Posts made by coldandtired
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
If you've navigated to the right page and it will show up above the buttons. If it doesn't I imagine it means the provider doesn't support OpenSearch.
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
You need to go to the relevant search page (google.com, for example) and then go to advanced settings and add a search provider.
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
It could be random but it seems to happen to me at the same time as I scroll my mouse wheel up or down over an inactive window.
http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/121411_1611_SecureRando1.png
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RE: What do you call a periphial switch
Not an ideal solution but I know some wireless Logitech mice (and possibly keyboards) can be paired to two transmitters at the same time and switched at will.
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
I've just found a setting that's made me very happy!
It's in Settings > Devices > Mouse & touchpad
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
So far I've seen one minor bug (Cortana microphone button background shows old colour when you click an empty space on the Start menu) and one big one (Skype can't be closed without using Task Manager) but the rest is nice. I haven't restarted since the install finished though so they might fix themselves.
Not too fond of the new UAC noise, though, and the photo app doesn't move through the pics with the left/right keys like it used to.
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RE: Something happened
The outcome seemed to be that if you were prepared to keep testing it you could use it for for free for the duration, but as soon as you wanted to move to the stable version you need to have a valid license (or downgrade to a version you own).
Originally it was suggested that pirates would get a free upgrade, and then that anyone who tested it would get a permanent key, but those were later denied.
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RE: Something happened
I remember reading that they were going to include a mechanism for early adopters (of each update) to deliver updates to other users via P2P.
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RE: Something happened
Yes it is. You can create an install medium or just upgrade in place. The servers are getting hammered though so it was quite slow.
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
Just finished installing it. Pretty painless.
It feels quite smooth so far but has already committed the far-too-common mistake of setting the store's currency based on my language rather than my location.
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RE: The active population here seems to be slightly biased towards Central Europe, amirite?
While it may not be typically Polglish, it is by a Polish company making a mistake I have heard pretty often here.
Probably a confusion between chwytać, złapać, etc.
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RE: The active population here seems to be slightly biased towards Central Europe, amirite?
Polglish (Spanglish, Franglish, Panglish, etc.) is a form of English spoken by (in this case) Polish people. It is pretty close to English but features some mistakes and some unnatural construction caused by translating too quickly, imprecisely, etc.
There are various forms: simple ones like 'my hair are black', false friends like 'he's wearing dress trousers', problems with phrasal verbs like 'please fill up this form', preposition errors like 'welcome in Warsaw', and many more. So it's not only about direct translation errors but more of a common set of mistakes.
The image I posted was I admit a bit of a stretch as I doubt it's a common error. My personal favourite is Warsaw Arkadia's slogan 'unexpected shopping', which doesn't really convey what they think it does.
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RE: Computers on TV
Generally related, but I was pleased to see that finally it's possible/allowed to show real software on TV. I think it was a recent episode of True Detective where the guy actually used Google to search for something instead of mynetsearch or whatever GUI someone knocked up.
Then I started watching The Killing, where incoming phone calls show a completely white screen with the person's name in the middle...
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RE: The active population here seems to be slightly biased towards Central Europe, amirite?
Regarding Central Europe, I saw this nice example of Polglish on billboards near Warsaw yesterday:
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RE: More gender discussion
Modern Kinder Egg toys are shit. You Americans dodged a bullet there, not having another part of your childhood nostalgia destroyed.
Every Easter and Christmas here they release giant versions, which are about five times the size (and cost ten times as much). Every time I'm stupid enough to buy some instead of having some super constructable thing inside, they invariably have some cheap shitty soft toy, the likes of which you would find in a 1 $your_currency claw game.
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RE: HALP with events
Indeed. That's what happens when I construct sentences while hoovering
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RE: Visual Studio 2015 is out
XNA disappearing was a very frustrating situation, but I could only assume MS didn't want to spend whatever resources they were on it.
However, in a couple of months' three apps, Food & Drink, Travel, and Health & Fitness, will also disappear which makes no sense to me. I would have thought that the main cost was writing them in the first place and whatever maintenance they require now to be minimal.
I also quite like them and thought they were good examples of quality apps to showcase on a new Windows install.
