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General Software Discussion / Re: Mozilla shoots itself in foot

« Last post by tomos on May 09, 2019, 02:34 PM »

By the way, here are SeaMonkey nightly builds, even based on the "new" Firefox engine:
http://www.wg9s.com/comm-257/

-Tuxman (May 09, 2019, 10:48 AM)

is that a recommendation, or (just) a suggestion for 'works with FF extensions' ?
Veering off-topic:
I'm still mainly using Pale Moon, but was finding problems with some sites in the last while (e.g. not allowed to log into PayPal -- this may be now fixed, I dont go there that often; there were other examples but cant remember them now)

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by tomos on May 08, 2019, 04:28 AM »

Surprised: I'm just after getting Android 9 update on my Moto G6
Haven't had time to mess around with it yet, but seems to have updated okay

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JGPaiva's GridMove and Ahk Tools / Re: GridMove questions

« Last post by tomos on May 04, 2019, 05:35 PM »

I've never made a set of grids myself but *think* that would be possible.

Can you clarifly re the shortcut:
you want eight shortcuts, one for each position?
Would the method Win+g (to show the overview of positions) followed by the relevant number be acceptable?

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Living Room / Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online

« Last post by tomos on May 03, 2019, 01:12 PM »

Shtisel:
https://www.amazon.c...dset-x/dp/B01MXE0FKC
[ Invalid Attachment ]

-mouser (May 03, 2019, 07:19 AM)

both links lead to your new headphones

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Living Room / Re: Dell laptops and computers vulnerable to remote hijacks

« Last post by tomos on May 03, 2019, 05:01 AM »

Thanks, I do mainly use a dell laptop, but appear to have removed this early on. It was annoying me but I cant remember how exactly (must keep a better computer diary).

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by tomos on April 28, 2019, 05:01 AM »

Deborah Elizabeth Stone Saret

-Arizona Hot (April 27, 2019, 12:32 PM)

there's no images at that link...
do you have another link for her images? (or what's your source for that image?)

-tomos (April 27, 2019, 01:28 PM)

Try again. You can always download the image and then do a Google Images search for a source link or you can right-click it and do the search that way. The first way gives you the original highest-res image.

-Arizona Hot (April 27, 2019, 07:55 PM)

was interested to see other images by the same person, but not up to much (imo)
https://www.pexels.c...-saret-618235/likes/

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by tomos on April 27, 2019, 01:28 PM »

Deborah Elizabeth Stone Saret

-Arizona Hot (April 27, 2019, 12:32 PM)

there's no images at that link...
do you have another link for her images? (or what's your source for that image?)

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff" - "No Dark Matter = Proof of Dark Matter?"

« Last post by tomos on April 25, 2019, 06:37 AM »

No Dark Matter = Proof of Dark Matter?

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Google Picasa "Sunset" version - Mini-Review and anchor-point

« Last post by tomos on April 24, 2019, 02:11 AM »

I'm curious if the face recognition still works in isolation from Google?

-sphere (April 23, 2019, 10:00 PM)

I have mainly used Picasa in isolation from google, (but on windows 7). Face recognition worked fine for me -- but I haven't used Picasa actively in a year or so.

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Living Room / Re: best portable device to read pdf and research web

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2019, 12:58 AM »

"E-Pad" 10.3" e-ink reader on Kickstarter. Android 8, 4G/LTE
Review of prototype from MobileTechReview:

https://www.kickstar...e-ink-android-tablet
from $449 on Kickstarter (9 days to go)

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by tomos on April 15, 2019, 02:36 PM »

William Shatner, performing at the Grand Ole Oprey

I'm not sure does he sing at all there, but it's nice to hear his talking voice again

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: When you use Clipboardhelpand spell, is there a delay when you press the hotkey

« Last post by tomos on April 08, 2019, 04:38 PM »

I don't know if it is just me or for everyone. Is there a setting to show the clipboards instantly? Thank you.

-eppixx (April 08, 2019, 03:52 PM)

are you talking about the 'quick-paste menu' ?
or the main windows?

Both show very quickly here on pressing shortcut.
Can you give some more information ?

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General Software Discussion / Re: calendars and sub-calendars - overlays - (tags and categories)

« Last post by tomos on April 05, 2019, 02:32 AM »

This is how Zoho handles your creation of what I will call sub-calendars, or component calendars.  Whatever you have checked will be showing its entries, and you essentially can combine them any way you want, but you cannot save what we would call a "combined calendar View"

[..] How does Google compare? 

