santuccie

@santuccie (3384)

United States • Age 46

Joined myLot 17 years ago

INFP 9w1, Ravenclaw, progressive liberal. Open theist. PC service tech and crypto enthusiast. Chrome > Firefox, Windows > Mac > Linux, iOS > Android.

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All phone service out where I live.

The Horse @TheHorse (220610) • Walnut Creek, California 10 Jan

I am thinking of having stained glass window put in along the side wall of the college chapel where I went to school. It would be in memory of a good college friend of mine who recently passed away. There are several panels there...

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santuccie Not 100% sure what might be behind the outage, but I would think that an invasion would include jamming up all means of communication, including Internet. I know Comcast is a cable company, and so their phone service comes in the form of VoIP. But I believe...

11 Jan

Crypto earnings

Always smiling @allknowing (138200) • India 16 Jul 23

I have had a unique experience of earning crypto currency by writing for two Sites . One is already closed and the other one I am losing interest as they are concentrating only on reviews that I find boring It was not easy to...

crypto currency

bch

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santuccie I first opened a Coinbase account back in 2019, but didn't take crypto seriously until June of 2022, when I started seeing crypto, crypto, crypto all over Facebook. I lost a bit of money in scams, but learned from the experience. I made a little bit of money...

30 Dec 23

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Are there websites I can earn crypto from free?

alu kabu @kabu99 (5) 14 Oct 23

I am trying to earn 5$ per day using different ways without investing . would you share your thoughts about your experience with crypto and which sites you can earn from for free ?

bitcoin crypto

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santuccie I believe crypto is here to stay, and so does ChatGPT. Crypto is democratization of money. Even Elizabeth Warren seems to have given up her crusade of trying to do away with crypto entirely, and is instead pushing for regulation, which I support because it...

28 Dec 23

Passwords Frustrate Me

Jim Bauer @porwest (92756) • United States 22 Dec 23

I get why passwords are important, don't get me wrong. And I am pretty good about coming up with a password that well, you'd have to know a very deep secret about me to even come close to what they are. Not bad secrets, mind you....

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santuccie I don’t memorize passwords anymore, except basically my phone password, computer passwords for my regular account and administrator, and the master password for LastPass. It can run on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and as a browser extension. With the free plan,...

27 Dec 23

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Interesting question that came up yesterday about Monitors.

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54402) • United States 9 Mar 19

Do you still have a directly connected monitor at home? Or, in fairness is your monitor actually also a TV? Do you use Chromecast or do you use a cable? It is an interesting question, I am interested in what people are doing!

monitor

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santuccie My wife and I each have a MacBook Air (laptop), and all other computers are accessed remotely with TeamViewer, AnyDesk, or RemotePC. There are three TVs in the house, including a 55" Sanyo in the living room. The big screen has an HDMI extension cord plugged...

25 May 19

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Do you have more than one browser on your computer?

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54402) • United States 16 Apr 19

I am currently running Chrome and Edge on my computer. But I am geekier than most folks. Do you have one browser or more than one? Some of the various programs are: Mosaic Edge Internet Explorer...

browsers

computer

webpages

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santuccie I have Vivaldi (Chromium-based) and Firefox, along with whatever came preinstalled (Safari on Mac, and Edge and IE on Windows). Vivaldi is lighter than Chrome or even Firefox, and has been my primary browser for the past month or so.

25 May 19

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Your first computer, what was it?

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54402) • United States 19 Apr 19

I would have to say the first comptuer I used was a TRS-80 from the now much smaller Radio Shack (Tandy) It ran off a tape drive (to load programs) The first computer i ever bought was an Apple IIc. I loved my Apple IIc. I could...

technology

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apple

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santuccie You're a bit older than I am, haha. The first computer I ever laid hands on was an Apple IIe; there were four of them at Mountain House Elementary, when I arrived as a kindergartener in '83 or '84. First computer in the family was a Commodore 64. First...

25 May 19

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Do you have a scanner at home?

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54402) • United States 27 Apr 19

We did our huge family history project scanning mu fathers old slides and pictures. We ended up getting an Epson flatbed scanner. Anyone else have a scanner at home?

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santuccie I just had to buy a new printer. It's a 3-in-1 that prints remotely, and automatically orders new ink for itself. Loving it so far!

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Finding money on the street.

The Invisible Man @TheInvisibleMan (17597) 30 Oct 17

Have you ever had the opportunity to experience this magical and amazing moment in your life: Find money on the street? It's almost like magic and gives to the lucky one a great sensation of pleasure (as if you were predestined...

