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Q&A 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 3y ago by Kevin M. Mansour‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Kevin M. Mansour‭

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Q&A 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 3y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Canina‭

Question Karabiner-Elements JSON
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Q&A 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 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A 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 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A Hardware for occasional direct control of personal server

I tend to use a keyboard and a video capture card - I run a ~5 dollar one off aliexpress that looks a little like this. HDMI goes into one end, you plug it into an available USB port, and it act...

posted 1y ago by Journeymangeek ‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Journeymangeek ‭

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Q&A Windows 11 PC getting additional 0.0.0.0 default gateway

I run a self built router setup, running Kea as a DHCP server, firewalld for managing the firewall, and dns hosted elsewhere. Its currently running in a test configuration behind a known good netwo...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Journeymangeek ‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Journeymangeek ‭

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Q&A Trouble Running Diablo 2 resurrected on Windows 10 Home

How sad. I remember playing Diablo 2 as a wee lad, I think my computer at the time was a Celeron with an S3 Savage video card with 8 MB of memory. And then we have this "remake", probably with bloa...

posted 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Why is WAVE throwing an "empty button" error when there's a type attribute specified?

Let's take a look at what WAVE is telling us. A <button> element is present that contains no text content (or alternative text), or an <input type="submit">, <input type="button...

posted 1y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A How to indent list items in Vim

You don't need smartindent, but you need autoindent plus n in formatoptions: setlocal formatoptions+=n. This is what its documentation (:h fo-table, for format options) says: When formatting tex...

posted 2y ago by tssm‭

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Q&A Why does `decode-dimms` report my CL-18 RAM timings as 22-22-22-52?

I replaced my laptop's RAM. I believe the new RAM should have a latency of 18CL at 3200MT/s. But decode-dimms lists the timings as "A-RCD-RP-RAS (cycles) as DDR4-3200 22-22-22-52". Why is the CAL l...

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

Question memory RAM DDR4 SO-DIMMs CAS
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Q&A Stop Avast from installing itself without permission

A few days ago Avast Premium Security installed itself in my win10Vm without permission. I have repeatedly tried uninstalling it with the windows add/remove programs feature, and with the 1st party...

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

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Q&A 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 12mo ago by Arthur Morris‭  ·  edited 12mo ago by Arthur Morris‭

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Q&A Browser video sometimes stops working; how can I figure out why?

Does the Mac Mini have a GPU? This sounds like something that could happen due to a graphics driver issue. AFAIK Youtube relies on the HTML5 video element. If it freezes in all browsers, it's prob...

posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A 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 1y ago by propatience‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by samcarter‭

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

I found this, thanks to Zelphir Kaltstal, and it worked! gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout appmenu:minimize,maximize,close Found at Add minimize and maximize buttons ...

posted 1y ago by propatience‭  ·  edited 1y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A 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 1y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 1y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A My hard drive is screeching, now what?

In case of a classic magnetic disc drive starts to make new strange sounds and you can tell it isn't coming from one of the many fans in the computer, turn it off immediately and remove the power p...

posted 1y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A 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 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A KMail: Run script on open for local mail dirs

I use offlineimap to synchronize my mail, and I have the directory set up as a local folder in KMail. Currently, I open KMail and also run offlineimap to synchronize my mail. Is there a way to mak...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A What is a good browser suitable for every-day use that respects user privacy and freedom?

Brave The Brave project was started by Brendan Eich, one of the key figures in original Firefox, after he left the Mozilla foundation due to political reasons. From this, one could presume that it...

posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A How to unlock/set locked preferences in Firefox-family browsers?

It seems possible to do this with unlockPref. unlockPref("signon.rememberSignons"); This technically only "unlocks" the setting, but in my case when unlocked it changes to true on its own in ab...

posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A How to mark a folder as the destination for pasting in ranger?

In ranger, I am often copying a bunch of files from one folder to another. Currently I do it like this: Select files with Space Cut with F6 Navigate to the destination folder Paste with pp ...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A How to mark a folder as the destination for pasting in ranger?

Still don't know how to do this, but bookmarks kind of accomplish it. You can do m1 too bookmark a folder as "1". Then move to another folder and bookmark with m2. Now, to switch use: `1 `2 #...

posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Practical wireguard VPN on Android

RethinkDNS includes a WireGuard option since v0.5.5. The development team was sponsored in 2020 by Mozilla's now-defunct "Builders Program." Rethink was originally an on-device "VPN"[1] with a DNS...

posted 1y ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Michael‭

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Q&A Is there a program for systematically testing keyboard function?

My keyboard is getting old and occasionally I notice the key presses don't quite register. This keyboard uses membrane switches so I can see how they would wear out after a while and not be as resp...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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