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

Calls (to the far bottom, and far left, for example: Realtek (R) Audio) Device Settings Make a test call Source: Thank you SamuelJanetzki for this.

posted 10mo ago by propatience‭

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Q&A 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 8mo ago by Vanity Slug ❤️‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by techsavvytinkerer‭

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

I don't believe this addresses the question at all, because the question is asking about threat to the user. I personally suspect that adopting 3rd party authentication is often not driven by threa...

posted 9mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Avoid colour change for battery indicator in macOS 15 during low power mode

As a workaround, one can use the open source application "stats" (https://github.com/exelban/stats) as a replacement for the mac battery indicator: "stats" also allows various customisations, li...

posted 3mo ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Understanding integrated/low-end GPU performance for budget upgrades

Can I expect my old graphics card to work with modern budget CPUs? What specific compatibility issues might I have to look out for, or how can I research this? Yeah sure it will very likely wo...

posted 9mo ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A How to make an app immersive (fullscreen) in Android?

There are several apps which allow the user to toggle immersive mode in Android. These may require root or the use of adb on a connected computer for the initial setup. Searching for "immersive mod...

posted 2mo ago by xxxxme‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by xxxxme‭

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Q&A Why avoid CCleaner, Advanced SystemCare Pro when it always frees up GB for me?

TL;DR I disagree with the technician regarding CCleaner - I use it without any concerns. I have absolutely no idea regarding Advanced SystemCare Pro. It may well have problems or it may be 100% fi...

posted 2mo ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A 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 10mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A 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 10mo ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A LibreOffice Writer UI zooms in on other monitors

I have LibreOffice on KDE/Wayland. I have several monitors with different aspect ratios, pixel density, etc. For some reason, Writer only looks right on the highest-DPI screen (with the smallest ph...

1 answer  ·  posted 27d ago by Michael‭  ·  last activity 21d ago by Michael‭

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

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Q&A 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 8mo ago by Andreas demands justice for humanity‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A 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 6mo ago by Big Head Mode‭  ·  last activity 6mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A 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 6mo ago by John C‭  ·  last activity 6mo ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Fonts That Support the Creative Commons Unicode Symbols

Therefore, getting to the actual question in the title, does anybody know of fonts (ideally OFL or similarly licensed) that cover these symbols in their proper locations? There’s a font named ...

posted 6mo ago by Jayman‭

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Q&A Change keyboard shortcuts in Firefox

Currently, there doesn't appear to be a user-friendly way to change the keyboard shortcuts on Firefox without extensions, regardless of OS. It might be a good idea to upvote this post on Mozilla Co...

posted 6mo ago by techsavvytinkerer‭

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Q&A Why don't motherboards support the highest RAM Speeds?

Depending on your use case - historically RAM speed hasn't mattered that much. AMD's APUs were memory speed dependent, but that was for the video adaptor. It's also worth noting many PC builders te...

posted 6mo ago by Journeymangeek ‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by Michael‭

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Q&A 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 6mo ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by Michael‭

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Q&A Why does Microsoft Outlook not "have permission to get email", and ask me to "update my credentials", for my AOL email?

Before March 22 2021, AOL synced with my desktop Microsoft Outlook software swimmingly! Since then, Outlook updated itself. But I changed NOTHING for both my AOL or Outlook. Outlook keeps sending ...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Mithrandir24601‭

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Q&A How do I debug this problem with a laptop sometimes not seeing some dock connections?

I have an HP ZBook laptop running Windows 10. This is a work machine with a corporate-controlled OS image, but I have some admin rights on the machine.[1] The machine was issued to me about 20 mo...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Grub rescue error

If you print out ls than you will see disks. You have to check which have your Linux. One by one you have to try following commands. set boot=(hd0,msdosN) #N is number is disk. set prefix=(h...

posted 4y ago by deleted user

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Q&A Why can't I add one line of space between text? Why does Word create useless white space in between, when I hit Enter?

This is a guess, but it looks like the paragraph starting with "36" just fits on the page when there is no space above it. When you add the blank line, it doesn't fit anymore. There is probably a...

posted 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A How to fully verify a Windows computer so that I can use Remote Desktop without having to type the password every time?

In the Control Panel go to the Credential Manager. Control Panel\User Accounts\Credential Manager Find the credential for the Remote Computer under the Windows Credentials section and...

posted 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A Does changing a port address (number) necessates port forwarding?

When the ssh daemon starts up, it reads the config file for the interfaces it should bind to (listen on) and the port number(s). The default interface is "all" and the default port number is 22. T...

posted 4y ago by dsr‭

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Q&A Safe to delete Windows10Upgrade at 11.0 GB?

I need to free up hard drive space. What happens if I delete this folder? This Reddit thread has no definitive answer.

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Quintec‭

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