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So, OK, I've had it with Roku. Over the past few years, their user interface has become unusable, filled with advertisements and lots of other garbage. But now they've gone too far. They are now injecting video ads you cannot skip upon entry to the home screen. [more inside]
posted by Rivvo at 7:35 PM - 15 answers

I have an Asus Tuf Gaming laptop, which I bought within the past year and a half, as far as I remember. It's been decent aside from having low memory, which I've always meant to remedy. Unfortunately, my wifi and bluetooth are now acting up... [more inside]
posted by Alensin at 6:17 PM - 7 answers

Can you recommend a win11 mini PC for basic email/web browsing under $200? [more inside]
posted by roaring beast at 1:29 PM - 15 answers

A group in my small, red-state US city have started a nonviolent, pro-democracy organization. In just about a month we've grown from 0 to over 600 members without signs of slowing down. Most of us have never done this before and are still figuring out how to make it work. Currently we have little infrastructure for organizing effort around members' very creative ideas. We need project management. What kind of resources or options can I bring to our leadership? [more inside]
posted by Sorites' pair of ducks at 8:22 PM - 14 answers

Is there a Words With Friends-style ios/android app out there that is devoid of gimmicky clickbait cruft/animations/in-game currency? I just want to play Scrabble with my friends. I will pay to remove ads. No, I do not want to login with Facebook.
posted by RisforKickin at 3:02 PM - 5 answers

What would it take for my long-distance friends and I to set up a fax system for us to send hand-written letters to each other? [more inside]
posted by loonietrillium at 10:39 AM - 15 answers

I have a tech-averse father who has never owned a computer or a smartphone. However, he loves to play around on mine when I visit. Since he can tie into his neighbor's wireless (a close friend who would approve), I was thinking of giving him an old phone so that he can surf the internet, take photos, and finally get an email address. [more inside]
posted by Don_K at 7:16 AM - 13 answers

When I restart, even when checking "reopen/keep all windows", it comes back zippy—I'm restarting with the same apps and windows being open as when it was slowed to a crawl. But then it always gets slower and slower over time until it's barely usable. [more inside]
posted by zeek321 at 11:23 AM - 12 answers

I have an Excel workbook that has five sheets. Most of the sheets have formulas and charts that reference other sheets in the same workbook. For reasons, I want to copy two of the sheets into a new workbook. But when I do this, Excel "helpfully" updates the formulas to refer back to the original workbook. I want them to refer to the same-named sheet in the same workbook in which they reside. Is this possible? [more inside]
posted by Winnie the Proust at 1:17 PM - 6 answers

I am trying to stop using Amazon as much as possible and want to know how they are reimbursed by Libby for my usage. [more inside]
posted by joannemerriam at 11:11 AM - 7 answers

In Gmail, I directed all emails from a specific person to bypass my inbox and land in a labelled folder that was automatically archived. I would like to undo this action, so their emails will now land in my inbox as usual. Hoping for very simple clear directions as I'm a bit baffled.
posted by vanilla.extract at 9:44 AM - 4 answers

I'm considering upgrading a clock project I've made, but I'm not sure how to do what I want to do... [more inside]
posted by Marky at 8:39 PM - 10 answers

I want to distort a font so it is expanded by 150%. Is there a place to manually set that? This is different than letterspacing. I see where to do that but this is to distort the letterforms/characters. Although I'd rather select a font that is extended, I am forced to use standard fonts that my client has pre-installed on their PCs. I am working on a Mac – PPT v.16.94
posted by pmaxwell at 8:12 AM - 15 answers

I created a whole bunch of QR codes using qr-code-generator.com. The codes were meant to be be permanent (they are affixed in the landscape.) I clearly failed to read the fine print because after 2 weeks I discovered they no longer work and I'm being asked to pay 8 EUR / month to keep them going. I was an idiot. Anyway, are there free QR code generators out there? Ones that simply encode my URL and last forever? [more inside]
posted by snarfois at 11:23 AM - 18 answers

I have two problems with my Macbook that I can’t solve. [more inside]
posted by mydonkeybenjamin at 5:22 AM - 4 answers

Let's say I'm traveling solo for a couple of weeks. My phone completely dies or is lost forever. If I can get to an Apple Store and/or T-mobile, how would they get me set up with a new phone that replaces the old one? I currently don't back up my iPhone to iCloud, but should I be doing this to have peace of mind for the scenario mentioned above? Is there another plan that is better? [more inside]
posted by oxisos at 6:56 PM - 6 answers

I want to free up space on my moto android phone. [more inside]
posted by Czjewel at 3:58 PM - 5 answers

My roommate and I share a computer monitor. When the HDMI cable is hooked up to his computer, my external monitor is all his, and I can live without the monitor - even though it makes things a TON easier for me. When I plug the cable into my docking station, both my laptop screen and the external monitor go black. Completely black. No mouse cursor or anything black. [more inside]
posted by The Almighty Mommy Goddess at 3:02 PM - 4 answers

I'm doing some web development for a small community website, and I want to make sure the user experience on mobile is excellent. What are some websites with great user experience on mobile?
posted by kirkaracha at 11:39 AM - 20 answers

I'd like to have my browser start at a clean page that can have some of my most used content and avoid the rage bait news headlines I see so often. [more inside]
posted by ShakeyJake at 11:37 AM - 7 answers