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samcarter
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See all »On main meta, someone suggested to look into the possibility to merge our Power Users community with the community for Linux Systems to increase activity. (see https://meta.codidact.com/posts/28512...
3 answers · posted 2y ago by samcarter · last activity 1y ago by ArrayBolt3
Personally I think this would be an excellent idea and we would benefit in many ways. as the post on main meta already mentions, both communities would benefit from more activity looking ...
posted 2y ago by samcarter
but isn't deletion overkill? As explained in comments, I deleted the post because the text is verbatim copied from two posts, which were published under the cc by-sa license, but you did not i...
posted 2y ago by samcarter · edited 2y ago by Canina
I'd like Firefox to automatically use the "Print using the system dialogue" setting: In older versions, I could use print.tab_modal.enabled = false in about:config to automatically get the ...
2 answers · posted 2y ago by samcarter · edited 2y ago by Alexei
"Why an update?" you might ask. The current logo looks nice, but there are a couple of problems which could be solved with an updated logo: Is the site name "Power User" or "Power Users"? Is th...
2 answers · posted 1y ago by samcarter · last activity 1y ago by trichoplax
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...
posted 3y ago by samcarter · edited 3y ago by samcarter
I'm using a zsh shell with zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list 'm:{a-z}={A-Za-z}' autoload -Uz compinit && compinit to allow tab completion regardless of capitalisation, e.g. cd desk w...
1 answer · posted 2y ago by samcarter · edited 2y ago by Alexei
The url might not have been the best one to pick, but given that the question is verbatim the same as on other Q&A sites, I still think the presumption of a x-post is not so far fetched... T...
posted 2y ago by samcarter · edited 2y ago by samcarter
I'm using the firefox extension metrication. I only ever use it via its entry in the context menu, therefore I would like to remove its icon from the url bar to gain more space: I tried the sugg...
1 answer · posted 11mo ago by samcarter · last activity 7mo ago by samcarter
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...
2 answers · posted 3y ago by samcarter · last activity 3y ago by Quasímodo
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...
posted 2y ago by samcarter · edited 2y ago by samcarter
TL;DR Turns out the correct name is #pageAction-urlbar-metrication_deltamikecharlie { display: none !important; } Long version: How to find the name? There is actually a nice guide at ht...
posted 11mo ago by samcarter · edited 7mo ago by samcarter
I have some text files which think they are encoded in utf8: file test.txt test.txt: Unicode text, UTF-8 text, with CRLF line terminators (https://github.com/samcarter/shared/blob/main/test.tx...
3 answers · posted 8mo ago by samcarter · last activity 6mo ago by Michael
The markings for search results in the firefox scrollbar are pink by default (requires "Highlight All" to be selected): Is there any code I can plug into a userChrome.css file or similar to chan...
1 answer · posted 2y ago by samcarter · last activity 2y ago by Quasímodo
I like to arrange my browser on one site of my screen and have room for another application on the other half of the screen. This results in a width of my browser window of about 775 px. Many site...
1 answer · posted 8mo ago by samcarter · last activity 5mo ago by Ullallulloo
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