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 Long time no post! Here are two recent Zotero tricksExtracting references from a document (and copying to clipboard)And merging duplicates:```var DupPane = Zotero.getZoteroPanes();for(var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 1000));DupPane[0].mergeSelectedItems();Zotero_Duplicates_Pane.merge();} [...]

 Just got a mac and set up time machine, here is how to clear local backupshttps://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/340905/how-to-delete-all-local-timemachine-snapshotshttps://macpaw.com/how-to/clear-system-storage-macfor d in $(tmutil listlocalsnapshotdates | grep "-"); do sudo tmutil deletelocalsnapshots $d; d [...]

 https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht101285-24g-wireless-keyboardmouse-function-may-be-interrupted-when-plugging-into-usb-30-port-of-thinkpad-usb-30-dock-or-thinkpad-usb-30-basic-dockhappens all the t [...]

 I really struggled with this, so am just going to stash some resources here that I found usefulhttps://mac.r-project.org/tools/https://yiqingxu.org/public/BigSurError.pdfthis makes me think its possiblehttps://twitter.com/RogerBivand/status/1397157063676022787/photo/1Also had to do brew install of gdal, geos, and projProbably need to do this toohttps://www.mail-archive.com/r-sig-mac@r-proje [...]

Use headers: background, methods, results, conclusions background should end with a gap statement each should be similarly weighted word-wise. actually talk numbers with results, don't be vagu [...]

 for figures and schematicshttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troubleshoot/powerpoint/change-export-slide-resolutionsave slides at JPG, then crop in p [...]

Probably best to give someone something that is already thought out&nb [...]

 fractional scaling (150%)https://www.debugpoint.com/2020/01/how-to-enable-fractional-scaling-in-ubuntu-18-04-19- [...]

 Re-post of: https://sarkarlab.ucsf.edu/new-blog/2022/2/28/the-best-policyThe Best PolicyUrmimala Sarkar - March 1, 2022Dear friends,It’s March 2022, and I can’t say whether time moves quickly or slowly any more. The state of our world is hitting me hard right now, and I am sending solidarity to all who share this feeling. I spoke to a small group of mid-career faculty recently, and they [...]

 I've thought and tried at various times about blocking off time in my schedule to work on things. It never works. But I had a recent idea, maybe just putting in 1 block per week would work better? Easier to accomplish and harder to justify skipping? will try and rep [...]

 base colors:* https://www.statology.org/ggplot-default-colors/#:~:text=By%20default%2C%20ggplot2%20chooses%20to,and%20blue%20for%20the%20bars.Changing individual points in a legendhttps://stackoverflow.com/questions/25007324/can-ggplot2-control-point-size-and-line-size-lineweight-separately-in-one-l [...]

 If you try and download Zotero, sometimes you get this error: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/78492/how-can-i-install-zotero-without-7-zipAll you need to do is this: https://services.xavier.edu/TDClient/58/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID [...]

 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/microsoft-sculpt-keyboard-need-to-clean-under-the/d447045d-da56-4ff1-beea-cb5ab9c02873I used a paper clip, and this worked w [...]