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lopati: roaming wrote: chuck a text file on the desktop for your less important passwords, as you get (or reset) passwords add it to this file. once in a while drag it onto a thumb drive or email it to yourself so *next time* you get a new machine you'll have them all a couple of clicks away.
Please don't do this - bite the bullet and use a password manager - doesn't matter which one, have one for work and one for personal if you must..
There's not much reason to not use one these days, even last pass has a free version...
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
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The reason I do do, and always will do this is I work at a few different sites, so:
do I want to fart around installing a password manager each place (if even allowed)? - no
is the password manager data file portable? - often not, some even go to lengths to hide the file or worse still keep it in the cloud - FFS - NO THANK YOU, NOT EVER
do I fully trust the password manager? - no (as in will it work everywhere, every O/S, if the file gets a little bit corrupt...)
basic text file: works everywhere - 100% portable, fast, no need to install (& trust) someone's software.
And finally if you can't trust yourself dragging a text file round on a USB stick then you're really out of your depth using computers anyway.
And if you're the only one using a particular computer, desktop (as well as copy on USB) is safe as anywhere, if in doubt 7zip compress with password - and again if you think that's an issue you're really should find other work because computers isn't your thing.
Password manager: total waste of time. Complete BS, just don't bother.
Signature ready for installation. Please Reboot now.
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Lopatir wrote: And if you're the only one using a particular computer, desktop (as well as copy on USB) is safe as anywhere, if in doubt 7zip compress with password - and again if you think that's an issue you're really should find other work because computers isn't your thing.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Lopatir wrote: or email it to yourself
Never email anything sensitive that isn't encrypted to yourself.
I use KeePass[^] - it doesn't hide the file, and makes entering passwords on most websites a breeze. Much better than a text file in that regard.
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David O'Neil wrote: I use KeePass[^]
Add another vote for keepass. One of those, just works and is easy to live with.
I use it all the time to generate passwords. Love that I control the complexity. 
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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You have more than 1 password!!!!!!
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Company policy, You have seen the Dilbert cartoon, just need to get the squirrel noises!
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glennPattonWork wrote: Orfice 365
That's it, I will call it Orfice from now on. It's so appropriate.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I though everyone got it but then I think of many managers and realize that to be so full of s/// they must naturally lack the Orfice.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Does anyone here have some experience with Betty Blocks[^]?
It's supposedly a market leader in no-code rapid application software development.
One of my (future) clients wants to develop their product using Betty Blocks and they want my help.
At first I'll help them set up the application in Betty Blocks (they'll pay for a two to three day course in my own time), but when things get rolling they want my expertise for other things as well.
Think when we hit the limits of Betty Blocks, or when they get bigger, and they'll need some custom web services.
I had never heard of Betty Blocks until yesterday though 
Is it any good? Is it really as "rapid" and easy as they say?
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Sander Rossel wrote: Does anyone here have some experience with Betty Blocks[^]?
No, but I do have experience of Betty Swallocks.
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Nice.
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So it's supposed to be a product that non programmers can use to develop their own apps,
hence: no need for a programmer,
and,
they need a programmer to tell them how to use it? 
First impressions (without looking): AAAA++++ - Job Safety.
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Kind of what I was thinking as well. 
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They'll probably need me later when things get more complicated.
For now it's work, not the kind I'm used to, but that makes it just more interesting (for now)
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Wow. What a useless website to actually convey anything meaningful about how it works, pricing, etc. And I get really tired of those short videos that show someone dragging a dataset onto a "form" and it draws a pretty graph. An application is a lot more than just a pretty graph that finds itself in the shredder at the end of the presentation.
I wouldn't touch that without some serious test driving.
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Yeah, the website is less than useful, but the product itself seems pretty advanced.
Support is very good too.
I'm not a fan of such frameworks.
However, my client wants something fast, and this they can tinker with themselves.
I'm interested in seeing how this works out and if they'll need me for any serious development work later (that's my real gain here, plus it's a customer with money and work).
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Sander Rossel wrote: I'm interested in seeing how this works out
Let us know. If it's actually a reasonable product, that would be cool.
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One thing they should be made aware of before jumping on the Betty Blocks wagon.
Looking at the website, it appears they'll need to have someone sitting next to them, staring at what they're doing while using the system. I don't know if that's a safety thing, like a spotter at the weight bench, or if the system itself actualy requires two people doing the work.
If the latter, they may find they'll need to double their workforce.
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You youngsters probably have no interest in the subject, but you will eventually...
How often do you go through your cell phone Contacts, to delete the dead ones? 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Strangely, I don't.
My mother is still in there - though I removed her address and phone number. If nothing else, it means I still get a reminder on her birthday ... it's probably silly of me, but I just don't want to remove them; it's a bit too "final" if you understand what I mean.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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