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Increase contrast between current and other tabs in Firefox

In most recent Firefox versions I find it hard to distinguish the current tab at a glance, especially if the screen is set at low brightness. That is because the colors used for the current and oth...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Quasímodo‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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How can I halt Windows from forthwith switching to Google Chrome, after I click on URLs on Skype?

Whenever I click on an URL in Skype, Windows opens up Google Chrome straightaway with the webpage. How do I halt this, so that Windows stays focussed on Skype? I like to click and open URL's — tha...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Distinguish like I'm 9 years old — Bit rate vs. Data rate?

How do **Data rate **and Total bitrate differ? I am untutored in computer science — please explain like I am 9 years old. See below pls. David Vanderschel PhD in Mathematics & Physics from Ri...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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How can the total size of all frames of a video > that video's size?

I commanded Free Video to JPG converter to convert every frame of some .mp4 into JPGs. One .mp4 of 131 MB got converted into pictures totalling 700 MB! Another .mp4 of 377 MB got converted into pic...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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How can you edit the keys on keyboard's Numeric Pad, with Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator?

These steps from UC Davis don't picture or mention the number pad on the far right hand side of computer keyboards. If Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator can't edit numeric keypads, please recommen...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 2y ago by TextKit‭

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How to re-justify a text under an image in GIMP

I have a raster logo image with transparent background which I edit with GIMP and which is comprised of two primary elements: A drawing A text under the drawing The text is "justified" under...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user

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How to disable email grouping (in conversation) in Gmail web mail for certain senders?

I have just realized that I have overlooked some important e-mails due to Gmail's automatic e-mail grouping in conversations. Typically, this is a pretty useful feature to reduce the count, but so...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Wicket‭

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What is the correct way to change the color of an element in GIMP?

I marked an image element with magic wand in GIMP and then used bucket fill to dye it in another color. For some elements it worked well, but other elements were damaged (became more "aliased" or ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 2y ago by deleted user

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How to dye all elements of an image (besides the transparent background) White?

I have a transparent-backgrounded colorful raster-image (.png). I want everything in the image to just become White (besides the background, which should stay transparent). Is there any single ac...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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How to concurrently, productively change all gray color in all headings and subheadings in this PDF?

Screen shot of PDF below. Do not ask me to manually change the gray color in each heading and subheading individually — too much time and work! I hanker change to #4DFFFF — CMYK = 70, 0, 0, 0. I ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Unique identifier for a computing system [closed]

If IP address is a unique identifier of a computing device in a network (LAN and/or WAN) and MAC is a unique identifier for a network card and/or modem, what would be a unique identifier for a comp...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 2y ago by samcarter‭

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How can I get my browser to block a specific SVG (Discord server icon)?

I am on several Discord servers. One of them has, as its server logo, an image I would rather not see every time I use Discord. I had previously used AdBlock to suppress it, but it came back rece...

3 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by CodeFarmer‭

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Trouble Running Diablo 2 resurrected on Windows 10 Home

Dell Latitude 5580 (laptop) Intel Core i7-7820HQ 16GB DDR4 Nvidia Gforce 940MX 512GB SSD Windows 10 Home Surprisingly, I am having trouble running Diablo 2 Resurrected with pretty much the...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 9mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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How can I ssh to a remote server from my Chromebook?

How can I ssh to a remote server from my Chromebook? A lot of the work I do involves ssh'ing to a remote web server, running software on that remote command shell, and testing things using a web...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by DavidCary‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by dsr‭

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Turn off proofing for quotations in Word

When directly quoting somebody, I would like to quote them verbatim, and their writing style often clashes with Word's style/grammar checker. While I can manually ignore them, the squiggly lines al...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Trilarion‭

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How do I color — some but NOT all — text in a sentence, in HTML5?

My corporation has a discussion forum that uses HTML. I'm uncertain if this is HTML5, and if it also uses CSS. <font color="red">Color this red.</font> failed, probably because "The ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 2y ago by TextKit‭

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How to add a partition of Disk 1, to another partition of Disk 0?

I use Windows 10. How do I add the yellow partition to the red one, to increase the size of red? Green (833 GB) must be left alone, and must not be changed or moved.

