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He's making a living off Youtube views...
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Yeah, no kidding 
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Nish Nishant wrote: Impressive
Nah, McGyver would have done it with a gearbox, a torn shirt, 3 paper clips, and a meatball sub.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I'm not going to look, but I seem to recall seeing a video of a Minecraft Turing Machine a few years back.
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Any idea on what's involved in getting started in minecraft programming?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Well, the first step is to give up hopes of ever getting laid again. After you accept that, you're well on your way.
Jeremy Falcon
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In vanilla Minecraft? Basically just a computer, a copy of Minecraft, and a straight-jacket.
Programming even basic circuits in vanilla is so needlessly complex that attempting to build anything non-trivial is tantamount to madness. This is mainly due to the fact that redstone dust only sits on surfaces, making wiring things above and below each other require staircases to carry the signal.
There are however mods that make things easier, such as redpower, which add individual blocks that function as OR/AND/NAND/XOR gates and etc., as well as adding things like redwire which supports running wiring up sheer walls and crossing wires without crossing signals. These really help reduce the complexity of devices (in size and blocks required at least.)
I have to imagine that anyone building anything of significant size like this would be using a world editor instead of attempting to build directly in game. The simple ability to copy and paste existing structures really streamlines the building process (and helps with refactoring when you realize you have one redstone torch out of place in 64 different locations...)
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So that's what they mean when they say doctors are unusually attractive? I feel such a fool.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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it's Magic!
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Yet another MRI accident 
They've to really think of some way to make mistake-proof.
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But they were trying to see what was wrong with the flat tire. 
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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My significant other has a new problem at work...
She have to write (and read) a lot of SMS messages...she asked me for a way to do it from the laptop...So I Googled for some software (it will take me too long to write a decent one), but all I found is not that satisfying (SMS Deliverer was the best I found)...
Have any of you a real hit to do the job?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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No homework questions in the Lounge...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Come-on! Have some mercy! 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Have some mercy
Thanks, have some yourself.
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Homework be dammed, he is hoping to get his leg over!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Someone who uses my webcam movement detection software[^] contacted me some time ago letting me know that they had managed to integrate the .NET code with an Android application:Wifi SMS communication[^] in order to send sms alerts, rather than emails, on movement detection.
I gave it a go and was successful too - I don't have the app on my phone any longer or the code to send the sms however I imagine you should not have to much difficulty getting it to work.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: Wifi SMS communication
That's no good - he needs a Wife SMS communication application!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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If she has an Android, she could take advantage of Pushbullet[^]
Just install it on your phone, and install the extension in Chrome, and you can receive texts to your PC, and send and receive text messages using their browser API.
I'm not so sure about it working on iOS. Mind, I haven't tried it.
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Intriguing
I saw your message and it intrigued me since I've thought about this type of thing myself.
Easy SMS Capture Code
It is actually very easy to capture the SMS on an Android phone with just a little code (displayed below).
My sample shows how to make your phone buzz when you receive an SMS. An older version of my SMS app would only make a sound so when it was silent I didn't know I'd received an SMS. The code solved it.
The code is from the fantastic Android book, Professional Android 4 Application Development: Reto Meier: 9781118102275: Amazon.com: Books[^]
Great Book with Great Explanations & Great Code
Meier -- the author -- is on Google's Android team.
That book has great explanations of the code, but also has fantastic code snippets you can use in your own programs.
You Can Email An SMS Address
Also, did you know that you can send an email to an SMS / text address?
You just have to know the email address which is associated with the SMS.
You can learn that by sending a text message from your (the target) phone to your email address and then look at the address it comes in on. It can be a challenge with certain SMS apps to do that though.
The Point
The point of all of this is that you can easily gen up a wizard Android App in AndroidStudio generate this app for your wife to grab SMS messages and forward to her email address with the originating SMS address for her to reply directly to via email.
The important line of code for you from the snippet is:
String from = message.getOriginatingAddress();
public class SMSRecvBuzzer extends BroadcastReceiver {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
if (bundle != null) {
Object[] pdus = (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus");
SmsMessage[] messages = new SmsMessage[pdus.length];
for (int i = 0; i < pdus.length; i++)
messages[i] = SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[]) pdus[i]);
for (SmsMessage message : messages) {
String msg = message.getMessageBody();
long when = message.getTimestampMillis();
String from = message.getOriginatingAddress();
String vibratorService = Context.VIBRATOR_SERVICE;
Vibrator vibrator = (Vibrator)context.getSystemService(vibratorService);
long[] pattern = {0, 250, 200, 250, 150, 150, 75,150,75};
vibrator.vibrate(pattern, -1);
Toast.makeText(context, from + " : " + msg,
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
}
}
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So, Windows defender is there and has worked fine for me in past (MSE). I read a few blogs where it mentioned that there are better free options available. I saw a lot of praise for BitDefender, Kaspersky and Avira as well.
What would you recommend as a free antivirus software? And where should I put my money on between Kaspersky and BitDefender?
"You'd have to be a floating database guru clad in a white toga and ghandi level of sereneness to fix this goddamn clusterfuck.", BruceN[ ^]
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I'm using Kaspersky, and it's less intrusive than Defender (which used to while away the afternoons scanning my whole PC and rendering it useless in the process, despite all the times I told it to do it at 1 AM).
The only hassle with it is it's "Safe Money / Safe Browser" thing, which is very slow to start the first time after a reboot - so if I access the bank or try to use Paypal it takes 15 or 20 seconds to switch over. Second time it's about 5 seconds.
Other than that, it's pretty good - hasn't found any problems which either means I'm more careful than I need to be, or it's not doing anything at all...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I have found Win10Pro Defender irritating as well. I have managed to minimize it by using Task Scheduler. Let's face it, Anti-Virus programs are for dummys, in that the first line of defense is your brain, the second is the firewall, as it prevents those things from coming in the first place, IFF you didn't use the first line of defense. Defender is only good for defending against those things that MS installs, as it can only really check MS it's updates, and just spy's on everything else. Defender doesn't go after the OS segments like itself. If you install from unknown sources, you're asking for trouble anyway. CCleaner (free) does way more than Defender, and is less offensive, it removes and fixes for free. SpyHunter (free version) is even more effect in finding stuff in your deep directories and registry, but to "fix them" they want you to buy their full version, bust still find stuff CCleaner missed and Defender could less about any way.
The World as we think we know it Has a lot more to it than meets the eye.
A Mad Scientist who has seen it for himself....
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