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A question for retro tech bros:
My employer is still using an OKI dot matrix printer, model Microline 620, and an Epson dot matrix printer, model FX-890.
The OKI printer is not working, and the FX-890 will only print some screens, but not all.
It's an older Windows system, but I'm not sure which one, might be XPS.
In the "available printer list" all of the printer statuses are "idle", nothing in que.
What can be done to get Windows communicating again with the dot matrix printers?
TIA.
#tech #retrotech #windows
#dotmatrix #dotmatrixprinter
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What's the best way for a non-techy person to boost their wifi signal to a room further back in the apartment? Do wifi range extenders work? Thanks!
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How do I install NixOS in a container on Debian?
I tried using Distrobox with this image and I get an errordistrobox create -n nixos -i docker.io/nixos/nix:latest-amd64 Image docker.io/nixos/nix:latest-amd64 not found. Do you want to pull the image now? [Y/n]: y Trying to pull docker.io/nixos/nix:latest-amd64... 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To enter, run: distrobox enter nixos Error: "/etc/os-release" could not be found on container nixos: no such file or directory
If I then try to run the container, it fails to start:distrobox enter nixos Error: could not start entrypoint. + stat /run/host/etc/shadow ++ stat -c %u /run/host/etc/shadow + '[' 65534 = 0 ']' + '[' -f /run/host/etc/locale.conf ']' ++ grep -e '^LANG=' /run/host/etc/locale.conf ++ sed s/LANG=// ++ sed 's/"//g' /usr/bin/entrypoint: line 244: sed: command not found /usr/bin/entrypoint: line 244: sed: command not found ++ sed 's/'\''//g' /usr/bin/entrypoint: line 244: sed: command not found + HOST_LOCALE= + '[' 127 -ne 0 ']' + printf 'Error: An error occurred\n' Error: An error occurred
Apparently this is a known issue with Distrobox
https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/issues/1604
#Podman #Distrobox #NixOS #Debian #TechQuestions -
Another Android question:
If I installed an app from F-Droid, but the app is also available (with the same app ID) from Google Play, how do I get Google Play to stop asking me to "update" to the Play Store version?
EDIT: 3 fedicreatures have now suggested Aurora Store, but haven't there been reports of Google banning folks for using it?
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I've a question about Kate/KWrite:
Is there a quick way to highlight just one line of text?
On Gnome Text Editor/Gedit/Pluma/Xed you can triple click, and that highlights the line. On Kate/Kwrite, though, triple clicking also highlights the newline character at the end of the line: I don't want to do that.
I tried looking in the "configure shortcuts" settings menu and didn't see a way to create a shortcut for highlighting one line, either with the mouse or keyboard.
Can it be done?
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Tech question:
I have a static page on my own domain using Codeberg Pages.
I would like to use the same domain name for email. Disroot describes how to point my domain to Disroot for email using atxtrecord.
My question is, if I follow Disroot's instructions, will it mess up the website I have on the same domain?
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💻 Switching from Windows to Mac?
🔌 Trouble with your UPS not talking to your PC?
@mikahsargent answers listener tech questions on HOT 217.
📩 Email yours: [email protected]
🎧 Download and subscribe here: https://twit.tv/hot/217
#HandsOnTech #AppleSwitch #TechQuestions -
Ever wondered why Gmail search fails to find text you're sure is present?
https://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?p=639860#post639860
#HackerNews #GmailSearch #Issues #EmailSearch #TechQuestions #UserExperience
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Wer hätte gedacht, dass die Kombination von SONOFF iHost und ioBroker so einfach ist? Trotz der typischen Technik-Ängste hat alles problemlos funktioniert! 😅🔧 Wie nutzst Du smarte Geräte in Deinem Zuhause? Teilen ist das neue Schlaula! #SmartHome #ioBroker #SONOFF #TechQuestions #Vernetzung
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Looking for some more advanced techies to help me out here. I was browsing the files of old abandonware (as one does) and came across the .zym file format in a game called Gubble 2. Does anyone have any idea what this file format is? Is it something proprietary by the gubble devs? Something that just isn't used anymore? The only thing google brought up regarding .zym was some mods for quake.
#tech #techquestions #fileformats #abandonware #windows98 #techie #oldtech #retrocomputing
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What's the best way to convert a LaTeX equation into an ASCII art image?