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by elgonzo‭

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Why do I get "we've run into an issue" and error code caa70004 when starting Microsoft Teams?

I installed Teams on my desktop. Whenever I click it, this error message appears. Why? We're sorry—we've run into an issue. Error code - caa70004 There's a more permanent way to sign in to Mic...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by TextKit‭

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Make left-click warp the scrollbar thumb position instead of paging down/up

I want the scrollbar to wrap to the pointer location when I click in an empty space (a.k.a. the trough or track) of it. What happens instead is that the scrollbar thumb just displaces the equivale...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Quasímodo‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Why does my external Hard Drive keep squealing?

As soon as I plug in the USB cable to my desktop's USB port, and the external Hard Drive starts spinning, it keeps scritching. Please listen to my audio file. I bought it in 2015, but I plug it i...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by elgonzo‭

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Switching to an admin user within Powershell SSH session

Is it possible to switch to an admin user from a regular user within a PowerShell SSH session (similar to Linux's su <user>) without even connecting to a remote desktop session and open Power...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by ajhalili2006‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Canina‭

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Isn't Slug redundant, when Bleed oversteps the page and Bleed < Slug?

I read Scott's explanation, but Slug still feels redundant to me. Because Bleed < Slug, then whenever you cut the paper at Bleed, you will have cut off the Slug inescapably, simultaneously...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by dsr‭

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Distinguish like I'm 5 years old — ArtBox, BleedBox, CropBox, MediaBox, TrimBox

I tried 4 different sets of definitions below, but they're still too abstruse! English ISN'T my first language. You don't have to read any thing below this line...I'm just showing all my work like ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by DavidCary‭

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Installing WhatsApp on a desktop computer without having WhatsApp installed on a smartphone

I use Windows 10 Home. I need to install a WhatsApp client on my desktop computer but WhatsApp requires me to have a WhatsApp client installed on my smartphone to do so; Installing WhatsApp on my ...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 2y ago by deleted user

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Can a Windows 7 installation be restored by simply restoring all its files?

I'm looking for a reliable and easy backup and restore system for the OS on a Windows 7 laptop (more details below). If I were to boot it to an external drive and back up all the files on the hard...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Pastychomper‭

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How do I cut out a section of audio from a larger one, with VLC?

How do I cut out/trim/split a section of audio (or video) from a larger one, with VLC? I'm not trying to transcode, just extract a piece, ideally from the command-line.

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by JesseW‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by JesseW‭

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Why do simple calculations take such a long time in Matlab 2020 on my computer?

For example: 2+2 ans = 4 10-5 It takes 10-20 seconds before I get the result (ans=...). Why it is taking so long to return the answer to such a simple calculation? The system require...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Anonymous‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Trilarion‭

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Open file from vifm in split view

I use vifm in split mode - it always shows two vertically separated windows each with a directory listing. From there I can open files using the right arrow. However when I open a text file, vifm g...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by mulllhausen‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Why does Google Search Console shows data two days prior?

Generally, Google Search Console (GSC) shows me data about my website from two days before. I can understand a scenario were data about just one day before is given: The day in which we check the...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 2y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Does Wireless receiver increase internet speed?

Recently, I noticed there's some problem with my Wireless Driver. I had discussed with a computer technician (whom I call Engineer) he said that it will cost too much to replace Wireless driver. So...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Anonymous‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Anonymous‭

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Discrepancy between Google search console and Google site: command

In Google search console I have: 883 webpages Discovered - currently not indexed 4 webpages Crawled - currently not indexed But, from a site:example.com command (regarding the same website),...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user

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How can I, most effortlessly, whiten or white out yellow or brown Tint?

Is Tint the correct term? I'm referring any document, paper, or picture that appears too yellowish or brownish. I'm not merely referring Foxing. I prefer black text on white background. What's th...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Canina‭

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How effortlessly can universities check where you logged in? What other IT details can they determine?

Assume you're accessing your university Canvas LMS and Intranet (is this the correct term?) — e.g. your university email, library website, etc... — normally, without VPN or proxy. Assume you have...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by dsr‭

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Delete command from Vim's command line history?

