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Came to DaniWeb and was put in a Cloudfare waiting room que. Never experienced that before. "Your estimated wait time is 1 minute. We are experiencing a high volume of traffic and using a virtual queue to limit the amount of users on the website at the same time. This …
I'd say more often than not, I've been more disappointed with upgrades than being pleased. My latest is the YouTube phone app. I wish I never updated. As for Bluetooth, I spent an hour today with Windows Phone Link and the MS iPhone app Link to Windows. With my phone …
I asked Copilot. Good reasoning. I believe it. Matches my inferior intellect. 🤣
Oh geez... hard to recall. Before Internet e-mail, our college had its own internal system. I wrote the text editor that passed files to a Pascal program written by a tech, which used Kermit to transfer files over 1200 Baud dialup modems. I wrote a DOS based menu system and …
MSFlexGrid only sorts strings, so you have to convert the date into a string where alphabetical order equals the chronological order. You can convert the date to numbers, with VB DateSerial, but MSFlexGrid will treat it as a string, so unless you pad the string, 10 will come before 3. …
Adodc1.RecordSource = "SELECT ... FROM T_Deductions_Collection WHERE Employee_ID = " & Val(Text5.Text) & " AND ..." Why are you using RecordSource instead of Adodc1.Open?
I've noticed a number of posts made by people that just joined DaniWeb, never to be seen again. Some make a similar post under a different name with a different tag. Usually they're 'educational' posts; ask a question then answer it. I love the glowing reply by another freshly minted …
Apparently, there is a Flash emulator project out of Serbia [Ruffle](https://ruffle.rs/) if that doesn't scare you. Why? idk.
I’m not a professional programmer — just a long-time hobbyist. Over the past 40 years I’ve built around 50 desktop applications for myself and friends, and even accidentally sold one commercially. I’ve seen a lot of comments about programmers using AI. [One such DaniWeb Conversation Here](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/540507/41-of-all-code-on-github-right-now-is-ai-generated)I get the hesitation; if …
My wired Dell mouse recently started phantom scrolling in Windows—scrolling down would jump back up several lines. I tried every fix (drivers, cleaning, settings) with no luck, so I tossed it and bought a Logitech Precision Pro Triathlon. Same issue. Switching the Logitech from “smooth scrolling” to the tactile wheel …
Here's a new version of the menu-driven PowerShell script to backup and restore files with RoboCopy. This update fixes several issues — including a bug that caused Explorer to restart when backing up to an empty drive — and adds some improvements: • Full‑simulation dry‑run modes for both backup and …
Back in the late 90s(98?) Microsoft published a program called WinDiff that can compare files or directories. I still use it occasionally.
I didn't experience any problems with software after upgrading from Windows 10 to 11. Admittedly, most of the software I use is MS, so I'm sure that helped. Did the software report an error or just crash? Two options I would try: 1. Re-install the software. Maybe a DLL / …
The VB6 IDE checks the Windows Registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Visual Basic\6.0 for the string value MDIMaximized. Create and set the value to 1. Documentation says it's for MDI child windows, but it works for all code and form windows opened in the IDE.
I truly don't get all the Dani AI hate. What am I missing? (Genuine question. No attitude. I must be missing something.)
It will be interesting to see where AI takes root. I know the medical field has used it to analyze images and identify concerns. What aggravates me is companies that claim AI when you know damn well, they're not using AI.
I finally got tired of manually comparing directories in File Explorer to ensure my latest versions were backed up. Sometimes I would just drag-and-drop entire large directories to be "safe," but it resulted in long wait times and a lot of needless copying. To fix this, I spent a several …
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If you'd like to see a nesting pair of bald eagles named Bella and Scout at the USFWS NCTC raising two eaglets in my state (West Virginia): [Camera 2](https://youtu.be/7OFQQuyryTo?autoplay=1&mute=1) [Camera 3](https://youtu.be/fQTa-jTvdA0?autoplay=1&mute=1) Camera 1 is too distant to see anything. In 2025 a sudden windstorm toppled their nest, and they lost …
No clue, I don't have Pro. I did see you can "uncheck Enable Secure Boot to bypass the TPM requirement." I'm sure you've already read that.
The post title somewhere visible on the page when you scroll below the top... but I already asked for this. Drop-down menus under each item under FORUMS. Again, previously mentioned. Comment entry text box with more than one line. Mentioned. Search filters and sorting options. Also mentioned. lol Other than …
Are you running both Windows Defender and Avast?
