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  Death Metal Style Artwork
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  @lucas1 said in Death Metal Style Artwork: @codejunkie that stuff is just shite. That's death metal.
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  Stop a certain Windows Store app from updating
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  @marczellm said in Stop a certain Windows Store app from updating: Is there a way to keep a certain Windows Store app from being updated while all others are kept up to date? Or is there a way to save a backup of the current version and launch it somehow, even after the updated version was installed? How does the Windows Store know which apps need updating? I don’t have any experience with it, but for comparison, the macOS App Store does it by putting a directory called _MASReceipt (containing a file titled receipt) in the application bundle; remove that and it stops the app store trying to update the app. I suppose Windows does something similar, but probably in the registry. Maybe browse that for the app’s settings, or the Windows Store settings and see if there’s anything in there that says the app should be updated by the store?
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  Working nested quotes in Bash?
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  Try PowerShell.
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  How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?
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  @thecpuwizard said in How to decrypt encrypted .doc file with known password, without Word?: It is actually "all intents and purposes"... Insensitive porpoises gives this:
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  Formal database design - multiplicity in ternary relationship
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  @unperverted-vixen said in Formal database design - multiplicity in ternary relationship: @gąska For that I defer to my earlier answer: ternary relationship, all 1 to N from other tables to Entries. This. Your table has three foreign keys. Each record has three one to many relationships to the underlying tables.
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  Anyone done channel injection before?
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  @Polygeekery said in Anyone done channel injection before?: @Polygeekery said in Anyone done channel injection before?: digital displays as advertising "Digital Signage"!! That is the term I was trying to think of before but it eluded me. That's because your subconscious was trying to protect you from things that are Really Dangerous(TM).
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  Minimum specs for XCode (spit) dev machine?
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  @benjamin-hall said in Minimum specs for XCode (spit) dev machine?: @m_adams said in Minimum specs for XCode (spit) dev machine?: @benjamin-hall said in Minimum specs for XCode (spit) dev machine?: @lucas1 I had 8 GB in a loaner for a while--opening XCode (or doing anything else while XCode was open) was painful. You're doing XCode, pain is not avoidable. Touche. But there's normal XCode pain and WHY WON'T YOU SCROLL/WHY IS THERE 30s OF INPUT LAG ON KEYSTROKES!!!!1! pain. Visual Studio for the win! Wait...what...Aww...fuck
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  Has anybody tried StitchFix, Bombfell, TrunkClub or similar? Are they good deals for grumpy people who hate shopping?
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  I am a grumpy person who hates shopping. I'd like to get a gauge on how good an experience people had with any of these online "we'll send you outfits" companies. Was the price ridiculous? Did the items fit? Was the return policy as easy as they say it is?
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  So I'm putting this machine together...
  fuck this shit • • kt_  

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  @lucas1 said in So I'm putting this machine together...: you get the sound from the monitors Windows seems to like using the monitor as the default sound output device. Even when the monitor does not actually have any speakers/headphones connected.
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  Open source-y people will love this-- talking about legal bullshit instead of coding
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  @blakeyrat said in Open source-y people will love this-- talking about legal bullshit instead of coding: @thecpuwizard said in Open source-y people will love this-- talking about legal bullshit instead of coding: (the original company did not renew us - even though 20 years in business without any claim). I had an auto insurance company do that to me once. 7 years with no accident, they have to pay out a TINY FRACTION of what I paid in, and they dropped me as soon as the next billing cycle ended. State Farm did that to my parents with their homeowner's insurance. They had been paying for quite a while (>10 years, IIRC) with no incidents, but they made one claim when we were on a trip and a bag of clothes disappeared (probably stolen). It had a full set of clothing for Dad and each of us boys, including antique bolo ties from my great-grandfather. All together it came to only a couple hundred dollars. State Farm paid the claim and then dropped them. So then they switched to Geico and saved a bit on their insurance with the multi-coverage, good driver, veteran's, and other discounts that they qualified for. That shit should be illegal. I don't know whether it should be illegal, but it is certainly unethical.
