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Is there an ad-free YouTube clone for Windows like NewPipe isfor Android?
Gene Wirchenko wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:11:59 -0500, Wolf K wrote: On 2018-01-03 12:41, Gene Wirchenko wrote: [...] When I download in Firefox, I always specify the destination. Otherwise, I do*NOT* know where it puts it. [...] Tools - Options - General - Downloads - Save Files To... I have mine set to ask me, but there is a default, and I do not know what it is in the sense that I would not know where to look if I did not specify the directory. I download to various locations depending on the item. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko The first things I do after a browser install: 1) Change the home page away from the initial value. I like aboutlugins, because it is just some text on the screen. 2) Set the Download directory. It wouldn't do for me to suddenly start using My Documents or Documents for a download. What an outrage :-) I want custom location for all my seekrets. I don't sort files into folders. I tag them by changing the file name, and adding terms that I think I will remember later. Then use the search, insert a tag or two, and find it that way when required. When I have too many PDF files in my download area, I make a folder "PDF9" and put another couple hundred in there, complete with their tags. They're still not sorted, and each PDF folder is like a "rail car" sitting on a siding. The reason for not putting them in a single folder, is to avoid collisions when moving bunches of files. I may download a file more than once (accidental duplication). I only have around 10,000 PDFs on here. Paul |
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Is there an ad-free YouTube clone for Windows like NewPipe is for Android?
/nIn news
The first things I do after a browser install: 1) Change the home page away from the initial value. I like aboutlugins, because it is just some text on the screen. I do the same, only I change the default to: Chrome: chrome://settings/clearBrowserData Opera: opera://settings/clearBrowserData Firefox: aboutreferences#privacy etc. BTW, if you can figure out how to make the Firefox URL the link that is titled "aboutreferences#privacy", you'll be my hero! And yes, I know about incongnito mode - which I use also with shortcuts. Chrome: Target: C:\path\chrome.exe --incognito Opera: Target: "C:\path\opera\launcher.exe" -private Firefox: Target: "C:\path\firefox.exe" -private etc. (Note the quotes matter where they are and where they're not.) Microsoft Edge is a whole 'nother beast! https://www.digitalcitizen.life/create-shortcuts-start-any-browser-private-or-incognito-browsing 2) Set the Download directory. I set it to always ask because just as screwdrivers go in either the flathead or phillips or torx drawers while nutdrivers and wrenches and pliers go elsewhere, each document has a folder where it belongs. This location where it belongs is determined decades ago, and while, like my closet, the document locations are constantly being organized, the basics (shirts, shoes, pants, socks, jackets, suits, belts, etc.) never change. It wouldn't do for me to suddenly start using My Documents or Documents for a download. What an outrage :-) I want custom location for all my seekrets. There are fundamentally two models: 1. Put it anywhere and let a search find it 2. Put it where it belongs. Do you run a search every time you need a #20 Torx screwdriver? Or does it have a place and it's in that place right now? I don't sort files into folders. I tag them by changing the file name, and adding terms that I think I will remember later. Then use the search, insert a tag or two, and find it that way when required. OK. So you use the "search" method. That's fine - as long as you like that method. I hate it - personally - where I consider that a "search" is an admission of failure - and - proudly - I can state that I can't even search on my Windows machine because I somehow turned that off. I turned off almost everythign in Cortana and in privacy settings - one of which is the ability to search. So, once in a while, I have to actually run a search by hand! Yuck. Try this. It's not fun! dir c:\* /s/a/l/on/b c:\temp\mysearch.txt Too bad Windows doesn't have a native grep. |
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Is there an ad-free YouTube clone for Windows like NewPipe is for Android?
On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 03:08:05 -0000 (UTC), Joe Scotch
wrote: So, once in a while, I have to actually run a search by hand! Yuck. Try this. It's not fun! dir c:\* /s/a/l/on/b c:\temp\mysearch.txt Too bad Windows doesn't have a native grep. It does. Only a Windows expert will be able to use it. |
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Is there an ad-free YouTube clone for Windows like NewPipe is for Android?
On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 03:08:05 -0000 (UTC), Joe Scotch
wrote: [snip] So, once in a while, I have to actually run a search by hand! Yuck. Try this. It's not fun! dir c:\* /s/a/l/on/b c:\temp\mysearch.txt Too bad Windows doesn't have a native grep. You could pipe the dir to find. find is quite limited compared with grep though. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko |
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Is there an ad-free YouTube clone for Windows like NewPipe is for Android?
/nIn , Char Jackson
wrote: So, once in a while, I have to actually run a search by hand! Yuck. Try this. It's not fun! dir c:\* /s/a/l/on/b c:\temp\mysearch.txt Too bad Windows doesn't have a native grep. It does. Only a Windows expert will be able to use it. That's what I meant by "native" (in that it's not that Windows "shell" stuff). For example, we all used Cygwin years ago, but most of us (at least I did), simply gave up when we went from machine to machine. Literally, it's easier to just install VirtualBox and Ubuntu, and then use a "real" grep on the file, since you can share files across the virtualization. So, I grep on Windows using a "native" grep on the Ubuntu virtual machine. |
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Is there an ad-free YouTube clone for Windows like NewPipe is for Android?
/nIn , Gene Wirchenko
wrote: dir c:\* /s/a/l/on/b c:\temp\mysearch.txt Too bad Windows doesn't have a native grep. You could pipe the dir to find. find is quite limited compared with grep though. Yes. I used to try all that. The *one* UNIX command that works *perfectly* on Windows is *sort*! For example, in vi (or vim), you can sort anything easily: :!sort Or from mark a to mark b: :'a,'b!sort Where the bang (!) means "run" so "!sort" means "run the sort command". I repeat: The sort command is as *fantastic* on Windows as on Linux. |
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