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Welcome to the Power Users community on Codidact!

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Why don't motherboards support the highest RAM Speeds?

I'm about to build a desktop PC first time in many years and I was confused by the following discrepancy related to memory speeds: Zen5 CPUs "natively" support DDR5-5600 RAM (for example 9600X) ...

3 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by morgwai‭  ·  edited 11d ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Mac SSH sends some environment variables by default

Why does the default SSH client behavior for MacOS send LANG and LC_* environment variables to the server? If I consult man ssh_config, it says SendEnv […] The default is not to send any enviro...

0 answers  ·  posted 19d ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 19d ago by Michael‭

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How do I change to a new email address for Google Groups subscriptions?

I am subscribed to several Google Groups (email lists). I want to change the address where I receive that email, preferably without having to unsubscribe and resubscribe for each list. (Some list...

0 answers  ·  posted 23d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Fonts That Support the Creative Commons Unicode Symbols

As of Unicode 13.0 (released in March 2020), the character set has included glyphs representing Creative Commons licenses. 1F16D - The Creative Commons logo (🅭) 1F10D - CC0, the public domain d...

3 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by John C‭  ·  last activity 25d ago by samcarter‭

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Gmail - User is a group is not receiving emails

We use Gmail with Google Workspace (G Suite) or whatever it's called. We have a group, say info@example.com. Some of our members and aliases in that group are not receiving emails and I have no ide...

0 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by Vanity Slug ❤️‭  ·  edited 25d ago by techsavvytinkerer‭

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Change keyboard shortcuts in Firefox

Where do I go to change keyboard shortcuts in Firefox? I've been in the settings section and used their setting search, both for "keyb" and for "shortc" and nothing likely-looking comes up. Is the...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by Michael‭  ·  last activity 26d ago by techsavvytinkerer‭

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How can I get Windows 10 to stop displaying the wrong time on bootup?

Whenever I boot up Windows on my laptop, the clock is set to UTC time. This happened no matter what timezone I was located in at the time. However, when I boot up Ubuntu on the same device, I got t...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by Mithical‭  ·  last activity 29d ago by Iizuki‭

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Delete "dosdevices" folder created by WINE from Windows

I have a backup of a Linux Mint install circa 2016. Individual files were copied using Ubuntu to an NTFS drive. Now I'm tar-ing and archiving the files, and trying to delete what's left. I made th...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by Big Head Mode‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Linux task app with support for CalDAV sync

I'm looking for a Linux task app that syncs tasks with an existing CalDAV server. I already have a CalDAV server set up (Baikal), and the relevant calendars have been set up with task support, so ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by Zoe‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Zoe‭

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Setting zoom level in Safari web apps

One of the new features of macOS 14 Sonoma are Safari web apps which allow to treat webpages like an application. Is there a way to set the zoom level persistently in such apps? I can zoom in and ...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by samcarter‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by samcarter‭

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How do I add a text box in the Microsoft Word online edition for browsers?

I am editing a Word document stored on Box cloud service, using the Microsoft Word Online, so that I can make edits from my browser. The instructions I've found online seem to indicate that it sho...

0 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by SystemExplorer‭

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Synchronize OTP across multiple devices

A lot of sites these days use OTP. I'm not very familiar with this, but you normally install an app like Google Authenticator on your phone. The app serves an OTP code on demand which you enter alo...

2 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Zoe‭

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How to change default comment char for INI in VS Code?

When I set a file's language as "INI" in VS Code, and use the "comment" command, it uses ; as the comment character. Is there a way to make it use # instead?

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Michael‭

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What free apps let me pause, while I'm recording a video on an iPhone? [closed]

Are there any free video recording apps for the iPhone which have a pause function? I want to be able to pause and resume my recording, so that the footage before and after the pause becomes part ...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by 8500 Ward‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by samcarter‭

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Native Folder Synchronization on Android

What technically (or contractually) prevents cloud storage providers from implementing native support for folder synchronization in their Android apps?

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by AZeed‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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What's up with the .co.uk domain?

Many UK based websites' domain names are under the .co.uk second-level domain. I.e. site.co.uk. Most other countries (and other top-level domains too) seem to just forgo the in-between domain leve...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by Iizuki‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Michael‭

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Set a default zoom level for all websites

How do I tell Firefox to default to 80% for every new web page it opens? 100% is too big, and the system doesn't support fractional scaling well, so every time I land on a new domain name, I have t...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by Andreas witnessed the end of the world today‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by samcarter‭

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What smart TVs are easy to install custom OSes on?

