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Re: Project

WisTex — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 06:09:17 -0000

It looks like some other JavaScript interferes with the Facebook share link. But if you click to go to your account, clink on the ad that comes up, and then go back to this page, you can click on the Facebook share link and download the Zip file. But when you download the Zip file, Windows reports that the Zip file is invalid. So, even after all of that, you still can't get a valid download.

How do I get a copy of this? I created an account, gave you my email, gave you my mobile phone, clicked on an ad, shared to Facebook, then downloaded the file. How do I get a working copy?

Re: Project

WisTex — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:57:25 -0000

Clicking on the download button does nothing. I can't even get to the point of being able to share it.

Re: Game Controls FAQ – BlueStacks Support

WisTex — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 08:21:25 -0000

This happens once and while. If you move your mouse outside of BlueStacks, sometimes, when you return, the keyboard no longer works in BlueStacks. You can fix it in game by turning game controls off and then back on again, but every time you move your mouse outside of BlueStacks, you have to do it again. This is a major pain for multi-screen users. If you reboot BlueStacks, the issue goes away for awhile but then returns.

Re: How to Play LifeAfter on PC with BlueStacks

WisTex — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:48:44 -0000

The articles says that the game won't work on Bluestacks, but it does, at least on a Windows PC.

Re: How Much Does a BMW i3 Battery Replacement Cost?

WisTex — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:35:41 -0000

Apparently BMW has come out with a new version of the battery that gets twice the range. So if you do replace the battery, you will be increasing the car's range significantly.

Re: What Type of RAM is Compatible with Intel Core i7-7700k / 8700k?

WisTex — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 09:06:27 -0000

Why do you list available motherboards instead of available DDR4 sticks at the end of this article? Also, you did not actually answer the question in the article. Which DDR4 sticks are compatible? All of them? Some of them? Where do you get them? Who has the best deal?

Re: HTTPS Anti-Vaxxers; dispelling common arguments against securing the web

WisTex — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:43:25 -0000

More articles about the benefits of using HTTPS need to mention this aspect. Most articles seem to harp on privacy as the main concern, but preventing content manipulation seems to be an important thing to mention.

Re: JavaScript Libraries Are Almost Never Updated Once Installed

WisTex — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:34:47 -0000

One thing that would help is if hosting control panels were smart enough to install and/or detect popular libraries, and then have the ability to apply security updates and updates that do not break existing functionality. This would require coordination between the maintainers of the library and control panel software companies and would require an API being built, but it could be done. Something similar to how WordPress can update your plugins for you, you can do the same thing with libraries.Web hosting control panel companies are ideally suited for this because they provide an easy interface most users would be comfortable with and web hosting control panels are already designed to automate certain tasks.

Re: JavaScript Libraries Are Almost Never Updated Once Installed

WisTex — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:26:36 -0000

I am often conflicted with hosting libraries locally or linking directly to CDN or official copies of the library (where permitted). On one hand, I do not want the websites to go down if the CDN or official link is not working, and on the other hand, I do not want to have to update the library locally every time there is a security release.

It would be nice if there was a way to specify a remote version that is to be used, and if that can't be found, use a local copy. That way the latest secure version is always used, and if the remote copy is down, then it reverts to the local copy. The site does not break if there is an issue remotely, and it always uses the latest version available online at that moment.

Also, some way to auto-update these libraries would be nice too.

Re: HTTPS Anti-Vaxxers; dispelling common arguments against securing the web

WisTex — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:09:00 -0000

Why would a static website with no login area showing recipes for soup need to be HTTPS?

Re: How is Credit Card Interest Calculated?

WisTex — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 10:41:50 -0000

Not exactly the same, but the two systems are similar. If you are trying to estimate, then using the average daily balance method would give you an approximation of what the daily interest system would produce, but you won't match what your bank is charging you. It depends on how accurate you are trying to be, or whether an estimate is sufficient for your needs.

Re: Why does UK/USA use 110/120V and others use 220/240V

WisTex — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 10:25:11 -0000

Good point. Redundant is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, data centers and mission critical operations often have redundant systems in place in case one is not working. So having both isn't bad. It's just redundant, in the sense that they duplicate effort and can replace one another in the case of the washing machine.

