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DC Gamer Club / Re: GOG Connect - DRM-free access to your Steam library
« Last post by wraith808 on September 27, 2016, 02:58 AM »
Thanks!
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Living Room / Re: Surface Pro 4 (etc); observations from long term use?
« Last post by wraith808 on September 27, 2016, 02:51 AM »
My Surface 3 is an Atom, with 4B of RAM. It does okay with browsing and Plex playback.
That is pretty much all I used it for.

I hope to use my Surface 4 as a desktop replacement. I am not a coder, gamer, nor graphic artist.
Still, given there is no way to easily upgrade I went with the i5 with 8GB of RAM as a good middle ground.
I already notice less battery life than with the Atom, the i7 just wasn't right for my new situation.

Given the prices, used at least, the i5 seems to be a good middle ground. Also in that it comes with the 8GB of RAM.

They actually have an i5 that's 4GB of RAM.  The only concern I have buying off of ebay is the lack of any sort of safety net other than the manufacturer's warranty.
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Living Room / Re: Surface Pro 4 (etc); observations from long term use?
« Last post by wraith808 on September 26, 2016, 11:12 AM »
I've had the same experience. But I've been waiting a while, and have seen nothing official, so I think I'm going to take my chances.

That's how it works. It's not a week after you first think about ordering it. It's a week after you actually do order it. :D

I think I've decided to go with the SP4.  Now I'm just trying to decide between the m3 and the i5.  So far, opinions seem mixed on which one to get.
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Living Room / Re: Cats and plants
« Last post by wraith808 on September 22, 2016, 12:55 PM »
Did you wake up to this?

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Living Room / Re: External 5.25 floppy usb drive or another way?
« Last post by wraith808 on September 22, 2016, 12:34 PM »
Easily one of the best DC threads ever :)
ADS looks awesome!
This really makes me want to fix the old luggable I have laying around so we can play this in all it's original glory :)

Does bring back memories!  I kept my old Apple around just so I could look at my old projects for the longest time.  I finally got rid of it when my disks that had my old work on it were stolen.  But it was very good that you were able to recover your work!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced
« Last post by wraith808 on September 22, 2016, 12:32 PM »
I simply don’t have the time now to spend working around Microsoft’s debugging process for Win 10. When Microsoft gets their act together and things stabilize, I will consider upgrading the OS, but not before.

Yup. Well put. Same here.

Isn't that the same as for any organization?  I don't ever remember one of my organizations being on the cutting edge of OS upgrades, ever.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Comparative review of password managers
« Last post by wraith808 on September 20, 2016, 10:39 AM »
I've been meaning to try out SpiderOaks Encryptr.

I've been a LastPass user for a couple of years.  Recently, when Copy shut it doors (damn them) I signed up for SpiderOAK.  I had no idea they had a password manager until now and I have just downloaded it for a try out.

let us know how you find it !   :up:

I've gotten to the point where, other than software, I don't even take the time to look if you're not paying.  Infrastructure costs, and unless the company just has money to throw away, there will come a time that they need to charge, or go out of business.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Generic windows command line gui builder
« Last post by wraith808 on September 19, 2016, 02:02 PM »
I'd never heard of that.  I'd like to take you up on it if you're interested!  :Thmbsup:

Great! :) Can I send you your key via PM?

That would work.  And include an e-mail where I can get in touch with you, and I'll confirm that way.

Thanks!
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Living Room / Re: Surface Pro 4 (etc); observations from long term use?
« Last post by wraith808 on September 19, 2016, 01:38 PM »
I've had the same experience. But I've been waiting a while, and have seen nothing official, so I think I'm going to take my chances.

 :huh:
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So, with tagspaces, unless you use the hosted cloud version, or the USB version, the installations are totally separate, correct?
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Living Room / Re: Surface Pro 4 (etc); observations from long term use?
« Last post by wraith808 on September 19, 2016, 12:53 PM »
So, I think I've made a decision, and will probably purchase this week.  But not a Surface, surprisingly.

I'm going for a Samsung Galaxy TabPro S.  I started to look at what I wanted to use it for.  Honestly, it will be mostly for light coding, markdown, writing, browsing, and reading.  With that in mind, a 4GB, 128GB, i3 or i5 is more than enough.  And in those specs, I can get something better than the Surface, for less.  I've used Samsung products in that niche before on Android, and I like them.  And the fact that it includes the cover and the keyboard in a lower price...

I've heard murmurings that the S2 will be out soon, but not sure that I want to wait- we know how amorphous 'soon' is.
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Living Room / Re: The Walled Garden Closes In
« Last post by wraith808 on September 19, 2016, 12:44 PM »
Interesting article:

http://arstechnica.c...ntendo-did-it-first/

I never got into the portable game systems (I tried the Playstation one back when they first came out), but apparently Nintendo did test these waters, in much the same way, for much the same reason, with the same response, though it didn't hurt sales.  But they figured out a way to get it back in with their next iteration, which says something IMO.
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Living Room / Re: What other forums do you participate in?
« Last post by wraith808 on September 19, 2016, 12:33 PM »
Other forums I participate in that I've just started as of late:

Geekhack, Deskthority, and though Reddit isn't really a forum, I participate in /r/mk fairly regularly.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Generic windows command line gui builder
« Last post by wraith808 on September 19, 2016, 11:03 AM »
My "Make Batch Files" tool acts like a GUI wrapper for CLI, including complicated commands. I can give you a free key in exchange for a review, if you are interested.

