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FumbleFingers
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I did my degree in English/French Language/Linguistics back in the '70s, but I only got a middling grade, and I've worked in software development ever since, so I'm really only an expert on English language in the same way any articulate native speaker is.

Things to listen to before you die:
#1 Spanish Harlem - Rebecca Pidgeon
(If there are ever additions to this list, they'll all be "also-rans"! :)

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Will device-based “wear leveling” equalize access across both SSD partitions?
Apr 14, 2015
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Is there any way to defrag a bootable XP hdd so all the free space is at the end of the drive?
May 15, 2011
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Is there a meaningful SINGLE UNIT measure of computing power?
Apr 13, 2011
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Can I disable this Windows (XP) Security Warning?
Nov 9, 2013
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Is there any way to defrag a bootable XP hdd so all the free space is at the end of the drive?
May 17, 2011
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Windows Explorer Default Open Location in Vista when using Start->RightClick
Aug 30, 2013
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Select "move window" from Win8 desktop taskbar
Jul 3, 2013
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Configuring Windows 7 Quick Launch taskbar icon (for Google Chrome)
Apr 4, 2015
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Reliably detach from a Raspberry Pi rsync process and leave it running
Jun 15, 2023
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How can I re-sync the subtitle and the video using VLC media player?
Feb 22
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"Replace with" versus "replace by"
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An English idiom for "solve a problem that has been solved"?
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Is there a word for a change so small that it doesn’t seem to be a change at all?
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"There is/are more than one". What's the difference?
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Looking for a word to describe the sound of the morning as hundreds of birds begin singing before sunrise?