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    Help - Computer Infected

    The author of uBlock Origin has made another extension that complies with Google's new rules, calling it uBlock Origin Lite.
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    Canadian Cell Phone Service - Advice Needed

    I live right on the border and watch a lot of Detroit TV/commercials. I cannot believe how cheap all of your stuff is.
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    Canadian Cell Phone Service - Advice Needed

    My family's been using Public Mobile for years. It's essentially TELUS' bargain basement service. Do not expect anything - at all - in the way of meaningful support or service; but if you're ok with that you're getting nationwide coverage and high-quality service for a substantially less amount...
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    Annoying link image obscuring copy

    When you mouse over a link your browser is showing you where that link'll send you. Especially in an email application this is a VERY good thing. In this case it is a comically long tracking link; else it'd probably just take up one short line; e.g...
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    Michigan beats OSU

    I stayed up later than I ought to have last night watching YouTube videos of OSU podcasters and fan whining. It was delightful. My favourite comment:
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    When traveling, what can a laptop do that pad not?

    I haven't read the other responses; forgive redundancies. My concerns, mostly from a "work" perspective, but applicable personally: Screen size from a viewability angle. Full disclosure: I am of a certain vintage where everything is blurry. Screen size from a dimension angle: If my tablet has a...
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    Microsoft Copilot

    Me, to Google's Gemini: I would like to display your capacity for creativity. Would you write a 4-stanza poem about a bunch of dummies on a motor oil internet forum? Let's feature an ABBAC rhyming scheme. Please make sure the tone is light-hearted; possibly making special note of the members'...
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    Microsoft Copilot

    I tend to stress-test these things with, in addition to a usual assortment of prompts to create bash scripts, two prompts to test its creativity: 1) Write a 1-page book review of "Moby ****" in the style of an angsty teenager (these are usually hilarious) 2) And this is where they all...
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    Scrapping Desktop - How To Safeguard Data?

    All valid points; but I think you may be forgetting how little an impetus is needed to get dudes to agree that "smashing something with a hammer" is the best idea. It's the best idea.
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    Mac Calendar - combined view

    Here is Thunderbird's downloads page; you can select macOS: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/download/ They're still working on a mobile version. After 2 years of development it is right around the corner for Android but the iOS version will be some time yet.
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    Appears no way to startup a new out of box laptop without logging into MSFT

    Yes, I do have an idea: It doesn't. Microsoft does not make their standalone Office/O365 products available for Linux-based OS's; maybe an app on Chromebooks or something. Some older versions are hit-and-miss by using a very unofficial installation on an emulator (Google "WINE Linux" if you have...
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    Pro football absurdities

    Because Michigan is single-handedly getting everyone to party like it's 1935. 3 yards and a cloud of dust. I love it. EDIT: GO BLUE
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    Problem with monitor not staying off Linux Cinnamon 22

    You would LOVE Debian, friend.
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    Problem with monitor not staying off Linux Cinnamon 22

    You may have misunderstood the Rufus messaging. It simply writes the contents of an ISO onto media of your choosing. You then boot from that media and install an operating system. I have done this countless times, irrespective of whether there was an OS on the system already: Wiping that is a...
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    Problem with monitor not staying off Linux Cinnamon 22

    I've always used Rufus to write ISO files to a USB stick or DVD. https://rufus.ie/en/
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    Problem with monitor not staying off Linux Cinnamon 22

    You didn't by chance just copy the ISO file on to the USB stick or DVD, eh?
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    Anyone having issues with outlook.com (aka hotmail) on Mac OS 15.0 Sequoia?

    It is quite unlikely, then, to be an actual email issue: It's just a fancy web page whose contents are partially failing. My first instinct is to ask about any changes you might have made to your browser; i.e. installed a new ad- or script-blocker. My next guess would be that they were having a...
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    Anyone having issues with outlook.com (aka hotmail) on Mac OS 15.0 Sequoia?

    To confirm, OP: Are you using a web browser to access outlook.com or are you using a Mail application installed locally on the Mac?
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    Chinese botnet disrupted by the FBI - consumer devices affected

    No, they're just going to fail the day before the warranty expires.
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    I'd like an inexpensive computer for my neighbor

    In the last 30 years I have put together a lot of systems for nearly this exact use case. I found a few places around my area that accept off-lease corporate machines - usually Lenovo these days - and re-sell 'em dirt cheap. They are built like a @#$% tank, are rather heavy, stupid and ugly...
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