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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 a software application (Trope Trainer, from Kinnor Software) that I installed on my Mac (OS 10.12) several years ago. I don't use it often but it's always worked fine for me. The applicati...
You certainly can use Wireshark to look for DNS traffic. First off, because of caching, I strongly recommend that you reboot the computer, and as quickly as possible start Wireshark, start monitor...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Essentially (it is actually a bit more complicated), the information on a hard drive (or solid state drive - a computer will normally treat them basically the same, and actually floppy disks, flash...
A typical DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service; which is a subtype of the broader class of Denial of Service attacks) will simply flood a host, or its network connection, with data. It's not uncommo...
I intermediately have a problem with DuckDuckGo. Instead of showing me the list of search results it sometimes directly jumps to one of the search results, without giving me a chance to check if th...
You have already given the answer, and I have just found that it is documented under the Search Syntax section: Use \ to go to directly to the first search result. For example, \futurama.
You should be able to use a PAT like a password as you've been trying to. I think what's blocking you is your Git version: see this SO question, which suggests that error comes from the Git client ...
He sees just 2 3.5mm audio jacks — see my green arrows. Correct? No, clearly not. Since both holes are different sizes, at most one of them can be 3.5 mm. It's hard to tell absolute sizes in you...
Your phone appears to be telling the truth in stating that there are no updates available for it. Mapping that fact to a statement that "your phone is up to date" in the message title is perhaps u...
As already noted in another answer, the answer is compression. But it is actually much more than you might think. A typical video has a huge amount static from frame to frame. Even an "action" vide...
