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Nobody can tell with 100% certainty, but better be safe than sorry: If this is your only backup, then get another HDD for backup. I would suggest to get yourself some diagnostic tool that can read...
Although .viminfo is technically a binary file, some parts of it are actually plain text. From :help viminfo-read-write, The viminfo file itself can be edited by hand too, although we suggest yo...
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...
As we start on building a new community here together, we're bound to find some sticking points. Those might be bugs, new features you need, things you need support with... whatever they are, the C...
(My opinion, not as staff) I'd say that terminal software is on-topic here. You don't have to be a developer to use a terminal. Think of things like ffmpeg — not developer-oriented, just a generall...
A few options: https://www.urldecoder.org/ is a converter for this If you copy the URL without the https:// part, then it will no longer be recognized as needing to be URL encoded by the browser (w...
Are questions about web application such as Google Docs on topic? What about Overleaf? GitHub? Where do we draw the line between a webapp and just a website?
After a bit of experimentation, I think the \ in my search term is the problem. This acts as a shortcut for the "I'm feeling ducky" option. Workarounds: remove \ from the search term pla...
There are a bunch of Windows Servers that I use Remote Desktop to connect to, all but one allow the saving of passwords. When I try to connect to that particular server I get an error message that ...
is it common to set firewall rules for ports to transfer data in only one direction (only inwards with incoming data or only outwards with outgoing data)? No. At least not strictly as stated....
I have found three posts from one user having the same statement: I'm a computer illiterate One of these posts derived on-topic question in this site, which have two answers; the top answer m...
I use computers heavily, both for work and out of personal habits. It's probably typical for me to spend ~60 hours a week at a computer (how depressing, I know). Over the years, this has caused so...
When the controller of a flash medium detects a problem it often goes read only. This is a defence mechanism so that it preserves your data and prevents any further deterioration in the flash by f...
I am trying to handle the digital affairs of a departed family member. The person had an iCloud account, which I am able to log into (I have the password and the 2FA device). There's about 40G of...
I think to some extent, you actually answered your own question, possibly without realizing it. A URL is a specialization of a URI. (Or more technically accurate, a URI is a generalization of a UR...
I want to start moving away from using Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers, and instead move to Firefox. Firefox is an open-source web browser run by a non-profit, as well as the only major c...
It's not as complex as a clever URL trick: your would-be scammer is incompetent. Technically, this is a malformed URL and shouldn't parse at all. The relevant spec is RFC 3986 §3 — for this purpose...
I (well, my spam trap) received email that I know is a scam, but I'm trying to understand how it works. The message contains a URL of the following form: https:/example.com:2096/?goto_app=Somethi...
Inspired by this comment thread, is there a way to automate git bisect with a new test (and a known good state)? The way things usually work for me is… Oh no! Reproducible bug is found. (Manual...
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 ...
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...
Two possbilities: A firmware upgrade supports this feature. You can't. I also have a Lenovo laptop, purchased in 2018, and it does allow me to set the limit to charge to. Here is a screen sho...
Thanks to Samcarter for suggesting Abiword! It does quite more than just coloring text, but it's much lighter than Libreoffice (I only had to install two dependencies). Files can be saved in vari...
I would like to suggest Canina. Although there aren't yet so many posts in which we could get to know how others handle things, I think they could be a good moderator for these reasons: base...
When I launch new browser tabs from links on other pages, I want the new tabs to appear at the end, not right after the current tab. Chrome (desktop) doesn't have a setting for this (or at least n...
