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

« Last post by wraith808 on October 17, 2020, 10:10 PM »

they have a features filter so you can quickly find a most appropriate software for you:
https://www.noteapps.info/features

-panzer (October 11, 2020, 01:39 AM)

Problem is that they're wrong or misleading. They have Obsidian up now so I could just read to see how bad it is. Even by the standards of internet reviews, I'd regard it as a very shoddy job.

-Dormouse (October 17, 2020, 06:32 PM)

Totally agreed.  Didn't even have to look far to see how far afield they went on some of their evaluations.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Location of settings for FARR?

« Last post by wraith808 on October 17, 2020, 10:07 PM »

FARR and Everything are not the same type of program.  And a lot of FARR's conventions are because it is a program from an era before Windows had solidified its conventions for a lot of things.  But there's space for many different types of tools for many different types of users, so if Everything does what you want, then that's good.

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Living Room / Re: Studios can now own movie theaters

« Last post by wraith808 on October 17, 2020, 09:51 PM »

Hopefully not.  But the combination of the ruling and the pandemic doesn't look good...

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Living Room / Studios can now own movie theaters

« Last post by wraith808 on October 17, 2020, 01:20 PM »

This ruling hasn't been widely reported, and is only tangetial to things here, but I thought it worth discussing.

There Are No More Laws Preventing Studios from Owning Movie Theaters. Now What?

For more than 70 years, most big movie studios have been banned from owning movie theaters thanks to a ruling in a federal antitrust case. That's no longer true.

The Paramount consent decrees were established by a landmark Supreme Court ruling in 1948 in U.S. v. Paramount Pictures. The decrees banned major studios of the day from owning and operating movie theaters. Last Friday, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York ended the decrees, according to court documents.

More at the link.  Note that this happened just recently.  Not bad timing at all, right?

One of the quotes from the article:

"The 77-year-long law has allowed movie theater chains to build a wealth of screens across the country ... and if studios wanted to compete with those numbers, they have a lot of catching up to do," DiGaetano says.

"I don't think there's a lot of real estate for movie theater operations out there," he adds. "I'm not gonna say we're over-screened but there are a lot of screens out there."

Yes, there are a lot of screens out there.  And with the news out of Regal and AMC, they will be ripe for the taking.

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Living Room / Re: Software tycoon charged over biggest alleged tax evasion scheme in US history

« Last post by wraith808 on October 17, 2020, 12:03 AM »

The sadder part of this is that the person that ratted on him was the one that at the Morehouse commencement said that he was going to pay off a lot of students' debts.  It's unknown as that was charitable donations if it is going to be able to be honored.

https://news.yahoo.c...d-pay-204500089.html

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Location of settings for FARR?

« Last post by wraith808 on October 16, 2020, 11:57 PM »

Is there any way I can permanently change the location of these settings? I have some folders I use for settings used in multiple apps

-dordabis (October 16, 2020, 10:54 PM)

Not from my look at the options, though Mouser could tell you for sure.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Location of settings for FARR?

« Last post by wraith808 on October 16, 2020, 06:44 AM »

I think it's in C:\Users\[UserName]\Documents\DonationCoder\FindAndRunRobot.  This would also depend on it not being the portable version; since you didn't immediately see it in the directory, I'm pretty sure this is correct.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Show IP Address from domain name

« Last post by wraith808 on October 15, 2020, 02:28 PM »

You could make a simple GUI for it, (see PoshGUI), but the code will blow out past 13 lines

-4wd (October 15, 2020, 02:17 AM)

Not if you just output it to a grid

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by wraith808 on October 14, 2020, 07:48 PM »

Not a weekend, but a new gadget.  I joined the Kickstarter for the Suunlu Filadryer S1.  It's a storage and filament drying solution all in one.  Why do you need to dry your filament?  Have you had a spool that worked well out of the box, but over time, you've had problems with it?  In some cases, this can be because the uncured material can absorb humidity.  How much really depends on your environment.  There are other ways of drying your filament, but there's a point in temperature where the filament will start to soften (the same thing that your hot end does), and I'm not adventurous enough to try to walk that line in something like an oven.

Today I got it in- I haven't had a chance to try it, but figured I'd post my unboxing videos.



Some reviews from other sources.

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Living Room / Re: Animal Friends thread

« Last post by wraith808 on October 12, 2020, 03:27 PM »

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Ludum Dare 47: October 2nd-5th, 2020

« Last post by wraith808 on October 07, 2020, 07:45 AM »

Congrats, Deo!

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Living Room / Re: Where would you go to hire someone to make a logo and/or video intro for you?

« Last post by wraith808 on October 07, 2020, 07:43 AM »

Looks like fiverr might be the way to go.

