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February 28

View .tif in full resolution

Hi! How can I view or download this tif file in full resolution? There must be a direct URL to the tif file... --109.42.241.212 (talk) 13:31, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be stored as tiles: for instance here is the top-left tile. The "0/0" represents the y and x coordinates of the tile respectively, and you can change them to see the other tiles, though I wouldn't recommend this as a way of enjoying the picture. I'm not sure if these tiles comprise a tiff file. Jpeg compression and tiles are both mentioned in the TIFF article, so it's possible, but it's also possible that there is no tiff except in some offline archive somewhere, the name of the page being based on the name of the original file. If you just want to see it close up you can of course press the zoom-in button. If you want to zoom to exactly 1:1, type ?scale=1 at the end of the URL. You can also produce a "printable" version via the pdf icon, which can be downloaded, but this has jpeg artefacts which aren't in the online version. The system they're using is MyCoRe.

Wait! here's the ~~full~~ image. (Found by reading the documentation.) Doesn't seem like full resolution when compared to the tiles, though.

In fact here's the metadata, which says the original resolution is 2226 by 3500. Card Zero (talk) 11:41, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

thank you!! :) —2A00:20:B044:1BE:5D49:2E7A:9286:205A (talk) 10:12, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For those interested in playing with tiled images, and in honor of Nil Einne's mention of xkcd in the question below, see https://xkcd.com/1110/ . (A fun exercise — for some definition of "fun" — is to download and assemble the ~2592 distinct tiles into one monster image, then crash your local image browser trying to display it all at once.) —scs (talk) 22:55, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

March 1

Reviews of the war on GoogleMaps

On Twitter, the following tweet came up: Not talking - doing! #StopPutin #StandingWithUkraine We have to inform Russia’s people about the truth! Use #GoogleMaps and write everywhere in the reviews what’s going on! To me this seems a brilliant idea since it allows to write a very personal message. In my case, since I do love travelling, I could select hotels that I would really want to stay in, and since I have the highest respect for the Russians who dare to speak up, I would write warm, compassionate, messages. But my question is: What's the danger? Can the Federal Security Service hack my computer, e-mail, or phone? How to protect myself against that? Compassionate traveler (talk) 23:24, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Compassionate traveler: You really shouldn't be writing reviews for places that you haven't been to on Google Maps. Some people actually look at those reviews to decide if they should go somewhere or not. Also, I think Google might have some sort of anti-spam system that will kick in if it detects a lot of reviews from people who haven't actually been to the place they are reviewing. Also, as long as you're not stupid, the FSS cannot hack you since they would have to somehow gain entry to your device. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 23:27, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your reply. Of course I know that “Some people actually ...”. But, equally of course, those people can read. Since I would never write any text that in any way could mislead them, I see no problem with what I write. Let's not get started on the word “should”, or would you want me to tell you what I think you “should” do? Compassionate traveler (talk) 23:40, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Compassionate traveler: If you still want to go ahead. Like I said Google might have some sort of anti-spam system for something like this. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 23:44, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you again. I'm not really concerned about that; that's Google's concern, and I'm not afraid of Google doing anything like what the Federal Security Service might want to do. Compassionate traveler (talk) 23:52, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Compassionate traveler: I agree with User:Blaze Wolf on all points except one "Also, as long as you're not stupid, the FSS cannot hack you since they would have to somehow gain entry to your device". If we're talking about a state security apparatus or anyone with a similar level of resources, I don't think it's fair to say someone is stupid simply because they fell victim to one of the many ways social engineering may be used to get someone to do something which will allow something like Pegasus (spyware) to be installed on a device. (And let's not forget all that we learned from the Snowden leaks etc.)

But more importantly, some exploits are zero click and zero day, and it seems even more silly to say someone is stupid simply because a state secure agency was able to find out your phone number and send an SMS to it or whatever; or because they are using a device with such a vunerability especially since while some devices are more vunerable than others, even up to date iPhones have been affected by zero click exploits in the past [1] and frankly I'm 99% sure they still are and the Russian agencies as the US ones and some others know it.

Of course the obligatory xkcd also reminds us why even if your devices really are immune to any sort hack, this doesn't make you safe [2], the Russian security agencies have shown their willingness for extreme measures on foes Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal & Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, so too other other state security agencies.

And yes, it is foolish to think you can take sufficient measures such that a highly advanced state security agency will not be able to work out who you are, where you live, what your phone number is etc unless you're already so informed that amongst other things, you would not be asking a question like this. (For example, I think we can be sure the Russian security service could WP:Checkuser if they wanted to. And since I doubt anyone would have approved an WP:IPBE over this, it's fairly unlikely you are using Tor (network). And even if you are using one of those VPNs which isn't blocked, I wouldn't count on the Russians not being able to work out your real IP.)

Note that this doesn't mean I'm saying you have to worry. You don't not because the Russians could work out where you live, or lack the means to hack your devices or kill you, but because they're not going to GAF, and especially not enough to take such measures.

