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Q&A How can I transmit my current location to someone else's phone?

[Update: I just noticed that you are on Android but your partner is on iPhone. I tweaked the wording here to focus more on that scenario] To share a live, realtime location from Android Google Map...

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

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Q&A How can I transmit my current location to someone else's phone?

My partner and are are sometimes in the position of trying to find each other in a large or crowded space (like a convention center, or if one of us is driving to pick up the other somewhere). We ...

3 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Practical wireguard VPN on Android

I tried to use my Wireguard VPN on Android, and, it sucks! I installed https://f-droid.org/packages/com.wireguard.android/ thinking that would be "the" wireguard app. I configured it with my conne...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Michael‭

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Q&A Turn off proofing for quotations in Word

If you want to suppress the squiggly lines for a certain part of your document, select that part and then choose Review/Language/Set Proofing Language and tick "Do not check spelling or grammar". T...

posted 3y ago by Trilarion‭

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Q&A Matrix solution software

I think Quintec‭'s answer is a good one. But, just for the sake of completeness, I'll add some other options Proprietary options Maple ,a general-purpose computer algebra systems (CAS) like S...

posted 3y ago by 4015.alt‭  ·  edited 3y ago by 4015.alt‭

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Q&A How can I get my browser to block a specific SVG (Discord server icon)?

You don't show enough of the document structure in the question to provide a fully fleshed-out example, but since it appears that you're now able to block based on CSS selectors and simply need hel...

posted 3y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A How to dye all elements of an image (besides the transparent background) White?

In the menu bar, select Colors. Enter Hue-Chroma and maximize lightness; or Enter Colorize and maximize lightness.

posted 3y ago by Quasímodo‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Q&A How can I ssh to a remote server from my Chromebook?

The Secure Shell extension is perfectly appropriate here. SSH keys come in two parts: a private key and a public key. The public key is placed on the destination server(s), in (for example) ~/.ssh...

posted 3y ago by dsr‭

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Q&A How to disable email grouping (in conversation) in Gmail web mail for certain senders?

I have just realized that I have overlooked some important e-mails due to Gmail's automatic e-mail grouping in conversations. Typically, this is a pretty useful feature to reduce the count, but so...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Wicket‭

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Q&A Increase contrast between current and other tabs in Firefox

I also had the problem that I couldn't tell which tab was active -- in particular in dark mode they looked all the same. To fix this I'm using https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix This set...

posted 3y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 3y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A How do I Google for ≤,≥ a particular natural number?

How can I Google to see all titles on a public library, like Toronto's, that have ≥ n copies? n is a natural number and UNBOUNDED. I see no relevant operator here. What must I input along with sit...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Quintec‭

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Meta Can I post this question — now REwritten and citing Super User — similar to one deleted by moderator?

No, you should not post that question, at least not in this form. Here are some problems: Can I await Mozilla or Firefox to unearth the awry Add On(s)awry, before attempting myself? How long need...

posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Mithical‭

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Q&A Case independent tab completion in zsh shell

zsh comes with a number of completion function files for popular programs and commands that govern how completions and suggestions are executed in relation to these programs/commands. autoload -Uz...

posted 3y ago by elgonzo‭  ·  edited 3y ago by elgonzo‭

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Q&A Activate `Prefer tabs when opening documents` only for one application

In macOS 11.6, I can go to System Preferences->General and activate the Prefer tabs when opening documents option so that new windows are opened as new tabs. This setting will influence many app...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Activate `Prefer tabs when opening documents` only for one application

The setting can be changed on a per application basis with defaults write -app terminal AppleWindowTabbingMode -string always (replace terminal with the name of the app you want to change) Imp...

posted 3y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 3y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Using "Print using system dialogue" as default in Firefox

Oh Mozilla... There are quite a few reports in Mozilla's bugzilla i could find about this feature being removed. I particularly want to highlight a comment by R. Longson in one of these reports...

posted 3y ago by elgonzo‭  ·  edited 3y ago by elgonzo‭

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Q&A How to download all mail in Claws-mail

With Claws-mail, I want to be able to read all my mail even if offline, but the only way I know to download mail contents is by manually selecting it in the mail list. Additionally, navigating feel...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Quasímodo‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by dsr‭

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Q&A Install Emacs with native compilation support on macOS

Emacs 28.1 has support for native compilation of Emacs Lisp, which is supposed to give a significant speed boost over regular Emacs Lisp. However, to take advantage of it, Emacs must be compiled w...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by NateEag‭

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Q&A Android phone, name associated with incoming call?

This problem is not generally solvable, because there is no universal "Android phone app", and that is what is responsible for showing you a particular display name. Google supplies an open-source...

posted 3y ago by dsr‭

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Q&A How to quickly change the maximum processor state in Windows 10?

While finding a way (e.g. through Powershell) to exactly change the Maximum process state, I think a better way is to have at least two power plans. This allows changing other settings as well for ...

posted 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A How do I stop my laptop from freezing when I stream a game?

My problem is mostly on dealing with OBS and Minecraft. I stream Minecraft using OBS and whenever the stream reaches 15 minutes or more, it starts to slowly freeze bit by bit, until it starts free...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by General Sebast1an‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Wicket‭

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Q&A How to blockquote region in Emacs

Question Is there a command in emacs for "email quoting" an autofilled paragraph? Have Nullam eu ante vel est convallis dignissim. Fusce suscipit, wisi nec facilisis facilisis, est dui fermentu...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by mcp‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by mcp‭

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Q&A How to blockquote region in Emacs

In markdown-mode, markdown-blockquote-region does the trick! Bound to SPC m x Q or the shortcut , x Q in spacemacs.

posted 3y ago by mcp‭  ·  edited 3y ago by mcp‭

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Q&A How to make git push/pull work again?

I have a bunch of GIT repositories on my laptop, which have their "origin" set to repositories on GitHub. After a commit in a local repository, I do git push -u origin master to update the remot...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A How to make git push/pull work again?

I fixed the problem by re-installing GIT. I also updated to the latest version instead of re-installing the existing version. I was running version 2.32.0-64 and am now running 2.37.2.2-64. Howe...

posted 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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