A new update for Clip Studio Paint. Adds more brushes!

A new update for Clip Studio Paint. Adds more brushes!
#ApplicationReferences
https://tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/1514?utm_source=willmail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mail_923

Well, that was the POINT of them, wasn't it?!

Well, that was the POINT of them, wasn't it?!
#InternetStuff

Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap

Once hailed as unhackable, blockchains are now getting hacked

http://flip.it/GU9cg1
http://flip.it/GU9cg1

I got back home (before noon) and discovered that the Media PC was stuck in the middle of booting, with a message...

I got back home (before noon) and discovered that the Media PC was stuck in the middle of booting, with a message saying that the ASUS Bios had detected a power surge and had frozen the boot to protect the PC.

Hmm, I wonder if some of my issues with PCs turning themselves off might have something to do with power surges in the mains? That would explain why it's still happening. Maybe I need to get better powerboards.
#ComputerMadness

Graphic card driver all installed and now running.

Graphic card driver all installed and now running. I think perhaps due to the fact it only has 1GB of video memory, I can only get 1920x1080 res max on the 4k Monitor. The previous card had 2GB of memory, but this one was half that one's price. . But that's OK. When I ran the monitor at top rez I had extreme difficulty in reading any menu text (especially old apps like Photoshop CS6).

Everything is crystal clear at this resolution, so I'm happy with that. And the viewers work now (as seen below at 1/2 size) and so does sound again.

Thinking back on what was happening on the PC before, it was turning itself off at random times, but more often when I had a high graphics usage. Perhaps it wasn't the GPU at all, but just a dying graphics card. That would explain the times when the screen was off but the computer seemed to be on. Anyway the replacement card will do for now, and I won't get a better one until I get a better PC, sometime - as Shakespeare would say - by and by....
#ComputerMadness

So, that graphics card wasn't delivered today, but they had a Radeon R5 230 instead which should do the same job.

So, that graphics card wasn't delivered today, but they had a Radeon R5 230 instead which should do the same job. At least, I'm about to find out. It has a HUGE (multilingual) users manual!
#ComputerMadness

Good Rover

Good Rover
#Technology

Retro, eh?

Retro, eh?
#Technomania

https://hackaday.com/2019/02/13/the-vedolyzer-was-high-tech-repair-gear-for-1939/

So, I should be getting one of these for $80 tomorrow. Should solve my problems nicely on the RecRoom PC.

So, I should be getting one of these for $80 tomorrow. Should solve my problems nicely on the RecRoom PC.
#ComputerMadness
https://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-710/specifications

Oh joy, I guess the monitor I used was not the best choice.

Oh joy, I guess the monitor I used was not the best choice. I get this for all the Opensim/SL viewers. Might swap the 4K with the Media PC monitor and see how that goes, after shopping of course.

Well that's frustrating.

Well that's frustrating. I've had continued problems with the RecRoom PC being REALLY REALLY SLOW, and today after I tried adding extra system caches, the monitor's gone blank! My messing about (e.g. swapping over a different monitor to see if that works) but for now I'm just leaving it OFF.

#ComputerMadness

"Those meddling kids" and their Mystery Machine are at the center of a well-meaning experiment gone wrong and...

"Those meddling kids" and their Mystery Machine are at the center of a well-meaning experiment gone wrong and they’ll need to bring all of their mystery solving skills to bear (along with plenty of Scooby Snacks), to find a cure for a world full of mutated creatures infected by a nanite virus that enhances their fears, terrors and baser instincts. This time, the horrors are real in this apocalyptic near-future badland!

Have just read volume one of this. It's far better than it could have been.
#ComicNarrative #ScoobyDoo
https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby_Apocalypse

We've been told!

We've been told! Details at https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/9231049?p=web_notification_alternatives&visit_id=636853491941648583-3058344269&rd=1

I've already left G+ groups that have equivalents on Facebook/MeWe and which I've joined. I'm wondering if perhaps I should consider looking for a replacement for Google Calendar? Part of the advantage in using it as my homepage in Firefox, is that I get a widget to other Google apps, and the G+ widget. If G+ is gone, then maybe it's time to find something else.

I've already replaced Google search with DuckDuckGo. It's ok for 95% of my searches, and I go to GoogleSearch for the last 5%.
#GooglePlus #InternetStuff

New major update.

New major update.
#Applications

Originally shared by Danie van der Merwe

LibreOffice 6.2 brings new interfaces, performance improvements to the open source office suite

New interface styles and feature improvements are available in version 6.2 of LibreOffice — the most popular open-source office suite — released Thursday by The Document Foundation. As with any software update, bug fixes and feature enhancements are present, making this release a significant upgrade, particularly for users coming from Microsoft Office, or working with files created with those programs.

LibreOffice now supports SVG-based icons for toolbars in the Breeze, Colibre, and Elementary icon sets as an experimental feature, to better support HiDPI displays increasingly found in notebook PCs. The Elementary icon set was also improved significantly, adding a 32px PNG version, and fixing inconsistencies between the 16, 24, and 32px versions, as well as adding more icons across the set to prevent reverting to defaults.

LibreOffice 6.2 includes improvements to EMF+ vector images used in Microsoft Office documents, particularly in String Drawing components used frequently in graphs. Additionally, support for animation in PowerPoint files has been improved. Major improvements to the way tracked changes in Writer are handled makes them significantly faster than before. As such, documents with extensive tracked changes no longer suffer from performance slowdowns.

See https://www.techrepublic.com/article/libreoffice-6-2-brings-new-interfaces-performance-improvements-to-the-open-source-office-suite/

#libreoffice
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/libreoffice-6-2-brings-new-interfaces-performance-improvements-to-the-open-source-office-suite/

China is in the early stages of setting up a data protection regulatory system to police Facebook’s Chinese...

China is in the early stages of setting up a data protection regulatory system to police Facebook’s Chinese counterparts. Chinese companies are increasingly finding that the days of collecting data without public scrutiny are over—and Chinese consumers are vocally standing up for their own privacy in ways not seen before. For this reason, a number of scholars hailed 2018 as the year when the Chinese public awakened to privacy.

Unexpected.
#InternetStuff
https://slate.com/technology/2019/02/china-consumer-data-protection-privacy-surveillance.html

If true, this is wholly unexpected.

If true, this is wholly unexpected.
https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-planes-can-leave-a-trail-of-extra-snow-or-rain-in-their-wake

It’s not entirely clear if it was purely a driver error or if it was an inherent design flaw of the car’s computer...

It’s not entirely clear if it was purely a driver error or if it was an inherent design flaw of the car’s computer software. The Verge was told by a Nio spokesperson that it should’ve been pretty obvious what was about to happen: users receive a “clear notice explaining that users need to park their cars during the upgrading and the car’s relevant functionalities will be shut down.”

Driver error or not, this gives us a preview of issues to do with automated vehicles OTHER than the obvious ones of running folk down,crashing, or doing a Doctor Who "ATMOS" scenario of driving the passengers into a river!
#Technomania
https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-competitor-nio-test-drive

I think the common ground is the desire to use social media and forums maliciously for their own ends.

I think the common ground is the desire to use social media and forums maliciously for their own ends.
#InternetStuff
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-02/internet-trolls-arent-who-i-thought-ginger-gorman-troll-hunting/10767690