The Ink Spot

3:25 AM

lol when I answer a PS question without having PS or PS experience

does this work?

3:44 AM

@ZachSaucier the shift key trick works for changing properties of multiple layers, such as font, size, color, etc. But it wont' work for actual text content. So, your'e correct for the most part. Your second option is the only way to alter text content across multiple layers.

Zach Saucier

Alright, thanks :)

Scott

You don't need to click the Text tool for either method though.

Zach Saucier

@Scott meaning users can hold shift and click on a text element instead?

Scott

and there's no Select > Similar layers option in my versions of Photoshop. Am I missing it?

Zach Saucier

I have no idea :P

was an old vid

Scott

3:47 AM

Yeah You can hold shift and click the text layers. Or Command/Ctrl to highlight multiple text layers in the layer panel.

Zach Saucier

maybe you should just answer instead... lol

deleted my answer

Scott

You're basically correct. I think it's jsut terminology....

Leave it... here's how I'd edit....

Zach Saucier

I was just curious how good of an answer I could give without using PS... and putting minimal effort xD

Scott

If you need to change the text *contents*, you can highlight the text layers in the Layers Panel then click Edit -> Find and Replace Text to change the text content for all of them at once.

If you only need to change text properties, you can highlight all text layers by holding the Shift key then click. Then do the property changes that you need to do.

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It's a good answer. Just terminology, that's all.

Zach Saucier

kk, if you say so, boss

cool talk on programmatic art stuff

Scott

8:16 AM

So I was watching "The Gambler" with Mark Wahlberg. The only real decent part of the entire film is when he's giving a lecture in his class. He plays an English professor who apparently wrote a best selling book at one time.

His speech (I'm paraphrasing) goes on about how everyone can accept without hesitation that they aren't destined to be a professional athlete. They can recognize the lack of ability early and just deal with the fact that they aren't good at basketball, or football, or whatever and move on. People realize that things like athletics take some natural inclination or ability to be successful at.

Yet at the same time this same self-awareness is never applied when people want to be writers. They all think they can be good at it. And they struggle and struggle and struggle in the face of all odds rather than merely accept that they do not have the natural inclination to write well.

However, it's no different. Your'e either good at something or not. The ability to be self-aware and not waste years struggling with something you simply aren't good at is a precious thing to have, but few do.

So while I'm listening all I can think about is how this relates to any creative field.

Everyone and their cousin thinks they can be an actor, or a designer, or an artist, or an illustrator. Few can actually accept that even though they have taken courses, learned all they can learn, they still do not posses that inherent something which makes them good or successful.

I mention this becuase this question reminded me of it... graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/50277/…

I know I am just horrible at some things so I don't do them. And I know I think I'm good at things I probably am not. The human psyche is a funny thing.

Vincent

I guess it comes with the illusion we are bred on that you can achieve anything if you just work hard enough

Scott

In short.. if you suck... wear it proud and move on... and I type this as much for myself as anyone else :)

Vincent

It's a fallacy. You can achieve greatness ifyou try hard, yes, but not just in anything you choose.

Scott

I wonder. When I was in school, instructors made it a solid point to tell everyone that only 1 in 5 students may get jobs. And out of those students only 1 in 10 may be successful. I wonder if they still do that in schools.

Well people are good at things or they aren't.

Vincent

That would be... Healthy.

Scott

8:27 AM

Everyone has natural abilities in different areas. But we aren't good at recognizing the areas we should just accept we suck at :)

Vincent

Accepting weaknesses is not a skill we are taught.

Weaknesses are taboo, so we ignore them instead of facing them.

Scott

I know. I find it kind of funny. The "you can do anything" is somewhat destructive overall.

Vincent

Agree.

Hence the wild growth of 'disorders' like ADHD, dyslexia, discalculia (sp?), all are just rugs to sweep our weaknesses under.

Scott

I guess that Gambler speech hit home because I really wanted to play pro baseball growing up... but was just never good enough.

Well I think big pharma makes up things so they can drug you half the time

Some are real and legitimate, but others are just for prescriptions

There's no more ADHD now than there was when I was growing up.. but there's WAY more prescriptions for it now

anyway.. sorry for the rant :) 1 am here and .. well... slow day :)

Vincent

No prob at all :-)

Read succinct comic about Ritalin just yesterday. The moral was that the stuff evens out all emotions, not just hyperactivity--just like big phatma wants it: docile consumers, all of us.

