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Save Your Computer

I have the worst luck. I’ve broken five computers and four laptops but I’ve finally learnt my lesson. After losing my work so many times, I have been great at rewriting because I’d never backed anything up. Take it from me:

Even if you backup your work in one external source from your computer, back it up online or in as many places as you can

Back up according to how much valuable work you have so if you save work/programs frequently, back up once every week

If you have a Windows computer, go onto Control Panel and search “back up”. Click on the first link and follow through from there

Do not wait until it’s too late

I may add more information on if I can think of any, but here are some useful links on some other ways to back up your computer: Windows help to backing up files How to Back Up a Computer (among other devices) How to Back up Data The absurdly simple guide to backing up your PC Three Best Ways to Back Up Your Files 6 cheap ways to back up your files 8 Ways to Back up Your Computer Files How to back up your data Done a Computer Backup Lately?

Update: The New Yahoo Finance

By Michael La Guardia, Senior Director of Product for Sports & Finance

A couple of weeks ago we introduced the world to our new Yahoo Finance page.  As we told you then, our goal is to provide the same quality content our users have come to expect, with cleaner, more modern designs and a focus on increased personalization and community engagement.

At launch, we asked our users to share their thoughts and feedback, so we can continue to iterate and improve our product.  We heard from many of you, and one thing is certain:  Yahoo Finance inspires deep passion and loyalty. We appreciate how vocal the community has been since the redesign - both with pats on the back, some great suggestions, and some frustrations - and we’ve been listening to all of it.  We’ve contacted many of you directly to let you know we’re addressing these concerns, and we’ve made real progress based on your feedback.   

To date we have closed a number of major issues, and dozens of smaller ones.  Here is a quick list of what’s been done so far:   

We’ve addressed many data availability and quality issues.

We added back options data for the S&P VIX ticker.

We added analyst 1 year price targets to the right side of the Key Stats module.

We’re now live updating all standard quote details on the Quote Summary Page.

We are once again showing “Get Quotes for Top 10 Holdings” link for ETF and MutualFund quotes.

We’ve restored our databases and should now have the same level of historical data that we used to have.  We also made it easier to manipulate date ranges for historical data.

All recent SEC filings are available for tickers again.

We’ve added “Yield” back to tables for bonds.

We have made adjustments to the way the site is laid out and how you interact with it.

You can now copy data out of our Historical Data pages and paste it correctly into a spreadsheet.

We increased the density of the data table on the Statistics tab.

When you navigate from one Quote Summary Page to another, we now keep you on the same tab.  For example, if you were looking at Yahoo’s financials and navigated to the Alibaba Quote page, the new page would open on the Financials tab.

We’ve made many headers clickable for direct access to deeper information.

Clicking on an option strike price now shows all options available at that price.

We restored the link to the Currency Converter tool.

We fixed bugs that you pointed out.

The Recently Viewed list no longer gets wiped out.

You can now select MAX time frame on historical data.

Adding a symbol to multi-quote now no longer wipes out the whole list.

Our products are constantly evolving, and we’ll continue to answer your questions and address your concerns.  There is still more to do, including some exciting new features that will be rolling out in the coming months.  You’ll be hearing from us regularly as it happens.  

In the meantime, keep your suggestions and feedback coming. 

Fat Shaming

There’s a lot of people who are against body positivity because they believe this movement promotes unhealthy issues that are associated with being over-weight and obese.

Please tell me though, when has fat shaming EVER brought about positive change? There is no link between fat shaming and a decrease in obesity. 

There is however a large link of fat shaming and

Eating disorders

Low self esteem

Depression

Suicide

Weird how the moment my FP goes to bed/stops talking to me is the same moment my mood goes from 100 to 0…. hm, must be a coincidence….

