Tech tips
None of this is expert advice. It's what people worked out for themselves, usually the hard way — what actually helped, and what they'd tell someone standing where you are. Take what fits and leave the rest.
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Press and hold the Ctrl key while turning the mouse wheel to adjust zoom level.
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Write a script to take automatic whole-desktop screenshots at regular intervals (e.g., every 15 minutes) to document work progress.
It helped the user fill out their timesheet.
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Use plays.tv for screen recording instead of Raptr.
Raptr was discontinued by AMD, is bloaty, and kinda gross.
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Reverse image search photos of dating app matches and LinkedIn profiles before meeting or engaging to identify catfishers, stolen profiles, or scams.
- Some users report finding only generic headshots with similar positioning.
- Scammers may flip images horizontally to avoid detection.
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Meet dating app matches only in crowded public spaces for the first two dates.
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Turn off Sticky Keys in Windows Ease of Access settings to prevent pop-ups during gaming or rapid typing.
Sticky Keys can trigger unexpectedly when keys like Ctrl or Shift are used as action buttons.
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Keep local screenshot files as backups even after pasting them elsewhere, since emails and tickets can be lost.
Emails and Jira tickets get 'lost', but local screenshots do not.
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Avoid pasting screenshots directly into Word or Outlook.
This results in poor quality and images that are larger than necessary.
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Take a photo of your license plate and search for 'license plate' in your phone to retrieve the number quickly.
It saves time when registering for parking or hotel stays.
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Be wary of rental scams where the landlord is located abroad or requires upfront payment.
These conditions are likely indicators of a scam.
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Translate your search terms into a different language to find a new set of related images on Google Images.
Images often come from articles attached to them, so changing the language changes the source articles and resulting images.
- This may not work for proper nouns like brand names or people's names that remain the same across languages.
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Save your work before performing any operations on large datasets.
Software can crash.
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Pre-check Google Image Search results before displaying them to a group to avoid accidental exposure to inappropriate content.
Spelling errors can lead to unexpected explicit results that are difficult to recover from during a presentation.
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Check credit card company protections and merchant return policies before buying potentially low-quality items.
You may be protected if the product is unsatisfactory.
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Access online property records or tax information to verify the owner of a rental property before signing any lease.
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Use a mouse with a tiltable scroll wheel or extra buttons for multidirectional scrolling.
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Avoid saving images with random filenames by using methods that do not require storing files locally.
This prevents cluttering your computer with confusingly named files like 'Hahahdhgajdoheajdidhsbhs2.png'.
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