Scott

8:43 AM

yup... doped up fear nation :)

easier to control that way.

Vincent

Oh and fear is one of the best drugs available.

Scott

Yup. That's why I don't "watch" the news. I'll read it.. but never watch it. It's all designed to scare the public.

anyway... I'm off. Have a good day Vincent :) I know you're probably just getting started :)

Yisela

11:45 AM

@Vincent @Ryan Because you were listening to my story about PeoplePerHour and the scammer... I have news: The scammer re-activated her account, just to leave me a 1 star review. I have contacted the site yet again, and if they don't remove it and penalize the scammer I will take the whole thing to Reddit and to any other place I can find. I'm pretty confident I can get it to #1 google page. Not a happy day, yesterday.

Vincent

12:01 PM

@Yisela wtf

the frakking nerve

thanks @Scott :)

@Yisela I suppose her account is still in the red? Or did she re-suspend it?

Yisela

12:49 PM

hi!

@Vincent she's still online, but by deleting her account she avoided me chasing down the invoice

Matt

HAPPY FRIDAY!@

Yisela

hi Matt!

Vincent

@Yisela that's...cheap

Yisela

meh

I only went back to those portals because of the situation, I knew they were trouble

I need to focus all my efforts into finding a full-time position

Matt

no more freelance?

Yisela

12:57 PM

if I keep insisting, I'll keep getting screwed :)

@Matt well, I have to eat, but I will drop it as soon as I find something else

at least no more through scam portals

they are all the same

Matt

what are all the same? sounds like you're going through a rough time, hope it gets better..

Yisela

it sucks because I don't speak german yet, and remote work is not easy to find

@Matt freelance portals, all fraud

Matt

glad Ive never tried one, lol

so they arent gonna help you get paid?

Yisela

no, that's done

I will write an article about them, post it on reddit, mention the scammer's name and forget about the whole thing

Matt

two thumbs up there.. just make sure to let us know first ;)

Vincent

1:01 PM

no positive response from PPH at all?

Yisela

no response at all

look at this: trustpilot.com/review/www.peopleperhour.com

"Nothing but a bunch of con artists" sounds quite accurate

we should start our own freelance portal for ethical people

I withdrew all my money, as soon as that is done I will leave the site

Vincent

ouch those reviews

Zach Saucier

I don't understand companies like that

Vincent

don't forget to remove the hire button from your site

Yisela

yeah, doing that NOW

Vincent

1:06 PM

But you are saying, there is no good freelance portal atm?

if that is the case, then that's a huge gap in the market

Yisela

I tried the three biggest ones... freelancer, PPH and elancer

Vincent

F5... aaand it's gone :D

all three suck, apparently

Yisela

freelancer was the worst by far, followed by PPH. Elance was a weird experience

I didn't get to test their support... I was hired by a guy who shared his desktop on skype and had a collection of (I suspect underage) porn

I ran away

Zach Saucier

wow

Yisela

(I tried to take a screenshot in case my suspicion was correct, but he closed the folder too fast)

the world is full of creeps and scammers

Vincent

1:09 PM

:O

eew

Matt

@Yisela I have the domains, lol

Vincent

@Yisela I feel for you :(

all we need now is a few designers to design it, and a couple whizzkids to code it... oh wait.

Zach Saucier

I've enjoyed doing user interviews for my app. They're even more helpful than I thought they would be

I definitely think the app can fit a need if done right

Yisela

@ZachSaucier nice! how / where did you do them?

Matt

@Vincent I have the logo!

Zach Saucier

1:16 PM

I've just been doing them with people here at uni because that's the scope I'm starting with to get the format of the app down

Vincent

oh heavens, I thought I'd have had the worst experience with the super-cheap hosting companies... but I now have a customer with a full-service provider that is worse than I ever experienced

how hard is it to make an (S)FTP account and have it work?

Yisela

haha

what's the company's name?

