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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by wraith808 on June 16, 2016, 10:19 AM »

burnt cornflake

-Stoic Joker (June 16, 2016, 06:41 AM)

   Is that your term?  Or an actual term?

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by wraith808 on June 15, 2016, 09:11 PM »

I CAN'T UNSEE IT!

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Living Room / Re: Thanks again for the Windows 10 upgrade reminder - NOT

« Last post by wraith808 on June 15, 2016, 02:08 PM »

This doesn't really apply to the underlying issue, but is a good tool that I use on those occasions that I frequent ebay:  Gixen - https://www.gixen.com/faq.php

It's free, you don't have to sign in (you sign into ebay), and you can set bids on groups of items (make sure there's time between the end time, or you might win more than one).  He makes money by selling the mirror service, i.e. two separate servers so that your chances of a missed bid go down.  I can't recommend it highly enough.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by wraith808 on June 15, 2016, 11:36 AM »

Thanks!  Puts it into perspective.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Cinta Notes @ BitsDuJour -- 60% off

« Last post by wraith808 on June 15, 2016, 10:31 AM »

For my uses, I use simplenote with Notation and ResophNotes.

-wraith808 (June 15, 2016, 09:29 AM)

curious why you use two different notetakers ?

-tomos (June 15, 2016, 09:48 AM)

Notation is lighter, and easier to use.  ResophNotes I run on one machine to sync the individual notes to a Dropbox folder, so I'm not totally reliant on SimpleNote (in case it goes wonky again).

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Cinta Notes @ BitsDuJour -- 60% off

« Last post by wraith808 on June 15, 2016, 09:29 AM »

Nice!

CintaNotes is one top notch note taker/jotter/grabber IMO.

One of the very few apps I missed once I decided to almost entirely stop using Windows as my desktop OS.

Highly recommended program. 

-40hz (June 14, 2016, 01:58 PM)

The one thing that kept (keeps) me from using it is the fact that editing notes is in a different window.  Just too alien to my processes.  And looking at the screenshots, it appears that is still the case?  Can anyone that is currently using it let me know if that's the case?

For my uses, I use simplenote with Notation and ResophNotes.  They admittedly don't have as many features, but both have that one feature.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by wraith808 on June 15, 2016, 09:25 AM »

An anti spying program with source code from WZor ... Now that is interesting.

-Stoic Joker (June 15, 2016, 07:55 AM)

Why is that so interesting?  Just curious.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by wraith808 on June 14, 2016, 11:17 AM »

That's pretty cool! 

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by wraith808 on June 13, 2016, 06:07 PM »

100+ Coats of Nail Polish

-Arizona Hot (June 13, 2016, 04:27 PM)

She could have been done with that in a fraction of the time, if she did thinner coats and every 3rd coat was Ruby Kisses Lightening. Then she wouldn't have had to wait as much for it to dry.



_{Doing my nails used to be a hobby of mine, before I acquired my first computer. I used to routinely layer on 25 coats of nail polish, plus artwork, then wear it (without it chipping) till I started to noticeably outgrow the polish, which was usually about 2 weeks.}

-app103 (June 13, 2016, 05:46 PM)

I won't ask... Ok, I will ask.  How do you happen to have this knowledge?

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Living Room / Re: Show us a picture of your.. CAR!!!

« Last post by wraith808 on June 13, 2016, 10:02 AM »

It's still taking longer, but they're better funded now from a crowd funded stock offering, so it looks even better.  They've stopped giving dates, and instead been giving more detailed updates into the process, to show movement towards the finish line.

https://www.eliomoto...l-elio-momentum-v57/

They are planning to sell 100 preproduction units this year, to deliver next year.

http://www.autoblog....ike-deliveries-2017/

http://www.prnewswir...ction-300203118.html

http://jalopnik.com/...h-and-and-1744213503

http://www.otcmarket...com/stock/ELIO/quote

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fake equivalent for Windows

« Last post by wraith808 on June 13, 2016, 09:37 AM »

http://www.winautomation.com/

http://imacros.net/

http://www.wintask.com/index.php

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Living Room / Re: Surface Pro 4 (etc); observations from long term use?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 13, 2016, 06:23 AM »

Decided to buy now. Too much uncertainty over whether the next version will be out during this tax year. And I can use it now. And might still have business profits to offset in a few years when it comes to replace it.
Was going to go for the i7 8/256GB Book but in the end went for i5, 8/128GB; I didn't think I could justify paying 44% more, when I can just do anything needing more power on a desktop. I expect it will significantly reduce my desktop usage.
So hoping for the best now.

-Dormouse (June 12, 2016, 06:29 PM)

I've actually decided to sell my XPS13 and go with the i5/8/256.  Haven't decided between the book and the regular surface yet, so it will be interesting to see how yours goes, as I won't be fully ready to pull the trigger until the fall.  Congrats on your purchase, and let us know what you think!

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to Stop Windows 10 from Spying on You

« Last post by wraith808 on June 11, 2016, 07:16 PM »

There is this Slashdot article about a guy who created a simple 'hello world' dummy application in Visual Studio 2015 (C++). The resulting executable contains code that "phones home" to MS. Of course, MS can do what they like with software they provide to anyone for free. If you would ask me (and I know you didn't) it is even their right...just not in their right mind.

