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= July 3 =


= December 13 =
==Copy and Replace==
What does the entitled ‘’feature’’ do?


== Where can I find a thesis of recently released Gemini 2.0? ==
a) Copy’s/adds whatever that is not there - reason for asking because I recall something in ''Win XP'' that does this.


For , I find its ].
b) Deletes the old file and replaces it with the new one


What about recently released ? ] (]) 21:53, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
] (]) 18:35, 3 July 2016 (UTC)


:? &nbsp;--] 21:55, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
:If you try to copy or move a file to a place where there is already a file of that name, you will be warned and asked whether you want to replace the existing file. If you choose to do so, the existing file is not deleted but is simply overwritten. There is no need to delete data before writing the new data - the process of overwriting erases every trace of what already existed. Your question was a bit unclear but I think that was what you were driving at. ] (]) 19:59, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
::OK That's Gemini 2.0 release information. ] (]) 16:52, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
::Just to clarify, I'm assuming ''bite'' size will remain the same for the ''file'' and the ''location'' ''volume'' you are overwriting on, right? It won't add extra because its being ''overwritten''...? <small>Are you aware of the ''index''ing issue?</small> -- ] (]) 18:35, 4 July 2016 (UTC)


= December 15 =
== Managing photos on iPhone and ipad ==


==Questions About New Laptop Computer==
This ought to be really straightforward but I'm completely stuck and reading forum posts, I don't think I'm the only one. I have an iPhone 5 and an iPad. The phone storage is full. I have photos on there that I want to keep. The iPad has spare storage capacity. How do I get the photos onto the iPad and make sure they are stored there, so that I can then delete them from the phone? I have Bluetooth and airdrop enabled on both. The iPad doesn't appear in the phone's AirDrop for some reason. Would particularly appreciate advice from someone who also has an iPhone and iPad and does this regularly. ] (]) 19:19, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
My old laptop computer developed problems with the power, so that it wouldn't start when connected to regular line current. It would start when connected to high-amperage current in an electronics store, but that wasn't useful, and it was time to replace it after five years. I now have some questions about problems with a new laptop computer. The new laptop computer is an HP running Windows 11. ] (]) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
:I'm guessing you do not sync your 2 devices to the same itunes? It would be pretty easy to sync your photos into itunes and then out onto your ipad. That's how I do it. 04:05, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
::Also, the most basic troubleshooting, do you have wifi AND Bluetooth enabled on both devices? I believe airdrop relies on both so if you don't have Bluetooth enabled on both devices, airdrop won't work. ] (]) 05:53, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
===Cursor Jumping Randomly===
:::OP here again. Thanks for advice. I can get the photos over to the IPad. If I then delete them on the phone they will still be on the iPad? I had a bad experience but I think it was with photo stream. ] (]) 21:00, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
Sometimes when I am typing in a Word document or editing Misplaced Pages in a source window, I discover that the cursor isn't where I think it should be. The cursor has jumped to somewhere else on the screen, apparently randomly. I have to do a Ctrl-Z to undo what I typed in the wrong place, and then move the cursor back to where I want it. If this is caused by line noise, how do I minimize the impact? How likely is that a new mouse would resolve the problem? Are there any settings that I should diddle with?
::::I know what you mean.... What you need to make sure is that the copy on the ipad is "separate" than the one on the iphone. I.e. that you are NOT syncing both devices to iCloud for example, then deleting the photos on one device will probably delete them on both. Personally I would not tryst ANY method described online, just delete one photo you don't mind losing, then wait an hour, sync both devices, wait another hour and if the "other" copy of that photo remains on your ipad, I think you are safe. The PROBLEM then is, and I can't stress this enough: your iPad is ONE single point of failure, iPad uses solid state memory, if your device becomes corrupt or dysfunctional (Don't think it can't or won't, electronic devices can and DO fail, given enough time it's pretty much inevitable that it will fail at some point), it may be practically impossible to recover the data. if you have photos you actually care about losing, you really need to back them up somewhere else, like a computer, (which would ideally then have its own backup) I would NOT use a iPad as a storage device for photos you care about. ] (]) 00:10, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
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:First thing I would do is give the mouse and mousepad a good clean and disconnect and reconnect it. ]|] 09:14, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
= July 4 =
:Possibly due to your hand brushing the trackpad while typing. If you have a mouse, you could experiment with disabling the trackpad: . Or even just try turning it off while typing. This erratic ] jumping used to happen to me a lot, too, when my laptop was new, until I found the key to disable the trackpad.
:The term ''caret'' or ''insertion point'' is useful to exclude the mouse cursor (the pointer) from searches. ]&nbsp;] 12:54, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
::Thank you, ]. I disabled the touchpad. For users who always use a mouse, the touchpad is a complication. ] (]) 19:06, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
:::I now have a possibly useless question. The documentation referred to an option that disables the touchpad when there is a mouse, but the only option that I found in the settings is the option that always disables the touchpad. I would like to specify that the touchpad is disabled when there is a mouse, and enable it if there is no mouse. This makes very little difference because I will always use a mouse. Is it possible that that option isn't available on my computer? This isn't important. ] (]) 02:38, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
::::Possibly true, your system vendor might not have put any software on there to do that automatically. The general rule with computers is, you can make it do what you want, it's just a question of how much effort is involved in that. To do stuff automatically when hardware is (dis)connected, you have to set up something that subscribes to ] events: Windows's thing for letting all interested parties know "hey some new device just showed up". Here's an answer for how to run a script when a device is connected: , if you really want to put in the effort. Alternatively if you just want something quicker and simpler but not automatic, you can install ] (quite useful program) and set a shortcut key on the keyboard to disable/enable touchpad. --] (]) 19:11, 26 December 2024 (UTC)