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santuccie Back in ’04 or ’05, when I living in Turlock, CA, I walked to the 99 Cents Only Store one evening to buy some Acti-Flex razor cartridges and a few other things. I grabbed my stuff, checked out, and headed out to return home. A couple doors down the strip was...

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Which antivirus do you use on your computer?

The Invisible Man @TheInvisibleMan (17597) 13 Jun 17

One of the most basic lessons when you start using a computer is to have to install a good antivirus to avoid major problems. It's not possible to use a computer in a 100% effective way without having an anti virus installed...

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santuccie On my own machines, I don't have a resident AV monitoring my files. I do, however, have my systems running limited user accounts that are tightly locked down; and use additional security measures such as Norton DNS, Bitdefender TrafficLight in my browsers,...

25 Jun 17

How many of your prefer laptops to home computers?

Hanni Harel @Hannihar (130213) • Israel 13 Jun 17

I am a home computer person. I had a laptop but did not like it and it is too heavy for me to carry around. I have very badly injured shoulders.

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santuccie I use both. For situations not requiring portability, a desktop is more powerful, and the parts are cheaper and easier to replace. I use one of my desktop units as a server, so I can access my files or stream my movies and music remotely. For portability, I...

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The best solution for a computer

Konlet Menol @klontol (19) • Canada 28 Dec 15

What antiviral programs do you use? What are the best free programs? Not free trials with very limited features, but really free, without limits

antiviral

clean

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santuccie Not for me but, on friends' and family members' computers, I install Panda Cloud Antivirus, Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit (not Anti-Malware), and Web of Trust. On my own computers, I use a limited user account, plugin click-to-play browser functionality, and Web...

12 Jan 16

Someone please explain this whole fuss about brand loyalty.

Cahaya @cahaya1983 (11116) • Malaysia 12 Oct 15

I don't know about you, but I really don't understand brand loyalty. I don't get how people can be so attached to certain brands to the extent that they're willing to empty their wallet for the sake of buying something from a...

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santuccie Depends on what it is I'm buying. If it's a TV, I look at features vs. cost and customer reviews (I never buy anything with less than 4 stars, thumbs up, etc.). If it's a desktop computer, same thing. If it's a laptop, I buy HP. Not because it's inherently...

12 Jan 16

Anyone Ever Used the Hp Compaq Presario CQ42 Notbeook Here?

sourav @sparial02 (858) • India 2 Jan 16

Well Recently it's showing a problem smart hard disk error. And after a lot researching i found the only way to solve it by buying a new Hard Disk. So i just want to know if someone have this problem and solved it any other way.

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santuccie I've fixed a fair number of hard drives with HDD Regenerator. It's a small DOS-based program that repairs bad sectors without erasing data. More effective than a low-level format, without the destruction. It's a favorite in my collection of techie tools. I...

12 Jan 16

I would have to edit every post!

marguicha @marguicha (223964) • Chile 9 Jan 16

At my old keyboard, the letters are just bits of what once was a white line. I didn´t care much as I never used it. But now that my laptop is dead, I have to use this one all the time. And sometimes I see a U instead of an I or a...

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santuccie I've been touch-typing for most of my life. As long as I can feel the bumps to find the home row, I can type in the dark. :P

12 Jan 16

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Do you know the lifespan of your hard disk?

scheng1 @scheng1 (24649) • Singapore 19 Dec 15

I never pay attention to the lifespan of a hard disk until one died on me. That happened early this year. It was a frustrating week. I thought that a virus had wiped out the hard disk, so I had to call service. Fortunately I...

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santuccie I suspect that average is affected by the duds that die within the first few months, as good hard drives can last five years or longer. There are some 15-year-old machines out there with their original hard drives still in them, still working. Of course,...

27 Dec 15

Is it possible to make an admin account on Windows XP with restriction?

honest_efforts100 @honest_efforts100 (1607) • India 7 Oct 12

Is it possible to make an admin account on Windows XP with restriction? I want to make an account as an admin where he can install any software and do some major thing like formatting any USB drive and other major things but I...

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santuccie Yes, you can use ACL (Access Control Lists) permissions to deny access to specific drives/folders, subfolders, and files. What edition of Windows XP is it?

22 Dec 15

Other Considerations

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317385) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 20 Dec 15

My mind is running a bit slow, maybe because I have so much to do in so short a time. Anyway, as I'm sitting here contemplating my new computer I realized the car needs care too. A tune-up, oil change and maybe the radiator...

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santuccie Sorry you're going through it! Sounds like a country song. What's the desktop computer doing? Is it not getting to Windows? Is it not powering on at all? And as far as the laptop goes, are you getting a blue or black screen with writing on it, or just...

22 Dec 15