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

« Last post by 4wd on October 13, 2020, 05:20 PM »

If you don't want to use K-9 Mail, what are you going to use?

-rjbull (October 13, 2020, 03:48 PM)

I'll just use the current public release until it doesn't work anymore due to some stupidity on Google's part.
Then I'll have another look around to see what's available, if nothing is suitable I'll just not use email on the phone.
It's convenient but it's not essential, if it was essential they'd ring.

Most of the alternatives I glanced at wanted an insane number of permissions.

This is the fault of Google I think, bundling things together, eg. tying Bluetooth LE scanning to the need for location to be enabled.
What I've found even more annoying/stupid is that some email programs I've tried, instead of adding Gmail account settings within the email program, (as K-9 does), when they see you're adding a Gmail account they switch to the Add Account settings of the phone, get you to add your Google account there, then use them to get OAUTH permission to access the account.
End result is you have multiple Google accounts on your phone where you only originally might have had one - all wanting to sync info.
Some, like Bluemail, store the account info there but it isn't added to the phone as a separate Google account.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Openstreetmap alias(es)?

« Last post by 4wd on October 11, 2020, 06:51 AM »

There is one issue: this formulation doesn't cope with places with more than one word as a name (like New York, for example). Is there a solution to that, do you think?

-orbis (October 11, 2020, 04:23 AM)

Enclose it in quotes: dir "new york" chicago

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by 4wd on October 09, 2020, 07:04 AM »

Now that it is almost too late to do any good I found the slider in Developer Settings to disable automatic system updates.

-MilesAhead (October 08, 2020, 11:35 AM)

PSA: To get to Developer Options, go to Settings->About Phone and tap on Build number seven times

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Living Room / Re: Slightly warm computer killing my internet speeds...I have no idea why.

« Last post by 4wd on October 06, 2020, 10:32 PM »

The Cat 6 goes straight into the router (tried multiple wires).  Internet is full speed when computer is cool...slow when it starts getting warmer

-Stephen66515 (October 06, 2020, 07:44 PM)

Internal or add-on NIC?

How old is it?

If it's internal, plug a NIC in and see if it's the same.

• If it isn't then the likely cause is temp. sensitive components or solder joints in that sub-system, live with the NIC.  I'd probably reflow the solder for the onboard socket ... but that's me
• If it does the same thing then you most likely have other problems on the motherboard.

EDIT: Beaten by Target 

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by 4wd on October 03, 2020, 08:05 AM »

It arrived on Oct 2! I'm very pleased about the quick shipping time. But I'm currently very busy focusing nearly every free moment I have on Ludum Dare 47, so it may be a few days before I get it unpackaged and properly set up.

-Deozaan (October 03, 2020, 03:55 AM)

If I procrastinate long enough you might beat me to writing a mini-review

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Circle Dock / Re: Adding a Windows Store Application to the Circle Dock

« Last post by 4wd on September 29, 2020, 09:04 AM »

This might be a bit more useful if not a bit more complicated:

https://www.addictiv...and-line-windows-10/

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

« Last post by 4wd on September 22, 2020, 11:12 PM »

I use K-9 Mail. Is it safe not to update/upgrade? IIRC Android will nag me if I don't update certain app.

-erikts (September 22, 2020, 10:55 PM)

Whether you update K-9 depends on whether or not you like the changes they're implementing, the complete loss of single-hand usage and dropping out of the app instead of switching back to the account list pretty much killed any idea of updating from its current public release for me.

I just thought there are others here who use K-9 who might like a heads-up and, as I said, this is still the beta version atm.

Unfortunately not really anything you can do about the nagging, I have no auto-updates set anyway - just means I now have to scroll down the list to make sure I don't accidentally tell it to update K-9.

I haven't found any other email app that suits my usage style in the last 10 years so it's a bit ... annoying ... that they've seemingly gone the way of every other mail app I've tried.

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General Software Discussion / Re: JSON Editor with Treeview needed

« Last post by 4wd on September 22, 2020, 07:54 PM »

VS Code has extensions that will do it.

eg. JSON Tree View

VS Code is pretty much replacing every editor I have

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Living Room / Re: How to fix messed up Google Accounts on an Android phone

« Last post by 4wd on September 22, 2020, 07:41 PM »

You tell us:

https://www.qwant.co...r%20Google%20account

Oh, and if you mean paid content you've bought under one account that you want to move to another ... bad luck apparently.

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by 4wd on September 20, 2020, 05:17 AM »

Do you feel that, at the lowest setting, the screen of the iPlay 20 can get adequately dark enough in a nearly completely dark room that it can still be comfortably used for some reading?

-Deozaan (September 19, 2020, 11:17 PM)

The tablet has no auto-brightness so you need to adjust manually, if you're in the habit of constantly changing levels this will probably become real old, real fast.