8 Things Autistic People Want You To Know

1. Autism is a fundamental part of who we are and how we experience the world and it cannot be separated from who we are as people. Autism is not something which is clearly separated from our identities and our personalities - it’s something which affects every aspect of how we think about, experience and interact with the world around us. Autism isn’t something we have or something we’re suffering from, it’s something we are. For the vast majority of autistic people, autism is a part of our identity which means that despite common belief most of us prefer to be called “autistic” as opposed to “people with autism.”  Do not tell us that we only have value if we can separate our identities and our personalities from autism.

2. The vast majority of autistic people do not want a cure, we want acceptance and accommodations. Do not put your time and money into researching how to cure autism and how to prevent it, put time and money into accommodating and accepting autistic people. We do not wish to become neurotypical, we wish to change society so that we can be accommodated, accepted and included as autistic people. Our goal isn’t to become as close to neurotypical as possible, it is to get the opportunity to live happy, fulfilling lives as autistic people. It is society that needs to chance, not us.

3. We do not support Autism Speaks or their campaign #LightItUpBlue and neither should you. If you want to support autistic people, check out ASAN or Autism Women’s Network instead. If you don’t know why autistic people don’t support Autism Speaks, check out the many resources linked in this post.

4. Functioning labels are at best inaccurate and at worst actively harmful.  Functioning labels (claiming that some autistic people are “high-functioning” while others are “low-functioning”) do more harm than good, not just because they aren’t able to give you an accurate impression of what supports an individual autistic person needs but because they’re mainly used to either silence or invalidate autistic people. Autistic people who speak up about the issues concerning them are labelled “high-functioning” to invalidate what they have to say as being inaccurate and irrelevant for other autistic people and so-called “low-functioning” autistic people are being silenced and spoken over because they are written off as too ‘low-functioning’ to have nuanced, relevant opinions or even communicate at all. Instead of forcing autistic people into one of two boxes, name the specific issues or strengths that you are referring to when you’re calling them low-functioning or high-functioning. Are they non-verbal? Say that instead of calling them low-functioning. Are they able to manage a job? Say that instead of calling them high-functioning.

5. Non-verbal autistic people can and do learn to communicate using other communication forms than verbal speech and they’re all individuals with their own thoughts, feelings, wants and opinions. You do not get to speak on behalf of non-verbal autistic people. You do not get to assume that you know exactly what they think, want and feel, especially not when you have never made any effort to communicate with any of them. Instead of assuming that you know what non-verbal autistic people think and feel, try listening to what they have to say by reading the words of some non-verbal autistic people such as @lysikan or Amy Sequenzia or Emma Zurcher-Long.

6. Applied Behavior Analysis, the most widespread and well-known therapy for autistic children, does more harm than good. The goal of ABA therapy is to train and force autistic people into hiding their autistic traits by all means possible as if passing for neurotypical should be the goal of all autistic people regardless of what consequences it might have for their general well-being and their mental health. If you don’t see why that is a problem, check out this masterpost by @neurowonderful.  

7. People diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome are just as autistic as people diagnosed with other variants of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Aspergers is autism and to emphasize this, aspergers and other variants of autism have been united under a broader diagnosis called “autism spectrum disorder” in the DSM-5, Back when aspergers was a separate diagnosis, the only difference between whether you got diagnosed with aspergers or autism was whether you spoke before you were three years old - something which says approximately nothing about your struggles and abilities later in life.  The common misconception that aspergers and autism is two different things is just that - a misconception.

8. If you want to learn more about autism, listen to autistic people - not our parents, our siblings, our therapists our or caregivers. Autistic people are the ones who know the most about being autistic, so if you want to learn about autism we’re the ones you should ask. If you want to learn more about the different aspects of autism, @neurowonderful‘s youtube series “Ask An Autistic” is a good place to start. Here is an index over all the episodes so that you can easily find the topic you want to learn about.  You can also visit @askanautistic where autistic people are ready to answer whatever questions you may have about autism.  

Please reblog this post. It’s time tumblr starts listening to autistic people.

