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DC Gamer Club / Re: Valve Announces Steam Deck: A Nintendo Switch-like PC

« Last post by wraith808 on July 17, 2021, 02:07 PM »

Yeah, I reserved a 512G as soon as it hit.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Announced

« Last post by wraith808 on July 14, 2021, 12:16 PM »

I was they'd waited until the official release dropped to release this. I get the feeling MS might close these holes

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Living Room / Re: I bought an Oculus Quest and I'm blown away by the current state of VR

« Last post by wraith808 on July 13, 2021, 11:34 AM »

I don't think people will realize how much of a burden it is to have to use a headset connected by a wire to your pc.

-mouser (July 13, 2021, 12:57 AM)

It hasn't been a burden to me using it with the Playstation. Consoles are already the centerpiece of many an entertainment setup, so it's not that big a deal for most.

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Living Room / Re: I bought an Oculus Quest and I'm blown away by the current state of VR

« Last post by wraith808 on July 11, 2021, 10:31 AM »

My only experience has been my Playstation VR, and I love it- however the motion cap on first person shooter type of games makes my head hurt after a while like the first Doom did back in the day. Of course, just like then, I fight my way through because it's just so fun. One game to look into is Star Wars Squadrons. I love the way they integrated the 3D with the controls. It's a pretty awesome experience.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Amazon Lumberyard goes open source, renamed to Open 3D Engine (O3DE)

« Last post by wraith808 on July 09, 2021, 10:05 AM »

I've just started to play with Unity myself

-mouser (July 09, 2021, 03:52 AM)

Must be something going around- I've just delved in myself.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Gizmo's Tech Support Alert freeware site shutting down

« Last post by wraith808 on July 04, 2021, 06:00 AM »

Hello dear Jesse. There may be ways to explore before closing...

-publicdomain (July 04, 2021, 01:16 AM)

This isn't about this site- it's about another site.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Announced

« Last post by wraith808 on July 03, 2021, 10:52 AM »

Why Windows 11 won't run on your new $5,000 Surface PC, but a Mac from 2013 can run the next-gen macOS from zdnet

-wraith808 (July 03, 2021, 05:44 AM)

What that article says (or insinuates) is that Microsoft announced that Windows 10 would be the last version of Windows when they thought there would be higher adoption of UWP and the Microsoft Store, so they could rake in ~30% of all sales taking place on their store and not have to concern themselves with earning money from selling new versions of Windows. Now that they've seen relatively little adoption of their storefront, they've decided to re-theme Windows 10 and force people to pay them for it by requiring them to buy a new computer (and therefore require a new Windows license for the new hardware since Windows 10 licenses are tied to the hardware) to run it.

-Deozaan (July 03, 2021, 08:53 AM)

Thanks... I was in a hurry this morning when I posted it so didn't get a chance to post my usual synopsis.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Announced

« Last post by wraith808 on July 03, 2021, 05:44 AM »

Why Windows 11 won't run on your new $5,000 Surface PC, but a Mac from 2013 can run the next-gen macOS from zdnet

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Announced

« Last post by wraith808 on June 26, 2021, 10:08 PM »

Another one - https://www.youtube..../watch?v=taZTeXRvwFQ

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Announced

« Last post by wraith808 on June 26, 2021, 04:02 PM »

They both equal 1 password multiple access

-Stoic Joker (June 25, 2021, 05:43 AM)

Depends on how that password is secured. I secure mine with my phone, so even if my password is leaked, it does no good.

-wraith808 (June 25, 2021, 06:39 AM)

Yeah, I know … The industry loves fawning over the (a little to magical) 2fa crap. But as long as session token reuse remains a cake walk...I just ain't warm-and-fuzzy about trusting it.

I'd rather keep separate things, separate...so the twain can't meet in a dark alley.

Call me old fashion... 

-Stoic Joker (June 26, 2021, 03:11 PM)

I prefer SSO with extremely stupidly secure password and 2FA.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Announced

« Last post by wraith808 on June 26, 2021, 04:01 PM »

There may be a fix before EOL in 2023,

-Arizona Hot (June 26, 2021, 01:56 PM)

EOL is 2025.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Announced

« Last post by wraith808 on June 26, 2021, 07:33 AM »

Oh, I think it will, in the same vein as others that are huge, i.e. Amazon and Google. I think they've learned how to ride the line. Did you see the mention that you can bring your own payment processor to the store and garner 100% of the profits? This isn't the same Microsoft.

And speaking of that, several will have no choice. It seems I'll be able to keep using Windows 10 until next year when I'd planned to upgrade my computer anyway, but even if that wasn't the case it's my livelihood. And even if I don't agree with what Microsoft is doing, I don't agree with everything that any other platform is doing either- even open source. They all have their problems, and you just choose what problems to accept. In all honesty, having already been looking into it, I'm not out much other that the time and effort to do it in upgrading my computers- the biggest loss is my Surface Pro 4, but it's long in the teeth anyway and I'm not using it for anything much other than another display.

