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Many automated scanners will attempts brute forcing SSH servers running on port 22 using common username+password pairs. This is relatively easy. You just have to pick an IP range and you have as m...
This is not a direct answer, but you can just copy the pixels. Scale the PDF so that the equation you want is nicely readable on your screen at a size appropriate for the Math site. Do a screen c...
I was trying to start mobile cellular data. It's been a year I can't turn it on. Usually, I am currently using Postpaid sim card. When I was using Prepaid sim card than, I could turn mobile cellula...
(Caution: This method will not only influence the menu bar, but also the appearance of the dock etc.) A bit more drastic way is to switch off the transparency via System Preferences->Accessibil...
I use a HP LaserJet Pro MFP M426fdn printer at work. It offers 4 settings for Print Quality: ProRes 1200 (132 lpi) ProRes 1200 (180 lpi) FastRes 1200 600 dpi Is ProRes 1200 higher qual...
It's better to start in the shallow end Even the "friendliest" Linux distributions usually don't get in your way very much, or try to force you to do things in a specific way to the extent that Wi...
Running the WAVE browser extension on a site, I'm getting an "Empty button" error on a search submit box: A <button> element is present that contains no text content (or alternative text...
Is there a way to set a dynamic font size for text boxes in LibreOffice Draw? I want it to change the font size based on the amount of text entered. For example: versus (Images taken from th...
Distro TL;DR: Mint is good for you. There are many choices and many of them are good. As long as it is somewhat popular and not a specialized distro it should be good enough. Don't worry about it...
I have a Manjaro machine with mostly default programs in the background. I recently found out that when signing in to the other tty's (the ones you go to by pressing CTRL+ALT+F#), it logs in withou...
OK, I was messing with the configs and removing the fprintd lines auth sufficient pam_unix.so try_first_pass likeauth nullok auth sufficient pam_fprintd.so And the offending file wa...
Surely there is a more elegant way, but I simply take a screenshot of the map (with a pip showing my location) and send it to the other person.
Understanding question closure The main point I want to make here applies to Codidact as a whole, and possibly even to every Q&A site like it, even theoretically. Closure and deletion, followi...
There is always a trade off between ease of writing and reading. HTML, Latex, rich text (docx/rtf) have excellent readability if prepared right, but writing in them is difficult. Plaintext is easy ...
How to set the default time format in Linux? For example to set the format the date command outputs when run with no parameters.
How do you unlock about:config settings which are locked? How do you set them despite being locked? As an example, Librewolf disables the password manager, which I find silly. However, they also d...
I noticed a random lagginess and/or freezing in my browsers from time to time. After carefully switching off and on all plugins and things related to the network I found out it was the Apple Privat...
I have just noticed that Outlook is displaying a strange item generated in a folder named EventCheckPoint and also displaying <This item contains active content.. Hovering the folder name it in...
How to create a RAM drive in macOS Ventura? The Apple App Store lists only a single app for creating a RAM disk. And apparently that app does not actually work, per review comments.
Note: I am posting this here because I think this is more related to some configuration issue rather than a programming problem I have deployed an Angular (SPA) + ASP.NET Core application in a k8s...
How to remove or hide Welcome to the team! Here are some things to get going... message from Teams's Teams Channel? This one: Steps to reproduce: In the left side bar click on "Teams" (i...
On Android in Google Maps (Googled to get this, but tested and it works): Touch and hold an area of the map that isn't labeled to drop a red pin. In the search box, you can find the coordinates...
I know three options: Blender - generic 3D modeling software. Very powerful, with many features and large community. A few years ago it used to be notorious for its steep learning curve. It is p...
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...
You can't edit it in settings, but I do know where those come from. It's in language-configuration.json, under comments: Comment toggling VS Code offers two commands for comment toggling. Toggl...
