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Okay, I use Google Docs, and when I write dialogue, I color code it based on which character is speaking.
Now, I would LOVE a way to like double click in between quotations and all of that section of dialogue is selected.
I just dk if there is an extension or whatever to help me accomplish this? It would make my life SO much easier.

I have a 7 GB recording of a full-day workshop and it's about 6 hours of video from one camera. Every tool I've tried says the file is too big.

Someone told me to pull out the audio first. Would that fix it, or is the length the real problem?

I'm just using my normal and my upload speed is so slow.

Edit: after reading everyone's replies, I'll probably be going with getting a portable monitor and wireless keyboard/mouse. in hindsight that would be simpler 'xD . i just thought "I want the convenience of a laptop with the power of a PC", and wondered if i could just merge the 2. thank you for all your answers, everyone n_n

I need to be able use my PC from bed for medical reasons. can i buy laptops that are cheaper because they dont have the parts that your computer tower uses (CPU, motherboard, idk the word), and just make my PC show its display on the laptop screen, and respond to the laptop's keyboard? i don't mind needing to have a couple cords attaching them

also, bonus question: could such a laptop still have functional USB ports, basically adding more USB ports to my PC?

I have someone I live with who's been making an awful lot of noise for days on end due to issues with their Lenovo that started with their computer fan. I'd like for them to not further damage their device and to stop making so much noise. How could I accomplish this in a respectful manner?

Issue:

When watching YouTube videos, the audio starts playing slightly ahead of the video. Over time, the desync becomes noticeable: the audio continues normally, but the video appears delayed behind it.

This happens in both Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome. It occurs even when I select 360p quality. Regular YouTube videos are affected, while music videos do not seem to show the issue as often.

Hardware acceleration is currently disabled in the browser.

Laptop specifications:

- Laptop make/model: Dell Latitude E7470

- OS: Windows 10 Pro

- CPU: Intel Core i7-6600U @ 2.60 GHz

- GPU: Intel HD Graphics 520

- GPU memory usage in Task Manager: approximately 0.2/3.8 GB

- Microsoft Edge version: 155.0.4283.45 (Official build, 64-bit)

- Google Chrome version: 154.0.8037.98 (Official build, 64-bit)

What I have already checked:

- The issue occurs in two Chromium-based browsers, Edge and Chrome.

- It occurs even at 360p, so it does not appear to be caused only by high-resolution playback.

- Hardware acceleration is disabled.

- GPU memory usage appears low in Task Manager.

What I have not tested yet:

- Hardware acceleration enabled

- Firefox or another non-Chromium browser

- Incognito/private mode with all extensions disabled

- Updating or reinstalling the Intel graphics driver

- Changing the Windows audio sample rate/format

- Testing the same videos on another device or network

Questions:

1. Could this be caused by the Intel HD Graphics 520 driver or hardware video decoding?

2. Could a Windows audio setting, browser extension, or YouTube codec issue cause audio to run ahead of video?

3. What is the best order of troubleshooting steps to identify the cause?

I know nothing about programming or technology, but I was wondering if this idea would be possible. So basically I only like to watch like three tv shows, would it be possible to program something onto a monitor where you could just chose between the downloaded content? Since I wouldn’t know how to do this I would want to buy it. How much would something like this cost? I feel silly paying a shit ton for streaming services when I just watch the same shit over and over.

Easy fix- I know I could just buy the box sets of whatever shows, but I feel like I would just hate having to change out the disks over and over just to play something in the background.

My boyfriend and I live in the same apartment, and we've been wanting to "stream" for each other for a while now. Id love to be able to take what's happening on my laptop screen, and cast it to a dumb tv, or a laptop on the same wifi. The tv isn't on the same WiFi as the laptops because it does not have any WiFi at all

I expect my boyfriend will prefer to use his own laptop screen rather than the tv screen because the tv has a blueing problem (haven't replaced bc money)

so what gadget or program would work well for this? how would I do this? please excuse me if this is a silly/easy question, ive been in and out of the hospital for a few months now and my brain isn't working the best. I wanted to find a solution to this without my boyfriend so I could surprise him!

Every program keeps a pile of temporary stuff in memory while it runs, like open connections, half finished tasks and little notes to itself. Ideally it cleans that up as it goes. In practice a lot of software has small bugs where something never gets cleaned up, or two parts end up waiting on each other forever. Over days or weeks the pile grows and things get slow or stuck.

Restarting throws all of that away and starts from a known clean state. That's why it works on so many different things. The bug is still there, you've just reset the clock on it.

Routers are the classic example. A restart makes the router reconnect to your provider from scratch and clears the tables it keeps about every device and connection, which can get messy after weeks of running.

One odd detail on Windows, Shut down and Restart aren't the same. With Fast Startup on, which is the default on most PCs, Shut down saves part of the system to disk so it boots faster, so some of the stuck state can survive. Restart does the full reset. If support tells you to restart, actually click Restart.

Which device in your home needs restarting the most? And did anything ever fix it for good?

This may be a long shot- but I purchased a cheaper camcorder on Amazon (brand is Muitune). There was no manual with it for some odd reason, so that doesn’t help.

I’m trying to simply connect my camcorder to my laptop so I can upload my videos. It comes with a USB C cable so I used that. There’s supposed to be a pop up when I plug in my camcorder to go into a certain mode, and then I can go into file explorer and so on…. But there’s nothing. The camcorder does charge, but other than that nothing. The only other option is to insert the SIM card into the laptop, but unfortunately I do not have a SIM card slot.
Any help would be great thank you!

I know this may sound silly but im worried my roommate might be sneaking into my room and taking things, nothing serious I care too much about just little things.

I was just curious if there was an easy way I could leave my laptop camera on and view it from my phone while im out?

Thank you so much for entertaining my silly question im not good with computers at all

I just moved to uni, bought a wifi card to replace ethernet i used at home, i need to install drivers for the wifi card on my pc, my pc currently has no wifi, no internet access. My phone does have internet access. I connected it to the pc via lighting to usb, this briefly meant my pc had access to photos and videos (stopped working for no apparent reason). Is there a way for me to get access to the files on my phone which are the drivers for the wifi card or connect my pc to my phone’s wifi. If there is no way to do this, what else can i do cheaply to install the drivers which are available on the internet

So I have the following problem:

I completely wiped my ssd to freshly reinstall windows. But this also cleaned out my wifi or usb drivers. I basically have a pc without any drivers at all right now. I have downloaded the wifi drivers .exe to my phone and tried to transfer it from there to the pc, but iOS only lets you transfer photos. I then tried giving my pc hotspot via a usb cable, but as I said I don’t have the drivers for that. Do you have any ideas on how to solve this?

My SIM package allows me to access some selected websites. My network provider is actively filtering out all non-educational web traffic. Any way to access other sites ?

recently bought a new gaming laptop with a 16gb rtx 5060 and it literally goes to 70 percent usage when i have 3 tabs on brave and task manager open. i googled it and i saw conflicting answers. Please help