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March 18
Is it possible to use an old iPhone as a remote camera for a new iPhone?
I have an iPhone X and would love to be able to use it as a baby monitor showing on my iPhone. Is that possible? [more inside]
Telegram chat vanished on both ends. Can it be recovered?
Telegram chat vanished on both ends. Can it be recovered?how ever I have total backup in my icloud, this happened one day all of sudden for no reason , and I'm clueless ,also we did not delete deliberately
Best/Worst Online Promotional Tactics
Whether they were outlandish, clever, concerning, or bizarre, what are some examples of the most memorable ways you've seen something sold or promoted online?
March 16
Laptop battery management software - your recommendations?
The capacity of a laptop battery degrades pretty quickly, but it will last longer if you use clever battery management software, which will charge it only up to 80 %. No such apps are available for my make/model - but perhaps the Mefi crowd can recommend some third party apps? [more inside]
March 15
Managed WordPress hosting for a small association
I am looking for the best managed WordPress hosting solution for a small association with a low-traffic website. They do not have the technical ability to manage their own server. I'm looking at WPEngine and DreamHost presently. Are there any other hosts I should look at? Any watchouts for WPEngine and DreamHost?
March 14
How to play Go
Recommend a site where a beginner can learn Go.
Auto camera backup of a wall scheduler+replacement software for same
So, we use an old-fashioned magnet board, something like this to plan a semester’s teaching schedules of about 60 full-time and part-time faculty/staff.
My colleagues are heavily invested in this system, and they know it backwards.
Suggestions requested for a camera backup and replacement software..... [more inside]
March 13
Small but mighty
Do any computer companies still make ultracompact (sub-13 inch), high-performance/high-end laptops? Something like the old 11-12" Macbook (/Air) or the Thinkpad x280. All I see in this space are Chromebooks and 2-in-1s that lean more on the "tablet" side of things. (I would get an iPad Pro with the keyboard in a heartbeat, if only it ran an actual proper OS.) Is there any sort of activity in this space, or is it just completely dead?
To-do app with spread-sheet style column display?
I have to-do items in several categories, and I would like to be able to view them on my laptop or iPad as a series of columns, such that one column would be one category's to-do items, so that I can see the various lists side-by-side. Do you know of an app that can do this? [more inside]
I hope this question isn't a double
I am considering a senior position that would likely lead to scrutiny from certain individuals and groups. Based on recent tactics, I assume they will collect and analyze everything I have ever written. While I have never knowingly plagiarized, and I believe I'm very thorough in citing others, for peace of mind I would like to proactively check all of my publications for plagiarism. I have several hundred publications, and I have copies of all of them in either DOC or PDF format. I see lots of websites out there that claim to do this - which one is the best?
March 12
How to optimize reducing a device's max. battery capacity without damage
My phone battery capacity went down to 80% over the first 20 months but has since, for whatever reason, been magically hovering there for the last six months. It seems stuck at the magic 80% level no matter what. Three things I have tried: 1) disabling optimized battery charging; 2) cycles of running the phone until the battery is discharged; 3) leaving the phone connected to power after fully charged. What are other ways I can operate a device to optimize speeding the process of reducing its battery's capacity below the 80% threshold, without voiding the device warranty?
March 11
Allow a child (11) to speak to a device and easily get it transcribed
I’m looking for an easy way for a child to tell a voice activated device their stories, have them recorded, and then later be able to hook the device up to the (windows) computer and have them transcribed to .txt or Word docs. [more inside]
Fur Elise educational game?
Trying to remember an educational game from the 90s and the only thing I recall was that Fur Elise was a common motif. Help? [more inside]
Embrace, extend, enhance.
What are your favourite general-interest browser extensions in 2024? [more inside]
March 10
Are any of the paid online background search tools actually not scams?
I have: the full name, known alias, former address, and name of former place of incarceration of a person who has zero online presence and may now go by a different alias. I would like to know: their current location and more details about their (federal) incarceration. Are any of those people search services that want to charge me for a "full background report" going to be useful, or is this the sort of thing you hire private investigators for? Assume I have exhausted my Google skills here.
Tools for consolidating folders on Windows 10?
After a few years of cloud syncing problems and short-sighted workarounds, I've got several mirrored versions of my documents folders + nested subfolders across multiple hard drives and thumb drives, where most of the files are identical but each folder may contain a few unique items or updated copies of the same file found elsewhere. Is there a more efficient way to merge these, purging exact dupes but keeping all unique or updated files? [more inside]
March 9
[RSS PSA] Questions you may have missed...
PSA: Like a lot of MeFites, I keep up with the site via RSS -- specifically Feedly. In fact, their stats show there are nearly 2,000 subscribers to the same Ask MetaFilter feed I use on Feedly alone. Unfortunately, this feed is hosted on Google's aging Feedburner platform, which is increasingly unreliable as a service. This manifested last month when Feedly was unable to update the AskMe feed for over a week. If Google eventually shuts down the service, then anyone depending on that feed to stay engaged with MeFi may lose contact with the site without even realizing it. The good news is that the site has a new set of self-hosted feeds that should remain active no matter what Google does. So, if you read the site using an RSS reader, please take a moment to update your reader to the new feeds -- and check inside for a list of questions you might have missed during the outage. [more inside]
Can I track traffic on my Google Fiber network?
How can I view website activity at the router level with the Google "puck" router and access points? I can't find anything online, but I'm sure that other routers I've had have ways to integrate with common monitoring software. [more inside]
March 8
Family member permitted remote Mac access to stranger on phone
A family member allowed a stranger on the phone "into" their computer, thinking that the stranger was a legitimate rep for $big_internet_provider. They had access for hours, as far as I know. It is powered off, now.
It's a Mac, running something between macos 10.15 and 12. [more inside]
math this math
I need help building an efficient (1 step) excel formula to do a very specific piece of math. Please and thank you! [more inside]