Note also that although Google isn't going to hack you, they could sue you, depending on where you live get a criminal charge filed against you or even just ban you from their services under any and all accounts. While I don't think any of these are that likely, they're actually far more likely than Russia doing anything and while less unpleasant than some stuff the Russians would be willing to do, I think you'll find they're by no means fun. (If you use Gmail or Google Drive for example, while it's already foolish to lack backups, you could find out first hand how foolish it is when you accounts and their content suddenly disappear without warning. Of course this also means you should either be using an iPhone or an Android device without the Play store.)

BTW to emphasise Blaze Wolf's other point. I hate what Russia is doing with a burning passion, but seeing dumb Google reviews is not going to make me hate what they are doing more. It's going to make me spread the hate for whatever idiot thought it was a good idea to spam Google reviews. In fact while this probably won't affect me, for certain people it's to actually likely to reduce their hate for what Russia or if they already support what's going on, increase their support. People tend to hate spam with a passion.

Nil Einne (talk) 09:42, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Nil Einne: Yes that is true. I was meaning as long as you try and be smart and cautious you should be fine. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:38, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Nil Einne, that is very interesting information. I understand that it's not as secure as sitting at home in your armchair watching TV, but FSS has bigger fish to fry. So, the danger is far less than what the Russians who dare to speak up are facing. And even if FSS did go after me, that would mean they couldn't use the time to go after the brave people in their own country – so much the better. Likewise, I don't think that Google would want to play the role of sitting on Putin's side of the fence and make that known through a lawsuit. All told, these are small risks I have to accept, if I want to be true to what I wrote in my original post.

Now, there only seems to be one misunderstanding remaining: I think when you used the words “dumb” and “idiot”, you got a little carried away. No worries, I'm not taking offense. All I'm asking is that you please take another look at my OP: If you see anything in it that makes you think I'd write indiscriminate spam that would merit such harsh words, please let me know. Compassionate traveler (talk) 19:17, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Update: According to this Reuters message, Google might get in trouble, too. Still I think that's unlikely, since it would backfire if Roskomnadzor were to make a fuss out of these nonviolent reviews. --Compassionate traveler (talk) 02:22, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Can the Federal Security Service hack my computer, e-mail, or phone? How to protect myself against that?" No. The actions you describe would not give enough technical capability or politica motive for any Russian organization to hack you.--TZubiri (talk) 23:40, 5 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, TZubiri, that's good to hear! The technical capability was the reason why I posted the original question here. The political motive is connected to my question to Nil Einne (of 19:17); so it's good that you addressed that concern, too. With that, all my questions here have been answered. Thanks, folks! --Compassionate traveler (talk) 10:08, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

March 2

Android, privacy, and Play Store

In yesterday's topic, Nil Einne wrote about privacy concerns: you should either be using [...] an Android device without the Play store. Is that just a problem with the Play Store proper, so that uninstalling (if that's an option) would solve the problem or is it that – as I understand this explanation – the whole cell phone would be set up differently, so that, even if one could uninstall the Play Store, it wouldn't solve the problem, and the only solution would be to buy a different cell phone? --Compassionate traveler (talk) 20:12, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

He meant that if your Google account is suspended, you can't login to the Google Play Store. So, if you want to use your Android phone, you have to use a different service. Amazon runs one that they push (heavily) on their tablets. 97.82.165.112 (talk) 22:59, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I can tell you from experience that the Google Play Store is superior to the Amazon Appstore. You're very, very limited in what you can get from the Amazon Appstore. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 23:33, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, guys, that answers my question. --Compassionate traveler (talk) 04:39, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

March 4

Word Restart Blows Away normal.dotm

This question is about Word styles and how they are maintained in the normal.dotm0 file.

If I have been using Word, and it is stopped and restarted, either because power was cycled, or it crashed, or for any other reason, when Word is restarted, it determines that changes were made to the normal.dotm file, and asks whether to load them. Regardless of whether I answer Yes or No, it says that it was unable to load the normal.dotm file; it then resets the normal.dotm file to the default with four styles. That is, it throws away all of the styles that I have defined. I have all of my styles in a document, so I can open the document and copy the styles into Normal, so that is a nuisance rather than a catastrophe; but it is a nuisance.

I asked about this problem about two months ago, and was advised to re-install Word. I can't re-install just Word, but I could and did re-install Office 365. I have Windows 10, and a Dell that is not eligible for an upgrade to Windows 11. I now have the following questions:

1. Does anyone have any specific questions about the problem that I can try to answer here?
2. Is there another Q-and-A forum, outside Wikipedia, where I might be more likely to get an answer to this question?
3. Does Microsoft provide any sort of technical support for complex problems such as this?
4. Does anyone have any other thoughts?

