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Firefox won't sync when SmartProxy (or FoxyProxy) is enabled

I'm behind a corporate proxy server and I had no issues with this until a couple of months ago. First I was using FoxyProxy, and one day I realized t...

Published: Jul 26, 2026

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Mysterious blank folder keeps showing up on my desktop

I have a folder with no name on my Windows desktop. The name is literally empty: I'd like to get rid of this. Oh, easy you say? Well here's wher...

Published: Jul 26, 2026

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Power supply for 2.5'' HDD

I have 2.5'' Toshiba HDD which requires DC +5V/1.1A. I also have power supply with DC 12V/2A and 5V/2A output. It uses MOLEX connector (12V on p...

Published: Jul 26, 2026

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How do I update the BIOS on my motherboard. Asus P8Z77-V LX

I recently built this new PC but I notice most games are not running as well as I had hopped, Tribes, Skyrim, Saints Row the Third and Serious Sam 3 for e...

Published: Jul 26, 2026

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How to duplicate audio device

The situation is as follows: I recently bought Sennheiser GSX 1000. The device has two main modes: 7.1 and 2.1. The 2.1 supports 24bit, 96000Hz (Studio Qu...

Published: Jul 26, 2026

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FFMPEG: Stream a file with original playing rate

I want to stream a file to the network using ffmpeg in it's original frame rate; so I can play the generated UDP stream using some receiver client su...

Published: Jul 26, 2026

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Why doesn't ln -s prompt that it fails when creating a symlink to an existing symlinked directory? [closed]

When running (on linux different ubuntu variations): >ln -s dir_1 symlink_dir >ln -s dir_2 symlink_dir It fails without telling that it fails. But i...

Published: Jul 26, 2026

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How do I reset 'master' to 'origin/master'?

Can I do the following in a simpler way? git checkout origin/master git branch -D master git branch master git checkout master

Published: Jul 26, 2026

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how to get scp logs on remote server

Basically, I want to log each and every file which is sent or received via SCP on the server. Let say a user does a SCP from Server-1 to Server-2. I figur...

Published: Jul 26, 2026

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How to run make file from any directory?

In order to run make file, I am supposed to go to the make file's directory and from there only I can run the make file. How can I do the same even i...

Published: Jul 26, 2026