-mouser (October 07, 2020, 05:50 AM)

I wouldn't use Fiverr personally.  It undervalues talent and speeds the race to the LCD in artistic talent.  I've had to get logos done a couple of time, and I've used Deviant Art, ArtStation, and (in my case) RPG communities to find the talent.  You pay more, but it's a living wage for the work being done.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on October 06, 2020, 08:59 AM »

  I'll have to try that.  I've been using either/or.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on October 06, 2020, 08:31 AM »

So they're just munged together?  i.e. This Is My Topic ######.md?

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

« Last post by wraith808 on October 04, 2020, 03:51 PM »

Do you sync the MD files to neuron or Github?  And does the github repo have to be public?

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

« Last post by wraith808 on October 04, 2020, 12:21 PM »

Ideally, I want Neuron but with ability to just sync md files like pico.  You can do it, but i think only with github. 
If that guy would release his website code, Andy Matsuchashik, then that would be cool too.
Just trying to get an auto-published markdown site, with a dark theme, single column.  that's all.

-superboyac (October 03, 2020, 08:03 PM)

I think from this quote, dumped Pico.  His ideal seemed to have been Neuron, and he got it to work.

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: Incipitor

« Last post by wraith808 on October 04, 2020, 12:19 AM »

It's not windows S mode.  It's that they're removing our admin privileges.  I might be able to install things as a non-admin if they don't need the privileges, but they will also probably be scanning to see what's installed if the past is any indication.  So because of that, can you make it completely non-intrusive if need be?  I might be able to access HKCU, but I'm not counting on it.

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: Incipitor

« Last post by wraith808 on October 03, 2020, 10:57 PM »

This sounds really useful!  Especially since they're taking away my ability to install things on the new laptop they're sending me 

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

« Last post by wraith808 on October 03, 2020, 07:02 PM »

Pico theming is pretty complicated.  I'm currently using Skull on my site, and really like it.  I tried pure for a while, and it's not bad, but skull was more to my liking.  Ohters I tried, were clutter, dimension, notepaper (example), and story (example).

I was seriously thinking that NotePaper was going to be it- I had it up and running on a different site.  But I found the concepts of the theme constrained how I published, and didn't really like it.  But you're right, because of the use of twig, it's a bit more complicated that it seems, even if a lot more powerful because of it.  Once you get it down, it's pretty easy, though.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Ludum Dare 47: October 2nd-5th, 2020

« Last post by wraith808 on October 03, 2020, 04:20 PM »

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by wraith808 on October 01, 2020, 01:21 PM »

Early test screenshot from a lighting test video, still some tweaking to do..
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-mouser (September 28, 2020, 07:22 PM)

Mouser, is that you in that photo?

-BGM (October 01, 2020, 11:04 AM)

Yes... you've not seen him before?  He posted up photos of him and Mrs Mouser before.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by wraith808 on October 01, 2020, 07:40 AM »

I like either one so 

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

« Last post by wraith808 on September 30, 2020, 08:28 PM »

In our excitement at reunion, let us not forgot Codex.

-JavaJones (September 30, 2020, 06:28 PM)

I watched a few of the videos. It all seems a bit stream of consciousness from what I’ve seen so far. Is there a design document for it that's available to read? Maybe I haven’t watched the right video - or enough of them yet. But I’m having a little trouble getting my head around the central paradigm and design of the thing.

-40hz (September 30, 2020, 08:09 PM)

That was my experience when I followed this thread before.

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Living Room / Re: Cyph - A potential Keybase alternative

« Last post by wraith808 on September 30, 2020, 07:55 AM »

Did you sign up Deo?  What do you think this far in?

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

« Last post by wraith808 on September 30, 2020, 07:50 AM »

Hope to see you visit more regularly- it's not been the same without you! 

-wraith808 (September 29, 2020, 03:09 PM)

Probably a lot less discursive and wordy too. 

-40hz (September 29, 2020, 09:07 PM)

... and educational! 

Good seeing you and some of the Vieille Garde regulars again. It’s been far too long. I definitely missed the civility and high level of discourse that characterizes DC’s forum. This place is like an oasis of civilization compared to some of the online circles I’ve (more of necessity than choice) been moving in lately. It’s refreshing.

-40hz (September 29, 2020, 11:49 AM)

Should these current posts from 40hz not be transferred to the thread for hearing from members that haven't been active when DC celebrated being online for 10 years? While 40hz may not have been "away" for that long, it does feel that way sometimes. 

-Shades (September 29, 2020, 11:07 PM)

Well, not transferred.  Maybe there's an argument for copying, but not moving, IMO.