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  Photo deduplication software
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  @zecc Huh. Mine worked fine for paperwork while buying my house about 5 months back, maybe that was pre-breakage-update though I dunno. Worked with the default Scanner app in Windows; not even sure if that app uses TWAIN or something else, honestly.
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  Anyone stuck an Atari ST back together?
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  @pie_flavor Jokes aside, the price was quite fair. The case is sitting in a local store I won't get til next week since it shuts at 5 and my car is being worked on tomorrow from 8 -> 4.30 and unless I have a flying run on the way home there is now way to get the case. I still have to retrobright it as the case is really yellow and the original keyboard isn't yellowed.
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  Mattress Suggestions?
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  @lorne-kates said in Mattress Suggestions?: @benjamin-hall said in Mattress Suggestions?: @lorne-kates Serious question. Are you capable of speaking in a clean (non-obscene manner)? I don't think I've seen very many (if any) posts from you that didn't involve either obscenities or vulgarities (either in word choice or in subject matter). I find it very ugly and juvenile. FWIW, my teenage students speak better than you do. Yes, I am. Also, fuck you. Wait, we don't have to give you money?
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  Automatic transcription of videos
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  @djls45 said in Automatic transcription of videos: @Gąska said in Automatic transcription of videos: As of 2018, what's the most convenient way to have non-Youtube videos I play in browser converted to text with over 97% accuracy? I heard Google Docs has speech-to-text, but it uses microphone - is there an easy way to make it use line out instead (preferably without me hearing it, and even better if I can play other things at the same time)? Virtual Audio Cable Wow, I've been using Voicemeeter because I thought it was a free alternative to VAC, but apparently it's just a GUI version of VAC made by the same company.
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  Recommend me a Tomato compatible router 🍅
  router suggest tomato • • julianlam  

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  @tsaukpaetra Good point! Scan from random site shows everything blocked as it should be.
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  Mobile development laptop
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  My current laptop, a 13.3 inch 2012 ASUS Zenbook Prime UX31A Ultrabook, is growing a bit cramped for my current workload. The biggest issue is it seems to hang when needing to resort on swap, and with 4 GB of RAM heavy build jobs or even just having too many chrome tabs open is killing it regularly. Need to hold the power button to knock it out and restart it. Also, it only has a 128 GB SSD. I basically want the same laptop but beefier: 13.3 inches, light and thin. Given my new job, an Ubuntu compatible machine would be good. It makes some tasks easier, but could use Windows too, maybe dual boot. The form factor (13.3 inch) and ease of transportation are very important. I plan to travel a bit now that I have a 100% remote job with flexible hours (I'm single, no kids, don't own a house), and lugging around something heavy or too large would be annoying. Specs I'm looking for: at least 16 GB of RAM, beefy SSD, good procesor. Graphics are not too important, Full HD resolution is fine since the screen should be between 13 and 14 inches. I'm willing to spend a fair amount for a good machine, aiming at 1500 to 2000 USD tops. The current machine I'm looking at is the ASUS Zenbook 3, which is the updated version of my current laptop. I was wondering if anyone has experience with other brands or models they recommend.
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  Making people care about CSS
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  @lucas1 said in Making people care about CSS: look like I am being a nob :don't_believe_it:
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  Bluetooth earbuds for small ears
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  @pie_flavor said in Bluetooth earbuds for small ears: I've heard Xiaomi is a pretty good earbud manufacturer. Have you considered these? They look good, definitely on the short list.
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  Help me choose a wireless AP
  fuck this shit • • kt_  

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  @blakeyrat said in Help me choose a wireless AP: Better to just turn it off (be nice to the neighbors) and use 5 ghz for my own shit. Even if it means having to buy a new Roku. You're a good scout.
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  Spark Framework + Kotlin, Opinions?
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  @cartman82 I really like Angular 2 even though it has it fair share of problems. So I will check this out for sure. Thanks for the link.
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  Opinions about phpbb v3?
