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I've tried various tools found via Googling and none of them are working. [more inside]
posted by Jacqueline at 1:07 PM - 1 answers

Need a recommendation for a practical book on how to divorce one's life from the internet and be more "of the world". [more inside]
posted by RoseyPosey at 5:03 PM - 9 answers

I want to cancel my Onward Together donation, but when I click on the "Manage Donation" link at the bottom of the page, I get this error message: Sorry, the page you are trying to access is not accepting submissions at this time. Powered by EveryAction [more inside]
posted by agatha_magatha at 8:52 AM - 4 answers

A few years ago I asked Mefites if I should join Twitter and was talked out of joining (many thanks for keeping me out of that cesspit, Y'all). Now I am wondering if joining Bluesky would be worthwhile? [more inside]
posted by a humble nudibranch at 11:01 PM - 23 answers

Looking for more Bluesky accounts like “cats being weird little guys” that post fun silly stuff. Recommendations?
posted by capricorn at 7:28 AM - 4 answers

I know I've done this before but I can't remember what I did. [more inside]
posted by DMelanogaster at 1:48 PM - 1 answers

I set my mother's email up in 2004 through easily.co.uk, using a named domain. It's been fine since then, but she has not received emails for the last two days on any devices, and sending a test one to her fails. Payments are up to date. Logging into Easily and trying to get into webmail that way gives a message saying server is down. Emailing easily support or billing bounces back. No telephone number on their site. Found one elsewhere online but it doesn't work. Do I just accept this company has gone under?
posted by paduasoy at 1:47 AM - 7 answers

Are employers able to track anonymous 3rd party surveys? [more inside]
posted by irish01 at 2:26 PM - 10 answers

I cut-and-pasted some elements into a PDF. Can I flatten them so they aren't moveable any more? [more inside]
posted by nouvelle-personne at 10:56 AM - 2 answers

Here's an example of me singing and accompanying myself on acoustic guitar (it's a YT video - I know I can just give the YT link to someone, but that's not what I'm asking about -- I'm asking about when I sing and play like this LIVE, on a Zoom call -- even though this is video, it's exactly how I sound when I do this LIVE on Zoom) -- [more inside]
posted by DMelanogaster at 9:42 AM - 5 answers

I need help muting the ringtone of one person on WhatsApp on my iPhone. [more inside]
posted by plant or animal at 5:42 AM - 7 answers

My desktop computer accesses the internet via cable connection. Years ago, my son connected a router to my desktop computer so that I could use my laptop via the router. My laptop will no longer connect to the internet via the router. The router seems to have died from old age (everything is blinking and it looks okay ... it's like the lights are on but nobody's home), and so I've decided to disconnect it, but I don't know what steps I need to take to do so. [more inside]
posted by SageTrail at 10:48 AM - 15 answers

For years, whenever I replaced an external HD, I took it apart & lied to myself, saying I'd get around to destroying them later. I don't drive, so I'm not going to drive somewhere to recycle them, and I don't have access to the kind of tools to drill through them. There's nothing terribly secretive on them, but still, in this age of identity theft, I don't want someone to be able to recover old data, y'know? What's the easiest way to destroy them?
posted by 2oh1 at 1:58 PM - 30 answers

For "reasons" (including SUPER-sucky customer service), I want to ditch my paid streaming media player service. Lets call it...JillyWillyPlayer. My sites have been using it for over a decade. I don't need hosting and I'd like to find a more...2024 solution. [more inside]
posted by sandra_s at 11:42 AM - 5 answers

I really gotta get off Twitter/X, but I'd like to have all my data on one service. Have any of the alternate federated services implemented an importer for archived data yet? If not, are there any good third-party ways to do this now? [more inside]
posted by limeonaire at 11:03 AM - 6 answers

Is there an organization or community that focuses on building binaries for open source software? [more inside]
posted by kristi at 7:04 PM - 10 answers

What are the best avenues for keeping up with the best legislators for someone who has no social media accounts? Also: who are your favorite legislators to follow? [more inside]
posted by kristi at 3:08 PM - 7 answers

I'm working on a film studies project and need to grab timestamps from a DVD, either marked onscreen or named with the exact timestamp of the screenshot. I am not looking for an output of all frames, or even frames at regular intervals, but rather frames I've selected manually based on what's happening onscreen. What software (for Windows 11) can I use to accomplish this? [more inside]
posted by johnofjack at 11:26 AM - 6 answers

I have to use Facebook messenger for work. How do I join Facebook and keep my privacy?
posted by Mr. Yuck at 7:52 AM - 12 answers

I need to film myself playing my electric guitar with a backing track for an online class I am taking. I can manage it but I think there must be an easier way. [more inside]
posted by synecdoche at 4:46 AM - 3 answers