Software Recommendations

Nick Wilde

00:18

boo yaaa! - softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/badges/54/enthusiast

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01:32

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Q: It is NOT ok to copy and paste from product website

On this question, user3075942 posts 3 answers. All of the feature lists are direct copy and pastes from the product websites. As are the screen-shots. On SW-REC SE, we add value (over a google search) to our recommendations by talking from personal experience. Whether or not the poster has perso...

Oxinabox

This is my new pet SE hate. Copy Paste Feature Lists

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Undo

yeah

Oxinabox

Can we make a bot to follow links in posts, then to check the post itself for plagerism?

Undo

In theory, yes. In practice... I don't want to take it on :P

Oxinabox

Like the have those for uni/schools

Maybe that is a SW-REC

question

Journeyman Geek

03:01

I have the enthusiast badge , whoot

Braiam

03:13

<--- needs another day

Nick Wilde

@JourneymanGeek beat ya to that by 2 hours :P

(muahaha)

Oxinabox

03:31

Bah, would have had it except for that week i went away, congrats guys.

Seth

@Oxinabox It isn't hard to get :)

Fanatic is a bit harder.

Oxinabox

Seth it isn't no, it it is pretty good getting it this early.

jackopen

are there any softwares available to perform physics/biology practicals in interactive mode?

Oxinabox

I know I've been becoming a bit obsessed aout checkign up on the Site (in particular meta), checkign it like i do my emails and facebook. (which is pretty bad)

jockopen more deails?

what is a practical?

jackopen

sorry the word is experiments

Oxinabox

03:46

You mean for doing simulations>?

I would recommend SciPy + IPython

jackopen

yeah a kind of simulation (i dont know exact meaning of simulators although)

Journeyman Geek

@Oxinabox: SU and here are on my standard, always open bookmarks ;)

jackopen

littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/amazingphysics.htm

Oxinabox

A simulator is a model.

jackopen

this is a little bit similar link for physcis experiments

but i dontthink it is interactive

@Oxinabox ok

Oxinabox

03:49

For physics, if you want cheap, you are going to go places if you find the right video games.
If you want to go non-cheap you are goign to be looking at things like Engineerign Dynamic CAD programs (and we are talking $10,000+)

I know nothing about biology

jackopen

is there any web apps?

or websites?

for physics

Oxinabox

really depends what you want, pretty broad.
I suggest https://dan-ball.jp/en/javagame/dust/

dan-ball.jp/en/javagame/dust

is on the game-y less useful end

jackopen

yeah question may be broad; but our knowledge may be limited & hence you can share the stuff you know; the balance things i ll dig out my self

equivalent from google

Thanks you

alchemy is one chrome extension i loved

Danball seems nice; thanks for recommending

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Q: What are the best available options for HTML scraping?

I'm currently using PHP DOM with CURL and Simple HTML DOM Parser for HTML scraping. I need to scrape large set of contents and it need to stored.I am using PHP as the language and MySQL as storage DB. Are there any other HTML scraping packages I should look into? I have heard about web scrapin...

feature-request scope

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Q: Should we allow questions asking for software cracker, patcher or keygens?

Should we allow questions which ask for software product license/key generators, activators, patches or cracker? And why? Question would be of the sort say I'm using X, version Y on OS Z. I want to cracker it in order to activate it. Which software would you recommend for this? Btw I ha...

discussion

3ventic

One of the few with Enthusiast, yay

jackopen

12:25

Is there any site whihc supports "Simple HTML DOM Parser" in web environment?

Izzy

13:39

I just wonder:

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Q: What are the best available options for HTML scraping?

I'm currently using PHP DOM with CURL and Simple HTML DOM Parser for HTML scraping. I need to scrape large set of contents and it need to stored.I am using PHP as the language and MySQL as storage DB. Are there any other HTML scraping packages I should look into? I have heard about web scrapin...

html php

This Q is asking for PHP solutions. All answers are Java. And OP even accepted one. Quite a little irritating...

Nick Wilde

pretty quick accept too

I see no problem with the java suggestion; the OP really didn't know what they wanted since they were also talking about Python options.

@Izzy an edit makes it make sense retroactively at least - and given that accept without changing the OP's meaning.

3ventic

It looks like the OP asked the wrong question and people answered the question OP meant to ask?

Braiam

@Izzy blames @JourneymanGeek

Nick Wilde

@Braiam: why should Izzy blame JG?

Izzy

@NickWilde Yeah, that's what I think, too.

@Braiam Yupp, why? Looking...

Ah! He didn't intervene? Well, SniffyDog can't be anywhere. Also quad-pedians need some rest from time to time :)

Braiam

13:51

@NickWilde meta.softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/posts/736/revisions

Nick Wilde

Some people just don't know what they are asking I think and it is the responsibility of higher rep users to (politely) tell them what they are asking

@Braiam ah yes - well I flagged it on meta to be moved and I didn't edit it either but at that point there wasn't any talk of Java

Journeyman Geek

there were no answers when I moved it. Also, I was out walkies ;p

Izzy

@JourneymanGeek And just to make clear: I didn't blame, I defended :)

Journeyman Geek

just clarifying ;p

Nick Wilde

this is what I call a question - has to be one of the best yet

pitty I'm not a linux guy - I have used Ubuntu irregularly but that's it.

