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Adventures:
0) Well, the NUC I was using for the home theater PC only supports HDMI 1.4, and the videos looked like crap on my 75-inch 4K tv, so I had to fall back to the full-size PC that I was using (has a GTX1050 add-on card that is HDMI 2.0 compliant).
1) I had installed Linux Mint 19 on the big box, but when I installed Kodi, Kodi refused to scan for new content, saying it couldn't connect to the remote server (TheMovieDB and TheTVDB web sites, where it gets the movie info - curiosuly, the Music part scanned just fine)\). I tried a number of suggested remedies discovered via a google search, but none of them fixed the issue, so I had to fall back to Ubuntu 18.04. All of a sudden, Kodi could connect to the remote server. Downside - the Ubuntu desktop isn't as responsive as the Mint desktop was. I'm sure it's a video driver issue, so I'll be trying to fix that in the next couple of days.
2) Again with Kodi - I thought I had my MCE remote problems ironed out, but that was not the case. I forgot one crucial step with regards to LIRC - preventing LIRC from getting updated, as well as turning off automatic updates on the OS. I remedied those issues on the new (old) box, and I think it's good to go. Reminder - I had to install the version of LIRC from the Xenial repository, because the one that comes from Bionic Beaver DOES NOT WORK.
3) I decided to create my Win7 VM (VMWare) in anticipation of moving my desktop box to Linux in the next week or so. I'm starting with the Win7/SP1 DVD and am currently in update Hell, installing 118 "important" updates. VMWare suggested a 60GB drive, but I made mine 250GB (my current Win7 install is 175GB with all kinds of crap installed with it). My intention is to install fewer kinds of crap, but I figured I'd leave myself some headroom in case more crap rolls downhill.
4) Again with VMWare - I've never really played with VMs much, and I found that I have to change some settings with regards to connecting to the available remote network shares (specifically, the media server). I don't know why, but I just assumed that I would be able to connect to them in VMWare without any real effort.
5) Again with VMWare - I hope I'll be able to use the VM that I created without any fuss in Linux. :/
6) I went to install extensions for Python into VSCode on the laptop, and I'm not really sure which extensions to use. There are DOZENS, and there is no apparent indication as to which ones are required, as opposed to "nice to have".
For VB programmers that have never been exposed to real programming languages, my list indexes start with "0", as god intended. Only heathen-based languages start their list indexes with "1".
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Downside - the Ubuntu desktop isn't as responsive as the Mint desktop was. I'm sure it's a video driver issue, so I'll be trying to fix that in the next couple of days.
You can easily install different desktops[^] in Ubuntu, including Cinnamon[^] which is the default desktop in Linux Mint.
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Again, if you run Kodi on your android TV, it will work directly with your TV's hardware. You won't have to use some arcane separate box with special video cards and whatnot, just to lose tons of quality because of an external link, that will the end bring the signal to that same hardware.
It can be set up literally in minutes, you can store the files anywhere on your local network or on a USB hub.
But good luck with the tinkering
and yes, you will be able to use the TV remote to control everything.
Here in three minutes, actually 1 minute, the rest of the time he is just talking around.
How to Install Kodi 17 in your Sony Android TV (Beginners Guide) - YouTube
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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So, the politicians put in their appearances
Wearing the appropriate lapel buttons.
And made their speeches
And laid tributes, with solemn steps.
In memory of their handiwork.
Now, the real thing.[^]
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Possibly the wrong forum for this? You know this. I know this. Everyone knows this.
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![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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I think that The Great War (AKA The War to End all Wars) is far enough back in time that the descendants of the combatants can be dispassionate about what is generally agreed was a monstrous folly on all sides.
The American Civil War, OTOH... 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: The American Civil War, OTOH...
Hey, don't knock the US civil war!
It's the only war the US has won!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: It's the only war the US has won without allies !
FTFY
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Epitaphs of the War by Rudyard Kipling
I especially like:
Two Canadian Memorials
I
We giving all gained all.
Neither lament us nor praise.
Only in all things recall,
It is Fear, not Death that slays.
II
From little towns in a far land we came,
To save our honour and a world aflame.
By little towns in a far land we sleep;
And trust that world we won for you to keep!
Convoy Escort
I was a shepherd to fools
Causelessly bold or afraid.
They would not abide by my rules.
Yet they escaped. For I stayed.
Common Form
If any question why we died,
Tell them, because our fathers lied.
But the last says it all:
A Dead Statesman
I could not dig: I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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A little something from Phil Ochs ("I Ain't Marchin' Anymore"[^]):
"It's always the old to lead us to the war
It's always the young to fall
Now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun
Tell me is it worth it all" Country Joe and the Fish ("I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag"[^]):
Come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Vietnam.
Come on fathers, and don't hesitate
To send your sons off before it's too late.
And you can be the first ones in your block
To have your boy come home in a box.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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An erotic blended takeaway? I heard you are a man with stories (9)
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is it, no not kid sister safe! 
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Perhaps you should start a NSFW CCC in "the other room" 
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Nah ... According to the Australian Rules System, the answer would always be "SCROTUM".
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: the answer would always be "SCROTUM"
And I probably still wouldn't be able to work it out every day 
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FolkTales??
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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You can't just glue words together and expect me not to notice! 
No, it's not that, but thanks for playing... is it just a difficult one today, or are people not playing?
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For me, it's Blind Bambi time...
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: For me, it's Blind Bambi time...
Bartender: "What are you supposed to be?"
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"No eye dear"
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Answer: Raconteur
Would anybody like to provide the explanation?
Oh, and I will have to try and make a nice easy one for tomorrow.
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An erotic blended ANEROTIC (anag)
takeaway? I (remove I)
RACONTE
heard you are URa man with stories
RACONTEUR
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Spot on. Hopefully Bambi can find his eyes by tomorrow morning 
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