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--- 2025lctgmeetingchats [2025.03.26 13:19] – Steve Isenberg
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 These are a record of the chats that were passed during meetings in 2025.  They have been edited to a small extent.\\
 To find chats for a given day, for example January 15, 2025, search for datecode 20250115 (2025, month 01, day 15).
+====20250423====
+===Portable Apps, and more===
+<WRAP prewrap>
+<code>
+:08:44 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
+	portableapps.com
+	This is a Windows app.  It says it can work on MacOS using certain apps (CrossOver, Wineskin, WineBottler, PlayOnMac).  This from https://portableapps.com/download
+:15:07 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
+	Portable Apps aren't the same as containers or sandboxed apps, like the Linux AppImages, Snaps or Flatpaks.
+:29:23 From Seth to Everyone:
+	@Steve Isenberg, would you please send information on running portable apps on MacOS? [see https://portableapps.com/download]
+:32:38 From Bob Primak:
+	PortableApps.com Platform 25.0: Introducing macOS Support
+	Submitted by John T. Haller on April 7, 2023 - 1:22am
+	PortableApps.com is proud to announce the PortableApps.com Platform 25.0 release. This release adds initial macOS support along with a helper app as well as improved stability and performance. Read on for all the details...(permalink)
+	Existing Platform users can automatically update by clicking Help - Check for Updates.  https://portableapps.com/news/2023-04-07--portableapps.com-platform-25.0-released
+	Download PortableApps.com Platform 30.0.2 - Free App Store & Menu
+	your computer, without the computer™  https://portableapps.com/download
+	Download macOS Helper 1.2 + PortableApps.com Platform
+	The PortableApps.com macOS Helper app allows you to run the PortableApps.com Platform and many of our apps on your Intel or Apple Silicon Mac. It installs the PortableApps.com Platform to your local ~/Documents directory. It can run the platform from there or from a removable drive. It can even run from a removable drive without needing a local install. More supported locations are coming shortly. You'll need to unquarantine the unsigned package as detailed in the instructions below.  https://portableapps.com/download/macos
+:41:06 From Seth to Everyone:
+	Thanks.  @Steve Isenberg was mentioning other solutions as well.  Not sure the state of the MacOS helper as it’s last update was in 2023.
+:42:36 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
+	There are portable apps available for MacOS from a variety of sources. I'm not sure this particular site or app ecosystem is still being developed for Mac.
+:46:20 From Bob Primak to Everyone:
+	Be CAREFUL when buying large-capacity flash drives or cheap SSDs on Amazon and other sites! They often are rigged and do not have their stated internal components -- the capacity is reported incorrectly through the device firmware.
+Ways to Test Real Drive Capacity (and Spot a Fake)  https://www.makeuseof.com/ways-to-test-real-drive-capacity-spot-a-fake/
+:56:23 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
+	https://www.makeuseof.com/no-login-no-fees-free-movie-sites/
+</code>
+</WRAP>
+[[lexingtoncomputergroup|return]]
+====20250409====
+===Electric Bikes===
+<WRAP prewrap>
+<code>
+:35:21 From John Rudy to Everyone:
+	and a bike path is not limited to bikes. so there are parents with toddlers, etc.
+:46:41 From Larry Wittig to Everyone:
+	Europe is somewhat limited to Type I ebikes with a max speed of 25 kph ~16 mph. They mix with pedestrains not road traffic as the us.
+</code>
+</WRAP>
+[[lexingtoncomputergroup|return]]
+====20250402====
+===Hearing Aid Technology===
+<WRAP prewrap>
+<code>
+:05:19 From John Rudy to Everyone:
+	ohn Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley invented the first working transistors at Bell Labs, the point-contact transistor in 1947.
+:13:57 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
+	Here is that link to Consumer Reports: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/hearing-aids/best-and-worst-hearing-aid-brands-and-retailers-a1115767262/
+:35:11 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
+	I will be posting George’s slides on the group site (along with an AI-generated meeting summary) later today.  Site: https://LCTG.toku.us
+:15:53 From Steve Isenberg to Everyone:
+	I have posted links directly to the videos that George is showing today, on: https://LCTG.toku.us under April 2.
+:23:33 From John Rudy to Everyone:
+	But can I really believe a 30 minute Costco ad
+:27:55 From Drew King to Everyone:
+	I don't need them but if I did I'd get dual use devices that are good for music/tv and hearing
+:49:18 From tedpk to Everyone:
+	https://www.mdhearingaid.com/
+:57:40 From Barry Kort to Everyone:
+	One of the videos did mention one model that went to 16KHz.
+</code>
+</WRAP>
+[[lexingtoncomputergroup|return]]
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