No, but I've been eyeing the various options. Trying to decide if they're cheaper than cable and also easier/still worth it?
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meara - Oct 25, 2017 6:39:34 am PDT #25105 of 25496
-t - Oct 25, 2017 6:50:28 am PDT #25106 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I was hoping someone had figured that all out already...
meara - Oct 25, 2017 8:10:32 am PDT #25107 of 25496
My issue is mostly that I'd still be paying the cable company for internet...but I'm also waiting to see what my next bill is, since I dropped all the fancy cable last month and just kept local channels (...but mysteriously am still getting cable like HGTV and USA, just not in HD??). Also then I'd have to give up my TiVo, which would also save money but I've had one since 2002!
-t - Oct 25, 2017 8:19:41 am PDT #25108 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That would be a big adjustment! I get my internet from Comcast and my TV from DirecTV right now, and that should probably change regardless. I do already have my Hulu subscription which I am pretty happy with, but the live TV and recording aspects of YouTube are enticing.
Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2017 1:26:52 pm PDT #25109 of 25496
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I did a trial of Sling TV, but it was when it first came out, and it wasn't very good.
Liese S. - Oct 27, 2017 5:24:36 pm PDT #25110 of 25496
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
There is a standalone TiVo now that you can use for streaming, I think, but it's expensive.
So, what database platforms are all the cool kids using these days? I just need to build something relational, do a little sql reporting. It's what I would have built in Access last time I was industry adjacent. Would it still be Access? Is there an Open Office thing? Should I just build it on some cloud thing to begin with, since it may later morph into the basis for app development?
DXMachina - Oct 28, 2017 2:30:09 am PDT #25111 of 25496
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I'm still an Access fan, although it's been five years (yikes) since I've done anything in it professionally. I think the cool kids would use sql calls from web pages because, you know, the cloud. Access is still probably the best bet if you want to avoid that. LibreOffice does have a db application as part of its suite, but I haven't used it, so I can't opine.
Liese S. - Oct 28, 2017 1:07:11 pm PDT #25112 of 25496
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ok, cool thanks, DX.
dcp - Oct 29, 2017 4:12:35 pm PDT #25113 of 25496
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Hah! I just now noticed that in Gmail, when I go to my "Sent" folder, the search field displays "in:sent".
DCJensen - Nov 06, 2017 8:11:51 pm PST #25114 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.
Speaking of Access...
Can any of my database-savvy friends assist with some hints as to how I should proceed with an access database I'm making? At work, they keep giving me excel spreadsheets for different tasks, and none of them are relational. THere's even one (Below Top) that I'm supposed to copy and paste into a sheet for each team member. They are not linked, so to see a team member, I have to find the right sheet. Really. Since I have access to Access, I decided to re-create the Spreadsheet as an actual core database, and hope to pull all the various spreadsheet data into one DB as I work. I've gotten this far (Below Bottom) but can't figure out how to reproduce the month/day fields so they can just be clicked upon to select the proper one. I'm temporarily using a rough "scheduled days" and "Hours" in the attempt, but it's not as useful.
Any suggestions?