot get past 20 mio bolts.

Such a shame

-panzer (December 25, 2020, 05:22 AM)

maybe one gets bonus points for living in Australia....

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Living Room / Re: Happy xmas, holidays, etc.

« Last post by tomos on December 25, 2020, 05:09 AM »

 
Sunny here for a change. Must get out for a walk.
All the best to all,
Tom

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by tomos on December 23, 2020, 12:33 PM »

DOH! New tablet also: Alldocube iPlay 20 - For just over US$115 it's a terrific tablet, (previously had an Amazon FireHD8) - a review.

No Widevine L1 so limited to Netflix SD but tbh, it's a 10" screen, it still looks pretty good.

Other than that: Octocore Unisoc, Android 10, 1920x1200 10.1" IPS w/ Gorilla Glass, GPS/Beidou, 4GB RAM + 64GB Flash, up to 512GB uSD, USB-C, Dual SIM 4G LTE (inc. B28 & VoLTE) ... biggest phone I've ever owned

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-4wd (September 11, 2020, 08:20 PM)

I got that one myself a while back - very happy with it. Got it sent within EU from the Czech Rebublic for a few dollars euros more. Price was cheaper though when purchased using the Banggood app (I cant remember now, around 10$ cheaper I think), but be warned, they ignore the unsubscribe button on emails :-/

Here a review of its more powerful brother, the iPlay 30, available for around US$160 with coupon BGALIP30 (see video info for shop link)

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?

« Last post by tomos on December 23, 2020, 12:11 PM »

Can anyone recommend an app to connect remotely to another smartphone and to control that phone (as an ageing-relative-discovers-smartphone solution).

Teamviewer seems to be getting very poor reviews of late (seems they are disconnecting very often/quickly and pushing users to pro version)
AnyDesk apparently just allows remote viewing of another device.

Airdroid is an option, but not easy to setup on non-root devices. (I tried before and gave up - maybe I'd have more patience now: for setup you need to connect the destination phone via USB to a PC with Airdroid windows app installed.)
I will try this again if there's no other suggestions.

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

« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2020, 08:09 AM »

^ I enjoyed that (NOFX) interesting mix.

now the message body is not left empty

-mrHappy (December 22, 2020, 02:52 AM)

always good to put the name in - in case you're searching for the post in five years tiime lol

On a bit of a tangent, here a cover of a Rancid song (Olympia WA) by Molly Tuttle. She's an amazing guitarist, but I would have known her more as a bluegrass musician before this. Some (of the best) punk songs are really catchy/poppy...

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: NANY 2021 Entry: Free Movies (website)

« Last post by tomos on December 18, 2020, 04:02 PM »

Looks great App, impressive collection

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General Software Discussion / Re: 32bit Linux distro recommendations

« Last post by tomos on December 16, 2020, 09:42 AM »

About eight years ago I installed Puppy "Wary" Linux on a much older laptop. It went well. At the time the Wary version was for older hardware.
See https://www.donation....msg239862#msg239862

Wary is "the Retro Puppy for old hardware"

-tomos (March 03, 2011, 10:47 AM)

(now gets s 404 page...)

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

« Last post by tomos on December 02, 2020, 03:38 PM »

This a live (as of this posting) concert from Ireland featuring Hozier amongst others. I'm completely out of touch with, eh, modern music. Have heard his "Take me to Church" single, but that's about it. He *can* sing :-)

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: PaintedGlass (decorate your desktop)

« Last post by tomos on November 30, 2020, 01:36 PM »

What do you mean by the default behavior? "Clickthrough" should be off/false by default when you first run the application.

-GrumpyCoder (November 30, 2020, 11:45 AM)

Sry, I wasn't clear: I'm turning click-through on and leaving it so. I haven't checked if the setting is remembered on restart (not on pc now). Would be nice ...

Re the glitter bomb, yeah, was a bit disconcerting to lose all created glass after having put a bit of effort into making a nice collage of sorts.

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: PaintedGlass (decorate your desktop)

« Last post by tomos on November 30, 2020, 11:41 AM »

I like it
For me the default behaviour is "click-through" / uneditable.

I request a tooltip to warn us what happens when we press on the bottom left button (it appears to delete all created "glass", and it creates random new ones with rounded corners). See below:

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: PaintedGlass (decorate your desktop)

« Last post by tomos on November 30, 2020, 02:59 AM »

Looks good.
Can you click through the "glass" e.g. on a desktop shortcut icon?

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Living Room / Re: Happy Thanksgiving/Friendsgiving 2020

« Last post by tomos on November 27, 2020, 01:38 AM »

Yes, i hope you all ate well yesterday :-) and have a good weekend. All the best, Tom
And yes, being grateful is a good idea (have to admit it's not one of my strong points -- thanks for the reminder jesse)

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?

« Last post by tomos on November 21, 2020, 04:52 AM »

You have to install the MicroG first before it will let you install the video/music apps.

