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I’m at my wits end and have had no luck finding a resource/discussion that could help me fix my Windows 10 installation, MBR or whatever is causing it. One moment my PC was booting fine, the next startup it went into Recovery Environment. Then after trying to let it fix […]
I’m doing my absolute best to run a dockerized Node server app on OpenSUSE Leap 16.0, but I’m having mighty mysterious problems with permissions to access mounted volumes… How to reproduce Using OpenSUSE’s official instructions, install Docker: sudo zypper install docker docker-compose sudo systemctl enable docker sudo usermod -G docker […]
I installed Debian 13 on an external SSD USB disk: it works perfectly.The partitions are as follow: ~# lsblk -f NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS sda ├─sda1 vfat FAT32 B4F6-A385 ├─sda2 ext4 1.0 root 2cf698f9-c41d-4ae9-9101-0753434a6efb ├─sda3 swap 1 3fda4686-a715-434f-9f1e-9f9817af28be ├─sda4 ext4 1.0 home 92de1f48-ca4e-4dfc-9b6b-1a1b1106bbfd └─sda5 ext4 1.0 […]
I’m automating a login flow on a website using Python (Requests/Selenium) and encountered a CAPTCHA consisting of a simple math expression. After several attempts, the server displays expressions such as 3 + 7 * 2 = ?, sometimes rendered as plain text and sometimes as an image. I’d like to […]
I have done all i can in .vimrc: $ cat ~/.vimrc set nocompatible syntax enable filetype plugin on " Allow recursive file find set path+=** set wildmenu " stop using spaces for tabs! filetype indent off set noexpandtab set tabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 However, something is still loading the substitution of […]
We are running Magento 2 and using the TakePayments / Cardstream payment gateway (Magento 2 module). Setup: Magento 2.x Payment gateway: TakePayments (Cardstream) Integration types available: Hosted / Hosted (Modal) / Direct 3D Secure Module Action: Sale Invoice Status for new orders: Set invoices to paid Amasty RMA extension also […]
I use a USB-A DAC for headphones on my laptop. Occasionally, a port will stop outputting audio signal to the DAC. The DAC stays connected to the laptop, as it still shows up as a device on windows and the screen on the DAC remains functional. Current Fix: Device Manager […]
I need to print documents that are strictly CMYK with no mixing of colors. in other words, when I print black then CMY do not print. If I print Cyan then MYK do not print. etc. My document has black text only and I want it to be only black […]