Robert McClenon (talk) 16:45, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The advice I see on various sites is (in all its many over-complicated forms) essentially to delete normal.dotm and allow Word to recreate it. It's kept in the folder %appdata%\Microsoft\Templates and may well have stayed there all through the process of reinstalling Office 365. (Possibly you should delete the entire folder.) Superuser is a forum for this kind of thing. Card Zero (talk) 17:24, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

User:Card Zero - Thank you. I moved all the files in the Templates folder to a temporary folder, except that the email profile template wouldn't move or delete because it was in use. So I exited Outlook, and then deleted the Templates folder. Something, probably Word, has re-created the Templates folder, but it is currently empty. I am using Word and Excel normally, and will see what happens next. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:55, 5 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Windows Network Drive Question

A few months ago, I asked about setting up networking between two computers in my apartment. Both are running Windows 10. I was then able to share some of the folders on the C: drive on my desktop computer so that I can access them from my laptop computer. Mostly, this works fine. I can define folders on the C: drive of my desktop computer as shared, and can view them on the desktop computer, and can edit documents in them. It is the editing of documents, of course, that is what I want to do, to work on a document when I am seated at the laptop computer rather than the desktop computer. The problem is that there is one folder on my desktop computer that I can't effectively share. That is, I can turn on sharing, when I am sitting at the desktop. Then I can do a Map Network Drive when I am at the laptop computer, and I can see the name of the folder, but I can't view its contents. All that I see is an empty folder. Does anyone have any thoughts as to what the problem might be? Is there anything I should try? Robert McClenon (talk) 16:45, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Might it be a problem with the permissions? The folder may be readable by owner but the files inside it might not be readable by anyone other than owner. I don't know specifically how Windows handles contained permissions, but that's where I'd check first. WhoAteMyButter (📨_talk│📝^contribs) 04:58, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Only load collapsed content when expanded

Hello, over at the wikispecies sandbox here, there is a collapsed wikitable, the content of which, however, seems to be loading even before one clicks on 'Expand', as it momentarily flashes up when one loads the page; my understanding was that you can make it so that the content will only load when you click 'Expand'; how do I achieve this? Thank you, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 17:56, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I am not aware of a Mediawiki feature allowing load-on-demand, but this is not a topic I am familiar with. Perhaps the people at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) or meta:Tech can be more of a help. --Lambiam 09:48, 5 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Multi region blu-ray player?

Is an LG BP350 HD-1080p blu-ray/DVD player in the UK multi region and can it play NTSC discs? 86.130.70.37 (talk) 22:00, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The region code to which it is set, printed on the back of the device, will depend on where the product is sold. If you buy it from amazon.co.uk it will be set to 2. According to the owner's manual, when the player plays an NTSC disc, the image is output as an NTSC signal. So on a PAL TV, you will then see a distorted image unless you insert an NTSC to PAL converter. --Lambiam 09:31, 5 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Most current TV's can display both PAL and NTSC with no problems. 212.178.135.35 (talk) 12:01, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

On the back of my device, the region code is set to 2 & B and it was made in Indonesia by LG Electornics in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. 86.130.70.37 (talk) 20:13, 5 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Most DVD players can be set to multi-region. Just google DVD hacks. (Other search engines are available.)--Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:33, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

March 6

Google translate clogging up history

When I use Google Translate for 5 minutes with Google Chrome as browser, it adds some 300 entries – one every second – to the browsing history. Is there any way to turn that off? (I'm fine with either boiling that down to a reasonable number or turning off history for Google Translate altogether.) ◅ Sebastian 09:16, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The translate website is making GET HTTP requests which apparently get logged. You could write the text in the search bar (or a text editor like notepad) and copypaste it into the translate box. --TZubiri (talk) 22:13, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good idea, TZubiri, thanks! To facilitate this, I could write a little script (with an edit box) that does character escapes as needed. ◅ Sebastian 07:20, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

March 7

How can I view my old facebook live videos?

I am really not having any luck doing that. 2600:1702:690:F7A0:FDFC:C47B:EDBD:D4E6 (talk) 03:33, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 :The region code to which it is set, printed on the back of the device, will depend on where the product is sold. If you buy it from [https://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-BP250-Up-scaling-external-playback/dp/B00TWW583Q/ amazon.co.uk] it will be set to 2. According to the [https://gscs-b2c.lge.com/downloadFile?fileId=FVIawLp6FypZufeamLPbxg owner's manual], when the player plays an NTSC disc, the image is output as an NTSC signal. So on a PAL TV, you will then see a distorted image unless you insert an NTSC to PAL converter. &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam|Lambiam]] 09:31, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
+::Most current TV's can display both PAL and NTSC with no problems. [[Special:Contributions/212.178.135.35|212.178.135.35]] ([[User talk:212.178.135.35|talk]]) 12:01, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
 On the back of ''my'' device, the region code is set to 2 & B and it was made in Indonesia by LG Electornics in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. [[Special:Contributions/86.130.70.37|86.130.70.37]] ([[User talk:86.130.70.37|talk]]) 20:13, 5 March 2022 (UTC)