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I completed my Computer Science degree at the University of Manitoba in 1976. I did two and a half years of programming in medical research followed by twenty-nine years at Manitoba Hydro (electric utility). Most of that was spent on doing development…

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I asked ChatGPT for some interesting conversation starters and it suggested this. However, the more I think about it, the less I can come up with something! I enjoy walks on nature trails, but hiking is *huge* amongst techies in the Bay Area. My husband plays DDR regularly for exercise, …

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I think I can record but I can't read with the option button checkbox I don't know if I do the recording procedure correctly

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Just a random question to try to get some good discussion going. For me, at least the last handful of years, it's been taking a nice stroll around town. When I first moved to California from NY, I was living in an apartment in the middle of downtown Palo Alto. …

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I know rproffitt is a moderator on the Tech Republic forums. Does anyone else participate in any other online forums / communities / subreddits / etc? Just curious :)

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This is definitely not a targeted attack at *anyone*. Please take it just as me having a bad day and venting. I'm kinda tired of people constantly telling me that I'm the reason that DaniWeb traffic has tanked over the years. And if only I had done this differently. Or …

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Hi friends, I recently updated Windows to get the Microsoft Copilot. But the Copilot does not show up. First I thought after updating Windows, the copilot feature would show up. But cant. Could anyone please help to get the Copilot feature on my PC? Any help would be highly appreciated. …

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Hello everyone, can you recommend a resource for downloading videos from YouTube? I will be very grateful

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Is everyone familiar with this game? Just reply with the first word that comes to your mind when you think of the last word posted. You can't respond to the post with a comment, just the word that comes to your mind. It can only be a word or a …

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i'm inneed of a sample project on preschool management system developed in vb6 to my subject System Develop and System Desigh.. does anybody help me in this? it's urgent? [Click Here](null)

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In the summer of 2022 I bought an ASUS laptop from BestBuy. It came with an internal SSD and an empty internal bay for a 2.5" drive. I didn't install a second drive until October and when I booted up it would not recognize the added drive. When I took …

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What are some ways to improve MySQL performance on queries against large tables that include the HAVING BY clause. It's my understanding that anything in there doesn't benefit from table indexes.

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There is not much information about this in the market. If it is used or is still in experiment mode, like what is happening with this one.

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I went to a site that sells wood veneer slat paneling. They make a nice range of products and seem reputable. However, on completing my order I found that my payment options were limited to * shoppay * paypal * gpay I have never seen a legitimate site that would …

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Want to buy a Dell machine loaded with Linux? Shame, as it appears that Dell Europe would really rather you bought a Windows-powered one, despite having a website devoted entirely to selling Dell Ubuntu laptops. And, oh boy, does it use some strange arguments to dissuade you from becoming a …

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I am hanry, i am an IT Consultant. I help peoples with their technical issues.

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Cop shows that include a 5 minute foot chase. This is usually the result of the cops shouting out a suspect's name from half a block away instead of waiting until they are within arm's reach. Inevitably the suspect runs into the path of a car or truck and the …

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Gents & Gentle Women, What features would you like in a searchengine as a: Searcher (buyer/shopper/consumer). Website (vendor/seller).fed-up of the searchengines. They have not changed since 1998. Let's brainstorm a new way of searching websites via searchengines. Meaning, we used to find links via link directories first whewre we had …

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OK -- You take the LAST word of the sentence and make a new sentence. EX: A man lived by the water. The Result: [b]Water[/b] the grass.

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Dear Forum Fellows, I do not like paypal. Thinking of adding BitCoin instead. Do you know of any BitCoin wallet/service where the transactions are free ? I do not like the middleman services as they hold onto your BitCoins in their servers and if they get hacked then you have …

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I just recently finished the first season of The Winchesters, and was unfortunately a bit disappointed by how it ended. It felt incredibly predictable. Currently my husband and I are watching Orphan Black (We are on season 2). May I recommend Severance on Apple TV+. I really loved the season …

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There's a list of advertisers that put ads on hold. But given the talent bleed, can it survive both problems of ad revenue and talent bleed? It really doesn't matter as something else will take its place. Let nature take its course such as Darwin would say. The last message …

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Well I just started eating dinner and thought this would be a neat topic. Everyone knows we love to eat while on the computer; two birds, one chair. I'll start it off: Deli Sandwiches, macaroni salad, potato salad and a Pepsi :)

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Hi I downloaded Tkinter Designer, but there´s no exe there. I´ve used Thonny as a "compiler" for running scripts, and I used it to "make" a a simple program, but I don´t know how to save as an exe, and I don´t know how I would put these files into …

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Hi I want to make use of GitHub-programs, and so I downloaded a bunch of Python-tools. When I run this command in "Python 3.12", which looks like CMD to me, I get a syntax error. "To create a virtual environment, Python supplies a built in venv module which provides the …

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This is the error message: >>> %Run -c $EDITOR_CONTENT Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 6 image = cv2.imread(“C:\Users\Audun Nilsen\Pictures\pica.webp”) ^ SyntaxError: invalid character in identifier >>> This is the code: import cv2 # OpenCV for image processing image = cv2.imread(“C:\Users\Audun Nilsen\Pictures\pica.webp”)

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RE: ffmpeg-4.4 Andrew Wu DJGPP CROSS COMPILER, GCC v12.2.0 Host Macbook Pro, macOS Monterey [Click Here](https://ffmpeg.org/platform.html#DOS) DJGPP Cross Compiler 12.2.0 Fails to Recognize "certain" Parameters in FFmpeg Source Code Hi, I am using the DJGPP cross compiler 12.2.0, developed by Andrew Wu, github, to build the FFmpeg source code, and …

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