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  1. Comment on Is there a video downloader extension/program that still works? in ~tech

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    It looks like youtube-DLG is a GUI front-end to youtube-dl. The reason it's not working is probably because the underlying youtube-dl install hasn't been upgraded in a long time. It gets updates...

    moved on to youtube-DLG
    Now neither is working

    It looks like youtube-DLG is a GUI front-end to youtube-dl. The reason it's not working is probably because the underlying youtube-dl install hasn't been upgraded in a long time. It gets updates often--typically several times per week--to unbreak what youtube breaks on a regular basis.

    As of this writing the current version of youtube-dl is two days old and it's working properly for me on several machines.

    $ youtube-dl --version
2020.12.07

    If you're uncomfortable using a command line program, try checking the last update date/time of the GUI app you're using and make sure it's recent. If it's not self-updating, uninstall and reinstall to see if it fixes you. All else failing, try switching to something else that updates frequently, or drop to pure youtube-dl which makes it easy to grab the latest.

    6 votes

  2. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    If you're already a tmux user on linux, take a look at alacritty for terminal emulation. brew cask install alacritty to get the mac-native app build and it's configured and used just like the...

    If you're already a tmux user on linux, take a look at alacritty for terminal emulation. brew cask install alacritty to get the mac-native app build and it's configured and used just like the linux version.

  3. Comment on [SOLVED] Friend's computer is cutting power randomly in ~tech

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    Post your PSU model. The RTX 2000 series takes huge wattage and under-powered (not defective, just too weak) power supplies are a common problem. Nvidia recommends 650W but that's the bare minimum.

    RTX 2080

    Post your PSU model. The RTX 2000 series takes huge wattage and under-powered (not defective, just too weak) power supplies are a common problem.

    Nvidia recommends 650W but that's the bare minimum.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on LogMeIn (owner of LastPass, GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, OpenVoice and join.me) is being acquired by private equity firms for $4.3 billion in ~tech

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    Same here. Bitwarden's been great.

    Same here. Bitwarden's been great.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Democratic Debate #2 Thread (Night 1) in ~news

  6. Comment on Democratic Debate #2 Thread (Night 1) in ~news

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    Is there not a VOD of this up anywhere? It looks like ABC's link is just useless commentary and google also returns a bunch of videos of talking heads.

    Is there not a VOD of this up anywhere? It looks like ABC's link is just useless commentary and google also returns a bunch of videos of talking heads.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on What's your "must have" software for a MacBook Pro, especially for programming? in ~comp

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    My process: Get homebrew first (via Safari before anything else) and use brew cask to easily install standard mac apps like browsers, terminals, editors, and all the other must-haves from the CLI....

    My process: Get homebrew first (via Safari before anything else) and use brew cask to easily install standard mac apps like browsers, terminals, editors, and all the other must-haves from the CLI. When I'm already using it on a previous machine, I run brew cask list on the old box to get an app list and just reinstall these to get up and running super fast.

    Here's a selection of important ones for my current setup:

    $ brew cask list
bartender # clean up the menu bar icons
bitwarden # password manager
chromium # less evil chrome
firefox # primary browser
font-fantasque-sans-mono # programming font
font-inconsolata # terminal font
iterm2 # terminal
karabiner-elements # complicated keyboard remapping
krita # excellent free image editor
spectacle # keyboard shortcuts for moving windows around
    7 votes

  8. Comment on I need a good text editor on Windows 10 in ~comp

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    Really hard to respond constructively to this without hearing why you didn't like the things you didn't like or what you're actually using these for--language, workflow, etc.

    Really hard to respond constructively to this without hearing why you didn't like the things you didn't like or what you're actually using these for--language, workflow, etc.

    16 votes