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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 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 10mo ago by Arthur Morris‭  ·  edited 10mo 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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Q&A Reset all buffer variables to default in Emacs

M-x kill-local-variable RET c-basic-offset seems to work, but only temporarily. If I save, and close Emacs, and revisit the file, the changes do not persist. I that in an affected directory, each ...

posted 1y ago by mcp‭

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Q&A Why does the free space on the system partition is way less than disk space minus space used by all folders/files in Windows 11?

On my work laptop, I have realized that I have a rather low disk space on the system drive. I have run a disk usage application (Run as Admin) to try to understand what is taking so much space and ...

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

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Q&A Google voice rings only a few times in browser

When I receive a call with Google Voice open in a browser on my desktop, it only rings briefly in the browser (about 2 seconds). After that, my phone starts ringing. When I'm at my computer, I wan...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Alternative to Cheese that allows custom capture directory?

I use Cheese to take photos with my webcam. The photos get saved under ~/Pictures/Webcam which I don't like. I want them somewhere else. In typical, presumptuous Gnome fashion, there is no UI in C...

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

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Q&A Practical wireguard VPN on Android

There's a new WireGuard app on F-Droid called WG Tunnel, probably owing to dissatisfaction with the official app. It claims to sport a quick toggle in the drawer, and you can split-tunnel by appli...

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

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Q&A Recommended way to back up large photo/video library on iOS device

As far as I know, Apple iCloud does not offer much of a straightforward way to store a massive photo/video library in the cloud, and offload it from devices. iCloud backup features an "optimize st...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Julius H.‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Centre tick labels in mermaid/gantt diagram

I'm using the note taking app obsidian. In one of my notes I have a mermaid/gantt diagram which looks like this: Source code: ```mermaid gantt tickInterval 1day axisFormat %d %b dateFormat...

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

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Q&A 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 8mo ago by mcp‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by mcp‭

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Q&A 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 10mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by Michael‭

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Q&A Change position of subtitles in yt-dlp

If one uses the --exec argument, one can access the name of the .mp4 file via %(filepath)s and %(requested_subtitles.en.filepath)s will give the filename of the subtitles: yt-dlp -f 160 --write-su...

posted 4mo ago by samcarter‭

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