Posts by driftingangler11

Just saw the preview for this week and some of these sleeper hitters like Ty France look pretty interesting for my lineup. The Yankees and Giants have great matchups coming up too. Are you guys planning on streaming anyone specific this week to grab some extra stats?

Dennis Martin6 said:This movie is trash. While the 3D effects are decent, the interior sets look like they were shot on a shoestring budget for a local public access channel. The directing is just as bad; the editing feels incredibly clunky, as if they didn't cut a single frame until every actor finished their entire monologue from start to finish. It’s unbearable.
Since this is based on an anime series, you should probably expect a mindless plot and even more brainless characters. It’s just generic Japanese mainstream fare, featuring painfully uninspired design and terrible acting.

Overacting isn't some inherent trait of Japanese cinema. There are plenty of films where the performances are grounded and completely natural, like in "It's Only Talk" or "Ain't No Tomorrows."

I’m not particularly well-versed in Japanese cinema. I tend to gravitate more toward Korean and Chinese films; there are some absolute gems in those industries that don't feel like they're just recycling old tropes for the sake of it. 🙂

Benjamin Ruiz60 said:I'm not sure if this will be of any use to you, but I figured I'd just copy and paste this text from Wikipedia here. 🙂

Thanks—but what does that have to do with what I actually wrote?
It’s honestly exhausting. Every ten minutes or so, the movie forces this high-stakes dramatic beat on you, complete with swelling orchestral scores designed to manufacture tension out of thin air. It feels totally hollow. You get these over-the-top, hyper-emotional sequences where characters spend their time preaching, offering empty encouragement, or giving pep talks right after someone yells, "Quick, move, everything is about to blow up!" Instead of actually making a run for it or causing some productive chaos to escape, the crew just stands there arguing. Then, the protagonist spends another five minutes—plus three extra scenes—delivering a lecture on exactly how they’re going to save the world.
Whatever... Honestly, when you're going up against an Orc, I’m betting 5k is the better play. 😁

Benjamin Ruiz60 said:- cut -

Spoilaj 🙂 might not be quite as nonsensical as it appears at first glance.

-cut-

The ship rolls onto its side and everyone just flies to the left... almost as if gravity is pulling them downward 🙂
Projectiles are heading toward a cylindrical ship, and it just tilts on its side to dodge them????
Should I keep going... but seriously... really?

And regarding the ship's design—it's actually vital to have a bulbous bow on a spacecraft 😁

I have to say, the overacting is unfortunately the defining trait of this movie 😢
Aside from the sheer amount of nonsense packed into the script—and I'll be careful not to spoil anything here—that specific part was just a bit too much for my taste 😢

And the worst part—which was already obvious from the trailer, so no spoilers there—is that the spaceship looks intentionally identical to a sea vessel. Like, what the hell? It could have at least looked somewhat similar to a USSC Battlecruiser 😁

I’ve always felt a certain kinship with Carlito's Way...

Joshua Garcia3 said:Did you connect the audio output correctly? You should be using the middle jack in the top row—the "Line-out" port (one of six available). Which specific jack are you plugging your headphones into to get the sound? 🙂

I’m running into a similar headache. I have a desktop setup with the standard three 3.5mm jacks—line-in, line-out, and mic. When I plug in my headphones, everything works perfectly fine. But the moment I plug in powered speakers that are already switched on, this stubborn computer acts like nothing is even connected. To make matters worse, I’ve been using a 2-in-1 splitter, and even then, the system is hit-or-miss about detecting the connection. Half the time I have to restart the whole thing just to get it to recognize the audio.

Is there some way I can tell it to stop acting like it knows everything when it clearly doesn't, and just let the audio through that jack?

Thanks in advance. 😁

Greetings—I have a complaint regarding some recent actions that frankly make zero sense.

If I’m reading this correctly, the group of kids running the moderation duties seems to be dealing with their own... let's call them personal issues... but why should the rest of us be forced to deal with it?

Here are a few recent instances where I simply reached my limit with this level of arrogance and rudeness:
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- I posted a video titled "Portrait Photography Techniques," which is arguably one of the most relevant topics for anyone interested in photography. A female moderator rudely downvoted me... and when I called her out on it, she deleted both my post and hers, along with all the comments, even though they were actually interesting content.
- Do I even need to ask if there was any explanation or feedback provided? Absolutely none.

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- Someone asked about photography services, so I shared a post outlining my process and pricing—keeping everything professional by avoiding emails, phone numbers, or constant private info exchange.
- Once again, the post was wiped without a single word of explanation, leaving behind a vague message about "not being provocative."
edit: - Should I mention that I sent that exact same offer via email, received a polite response, and we are currently negotiating?

If you can't find enough high-quality people available to moderate, at least appoint one mature, level-headed adult who can keep these children's hormones in check so those of us a bit older don't have to babysit them here. I get enough of that from my own kids in my private life.

