Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/January 2018

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January 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 2

1. Ubuntu 16.04 with Nemo
2. Database software

January 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 3

1. Is there any operational system with linux kernel that dont package managenement/repositories?

January 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 5

1. How does Spectre (security vulnerability) works?

January 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 6

1. Windows 10 desktop of HP Pavilion

January 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 7

1. HDR TVs and Relaxation
2. Are all languages compiled into an abstract syntax tree?

January 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 8

1. Windows 10 Mobile's Cortana's Quiet hours feature: possible collusion with MNOs and cold callers?

January 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 9

1. Why is the "I'm not a robot" box presented?
2. USB Charger
3. detecting bot-generated content in Wikipedia

January 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 11

1. elisp, capture function definition
2. Calendar synchronisation
3. MS OneNote

January 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 12

1. Change real name on Freenode IRC channel
2. Registry cleanup
3. How to call this type of algorithms?

January 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 13

1. ImageGlass

January 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 16

1. When did the internet reach one million users?

January 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 17

1. Speculative execution exploits and effect of their patches
2. Printing 2015 Tax Return from Turbo Tax

January 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 19

1. Undocumented color names
2. Android "No photos selected" when phone plugged into computer

January 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 20

1. 8051 programmer
2. Cyrillic URLs in FB profiles

January 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 21

1. Job interview question

January 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 22

1. 2016 TeamViewer hack/"hack"
2. Blockchain without cryptography
3. International Conference Call option

January 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 24

1. Cosine similarity

January 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 25

1. How to make phpmyadmin accessible only one nonlocalhost computer other than localhost server in network
2. Why is it so hard to solve this puzzle in other programming languages?

January 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 26

1. Calling Python function in submodule
2. Dynamical model of CNNs (cellular neural networks)
3. Electrical connector plugs for homemade electronics board

January 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 28

1. Formatting time in Microsoft Excel

January 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 29

1. Record

January 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 30

1. Bitcoin theft
2. Brussels Sprouts Seeds

January 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2018 January 31

1. Laptop