Sometimes I accidentally enter a command with a typo in Vim, e.g. :e!fil instead of :e!file. As a consequence, the incorrect command clutters the history until it is evicted from the binary .vi...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Quasímodo‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Matrix solution software

I am trying to invert the matrix in the picture. I had done mistakes 3 times. And I heard someone in Khanacademy were saying "let computer do the hard tasks". I was trying to find better Matrix s...

3 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Anonymous‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Why is Firefox performing so poorly on my Android?

Firefox is my preferred browser when using a PC. I've also always found it to be one of the faster no matter computer. However, whenever I try to use Firefox on my Android phone (Samsung S8), it g...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Moved to a new OS version, didn't change project source, and now Datenstrom Yellow project won't build -- how do I debug this?

I've been using Datenstrom Yellow on a Mac running 0S 10.12.6 (Sierra) to build a personal web site (mostly a blog). The self-hosted test site (runs directly from source) and the build (generated s...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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What is the formal terminology to describe the hierarchy from a screen to a window?

I figure that there are few concepts behind working with modern computer screens and GUI operating system windows. Screen size: The screen's physical size; everything including its physical peri...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 2y ago by Canina‭

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No-phone-number-required, gratis and cross-platform VoIP application

I need to be available by smartphone for potential customers which generally all of them reside in a country different than the one I reside at. Register-with-phone-line VoIP applications such as ...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Why can't I play a YouTube video embedded on a website, in YouTube itself?

I usually see the Youtube logo in the embedded video, but not the fully functional video clip near the bottom at http://ceritacinta407.blogspot.com/2017/09/stella-kim-on-make-it-last-article.html. ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Wicket‭

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How can I command my Lenovo laptop — NOT a ThinkPad — to stop charging the battery, at a maximum cap level of my choice?

Update, after Olin Lathrop's answer. I phoned Lenovo Technical Support to ask why the "Battery Charge Threshold" in Olin Lathrop's answer doesn't appear in my Lenovo Vantage. Their engineer acces...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 2y ago by TextKit‭

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Why my screen automatically zooms? How to stop it?

I am in Xubuntu. Sometimes, when I use Android Studio and suddenly change my "activity". I meant whenever I visit Android Studio to Chrome using alt+tab then my screen automatically zoom. Here how ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Anonymous‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Connection closed by remote host in Putty with hosting provider says that the problem is not on their side

I use my smartphone as my "router", with dynamic IP addresses, for nearly 3 years and never had any problem SSHing into various shared hosting environments with Putty. I host my website on a CentO...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 2y ago by Canina‭

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Maximise instead of full screen window

Are there any free (and preferably open source) methods to make the green window button maximise the window instead of going full screen? (I know BetterTouchTools can do that, but this is no lon...

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

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Simple text editor for Linux with support for coloring individual words

I'm looking for a text processor that can color specific words, just like Microsoft Wordpad can (select a word -> click the color button -> choose a color), but for a GNU/Linux system. I hav...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Quasímodo‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Remapping backspace with Karabiner Elements

I'm using Karabiner-Elements to remap some keys. I would like remap backspace to forward delete option + backspace to backward delete To do this I tried to write the following rule ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Canina‭

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How to truncate all MediaWiki logs?

I need to truncate all logs whatsoever (available under "example.com/Special:logs" path pattern) in my MediaWiki website (1.35.2). In the logs webpage, I didn't find any way to do that; I can only...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 2y ago by deleted user

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How to block all images in Outlook by default?

By default, Outlook client does a great job at blocking images coming from external sources (ensures no tracking, no potentially disturbing images etc). Some folks within my organization are using ...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Alexei‭

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Microsoft Photos app takes a lot of time to load in Windows 10

One of the default apps on Windows 10 for viewing photos is Microsoft Photos. The app is really nice and have very useful features but one of the worst problems with the app is that it takes a lot...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Kevin M. Mansour‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Kevin M. Mansour‭

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Audio book player for macOS 11.5

I'm looking for an application to play my mp3 audio books on macOS 11.5. On an older system, I was using ecoute, but this does not seem to work under macOS 11.5. Required features: resume the...

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