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General Discussion / Pizza Party Photos
« Last post by rsutter on July 02, 2023, 06:00:36 PM »
Hello All,
07/02/2023
I uploaded some photos of the SLO Bytes Pizza Party at Blaze Pizza to the SLO Bytes web site.  See https://www.slobytes.org/digital/2023pizza/index.html
Ralph Sutter
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Hello All,
I received this link today from Judy Taylour of APCUG.  It is a link to the California State Digital Equity Plan:  Public Survey.
Ralph Sutter

https://broadbandforall.civilspace.io/en/projects/california-department-of-technology-broadband-digital-equity-survey/engagements/california-state-digital-equity-plan-public-survey-10-15-minutes/sections/1
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ChatGPT set the bar for AI chatbots and now competitors are trying their best to beat it.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/these-two-ai-chatbots-claim-to-be-better-than-chatgpt-heres-what-they-are/
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General Discussion / APCUG Wednesday Workshop - Researching Criminal Ancestors
« Last post by rsutter on June 25, 2023, 09:15:54 AM »
Hello All,
This is a re-post of an e-mail received from SLO Bytes' parent organization, APCUG sent by Judy Taylour.
Ralph Sutter

JUNE 28, 2023
WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP
9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 12 pm ET
 
Researching Criminal Ancestors
Sue Mueller, Genealogy Group Leader, Computer Users of Erie
 
Apple Smart Speakers
Craig Wright, Columbus Computer Society
and Deborah Neff, Member at Large & Public Relations Chair
Prescott Macintosh User Group
 
Download 4k Videos from the Web
John Krout, Member, Presenter, Writer
Potomac Area Technology And Computer Society
 
 Register here – https://forms.gle/aubXpdpQMk3d7FSg6
APCUG values your privacy. We only collect and store the personal data needed to give you the best service and will not share that information. Please read the registration form questions carefully before answering them.
After you click Submit, you will receive a pop-up acknowledgment (see below) of your registration; you will receive the encrypted Zoom link on June 27, after registration closes at 6 pm Pacific Time.
 
 
Researching Criminal Ancestors. Could historical criminal records yield clues about your family? Explore records for criminals, courts, and prisoners. Follow the paper trail documenting activities, whereabouts, and other valuable information to trace family history.
 
The Apple smart speakers: HomePod and HomePod mini, AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max
 
Download 4k Videos from the Web - in time for your vacation. Have you ever been on a plane, train, or ship with such low bandwidth that you cannot play a video? Yellowstone National Park is a similar experience, with very few cell towers within its vast area. This presentation will show you how to download videos from YouTube and other free sites at home using a free application for Windows, Macintosh, and Ubuntu Linux, so you can copy the video file to your laptop, smartphone, or tablet to view on the go. Additionally, if you subscribe to a media service like Netflix, apps for the subscription services allow you to download their movies and TV episodes. However, it is not exactly obvious how to do that. You will see how to do that with Netflix
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General Discussion / APCUG Linux Wednesday Workshop - 06/21/2023
« Last post by rsutter on June 19, 2023, 08:35:19 AM »
Hello All.
This is a re-post of an e-mail received today from SLO Bytes' APCUG Representative, Judy Taylour
Ralph Sutter
 
JUNE 21, 2023
WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP
9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 12 pm ET
 
LEARNING LINUX
Cal Esneault – Question of the Month
Drew King – Software of the Month
John Kennedy – Desktop Environment Spotlight
Taming the Terminal – Orv Beach

Register here – https://forms.gle/DLantr76ECNZXJaz5
APCUG values your privacy. We only collect and store personal data needed to give you the best service and will not share that information. Please read the registration form questions carefully before answering them.
After you click Submit, you will receive a pop-up acknowledgment (see below) of your registration; you will receive the encrypted Zoom link on June 20, after registration closes at 6 pm Pacific Time.

 
Join us this month as we continue to explore the Linux operating system. Cal Esneault will answer this question: "What's the difference between the Mint Cinnamon desktop environment and the new Ubuntu Cinnamon desktop environment?"
 
For the Software of the Month: Drew King will be sharing the KDEConnect program, where you can connect your smartphone to your computer, interact with it, and practically do what you would do on it while still on the Linux computer.
 
Our Desktop Environment Spotlight for June will be John Kennedy, sharing features of the Xfce desktop environment. We won't have a Distro Dive as we haven't had any volunteers to share something other than a Deb-based distro. So, we'll skip that feature again this month.
 
And before we open things up for general questions and discussions, Orv Beach will be back with another lesson in "Taming the Terminal."
 

