| If you eat a diet rich in vegetables, then you’re eating a wide variety of plant parts. For example, when we eat asparagus we’re eating the stem of the plant, with carrots we eat the root, with corn we eat the seeds, with lettuce we eat the leaves, and with broccoli we eat the flower.  | |
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| The L1 Cache (short for Level 1 Cache, a.k.a. Primary Cache) is a memory bank built into the microprocessor (CPU chip) and is the fastest memory in a computer. It is also “closest” to the processor. | |
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| Laptops, especially gaming laptops, are a study in compromises. Smaller machines are lighter and easier to travel with, but bigger, heavier boxes offer the dedicated graphics cards necessary for high-end gaming. An external graphics card let you have your cake (no lie) and eat it too. | |
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| Your Mac’s serial number is a unique identifier that distinguishes your Mac from all others. You have to provide your Mac’s serial number when requesting warranty service. You may also want to look up your Mac’s serial number if you’re reporting it stolen. | |
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| Facebook doesn't use a chronological feed, like Twitter does (or like Facebook used to). Instead, what you see in your News Feed is determined by an algorithm that sorts things based on what Facebook thinks you want to see. This is a cause of some consternation. | |
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| Plex can automatically label your media and apply artwork to it, but sometimes there’s no substitute for your hand-picked movie and TV show artwork. Thankfully, you can easily use your own media assets with your Plex collection. | |
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| If you have a Wi-Fi cam (like the Nest Cam) set up for security, it’s one thing to catch any perps on video. But it’s also a good idea to scare them away by having lights automatically turn on when any burglars are detected. | |
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| You’re not the only person who lives in your house, and you’re not the only person who watches things on your Kodi box. Why should there be only one media library, with one list of what has and hasn’t been watched, and one favorites list? Kodi has offered a profile system for years, and you shouldn’t overlook it. | |
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| If you’ve ever deleted iMessages and then wanted to get them back, it’s not necessarily easy to do. But it is possible. | |
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| Aero Peek is a feature that’s been available in Windows since Windows 7, and is on by default (except in Windows 8). It allows you to temporarily peek at the desktop behind any open program windows. | |
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| Windows doesn’t display your PC’s serial number anywhere in its interface, and neither do popular system information tools. But you can often find a PC’s serial number with a simple command, a peek in your BIOS, or on the hardware itself. | |
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| Sometimes you just want to delete a message from WhatsApp. Maybe it's something private like a password, or maybe you've just said something incredibly embarrassing and you want to never see the offending message again. Whatever the reason, here's how to do it. | |
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| If you dig through Windows 10’s settings, you may come across something called “Developer Mode”. When put into Developer Mode, Windows allows you to more easily test apps you’re developing, use the Ubuntu Bash shell environment, change a variety of developer-focused settings, and do other such things. | |
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| | Download Top 5 Brainstorming Techniques
Brainstorming is a creative thinking technique that has been used by management for over fifty years and was popularized by advertising executive Alex F. Osborn in the 1950's. This eBook describes five ways in which the technique of brainstorming has evolved as an aid to help you to find creative solutions to the business issues you face.Click here to download | |
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