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RE: Mobile Discourse (please be constructive)
On my Windows phone when you open a topic with unread posts it seems to load each unread post (or at least the unread posts of whatever chunk it has picked to load) one by one in reverse order, pushing each one down with each new one.
So, assuming that I've read up to post x, and it's grabbing 20 posts at a time, on my screen I'll see post x and underneath that will be post x + 20. This bottom post will be replaced after half a second with post x + 19, then with post x + 18, etc., meaning that I get to see the avatar, poster name, and first few words of the next 20 posts before I can continue reading.
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RE: The state of web development
That's girls for you. My sons would find being knocked on their arses by a goat to be the apex of amusement.
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RE: The trick to MVVM
\o/
Now if that was StackOverflow and I had replied within 6.7 milliseconds I could have got 10 points :)
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RE: The trick to MVVM
I'm not really the one to ask but it could be to do with your classes not being public. I seem to remember that causing me grief before.
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RE: The trick to MVVM
Thanks for this.
I've got a small work project to finish up this week but as Visual Studio 2015 comes out tomorrow, and Windows 10 in ten days I feel it's time to get back into the C# groove
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RE: You have ruined Javascript
I wouldn't say it was quite so simple. I don't work as a programmer, though, so my programming time is pretty limited and mainly Java at the moment
MVVM starts simple but once you start having list items each with their own ViewModel and hooking up commands and actions it gets fiddly fast.
Possibly it's just that I hadn't really learnt enough to be comfortable with MVVM when Windows Store apps came around and I had to learn all the lifecycle stuff that goes with those.
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RE: You have ruined Javascript
Thank god! I thought that, just when I was sorta getting the hang of MVVM, something new had come along to mess with me :)
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RE: The Semi-Official Backgrounds Thread
Bing Desktop has had an odd history. I seem remember where you couldn't get it for Win8 or in certain territories or something.
The original version couldn't even minimize to the tray so I had a script set up to start it, give it a minute to update the desktop, then kill it again, otherwise its constant presence in the taskbar would drive me crazy.
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RE: The Semi-Official Backgrounds Thread
Bing Desktop, usually animals or scenery.
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RE: Moar Minecraft :popcorn:
Found it : https://forums.spongepowered.org/t/minecraft-windows-10-beta/8257/15
It quotes a post at minecraftforum.net so be careful if you continue on to that bastion of ignorance.
Bonus: spongepowered also uses everybody's favourite forum software so you'll feel right at home!
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RE: Moar Minecraft :popcorn:
When I read about this last week it very clearly stated that the Java version would be kept going and the Win10 version would not have mods (at least not in the beginning).
Now I can't find whichever site it was I read and neither the Mojang nor MS official announcements mention it.
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RE: Samsung crapware hoists them by their own petard...in the PRC!
Exponential
adj. of or relating to an exponent or exponentsExponent
n. a person or thing that is a representative, advocate, type, or symbol of somethingA microUSB cable is a type of cable. Job done!
Alternatively,
Exponent
n. a person or thing that expounds, explains, or interpretsThe instruction manual explains that I will find a cable in the box.
Next I will explain how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.
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RE: Samsung crapware hoists them by their own petard...in the PRC!
Is that because it's induction or they just want to make sure you have the right type? I've ordered a replacement hob from eBay and they just slide in, but then my stove has the old coil type hobs.
Not sure, to be honest. It was a stand-alone hob so it just sits in a hole cut in the kitchen top with a plug underneath.Regarding changing it I was told by many shops it would be necessary so I assume it might be some sort of initiative if not law, but I also got the impression that if I had turned up without the old one no-one would have cared that much. Maybe it's just a handy way to avoid having to drag it to the recycling centre myself.
Well my Nexus 4 was the first micro USB device in my house. It's almost 3 years old now and I'm using it right now. I only replace things when I have to, not because of new shinies!
And at the beginning I was in the same position. But since then I seem to be acquiring the cables exponentially and it's only going to get worse -
RE: Samsung crapware hoists them by their own petard...in the PRC!
Now you mention it, I had to replace my induction hob a few weeks ago and while it came with a cable, it wasn't attached and didn't have a plug.