Thank you.

Dennis Sanchez32 said:So, we are talking about Microsoft Word 2003 here...

I’m typing away and I realize I made a mistake—usually after a couple of sentences have already passed. So, I try to go back and fix it, but here is the issue:

For example, I meant to type "sentence," but realized my mistake. I put the cursor between the letters to add the missing vowel, but instead of inserting the letter, it just overwrites the next character. My word goes from "sentenc" to "sentencc."

I hope that makes sense. How do I turn off this annoying feature?

Just hit the Ins or Insert key.😁

Kyle Johnson2 said:First off, you clearly didn't read the instructions in this post properly:
You pasted the Macro into a Module when it actually needs to go into ThisWorkbook (as explicitly stated in the post).

Secondly, that problematic original file you uploaded creates a backup with an *.XLK extension because it was originally created using "Microsoft Office 2008"—specifically within the "Excel 2008" component of that suite. Because of that, it generates an additional backup file in the XLK format right in the same folder as the original.
That's why my file worked perfectly fine. Next time, please read carefully. 😉
Best regards,

First—I did read it, I just obviously didn't grasp what you were getting at. I don't really understand the difference between a "module" and "ThisWorkbook." I just followed the steps from that explanatory post you mentioned: I hit ALT+F11 and pasted the text inside. 😢

As for the original file, it was made using either Office 2000 or Excel 2003. It’s possible a colleague worked on it later and saved it in a different format, but I personally built it in Excel about five or six years ago.

It shouldn't matter, but could you please explain this module vs. ThisWorkbook thing so I can try applying it to the original file? 😁

EDIT—I think I finally figured out the module/ThisWorkbook distinction. 😍

Kyle Johnson2 said:No, I didn't forget. I was actually thinking you should upload that file to a server somewhere—maybe something like: Check out http://www.filesonic.com/. Or something like that—just drop the download link here once you have it.

Ah, I saw the word "here" in bold and just assumed it was supposed to be a pointer. 🙂

Here we go. I can't see any link here. Please provide the URL so I can take a look. To the file. 🙂
I think something strange is happening with it—it’s almost like it’s running an update with a one-step delay or something similar.

Kyle Johnson2 said:Fine, let's try this as a temporary fix, though you might run into issues again once you start working with other macros.
Could you upload that problematic file—the one copying itself into the same folder—here for download? (Just make sure to scrub any sensitive data first.) I really need to see what's happening at the global level within the Workbook. Is it being caused by that extra code you added?
Also, could you open the VBA Editor, go to Tools > References, take a screenshot (using Alt + PrintScreen) of that dialog box, and paste it onto a sheet within the Workbook?
Best regards,

It looks like you meant to include a link but missed it—I'll send you a DM.🙂
Edit: Actually, I won't DM you, but feel free to email me if you reach out; my Gmail address uses the same handle as my username.🙂

Taylor Morales31 said:Look, some of us actually find this perfectly fine. If you're so dissatisfied, why don't you just build your own operating system from scratch? Then we can all have a little fun criticizing yours instead. Sound like a plan?

Are these Americans really going to lecture me about operating systems? They clearly have no idea where Europe even is—they probably think it’s somewhere in Texas. 😛

Don't feed the trolls. ☕

Kyle Johnson2 said:this is completely unnecessary and redundant.

The problem is, if I delete it, the system just asks for the subroutine name again, and once I type it back in, it just recreates the file in the exact same folder as the original one.😢

Whatever—I think I'll just copy the sheets over to your template instead. It’s easier than dealing with all this headache trying to figure out why a leaky faucet won't stop dripping.😢

Kyle Johnson2 said:I’m honestly at a loss for words here.
The only thing I can suggest left is this:
Download THIS file and save it somewhere on your hard drive. Create a folder at C:\Temp, unzip the file there, open Book1.xls, update the data, and hit the Save button. You should find a copy of the file sitting in C:\temp.
If that doesn't do the trick, I'm out of ideas—let me know what you ended up doing.

Best,

I downloaded your file and spotted the discrepancy... I'm not entirely sure why it happened, but it might help someone else:

1. On my machine:
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal _
SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)
With ThisWorkbook
.SaveCopyAs ("c:\Temp\Backup of " & .Name)
End With
End Sub
--------------------------------------------------
Sub moja()

End Sub

- essentially - when I tried to run or save the code you told me to paste, a dialog box popped up asking for a routine name. I think things got a bit tangled, so I just hit ALT+F11 directly from the document and pasted it straight into the macro window.

2. In the file you sent over, there isn't anything in there except for the specific snippet you wanted me to insert:

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal _
SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)
With ThisWorkbook
.SaveCopyAs ("C:\Temp\Backup of " & .Name) 'path to the archive folder
End With
End Sub

At this point, I suspect I'm making some sort of fundamental error. I figured I'd ask here because I'm sure others will run into this same confusion without knowing where they went wrong, just like me. 😢

Edit - I should mention that your version works perfectly fine. 😁

Kyle Johnson2 said:You didn't listen to me again and just did your own thing instead of following my instructions.