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  @jaloopa Proving your descent from a mythical figure (Arthur) might be a bit difficult, though. Anyway, while it's likely all Western Europeans descend from Charlemagne, actually proving it in a reliable way is a much harder problem.
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  Mount SMB volume on Linux without storing password in plaintext
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  @gąska said in Mount SMB volume on Linux without storing password in plaintext: I want to avoid storing credentials in plaintext. Understandable, but that was the easiest method I found when setting this stuff up. On the plus side, I put the file well under /root and made it so that it most definitely wasn't readable by ordinary users, and got all the path details and everything in /etc/fstab so that users (in the right group) could just mount /the/mountpoint and and it would Just Work™. I forget the exact details. I do remember that SMB is less annoying than sshfs, and that I left the project before the next stage of my plan could be enacted (putting the whole system into userspace so that system responsivity could be maintained in the face of spotty networking on the remote side)…
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  Looking for a designer
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  @magus Yes if you are going for the "generic google/microsoft product" look.
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  The one where @Captain tries to reorganize a server room
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  @captain said in The one where @Captain tries to reorganize a server room: @tsaukpaetra I wonder if you didn't get pinged because I added the pings as an edit. Ah, yeah that would be it.
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  Recommendation for Web Application QA/Testing Software
  testing web • • Dragnslcr  

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  @cartman82 said in Recommendation for Web Application QA/Testing Software: and generate node.js tests (forgot which particular runner) . That's based on SideeX under the hood, so should be just as easy to use the new Selenium IDE which can export directly to Node.js tests. There's a bug that truncates some of the target selectors in that export but if you're a Node.js shop, should be easy to fix.
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  Have you ever RMA'd RAM modules that didn't work together like this?
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  @wft Yeah, that's why I stick with Kingston or Corsair memory and pay the premium for them. Their support departments have good, proven track records and put the leg work in to ensure you get what you're paying for. Disclaimer: Not to say G.Skill or a Chinesium company aren't producing good RAM or supporting it. But that Kingston and Corsair definitely have a very reliable record of standing with their consumers to make sure their product works. Probably why those two brands are atop Intel's recommended server parts lists.
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  The one where @Captain does PowerShell and Exchange
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  For some reason I read this as The one where Captain does Power Exchange". I was rather disappointed when I realized what it actually said.
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  Usable team instant messaging
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  Usability of Teams: I just had to explain to everyone in my team how to follow a channel so you get a notification when someone posts
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  HTML UI Design tool
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  @tsaukpaetra said in HTML UI Design tool: The debugger. Right on the top menu in most (if not all) browsers
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  Building a new gaming pc
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  goddammit @fblea!
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  Help me fix my partition (Linux)
  i dun fscked up • • Onyx  

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  @tsaukpaetra said in Help me fix my partition (Linux): @onyx Is it tomorrow? Did it work? It is. I'm at work though, no fiddling until I get home. @aitap said in Help me fix my partition (Linux): According to libblkid source code, LVM2 partitions are recognised by finding LABELONE in them. Wow, that's... creative. I'll take a look, cheers.
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  The one where @Captain figures out how to use VAMT
  microoft tags eat dollar signs • • Captain  

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  I think this is all worked out. At least the VAMT part. I'm not a fan of registry hacks to get sysprep.exe to work. #YOLO
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  What is 4-year degree?
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  @heterodox said in What is 4-year degree?: Likewise; the BA CS program was actually more CS-intensive in my university since it didn't spend tons of credits on the engineering school's general education requirements (calculus, chemistry, physics, all that stuff I'd never use). I have a BS in CS for a similar reason; some of the liberal arts requirements (notably, the two years of a foreign language) were replaced with math and CS classes.
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  Suggest CSS class names for beginner whitelist
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  @ben_lubar I guess I've seen it with varying implementation (especially in Mobile Safari). I'll have to look at it again.
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  Alternative to Google Desktop
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  @pie_flavor said in Alternative to Google Desktop: @marczellm said in Alternative to Google Desktop: Turns out running a Python process in the background that checks every keypress is bad for game performance. FTFY why not Turns out running a Python process in the background that checks every keypress is bad for game performance. ?