===Network File Sharing===
== Unix program head ==
With the old laptop, I had set up network file sharing, so that the laptop computer could view and edit files in shared folders on my desktop computer, a Dell, also running Windows 11, if they were both within range of my wireless router (and the desktop computer always is). The desktop computer could also access files in shared folders on the laptop, if the laptop was I have tried to set up network file sharing with the new laptop computer. I tried calling the technical support offered by the electronics chain that I bought the computers from, and I made seven calls to them, none of which worked, and I have concluded that their technical support people don't know what they are doing, and, worse, don't know the limits of their knowledge. Does anyone have advice on a book that will tell me how to set up network file sharing with Windows 11, that has neither too little nor too much information for a retired database engineer?
] (]) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC)


:@] Did you try ? <span style="font-family:monospace; font-weight: bold"> <span style="color:ForestGreen;font-size:15px"> ]</span> (<span style="color:#324c80">she/they</span> {{pipe}} ]) </span> 20:21, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
Head is a unix program that shows the first n lines of a text file. But I want is to ignore the first 5 lines of a text file and show all the other lines in the text file. I cannot make head and tail to work the way I want (pun intended). Please help. ] (]) 00:21, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
::] - Thank you. That describes the basics, and describes what I had done successfully with the previous laptop computer. I need either a much greater level of detail, or a troubleshooting guide, or something like that. That was helpful in that it doesn't point out anything that I am doing wrong. ] (]) 02:31, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
:<code>] -n +6 foo.txt</code> --] ] 00:38, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
:::Asking for clarification: you did all the steps in the section "How do I troubleshoot sharing files and folders" on that page, on the new laptop? After doing those steps, you still don't "see" your desktop in File Explorer on laptop? (Restart the laptop just in case.) ] (]) 04:24, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
:Check that all the computers are on the same network. See if all the IP addresses are different. See if the wifi has the network profile set to Private. See if file explorer shows it in Network, or \\newlaptopname . You may have to check file wall settings ] (]) 07:29, 26 December 2024 (UTC)


