This works fine in my client, but you have to copy the b64.txt from the post to the clipboard, then save from the clipboard to an ASCII editor, then save to your folder.
If you try to save directly from the news client, the file may be hopelessly garbled.
It depends on the client. Some will be happy with it. Some clients are perfectly happy with embedded binaries but, of course, it's dangerous as all hell.
I have never lost a Dropbox file. DB did change the way they do public links, which was annoying, but the files are all still there. I just have to post new links to share them outside. Nothing on my PCs changed. I think too many people were using the free DB as web hosts, so they did something to discourage that.
The change did not affect my main use of DB, which is to do real work at multiple sites without carrying memory sticks around or using FTP, both of which are a lot more hassle than DB.
I just drop command files into a shared folder from anywhere. They appear in the CABIN folder on the little PC in Truckee, and a program executes and then deletes them. Driveway webcam pix get posted into that folder too, and those links are public.
The commercial remote cam/thermostat things didn't appeal to me. Many have a monthly fee that's more than I pay Dropbox.
We're expecting a giant storm any minute, high winds, 20F, and maybe
10" of snow predicted. Sounds like tomorrow would be a good day to ski.
I should get a better cam, something that works from sunlight to moonlight and doesn't get weird at 0 deg F.
Because $10 is so far down in the noise that it doesn't matter. My time and the products matter.
We have a LAN at work.
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