Posts from December 2024

Posts from December 2024 (5)

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  Published on

  2024-12-31 4:24 a.m.

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  koskila

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  russiaukrainewaryearreview

  2024 Year Review - and 20 years in business!

  Wow, that's quite a headline for a 30-something to write, right? But the very real side effect of being a weird kid and starting freelancing when I was on 8th grade is that it's now just over 20 years since I finished my first paid website projects. This year everything lined up nicely and I could publish an article on Christmas Eve, and this one on New Year's Eve (in Finland, we do love celebrating everything in advance, and then being hungover on the actual occasion). Anyway.

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  Published on

  2024-12-24 3:38 a.m.

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  koskila

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  githubgithubactions

  Merging on GitHub Actions fails with "could not read Username for 'https://github.com': No such device or address"?

  This article is going live 24th of December in 2024. That's when we in Finland celebrate Christmas (yes - we celebrate on Christmas Eve, so that we can just chillax on Christmas day, either hungover, playing with our new toys, or both). I'll have you know I wrote this article a few days in advance.

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  Published on

  2024-12-17 8:43 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

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  copilotmicrosoftedge

  How to close the Sidebar in Microsoft Edge

  This article documents, how to close the Sidebar in Microsoft Edge. Because for whatever reason, Edge really does not make it obvious what the keyboard shortcut is, or if there even is one! I know what you're saying. And believe me, that's exactly what I'm thinking: Back to the "Project Manager" -level blog posts, are we? But when something is grinding my gears, I feel like I need to get rid of it. And this is one of those posts.

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  Published on

  2024-12-10 3:55 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

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  surface

  How to stop Surface Headphones from autoplaying audio when you place them on the desk?

  This article explains how to fix Surface Headphones autoplaying semi-random things when you remove them from your ears and place on the desk. And by that, I mean autoplaying even when you've explicitly stopped anything from playing. Or even when it first stops playing something else. It's delightfully consistent in the most random way ever! It's simply funtastic that someone actually designed this user experience - I'm sure it works perfectly on a mac, and probably is great even on iPhone...

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  Published on

  2024-12-03 4:51 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  windowswindows11

  "Phone Link" permanently disabled and Windows claiming "Some of these settings are managed by your organization"? (Probably) an easy fix!

  This article explains one possible fix to a problem you might have with Microsoft's "Phone Link" app. Namely, the app might disappear and refuse to come back. Windows might even stop you from trying to re-enable it with an error along the lines of "Some of these settings are managed by your organization". But as usual - let's take a step back and take a 10 000 ft view first, shall we? Problem This problem surfaces in an annoying way.

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