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Category: Random documentation
Android share suggesting inappropriate contacts
This issue appears to be closed/resolved on the android bug tracker but may still exist on your phone if you have not updated or if no update is available. The Android share menu has been a great feature for me, for example, when I am viewing a cute pick of my cat, I can click…Continue reading Android share suggesting inappropriate contacts
How to open gparted in fedora 25 (wayland): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
Today’s task list involved installing Fedora 25 (yay!) on my new computer and reformatting some hard drives to use as backup disks. The install was fine however I couldn’t seem to get gparted started (poet / know it). Gparted is the tool I find most useful for dealing with hard drives, partitions etc, but apparently…Continue reading How to open gparted in fedora 25 (wayland): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
How to randomly select data from a column in libreoffice
This is a up-to-date variation of some docs I found useful, the original was made by johnSUN. My problem Today I was researching for a possible change in the phpList UI: right now the behaviour of the menu item “Send a campaign” depends on if you have draft campaigns or not. If you have no…Continue reading How to randomly select data from a column in libreoffice
Protect yourself from Thunderbird email auto-complete when you start a new job
I had heard tell of dramatic/humiliating problems caused by erroneous email auto-complete before, but never been personally affected. I recently discovered that, while social embarrassments are… embarrassing, when you leave one employer and join a new one, the stakes are raised and the problems caused could easily have wider repercussions. I decided to sort out…Continue reading Protect yourself from Thunderbird email auto-complete when you start a new job