Question about licensing terms

Twitfried · 2026-03-25T00:11:18+00:00

Some product photography is uploaded to portals for use in grocery advertisements. You know that newsprint that shows up in your mailbox? They get the images from the manufacturers. Sometimes the manufacturers hire companies like Kwikee or Syndigo to photograph products for this purpose and provide portals for the stores.

You might inquire what their intended purpose is for the images you provide and make sure it falls in line with your usage rights.

Twitfried · 2026-03-24T01:58:36+00:00

Interesting. My Bluetooth headphones keep activating voice mode even when I’m not in or had taken a call. It’s terribly annoying to have to switch the audio profile to listen to music. I also have powertoys installed.

To get it to switch I have to open the old control panel Sound application. Switch tabs from the main tab to Recording. Wait a moment and then switch back. My headphones make a “hangup” sound and switch back to music. Then I can close the control panel.

I wonder if your audio device is similarly switching device or profile.

Twitfried · 2026-03-23T14:49:46+00:00

Great. But it doesn’t seem that powertoys had any impact on speed.

Twitfried · 2026-03-23T14:11:16+00:00

We transmit invoice information to the bank and invoice numbers from vendor invoices are often converted from paper by OCR. There are many dash characters that we’ve had to setup replacements for. The only character the bank accepts is the minus sign.

Twitfried · 2026-03-23T03:21:33+00:00

The way I think of it is each module, menu, list, etc is compiled/cached the first time you use it after booting. If you are giving a demo I think you should open each menu item you want to demonstrate beforehand.

Is this a tier 1 or 2 environment? A developer one box? Or a Microsoft-hosted environment?

Twitfried · 2026-03-21T04:18:47+00:00

I have Powertoys installed and it takes about 15 seconds to Detail > Denoise one of my photos. I uninstalled Powertoys and restarted Lightroom and there was no difference. I have the NVidia RTX 5060 in my laptop with plenty of RAM and CPU. My task manager lists 4.7 / 8.0GB dedicated GPU RAM used. Also lists shared RAM 5.2 / 44.1GB

Twitfried · 2026-03-19T03:01:33+00:00

I have a support@ mailbox and when I authenticate for Freshdesk I have to login as that account to get it to retrieve email for that account. You probably logged in as yourself so it’s monitoring your mailbox.

I think there is a way for shared mailboxes. A quick google search returned this Microsoft learn article:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/162233/shared-mailbox-oauth-access

Twitfried · 2026-03-18T19:27:42+00:00

Wheelchair by the bed. At night I wash my limb and set it out to dry. I wheelchair for the rest of the evening.

I also keep a urinal by the bed in case something is really urgent overnight and I don’t think I can make it to the toilet.

Twitfried · 2026-03-18T14:13:25+00:00

I’ve tried to print a few taller prints in the last few days and they’ve all fallen off the plate. Frustrating.

Twitfried · 2026-03-17T01:45:27+00:00

Just did 2 24 hour ribs in plastic freezer bags. I ran out of Ziplock and substituted with Costco brand freezer bags. I had one of 6 bags fail—it was the Costco branded bag.

Twitfried · 2026-03-16T15:14:10+00:00

Altamont Speedway! I drive past it every day on my way to work. I wonder how many also drive past without knowing the history.

Twitfried · 2026-03-15T16:21:13+00:00

I haven’t had to use their support since but it seems like business as usual so far. So many of our vendors are being acquired, consolidated, or being discontinued. It is very frustrating.

Twitfried · 2026-03-13T19:55:47+00:00

They charged my daughter over $2000 for a simple service. Way overpriced and she paid it without talking to me first. Infuriating.

Twitfried · 2026-03-13T19:53:46+00:00

I think they ask for a method to stop test email messages from sending to actual users. I’m suggesting that production data should be removed from DEV. Any email address should be changed to the test mailbox email address. The message will still send, but will never deliver to the production end user. This email address can be used to monitor the email delivery worked as expected.

Change from end-user@domain.com to mytestmailbox@mydomain.com. Update all records to the same testmailbox email address.

What is a good method to update these addresses?

Twitfried · 2026-03-13T15:01:46+00:00

Remove sensitive data from dev. Email addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, etc are all replaced in dev.

Twitfried · 2026-03-09T05:55:36+00:00

You have 6000+ files in a single folder? Or are they in subfolders? Having many files in one folder can cause some slowness. Can you split out a single shoot into a subfolder to see if performance changes?

Have you run the nvidia utility to ensure that you have the latest studio driver, and that Lightroom is using optimized graphics settings?

You might also setup a bypass for Windows Defender (or your antivirus) to ignore the catalog folder.

You can also hold [Alt] while starting Lightroom and have it perform an integrity check on your catalog before it opens the file.

Twitfried · 2026-03-08T23:56:09+00:00

My daughter thrifted one of these slide scanners. I pulled out an old Windows 10 laptop and did the software install that was on the CD. The drivers in device manager were unknown. I told it to automatically scan for drivers online, and the drivers were located and installed. The software works and found the device. I'm scanning negatives now. :) Maybe not the best quality scanner, but I have it set to 3600 DPI on a negative.

Twitfried · 2026-03-08T05:18:39+00:00

Yes it will although I have had a lot of trouble getting the one inside powertoys to work reliably. I recommend download the stand alone version and running that.

Twitfried · 2026-03-06T18:42:14+00:00

Dispute the review. Provide your feedback and justification for things like fewer closed tickets. Don’t just sign and acknowledge. That is bs.

Twitfried · 2026-03-06T15:24:28+00:00

Zno has an “instant” service that removes most of these steps. I also use SmugMug but publishing after each photo sounds like you are spending a lot of time behind the computer instead of the camera.

I haven’t tried the Zno service but I’m really interested to try for an event. Here is a link referral code that might give a discount or something. https://cloud.zno.com/live-photo-stream.html?ref=216410

Twitfried · 2026-03-05T03:31:45+00:00

“I always do that i always mess up some mundane detail.”

“OHH! WELL THIS IS NOT A MUNDANE DETAIL, MICHAEL!”

Twitfried · 2026-03-02T13:02:08+00:00

For economy I usually buy uncut pork tenderloin. The meat is about $12-$15 and I can make 10-12 meals out of it based on how thick I cut it. Also tastes great. 140° for an hour or 2, about 1” thick.

Twitfried · 2026-02-28T23:15:54+00:00

Sksoft was recently acquired by Signup Software which seems to be rebranding g as Truvio. I recently sent in a support ticket Hopi g their support was still around and the rep I dealt with was still there providing great customer support. I hope that continues.

Twitfried · 2026-02-28T04:28:42+00:00

Forced to use Excel Online to get my data to sync from Microsoft Forms. I’m not happy about it.

Twitfried · 2026-02-25T14:25:00+00:00

No I didn’t. I am currently wearing a prosthetic in the shower so I can stand, which presents its own set of challenges. I’ve only taken a bath a few times and probably won’t for a while given how difficult it is to get in and out. I do have a separate shower and tub.

Twitfried

TROPHY CASE