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Thursday Random Stuff…

December 31, 2020, 14:19(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) 4 Comments

Goodbye 2020
I’ve never understood the preoccupation with the rollover of the calendar. I mean, I get the “any excuse to party” thing but beyond that I’m at a loss.
Anyhow, I do hope the next 365 days are better for all of us.

Updated – Bad Tweaks
My Bad Tweaks article is somewhere around 15 years old. Links to sources have disappeared. I updated the links today, mostly to the Internet Wayback Machine archive. I’ve also backed up these sources to PDF and have linked to those where appropriate.

Updated – UAC – Quick notes on why I disable it
As of today my original article is over eleven years old. Links to sources have disappeared. I updated the links today, mostly to the Internet Wayback Machine archive. I’ve also backed up these sources to PDF and have linked to those where appropriate.
UAC – Quick notes on why I disable it

WinAmp Community Update Project (WACUP)
Updated to build #6840. This is the second release in 8 days.
I’m a beta tester for WACUP. I’ll have a related article in the next week or so.
Download & Info

PowerToys v0.29.3
bugfixes
Download & Info

Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:

Windows 7: A year after the end-of-support deadline, millions choose not to upgrade
“Microsoft officially ended support for its one-time flagship operating system, Windows 7, at the start of 2020. As the year draws to a close, I ran the numbers to see how many PCs are still running this unsupported OS. Spoiler: It’s a big number,”
Go Ed Go!

“Psychological Flexibility” May Be Key To Good Relationships Between Couples And Within Families
“What makes for a happy family? The answer — whether you’re talking about a couple or a family with kids — is psychological “flexibility”, according to a new paper in the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. Based on a meta-analysis of 174 separate studies, Jennifer S. Daks and Ronald Rogge at the University of Rochester conclude that flexibility helps — and inflexibility hinders — our most important relationships.”
The paper cited even goes beyond that
“Within romantic relationships, higher levels of various forms of psychological inflexibility were linked to: (1) lower relationship satisfaction for themselves and (2) their partners, (3) lower sexual satisfaction and (4) emotional supportiveness, as well as (5) higher negative conflict, (6) physical aggression, (7) attachment anxiety, and (8) attachment avoidance. Taken as a set, these results suggest that psychological flexibility and inflexibility may play key roles both in couples and families to shape how individuals interact with the people closest to them.”
My takeaway: Don’t be a hard-ass. It’ll only make you miserable.

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  1. Tom says

    December 31, 2020, 22:06(EST) at 22:06

    Hey Eric. I just wanted to leave a reply thanking you for this wonderful website you’ve put together. I came across it today and I am extremely impressed by the amount of information you’ve put together. It is truly a goldmine and more importantly, it is evidence based and thoroughly researched which is so, so rare when it comes to most PC optimization information out there. Do you accept donations?

    Have a wonderful 2021 and know that you and your work are greatly appreciated.

    Reply
    • Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) says

      January 1, 2021, 08:29(EST) at 08:29

      Thanks Tom!
      You can always buy a tweak guide 🙂

      Reply
  2. Amir says

    January 1, 2021, 08:20(EST) at 08:20

    Eric, I wish you a very great year.
    To comment for the first part, Goodbye 2020, when you said “I’ve never understood the preoccupation with the rollover of the calendar.”
    I remembered the early part of this video:https://youtu.be/dNVZ0ZPfE8s
    which says:
    “Each day we wake up in the same room and follow the same path, to live the same day as yesterday. Yet at one time each day was a new adventure. Along the way something changed. Before our days were timeless, now our days are scheduled.

    Is this what it means to be grown up? To be free? But are we really free?”

    Reply
  3. a says

    January 1, 2021, 13:10(EST) at 13:10

    Happy New Year, Eric!!!!! I really appreciate all that you do; it is ‘ a cut above’.

    Q: I’m still at V1909. You said you had upgraded to V20H2? Finding it stable and worth the upgrade?

    Reply

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