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My old man has a bunch of .dox stuff saved. He has complicated large files saved that are not supported by any of the FOSS conversion tools. I’ve tried Libre office, Abi Word, and every command line tool and converter I can find. These are entire book sized files....

By “good” I mean code that is written professionally and concisely (and obviously works as intended). Apart from personal interest and understanding what the machine spits out, is there any legit reason anyone should learn advanced coding techniques? Specifically in an engineering perspective?...

cross-posted from: startrek.website/post/13903979...

I might covertly edit this post for clarification, but basically my concern goes like this....

Am currently sick with a bad throat. While enjoying my cup of coffee, I had the thought; “Should I avoid coffee if I have a bad throat?”. So, are there any studies or general consensus on this?

Hi all,...

Hi, want to buy some used hardware to run with Linux (Gnome DE ON Mint, Debian OR ElementaryOS). Mainly Office use, transcoding, but also for casual gaming Half-life 2 and maybe some more modern games....

My favourite sandwich has gotta be mayo chicken in a bagel with crunchy lettuce, satisfying in both taste and the crunchy texture of chopped iceberg lettuce from the shops....

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The UK dance instructor who used her body as a shield to protect her young students from the knifeman who went on a fatal stabbing spree at a dance class in Southport last month has been released from the hospital...

Not sure if I used the correct terms but what is the difference in security and privacy between downloading from a public wifi (or a closed wifi; with password) and mobile hotspot (sharing 4G/5G data from your phone to your computer)? Which one is recommended or does it not matter?

I love horror but apparently I don’t vibe with a lot of recommendations I find online....

I am trying to use gamescope and mangohud at same time so I ran gamescope -e -W 2560 -H 1440 -r 144 --mangoapp %command% (to run at 1440p at 144fps I think) as the launch option on steam but when I load into the game aiming goes crazy like 100x sensitivity but cursor movement (like in setting etc is normal). Is the command wrong...

I’ve recently gotten on board with Invidous/Viewtube - and they’re both great in their own ways. I like not having the algorithm hide or force new content down my throat, but I’m wondering if there’s a way to take this to the next level....

I know of my anime list and anilist and using the MALsync extension but i cant find a website with an extension that has both anime and non anime shows

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Weekly thread to discuss whatever you’re working on, big or small, at work or in your free time.