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What is a good browser suitable for every-day use that respects user privacy and freedom? What is a good browser suitable for every-day use that respects user privacy and freedom? This browser should: Respect user privacy. Ideally no telemetry, or at least opt-in telemetry. Does not comply with website tracking if possible without breaking the site. Respect user freedom. Good sup... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Edit | Post #289843 | Initial revision | — | 8 months ago |
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How to unlock/set locked preferences in Firefox-family browsers? How do you unlock about:config settings which are locked? How do you set them despite being locked? As an example, Librewolf disables the password manager, which I find silly. However, they also disable your ability to turn it back on. The `about:config` key appears to be `signon.rememberSigno... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Edit | Post #289817 | Initial revision | — | 8 months ago |
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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 connection details and confirmed that it's being used. To turn it on, I have to launch the Wireguard app... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Comment | Post #289807 |
Can you also type with the laptop's keyboard when you use this? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289769 | Initial revision | — | 8 months ago |
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A: Ought I clone my C Windows drive, from my old SSD to new SSD in new computer? Cloning is fine provided you do a proper clone. Something I used to do with Win7 is to actually clone the partition with a partition manager, and then boot from the new one. After everything is fine, resize the partition to fill the disk. The PCWorld article sounds like meaningless filler. I ha... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Comment | Post #289764 |
That thread looks familiar, I've probably read it too while searching for switches.
I didn't want to clutter up the question, but yes looks like with HDMI you need EDID emulation on the switch, which adds complexity ($$$). As I understand, with VGA the computer can't tell anyway what's on the othe... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Edit | Post #289768 | Initial revision | — | 8 months ago |
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A: Linux distro and documentation for a Windows power user wanting to become a Linux power user without spending a lifetime in the process? >Please, correct me if you think I'm wrong! What you're asking is at cross purposes with the Linux movement. Linux is fundamentally different from Windows because its development model is different. It needs to be highly modular because there is no big company managing development (Red Hat and Fed... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Edit | Post #289764 | Initial revision | — | 8 months ago |
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How do I find a good KVM switch? I regularly use two computers with the same keyboard and monitor(s) with a KVM switch. With one button press, the KVM switch can transfer both the video output (monitors) and input (keyboard and mouse) to the other computer, which is the part that I like. The part I don't like is the flaky behavio... (more) |
— | 8 months ago |
| Edit | Post #289580 |
Post edited: I don't think debating metric vs. imperial is helpful here, usually people don't have a choice. Also rewrote to improve focus and flow. |
— | 9 months ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #289580 |
Suggested edit: I don't think debating metric vs. imperial is helpful here, usually people don't have a choice. Also rewrote to improve focus and flow. (more) |
helpful | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #289365 |
It's not "my" carrots. Constructive/positive feedback is a general concept, not my own invention.
Regardless, if the position of the site is going to be "stick over carrot", this should be clearly stated in the site rules. We can't have some people doing carrot and some people doing stick. For the... (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #289311 |
I assumed it would be a media query, but there aren't any in the HTML. There is however a `meta` tag about `viewport`, but changing the content of that doesn't seem to do anything. (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #289365 |
I won't argue that there's a lot of crap on *elsewhere* that should be deleted. But IMO there is also a lot of non-crap that shouldn't get deleted. Incidentally, the *common* Q&A (with rep, votes, etc) concept provides many tools for dealing with false negatives - even if mods fail to close/delete cr... (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #289365 |
I consider this approach dangerous for the long term success of this site, in that it would appear to significantly harm the new user experience and repeat a notorious pitfall of Stack sites (unfriendly/unwelcome). I've left some comments to expand it more. (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #289365 |
The question seems quite clear to me. I think there is a common misconception that all good question must be long, but this is clearly untrue. If a question can be clearly stated in short form, there is nothing to be gained from adding filler to it just for the sake of length.