That being said, I've only used FBReader for all my ebooks and you can adjust the brightness by simply sliding your finger up/down the left side of the display, anywhere from 1-100% brightness.



Dark room, against dark carpet, set at 1%, FBReader night mode - it's actually a little dark for me, up around 10% is a lot better with less eyestrain. (I know, shitty picture, phone couldn't cope with that low a level.)



At 10%.

Battery life is really turning out to be excellent:
Last full charge: 21 hours ago
Screen usage since: 7hrs 15mins (Netflix 3H8M, Infinity 1H22M, plus a mix of browsers, puzzle games, etc)
Battery remaining: 42%
Prediction of 14hrs use remaining, (depends on what you run of course).

Plus I've had a SIM in it just to see what it was like: phone calls, SMS/Signal, mobile data, etc all work OK.

I'll try and do a mini-review later but naturally it's going to be skewed towards what I use it for, (eg. I don't do any gaming apart from the occasional puzzle game).

Currently (approx US$):
Banggood: $122 (I got mine here when it was on special)
GearBest: $130
AliExpress: $127
SunSky: $110 (Never heard or dealt with them)

I've bought a few things from Banggood recently and they've managed to turn up almost as fast as the local mail which is in dire straits with our current Stage 4 lockdown here, (eg. 2.5 weeks or less from Banggood vs 2-4 weeks to come from Amazon AU ... I could drive to the Amazon warehouse and back in 90 mins with a stop for coffee ... if we were allowed to drive that far ).  Not an endorsement, just anecdotal - it might be a completely different story sending to the USA.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Saving Whole Web site look as you scroll down

« Last post by 4wd on September 20, 2020, 01:21 AM »

Nimbus Screen Capture - works for me on FF 75.0 and FF 80.0.1
GoFullPage - works on Brave (or any Chrome based browser)

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General Software Discussion / Re: TraceCovid

« Last post by 4wd on September 19, 2020, 08:33 AM »

Do you know if I can select the servers where I upload the data ?

-Contro (September 19, 2020, 06:51 AM)

You can't and there's at least a dozen different protocols used for near device detection, see my edit above.

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General Software Discussion / Re: TraceCovid

« Last post by 4wd on September 19, 2020, 04:45 AM »

In what way aren't they the same?

They both detect and store ID info of devices running the same app that you have been in close proximity to, this enables authorities to potentially notify the owners of those devices in the event of one of the owners of said devices testing positive for COVID ... and then only if said person decides to upload that data.

Obviously, you would install the app that has the greatest public presence in your region otherwise why bother?

Put it another way:
You install an app designed for Australia, (COVIDSafe), but you have close to zero chance of meeting an Australian due to the lockdown on international flights, then you'll never be notified of a near miss in case someone in Australia tests positive.
Conversely, in the meantime you might have been exposed to half a dozen locals with the infection but you'll still never get notified because while they were running an app for that region, you were running one for Australia.

These apps do not all talk to each other through some central database, nor are they likely to use the same protocols to communicate to each, you only have to look at the Wiki page I pointed to, there is ~12 different protocols.

BTW, where exactly does it say that TraceCovid uses the GPS?
Like most other similar apps, it uses Bluetooth to detect another device running the app within a distance of around 3m, (and sometimes if it's only within that distance for a minimum period of time).
No location info is collected because they can get that from info provided by Google/Apple/carrier and the phone itself, (if they're allowed).

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General Software Discussion / Re: TraceCovid

« Last post by 4wd on September 19, 2020, 02:23 AM »

Spanish app is radar covid, I think

-flamerz (September 17, 2020, 04:05 PM)

In Spain Nothing...

-Contro (September 18, 2020, 12:33 PM)

https://play.google....radarcovid&hl=en

COVID Radar is the application designed and run by the Spanish Secretary of State for Digitization and Artificial Intelligence to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Radar COVID alerts you anonymously of the possible contact that you have had in the last 14 days with a person who has been infected using Bluetooth technology of low consumption.

FYI: COVID-19 apps^w

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Coding Snacks / Re: Internet wifi utility

« Last post by 4wd on September 18, 2020, 12:14 AM »

If you think it's a WiFi problem I'd be using the ISP's DNS IP, (or one that is in the local region), as the reference point not IPs that are located in another country, (Google's closest seems to be Belgium).

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Command-Line Shooter

« Last post by 4wd on September 16, 2020, 08:04 PM »

Code: Text [Select]

1. for /f "tokens=* delims=" %x in (test.txt) do start "" cmd.exe /C %x

FYI

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

« Last post by 4wd on September 14, 2020, 12:30 PM »

The tiny, shriveled, severely atrophied hopeful person in me would suggest that you try to provide your feedback with the developer and perhaps they'll take the information into account and shape the beta in such a way as to restore one-handedness to the app.