Has anyone used software from [SSuite Software](https://www.ssuiteoffice.com/)? Two brothers writing software on the side? (Information on the brothers [Here near the bottom](https://www.ssuiteoffice.com/aboutus.htm). It reminds me of Microsoft Works on steroids. Interestingly, there are directions online for installing Works on Windows 10/11. 🤷♂️ Bewildered.
Hmmm I feel you. Many of us have been bitten by that boast. I have no experience with Open Claw, but I am interested in IBM's Granite 4 Nano which runs a local LLM. But apparently I'm not smart enough to figure out the installation.
I hope that clears up soon for you. Meanwhile, some of us have been dealing with snow, ice, and frigid temps, so some of us haven't been around much either.
I got a little nostalgic recently thinking back to the 80's when I'd print some code on fanfold paper through a dot matrix. I liked being able to flip back and forth through the pages looking for code to optimize and make notes with a red pen. I could do …
Question for developers: Do you have a policy, preference, or SOP for dealing with file versioning, date and time stamps, etc.? I see some products where the executable and support files (typically DLLs) all share the same date and time stamp. Sometimes the date and time seem to correlate to …
That's a great suggestion. Do your apps keep settings in ini files or the registry? If the registry, can you export the registry settings and merge them on the new system?
Many people believe Gordon Moore's law (prediction) isn't relevant today. 🤷 I do know that I don't pay as much attention to processor speed as I used to.
Probably never listened to 45s or 33s. Or had to tell the kids not to dance so close to the turntable. Or had to wedge a book of matches in your 8 track. Or had to wait for your favorite song to play on AM or FM WITHOUT the DJ …
You need a different way to track participation than requiring an email address.
Tesla, I assume? If they can reduce the cost of the tech used in Waymo cars, I suspect it would be the dominant tech.
I haven't seen anything that really wows me these lately. I guess if your last viewpoint was from decades ago (even beyond the 90s), today's software and hardware would be impressive. Most of it seems iterative to me. It would be awesome to have a gamechanger come along. The spying …
@rproffitt I'll add an interesting case. A while back, I searched for "how to use Windows Fax and Scan" on Bing.com. I clicked on one of the videos in the results and noticed it was an embedded YouTube video. I viewed the page source wondering how they could embed a …
> I don't do enough programming to justify being proficient in more than one language. I'd rather be competent in one than mediocre in several so I just stick to Python/wxPython these days. I've always found APL the most interesting language to work with but Python has been the most …
While working at the computer, I often watch YouTube live stream webcams. Three of my favorites at the moment are: [Venice Beach](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LXQWU67Ufk?autoplay=1&mute=1) (those people are healthy! So many walk, run and bike; [Bryant Park NYC](https://youtu.be/809RMryNnlM?autoplay=1&mute=1) Winter Village (where hundreds of people love to ice skate; and [Santa Claus Village](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp4RRAEgpeU?autoplay=1&mute=1), Rovaniemi, …
I agree, the novelty of it all back then was amazing. Dazzling accomplishments came about much easier. Despite the pitfalls, the tech we have today has had a profound impact on the lives of people that have access. Googling from a cell phone? Holy hell, I drove to the beach …
Perhaps a more generic SQL forum besides SQLite? I know Access SQL differs from the ANSI standard and SQL Server, so being able to distinguish between the flavors would be helpful.
I'll admit, at first I was skeptical of the value, but now I like it. It gives me more to read about the post and perhaps a different perspective. I can always scroll on passed. I'm surprised it bothers you that much. I guess an on/off switch would be nice. …
For the user: Reading hardware and software manuals (does anything come with a printed manual these days?). Mastering motherboard pin jumpers. Low-level formatting disks and understanding tracks and sectors (FDisk anyone?). BIOS anything. Expanded and Extended memory configuration. Terminate and Stay Resident programs. Config.sys and Autoexec.bat. Basically anything DOS, although …
But not letting your mom on the network?
Jim reminded me of a quote: “If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.” Benjamin Franklin
While texting has largely replaced phone conversations, it has helped maintain local and distant connections that would have faltered. I exchange texts with people that live in the same town, or nearby, that I wouldn't call. These days, many people prefer a text. Texting and FaceTime allow me to maintain …
Recently, it hasn't been helpful when I had a programming question, which I find puzzling. I would think that would be one of the easiest to get correct.
> rproffitt commented: The drop will cost billions and do little but enrich the rich. Change my mind. Isn't that what has been happening since January?
I think programming is like painting, but you have to do both sides of the canvas. It’s truly an art. You start with an idea and a blank canvas. Programming for myself, I decide the look and feel, and what functions to include. Then on the backside of the canvas, …
But hey, the admin is pushing 50-year mortgages. 😡
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