== Bot program == = December 19 =


==Scanning all available streams==
Hello if anyone wanna help me then please write a program for me to make a bot. ]<sup>] 02:45, 4 July 2016 (UTC)


Hello there. I'm have a question: How to scan all available online streams from a specified server and port given? For example, I've found a Wowza Streaming Engine server at 115.79.46.164 and port 1935. I want to know which website or software can help me to find all active streams on this server. Thanks for reading. ] (]) 14:22, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
:People have already written numerous automation ] for ] that can be used to make bots if you have a bit of programming knowledge. Look at ]. There are also ]. And nothing personal, but the Reference Desk is intended for non-Misplaced Pages-related questions. If you have additional questions, you'll probably get more attention at the ] or ]. See also ]. --] (]) 05:18, 4 July 2016 (UTC)


: ] -- ]'''··–·'''] 17:02, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
== 30-day buffering on a CAPTCHA ==
:nmap is just going to let you toss packets to the server and inspect the packets that server decides to send you back in reply. Which is great for networking analysis, but we want to speak ] here and talk with the "streaming" software on the remote host. Does help at all? (You will need ] if not already installed.) Do take note, the party which owns the server could always have configured it to restrict the information it will give out to the public. --] (]) 19:32, 26 December 2024 (UTC)


== .kp domains ==


How many .kp domains are there? ] (]) 13:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
Trying to submit a question to https://answers.usgs.gov, I made a mistake with the CAPTCHA, and the system told me ''here was a problem with your form submission. Please wait 2592000 seconds and try again'' 86,400 seconds equals a day; 2,592,000 is a full thirty days. If we ignore unintentional typos and matters unknowable to outsiders (internal politics, webmaster's desire to reduce contact emails, etc.), why would anyone require you to wait a full month between CAPTCHA failures? Also, what's the term I'm looking for, the term that denotes the waiting period imposed between attempts to solve a CAPTCHA or a password? Finally, the text of my question appears below; it's basically for my own sake (so I can re-attempt to contact them in the future), so you can ignore it.
:Did you see ]? ] (]) 19:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
:https://www.northkoreatech.org/the-north-korean-website-list/ is a bit outdated but has more background info. ] (]) 19:20, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
::It's ok, bro. I can still view the outdated ones with the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive. Thanks, ] (]) 16:10, 20 December 2024 (UTC)


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: "rate limiting" -- ]'''··–·'''] 12:50, 4 July 2016 (UTC)


= December 24 =
: I can't think of any good reason. Rate limiting (on an IP or login-cookie) basis goes ''some'' way to limiting brute force attempts by bots (e.g. ones with a low but non-zero probability of solving the CAPTCHA scheme) - but these can always delete cookies and shift IP addresses - but that only makes sense with timeouts of the order of a few seconds. I think the software has been misconfigured. -- ]'''··–·'''] 13:20, 4 July 2016 (UTC)


== Is this bug in the google search ? ==
== ] problem ==


I gave ] a spin but the interface icons are too small for me, to the point of making the whole program unusable. Is this a bug in KiCad? Or did I misconfigure it somehow? Or is this sort of minimalist look just fashionable in the ] industry? ] (]) 13:58, 4 July 2016 (UTC) I searched for the keywords: "Israel Folau" "Margaret Court" "David Tyree", then Google shows me . Is this bug?] (]) 22:35, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
:If I do the same search, this question shows up (twice, due to how the refdesk is organized) plus a link to Stuff. So, it doesn't seem to be a bug. I tried the same format search with much more famous people and got hundreds of links. ] (]) 13:20, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
::Remember that Google has numerous servers that can respond to your search, and they do not necessarily all behave the same. --] (]) 22:17, 27 December 2024 (UTC)


