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Why do people use GPUs for high-performance computation instead of a more specialized chip?
From my understanding, people began using GPUs for general computing because they are an extra source of computing power. And though they are not a fast as a CPU for each operation, they have many cores, so they can be better adapted for parallel…
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Is there a good tool for monitoring network activity on Mac OS X?
Is there a good bit of software on Mac OS X that I can use to monitor incoming and outgoing network activity? Nothing too geeky, I just want something simple to use.
I'm on version 10.6 (Snow Leopard) if that helps.
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Utilize extra mouse buttons in Mac OS X
I have a wireless USB mouse by Anker (https://www.anker.com/products/98ANWVM-UBA) with a few extra buttons that I would like to take advantage of on my Macbook Pro (running OS X 10.11.6). On their website, it says that these buttons can only be used…
Logan
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how to run a powershell script as administrator
On my Windows 7 Desktop, I have script.ps1, which needs admin privileges (it starts a service). I want to click on this script and run it with admin privileges.
What's the easiest way to accomplish this?
Sajee
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Remove Chrome Network timeline
Does anyone know of a way to remove this?
Currently Chrome Version 43.0.2357.130 m but other versions accepted as well.
I've looked through all of the settings to no avail.
If you want to know why I want it removed; it takes up too much space.
MonkeyZeus
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Mac OS X: conventional places where binary files should live
I've downloaded an application that is a command-line application, and want to put it somewhere where I can run it from the command-line without having to type the path explicitly.
What are the conventional paths used for something like this?…
Jason S
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"reload" mac audio drivers without rebooting
I have an external audio interface (M-audio fast track c400). In order to get my macbook to recognize it (display in audio/midi setup), I have to reboot, which is a hassle. I have had other m-audio interfaces that were automatically detected when…
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How to turn off the bell sound in Intellij
How do you disable the bell sound in Intellij.
I am using the IdeaVim plugin for Intellij on Mac OS X and want to mute the sound.
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How can I find the oldest file in a directory tree
I'm looking for a shell one-liner to find the oldest file in a directory tree.
Marius Gedminas
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How to make Excel's "Auto Fit Row Height" feature actually auto fit the row height?
For every generation of Excel I can remember (including 2010, which I'm using now), Excel's "Auto Size Row" features sometimes fails to actually auto size a row when the cell contains wrapped text. When it works properly, all the text is revealed…
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How can I open a URL in Google Chrome from the terminal in OS X?
How can I open a URL in Google Chrome from the terminal in OS X?
This is what I'm trying:
/usr/bin/open -a "/Applications/Google Chrome.app" --args 'http://google.com/'
It focuses Chrome but does not open the URL.
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How should I set the PATH variable on my Mac so the Hombrew-installed tools are found?
Trying to set up Homebrew on a new Mac (on previous Macs I would install packages from source).
The first package I tried to install was Git:
$ brew install git
Installation went OK, but which git still shows the one in /usr/bin/git that came along…
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How to copy multi-line text from Excel without quotes?
When you create a multi-line string in an excel cell (by using Alt-Enter), if you copy that cell to a text editor, excel will automatically add double quotes (") around the full string, ie:
Cell1 | Simple String 1
Cell2 | First line of a
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How to join/merge many mp3 files?
Searching Google on how to join/merge many mp3 files, it suggests that I should just cat them together.
That might "work", but clearly it is not the correct way to do it, as each header and set of IDv3 tags will also be concatenated.
Does a Linux…
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CMD cd to other drives except C:\ not working
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Using cd Command in Windows Command Line, Can't Navigate to D:\
I am unable to cd D:\ or cd D: or to any other drives. I am facing this problem from last 2 months but until now cmd was not that important to me.
I have checked…
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