It seems like many smart TVs use firmware/OS based on Linux or Android. I would guess that by now somebody must have tried putting their own software (mainstream Linux distro or custom OS) on one o...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Turning a Samsung smart screen into a dumb computer monitor

I recently acquired a Samsung "gaming" screen (Samsung 28" Odyssey G7 4K 28BG700) to be the monitor for my desktop. Unfortunately, it seems to want to be everything but a simple monitor for my comp...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by Andreas witnessed the end of the world today‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Is it safe to simply insert more disks into my motherboard?

I currently have a single disk in my computer, containing the boot partition, as well as all my data. I also have one or more secondary disks that I'd like to insert into the motherboard (either NV...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by Andreas witnessed the end of the world today‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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How to enable `Alt + .` in bash with Vim bindings

Want I want Alt-. get the last argument to the last command, as it does in a default bash terminal, when Vim bindings are enabled. Similar to this SO post, but with a bash terminal, not zsh. MW...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by mcp‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by Quasímodo‭

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Cloudflare Captcha - which tests are actually important?

It seems like Cloudflare Captcha (which appears to be using Google reCaptcha) shows two types of challenge: One where it's a single image broken up into tiles, and one where every tile comes from a...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Reddit: How to get around "whoa there, pardner!"

For the last year or so, when I go to old.reddit.com I get the "whoa there, pardner" message with some garbage about scripts. reddit.com says "You've been blocked by network security.". I do use a...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Understanding integrated/low-end GPU performance for budget upgrades

My current computer is about 10 years old. It suits my current needs well enough, but in the future I'd like to do a bit more, so I'm think about some budget upgrades for CPU, motherboard and memor...

3 answers  ·  posted 5mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by Michael‭

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Wrapping comments in Neovim messed up by parentheses

Problem Wrapping comments in Neovim gets messed up in the presence of parentheses. This happens with both auto wrapping and manual wrapping (gw). MWE This is what happens in a Python file (file...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by mcp‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by mcp‭

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How to trim trailing whitespace in all files except diffs in Neovim

Problem I would like to trim trailing whitespace on save in all files except .diffs using Neovim. Have vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "BufWritePre" }, { pattern = { "*" }, command = [[%s/\s...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by mcp‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by mcp‭

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In VS Code, can you display an inline diff of unstaged changes?

When there is unstaged change in the file I'm editing, VS code shows little red triangles and colored bars (green/blue) in the left margin. If I click on these, a popup opens showing a diff of that...

1 answer  ·  posted 5mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by Michael‭

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What free, offline software for Windows 10 converts math in PDFs To MathJax?

I need software to convert math in lengthy PDFs to MathJax, in order to copy and paste the MathJax to websites like math.stackexchange.com and math.codidact.com. Recommendations must Be unqual...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by Michael‭

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Understanding OAuth(2) security: what's a realistic threat model?

Suppose I want to use some functionality on foo.com which requires associating my activity with me specifically - for example, posting on a forum, or playing some games and having the site keep tra...

2 answers  ·  posted 7mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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How to record both audio output and input as separate channels in Audacity?

Is it possible to record both audio in and out with Audacity? I am imagining that after configuring it somehow, I would end up with two concurrent audio tracks: One for what the microphone heard, ...

0 answers  ·  posted 4mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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How to change "Master Password" of KeePassXC Database?

How to change "Master Password" of KeePassXC Database? I Googled "keepasxc change password for database" but only found outdated results.

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by propatience‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by propatience‭

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Why can't I delete the English (US) Language pack? [closed]

I face this same problem. Why is "Remove" grayed out? How do I delete?

0 answers  ·  posted 5mo ago by Sunny‭  ·  closed 4mo ago by samcarter‭

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Can I "multi-etch" boot media?

A couple of years ago when I installed Linux, I followed some instructions to get an "etching" tool to load an ISO onto removable media for a live boot - in my case, a 4GB microSD card. It worked f...

1 answer  ·  posted 5mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  last activity 5mo ago by samcarter‭

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How can I reuse a set of nodes in Tikz?

I have a graph in TikZ which I would like to use multiple times, with variations. As a simple example, say I have the following set of nodes \begin{tikzpicture} \node (a) at (0, 0) [circle,draw...

