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Using Phone App to Learn Chinese and other Languages

Posted on September 19, 2018 by timlyg

An idea from Nadia: Take a photo with a phone, make an app to recognize text (Chinese) in the photo and to read it out loud as a way to learn Chinese. General outline: Pipe camera image to OCR then … Continue reading →

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When Windows losts DNS records (no IP records, cannot ping) and needs a refresh

Posted on August 21, 2018 by timlyg

CMD as administrator. Computer was unable to connect to printer server. Command prompt --> ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /registerdns

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When normal way of turning on the domain network discovery file sharing doesn't work

Posted on August 21, 2018 by timlyg

Domain network discovery has been turned off. Solution: export mine that is on... - run cmd as administrator, type netsh, then type advfirewall - type export c:\firewall.wfw copy the firewall.wfw file to client's computer. import it: netsh, advfirewall, import c:\firewall.wfw … Continue reading →

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Command Line for Time Change/Update

Posted on August 3, 2018 by timlyg

For some computers that does not sync their clocks with internet time (NTP server), which means it's depending on the local CMOS clock (command: w32tm /query /status), which becomes inaccurate after a period of time (3-4 min offset in a … Continue reading →

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Electricity Leak / Stolen

Posted on August 3, 2018 by timlyg

The power meter reading showed that we've used 55 kWh in 2 days (7/31 - 8/2). On average we paid $60/mo. Then it went to $70 which was still ok. But last month's bill was $148. And our average power … Continue reading →

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Reboot Restore RX Could Interfere with Windows Updates

Posted on August 1, 2018 by timlyg

Windows 10 build 1709 or earlier failed to update to build 1803 due to the freeware Reboot Restore RX at my company. Uninstall RR, Windows will update successfully, then put RR back. Reboot/Restore is a good software that works like … Continue reading →

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Alternative to W32tm for time synchronization

Posted on July 23, 2018 by timlyg

When w32tm fails to update the source, and got stuck at w32tm /query /status = source: local CMOS clock, use the older "net time" command. Example: net time /set \\SPGNYAD01 /yes \\SPGNYAD01 is host with the right time. /yes parameter … Continue reading →

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Self deleting Batch Script

Posted on July 11, 2018 by timlyg

A clever command: (goto) 2>nul & del "%~f0"

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PowerShell

Posted on July 2, 2018 by timlyg

A powerful tool from Microsoft. One that may supersede ms dos batch scripting. So I took a quick course (Understanding Powershell 5 by Matt Hester) on Lynda.com. Good resources: Get new tips everyday: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/ Script Repository: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter    

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Artificial Intelligence vs. Humans

Posted on June 14, 2018 by timlyg

Watching the British TV series Humans prompted this question: Is there any difference between men and machines? I would say, men believes in miracle, machines do not. Machines can mimic souls, intelligence and such, but a programmed trust in miracles … Continue reading →

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