Vincent

CC Group

it's Dutch

Yisela

I started working with A Small Orange, which @Scott recommended, and it's quite good. Excellent customer service

Ryan

@Yisela you know this really isn't such a bad idea

Vincent

1:28 PM

it's on my provider blacklist as of today

Ryan

I've been using A Small Orange for years now. I recommend it to anyone I help

Vincent

oh, I have a few suppliers I really like as well

Yisela

Vincent's little dark list of sinners

Vincent

my own hoster is great. I can even call them and not speak Hindi

Ryan

A Small Orange is all domestic USA support. That's what I tell people is worth the price. That and their CPanel isn't stuffed with advertisements for extra features

Vincent

1:29 PM

no seriously, I have a list in my office of hosting providers I refuse to deal with, and a longer one of... shady ones

Yisela

that's good

Vincent

lots of those very cheap providers do things that I think should be outlawed

Yisela

@Ryan every time I contacted them, they answered in less than 10 minutes and helped me instantly

Vincent

a few months back, my customer asked why I installed a redirect to get to her /wp-admin

Matt

what you mean installed a redirect?

Vincent

1:31 PM

I hadn't done anything: the hosting provider had just set up the redirect to protect from brute force login attacks

Ryan

@Yisela yeah they're amazing. When I first started they weren't big enough so they didn't have 24 hour support. But it was still worth it to me talking to someone that spoke English and didn't read a script. At the time you usually spoke to the same person too

Vincent

@Matt if you went to /wp-admin to login, you got a white screen with black Times New Roman text telling you to click this link to proceed to your login page

Ryan

Anyone ever looked at Swift?

Matt

er.... thats stupid

@Ryan I have

Vincent

effective protection from most simple brute force attacks, but not if it's without informing the custmer

Matt

1:32 PM

i usually do a redirect on all with an exclusion of an IP range.

Ryan

@Matt if I were to want to learn iOS development should I learn C# or go straight into Swift you think?

Matt

have you ever touched either?

Ryan

I've been learning Java for android but wondering if I should learn iPhone/iPad instead

nope! never touched either one, don' even own an iPhone or iPad

Matt

start with C then migrate

Ryan

C!? Or you mean C#?

Matt

1:35 PM

C#

Ryan

okay thanks. Need to decide before I get too far along. I like Android but girl own's iPhone and my end goal is to work with iBeacon so might make more sense to switch

Zach Saucier

1:58 PM

have any of you guys done anything in the Stolowe Mountains?

Matt

2:12 PM

@ryan.. Im surpised you didnt vote to close that question for technical support

Vincent

@ZachSaucier is that Poland?

Zach Saucier

ya

Vincent

nope, never been in Poland even

Matt

2:38 PM

anyone looked into speed reading?

Zach Saucier

not very much, I read fast enough

Vincent

I scan fast enough :P

Matt

that doesnt help me unless I can read your mind

Vincent

and... no, I feel rushed often enough as-is

Matt

looking to excel my code learning but other than typing what they are doing I want to read more on theories but dont want to take forever

Zach Saucier

2:41 PM

@Matt what sort of theories?

Matt

a few abookapart books

Zach Saucier

IMO finding good resources is the important thing

Matt

still, a good source will be well documented

Matt

2:55 PM

sup @JohnB

hello

hey @JohnB

how is everyone

a bit at wit's end about some hosting provider stupidity and non-communication. You?

Matt

so who chose the hosting company?

JohnB

2:58 PM

happy that my systems came back online after a power outage last night

always a bit of uncertainty there

Vincent

@Matt my customer. they have been taking care of all their web needs for years

power outage? does that happen often?

Matt

all those techno places up there ;)

JohnB

not often enough for me to have faith that everything will automatically boot back up and launch what is needed :P

it was an odd event, sometimes we lose power from nasty weather but that wasn't the case last night. Dunno what it was

Matt

you getting snow this weekend?

JohnB

rain/snow mix apparently

Matt

3:02 PM

ya us too...

Vincent

hm. seems weird, there was a huge power outage in all of a Dutch province this morning, and half the country grinded to a halt -- we are so not used to large outages. sounds like you are bit more prepared

JohnB

do you have above ground power lines?

Vincent

some

mainly major lines. within cities all is underground

JohnB

In my area they're all above ground as far as I know. And trees have a high tendency to fall on them during harsh weather

Vincent

that doesn't help.

the aboveground lines we have are so huge that trees got nuffin' on 'em.

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