:That screenshot resolution is very high. If you didn't upscale it for some reason, and it doesn't look upscaled, you should bear in mind if you're using a 4K 24" inch monitor or something that support for such high PPI monitors can be quite variable. To me, the screeshot looks like it would be fine, if used on a more normal PPI monitor viewed from normal viewing distances (both of which are unlikely but the point stands). Notably, cross-platform APIs may have poor support if they were mostly designed for one platform and just do the same thing on other platforms and no one even bothered to deal with PPI issues. I don't know what OS you're using but since you shouldn't need pixel level accuracy for KiCad you may be able to find someway to fix it albeit with an uglier looking program. ] (]) 16:01, 4 July 2016 (UTC)


= December 28 =
:I encounter similar problems quite often. That is, some program is written with fixed sized text or icons, which were suitable when those icons filled, say, 10% of the width and height of the screen each. Then we get higher resolution screens, and now the same text or icon only covers maybe 5% of the screen in each direction. That makes it 1/4th the size, if the screen size is kept the same. Some ways to deal with this problem:


== File disambiguators (1): Explorer/W11 ==
:1) A larger screen is an obvious fix. Of course, there is a limit beyond which you have to sit back farther to see it all at once and then there's not much advantage to the large screen. Large screens are also expensive.


Óla! So Explorer adds (''n'') to a file with a duplicate name to an existing one. Do you have suggestions how to easily identify and delete them? The search option doesn't recognize parentheses, so a search would merely identify files with that number in the title. The reason for asking is that if a folder has a large number of duplicates that should be deleted, it would be easier to sort/select/delete rather than ctrl+click individually. Thank you! ] (]) 16:31, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
:2) Turn resolution down. Of course, then you can't view multiple applications at once. I would turn it back up after using the application in question.
:https://www.alldup.de/alldup_help/alldup.php and then set it to compare 100% of the content. ] (]) 17:16, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
::Thank you ], that's great, and freeware too. It looks like it might take some getting used to! Cheers, ] (]) 18:13, 28 December 2024 (UTC)


= December 29 =
:3) Use a screen magnifier. Those can allow you to have the high resolution you want yet still read whatever is under the magnifier. I prefer the setting where you have a magnifying glass that follows the mouse.

:If you don't know how to do steps 2 or 3, list your operating system and we can help. ] (]) 19:30, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

= July 5 =

== Google Analytics ==

I have a Google Analytics account for an organization whose web site I maintain, but I don't know how it was installed. Now I would like to add the capability to another site. Searching the web, I can't find out how to do it. When I get into it from my dashboard, it shows the existing site but there is no indication of how I could add another. What can I do? Thanks, --] (]) 14:51, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
:Google Analytics refers to websites as "properties" (), mainly because you can apply analytics to devices or applications in addition to websites. So in order to add a new website to track, you go to Admin at the top and look at the Property column in the middle (). Click the drop down and at the bottom, click "Create new property", which will bring up a new page for you to fill out. When it's time to add the tracking code to the site, will show you how. Hope that helps. ]<sub>(])</sub> 18:49, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

This worked. Thank you! --] (]) 23:28, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

== Shortcut keys (in Windows 7) Is it free or already taken? (and If taken, then by which app?) ==

When I am about to assign a shortcut key combination to something, in Windows 7, then I want to avoid the ones already in use by the system or by other applications.<br/><b>Is there an easy way to see all current assignments of shortcut keys? (In Windows7).</b><br/>--] (]) 22:54, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

:Good question, there ''might'' be a utility somewhere that might show these. Otherwise at support.microsoft.com should be helpful. - ] ] <sup>]</sup> 11:58, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

::Well, yes, but that is a static list of standard, default, basic keyboard shortcuts that comes with the Windows7 OS, and some of its standard apps. <b>The problem is</b> that those key combinations will often be <b>redefined</b>, <b>deleted</b> or permanently or temporarily <b>overridden</b> (hijacked) by third party apps. And, of course there will also allways be a lot of completely new key‑combinations used as either global or window specific shortcuts by third party apps.<br/><b>So what I need</b>, and also everybody else needs — who want to make a new keyboard shortcut for some function or another — is <b>a dynamic (real time) overview</b> of all currently active shortcuts.<br/>--(OP)] (]) 15:33, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