-Deozaan (November 21, 2020, 01:44 AM)

This, and had to give the Vanced Manager app permission to install in settings for apps

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?

« Last post by tomos on November 20, 2020, 11:04 PM »

The problem is that the official version doesn't appear to be on the Play Store, but there are a slew of copycats available that most likely contain spy/adware if not outright malware. So get it here:
https://vancedapp.com/

-Deozaan (November 20, 2020, 06:11 PM)

hmmm. I installed the manager from their website, using that to install Vanced and Music app non-root. I get this -- says they installed but unavailable. Clicking [install] again has no effect.



have you tried it?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: version 4.39.0 ?

« Last post by tomos on November 01, 2020, 06:54 PM »

Hi,
I have installed version 4.39.0 – but, hmm, I can't found this version as a download on this site. Therefore, where is this version?

mtemp

-mtemp (November 01, 2020, 05:27 PM)

there is a beta version 4.38.0 here.
Where did you get that version

... I suspect it's simply mislabeled in the about/info

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Great Suspender - Chrome extension to use less CPU/RAM

« Last post by tomos on October 31, 2020, 09:28 AM »

My most extreme session (according to Tabs Aside): 343 tabs   
-Shades (Today at 03:02:41)

396 here!

BUT my new goal is to keep it below 100... 89 open right now (and about to close 2 tabs). It's been almost a month now, I still have high hopes I'll succeed!

-brotherS (October 31, 2020, 07:26 AM)

do you guys hoard a lot of stuff as well 

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Great Suspender - Chrome extension to use less CPU/RAM

« Last post by tomos on October 30, 2020, 06:59 PM »

I use tabs like I should use bookmarks.

-Deozaan (October 30, 2020, 05:16 PM)

Welcome to the club 
Probably worth getting some kind of session saver then. I not often using chrome, but liked this one:
https://www.donation....msg438882#msg438882

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General Software Discussion / Re: Syncovery - Pro or Premium Version?

« Last post by tomos on October 29, 2020, 07:16 PM »

Pro does include the real time monitoring.  I'm not sure what the difference in that is- perhaps that it is a separate service?

-wraith808 (October 28, 2020, 09:39 PM)

iirc the service works even if the program (in the tray) is closed.
It used be in the pro version till they created the premium.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Syncovery - Pro or Premium Version?

« Last post by tomos on October 29, 2020, 07:14 PM »

Really!?

I cannot find it in the matrix for Pro. Where did you see it?

-brahman (October 29, 2020, 03:12 PM)

do a search for "real-time" on the page and you'll find it

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General Software Discussion / Re: Syncovery - Pro or Premium Version?

« Last post by tomos on October 28, 2020, 07:00 PM »

In that older thread, there's a link to the comparison feature matrix. Block- level copying is in pro as well. Have a close/r look at the couple of things only in premium, you probably won't need them.

@Shades the term block level copying is often used by backup programmes to mean only the changed blocks will be copied, thus saving bandwidth and time.

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Living Room / Re: Do good mice still exist? Looking for recommendations.

« Last post by tomos on October 27, 2020, 06:02 PM »

I have a Logitech Performance MX mouse that I love the weight and feel for so much that I keep using it despite it acting up sometimes and worst yet it consumes batteries like its being used to power a nuclear reactor.. Seems like I get only a couple days use of the batteries before I have to recharge them.  Yech.  Seems like they have a new replacement for it I guess I will splurge for.. Buying cheap mice is always disappointing, they feel to light.

-mouser (October 27, 2020, 12:42 PM)

apparently replaced by MX Master 2S or MX Master 3 https://www.amazon.com/s?k=MX+Master+2S

I'm always on the lookout for symmetrical mice that I can use with both hands. The Razer Viper was recommended somewhere but seems to be at the end of the line as well. Note there is a "mini" version (not recommended) and often listings are confusing. A lot more than I'd usually spend on a mouse though..
EDIT// forgot to say, it's very light: 69 grams. Not sure how I feel about that. (OTOH I've always used wired mice so think anything with batteries would be too heavy.)

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PublicDomainVic / Re: DateTime Directory v0.1.0

« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2020, 04:34 AM »

Wondering what the "Flatten menu" option does?

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2020, 05:00 PM »

A fully grown willow tree is always a beautiful sight to behold. At least to my eye. 

-Shades (October 20, 2020, 03:35 PM)

yes, I agree

Unfortunately, these trees need much more (ground-)water compared with almost any other "brand/model" of trees. [...]
Perhaps that is why the tree was cut down. The excessive water consumption is also a reason why these trees get sick quickly.

It was near a small stream, but there's been extremely little rainfall here the last few years. A couple of branches had fallen -- they were already big as tree trunks. The main trunk was healthy fwiw.

Friends of mine had planted willow tree in pots (they were under two meters height). I used water them when they went on holidays, it was incredible the amount of water they drank.

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2020, 12:52 PM »

I've taken hundreds of pictures of this massive willow tree across the road from me.





it got cut down a couple of weeks ago



I'll miss it...