Here is what you currently have in your Macro editor:

Code:

.SaveCopyAs ("c:\Temp\Backup of " & .Name)

Just change the file path; leave everything else exactly as it is.

Code:

.SaveCopyAs ("D:\Temp\Backup of " & .Name)

or

.SaveCopyAs ("D:\ARCHIVE\Backup of " & .Name)

This specific part of the code => Backup of " & .Name) => DO NOT TOUCH 😉

Look, I'm telling you, I tried leaving it alone and created a Temp folder in C:\, but nothing saved there. Then I tried changing C:\ to D:\ since that's where my documents are kept—still nothing. Finally, I tried removing the "Backup of" part and the filename entirely, and still no luck. Every single time it saves, it just dumps the file in whatever directory the .xls was launched from, regardless of what I typed in. It's as if there's some other identical macro running somewhere before mine even starts. 😢

Kyle Johnson2 said:Just swap out whatever is listed after C:\Temp—leave everything else alone. You just need to update the file path.
btw: Check out this tutorial to see how it works. 😉

Look, I can only tell you one thing: on my machine, it saves to the exact same folder where I opened the xls, and the only adjustment I made was changing "c:\" to "d:\" since my C drive is my system drive and all my data lives on D. 😢
I've checked the temp folder, and there's absolutely nothing there. 😢

Maybe it’s an issue with Windows 7 or Office 2003, but I even tried typing the full filename manually based on the tutorial:
ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs "D:\TEMP\testfile.xls"

Still nothing. 😢

Kyle Johnson2 said:There’s no such thing as a stupid question. 😉

If you need to save an updated Workbook to both its original directory and a secondary location simultaneously, you can easily automate the process using a Macro.

Copy This Macro in VBE => ThisWorkbook affects the specific files.
Update the file copy path (in this instance, C:\Temp\).
Once you hit Save, an updated copy will automatically be generated at the specified file path.

Kod:

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave(ByVal _
SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)
With ThisWorkbook
.SaveCopyAs ("C:\Users\Public\Documents\Backup of " & .Name)
End With
End Sub

Hold on a second... that's not working quite right—please create a backup in the same location.
So, if I have this right: you put the file path inside quotation marks, follow it with an ampersand, and then add the filename—is that the correct way to structure it?

Greetings—I have a question that might seem a bit trivial: how can I save a single file to two different locations at once?
To be specific, I update an Excel Workbook on my local machine, but after I input the values and hit save, I also need to copy that file over to our company server.
Is there a built-in option within Excel to automatically create a "duplicate" upon saving, or am I stuck doing this manually every time?

Frank Morgan30 said:Since there isn't a dedicated thread for this, I figured I'd ask here: is it actually possible to install macOS on a standard PC?
I'm talking about the machine I'm currently running Windows 7 on.😁
I'm not exactly a tech expert, but I really love the look and feel of macOS. I tried applying some themes to make Windows 7 look more like it, but it just doesn't cut it. So, is there a way to get the actual OS onto a regular computer?

Arthur Lewis2 said:It is technically possible, but it’s quite a headache, and you might run into issues where certain hardware components don't function correctly.🤷

Noah Sanchez39 said:@ Frank Morgan30

You can install macOS on a PC. You can find more details at:

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

http://www.hackintosh.com/

If you want my advice, I would suggest installing OS X on a virtual machine first. There is free software called VirtualBox—you can set up virtual machines that perform reasonably well if you have at least 3GB of RAM, allowing you to allocate 1 or 1.5GB from the host.🙂
The best part is that you can run it in full-screen mode, making it feel like you aren't even running Windows underneath (which will slow things down slightly, though not significantly if your hardware is decent). This lets you test everything out as if it were a real computer. If you end up liking it, then you can look into a full installation on your hard drive.🙂

I personally stick with PrimoPDF. It functions just like a virtual printer, it’s free, and so far, it hasn't given me any trouble regardless of which programs or Office suites I'm running...

Nicholas King makes a fair point—just browse through Amazon or similar sites; you can find plenty of books that used to be at the local newsstand $3.25 that cover the essentials of Microsoft Office and Windows. They'll get you ready to pass an IT certification exam and officially add "computer literate" to your professional resume. Once you know that, you won't have to ask about the difference between docx and PDF formats ever again.

edit: btw—thanks, Q. It’s nice to encounter someone who doesn't lose their cool when receiving a little feedback. However, you have to realize we all assumed you were presenting yourself as tech-savvy on your Resume 🙂 especially since you're participating in an Office discussion thread where everyone is quite proficient 😉