0 answers  ·  posted 5mo ago by Moshi‭

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How to disable line breaks in HTML tag content?

When I type HTML in VS Code, it adds linebreaks to the content of the tag when it is over a certain length. How can I disable this? I tried setting html.format.wrapAttributes to preserve and html....

0 answers  ·  posted 5mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Does Thunderbird support Maildir?

I want to use a local folder in the Maildir format with Thunderbird. I have other programs set up that bring mail to this folder, I just need Thunderbird to view and sort them. I found https://sup...

0 answers  ·  posted 5mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Allow extended keys in tmux?

I'm trying to get tmux to pass through extended keys to my terminal. In particular Shift+Enter and Ctrl+Enter. I'm attempting to utilize this in Vim by mapping the two key combinations. My termina...

0 answers  ·  posted 6mo ago by rcmosher‭  ·  edited 5mo ago by rcmosher‭

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How do I make a test call in Microsoft Teams in Browser?

How do I make a test call in Microsoft Teams in Browser?

1 answer  ·  posted 5mo ago by propatience‭  ·  edited 5mo ago by samcarter‭

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Applescript application disappears from login items after running once

I have an AppleScript application (i.e. an AppleScript exported from the Script Editor as an application) in my "Login Items" list which disappears from the list after running once. The script its...

0 answers  ·  posted 6mo ago by Arthur Morris‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by Arthur Morris‭

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Cannot search inside PDFs with MediaWiki

I have a MediaWiki server set up on WSL 2 with CirrusSearch and its dependencies. Everything is working fine, except searching inside of PDFs. I can search for filenames, but not PDF content. The P...

1 answer  ·  posted 7mo ago by tarhalda‭  ·  last activity 7mo ago by tarhalda‭

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Facebook app, Messenger badge count wrong, how to fix it?

Facebook app is showing the badge counter for Messenger wrongly, I have no unread messages, how do I remove the unread message badge? I tried looking for how to clear cache but that wasn't so easy...

1 answer  ·  posted 7mo ago by propatience‭  ·  last activity 7mo ago by propatience‭

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How to configure custom DNS for only one Wifi network?

One of the Wifi networks I connect to has a DNS server on it, which is better than public ones. This DNS server is not available when connected to other networks. When I'm on this network, I want ...

0 answers  ·  posted 7mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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How do I download everything stored in iCloud?

I am trying to handle the digital affairs of a departed family member. The person had an iCloud account, which I am able to log into (I have the password and the 2FA device). There's about 40G of...

1 answer  ·  posted 8mo ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 7mo ago by Zer0‭

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How can I make moving from Chrome to Firefox as simple as possible?

I want to start moving away from using Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers, and instead move to Firefox. Firefox is an open-source web browser run by a non-profit, as well as the only major c...

1 answer  ·  posted 7mo ago by Mithical‭  ·  last activity 7mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Where to view my support requests / ticket numbers for Microsoft Support (For Business)?

Where to view my support requests / ticket numbers for Microsoft Support (For Business)? I found this which contains an alias or an old URL. Source, thank you Ilaria C.

1 answer  ·  posted 8mo ago by propatience‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by propatience‭

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How to clear specific cookies in Brave Browser?

How to clear specific cookies in Brave Browser? Found this https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048833872-How-Do-I-Clear-Cookies-And-Site-Data-In-Brave at Brave and it was almost correct.

1 answer  ·  posted 8mo ago by propatience‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by samcarter‭

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My hard drive is screeching, now what?

My hard drive is making a screeching/scraping/scratching sound. Is this bad? Will it explode? What I do? How do I figure out which hard drive is doing it, if I have multiple?

2 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by Lundin‭

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Hide badge from Firefox extension icon

The default icon of the Tunnelbear Firefox extension looks like this: I would like to hide the "Off" badge so that it looks like this: Following a similar process as in the answer https://pow...

0 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by samcarter‭

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How to change user language for Microsoft 365/Sharepoint Online?

How to change user language for Microsoft 365/Sharepoint Online? I found this https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/office/change-sharepoint-online-language-settings-0f6a477a-dcab-4462-9d0c-e3b53d13...

1 answer  ·  posted 8mo ago by propatience‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by samcarter‭

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How to add minimize and maximize buttons to top right corner on Gnome windows for Debian 12?

How to add minimize and maximize buttons to top right corner on Gnome windows for Debian 12?

1 answer  ·  posted 8mo ago by propatience‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by samcarter‭