-Shades (June 11, 2016, 04:18 PM)

After taking a look, the telemetry calls are logging to the local drive, not phoning home as claimed.

https://www.reddit.c...ion_calls_to/d2wng2g

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Living Room / Re: robust microusb cable

« Last post by wraith808 on June 11, 2016, 12:30 PM »

You might look at custom cables also.  Cables that have heatshrinked connectors and techflex sleeving are very robust. (Just getting into mechanical keyboards, I've seen a lot about custom robust cabling).  They're expensive though, and I've never seen any of the custom stuff on outlets like amazon.

https://www.reddit.c...b_cables_and_custom/

Example paracord with heatshrinked connectors.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: GOG Connect - DRM-free access to your Steam library

« Last post by wraith808 on June 08, 2016, 04:41 PM »

They should also have a convenient link somewhere. As of now, you have to remember it.  There's no link (at least that I've found) conveniently situated on the site.

Doorkickers is on that list too.

And they now have a timer on them, so you know when they run out, which is a step in the right direction.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: GOG Connect - DRM-free access to your Steam library

« Last post by wraith808 on June 08, 2016, 03:19 PM »

I can't even check right now because of high traffic.  They need to figure out a better way to facilitate this IMO.

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Living Room / Re: Limitless is limited after all

« Last post by wraith808 on June 07, 2016, 08:53 PM »

Me personally, looking at the characters and lore that they've introduced since your cut off time (s5), I can't say that I would have been happy to lose them, and the stories they engendered.  That said, I've cut down my network viewing a lot because of the tendencies of networks to cancel shows before they've even had a chance to get their footing.  One wonders if the death of a show is dictated by its performance, or is a self-fulfillment of their cancellation because of the focus of the networks on the shows that immediately garner an audience.

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General Software Discussion / Re: TeamViewer hacked?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 07, 2016, 03:04 PM »

PayPal accepted my appeal! 

Now to close my bank account, as the bank says I will be 100% liable for any future fraud regarding that account.

-Asudem (June 07, 2016, 11:01 AM)

Congratulations!  I figured they would if pressed- there seems to be no reason for them to have denied it in the first place.

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General Software Discussion / Re: TeamViewer hacked?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 06, 2016, 02:15 PM »

police not going to do anything.
but do push the bank, itunes, and paypal as they have the ability to reverse transactions.

-mouser (June 06, 2016, 02:04 PM)

The point isn't for the police to do anything, but have an official record.  That record of facts is important in the process.  And is a lot more cogent and indeed verifiable and generates more trust than something taken over the phone.  It's to preserve your rights, and theirs, and keep things above board.  I'd still recommend doing it.  I had something similar happen, and had to file a report.  It was a pain, but when they ask you to do something, I've found it's better to just bite the bullet and do it.

I'll just add one thing for those who aren't familiar with TeamViewer -- at least when i set up mine by default TeamViewer itself created a random password for remote access (rather thank asking me to type one in) and it was SIX characters long (and i believe it's just uppercase,lowercase,and digits).

So it would be entirely plausible that a brute force attack would be able to guess passwords.

Thankfully I do not leave TeamViewer running, and have only used it on occasion when traveling.  I have also set a long passphrase, so I should be ok, but I'll probably avoid using TeamViewer for a while just to be safe.

-mouser (June 06, 2016, 12:52 PM)

They're not talking about access passwords- those are generated on a per use basis.  They're talking about the master account password- a totally different animal.

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General Software Discussion / Re: TeamViewer hacked?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 06, 2016, 07:21 AM »

When things get ugly, there's always time for popcorn.



But yeah, I totally agree Stoic.  Anything that allows access to the internet, and controls something so sensitive, but doesn't have lockout limits is pretty stupid.

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Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits

« Last post by wraith808 on June 05, 2016, 09:37 PM »

of course, where else would you mount a switch!

I know you've had it for a while, but wouldn't this be a 'warranty' claim?

-Target (June 05, 2016, 08:21 PM)

It is.  But I have to pay postage from China, and their shipping options suck.  So at that point, I decided to just write it off.  Too much trouble for what it's worth.  I might revisit it if the CHIP doesn't work out well.

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Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits

« Last post by wraith808 on June 05, 2016, 07:41 PM »

I was disappointed with the Onion- mostly because I couldn't get it to turn on because of their quality problems with the power switch.  Hopefully this will be better.

-wraith808 (June 05, 2016, 02:35 PM)

presumably the switch is one of those damn SMD jobbies - could you perchance just scrape it off and short the traces?

-Target (June 05, 2016, 07:31 PM)

It was actually a piece of plastic that jutted out from between the sandwiched part, so I can't even get in there to see.  Most people used a pin to move the position, but for some reason that wouldn't work for me.

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Living Room / Re: Re: Autobackup with OneDrive

« Last post by wraith808 on June 05, 2016, 07:37 PM »

Most of the solutions that you've been using require that your files be in a certain location.  They're not backup solutions- they're sync solutions.  For google drive, it will create a drive folder.  Only the files in that folder will be synced.  Same with Onedrive, and Dropbox.  If you really want to use a sync solution as your backup, and want to use one of these for it, you have to make use of symbolic links so you can store the files in the folder they want you to, but it's accessible where you want to access it from.  Or you can use Cubby.  It allows you to make any folder a sync folder.  https://www.cubby.com/

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR for mac

« Last post by wraith808 on June 05, 2016, 06:31 PM »

I just ask, because I ended my experiment last year.  I posted up my experiences, and my reasoning when I got rid of it.

So seeing DC'ers take the plunge and enjoy it, I was just wondering.  I think my next frontier is the Surface.

homebrew *is* easier than hunting down all your tools manually on Windows

-f0dder (June 05, 2016, 05:37 PM)

http://chocolatey.org 

-Tuxman (June 05, 2016, 05:40 PM)

I actually have to agree with you on this one.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR for mac

« Last post by wraith808 on June 05, 2016, 02:38 PM »

I was wondering the same thing as f0dder. Since moving platforms, I have found spotlight infinitely useful.

-Josh (June 05, 2016, 08:29 AM)

You've totally moved to Mac?  How are you finding it?