So my father’s small business is stuck with using Windows and they are really depending on it to run every day flawlessly. Occasionally that is not the case of course, be it because windows update blew up the system or something else needs immediate fixing. The biggest problem are however hardware faults and for that … Read more
I want to switch my windows 10 virtual desktops by dragging with my mouse on the edge, similiar to what you see here: https://youtu.be/w9-xDAnfYlI?t=95 (note: the desktop switch there has nothing to do with windows 10 virtual desktops, so this example is limited to show the dragging gesture i mean). How can i do this? … Read more
I want to be able to use hashtags in Gmail – e.g. add #important in certain emails I send to myself or others, and be able to A) search on that specific tag and B) filter emails with that tag so that they automatically get processed in a certain way, like adding a label. The … Read more
I have written powershell script which locks Windows-10 machine after an hour. This script is written to take a break from work. Scripts works fine it locks the machine. But after lock I can logon to machine without taking a break from work. How can I restrict windows login for next 10 minutes using powershell … Read more
If I’m working on 2 instances of the same application (in this case, two instances of VSCode running), how do I make it so that if I click on the VSCode icon in the toolbar, both instances are open at the same time? I don’t want to click on one and then the other every … Read more
I want to use mostly the keyboard to control Windows. Since it is hard to remember some rarely used keyboard shortcuts, I’m looking for a way to search and select actions (not only programs by name) by typing the action name. This approach is known from IntelliJ IDEA or editors like Visual Studio Code or … Read more
I just picked up a new M1 MacBook Air with Big Sur, and I imported all of my text expansions (found in system preferences > keyboard > text). I installed the version of Chrome designed for Apple Silicon. Now, in Chrome (and Chrome Canary) for the M1 Mac, I noticed that if Edit > Substitutions … Read more
I write a lot of org-mode notes in several files in a git repo. I want to be able to use git log -p to support two types of queries: See what I wrote on a given date, or a given range of dates. Find when I wrote a given keyword. This is already supported … Read more
i like to search my mails very fast. i tried xobni but i dislike outlook, i tried postbox (a tbird on stereoids) but i dislike the price. are there any other fulltext search engines for thunderbird? (i access my mails via imap, so google-desktop would have a hard time to catch my mails) Answer See … Read more
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