The asker in this ca... (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #289365 |
Interesting! If it's really the case that the problem is something else (I suppose only the original mod can really confirm that), it is probably worth creating a new close reason. I can't imagine that it's good for the new user experience if people get their questions closed and get misled about wha... (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Edit | Post #289355 | Initial revision | — | 9 months ago |
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Closing "unclear" questions A frustrating situation is when a mod decides that a question is "unclear" and closes it, and yet the question is not actually unclear. Unfortunately, the close prevents anyone else from posting answers. I've seen this many times on Stack sites and I've now seen an instance here. This type of c... (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #289276 |
I disagree with this. It's strangely worded, and there is a bit *too much* detail. But the question is simply, "is it a good idea to clone Windows to a new SSD, or do I have to do a fresh new install?" and that's answerable and interesting.
I would say "obviously" the OP's current install is not b... (more) |
— | 9 months ago |
| Edit | Post #289098 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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A: Alternative to Google SketchUp for quick sketches? I know three options: Blender - generic 3D modeling software. Very powerful, with many features and large community. A few years ago it used to be notorious for its steep learning curve. It is probably overkill for sketching out simple projects, but has the advantage in that if you do learn it, a... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Edit | Post #289097 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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Alternative to Google SketchUp for quick sketches? Google SketchUp used to be very popular among amateur "builders" - people would use it to design woodworking projects, 3D printer models, house renovations and so forth. The main strength was that it has a simple and intuitive interface that does just enough for an amateur who simply wants to have th... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Edit | Post #289060 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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In FreeCAD, can you set units per-document? I use metric units in some projects, imperial in others. It's annoying having to keep switching global units every time. Is there a way in FreeCAD to set the units per-document? When I open a document that is using imperial, it should automatically switch to imperial, but when I open another with ... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #288988 |
Where do you see this message? Can you provide steps for us to reproduce it? (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Edit | Post #282961 |
Post edited: Tried to remove unnecessary details in the hope of addressing whatever downvoters may have not liked |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #283098 |
Usually, these jacks are designed to be used with phone-type earphones that have a mic as well. Otherwise people would have no way to make calls. So the jack probably supports both input and output. I used an adapter like this as well at some point and they work pretty well.
Keep in mind that the ... (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #282961 |
Suggested edit: Tried to remove unnecessary details in the hope of addressing whatever downvoters may have not liked (more) |
helpful | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #283292 |
However, if frequencies were the problem, you wouldn't see the `3G` in your status bar. So presumably you do have some compatible frequency... But since your screenshot has 3G working, what's the problem? (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
| Comment | Post #283292 |
There is actually not just one "3G" or "4G" but an array of frequencies in each "generation". Not all phones can receive all freqs, and not all carriers broadcast every freq from their towers. So if your phone supports 3G freqs A, B, C and your carrier likes D, E the 3G won't work.
[Kimovil](https... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288895 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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A: Trouble Running Diablo 2 resurrected on Windows 10 Home How sad. I remember playing Diablo 2 as a wee lad, I think my computer at the time was a Celeron with an S3 Savage video card with 8 MB of memory. And then we have this "remake", probably with bloatware frameworks stacked on bloatware frameworks... God only knows where the horsepower is going. I f... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #288894 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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A: How can I transmit my current location to someone else's phone? Surely there is a more elegant way, but I simply take a screenshot of the map (with a pip showing my location) and send it to the other person. (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #288810 |
This is kind of a broad topic. I tried to frame it as more of an overview and starting point for deep dives into each individual aspect, but my answer has still ended up quite long. I'm happy to consider breaking this up into multiple posts, if anyone thinks it would be useful.
Of course, if we po... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #288810 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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A: What technical steps can I take to reduce Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and discomfort from heavy computer use? I think there are two aspects to this: Modifying your choice of hardware and software for various tasks, and improving quality of ergonomics in the chosen ware. In sum, for me it comes down to avoiding the mouse as much as possible and getting an ergonomic keyboard. Choice of hardware and software... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #288808 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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What technical steps can I take to reduce Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and discomfort from heavy computer use? 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 some issues for me like wrist pain (repetitive strain injury/carpal tunnel syndrome) and back pain. Wh... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #288807 |
I obviously did not ask the question for my own benefit, but to share some knowledge that took me a lot of time and effort to grok, and which is not well explained elsewhere on the internet. I tried to make this clear with a preface to the answer. Given that, I'm happy to accept substantial rewrites ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288807 |
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| Edit | Post #288807 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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