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Our two tech writers sit behind me. They use Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat, and Photoshop, as well as several large-ish art packages. They are constantly wrangling disk space, moving files around trying to free enough room to do their job. They have one 250GB drive apiece  .
I sit here with two 2TB SSD's and a 2TB hard drive (currently empty).
For the hour or so each and every day wasted on this activity, they could buy an SSD for each and they'd never have to do this again.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Pay me now or pay me later.
If you can't find time to do it right the first time, how are you going to find time to do it again?
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Gary Wheeler wrote: ... and they'd never have to do this again.
Nah. They buy them an SSD each and in six months, they will be full again. I have a 1TB SSD, a 500GB SSD, and 2 1TB HDDs in my desktop, plus a 16TB NAS, a 4TB NAS, and a 2TB NAS under the desk, a pile of 2TB and 4TB external drives (some of which are stored at a friends house at any given time). And every time I upgrade storage, it gets fuller ... 
Get them a big heavy duty NAS (I can recommend QNAP) and put it under someone else's control. They will fill that too, but at least it stands a chance of being backed up ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Gary Wheeler wrote: buy an SSD for each and they'd never have to do this again
Their SSD will be full again within a few days.
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I was in a similar situation some years ago; where our company had given a 250GB laptop. Outlook mails with big attachments used to take space, mine was a development machine.
Then someone suggested WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics [^]. Installed this, and got to know exactly where the bulky files reside, mostly in the C:\Users...\AppData subfolders. Used to regularly move-to-external-hard-disk/delete unwanted bulky files, to make space. This was not very time-consuming, and would be done maybe once a week or fortnight.
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Assistant friend will give you the wordle ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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So it is 5 letters?
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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Little does she know it's an L1 cache for fast random access to my frequently used clothes in O(1) time.
I'll get my coat in O(1) time.
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Tell her that it's a L2 Wash-through cache and that the laundry bin is for Dirty items.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Be careful, the garbage collector can be very efficient.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Hello everyone,
I am excited to join the CodeProject community. I am new here and eager to explore all the resources and discussions available. My main interests lie in software development and I am looking forward to learning from the vast expertise in this forum.
Could someone guide me on how to post queries and participate effectively ? Specifically, I am interested in knowing the best places to ask questions and any tips for a smooth experience here.
Thanks in advance for your help and I am looking forward to contributing and growing with this community.
Best regards,
Steve
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Welcome to CP. You're off to a good start!
As for asking questions, the first thing is to pick the right forum. Have a look, see if your question "fits".
IF nowhere else seems to match, there's always Quick Answers[^].
Also, find any post by @Dave-Kreskowiak and follow the links in his sig.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Wordle 1,075 5/6*
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,075 5/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,075 3/6
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,075 3/6*
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Wordle 1,075 5/6
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Wordle 1,075 5/6*
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
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Wordle 1,075 6/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Had to look this up.
Never heard of the word and it still doesn't sound like a real word to me.
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It is a real word. I considered it for my penultimate attempt.
Related to the catholic church.
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Wordle 1,075 5/6
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Ok, I have had my coffee, so you can all come out now!
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So my wife is out looking for patterns - she's a crafter - and has managed to pick up a rather insidious ad dohicky that pops up, claims the end of the world, you need McAffeee (really?), etc. Call this number. In doing my research, I came across this gem on the Microsoft "community" forums:
"Edge can now run in the background due to a new feature, you may wish to turn this off."
Are you elephanting kidding me? Turning this off fixed the issue, but wow. Microsoft, take Edge and stick it where the sun don't shine.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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I've learned more. More info to come. Microsoft blows. 4.5 weeks.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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wow, turns out those Microsoft peckerheads have embedded Edge as sort of a default user interface. I've come across postings on support where Edge runs in the background by default. I suspect it is how they push their ad bs to the desktop. So, if your desktop gets hijacked, and you are getting popups demanding you install mcafee, it's because Edge is running in the background. Another example of Microsoft nonsense about security and what not.
I run professional and I f'ing refuse to create a network account so that "all of my devices" are in sync. Hell no. Windows 11 Home makes it hard to do this, Pro is a little better. This weekend's task is to switch SWMBO back to a local account and replace office 365. Doing a quick google search for "how to switch a windows 11 home laptop back to local login" the second result is "Change from a local account to a Microsoft account" 
Consider this a PSA. By the end of the summer, I'll be all unix unless someone tosses me a basket full of cash.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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