:::Generally this is impossible. There is no central registry of key combinations in Windows. Instead, each program is notified when the keyboard state changes. To figure out which key combinations it responds to, you have to reverse-engineer the code. The best an automated tool could do would be to recognize certain common ways of handling shortcut keys (for example, accelerator resources in Win32 programs), but it would miss a lot. -- ] (]) 19:36, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

:I bet something in ] will let you find this out, though I don't know for sure. --] (]) 18:54, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

= July 6 =
== Free updating to Win 10 ==
* I have over 3 Gb to use up (in ≈2 hours!) before the end of my monthly download 'credit'. I may as well use it up on the Win 10 download, so I was wondering if anyone could comment on how fast this download would be? I have found 'standard' windows updates to be rather slow downloading. ] ] <sup>]</sup> 11:50, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

* Is it possible to download the upgrade files, then run them later? (It seems ''not'', but I'm not certain) ] ] <sup>]</sup> 12:34, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

::Yes it's possible to download Windows 10 installer and delay installation until later. Note however that the free update requires installation before the end of the month. ] (]) 12:47, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

:::Thanks ]. Is the 'installer' that you are referring to the 'tool' at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 ? ] ] <sup>]</sup> 12:56, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

::::The tool is probably the best method, especially as it reduces the chance you will need to download again if something goes wrong. However if you enable the update offer application (that's automatically offered over Windows update), if you're careful you can also download it there and choose when to install it. ] (]) 04:11, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

==Viewing ''source'' coding==
Is there a way to find out a software’s full coding? <small>- like the way we find out a webpage ''source'' code...?</small> -- ] (]) 20:44, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

:In Your webbrowser, press STRG+U to view te source code of the webpage. --<span style="color:#00A000;">Hans Haase (])</span> 21:37, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
::<small>Of course a webbrowser cannot disassemble or decompile an executable program file. ] (]) 21:42, 6 July 2016 (UTC)</small>
::"STRG"? ] --] (]) 06:21, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

:Yes if it is ] whose source code made available with a license by which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone. Otherwise, a ] is a ] that translates ] into ]—the inverse operation to that of an ]. A ] is a computer program that takes as input an executable file, and attempts to create a high level, compilable source file that does the same thing. It is therefore the opposite of a compiler, which takes a source file and makes an executable. However decompilers cannot perfectly reconstruct the original ] nor discover the original ] without which it can be difficult to deduce the working of a ]. ] (]) 21:42, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

Noted. Thanks all. {{=)}} -- ] (]) 05:25, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

==''x32'', ''x64'' and ''x86''==
What's the difference between the three entitled? - <small>In simple terms please.</small> -- ] (]) 20:44, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
:Generally, in practice, these days, "x86" means software that will run on a 32-bit desktop operating system (and probably also on a 64-bit desktop OS). "x64" means software that will only run on a 64-bit desktop OS. When talking about Linux, "x32" may mean another type of 64-bit-only executable (using the ]). Otherwise, it's probably the same as x86. -- ] (]) 21:28, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

:x86 is a series of CPUs. x86 in software installers means the 32 bit version, sometimes described as x32. x64 describes the 64 bit versions of never (~2004) CPUs, made for 64 bit architecture, also compatible with 32 bit instructions. 64 bit can address, more the 4 GB of memory. As the x64 CPUs are stil compatible to 32 bit, 32 bit software can be executed un the system, but least 4 GB RAM, only. Using a 64 bit Windows, the Memory can be addresses and 32 bit software is executable on a 64 bit windows, no 64 bit software on 32 bit Windows. --<span style="color:#00A000;">Hans Haase (])</span> 21:35, 6 July 2016 (UTC)