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  Is there any mobile firefox plugin that blocks sites from asking to use notifications?
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  @bb36e said in Is there any mobile firefox plugin that blocks sites from asking to use notifications?: @heterodox that would probably just cause the dialog to break and become indismissable Meh. If a site is displaying modal dialogs about notifications, you probably didn't want to use it anyway. ;)
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  What style of CSS class names should I teach?
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  @pie_flavor said in What style of CSS class names should I teach?: @benjamin-hall said in What style of CSS class names should I teach?: they have to be able to do the entire class on iPads wat.
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  Gifting expensive electronics
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  @rhywden Big, no, but extra moving parts. And probably a significant amount of extra weight. It'd be faster though. Extra complexity for extra speed -- and both will typically add to the cost of the printer. The paper could go through in a straight line either way, though. In the diagram that I showed, the paper doesn't go around the drum; it just goes straight up the left side and out the top. Having it avoid bending the paper would just mean tilting the whole arrangement and straightening it out. You'd still have the drum with each color arranged around it, but the belt transfers it from the drum to the paper, so the paper doesn't really have to wrap around the drum at all.
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  Ben Lubar needs a new microphone
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  And now I'm beginning to rethink something. Just got an email from the seller of the shock mount I bought saying that apparently there was a batch of Yetis made that have a thread hole 1/16" bigger than it's supposed to be, meaning the 5/8" mounting screw on the shock mount/boom arm won't properly fit. Guess I'll cross my fingers and see, as well as see if I have any plumber's tape laying around anywhere to possibly beef up that if I get one of the baddies.
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  Where @Captain tries to figure out enterprisey wifi stuff
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  @blek said in Where @Captain tries to figure out enterprisey wifi stuff: @greybeard said in Where @Captain tries to figure out enterprisey wifi stuff: There are apparently different types of POE. The data sheets give details as to what requires what. Yeah. Notably, the AP AC PRO uses a different standard (48V active PoE, IIRC) than the lower-tier models (AP AC Lite and AP AC LR, which take 24V passive). both are 802.11AF compliant, they just have different passive standards.
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  Break a site for me, earn real cash. Details within.
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  @accalia Judges were very generous, I didn't even expect my bug to qualify for anything
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  Recommend a tool/approach--diff summaries of directory contents
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  @dcon Ah, yes. It’d help if I myself were literate.
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  Specific characters and password managers
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  @onyx Just video tape all your password post-its and archive them in SSDS ... brillant!
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  What's good ram for me?
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  @blakeyrat said in What's good ram for me?: @xaade said in What's good ram for me?: Less harddrive use, Does yours spin? I'd have replaced that before touching 8 GB of RAM. Yes. It does. Maybe. But I'd have to image a disk. I switched out the RAM and it's solved all the problems I was having.
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  Can @ben_lubar get an SSD?
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  @boomzilla said in Can @ben_lubar get an SSD?: @greybeard said in Can @ben_lubar get an SSD?: @bb36e When I was your age I had to Torrent 15MB movies. Uphill! Barefoot! Both ways! Torrent? When I was his age I had to download 200KB uuencoded jpegs in multiple parts from usenet. Filed under: dirtymouse.jpg.rar.part0
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  Is it safe to unplug laptop GPU?
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  @gąska said in Is it safe to unplug laptop GPU?: @tsaukpaetra of course I tried that. It's like, first result on the second page of Google - how could I miss that? Though you forgot it was a Russian hacker talking about his hacked BIOS. One is glad to be of service.
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  Any good tabbed browsers on Android?
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  @cursorkeys said in Any good tabbed browsers on Android?: Edit: maybe it's device resolution dependent or something along those lines? @maciejasjmj said in Any good tabbed browsers on Android?: I recently had to reinstall it as it broke by crashing on opening any page. When I launched it I had no tabs at the top. After a lot of swearing I found that if you click the icon shaped like a jigsaw puzzle there is a menu that has a circular button for 'tab mode'. Enabling that and the tabs were back at the top. Might be still res/device dependent but worth a try.