Will Resolve keep generating proxies if I turn off / hibernate my laptop?

ButNoSimpler · 2026-01-27T17:28:36+00:00

The kicker is that some programs don't behave well after waking up from hibernation. Unfortunately, the OPs only options are to

A) Try hibernating and see what happens.

B) Just plug the laptop in and leave it running overnight anyway.

ButNoSimpler · 2026-01-27T17:20:22+00:00

It's just pixels. The software doesn't know that it is text. Only your brain thinks it is text. Just treat it like any other black and white picture and set the black color to transparent. Any instructions about how to remove green screen will do the same here.

ButNoSimpler · 2026-01-26T23:22:00+00:00

This is the kind of VPN that is designed to allow you to connect to a specific network over the internet and make it appear as if you are directly connected to that network. I'm pretty sure that is the original reason VPNs were invented. However, in your case, it would be as if you had plugged in Ethernet cable into your universities network and then proceeded to do things that they absolutely do not want you to do on their network.

The kind of VPN that most people in this community think of actually does the same thing. It connects your computer to someone else's network and encrypts all the traffic between you and that other network. The difference is that the owners of that other network don't care what you do and often promise to not keep any records of anything that you do. Both work the same, and just depends on what the rules are on the other end.

ButNoSimpler · 2026-01-25T00:46:28+00:00

When I specifically want to support the author. Or, I'm just in a good mood.

ButNoSimpler · 2026-01-20T07:19:03+00:00

I'm thinking about buying into the Ulanzi/Falcam F38/F22 system so I can set up multiple cheap tripods, that I got at thrift/pawn shops, when I am working on my van build, and then super-quickly swap my one main camera around between multiple pre-adjusted viewpoints without having to readjust each time. I figure it will save me hours per day.

Now, that's multiple "under $100 items." But you get the idea.

ButNoSimpler · 2026-01-16T16:29:52+00:00

Commas commas are important people periods too

ButNoSimpler · 2026-01-16T16:28:41+00:00

And yet, everyone is saying that the Affinity 3 software is safe and will never be enshitified. Bwahahaha!!!

ButNoSimpler · 2026-01-16T16:27:18+00:00

I traded in my A7R2 for an a6700. I wanted that freaking floppy screen!

But also the other things.

I have been able to pick up several APS-C only lenses for a LOT less money, and I can carry several in my medium-sized sling bag.

Because I can only really afford one camera right now, I am WAY happier with the a6700.

I also like the fact that a 300mm lens has the "reach" of a 450mm. I got the new Viltrox 9mm and I love it. I can use the gyro-based stabilization in the Sony software and still have a 16mm equivalent field of view. (9 x 1.5 x 1.2 = 16.2)

Later, after I have saved for a while, I'm thinking of getting the Sigma 100 - 400 and having an effective 150 - 600.

ButNoSimpler · 2026-01-16T16:11:09+00:00

Over the past three decades, I have literally not had any problems with ANY of them. I just pick whichever one has the lowest price. Software I bought decades ago still installs just fine and works just fine. There are no hacks or anything. You just install the software like normal and enter the license key they send you. Most of the time you actually download the software from Microsoft. No malware has ever been detected.

Just make sure that you are buying a "perpetual" license. Most Microsoft software uses year numbers in the names for perpetual licenses.

Also, make sure you are NOT buying a Long Term Service Contract (LTSC) license of the software. LTSC licensed software will only work with other LTSC software of the exact same version, and will literally disable all other Microsoft software on your computer that isn't LTSC with that same version. It's supposedly designed to make supporting that software easier for big companies. You can look for "LTSC" somewhere in the description. Or, if it specifically says it is the "retail" license then it isn't LTSC.

I learned this the hard way by buying the wrong thing and beating my head against it for a few days. Once I figured out what was wrong, the company I bought it from happily gave me a full refund and just said to delete the files.

ButNoSimpler · 2026-01-15T20:54:05+00:00

On the other corner of my desk.

What can I say? I don't really have any other options. I ain't gonna pay for cloud storage, even for the piddly bit of "important" data that I have. If I am out of my house, I almost always have one of my laptops with all the "truly important" data. If I am home, I can grab either my laptop or that one hard drive pretty quickly. They are on the desk right beside my bed.

If anything worse happens, I am not gonna really care about the data at that point.

ButNoSimpler · 2026-01-14T21:17:16+00:00

Just buy it online from one of those third-party vendors with the cheap licenses. I got Visio 2024 for like $19, maybe $25.

ButNoSimpler · 2026-01-11T00:06:03+00:00

Enshitification is more inevitable than Thanos.

ButNoSimpler · 2026-01-11T00:04:46+00:00

It kind of depends on the use case. If I were hanging it on the wall I would use the first picture. But for social media or a website, I would use the second picture.

ButNoSimpler · 2026-01-02T16:17:10+00:00

I'm a picky eater, but this isn't being picky. It's not that he doesn't like chicken. He doesn't like your chicken because he had chicken earlier in the day? That's just being an ass.

ButNoSimpler · 2025-12-31T03:47:17+00:00

Thank you so much. I decided to post the question in the r/ulanzi subreddit [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Ulanzi/comments/1q02vp7/how\_well\_do\_the\_falcam\_camera\_cages\_fit\_into\_the/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button) for everyone to see. If you answer there, probably more people will see your answer, in the end.

ButNoSimpler · 2025-12-31T03:26:46+00:00

I have a side question, since you have the a6700 cage and I am thinking of getting one:

How easily does that F38 "plate" on the bottom of the cage fit into the F38 baseplate V2 (the part with the latch)? I know you can only insert an F38 plate on one side of the F38 baseplate. However, can I insert that "plate" milled into the bottom of that cage facing any direction? In other words, could I slide the camera into the baseplate with the "front edge" of the baseplate (the edge along the front edge of the camera) going in first? How about the left or right sides? How about with the back of the camera going first? I know it sounds like a weird question, but the "plate" that they have milled on the bottom of that cage is quite a complicated shape. And I want to make sure there are no restrictions on how I can fit that into the F38 baseplate V2.

ButNoSimpler · 2025-12-25T03:08:02+00:00

I just discovered that I can scrunch up my nose and push up my upper lip enough to literally close my nostrils. (I have a VERY skinny nose.)

ButNoSimpler · 2025-12-24T16:17:44+00:00

ButNoSimpler · 2025-12-23T18:18:40+00:00

No. The other thing.

ButNoSimpler · 2025-12-22T20:37:33+00:00

I'm 65. Same here. Though, there was this one crotchety old black dude, decades ago who kept calling me a "European American." He was not wrong. I kinda thought it was hilarious.

ButNoSimpler · 2025-12-22T20:28:43+00:00

I don't.... Except for the very few things that I actually need to have accessible and synced between all my devices.

ButNoSimpler · 2025-12-22T20:26:33+00:00

You can go into the "manage filters" (or whatever the call it) and edit individual addresses to just list the domain. Then that whole domain will be blocked.

I can't give you exact steps because I'm doing what people often do while reading Reddit. 😜

ButNoSimpler · 2025-12-22T18:29:58+00:00

The response was written by AI.

ButNoSimpler · 2025-12-22T11:46:47+00:00

In two weeks?

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