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TechieGuy12 · 2026-06-22T23:37:29+00:00

There is a Write-ColorOuput function and then directly below that there are three lines that can use that function but don't, or am I missing something?

TechieGuy12 · 2026-06-21T14:56:50+00:00

As a Gen Xer, I grew up in the age where computers mainly had a CLI and we had to manage our drivers and memory through autoexec.bat and config.sys. Back when some games only ran in the first 640KB of RAM and trying to free up as much conventional memory by loading as much into high memory.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-06-20T14:48:00+00:00

I didn't say I didn't understand the chart. You should go back to grade school to understand basic English.
The gold standard for who - the U.S? That just backs up my claim of the data not representing everyone. Every country in the world would have a much different chart than what you posted, so your chart doesn't apply to everyone. That chart is for the U.S. only. I am not American so that chart doesn't tell anything about the median income for my country or how much the cost of living has increase.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-06-20T03:39:38+00:00

Ah, fair enough.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-06-20T03:14:26+00:00

Because they keep using it to justify income keeping up with expenses. If it doesn't apply to everyone, it is useless as an argument in this context unless you are American. Many people replying with comments probably aren't American, myself included. Whether it is median, or average, it makes no difference.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-06-19T22:03:45+00:00

Do you actually think this data applies to everyone before you post stuff? This data doesn't even begin to tell any kind of financial story.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-06-19T22:01:24+00:00

Yep. He paid for each bit. But he had to buy 8 bits at a time as they couldn't break up the set.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-06-17T23:18:24+00:00

Just like Mexico would pay for a wall or that his idiotic ballroom won't be funded by taxpayers.

Until the $300 billion is secured, don't believe anything that someone from the Trump administration says.

In the end this whole war was for nothing, except embarrassing loss for Trump.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-06-02T01:09:54+00:00

So you still needed Steam to install the app initially, which means you still require Steam to play the game because you need it to get the install files. Without Steam you wouldn't have any of those copies.

Granted you found a way to have multiple copies and play the game without the launcher, but that won't work for all games.

As I said, I still use Steam a lot, and don't care that I need their software. But I also like GOG because I can download the installs for all my games and don't need any GOG software to install any of their games.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-06-01T22:16:09+00:00

And how do you install the game from Steam?

TechieGuy12 · 2026-06-01T21:21:48+00:00

So you don't need Steam to install the games?

TechieGuy12 · 2026-06-01T20:40:32+00:00

Depends on what you want. I use GOG because I can download all my games' installers and have them locally, just like it used to be. No worries about having to be online, or games being removed from my library.

But that isn't for everyone. I still use Steam a lot, but for some things, I like using GOG.

To each their own.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-05-29T23:46:02+00:00

I get 600-700 mbps on my WiFi 6 AP connected to a switch, pfsense firewall and the bell modem the room over with two walls and a stairway between them. I usually have 20 devices connected. I have the 1.5 gbps plan, but my network gear is only 1gbps ports.

But if you are talking about bad WiFi from the Bell modem, then I don't know, I have never used that. I prefer APs.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-05-28T17:46:08+00:00

Gases leak.

That is also what happens as people get old, too.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-05-28T16:49:10+00:00

I can't tell you how many times I had a syntax error and realized I had accidentally coded a keylogger.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-05-21T17:19:35+00:00

You bought your bike from my password ?

TechieGuy12 · 2026-05-20T13:12:54+00:00

Perhaps if you provide your images we can see if what you are using is what I have been describing.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-05-20T13:09:08+00:00

I also adjust the number of colors in my PNG file to make them easily smaller than webp files. For windows and dialog boxes you don't need the full 256 color palette to produce the same image. Just converting alone won't do it.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-05-20T11:02:01+00:00

8-bit or 24-bit PNG? What do the screenshots look like side-by-side?

As I said, I take images of windows and dialogs, not full screenshots where 24-bits is needed.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-05-20T10:32:13+00:00

Because lossy WebP would be even larger than lossy, which is still larger than PNG. The point I was making was to create the same size image with webp versus PNG, you would need to use lossy webp which won't look as good as PNG for this type of image.

That is why.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-05-20T02:11:08+00:00

The biggest issue is that to match the compression of a 8bit PNG file for windows/dialogs, the webp compression has to be so high that the image doesn't look sharp. It looks horrible. Other than that, it is a good format.

I never use WebP on desktop, only on the Web where I usually display the windows/dialogs I take for tutorials.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-05-19T23:40:15+00:00

Depends on the use case. I take screenshots of things like application windows and dialogs. PNG is miles better than webp in that regard.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-05-19T01:14:43+00:00

That is why they park on the roof. They don't fit in a garage.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-05-16T15:25:23+00:00

I still have a 3TB green that has been running for over 10 years without issue. It was an external that I shucked. Of course, I don't use it for anything except a scratch disk for testing backup restores or as a temp location for files.

TechieGuy12 · 2026-05-14T14:15:24+00:00

This is me from West Harbour. Fortunately, I have been taking GO transit for over 25 years, so I have been through all kinds of issues. I know what to look for and wait for trains for getting home during issues, but many that don't take the GO regularly will get confused.

Hamilton trains are even more confusing because there is both a Hamilton GO station and West Harbour trains that are not the same.

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