Kamis, 31 Agustus 2017

How to Get Free eBooks In Exchange for Online Reviews

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Although there aren’t many of them, there are tribes of people around the world (such as those found deep in the Amazon forest) that are considered “anumeric”. They don’t have words for numeric concepts beyond things like “one”, “a few”, or “some” and, as a result, they struggle to differentiate and recall quantities as low as four.

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The Medical Term For The Numbness You Experience When A Limb “Falls Asleep” Is?
Parasynapsia →
Paresthesia →
Nocturnaquet →
Necrothesia →


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Grok

Grok is a slang term used to describe having an intuitive and/or thorough understanding of a particular subject.

The term is from Robert A. Heinlein’s sci-fi novel “Stranger in a Strange Land“.

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How to Find Old Versions of Your Favorite Desktop Programs

Have you ever used one of your favorite programs on your desktop, only to find that in later updates, that program changes in ways you don’t particularly appreciate? It’s a common phenomenon: a single program, like a chat client, might break with your specific computer setup after a recent update. It’s easier (and less disruptive to your workflow) to switch to an older version of the program until the problem is resolved.

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How Android Oreo Changed Sideloading, and Why It’s a Good Thing

In versions of Android as far back as the mind can remember, apps not found in the Play Store could be universally “sideloaded” by ticking one box in the device’s Security menu. With Oreo, that changes.

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How to Create a Facebook Group

Facebook Groups are a great way for people with a common interest or who are members of the same club, society, or community to communicate. I'm in Groups for hobbies like Photography, but also for local things like the village I live in.

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How to Get Free eBooks In Exchange for Online Reviews

There’s a not-very-well-kept secret in the online book world: reviews are extremely valuable. The good news is that it’s easy to get started reviewing books, especially if you’re willing to do so for the new crop of independently-published authors. The bad news is that you’ll be doing it for free…or more precisely, that you’ll be paid in books. Which isn’t all that bad if you love reading.

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How to Regain Access to Your Plex Server When You’re Locked Out

For the most part, the Plex Media Server experience is pretty flawless. You install the server software, you point your Plex clients at it, and start watching your movies. But sometimes, you’ll go to log into your server only to be mysteriously shut out. Let’s dig into some arcane settings and get you back to media nirvana.

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Anker’s Eufy Genie vs. Amazon Echo Dot: Are the Savings Worth It?

The Echo Dot is a great device, but Anker’s Eufy Genie ($35) aims to dethrone it with the same Alexa-based system and a $15 cheaper price tag (even more when it’s on sale). But is it worth saving a few bucks to get a third-party Echo device in the first place?

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How to Search Your Amazon Order History

You order so much stuff from Amazon, it’s tough to keep track of it all. If you need to go back through your history to find something you’ve ordered before, you can scroll through pages and pages of items you’ve bought, but that’s tedious. Instead, use the order search history.

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The Cheapest Ways To Stream College Football (Without Cable)

We’ve shown you the cheapest ways to stream (almost) every NFL game this season. Now we’re back to do the same service for college ball…with one really big caveat.

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How to Enable or Disable Notification Dots in Android 8.0 Oreo

Google brought a handful of changes in Android Oreo, both big and small. Among the smaller, yet welcome additions to the operating system is something the company calls Notification Dots. Essentially, these are small markers on home screen icons that let you know when an app has a notification.

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What's the Difference Between a Facebook Profile, Page, and Group?

Facebook is used by a lot of different people for a lot of different things, so it's only natural that Facebook would have different sets of features for each of them. There are three main ways you can use Facebook: with a regular Profile, as a Page, or as a Group admin. Let's look at what each is for.

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App Subscriptions Are a Good Thing

I get attached to the apps I use. I do all my photo editing in Photoshop and Lightroom, I use Airmail for email, I listen to music with Spotify, I read feeds with Inoreader and Reeder, I Tweet using Tweetbot, and most importantly, for writing I use Ulysses.

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Rabu, 30 Agustus 2017

App Subscriptions Are a Good Thing

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The stethoscope was invented in 1816 by French physician René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec and motivated by a desire to accurately (and modestly) diagnose heart problems in women. The stethoscope transmitted sound to the doctor’s ear more effectively than by putting an ear against the chest and allowed the doctor to listen without touching his ear to the woman’s body.

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Residential Communities Where People Live With Their Planes And Direct Runway Access Are Called?
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Greeking

In word processing, desktop publishing, graphic design, and visual I.T., Greeking is the term used to refer to a preview of a document or text template where a representative approximation of the text characters are shown so that a user will have a general idea of how the document (and layout) will appear in final form.

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The Cheapest Ways To Stream College Football (Without Cable)

We’ve shown you the cheapest ways to stream (almost) every NFL game this season. Now we’re back to do the same service for college ball…with one really big caveat.

Read This Article →



How to Enable or Disable Notification Dots in Android 8.0 Oreo

Google brought a handful of changes in Android Oreo, both big and small. Among the smaller, yet welcome additions to the operating system is something the company calls Notification Dots. Essentially, these are small markers on home screen icons that let you know when an app has a notification.

Read This Article →



What's the Difference Between a Facebook Profile, Page, and Group?

Facebook is used by a lot of different people for a lot of different things, so it's only natural that Facebook would have different sets of features for each of them. There are three main ways you can use Facebook: with a regular Profile, as a Page, or as a Group admin. Let's look at what each is for.

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App Subscriptions Are a Good Thing

I get attached to the apps I use. I do all my photo editing in Photoshop and Lightroom, I use Airmail for email, I listen to music with Spotify, I read feeds with Inoreader and Reeder, I Tweet using Tweetbot, and most importantly, for writing I use Ulysses.

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How Do You Define a PowerShell Function That Requires Elevation?

PowerShell can be extremely useful for a lot of everyday tasks as is, but if you need to tweak some functions with a bit of safety in mind, then how do you define a function so that it requires elevation? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question.

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How to Set Up the Kwikset Kevo Fob to Unlock Your Door Without Your Phone

Under normal circumstances, the Kwikset Kevo relies on your phone in order to know whether it should unlock your door. However, if you’d rather use a dedicated key fob for that (or as a backup when you forget your phone), here’s how to set up the Kwikset Kevo Fob to give your phone a break.

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How to Stop Netflix From Sending You Emails and Notifications

Netflix is constantly adding new content, and the company doesn’t want you to forget it. You get emails or notifications when Netflix adds new shows, sends you recommendations, or even adds new features to its apps. Here’s how to turn off all those pestergrams.

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How to Train Your Pandora Radio Stations Better

Pandora is one of the oldest and most popular streaming radio services, but if you’re a long-time user, you might notice a certain sameness in some of your custom stations. The Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down rating system tends to repeat the same 100 or so songs after a while, something I’ve certainly observed on some of the “evolving” stations I’ve been curating for years.

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The Best Weather Apps for Android

Everyone has at least one weather app installed on their phone, but there are so many different ones out there. Finding the "best" one can be a bit difficult, so we've rounded up a couple of the best to help you decide.

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How to Buy an Emoji Domain

Emoji are awesome, and even old people (like my 30-year old friends) are starting to realize it now. They add nuance to text messages that you can't express with boring words. But emoji can do even more than that: now you can register emoji domains. I've bought www.🇨🇮.to. Click the link and you get taken to my Twitter page! Let's look at how.

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The Best Way to Save Money on Tech: Buy Used

Technology is expensive. We geeks love to shower ourselves with new gadgets, but it’s awfully costly. There are a lot of ways to save money on your tech addiction, but none of them beat buying used.

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