-Deozaan (September 13, 2020, 10:43 PM)

I did ... then I left the beta program and uninstalled it as it was basically unusable for me.  I went back to the public release.

I don't hold any hope for a change since I only recently decided to join the beta and they've been going this way since late last year by the looks.

It seems like eye-candy has once again trumped functionality judging by the over-abundant use of colour.

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

« Last post by 4wd on September 13, 2020, 07:01 PM »

I hope there will be an option to turn on "classic" layout.

-Attronarch (September 13, 2020, 01:11 PM)

I hope so too, currently I wish I hadn't hit the Join Beta link in the Play Store

They have a new website/forum with a couple of images of the new interface on it, https://k9mail.app/

If you want to try it I suggest it's not on your daily use device because if you need to go back you'll need to know the IMAP passwords to enable your accounts again, (they aren't exported).

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

« Last post by 4wd on September 13, 2020, 09:46 AM »

Think I'm going to have to remove K-9 Mail from my list of apps if the latest beta is anything to go by.

It's been given a UI design overhaul and now all the navigation buttons are at the top, completely f###ing up single handed usage.
The Back button now drops you out of the app altogether instead of taking you back to a list of your accounts, if you want to switch accounts you now have to open a menu which is ... wait for it ... also at the f###ing top of the screen.
Yes you can also swipe in from the left but the f###ing drop down to select another account is still at the top.

Looks like I'll have to block it from ever upgrading ... just as soon as I work out if I can import all the settings from the beta back into the public release.

How to ruin a good app.

Edit: Oh, now I get the notification dot on the icon and have no idea which account is the one with emails because there's no counter against any account in the list, you have to go into every account until you find which one has new emails.

What a freaking mess.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's up with The Matrix Trilogy Screensaver?

« Last post by 4wd on September 12, 2020, 08:00 PM »

Downloads fine on Android 

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by 4wd on September 12, 2020, 09:33 AM »

Does the iPlay 20 support wireless charging?

-Deozaan (September 11, 2020, 11:21 PM)

Sorry, plain old USB charging. If wireless charging is a must then I think the new Amazon Fire tablets are about it currently, you're not likely to get wireless charging on these cheap tablets.

Currently, with the screen at about 60-80% brightness, I'll watch a couple of movies at night, (files, Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Jellyfin), and do about 3 hours of reading, browsing, etc with about 40-45% battery left after 6 hours of screen on time. At that point it reports approx 3.75 hours left before it needs charging, so I'm getting around 9-10 hours currently.

There's also a Pro version that has 6GB RAM but unless you like to load up with apps running in the background it might not be worth the extra.

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by 4wd on September 11, 2020, 08:20 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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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by 4wd on September 11, 2020, 07:29 AM »

Gadgets, gadgets, gadgets ...

Let's see, first a boring old charger: Blitzwolf BW-S16 75W 6 port desktop charger - 2 x USB-C supporting PD 3.0, 2 x USB-A supporting QC 3.0, and 2 x USB-A supporting plain old Fast Charge (2.4A).



GL.iNet AR750S Travel Router - OpenWrt based, inbuilt Tor gateway, VPN (both OpenVPN and Wireguard), USB/uSD file share, 3 x Gb ports, 802.11b/g/n/ac.



Gerber EAB Pocket Knife



... and a hand held searchlight ...

Sofirn SP36 Anduril LED torch - ~5600 lumens of blinding, eye searing, white light in the palm of your hand



ADDENDUM: Almost forgot, yet another set of BT earphones, Tronsmart Onyx Free ... UV sterilisation, although how effective that is, who knows.  You really need UVC and I haven't yet found what wavelength this uses.



Had the opportunity to try out the jump starter I mentioned last time on my old Landcruiser, started it but I would have doubted it could have cranked it a second, (or possibly third), time, these old diesels aren't as easy to spin up as the new breed, (it's basically a 3.4l truck engine).

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Coding Snacks / Re: ControlZ x times

« Last post by 4wd on September 07, 2020, 10:44 PM »

Isn't this what File History is for?

In my case I create a network shared folder on the same computer, then use that network location as the backup location (rather than have an external drive plugged in permanently).

Then you can just: Right-click->Properties->Previous Versions

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Post New Requests Here / Re: User Filter for Google Search Results

« Last post by 4wd on September 02, 2020, 01:08 PM »

I figure non-corporate sites are not going to draw from a single domain.

...

As for breaking websites, it won't break the websites that rely on only one domain, which is what I want to explore.

-mraeryceos (September 02, 2020, 10:35 AM)

This is confusing, your first sentence implies corporate websites will draw content from their own domain.

Your second paragraph states you want to explore websites that only rely on one domain, ie. corporate websites according to your first sentence.

An interesting example, (or not), my own website does nothing but display text and scanned images of a family history nature but it references JavaScript library routines to display the images. Considering 99.9% of the content is hosted on the one domain I guess that makes it a corporate website.