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God Mode Folder for Windows 10

A cool feature, just name a new folder: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Rename "GodMode" to anything. Source: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-enable-god-mode-windows-10

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Graduate/Bachelor's Degrees Online

I'm editing this entry from "Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering Online" to just accredited degrees one can obtain online. Note that pricing may change over time. Finally this is now possible, here's the email I received, $667 / hour for … Continue reading

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Prevent Drone Crashing / Flying away

Someone (msinger) painstakingly compiled this. I'm copying here to prevent broken link in the future. (Source: https://www.mavichelp.com/tips/prevent-a-crash-or-flyaway-with-your-mavic.40) Prevent a Crash or Flyaway with Your DJI Drone (The Complete Guide) Overview This guide will teach you everything you need to know … Continue reading

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Net Time / W32TM / timedate.cpl

It seems that "Net Time" & "W32TM" are on different permission level (appears to require domain admin privilege) than timedate.cpl. I couldn't change time with the first time commands, but with timedate.cpl, which calls the regular Windows Clock window, it … Continue reading

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Changing Primary / Secondary DNS on Windows Adapter via Command Prompt

netsh interface ipv4 add dnsservers "Local Area Connection" address=192.168.x.x index=1Use Index=3 to remove the third DNS. Source:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18620173/how-can-i-set-change-dns-using-the-command-prompt-at-windows-8

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Pebble Becomes Rebble

So Pebble is bought by Fitbit. The Kickstarter is done. The Pebble Time watch that my wife bought me is now officially UNsupported. The good news is, there's Rebble.io. A volunteer-run substitution for Pebble. The site offers all the apps … Continue reading

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Windows 7 installation stuck at Completing Installation...

Solution: SHIFT-F10 for command prompt, then type: explorer.exe After that, task bar should appear for restart purpose. But in my case, system began to restart before task bar even shows up.

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Chrome: Your Connection is Not Private

This can be bypassed by clicking on the Advanced button at the bottom of the message page. However, in many cases, this is due to expired SSL certification or that the certification needs update. Check the error message.

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The Emotion of Humanity: Can Technology Become Sentient?

This is meant to be a long hypothetical dialogue. Q: The question essentially comes down to human emotion. Can emotion be quantified? If I tell my wife/girlfriend that I have presented all evidence for my love for her, she just … Continue reading

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Sharepoint Threshold 5000 items limit

It seems that when browsing Sharepoint Online files for more than 5000 items, it will break and say "The server is busy now. Try again later..." A solution I could think of is to do OneDrive sync with a local … Continue reading

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