I also had to take the old hob to the shop in order to collect the new one.
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RE: Samsung crapware hoists them by their own petard...in the PRC!
The PC crowd seem to cope fine. I bought a NUC last month and had to supply my own HDMI/DisplayPort cable. Earlier versions also didn't come with the power supply and you needed your own.
Graphics cards are sold without any way of connecting them to the TV/monitor, hard drives without SATA cables, mounting brackets, etc. Some cases are sold without a PSU.
I would imagine that the percentage of people who buy a new phone in the EU and don't already have a microUSB cable has to be vanishingly small.
Laziness beats environment every time and the simplest way to get people to reuse stuff is to put a penalty on taking the lazy option. See plastic bags, bottle returns, shopping trolleys, etc.
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RE: Samsung crapware hoists them by their own petard...in the PRC!
For worse case scenarios, where people buy multiple cables and throw them away due to them being incompatible with the new shinies, yes.
I would image the real amount of them being thrown away was much lower.
Far more useful would be a law forcing electrical items to be sold without cables.
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RE: Samsung crapware hoists them by their own petard...in the PRC!
So the environment is slightly ahead now. But when you and your wife get your next phones/tablets/whatever you will get another cable per device and be in exactly the same situation I'm in.
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RE: Samsung crapware hoists them by their own petard...in the PRC!
While it's a very good plan in theory it hasn't really changed much.
Since the format was standardized we've bought four Android phones (two each), four Lumia phones (ditto), a PS4, and a Kindle and they all use the same cable.
So, while it's lovely and convenient that we don't have to root around the cable drawer looking for the right cable, each of the above devices came with its own cable. Consequently the amount of landfill hasn't changed at all.
We have put cables at work, in the car, in each room at home, but when our phone contracts are up we'll end up with another two cables either sitting in the drawer or dumped.
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RE: Discourse without Docker?
Depends if you want to be the best kind of correct or not (at least according to the good people of hedgehog headquarters)
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RE: Discourse without Docker?
Hedgehogs have spines, not quills. Otherwise he would be called 'Quilly Norman'.
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RE: WTF is happening with Windows 10? And nothing else
KB3035583.
Odd that even after 'reserving' the thing looks like it's going to hang around for the next two months.
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RE: Magic pronouns considered harmful
Compare “work to live” and “live to work” for a simple, obvious example.
For obvious reasons, in almost any language, the preposition must stay with the word it applies to, so you should be comparing "work to live" with "to live work". It is still different, but not as much.
Those aren't prepositions.
Kiedy zaczniesz rozmawiać z ludźmi, szybko odkryjesz że to nie przeszkadza ludziom zamieniać słów.
You can do this in Polish because of the declension (which is incredibly painful and hurts my brain daily!) that shows what is the subject, object, etc.English generally doesn't have visible declension but where it does you also get a bit more flexibility. I gave him the book vs I gave the book to him.
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RE: Bug Tracking Software Suggestions
But 4 what? It's mysterious.
Is there a name for feeling like you have to defend products you have no connection with?
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RE: Bug Tracking Software Suggestions
I believe The Bug Genie does all of those and looks less ugly than most trackers
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RE: Most annoying parts of discourse on wp8
Reading the article today the pictures are such low-res and pixellated as to be unreadable.
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RE: Poop Adobe Poop
In every thread concerning PDFs there is always a discussion of Acrobat vs Foxit and SumatraPDF but I never see anything about XChange Viewer.
I switched to it when Foxit started getting bloated and it seems to be working as well now as back then.
I've never printed anything with it, though, so have no idea how fast it is to do that.
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RE: Windows Live Mail (or: let's just remove this vital feature for no reason)
Notification area, then, although it's been unofficially known as the system tray for a long as I can remember.
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RE: Windows Live Mail (or: let's just remove this vital feature for no reason)
You can set it up so that when you click the close button it goes to the tray rather than the taskbar. They added the option a while ago.
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RE: Windows Snipping Tool doesn't work on Metro apps (and a cat)
Start the Snipping Tool and the app.
When in the app press ctrl+print screen.
Select the area as normal.