I'd never heard of that.  I'd like to take you up on it if you're interested!  :Thmbsup:
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: PIM-related Mini-Reviews ("also-ran").
« Last post by wraith808 on September 17, 2016, 04:55 PM »
Are you looking in the correct location for release notes?

http://cintanotes.com/release-notes/

Development seems quite active.  And I think the purpose of cintanotes is not to compete with onenote or evernote in terms of features- it's to work with text.  Which has it's niche, i.e. people that want to just work with taking notes in text.  It seems that they have a new version almost monthly with one or two new features- that are prioritized by their users in the roadmap at http://roadmap.cintanotes.com/?lang=en.

There are a lot of reasons that I don't use it currently, but lack of development is not one of them.
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Living Room / Re: How to stop friends getting notified of my posts in groups?
« Last post by wraith808 on September 17, 2016, 04:51 PM »
I guess my point is that Facebook tells you how to do it.  I don't use facebook that much, but I did it long ago.  The instructions were pretty easy, and under privacy.  So you have to decide to take the easy way of just not doing it, or the marginally harder way of finding out how to turn it off by reading the help on facebook.
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Living Room / Re: How to stop friends getting notified of my posts in groups?
« Last post by wraith808 on September 16, 2016, 07:25 PM »
Have you looked at the help in Facebook?  It tells you how to do that.
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General Software Discussion / Re: calendar that is happy in Windows and on tablet
« Last post by wraith808 on September 16, 2016, 02:58 PM »
Thanks for the suggestions

Have you tried Toodledo?

http://www.toodledo.com/

That's what I use with Pocket Informant to have my data available where ever I want it.

My problem would be that it's a web app and my web is often absent.
OTOH I notice that it is on the Sync option list of EssentialPIM, so if I like that but dislike syncing tasks through Google, I could always do it through Toodledo.



I haven't used it on the web in... forever.  So much so, that I didn't know about a lot that had been added.  I just used it to schedule my todos, and I put them in through PI.  It syncs everything, and I only ever see PI, offline, until it needs to sync.

I've never understood why I seem unable to get into Workflowy despite several attempts.
Same here.
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General Software Discussion / Re: calendar that is happy in Windows and on tablet
« Last post by wraith808 on September 16, 2016, 11:15 AM »
Have you tried Toodledo?

http://www.toodledo.com/

That's what I use with Pocket Informant to have my data available where ever I want it.  They concentrate on the basic service, and leave the rest to 3rd party apps, though they do have their own native app for iOS and Android.
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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: N.A.N.Y. 2017 Announcement
« Last post by wraith808 on September 15, 2016, 06:28 PM »
I think you've been used to someone stepping in to run with the ball.
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Apple earPods commercial (from Conan O'Brien)

http://i.imgur.com/zKeqQRV.gifv

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The earpods have fallen out of their ears... and the dog has had several expensive snacks.

A lot funnier in context.
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General Software Discussion / Re: calendar that is happy in Windows and on tablet
« Last post by wraith808 on September 15, 2016, 08:54 AM »
Can two or three ipads access the data from one account. (For just the price of admission in each one, maybe about $7 if I remember?).  Normally that would not be an issue, but Evernote now limits their Basic account to two devices (although they do it nicely and it is easy to drop one and add the other.)

Pocket Informant is a universal app; I have one license, and use it on my iPad, my iPad Mini, and my iPhone.
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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?
« Last post by wraith808 on September 14, 2016, 09:43 AM »
This one was a hard, but enlightening read.

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In this day of hard economics, and even harder decisions, you want to help if you're blessed with more than others.  But, as with everything, there's a good way to help, and a decidedly bad way.  This book outlines how the best of intents can lead to really harmful actions.  And more than that, it gives examples of how to turn that around.

Public service is a way of life for Americans; giving is a part of our national character. But compassionate instincts and generous spirits aren’t enough, says veteran urban activist Robert D. Lupton. In this groundbreaking guide, he reveals the disturbing truth about charity: all too much of it has become toxic, devastating to the very people it’s meant to help.

A good review of the book is found at Christianity Today: http://www.christian...w-toxic-charity.html

I read the review when it first came out, but it was apparently free for only a limited time, and now requires a subscription.  But the excerpt given for free is still a good synopsis.
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General Software Discussion / Re: calendar that is happy in Windows and on tablet
« Last post by wraith808 on September 14, 2016, 09:34 AM »
Hi,

Do you get a smidgen of category or layering capability?  A little sophistication?

I am actually keeping my "event calendar" now in my Firefox toolbar, in one folder with a couple of subfolders (e.g. "Weekly Farmers Markets" "2017") and I keep them in date order.  As long as you are working with a few dozen events it works well, although of course it is funky in that you don't have reminders, or a visual calendar, stuff like that.  However, once I place the event in, it is at least very easy to go right back to the page url.  (This is especially good for things like concerts, movies, meetings, that you might want to note .. e.g. Snowden is playing with a live feed after the movie tomorrow night, I just think Stone might have made it a bit risque.)

This is my current Rube Goldberg calendar system.  If I had a good iPad utility, I might keep that as my Windows method. 

Steven

Who is this directed towards?  If me, then yes, each event that you enter has a space for Tags.  There is also the ability to merge multiple calendars in one view, which I do - I have a calendar for Yanado, for Work, For Home, and For Family, and all show in the same view.  I also have it syncing with Toodledo for my todos- I find it better to work with software that has one intended task rather than trying to be the kitchen sink, though PI comes close to being in that category, I find that it's just enough without being too much.

See for yourself to an extent; the manual can be found at http://download.pock...%20User%20Manual.pdf.
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