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Coursera: Computational Investing, Part I

Posted on December 26, 2014 by timlyg

By Tucker Bulch from Georgia Tech. I do not understand all those hedge, mutual funds stuff. But I will take away with me some important terms. Risk 1: Standard deviation of return (volatility) Risk 2: Draw Down (size of drop) … Continue reading →

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Scanning Books into Readable text PDF

Posted on December 16, 2014 by timlyg

The program that does the wonder: Readiris. Readiris Corporate 12 Asian in my case. Either scan from a PDF file or scanner (Use OCR Wizard) Two ways of converting the scans into readable PDF: Via OCR Wizard-PDF(Image-Text), or Format, Recognize … Continue reading →

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Rooted - As well as iphone 5

Posted on November 15, 2014 by timlyg

I think it is a real deal. Easiest ever, compared to the ancient method of downloading the 2GB image file and redsnow that. Just download a small app(TowelRoot) from the website and presto. Done. Not even requiring a reboot. As … Continue reading →

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How Do I Repair A Stop c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The Registry Cannot Load Hive (File): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\Software Error

Posted on November 12, 2014 by timlyg

This happens when I accidentally plugged into an erroneous socket at the library at City College. The socket light was flashing green LED, causing my laptop power indicator to flash as well. At first I thought it was due to … Continue reading →

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Removing DRM from Kindle eBooks

Posted on November 12, 2014 by timlyg

Get Calibre. Download DRM removal tools zip file. Open Calibre, Ctrl-p for preference. Click Plugins under Advanced, click "Load plugin from file" button. Choose file from the unzipped tools. Bypass security warning, success! Kindle books are generally stored here: C:\Users$$!Your … Continue reading →

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8 cool alternate uses for an Android smart phone!

Posted on November 3, 2014 by timlyg

Some ideas are not bad. Hints on what apps to use for smart phone as webcam or GPS locator. Though I have not tried them to evaluate it. Thus, categorized as project.

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Right Thinking about Metrocard Financial Management

Posted on November 1, 2014 by timlyg

With taxes, card fee, etc., the default values of Metrocards (excluding unlimited rates), always result in small change remaining at the end of usage. In order to avoid this waste or hassle of refilling the remaining value, mathematics comes to … Continue reading →

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Monitoring Remote Desktop Sessions

Posted on October 17, 2014 by timlyg

Command: qwinsta

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Mac OS Issue with Microsoft Word 2011

Posted on October 12, 2014 by timlyg

I spent about 2 hours last night at church helping Ning Ning solve her MacBook problem. She couldn't save docx documents as the older version doc format. Nothing to do with Normal.dotm or Normal.dot. Nevertheless, opening the docx document while … Continue reading →

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Telomere Shortening Caused by Loneliness

Posted on September 23, 2014 by timlyg

Studies of emotional science without considering the metaphysics, always make me a serious skeptic. The fact that one could have no friends because of their genetic composition or vice versa is pretty far fetch. I will leave very little room … Continue reading →

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