::<small>Watch out for those "never CPUs". Never work, never fast enough, etc. :-) ] (]) 22:26, 6 July 2016 (UTC) </small>

:] is based on the 8086 architecture, which was originally 16-bit. ] (]) 22:26, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
::And the ] was in turn based on the ], which was an 8-bit processor. ] (]) 23:53, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
:::The 8086 wasn't based on any earlier processor. It had very little in common with the 8085, let alone the 8008. The ] article says that it was marketed as "source compatible", but that just means that the 8086 had enough registers and address space to support mechanical translation of code from simpler processors. It wasn't compatible with them at any level. -- ] (]) 20:54, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Noted. Thanks all. {{=)}} -- ] (]) 05:25, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

= July 8 =


== Shared speakers ? ==

I have several sets of speakers (mostly "2.1" systems), for various TVs, computers, radios/CD players, etc. I was wondering if it would be possible to plug all the devices in one room into the same speakers. There would be the physical problem of splicing the lines together, then issues of the devices interfering with each other, especially if more than one was on at a time. They might also have different plugs, impedance/resistance, etc. So, is this possible ? Would it only work with a physical switch to connect only one at a time ? ] (]) 01:04, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

:Hang on you want to connect several devices into ONE set of speakers or into SEVERAL sets of speakers all at once? ] (]) 04:46, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

::Sorry after reading it multiple times I think I got it. You want to get rid of several sets of speakers and just use one set for everything. Yes this will work, but does depend on several things. Whether you get ground loops happening with all the equipment running straight into your speakers would be my biggest concern. The "real" solution is to get a mixer, which I don't think there's really any super cheap option, starting at about . ] (]) 04:59, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

:::Thanks. Would I then need to manually select which channel(s) I want to hear, or would it be smart enough to only select the channel(s) with a real signal (as opposed to static) ? ] (]) 16:08, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

== ] symbol "x bar" ==

The symbol for the arithmetic mean is called "x bar", which is the letter "x", italicized (I believe), with a bar over the "x". You can see it in this article: ]. My question is how do I get that symbol to print in Word? I looked through all of their symbols on the "Insert" tab. They have a million odd symbols, but I can't find this one anywhere. Thanks. ] (]) 03:22, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

: This is the symbol: <math>\bar{x}</math> (read <math>x</math> ''bar''). ] (]) 03:24, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

::First, start the equation using Insert Equation. Then type the "x", select it, and in the Equation ribbon, select accents, and choose the bar. This instruction comes to you courtesy of Googling "type x-bar in Word".--]|] 06:36, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

::: Thanks. But, I don't want an equation. I just want the symbol. Is it not available as a regular symbol, like the dozens of others? ] (]) 07:57, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

:::: They have millions of symbols that I am sure no one ever uses. But they don't have a relatively commonplace symbol like the x-bar? ] (]) 08:01, 8 July 2016 (UTC)
:{{ping|Joseph A. Spadaro}} There are actually two parts in that question; one, how does ] provide a symbol for x̄, and two, how does one write it in MS Word.
:Going by (which includes a detailed procedure in Word at the end) there is no single-symbol "x bar" in standard Unicode, but some fonts accept diacritics so that you can effectively get what you want with "an x, with a bar over it". You will need to make sure the font supports it, and you will need to find the diacritic, but it works. ]<sup>]</sup> 09:11, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

::{{ping|Joseph A. Spadaro|Tigraan}} Possibly the Unicode U+0305, called a 'combining overline' is what you need; see ]. --] (]) 09:24, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

:: In MacOS with the Extended keyboard setting, option-shift-a (after the base letter) makes U+0304 COMBINING MACRON: x̄. —] (]) 09:27, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

