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DRHuff29-Jul-20 8:59

29-Jul-20 8:59

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Re: Thought of the Day

Mike Hankey29-Jul-20 5:49

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29-Jul-20 5:49

Gercranium - someone that ain't got a lick of sense!

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Re: Thought of the Day

Rick York29-Jul-20 7:36

Rick York

29-Jul-20 7:36

I thought that was the radioactive topic of the day.

ie., germane.

nah, that's reaching. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Re: Thought of the Day

Daniel Pfeffer29-Jul-20 8:04

Daniel Pfeffer

29-Jul-20 8:04

Is it germane to discuss hydrides of germanium in Germany?

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Re: Thought of the Day

W∴ Balboos, GHB29-Jul-20 9:18

W∴ Balboos, GHB

29-Jul-20 9:18

Lawrencium
Germanium
Boron
Titanium
Quagga
Iodine
Astatine

Can the above be best tested by a Gayger Counter?

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Lables for external disks

pkfox29-Jul-20 4:05

pkfox

29-Jul-20 4:05

Hi all, I have about a dozen or more external USB / SATA / SSD drives that I use for my backups. I currently use yellow postits to lable them but obviously they don't last very long - anyone gor any suggestions as to what I could use ? ideally something I can write on and be removable ( keep it clean please Big Grin | :-D

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Re: Lables for external disks

MarkTJohnson29-Jul-20 4:07

MarkTJohnson

29-Jul-20 4:07

White athletic tape and a sharpie?

Re: Lables for external disks

David Crow29-Jul-20 4:18

David Crow

29-Jul-20 4:18

Depending on how often you'd need to relabel the drives, 3M makes a no-residue duct tape that removes cleanly for up to six months after application.

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Re: Lables for external disks

OriginalGriff29-Jul-20 4:35

OriginalGriff

29-Jul-20 4:35

I permanent mark them with an ID code (using one of these: Brother P-Touch 65 Labelling Machine: Amazon[^] and then record usage / location in a spreadsheet (which one day I'll get round to databasing, but it's a low priority).
Since I also include my USB sticks^*, it's just easier as a spreadsheet has more space than a label would.

* Windows recovery, AOMEI restore bootable, Win 10 fresh install bootable, that kind of thing.

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Re: Lables for external disks

Kris Lantz29-Jul-20 4:39

Kris Lantz

29-Jul-20 4:39

I've gone the cheap route with masking/painter's tape and a sharpie. It has suited my needs.

Re: Lables for external disks

F-ES Sitecore29-Jul-20 5:13

F-ES Sitecore

29-Jul-20 5:13

pkfox wrote:
I currently use yellow postits to lable them but obviously they don't last very long - anyone gor any suggestions as to what I could use ?

Blue ones.

Re: Lables for external disks

User 1106097929-Jul-20 5:18

User 11060979

29-Jul-20 5:18

Try this

https://cdn.officeworld.ch/bilder/groesser/8972863438878.jpeg[^]

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Re: Lables for external disks

Gary R. Wheeler29-Jul-20 13:32

Gary R. Wheeler

29-Jul-20 13:32

It's less of a joke than you might think. We now use 32GB SanDisk Flash drives as our distribution medium for all software: OS images, products, etc. It's cheaper and faster than burning DVD's and such.

I personally use paper tags just like the one you showed for items I submit to manufacturing. Of course, they turn around and make fancy-schmancy printed tags that the customer sees Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Re: Lables for external disks

GuyThiebaut29-Jul-20 5:54

GuyThiebaut

29-Jul-20 5:54

I write the on a square of paper and sellotape the paper, along each edge, to the drive.
This has worked well for me for the past 12 years.

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Re: Lables for external disks

Jacquers29-Jul-20 6:26

Jacquers

29-Jul-20 6:26

I was just about to suggest engraving them Smile | :)

Re: Lables for external disks

W∴ Balboos, GHB29-Jul-20 7:14

W∴ Balboos, GHB

29-Jul-20 7:14

Back in my lab days I used a rapidograph to write on flasks and other things. They're a type of drafting pen and write with india ink.

On glass, although it sticks and is 100% immune to any solvent (even strong acids/bases) once dry (that's why I used it) it can be wiped off.

I wouldn't gurantee removal from a label but you can write directly on the drive's metal. Wipe it off when you want. It must be clean (i.e., wetable, non-greasy)

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Re: Labels for external disks

Daniel Pfeffer29-Jul-20 8:07

Daniel Pfeffer

29-Jul-20 8:07

You can still buy diskette labels (Avery code L7666-25) on Amazon.

Other removable labels (smaller or larger, cheaper or more expensive) may be found there as well.

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Is there a parser for .NET expression trees?

honey the codewitch29-Jul-20 3:51

honey the codewitch

29-Jul-20 3:51

@SanderRossel I believe you've used them before. Do you know anything that will let me do like Expression<t>.Parse("1 + x"); or similar?

Anyone? Bueller?

Basically, I already have the code to parse C# expressions and turn them into trees. I'd simply have to modify it to make expression trees instead of codedom expression trees.

The question is, am I reinventing the wheel?

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Re: Is there a parser for .NET expression trees?

Richard Deeming29-Jul-20 3:59

Richard Deeming

29-Jul-20 3:59

How about the Dynamic Linq library?
GitHub - zzzprojects/System.Linq.Dynamic.Core: The .NET Standard / .NET Core version from the System Linq Dynamic functionality.[^]

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Re: Is there a parser for .NET expression trees?

honey the codewitch29-Jul-20 4:06

honey the codewitch

29-Jul-20 4:06

Thanks. I may create it anyway since it's not part of microsoft's framework, but it depends if their input language is a C# subset like mine is.

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Re: Is there a parser for .NET expression trees?

Oleg Shilo30-Jul-20 3:30

Oleg Shilo

30-Jul-20 3:30

Are you looking for something like that?

var product = CSScript.CreateFunc<int>(@"int Product(int a, int b)
                                         {
                                             return a * b;
                                         }");
int result = product(3, 4);

The solution (cs-script) is based on Roslyn engine.

Re: Is there a parser for .NET expression trees?

Sander Rossel29-Jul-20 5:41

Sander Rossel

29-Jul-20 5:41

How about the following?

static void Main()
{
    Expression<Func<int, int>> exp = x => 1 + x;
}

exp.Body is now of the type SimplyBinaryExpression, with a ConstantExpression for Left and PrimitiveParameterExpression for Right, etc.

That's the only way I can think of turning code into Expressions.
If you can parse an actual string in .NET, I don't know.
Apparently there's a library that does it: Dynamic Expressions · zzzprojects/System.Linq.Dynamic Wiki · GitHub[^]

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Re: Is there a parser for .NET expression trees?

honey the codewitch29-Jul-20 5:48

honey the codewitch

29-Jul-20 5:48

Cool, maybe I'll write it then. I already have a C# subset parser.

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Re: Is there a parser for .NET expression trees?

Sander Rossel29-Jul-20 8:23

Sander Rossel

29-Jul-20 8:23