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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 don't trust any online service to store my information, sensitive or otherwise, other than whatever password I use to access a particular site. And I assume (mistake, probably) that they keep only the encrypted copy of the password. I saw an ad a while back (I think it was …  |
 | >Comments are mostly meant to be short things like "I agree with that!" or that type of thing. A reminder to all - use the comment tool to give kudos instead of reviving a multi-year old thread by adding a new post. Using the comment tool not only saves us …  |
 | Hello and welcome to Daniweb. |
| | Yes. But like most technological changes it will create new jobs.  |
| | Likewise retired as of 2008. I spent two years in medical resarch followed by 29 years as an AGC/SCADA systems programmer and Windows sysadmin/dbadmin and digital plumber. |
| | So your argument is that if a solution is not perfect then it is bad? |
 | If your name name is Donald Trump, nothing apparently. |
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| | As far as I know you can connect to more than one database at a time but you require a separate connection object for each one. Since queries go through the connection object you can't run a query on more than one db at a time. It seems to me … |
| | I've only ever noticed this happening while playing a video in vlc media player. I'll have the video playing in full screen with the video's folder in the background. Without touching the mouse, keyboard, or touchpad, the background Explorer window will pop to the front, obscuring the video. I can …  |
 | I'd suggest you start by typing that question into Google. |
| | We'll need more info. The simplest way would be to go to another computer and create a boot USB such as a linux LiveUSB, or a Macrium Reflect or EaseUS recovery USB. The last two boot into a WindowsPE OS. Howeever, if you are running Windows and have enabled BitLocker … |
 | Something similar. The family house was built in 1910 (the year my dad was born) on 30 acres of prime vegetable growing land. The acre and a half we lived on was beautifully treed and grassed. Because of healtb issues my dad sold the land to developers under the condition …  |
| | A bad design leads to a bad experience. A good design can lead to a good experience. Is that a question that seriously needs to be answered? |
 | As an example, the person who developed Iocaine found that 94% of the traffic to his site was caused by bots. When you price and design a site for an expected human load, and then you get overwhelmed by bots, you can throw more money at it or you can … |
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| | >Awaiting suggestions. Sounds like you want it because you want it and can't think of a reason to justify it. Can you think of any ways in which it would make your life easier? How much time would it actually save you and how often would it make a noticeable … |
| | Vatican City has a density of 5.88 popes per square mile.  |
| | I currently have an ASUS Vivobook K350 that I bought in Dec 2022 but I would never buy another ASUS product. Too many stupid annoying problems that don't quite reach the level of justifying the expense of replacement. My older son (medical researcher) is currently looking at a new Lenovo … |
| | As someone who actually programmed the computers that controlled our provincial generation, transmisssion, and distribution grid for 29 years I disagree with the classification of that software as automation in the sense of this discussion. While we did have some packages that were advisory (water flow optimization and generation efficiency … |
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| | I program only desktop/shell apps for Windows and I use Visual Studio Code (free) and python (free) with wxpython (free) as the target GUI. Do you see a pattern here? |
| | If it does everything for you then what do we need you for? |
 | Based on the proliferation of AI generated content, and the age-old rule of garbage in, garbage out, what will be the result of AI models being trained on ever increasing amounts of content generated by other AI platforms? Will we get into a negative feedback loop where the output will … |
 | >I’m all about sci-fi/fantasy that makes you think Definitely give [The Man From Earth](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/) a go. You can watch it for free on youtube. I'm always up for discussions on movies, good or bad. |
| | I recall reading, "If the text is unusually coherent or consistent, it might raise suspicion." I'm afraid that does not speak well of our educational system. And it's not very useful in trying to automate detection. As a side note, I read recently about some researchers using a "needle in … |
| | My completely uninformed guess is no. Their bubble has burst. |
| | Selected comics at [gocomics](https://www.gocomics.com/). These days I need to start my day with a smile. |
| | Nope. I never found another place that felt as comfortable as Daniweb. |
| | Plus anti-virus. It will also warn you if it suspects you may be installing potentially malicious software. It can occasionally be heavy-handed though. For example, I tried to install the latest version of Stickies (Zhorn Software) and it gave me a warning. I've been running Stickies for years and trust …  |
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