:Doesn't Word have the option to add an overbar in character format? So, you type an italic x and add an overbar. Done. ] (]) 14:49, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Let me change my question. When I look at the symbols available in the Word "Inserts" tab. they have hundreds upon hundreds of extremely esoteric symbols. (Many of which are odd and bizarre. Many of which are useless, like "cute" little drawings.) Stuff that I am sure no one ever uses. Why would they not have a relatively "common" symbol, such as the x-bar? Thanks. ] (]) 17:57, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

== Looking for a pointer ==

On Windows 7 (64-bit) every time I leave the PC for a while the mouse pointer disappears. Wiggling the mouse doesn't bring it back, but CTRL-ALT-DEL does, and it remains after I hit the Cancel button. What causes this and how do I stop it ? Note that it doesn't appear to have gone into sleep/hibernate mode, as the original screen is still displayed (not a screen saver). ] (]) 18:03, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

== UPS ==

# What brand is highly praised?
# Do they come with Lithum ION battery (or something better) like the Laptops? Does a UPS protect itself from ‘electric over powering’ the battery, like the Laptops which consist of circuts to mitigate over powering the battery…?
] (]) 18:08, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

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December 13

Where can I find a thesis of recently released Gemini 2.0?

For Gemini 1.5, I find its thesis.

What about recently released Gemini 2.0? HarryOrange (talk) 21:53, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Here?  --Lambiam 21:55, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
OK That's Gemini 2.0 release information. HarryOrange (talk) 16:52, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

December 15

Questions About New Laptop Computer

My old laptop computer developed problems with the power, so that it wouldn't start when connected to regular line current. It would start when connected to high-amperage current in an electronics store, but that wasn't useful, and it was time to replace it after five years. I now have some questions about problems with a new laptop computer. The new laptop computer is an HP running Windows 11. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Cursor Jumping Randomly

Sometimes when I am typing in a Word document or editing Misplaced Pages in a source window, I discover that the cursor isn't where I think it should be. The cursor has jumped to somewhere else on the screen, apparently randomly. I have to do a Ctrl-Z to undo what I typed in the wrong place, and then move the cursor back to where I want it. If this is caused by line noise, how do I minimize the impact? How likely is that a new mouse would resolve the problem? Are there any settings that I should diddle with? Robert McClenon (talk) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

First thing I would do is give the mouse and mousepad a good clean and disconnect and reconnect it. Shantavira| 09:14, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
Possibly due to your hand brushing the trackpad while typing. If you have a mouse, you could experiment with disabling the trackpad: how to disable touchpad on hp laptop. Or even just try turning it off while typing. This erratic caret jumping used to happen to me a lot, too, when my laptop was new, until I found the key to disable the trackpad.
The term caret or insertion point is useful to exclude the mouse cursor (the pointer) from searches.  Card Zero  (talk) 12:54, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
Thank you, User:Card Zero. I disabled the touchpad. For users who always use a mouse, the touchpad is a complication. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:06, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
I now have a possibly useless question. The documentation referred to an option that disables the touchpad when there is a mouse, but the only option that I found in the settings is the option that always disables the touchpad. I would like to specify that the touchpad is disabled when there is a mouse, and enable it if there is no mouse. This makes very little difference because I will always use a mouse. Is it possible that that option isn't available on my computer? This isn't important. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:38, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
Possibly true, your system vendor might not have put any software on there to do that automatically. The general rule with computers is, you can make it do what you want, it's just a question of how much effort is involved in that. To do stuff automatically when hardware is (dis)connected, you have to set up something that subscribes to WMI events: Windows's thing for letting all interested parties know "hey some new device just showed up". Here's an answer for how to run a script when a device is connected: , if you really want to put in the effort. Alternatively if you just want something quicker and simpler but not automatic, you can install AutoHotkey (quite useful program) and set a shortcut key on the keyboard to disable/enable touchpad. --Slowking Man (talk) 19:11, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Network File Sharing

