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1. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the Moon. Who was the second man to walk on the Moon? C) Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin During the early planning stages for the first lunar landing, Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) “Buzz” Aldrin expected to be […]
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55th Anniversary Of Man Landing On The Moon On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced to a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American to the Moon and returning him safely to Earth before the end
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A while ago I remember having some computer issues that I couldn’t solve except when someone mentioned online about removing some codec packs. I don’t remember what problems I was having but I remember that removing the installed codec packs at the time solved the
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How should you recharge your batteries in your laptop? The most popular information online always suggests 100% until it drops to about 20%. This article suggests otherwise. Why Charging Your Gadgets Over 80 Is Such A Bad Idea Also: How To Make Android Battery Last Much
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What Should You Upgrade RAM vs Storage Remember when your computer felt fast? Boot times while not fantastic, were acceptable? Even logging into your favorite websites was not a problem. Now you’re wondering if you should spring for a new one or upgrade. Before you
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RAM vs Storage (A supplement for “Upgrading Your Computer) Random Access Memory (RAM) is the physical memory of your system. It is super-fast and helps your PC run smoothly. To give you an example of its speed, NVMe SSDs can achieve up to 7,000 MB/s
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Overview Apple enthusiasts are excited about Apple’s new Vision Pro headset. For $3,500, you can have one, too. Apple claims the Vision Pro is its first “spatial computer” that “seamlessly blends digital content with the physical world, while allowing users to stay present and connected
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I would like to think that Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be able to solve a relatively easy high school math problem because such math problems are typically straightforward with solutions all over the Internet. However, my experience shows that it consistently doesn’t. Maybe that’s because
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You are likely aware that the web address you type in your browser is called the URL (Uniform Resource Locator). It’s a unique place on the web such as an HTML page, a CSS document, an image, etc.. The most common exception would be a
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For the last five years, NordPass has been releasing the 200 most popular password list. They have just released their latest issue. In 2020, Jim Hillier reported on the NordPass list. Not much has changed since then. Methodology NordPass compiled the list in partnership with
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I had two problems with my HP OfficeJet 3830. One, it wouldn’t print up colour, and two, I couldn’t open the preferences to see if the print-in colour option was selected. I would get the following error message when trying to access the preferences: Function
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I want everyone to know that this is NOT a math lesson. If there is one thing I thought Artificial Intelligence (AI) would be wonderful for, it’s math. That’s because, unlike touch-feeley questions presented to AI, math is very well defined. You would think AI
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I had to replace my mouse. Bought one at the dollar store that I thought was wireless. Should have read the package more carefully. It’s a “VX Gaming” mouse. It lights up and cycles through the colours. It seemed a bit flaky at first but
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System Shock Remake Delights Fans The System Shock reboot from Nightdive Studios is a faithful remake of the 1994 classic originally developed by Looking Glass Studios. Playing as a hacker you are trapped aboard Citadel Station which is teeming with cyborgs and mutants corrupted by
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