OT: Interpreting math markup

2021-09-28 Thread Rh Kramer
I'm reading various things lately (e.g., some Quora articles) in which, in Firefox, I see things like (that's a simple one): [math]R_0[/math] I'm trying to find out what that markup is named, and then how to interpret it. I've done some Googling and reading on Wikipedia, but so far no luck.

Advice on laptop with USB-C port and USB-Type C Multipoint Adapter (and VGA)

2020-11-28 Thread Rh Kramer
Advice on laptop with USB-C port and USB-Type C Multipoint Adapter Background: a few months ago, I bought a generic / inexpensive USB-Type C Multipoint Adapter (with VGA output) and around the same time ordered a laptop that advertised a USB-C port. When I received the laptop, I saw that it

Re: Fwd: Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database and spreadsheet tools?

2020-07-25 Thread Rh Kramer
I suspect the threading on this will be broken -- I forwarded it to another computer where I have my notes on my adventures with "nutrition" programs. On Saturday, July 25, 2020 6:40:47 PM you wrote: > -- Forwarded Message -- > > Subject: Re: FOSS equivalents of *OLD* database

Firefox shrinks to horizontal bar when viewing youtube video and scrolling vertically

2020-06-21 Thread Rh Kramer
Aside: emailing from a different computer -- "Reply to:" will get to the right computer. (I decided to use pasteboard, didn't wait for a better suggestion -- I hope the images are accessible.) Problem with viewing Youtube videos on Firefox version 68.9.0 on Jessie (but not with the same

Resolved: Re: Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread Rh Kramer
:33 AM Rh Kramer wrote: > Notes: > >* In general, reply to the list, I am subscribed under a slightly > different username and will see any replies. > >* As is often the case, there is more than one way to skin this cat, > although I won't mind other approaches, especi

Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread Rh Kramer
Notes: * In general, reply to the list, I am subscribed under a slightly different username and will see any replies. * As is often the case, there is more than one way to skin this cat, although I won't mind other approaches, especially if they are simpler, I would like to learn what

Help updating a Jessie installation to Jessie LTS

2019-03-30 Thread rh kramer
I already made an attempt, and I'm a little worried that I may have messed things up -- I'd like to try to recover and get back to a reliable Jessie system. What I did and why: I understood from some other posts on the list that the mirrored repositories for Wheezy and Jessie went away in early

apt-get upgrade problem on Jessie

2018-12-24 Thread rh kramer
On my Jessie system, for something like the last 2 to 3 months, I've been getting an error like the following whenever I do an apt-get update / apt-get upgrade cycle. I've been ignoring it, hoping it would go away with some future update, but so far it hasn't. The (edited) error message is shown