Although I would personally rather have redundancy on the shower. We can get by with cold water washing clothes, but a cold shower, my goodness, man, the humanity! :)

Re: Adding Custom PHP Modules in Plesk

WisTex — Wed, 31 May 2017 08:58:06 -0000

What about things like mail() and getimagesize()?

Re: Adding Custom PHP Modules in Plesk

WisTex — Tue, 30 May 2017 06:42:55 -0000

For Common stuff you can turn it on under Tools & Settings > PHP Settings by clicking on the appropriate version you want to change.

Re: Adding Custom PHP Modules in Plesk

WisTex — Tue, 30 May 2017 06:35:55 -0000

What about for Plesk for Windows?

Re: 'We must constantly question what our own agenda might be'

WisTex — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:52:28 -0000

I've found that most organizations and groups have their own agendas. Sometimes it's about race, sometimes it's not, and sometimes it's just different perspectives. I do find it frustrating that so many people make it about race though. I have encountered similar situations on the flip side, where I was promoting the concepts of love and respect and prosperity for all people using tactics that have been proven to work across cultures. But when I would speak in venues where it was all brown or black, suddenly my race became an issue and it became about race. I would be saying the exact same things my black or brown colleagues were saying, even paraphrasing MLK Jr. himself, yet my words were suspect simply because of the color of my skin. That's why it's often easier to send white people to talk to white people, brown people to talk to brown people, and black people to talk to black people, because to too many people, even if the message is 100% identical, their opinion changes depending on the color of the person's skin who delivers that message. It's sad and frustrating really. So I totally understand your frustration.

Re: How is Credit Card Interest Calculated?

WisTex — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 21:09:03 -0000

The Average Daily Balance is a popular method used by banks, but it is not the only method used. I've had a few cards that actually calculated interest daily using a daily interest rate, rather than using the average.

Re: Why does UK/USA use 110/120V and others use 220/240V

WisTex — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 05:18:36 -0000

If you have a quality hot water heater, your hot water can get very very hot, unless you set the thermostat on the water heater to something lower. So your brother's U.S. washer is not necessarily junk just because it doesn't heat its own water. After all, if you have a good water heater (which often uses 240 V, by the way), you don't actually need a heater in your washing machine. In fact, why would you waste electricity heating water in your washing machine when you have a tank of hot water meters away?

Based on your logic, if a U.S. washing machine is junk because it doesn't heat its own water, your home's water heater is junk if you need a water heater inside your washing machine since the home's water heater is not enough.

Basically here is how it breaks down:

Good Home Water Heater + No Heater in Washer = Hot Water
Weak Home Water Heater + Heater in Washer = Hot Water (at least for washing clothes, not for showers)
Weak Home Water Heater + No Heater in Washer = Warm Water (like at your Brother's home)
Good Home Water Heater + Heater in Washer = Hot Water = Redundant

Your brother probably had a crappy home water heater, or had the thermostat on the water heater set too low. It's not the washer that's junk.

Re: 5 reasons why not to use panels (and 4 reasons to use them)

WisTex — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 10:07:08 -0000

I think he is looking for alternatives to Panels and Blocks and was hoping you would share them with us.

Re: Salary Confessions of Working Moms: ‘I Opted Out for a Few Years—and Paid for It’

WisTex — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:55:31 -0000

It probably was so expensive, because TV Producers tend to work beyond the standard 8 to 5 (or 9 to 5 in some places) and often work odd hours. If she puts in over 60 hours a week at work, and has to pay for over 65 hours of child care (you have to factor in drive time to and from the facility), it could easily add up to $20,000 or more per year in a moderately expensive city, considering many places charge extra for after hours care.

If she lives in or near a posh neighborhood, everything costs more, even groceries. That would increase the cost.

Considering the flexible schedule and long hours a TV producer might have, a nanny might be the only viable option. Hence the $30,000 estimate of costs. But even if she opted for infant day care, we'd still be talking at least $20,000 per year for a decent licensed facility.

