00:07:52 Bill: I'm happy. I got a cheque today from Microsoft for $21.00. 00:08:25 Alan German: @Micheline: 00:08:28 Alan German: August 31, 2022 Share - Previous Q&A Sessions Share - Chris’s rants – News and interests Follow-Up - E-book reader replacement - Part 1 Share - Chris’s rants — Error messages Share - Removing background people with cell phone images 00:09:29 micheline: Thanks Alan 00:09:47 Tom Trottier: $26 00:11:59 Chris Taylor: All members in good standing as of March 31, 2022 have had their membership expiry date extended by one year at no charge Want to join the OPCUG? - https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ Want to present at Q&A? Give us your material and we can create slides, or we have a PowerPoint template you can download and use: https://opcug.ca/downloads/Q&A-Template.potx Send in questions, shares, etc SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 00:15:30 Chris Taylor: Member asks: Can anyone "demo sometime in the future to show us how we can edit photos in Apple phone?" If so, send in an email to SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 00:16:08 Chris Taylor: New organization of Q&A archives - now by year https://opcug.ca/qa-archives/ 00:17:49 Carol Kerfoot: Can you recommend someone who I could hire to come to my home and help me with security issues on my computer? 00:17:57 Tom Trottier: Nice- thanks, Alan 00:18:13 Natalie: Looks great. Thanks! 00:18:14 micheline: Looks very good 00:18:15 Timothy: Good work Alan. 00:18:26 Serge-Érik: Very practical! Thanks, Alan. 00:19:11 Bill: great work Alan! 😄😄😄 00:20:49 Tom Trottier: "ads"...…………. 00:25:18 Tom Trottier: https://ottawa.weatherstats.ca 00:26:54 Timothy: I have "Rain to stop". 00:27:18 Natalie: The Weather Network works for me. 00:28:39 Natalie: Not sure, I access via browser, but I think they have an app. 00:29:18 Stew: Oh go stick your head out a window 00:29:39 micheline: I rely on a remote temperature and humidity sensor in my garden 00:32:06 Tom Trottier: There are "weather stations" with wireless remote for outside temp for <$50 00:32:16 Tom Trottier: Sumatra and Calibre will read ebooks 00:32:37 Chris Taylor: Libby app https://help.libbyapp.com 00:32:59 Tom Trottier: I'm still using Overdrive on W10 00:35:11 Tom Trottier: Adobe digital connections works to download & read ebooks 00:41:48 Tom Trottier: shadows still there 00:41:54 Timothy: Shadows remain. 00:44:24 Timothy: There's still a head there. 00:44:49 E O'Driscoll: Interesting ! 00:44:50 Tom Trottier: What is reality anyway...…………….? 00:44:51 Allison: That is really neat Linda! 00:45:02 Bill: A good start Lynda. 00:46:21 Stew: The Google photo software is legendary. Show us more :) 00:46:30 Chris Taylor: Checking for software updates to OS on Samsung phones https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00077582/ 00:46:35 Natalie: Can you go to the update option in Settings and check for an update? 00:46:53 Lynda: Happy to do so Stew! 00:49:03 Natalie: It was a suggestion: jumped the gun ahead of your slide. 00:50:11 Tom Trottier: iPhone 13 has LIDAR - can make 3d scans 00:50:53 E O'Driscoll: Does anyone know of software that shows you how trees will look around a house? 00:51:14 Tom Trottier: I think sketchup allows that 00:51:33 E O'Driscoll: What I mean is, it would help to know how big/tall/wide a tree will be in 30 years as one plans the landscaping around a house. 00:52:41 E O'Driscoll: So, actually seeing a given tree against a photo of your house would help. 00:53:43 Natalie: Just saw new DuckDuckGo Email Protection (Beta). Has anyone tried it, or know about it? 00:53:47 Tom Trottier: Cacti? 00:53:50 E O'Driscoll: I haven't heard of Sketchup but I will check it out. 00:54:36 Stew: I understand you can get a duck.com address now 00:56:04 Tom Trottier: etransfers funny - you do have to set up your account to receive etransfers 00:56:46 Tom Trottier: Many addons to control cookies' 00:57:05 Tom Trottier: I use cookie autodelete 00:57:20 Natalie: If you allow cookies, you can set your browser to clear all cookies when you close the browser, or you can do it manually. 00:58:43 Stew: Many sites now allow you to select which cookies you allow and you can often select only "essential" cookies. 00:58:54 Tom Trottier: you can also set browsers to not allow 3rd party cookies 00:59:52 Tom Trottier: Spybot Search & Destroy will also clean cookies for free 01:01:01 Tom Trottier: Third party cookies ARE EVIL 01:02:11 Peggy: Sorry to be ignorant - what are third party cookies?? 01:03:17 Tom Trottier: facebook & google & many others put cookies on other sites to see what you are looking at 01:03:55 Peggy: I see, thanks. 01:04:02 Tom Trottier: So they are "3rd party" 01:05:02 Natalie: I got the same rebate on my cell phone bill. 01:05:30 Tom Trottier: I got my $26 ms refund 01:10:08 Tom Trottier: if adblocked on a site, search for the article 01:11:05 Tom Trottier: Two-spirit! 01:11:40 Tom Trottier: I use 4-6 browsers. Only Chrome knows my google ID 01:12:22 Stew: I guess we better stop talking to each other, wear masks, keep 20 feet away from anyone etc etc etc 01:12:27 Tom Trottier: ads? who sees ads? 01:14:15 Tom Trottier: "ublock origin" and Umatrix eliminate almost all for me - and you can block ads that escape too. 01:15:07 Bill: I noticed today that the Opera browser has Amazon assist on the side. 01:15:39 Tom Trottier: camel camel camel? 01:15:44 Natalie: Thanks! 01:15:44 Gail: Thanks! 01:15:45 Serge-Érik: Thanks! 01:15:47 Bill: thanks everyone 01:15:49 E O'Driscoll: Thank you 01:15:54 Allison: Thank you - good night!