 



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General Discussion / Conversion Calculator
« Last post by rsutter on June 17, 2023, 03:05:34 PM »
Hello All,
I routinely copy my favorite cooking recipes to my website so that I can refer to them quickly rather than go searching through card files, cook books and other recipe websites.
See https://fullbean.com/recipes/recipes.html 
Lately, I have begun to convert all volume measurements to weight equivalents in grams; grams over ounces because 454 grams is a more precise measurement than 16 ounces.
Needing to convert 1 tablespoon of nutmeg to grams, I used the link below
    https://www.aqua-calc.com/calculate/food-volume-to-weight

The site told me that 1 tablespoon of Nutmeg weighs 7 grams
(One tablespoon of salt weighs 18.3 grams)

I could find the gram weight of a cup of rolled oats, short grain rice, millet or Gold Medal General Purpose Wheat Flour (UPC: 00016000104105) 
As shown, the site could provide very specific volume to weight conversions

The same site also offered to calculate mortgage rates, cylinder volumes, solid geometric figures, quadratic equations, generate passwords and furnish many more conversions

I found the information to be very useful

Ralph Sutter
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General Discussion / June PUSH Articles Now Available
« Last post by rsutter on June 16, 2023, 09:01:52 AM »
Hello All,
From time to time, SLO Bytes' parent organization, APCUG, offers short technology-related articles for insertion in club newsletters.  I never use these articles as filler for HardCopy.  Instead, I upload all of them to the SLO Bytes website.
View them from the links below
https://www.slobytes.org/push/push-condensed.html
https://www.slobytes.org/push/index.html
https://www.slobytes.org/push/0623/index.html
https://www.slobytes.org/push/0623/0623-b/index.html
Ralph Sutter
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Hello All,
I am an enthusiastic woodworker.  Today, I was searching for a new project when I happened upon http://woodwoodworking.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-329.html.  I couldn't tell if it was originally written in another language and machine translated into "English" or if it was an example of AI run amouk
I attempted to make sense of the following text but failed.  It read as follows
Ralph Sutter

Craft Woodwork Project

Pictures and Pancho Gaspare Arango divagation. If you're visualizing venture into the macrocosm of the woodwork simply don 't be intimate where starting keep set up all the correct note down the stairs DIYs are simple buildings with protruding out from meter Craft Woodwork Project-5. Ten articles for beginners of wood that the lack of real elements I have exponent languish that mollify relatively cheap and strong Craft Woodwork Project-5. Talk to your corrupt carpentry carpentry plans supscription magazine and techniques and tap our editors. Over 7000 wood products including the provision of hardware tools tycoon image sharpening tools carving books stone benches and amps across the paper.Keep up our pace via step-by-step instruction manual amp vitamin built Indiana work bench mudroom with angstrom rank for coats and storage element antiophthalmic.

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General Discussion / APCUG Wednesday Workshop - Windows
« Last post by rsutter on June 12, 2023, 10:41:41 AM »
Hello All,
What follows is a re-post of a message sent from SLO Bytes' parent group, APCUG, announcing their free Wednesday Workshop of 06/14/2023
Ralph Sutter
 
JUNE 14, 2023
WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP
9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 12 pm ET
 
IT’S ALL ABOUT WINDOWS!
 
Working with Windows
JB Burke, President, Prescott Computer Society
 
Windows Security Secrets (Windows 10/11)
Bill James, VP, Computer Club of Oklahoma City
 
Register here – https://forms.gle/2Uc8zj5MWprqdDU7A
APCUG values your privacy. We only collect and store personal data needed to give you the best service and will not share that information. Please read the registration form questions carefully before answering them.
After you click Submit, you will receive a pop-up acknowledgment (see below) of your registration; you will receive the encrypted Zoom link on June 13, after registration closes at 6 pm Pacific Time.
 
 
Working with Windows. Windows 10 and 11 are complex operating systems with many features and functions. Even if you've used Windows for a long time, there is still more to learn. So, do you want to learn how to improve your basic computer skills? How to make Windows run faster and smoother? Solve some PC problems all by yourself? Learn to use some useful computer keyboard shortcuts? Learn better ways to find and view files with Windows File Explorer? How to make Windows 11 look and work more like Windows 10? All this and much more in this easy-to-follow Working with Windows tutorial.
 
Windows Security Secrets (Windows 10/11). Microsoft Windows Security, formerly known as Windows Defender, offers various features that can be considered competitive against other antivirus software in the market. However, as with any product, Windows Security is not perfect and might not meet the needs of all users. For example, some users might require advanced features, like a secure VPN, or have specific needs related to enterprise-scale network security. Many third-party products may offer these features, which would need to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. This presentation will walk you through the little-known features of Windows Security with a hands-on demonstration.
 

 



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