I just checked elsewhere, and it seems that EOL for Windows 10 is 2025, so I don't think there will be as much blowback as people predict.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Announced

« Last post by wraith808 on June 25, 2021, 11:45 PM »

Oh well... my Intel Core i5-4670K isn't on the list. I think they're going to find that a lot of people aren't willing to throw away a computer that isn't struggling with Windows 10. And now we see the reason for Windows 11- they knew there was a lack of backwards compatibility.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Latest GOG Giveaway

« Last post by wraith808 on June 25, 2021, 09:58 AM »

Shadowrun Trilogy is free right now on GoG

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Announced

« Last post by wraith808 on June 25, 2021, 06:39 AM »

They both equal 1 password multiple access

-Stoic Joker (June 25, 2021, 05:43 AM)

Depends on how that password is secured. I secure mine with my phone, so even if my password is leaked, it does no good.

As far as Windows 11, it's strange that the reversed course after what they said before, but just a marketing glitch IMO. It's just the version- they could have called it something else- Windows Mojave for instance- it just would have made it harder on the consumer as far as the versions. And as long as you're able to disconnect from the cloud and able to work if your connection goes down, I've found SaaS not that big of a deal personally..

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

« Last post by wraith808 on June 20, 2021, 10:11 PM »

Is the one in the OP the one to download? When I extract it, I get one dated as 1/6/21

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Living Room / Re: Need help recreating some music -- full band needed?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 18, 2021, 10:31 PM »

I guess if I was caught up, I'd have known that 

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General Software Discussion / Re: I'm thinking of going primitive, with discursion into zettelkasten

« Last post by wraith808 on June 16, 2021, 05:05 PM »

I haven't tried this, but it seems interesting

How to make a Python script for your notes
 - https://www.jhonatan...published/1623367665

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Living Room / Re: Need help recreating some music -- full band needed?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 12, 2021, 03:10 PM »

It was really fun to be involved in the feedback loop but my feedback to ayryq must have been very frustrating for him as my comments were like "make it sadder and also happier" or "Can you make the drums sound more like shh shshshts sksksksk"..
But somehow it kept getting better.
The only difficult thing for me was each new version had something new i liked and something from the previous one that i missed losing.. Too bad it wasn't a 10 minute song..

Ayryq might agree that the hardest part was getting it all to fit in EXACTLY 22 seconds with a suitably paced start and end...

-mouser (June 11, 2021, 04:26 AM)

So... what version won?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Which Windows 10 Updates should be avoided?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 12, 2021, 02:19 PM »

So is stuff like this
 just a hoax?

-MilesAhead (June 11, 2021, 12:09 PM)

I was referring to the datamining in an article on bleeping computer: https://www.bleeping...d-in-microsoft-docs/

This would also jive to the fact that Microsoft has said before that Windows 10 is the last version of Windows - they're instead moving to a naming of milestones similar to MacOS.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Which Windows 10 Updates should be avoided?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 10, 2021, 06:33 PM »

So, this thread is about which Windows Updates a person should not install.

-BGM (June 09, 2021, 09:20 AM)

Windows 11.   

-MilesAhead (June 10, 2021, 02:06 PM)

Well, you're in luck. There will be no Windows 11

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General Software Discussion / Re: Which Windows 10 Updates should be avoided?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 10, 2021, 10:28 AM »

I formerly tried to do that. But as you go on, the updates depend on each other. And not having certain ones will take your version of windows out of support until you install them. It became a byzantine array of dependent updates and was more trouble than it was worth in the end. I just use the tactic of delaying until there's a critical mass, and letting it update at that point.

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Living Room / Re: Need help recreating some music -- full band needed?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 09, 2021, 02:26 PM »

That is great ayryq! I like the second one better. Not sure I can put why into words, but I just like it!

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's the future of OneNote?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 05, 2021, 04:03 PM »

irc 365 saves notebook on OneDrive
In 2016, using the same account, you can access the cloud file and then save it locally.

-Dormouse (June 04, 2021, 04:28 AM)

Well, it's not quite that clearcut. They've changed OneNote 2016 to be OneNote for Desktop. They have a OneNote app on the Windows 10 store and that one doesn't know anything about local notebooks. I think they've changed directions and are not getting rid of the desktop version.

From the help:

Our product names for OneNote on Windows have recently changed. Throughout this article, “OneNote” now refers to the Windows desktop version (previously called “OneNote 2016”), and “OneNote for Windows 10” refers to the Microsoft Store app that’s available only on Windows 10.

I guess this is in response to all of the feedback (blowback) they received about their decision to do away with local notebooks.

I see.  I could see that working. Are you actually  typing into the pdf forms fields?

-sphere (June 05, 2021, 10:36 AM)

I'm usually using ink. Sometimes I'll use callouts and type in those to notate things.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's the future of OneNote?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 04, 2021, 08:23 PM »

Thanks… when making things up, are you using pdf forms or other forms?

-sphere (June 04, 2021, 06:24 PM)

It's scanned paper forms for reports and such. Works really well for it- one of the things that many find annoying (the fact that the page is nothing but elements) works really well for random forms as you just have to click where the field is and start writing or typing.