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LinkedIn has a bunch of excel stuff too, but may have to hunt for more of what you are wanting there.

Good luck trying to get anything setup to import into the correct fields automatically. After 10+ years of using it and other flavors of database management, the only consistent theme is everyone has their own way of doing things and won't like being told "Here's a template, put your data in this format if you want shit to work correctly".
 
Aaron

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Thanks. Never even thought to look at Microsoft's website lol. And thanks for the tip about Linkedin, will check it out but won't try it if I need to open up an account there. I'm trying to reduce my social media pressens lol.
 
Hekotat

Hekotat

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Having to use Excel after a decade of using Google Drive, it feels so clunky. I hate it.
 
Break

Break

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Aaron said:
So my current job wants me to do some new tasks that involve working a bit deeper in Excel than I am used to. By that I mean doing things such as gathering data from other Excel files, importing automatically to the correct cells, shit like that. As someone who only has a very basic understanding of Excel I'm up for learning more about it, going through an online course. Does anyone know of or can recommend a decent (preferably free or cheap) online Excel course that teaches you basic to mid level stuff. I don't think I need the very advanced shit that can compute theoretical astrophysics lol.
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Sounds like a perfect use case for SQL if you've ever used it. Create a separate table for all your excel files and combine using queries. I used to have to wrangle a stupid amount vulnerability data spreadsheets and when I started at my previous company I worked for their process for getting all the data to the right folks was stupidly tedious. I threw everything in an MSSQL server they had and made the whole thing a lot easier. It's a totally different skillset from Excel for the most part but I'm convinced most complex tasks involving a lot of spreadsheets would be far better done in a database.
 
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Rabbit_Games

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I used NLite back in the day to make my own installs of XP that were debloated. Just found out the project had moved on to NTLite for Winsows 7+. Just got through making a debloated Win 11 install and holy shit I Iove this program again.I added my Preset if anyone else wants to try it out.
 

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sakkath

sakkath

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On browsers, I switched browsers from chrome to brave and switched search engines at the same time a few months ago. I feel like my internet experience is more open now. Instead of getting search results based on my location or tracking cookies or my search history I get search results based on the actual terms I put into the search bar - amazing.
 
Xexx

Xexx

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Google.com has always given me exactly what I need when i search. Bing however is some hot garbage and i hate Edge for forcing its defaults on installation.
 
Kajiimagi

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sakkath said:
On browsers, I switched browsers from chrome to brave and switched search engines at the same time a few months ago. I feel like my internet experience is more open now. Instead of getting search results based on my location or tracking cookies or my search history I get search results based on the actual terms I put into the search bar - amazing.
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what search engine? I have been on chrome / google forever mostly due to laziness. However search anymore is always trying to sell me something not telling me wtf I asked for.
 
Kajiimagi

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Happy to report I am a new freshly minted Brave convert, synced my PC, Phone & tablet.
 
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Sludig

Sludig

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Simple idiot proof minimal features aka hopefully free VPN or whatever for spoofing location for stuff like foreign netflix or at least pretending I'm not in Jesus freak Oklahoma?
 
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I have two shedding retrievers, and no matter how much I clean fur gets fucking everywhere. Especially in my keyboard, where it wreaks havoc on the mechanical switches (Corsair k90). I've been dealing with intermittently repeating keys for years. I can take the caps off to remove fur and clean with alcohol, but that only goes so far for so long. No clue why I didn't look for a software solution all this time, but I came across this this morning and it works like a charm:

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GitHub - FreneticLLC/KeyboardChatterBlocker: A handy quick tool for blocking mechanical keyboard chatter.

A handy quick tool for blocking mechanical keyboard chatter. - FreneticLLC/KeyboardChatterBlocker
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I've been thinking of setting up a simple website. I'd like to keep it cheap (or free), and not too complex. I'd like some recommendation for software to setup the website with. I'm thinking of having it be in two parts: A blog type part where the newest posts are at the top, but then a second part where I post once in a while articles and such. It would need an index page or something like that that then links to the individual articles. Any ideas?
 
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Control

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Aaron said:
I've been thinking of setting up a simple website. I'd like to keep it cheap (or free), and not too complex. I'd like some recommendation for software to setup the website with. I'm thinking of having it be in two parts: A blog type part where the newest posts are at the top, but then a second part where I post once in a while articles and such. It would need an index page or something like that that then links to the individual articles. Any ideas?
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Free but not your server: Medium or Github pages
Not free but you control it: cheap shared hosting (<$10 per month and $15ish/yr for a domain) + Wordpress (There are probably thousands of other blog platforms that would work, but wp is free, ridiculously widespread, and has been around forever. Most web hosts have a one-click install for it.)
 
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Control said:
Free but not your server: Medium or Github pages
Not free but you control it: cheap shared hosting (<$10 per month and $15ish/yr for a domain) + Wordpress (There are probably thousands of other blog platforms that would work, but wp is free, ridiculously widespread, and has been around forever. Most web hosts have a one-click install for it.)
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Not to mention there are a ton of CRM type add-ons to wordpress to make it essentially drag-and-drop page and site layout creation. Sure its rather bloated if your an old school html purist but the ease and flexibility of WP these days is insane.
 
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Palum

Palum

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Yea and then you only have a second job of updating WordPress plugins six times a day to keep it functioning.
 
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