I tried putting the equation in a tex document and using @[email protected] to convert to markdown:pandoc -o example.md example.tex
But the generated markdown file did not contain a rendered formula: it just had the TeX code.
Motivation: I want to put formula in a gemini capsule.
EDIT: SOLVED by @[email protected] !
https://lukyan.eu/@lukyan/113834578570465731
I installed a distrobox of Fedora, then I installed the rpm packagelibtexprintf-tools. The command
Gives meutftex "\frac{\mathrm{This is an example equation}}{\mathrm{This is still an example equation}}"This is an example equation ───────────────────────────────── This is still an example equation
#TechQuestions #Pandoc #Markdown #ASCIIImage #TeXLaTeX #GemText #Gemini #GeminiProtocol -
🦋🐦🐘 Who to ask for help with Bridgy Classic?
#Bridgy #BridgyClassic #Mastodon #Bluesky #SocialMedia #TechSupport #OpenSource #HelpNeeded #CommunitySupport #DigitalBridging #TechQuestions #Accessibility #WordPress #Networking #UserHelp #SocialMediaIntegration #TechCommunity #ElephantInTheRoom #ButterflyEffect
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Pinning all KDE packages in Debian testing to prevent the desktop environment from getting updated while upgrading other, non-related packages... Thoughts?
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It's time to think about my mom's computer again:
So, I got her a WD Blue 1 TB SATA SSD and I wanna give her 2 OSes: Windows 10 LTSC Enterprise 2021, and a Linux distro.
Which Linux option do you think would be best for her? Feel free to elaborate in the replies!
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My iMac is 9 years old, permanently stuck in Monterey, and at end of life for security updates. More and more apps are notifying me that they are unable to update. But it does everything I need it to do.
Should I go ahead and buy a MacBook before the end of the year and possible tarrifs, or just stick with the iMac until it dies? I truly hate that computers make themselves obsolete so quickly, but at what point does being online become unsafe?
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a question via Google search - (does) pixel 8 privacy screen protector support fingerprint sensor(?) -
Google search and topic
https://www.google.com/search?q=pixel+8+privacy+screen+protector+supports+fingerprint+sensor
draft - seems like the answer 'might' be no? Or? Anyone else have a successful product like this? Is it to do with the type of sensor? *Would* an ultrasonic sensor do any better? Do ultrasonic fingerprint sensors even work with glass screen protectors?
related
#opticalfingerprint
#pixel8
#pixel7
#pixel6a
#opticalfingerprintsensor
#techsupport
#techquestions
#computers
#computer
#computerquestions
#computerquestion
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#ultrasonic
#pixel9
#pixel
#ultrasonicfingerprintsensor
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One of the more noxious behaviors from people in the tech world that I see all the time, especially on StackOverflow:
Person A: I have a need of doing X with product Y; how can I do this?
Person B: You shouldn't want to do X!
Person B of course has little or no insight into the full context of why Person A needs to do X; instead, they just assume there's no conceivable reason why X might be the right thing to do.
There's a very good chance that there's a legitimate reason behind why Person A is asking, and it isn't just to be frivolous or because they think asking questions and trying to do random things with a product is fun.
If the broader context matters, then ask for the broader context. Don't just assume the context must necessarily be wrong because you don't understand it.
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Poll for people who used #WindowsXP or earlier:
Did you find it difficult to read the default font on #Windows ? I ask because I noticed that from #WindowsVista and beyond, the font looks much easier to read.
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CW: Question tech/logiciel/son | Boost appréciés !
Yo, alors j'ai une question un peu technique.
Je streame et je n'ai pas de streamdeck, j'ai remplacé mon streamdeck par mon Launchpad. Un logiciel (LPHK) permet de transformer le pad en clavier macro, permettant également de lancer des sons.
J'aimerais que les sons sortant de ce logiciel sortent à la fois du haut-parleur mais également dans le micro, afin de pouvoir l'utiliser dans des vocaux avec des ami•e•s.
Est-ce possible simplement ? #tech #techquestions
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Anyone with a Shared Library and on iOS 16.5 RC having issues with the sync between the family? Appears it stopped working after updating to the RC.
#iOS165 #iOS #ApplePhotos #Apple #AppleTech #TechQuestions #MobileTech #Mobile #AllThingsTech
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Why can't #mastodon sites load the original page directly instead of telling me to go to the original website?
