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Gerry H.
Gerry H.

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Oct 29, 2022

What is a Webhook?

It’s a callback.

Programming

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Programming

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Aug 20, 2022

Stop teaching people to play the victim

My dad didn’t have a mom and a dad. Yes he had biological parents, but he was abandoned as a baby and was raised in a home for boys in Germany during the 1930’s. Back in the days when everyone was a big fan of corporal punishment. …

Life Lessons

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Life Lessons

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Aug 6, 2022

Ionos.com Review

In a nutshell: stay away from ionos.com Ionos.com used to be called 1and1.com. I have/had been with 1and1.com for more than 20 years and happy with the service. My satisfaction with them has changed drastically in the last year or so, as they attempt to nickle and dime their own…

Hosting Service

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Hosting Service

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Jul 16, 2022

Pink Calendar Privacy Policy

We are an ethical company, and we respect your privacy. We do not your share data with third-parties and we don’t access your data anyway. We protect your data (that we don’t have) as best we can. We don’t ask for any data. …

Technology

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Technology

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Jul 16, 2022

GPSOwl Privacy Policy

We are an ethical company, and we respect your privacy. We do not your share data with third-parties. We protect your data as best we can. The only data we ask for is data needed to make the service useful. Our Android app requires only minimal permissions. What personal information…

Technology

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Technology

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Apr 3, 2022

Fix MSI Afterburner DPI Problems on a Windows system with a 4K Monitor

Some applications, such as MSI Afterburner and Meta-Trader 4 (MT4) do not display well on 4K monitors, they are just too small. This happens when the display is “scaled”: For some reason some apps scale and some don’t. MT4 is an old program so not a huge surprise, but MSI Afterburner is a graphics setup program, geez. Anyway, the fix is shown below, click on the apps EXE file and select Properties:

Windows

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Fix MSI Afterburner DPI Problems on a Windows system with a 4K Monitor
Fix MSI Afterburner DPI Problems on a Windows system with a 4K Monitor
Windows

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Jan 24, 2022

R.I.P. Apache Camel

Apache Camel’s time is now officially over. Use Node.js with Express.js instead, you will be glad you did. Node is fun and easy. Camel is the opposite. My working experience with Camel: five months at a company that uses Camel, given a new project and told to implement with Camel. …

Programming

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Programming

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Nov 15, 2021

AtlasMap or AtlasCrap?

A (very quick) word of warning to any software developer considering using the JSON/XML document translation software AtlasMap (https://www.atlasmap.io). Don’t. At least not until they decide to join the real world and fix a major shortcoming: see this (laughable) bug report: https://github.com/atlasmap/atlasmap/issues/3353 In a nutshell the bug is you can’t update you mapping after it is created! Unf#cking believable!

Programming

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Programming

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Mar 26, 2020

World of Tanks is NOT Rigged

I set out to prove WoT is rigged — but ended up proving it isn’t. Some Simple Facts War Gaming (WG) has collected some amazing statistics on you and your game play in World of Tanks. For example: how many trees you have knocked down in the game. Think about…

World Of Tanks

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Proof World of Tanks is Rigged
Proof World of Tanks is Rigged
World Of Tanks

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Nov 22, 2019

Climate Change: The Facts

Some things about climate change are simply facts, not subject to opinion, theory or debate. Before we start, read this article: American Petroleum Institute published misleading information on climate change as early as 1980. Carbon dioxide affects the atmosphere, in particular how much heat it retains. More CO2 in the…

Climate Change

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Climate Change: The Facts
Climate Change: The Facts
Climate Change

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Gerry H.

Gerry H.

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