Monthly Archives: August 2025
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I switched to iCloud mail recently but want notifications on Android. I could use a mail client via app specific password, but from a security perspective, I don’t like that, since there’s no 2FA and losing my password could be catastrophic. What other options do I have?
BLUF:Help me figure out how to run a selenium python script from PowerShell. Forgive the wordy post, adding some back story…Ok, so my at my job I have been tasked with automating the startup and shutdown of our entire system in the event of a power loss. So I tackle […]
I have an HP DL360P GEN8 with an Intel E5-2609 2.40ghz, 40gb ram. I am running a samba NAS, Syncthing, and Plex. These all work fine except when it comes to my issue. The issue: As soon as I start a file transfer (maybe 1gb) or run iperf3 or try […]
Call numbers in library A are e.g. US000.HI032, MILUS.REV032, VA081.CE001. While entering a new book, how do you find the next call number to assign, in that series? Say you have a new VA081.CE item to enter.
Why might the keys on a newish Logitech Advanced MK540 wireless keyboard (with mouse and USB dongle supplied) suddenly become highly unreliable/ineffective, sometimes for about half an hour, even after switching it off and on, changing batteries, removing and replacing the USB dongle, checking wifi to whole of Windows 11 […]
Firstly, I would like to apologise as I don’t know the term for this print defect. I’m guessing it’s a form of ghosting but it’s not like any example I can find in Print Quality Quides or in the book 3D Printing Failures: 2022 Edition: How to Diagnose and Repair […]
In windows 11, if I open file explorer to “c:temp”, is there a programmatical way to identify that “c:temp” is open in file explorer? I want to execute this batch: xcopy “c:templates*.*” to %destination%, whereby %destination% is defined by the currently opened folder in file explorer.
man gifsicle / man magick do not have specific sections about how to do this. gifsicle --batch -O2 example.gif says gifsicle: warning: so many colors that local colormaps were required gifsicle: (You may want to try '--colors 256'.), but with --colors 256 the result example.gif is so corrupted it is […]