-Steven Avery (April 04, 2019, 08:04 PM)

pretty much the same thing with google, you can combine calendars, but it does not save combinations.

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Living Room / Re: Movies you've seen lately

« Last post by tomos on April 03, 2019, 01:00 PM »

Binge watched these two lately:
Outlander 2013
Vikings 2014 (imdb links)

both start impressively, interesting to be confronted with such different worlds.
The main character in Vikings is intriguing: Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), although it took me a good while to get used to (and not annoyed by) the eternal half-smile he has on his lips.
Floki (Gustaf Skarsgård) is a great character, the unpredictable jester.
It lost steam, I can remember when exactly, I gave up on it sometime in the third season.

Outlander got very tiresome in season two (meaningless intrigue looking for meaning).
Third season going well, currently at episode 6 of 13.

Both fairly quickly started using flawed plot lines -- things that were unbelievable to me, or simply didn't make sense. I dunno, I guess they get too bogged down in the huge act of making something like this and forget about the details.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What kind of software to use for storing lots of information?

« Last post by tomos on March 31, 2019, 12:13 PM »

I reckon InfoQube (IQ) would be very suitable for this. IQ has recently gotten a hierarchical Tagging system:
http://infoqubeim.co...drupal5/?q=node/4355

Here an example of a relational database in IQ -- "InfoQube is not a relational database, this, by-design. Using a number of features however, it can handle tasks which are traditionally handled by relational database systems.":
http://infoqubeim.co...drupal5/?q=node/3962

I'm not expert in organising/structuring myself but have gotten help in the past in the IQ forums setting up a file/structure for my needs.

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

« Last post by tomos on March 26, 2019, 07:01 AM »

Having lived downstairs from some alleged lunatics, this hits me *right there*

-Edvard (March 26, 2019, 12:28 AM)

"you know some people might say this is passive-aggressive . . . thank you"
:-)

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Living Room / Re: Arizona sunsets

« Last post by tomos on March 26, 2019, 12:19 AM »

Picky...picky...picky!

-Arizona Hot (March 25, 2019, 10:03 PM)

:-) yes (and I started it)

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Living Room / Re: Arizona sunsets

« Last post by tomos on March 25, 2019, 04:13 PM »

Under the Rainbow

-Arizona Hot (March 25, 2019, 01:26 PM)

...but is it in Arizona?
:p ;-)

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Living Room / Re: Anyone here using a standing desk?

« Last post by tomos on March 25, 2019, 04:10 PM »

^ slightly off-thread-topic, but 84% believing they can work better from home does not necessarily mean they can work better from home (says the bloke who tried to work from home [self-employed] for 15 years, and eventually gave it up as not-suited-to-me).

So why hasn't anything been done to provide what would essentially be improved working environments that were more conducive to productivity for office workers?
From experience as a lapsed bean counter, my take is that it's still all about direct/indirect costs

-IainB (March 25, 2019, 11:47 AM)

seems likely :-/

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Living Room / Re: Share your photos! Travel shots, photoblogs, etc.

« Last post by tomos on March 22, 2019, 06:30 PM »

At Staithes for 6 months.

-4wd (March 22, 2019, 01:30 PM)

beautiful

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Living Room / Re: Got new phone, is there an easy way to transfer my settings/apps/data?

« Last post by tomos on March 21, 2019, 08:28 AM »

What did you buy?

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

« Last post by tomos on March 17, 2019, 10:26 AM »

Copenhagen interpretation of travel: Is someone out there in no specific location until you see them again?

-Arizona Hot (March 16, 2019, 01:54 PM)

^ you really lost me there

-Curt (March 17, 2019, 03:51 AM)

that lost me as a native speaker too... might be to do with some 'Copenhagen' scientific theory or something (?)

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Mass convert already locally saved html (+htm +mht) files to pdf

« Last post by tomos on March 15, 2019, 03:19 AM »

@jity2 yöu mention OCR - what for? Are there some images with text involved?

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

« Last post by tomos on March 11, 2019, 08:06 AM »

screenshot

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: O&O Software sale - 50 to 90% off

« Last post by tomos on February 27, 2019, 04:21 PM »

Always good to get a recommendation
I used use their imaging backup software, it was good a few years back, so is probably still good today...