If it was for Windows I'd say Google's Picassa would match most of it with a few setting adjustments; I'm very impressed with it's face recognizing - heck it recognized a picture the other day that I scanned in that was of my mother 40 years ago

Izzy

14:04

@JourneymanGeek Whatever :)

Nick Wilde

though sadly Picassa does lack ponies

Izzy

As long as things get clear #D

@NickWilde I am, but I'm not so much involved in graphics. Especially not in face-recognition...

Braiam

someone quickly, review MAH edit!

Undo

eh?

Braiam

yay!

Fractaliste

14:21

@JourneymanGeek Apache doesn't need PHP : o

Journeyman Geek

@Fractaliste: you can't run any forum on apache alone ;p

these days I favour a lighttpd/php-fpm stack

Fractaliste

I agree but PHP isn't the only way.

Journeyman Geek

@Fractaliste: discourse? ;p

I tried it, it feels a little too heavy for a forum

Fractaliste

But for beginners like the OP seems to be, you're right ; )

I don't know php-fpm, I've a project to build a web server on my RasperryPi, why not about testing it...

Journeyman Geek

@Fractaliste: The system that runs tt-rss for me uses ~120mb of ram total

postgres though, mysql is a ram hog

Raspis are a pain for some things. I use an old mini itx atom box for home servers. My raspi is a nas.

DanteTheEgregore

14:30

@NickWilde But he used FLOSS >n>

Fractaliste

@JourneymanGeek My project is just for private use, I hope it'd be enough. I'm still missing a screen display to install the OS, enable SSH and then I can start crash tests

Journeyman Geek

@Fractaliste: I'm tempted to get these little screens that dx sells

50-80 USD, just a panel and a driver board that does HDMI

Fractaliste

DX ?

Journeyman Geek

deal extreme

dx.com/p/… and dx.com/p/…

Nick Wilde

@DanteTheEgregore as I said most and that is a preferred not a must on his/her list

Journeyman Geek

14:36

@Fractaliste: free worldwide shipping

but shipping times vary wildly

Braiam

can someone write a close reason for hosting providers

Journeyman Geek

I've gotten stuff in 2-3 weeks or 3 months

@Braiam: This question does not appear to be about software recommendations, within the scope defined in the help center.

Undo

yeah, but we should figure out our custom close reasons at some point

Fractaliste

I didn't know this website, it's quite interesting! And if I need a screen I think there is no cheaper. Thanks for the information

Undo

@JourneymanGeek Community is unhappy with you :P

Journeyman Geek

14:38

@Undo: o0 why?

Undo

ah, much better.

Because you closed without leaving a comment :P

Journeyman Geek

@Undo: I close, then write out a comment ;p

Undo

But then Community yells at you :P

3ventic

Doesn't he yell anyway

Journeyman Geek

she.

;p

Undo

14:39

Arg! made this into a CW! — Braiam 44 secs ago

^ Should we CW-ify the close reason thread?

3ventic

Probably a good idea

Izzy

@Braiam Pick the one from Meta, and insert it as custom close reason?

Braiam

@Izzy /me no close votes

Undo

@Braiam close reason thread now CW ;)

Journeyman Geek

I'm not even sure its necessary in this case ;p

@Fractaliste: that its a bare board bothers me a little (that and I can't decide which one to get ;p)

Izzy

14:42

@Braiam Nevermind, that Q is already on hold now :)

Journeyman Geek

@Fractaliste: DX is my preferred source of cheap crap-gadgets

Braiam

throughts?

Fractaliste

@JourneymanGeek I see their Raspi, they're more expensive than official re-seller :/

Journeyman Geek

@Fractaliste: yeah, though their bundle looks great.

and don't forget, that includes shipping

I got mine from official channels

though I probably would not get the official case and SD card the next time

its a lot more reliable to use a small SD card, berry boot, and put the install on a USB drive

Fractaliste

The number of Raspi/Arduino/... card extensions is impressive...

I wonder if they really send all of them... It's not a very known hardawre isn't it?

Journeyman Geek

15:04

I've generally not had too many issues with them

though its mostly cables, and I had one set of batteries delayed a few weeks

DanteTheEgregore

15:53

Does SR have a problem with user not accepting answers, or am I just imagining things?

Braiam

16:06

@DanteTheEgregore SE in general doesn't care if the answer is accepted ;)

the system was made in such way that the community is the one that decides which is the best answer

DanteTheEgregore

True.

But how does the answered ratio on Area 51 work then?

Is that just based on questions with one or more answers on them?

kalina

16:45

upvoted answers afaik

think it's +2

Nick Wilde

22:05

@Gilles I'm surprised you'd be questioning what I said in my answer I'm hurt that you haven't figured out I'm pretty accurate (nah just pulling your leg)

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