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Premise about:preferences resolves to chrome://browser/content/preferences/preferences.xhtml, which itself resolves to jar:file:///usr/lib64/firefox/browser/omni.ja!/chrome/browser/content/browser...
I set up some custom logic in my ~/.vimrc to detect certain things that I want automatically folded in my Python code: au FileType python setlocal foldmethod=expr au FileType python setlocal fold...
Context When I send new mail from my destination (.*@PM\.me) address, having a default Reply-To set, as file://$HOME/.thunderbird/l96s5pce.default-esr/prefs.js#:~:text=user_pref("mail.identity.id1...
I have an external disk, which I only use once per day for a couple of minutes. For reasons, I don't want to keep the disk always mounted, so I have a script, which automatically mounts the disk, d...
When I compare android-studio-2025.3.1.8-1.fc43 and android-studio-canary-2026.1.2.1-1.fc44, Canary's interface appears significantly older, for it does not render an icon, and enforces CSDs: [1] ...
I am a new iPhone user and have encountered the "blue versus green bubbles" problem in the Messages app. Messages show in blue bubbles (background colors) if they were sent using the iMessages pro...
I've been trying to set up a system in Vim that lets me treat a document full of spaces like a "text canvas", by overwriting them via R and so forth. Basically, it creates a temporary file with 23 ...
Is there a way to add recurring items to Thunderbird's calendar with formats like "second Tuesday of the month" and "fourth Friday of the month"? All I can see is an options for monthly, weekly, e...
I'm trying to create a user on a number of hosts via Ansible. To do so I created the following task using the user module and the password_hash filter: - name: Create user ansible.built...
I see that has:attachment return some thread that don't have a paper clip icon on it in Gmail, e.g.: Why? Crossposts: https://webapps.stackexchange.com/q/181180/18147 https://redd.it/1k8r...
I use Windows 11, version 24H2. How can I hide the Windows update icon from the Windows taskbar? I tried to hide the Windows update icon by going to Taskbar settings > Other system tray icons a...
One of the Wifi networks I connect to has a DNS server on it, which is better than public ones. This DNS server is not available when connected to other networks. When I'm on this network, I want ...
Akin to this question, but specifically for Android, what is a browser I can trust to load sites correctly and also work in my best interest?[1] I'm currently using Fennec, a sympathetic fork of F...
Does sending a picture in high quality still compress the image in Telegram?
How do I exit VMware Pro? I am using it from time to time to run a Linux VM. My host OS is Windows 11. the VMware version is 25.0.1.25219725. After I finish to work and exit the VM I can see its t...
As a motivating example, when I write documentation for Python code I like to be able to start up a quick REPL session, play around with the code, and then copy and paste what appears on screen int...
What is msteamsupdate.exe? Can I block its internet access or would that create a serious problem?
shall I block lsass.exe (Local Security Authority Subsystem Service), from accessing the internet? can the blocking impact my overall security or prevent any feature that I need for a personal com...
Devices come to my house with pre-installed self-signed certificates that apply to their management web UIs. Chrome issues a dire warning and requires extra clicks every time I visit one. My prima...
Google has announced that Starting next year, Android will require all apps to be registered by verified developers in order to be installed by users on certified Android devices. They claim ...
In windows 11, how can I disable the behavior that double click on the title bar maximize/restore windows size? It is very annoying. Also when I use Firefox, for some reason,even click maximize/r...
Chrome has a huge file inside AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\OptGuideOnDeviceModel\2025.8.8.1141\weights.bin The size of the file weights.bin is 4.0 GB I want to delete this file. Will i...
Since the update to macOS 14.0 Sonoma, I every now and then get the following pop-up while typing. At first it is just the blue circle with "US": When I click on it, the white part with "DE" app...
I am unable to update Windows Subsystem for Linux Update - 5.10.102.1 whenever I try to update it, I get Install error - 0x80070661 how can I solve it?
Windows has some huge sized files: pagefile.sys 15.1 GB hiberfil.sys 3.2 GB Apps.ppkg 2.1 GB How can they be shrunk? Or is it maybe safe to delete them?