With the old laptop, I had set up network file sharing, so that the laptop computer could view and edit files in shared folders on my desktop computer, a Dell, also running Windows 11, if they were both within range of my wireless router (and the desktop computer always is). The desktop computer could also access files in shared folders on the laptop, if the laptop was I have tried to set up network file sharing with the new laptop computer. I tried calling the technical support offered by the electronics chain that I bought the computers from, and I made seven calls to them, none of which worked, and I have concluded that their technical support people don't know what they are doing, and, worse, don't know the limits of their knowledge. Does anyone have advice on a book that will tell me how to set up network file sharing with Windows 11, that has neither too little nor too much information for a retired database engineer? Robert McClenon (talk) 04:43, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

@Robert McClenon Did you try this? TheTechie@enwiki (she/they | talk) 20:21, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
User:TheTechie - Thank you. That describes the basics, and describes what I had done successfully with the previous laptop computer. I need either a much greater level of detail, or a troubleshooting guide, or something like that. That was helpful in that it doesn't point out anything that I am doing wrong. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:31, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
Asking for clarification: you did all the steps in the section "How do I troubleshoot sharing files and folders" on that page, on the new laptop? After doing those steps, you still don't "see" your desktop in File Explorer on laptop? (Restart the laptop just in case.) Slowking Man (talk) 04:24, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
Check that all the computers are on the same network. See if all the IP addresses are different. See if the wifi has the network profile set to Private. See if file explorer shows it in Network, or \\newlaptopname . You may have to check file wall settings Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:29, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

December 19

Scanning all available streams

Hello there. I'm have a question: How to scan all available online streams from a specified server and port given? For example, I've found a Wowza Streaming Engine server at 115.79.46.164 and port 1935. I want to know which website or software can help me to find all active streams on this server. Thanks for reading. Ccv2020 (talk) 14:22, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

nmap -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 17:02, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
nmap is just going to let you toss packets to the server and inspect the packets that server decides to send you back in reply. Which is great for networking analysis, but we want to speak application layer here and talk with the "streaming" software on the remote host. Does help at all? (You will need curl if not already installed.) Do take note, the party which owns the server could always have configured it to restrict the information it will give out to the public. --Slowking Man (talk) 19:32, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

.kp domains

How many .kp domains are there? Gnu779 (talk) 13:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Did you see .kp#Existing_and_externally_accessible_domain_list? Polygnotus (talk) 19:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
https://www.northkoreatech.org/the-north-korean-website-list/ is a bit outdated but has more background info. Polygnotus (talk) 19:20, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
It's ok, bro. I can still view the outdated ones with the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive. Thanks, Gnu779 (talk) 16:10, 20 December 2024 (UTC)


December 24

Is this bug in the google search ?

I searched for the keywords: "Israel Folau" "Margaret Court" "David Tyree", then Google shows me blank. Is this bug?HarryOrange (talk) 22:35, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

If I do the same search, this question shows up (twice, due to how the refdesk is organized) plus a link to Stuff. So, it doesn't seem to be a bug. I tried the same format search with much more famous people and got hundreds of links. Matt Deres (talk) 13:20, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
Remember that Google has numerous servers that can respond to your search, and they do not necessarily all behave the same. --142.112.149.206 (talk) 22:17, 27 December 2024 (UTC)


December 28

File disambiguators (1): Explorer/W11

Óla! So Explorer adds (n) to a file with a duplicate name to an existing one. Do you have suggestions how to easily identify and delete them? The search option doesn't recognize parentheses, so a search would merely identify files with that number in the title. The reason for asking is that if a folder has a large number of duplicates that should be deleted, it would be easier to sort/select/delete rather than ctrl+click individually. Thank you! 2.28.124.91 (talk) 16:31, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

https://www.alldup.de/alldup_help/alldup.php and then set it to compare 100% of the content. Polygnotus (talk) 17:16, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
Thank you Polygnotus, that's great, and freeware too. It looks like it might take some getting used to! Cheers, 2.28.124.91 (talk) 18:13, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

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