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  • Speaking of COVID...
    A AnotherKen

    In Canada they are giving third doses to the immuno-compromised people to help them get the same level of protection that everyone else gets from two doses. So yes, your third dose will likely improve your protection. But I would only ever suggest that people get that dose if it is doctor prescribed.

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  • Would a desktop document management application be something that people would want?
    A AnotherKen

    I think most expert users don't need this, but I have come across any number of small businesses that would be happy to use such a tool at that price. You should do just fine if you can get some early adopters and get good reviews out of them.

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  • If you could have only one word on your gravestone...
    A AnotherKen

    Compiled.

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  • Math(s) problem - puzzle
    A AnotherKen

    Actually, your teacher realized you are more intelligent than him and he was embarrassed about that so he tried to cover for it by saying you were wrong. I wouldn't try to stick it to him or prove your correctness I would just let it go. There is really no point in upsetting the guy who gives you your final grade.

    The Lounge help question

  • Math(s) problem - puzzle
    A AnotherKen

    ooh, come to think of it your teacher might be referring to order of precedence for calculating algebra expressions. You might get the "correct" answer from him if you enforce your concept by expressing it something like (230 - 220) x 0.5, for this the answer is 5. Your teacher may have been implying that multiplication is calculated before subtraction, so he might be reading it as 230 - (220 x 0.5). It might be worth it to ask him if this is what he was thinking.

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  • Boats...
    A AnotherKen

    For that content, I recommend www.yachtforums.com There are a number of experts there who can give very good answers to all kinds of questions about Yachts. One thing I should caution you on, is go small at first. Most people who buy boats end up leaving them at anchor most of the year and that still costs you money in the long run. Learn how to keep your costs down first (while maintaining safety) ;)

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  • What's your biggest Solution?!
    A AnotherKen

    hah! yeah, game projects have always been the biggest solutions I have worked on. The hardest to work with too.

    The Lounge csharp com help question

  • Light mode vs. Dark mode
    A AnotherKen

    I suspect this change was motivated by programmers. It was visible in their Visual Studio sooner (to me). I think that a lot of programmers like to use darkmode because it can make the different colours pop a little more making it easier to read their code. Plus a lot of us older school programmers used to program with monochrome monitors so we are pretty used to something like that already.

    The Lounge question visual-studio

  • PC disease diagnosis needed!
    A AnotherKen

    The problem with that approach is that you then have a computer with an out-dated build online updating which makes it highly vulnerable to bots looking for computers that insecure to attack. The only way to keep that remotely secure is to have a windows cd you can fresh install from and all the updates on dvd or something so that you can install them all while the computer is kept offline until it's security build is fully up to date. That is a tricky measure to implement since you tend to only download what you need for your hardware build, so if that changes, all the updates that go with that new build are now slightly different than they were for the old build. In other words, the most secure ways of re-staging a PC can get pretty complicated over time. You are very correct about having the data on a different drive. I have never regretted doing that.

    The Lounge question asp-net help tutorial

  • PC disease diagnosis needed!
    A AnotherKen

    yikes, re-installing the OS is a major pain in the butt and usually not necessary to fix PC problems. One effective way of discouraging hackers is to setup am account to access windows and have it password protected. Then change the password every day. It's a little job, but it really messes with the hackers ;) Another way is to not have your computer online all the time. If you are set on scanning, try the spybot search&destroy engine. It's pretty good, and it does effectively remove a lot of hacker hooks, so running it every day can really cut down on unwanted code running on your pc.

    The Lounge question asp-net help tutorial

  • How do you infect a sheep with Covid?
    A AnotherKen

    Same way the human population got aids from other hominids. You culture a vaccine for anything that usually infects sheep in a human infected with Covid-19 then inject it into sheep until one or more is infected with covid-19.

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  • I bought a multimeter long time ago
    A AnotherKen

    Heh, yeah, I bought a multi-meter for my PC tech support tool kit then never used it for that. I have however used it to test suspected components on my own system and for testing power supplies for various other devices.

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  • Problem solving 101
    A AnotherKen

    You are getting mail with no charges because the process was automated years ago using the most simple solution. So, by now, nobody at the credit company is thinking about it. If you complain to them about it, it may get solved, but then probably just for you and they will think you are the problem at that point... since... it costs them money to process complaints for things and if it's an issue that doesn't concern them they get irrationally angry. Besides, coming up with secure means of destroying paper can be fun. One way I can recommend in cities because it drives the homeless gold diggers crazy is you shred them with any old paper shredder. Then when it's time to empty the container you put your hands down the middle, separate into left and right then take out the right side and dispose of it. Then mix the remaining shredded paper and leave it in there until the thing is full again and repeat the process. This means that reconstructing your document will overwhelm most crooks patience.

    The Lounge css business help question

  • Desktop Apps
    A AnotherKen

    I wonder if you will get discharged for releasing details about your development environment to civilians...

    The Lounge question

  • Desktop Apps
    A AnotherKen

    That's the only kind I do. Though I do it well enough that I still have people tell me it works well on a phone. Doh!

    The Lounge question

  • Which do you prefer? A programming question!
    A AnotherKen

    The first is more simple and will run faster when compiled. However, the second might be preferable if you plan to run that bit of code a lot of times since then you just re-type one call and it makes the code easier to read.

    The Lounge question com

  • I've been stuck for two days on nothing
    A AnotherKen

    In the past, I had to solve that kind of problem by using buffer switching. To do that you can save the buffer to the PSRAM and then when you switch back to it you can save the current buffer and then load the next buffer if it was saved.

    The Lounge help question design hardware json

  • I've been stuck for two days on nothing
    A AnotherKen

    I'm not sure if I even fully understand the problem but it sounds a bit like you could benefit from a design change where you maintain state information for each draw mode. This would allow you to switch between modes without loosing anything since all relevant data would be saved before switching modes.

    The Lounge help question design hardware json

  • A question about Convid-19 vaccine shot.
    A AnotherKen

    If you have already been exposed to the virus and survived, then you have already developed natural immunity to the strain of the Covid-19 virus that infected you. It has been found that new variants do not very enough to re-infect most people with resistance (so far). Now from a technical standpoint, what I would recommend at this point is to go to a hospital or clinic and get tested to see if you have sufficient immunity not to require a vaccine shot. In this case your medical record would show you have immunity and then you could not be pestered by people over not being vaccinated. However, it is possible that health professionals could still suggest vaccination. If vaccination is recommended by health professionals then it would be a very good idea to go through with it.

    The Lounge question

  • Planned obsolescence
    A AnotherKen

    Planned obsolescence has been around for a long time now, in modern times, some time in the 1960's it began to pick up again. You see it in almost everything that could be made to last longer, especially things with moving parts. Its all about short term profit. Long range and broad thinking are out, short range and narrow thinking are in.

    The Lounge hardware question
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