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A: Are there consequences for going VR for primary computer display? The obvious risk is probably developing myopia due to prolonged focusing on a near object. This is similar to the idea that being on the computer too much exacerbates myopia (and perhaps also the idea that prompted this question). I believe the current mainstream view in the medical field is that myo... (more) |
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Haha, custom cheese... If only that was my problem! (more) |
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Alternative to Cheese that allows custom capture directory? I use Cheese) to take photos with my webcam. The photos get saved under `/Pictures/Webcam` which I don't like. I want them somewhere else. In typical, presumptuous Gnome fashion, there is no UI in Cheese to "move file to another directory", nor is there any place in settings to change the default... (more) |
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Low cost programmatic access to US brokers Are there US stock brokers that allow programmatic access for retail investing? I would like to be able to connect to my broker's API to check my stock portfolio and place trades. I'm not looking for any nanosecond-level HFT support, I just want a script to update stop loss orders every few days. ... (more) |
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Google voice rings only a few times in browser When I receive a call with Google Voice open in a browser on my desktop, it only rings briefly in the browser (about 2 seconds). After that, my phone starts ringing. When I'm at my computer, I want to answer the call on my computer, not my phone. But the very short period of ringing is not enough ... (more) |
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A: Can't subscribe to Google Calendar from URL The URL `https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/1?cid=abc123` is not the right format for the `From URL` field. `https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/1?cid=abc123` goes to a website showing the calendar. When you open that in your browser, you will have the option of adding it to your own accoun... (more) |
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Can't subscribe to Google Calendar from URL I have created a Google calendar in Google account A. In the calendar's settings, under `Access permissions for events`, I have left `Make available to public` unchecked. When I click `Get shareable link`, it gives me a URL with the pattern `https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/1?cid=abc123`. No... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #290395 | Initial revision | — | 6 months ago |
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How do I trick Google meet into letting my browser use backgrounds? When I use my Firefox-family browser to connect to Google Meet: > Update your browser to use visual effects > > You're using an older browser version that doesn't work with Meet's visual effects I bet they're just looking at the UserAgent, and if I put the one they expect it would work. What ... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #290351 |
Groups.io seems like exactly what I'm looking for, thanks! (more) |
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| Comment | Post #290304 |
Indeed it would. I tried to address these by adding points like "free service" and "not technically complex" - which in my mind would exclude commercial hosting and custom email domains.
As for the OS, I was thinking of some online service. If you're asking the OS, that sounds like you're about to... (more) |
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Easiest way to set up a mailing list What is the easiest way to set up a mailing list? The goal is to send an email to one address, and it gets automatically re-sent to everyone who is currently subscribed to that list. Ideally, the solution should: Not require much technical expertise from the admin (no setting up your own mail ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #290116 | Initial revision | — | 7 months ago |
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KMail: Run script on open for local mail dirs I use offlineimap to synchronize my mail, and I have the directory set up as a local folder in KMail. Currently, I open KMail and also run `offlineimap` to synchronize my mail. Is there a way to make KMail to run this command automatically, similar to how it would synchronize an IMAP account? N... (more) |
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A: How can I filter GitHub commits by date range, in a friendlier way than git log? I would handle this with `git bisect`. Assuming you have a known good old commit `CGOOD` (this would be your "since") and a known bad new commit `CBAD` (this would be your "until"), `git bisect start CBAD CGOOD` will walk you through running a manual binary search to efficiently find which commit int... (more) |
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A: How do I make animated dotted lines ("marching ants") in images on my web page? SVG apparently has an `` tag which can do this. The thing you would animate is the offset of the points/dashes on the line. This is called ``. It sounds like you are not writing the SVG by hand, but exporting from a program. You could of course edit the resulting SVG with a text editor. But sou... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #290081 |
It might help to add why `git bisect` doesn't work here, because it seems like a related use case.
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| Comment | Post #290035 |
Thank you! Weird, I don't have a `Setup WireGuard` in Proxy options. I have `Setup SOCKS5 Proxy`, `Setup HTTP(S) Proxy` and `Setup Orbot` so I think I'm looking at the right screen.
This is version 054c, btw, what version do you have? If you go to `About` on the main screen, at the bottom of it t... (more) |
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I tried installing RethinkDNS. It looks like a combination DNS/firewall/proxy tool. In order to apply network rules you configure, it sets up a local VPN on the phone, so that Android will route all connections to the RethinkDNS VPN, and then RethinkDNS will apply whatever rules you want before passi... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289937 | Initial revision | — | 7 months ago |
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A: How to mark a folder as the destination for pasting in ranger? Still don't know how to do this, but bookmarks kind of accomplish it. You can do `m1` too bookmark a folder as "1". Then move to another folder and bookmark with `m2`. Now, to switch use: ``` `1 `2 go back to previous bookmark `` ``` That makes the copying a lot easier. (more) |
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How to mark a folder as the destination for pasting in ranger? In ranger, I am often copying a bunch of files from one folder to another. Currently I do it like this: Select files with `Space` Cut with `F6` Navigate to the destination folder Paste with `pp` This is tedious when I am actually moving over files in multiple batches, or from multiple di... (more) |
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A: What is a good browser suitable for every-day use that respects user privacy and freedom? Pale Moon Pale moon is technically a Firefox based browser, but it has diverged considerably over the years. It was originally a fork of an old version and has retained many "good old" FF features which were replaced with arguably inferior designs by Mozilla: In 2014, Firefox overhauled its UI... (more) |
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A: How to unlock/set locked preferences in Firefox-family browsers? It seems possible to do this with `unlockPref`. ``` unlockPref("signon.rememberSignons"); ``` This technically only "unlocks" the setting, but in my case when unlocked it changes to `true` on its own in `about:config`, probably because that's the default. To explicitly set the desired value you... (more) |
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A: What is a good browser suitable for every-day use that respects user privacy and freedom? qutebrowser Qutebrowser is a small, independent project that is not a fork of any major browser. It is notable in being designed for keyboard-only navigation, inspired by the Vimium extension, which is in turn inspired by the Vi text editor. The keyboard navigation is a very useful feature for ... (more) |
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A: What is a good browser suitable for every-day use that respects user privacy and freedom? Brave The Brave project was started by Brendan Eich, one of the key figures in original Firefox, after he left the Mozilla foundation due to political reasons. From this, one could presume that it has greater commitment to respecting user privacy and freedom, or not. Brave is based on the Chrom... (more) |
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A: What is a good browser suitable for every-day use that respects user privacy and freedom? Firefox family browsers. These have good compatibility because Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari are the browsers most commonly tested by web developers. With more obscure browsers, many commercial website operators like to blame the user for breakage and refuse to fix issues unless you switch to o... (more) |
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