The fact that it is infant care, and more than 40 hours a week with odd hours is what makes it expensive for her.

Re: Salary Confessions of Working Moms: ‘I Opted Out for a Few Years—and Paid for It’

WisTex — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:40:21 -0000

Here in Houston, decent child care would run you about $1000 per month, or approx $12,000 per year. Add in food, clothing, transportation costs, diapers, etc., and taking care of a child adds up to much more. If you want better quality care or a private nanny, then expect to pay more.

Apparently in some places, like Massachusetts, day care can average around $18,530 per year instead.

A minimum wage salary pays about $15,080 per year, assuming they give you 40 hours, which usually they won't so they can avoid giving you health insurance. Take out taxes, food, clothing, rent, health insurance, etc., and one simply cannot afford day care. So basically, for someone at the lowest wage scale, it actually does not make sense to work if you have an infant or small child. There simply is no money to pay for child care by a third party.

At $30,000, at least half your salary would be taken up by rent, transportation expenses (perhaps a car note), federally mandated health insurance, food, clothing, etc. More than half if you live in an expensive area. Another $5,000 would be taken by income taxes, social security and medicare. So even at $30,000 a year salary, paying $12,000 a year in child care costs is a huge chunk of the budget. That would leave only $13,500 after taxes to live on, including pay rent and buy food.

So working at home, even with a salary cut, is a more attractive option.

Re: Are-Traffic-Exchanges-Black-Hat

WisTex — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 09:59:02 -0000

Most traffic exchanges are really only good at advertising offers rather than websites. Splash pages or lead pages seem to work best if they are relevant to the target audience of the traffic exchange. So marketing tools, webmaster tools, make money online, etc. are usually good niches if the traffic exchange is catering to that niche. Sending traffic to an actual content website (or even the home page of a product or service website) is usually a waste of credits.

The only traffic exchange that I know that works with real content is StumbleUpon, but that is because it regulates content in such a way that good content gets voted up, and bad content gets voted down. If you add a crappy webpage to StumbleUpon, very few people will ever see it. Plus they downplay the fact that you can buy traffic on StumbleUpon by not linking to the advertising tools page from the main website. It's not your typical traffic exchange (and probably would hate it if you called it one).

So it really comes down to the mechanics of the exchange and the niche. That will determine what can be promoted successfully on it.

Re: Google: We Won't Index Dynamic Content Behind Tabs

WisTex — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:27:52 -0000

I am not surprised. Basically Google's bot pulls the HTML used to render the page. Unlike a browser, it does not render everything on the page. Instead it reads the text located in that HTML. So if you are using AJAX or JavaScript or something else to render content, Google probably won't see it since its not actually in the original code they pulled. And this hasn't changed; this is how it has always worked.

Re: Odd Bike Laws

WisTex — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 16:20:19 -0000

Part of the reason why some of the laws seem so weird is that in many states, bicycles technically have to follow the same rules of the road as motor vehicles. For example, if the bicyclist is in a 15 mph school zone and is driving more than 15 mph (perhaps aided by gravity going down a hill), they are considered speeding, just like a car would be. If they do not come to a complete stop at a stop sign, and instead treat the stop sign as a yield sigh, they broke the law. If they drive on the wrong side of the road towards oncoming traffic, they are violating the law just as if a car was driving on the wrong side of the road.

Many of these rules of the road are routinely ignored by bicyclists, and they actually put their own lives in danger. For example, driving on the wrong side of the street or the wrong way down a one way street is dangerous since cars turning onto the street are not expecting a vehicle to be coming from the wrong direction.

It might be good to have different rules for bicycles in some regards, but some of the rules are there for a reason.

Re: Odd Bike Laws

WisTex — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 16:06:41 -0000

Funny but true story. In Austin, Texas, bicycle riders were complaining about how bad automobile drivers were, and demanded the police issue tickets for bad driving especially around bicyclists. The police agreed to do so, but stipulated they would also be ticketing bicyclists during the crackdown. Guess what? The bicyclists were the ones who got the most tickets, because they were the ones who were actually disobeying the rules of the road and putting themselves in danger.