I'm using the macOS Automator.app to create a calendar alarm. Is there any way to get information about the calendar event, which triggered the alarm, inside the workflow? In particular, I would li...
I've connected multiple devices to a Slate 7 WiFi router (GL-BE3600). However, my laptop and phone get significantly better internet speeds over WiFi than the desktop connected with Ethernet. The ...
I'm looking for an application to play my mp3 audio books on macOS 11.5. On an older system, I was using ecoute, but this does not seem to work under macOS 11.5. Required features: resume the...
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...
When utilising Bugzilla, I am able to set issue dependency multiple levels deep, which is essential for project management. Although most CalDAV clients instead expose one-to-many relationships for...
As previously asked at https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/465242/57046, I have an iPhone running iOS 15. When I upload a larger video on some website, iOS spends a while "preparing" the video. What ...
As previously asked at https://webapps.stackexchange.com/q/181486/192282, I read the YouTube help page Add an audio track to your video: I am stuck at step 4: I don't see any Editor icon/option ...
As previously asked at https://superuser.com/q/1904253/383391 and https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/1l6cak9/why_is_the_efficient_mode_option_greyed_out_in/, I use Brave and Chrome on Wi...
As previously asked at https://android.stackexchange.com/q/262416, I joined a Zoom meeting on my Android phone. I turned on the closed captions. How can I export the closed captions generated durin...
Like also asked at https://android.stackexchange.com/q/262335, I'm wondering how can I configure Chrome on Android so that no site can play any sound unless I authorize it?
As previously asked at https://superuser.com/q/1927257/, I noticed that switching between my laptop's built-in microphone and my headphones' microphone causes the headphones' audio quality to chang...
As also asked at https://android.stackexchange.com/q/262286, I read No SIM card Insert a SIM card to use Mobile Hotspot and other tethering options. Why is a SIM card required to create a Wi...
Similar question as https://webapps.stackexchange.com/q/82533. I want to remove some photos and videos from my Google Photos to regain some storage space in my Google account. I read on https://sup...
After a software update maybe a month or two ago, contacts are displayed differently on my Android phone. The most annoying difference is that they are now sorted by first name. Under Settings &g...
My Synology DS220+ died and I decided that the successor will be a DIY system. Now I'm trying to access the data from the disks that were used in the NAS. Every tutorial, blog post, forum post I f...
I recently hit an issue on Windows where an application was not able to bind to a specific port (1883 for RabbitMQ MQTT). I followed the normal steps of using Resource Monitor to check for ports th...
The OMEMO encryption ecosystem for XMPP (Jabber) is split into distinct, incompatible versions. Unfortunately there are different versions of OMEMO encryption existing, that are incompatible to ...
meta.discourse.org/t/388327 contains a PNG example of what it describes. The example was converted from an .eml file (because the .eml file is > 100 000 characters, and Discourse doesn't permit ...
As was originally posted at community.spiceworks.com/t/1226828: [1] I want something that is as versatile as Open Camera for AOSP: [2] it allows me to configure the aperture, ISO, grain reductio...
I'm trying to change the view for a specific folder in finder from the command line. Specifically, I want to switch to icon view and set the icon size to 512 pixel. Currently, my approach is to us...
Similarly to posts/294844: I've recently installed the Windows 11 Enterprise 25H2 Insider Preview Canary .ISO. [1] After registering my webcam: ...I expected it to operate. However, althou...
Context/Rationale I've recently installed the Windows 11 Enterprise 25H2 Insider Preview Canary .ISO. [1] During its OOBE (its initial configuration process), I was asked to authenticate with my M...
I'm looking for a free (and if possible opensource) tool to search through the content of PDFs. Requirements: search full text of all PDFs in one folder (the PDFs are "plain text", not scans) ...
Downloading an image and encoding it into base64: curl -o output.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/USA-San_Jose-De_Anza_Hotel-3.jpg/500px-USA-San_Jose-De_Anza_Hotel-3.j...
In Outlook 365 I have a search folder. It only has From... criteria on the Messages tab. There are multiple from addresses there to match, separated by semicolons: [email protected]; [email protected]...