Migrating From Desktop to Cloud Accounting Software

We’ve looked at the benefits of cloud accounting software, and listed the top picks and their features. Nobody’s denying the need to move to the cloud anymore, but the big question is the how.

Migrating company data from accounting software on a local system to one on the cloud is a tricky process that varies for each company and software.

All the major providers such as Sage, Intuit and Xero are helping their clients who already use desktop software move to the cloud in their own way and in a manner that best suits the client’s needs.

For example, Intuit customers moving from QuickBooks Desktop Basic Simple Start, Pro, Premier or Enterprise versions to QuickBooks Online have a multitude of resources and documentation available in the knowledgebase.

There’s a simple visual guide that takes you step-by-step through the process of importing your company file into QBO. There’s a more detailed import guide that tells you everything about migrating from a desktop version to QBO.

Another Intuit guide tells you about the limitations and the way the data is changed when you move it to QBO. Note that you won’t be able to do any of this on QBO Basic or QBO Simple Start.

Sage does one better by including a conversion tool in the software for those who have a desktop version of Quickbooks and want to switch to Sage 50 (formerly Sage Peachtree).

Those who are already Sage 50 users can move to the cloud easily just by signing up with hosting providers who offer an instantly accessible application that is remotely hosted at a secure off-site location.

These Sage 50 solution partners such as InsynQ, myownasp.com, Right Networks, Qutera, Cloud9 Real Time and HarborCloud.com offer turnkey solutions.

Your Sage 50 will be fully functional online, and you will be able to use MS-Office and other applications that often need to be used along with accounting software. Multiple users will be able to access the same files online from anywhere, regardless of their location.     

Xero, which only offers cloud accounting software, has both a free conversion tool and a DIY guide for those who want to move their Quickbooks data to Xero.

As you can see, each company has its own way of helping customers who want to use their software on the cloud. Your choice must therefore take into consideration not only the features of the software, but also whether their migration support matches your needs.   

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Shoutout to tumblr users without internet friends.

Shoutout to tumblr users who are still trying to figure out aspects of tumblr.

Shoutout to tumblr users who for whatever reason feel excluded from fandoms/other communities.

Shoutout to tumblr users who feel lonely.

Shoutout to tumblr users who feel like everyone else on tumblr is cooler or smarter or better than them.

I’m prayin for us to overcome self-consciousness, shyness, whatever is in our way. You’re not defined by your blog or your online presence. I love you and know you can do anything.

Let’s talk about Linux

Operating Systems come in many shapes and sizes. Probably the best known right now are OS X (by Apple) and Windows 7, 8, 10. These are not the only Operating Systems available though. In fact, they are not even close. So here is a brief introduction to Linux, an operating system far more varied and customizable than its purchasable counterparts.

Above are a few of the logos. The first is of the Linux Tux, the mascot for all of Linux. The rest are the logos of different versions of linux (referred to as distributions). So we know that Linux is an operating system, but why are there so many? How are they different? And if they are all different, then why are they all called Linux?

To start with the similarities, lets look at what Linux actually means. At its foundation, “Linux” just means “Unix-like operating system”. It is generally free and open source, and is based off of the Linux kernel, written in 1991 by Linus Torvalds.

So all the distributions of Linux are in the same category, but what makes them different? Above is a graphical history of Linux. Each split represents the birth of a new distribution, when a significant change was made to the distribution. Check out the full graphic here. Many of these splits were made because someone found that there wasn’t a distribution of Linux that worked exactly how they wanted it to, so they made a change to an existing one. The number of different versions may seem daunting, but the reality is that every single one was created by people just like you and me.

So where do you start?

Whether you want to jump in and install Linux as your primary distribution, dual-boot it alongside another Operating System, or just try it out on a bootable USB, there is a large community of Linux enthusiasts to help you through every bump in the road. If you have never used Linux before, pick a distribution with a very large community behind it, such as (but not limited to) Ubuntu, Debian, or Mint.

Happy Installing!