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  • mubs
    mubs replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.
    32 secs to load ARS Technica. It spends most of the time "Looking up ARS Technica.... Chrome loads ARS in under 1 sec. Same PC.
  • mubs
    mubs replied to the thread Something Random.
    There's a gazillion different meds for BP; what suits one person won't suit another, that's why. Weight loss helps in numerous ways...
  • mubs
    mubs replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.
    Didn't make any difference, Merc. About 15 seconds to load SF. If I come back to SF from another website, it loads in a couple of...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.
    As an aside, Firefox and Brave are the only two mainstream browsers with ongoing support for thorough ad blocking. I've found no...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Firefox extremely slow.
    Look under Settings --> Privacy & Security --> DNS over HTTPS. Try turning that on or off to see if that makes a difference.
  • mubs
    mubs posted the thread Firefox extremely slow in Tech Support.
    Maybe an update did it, but for the past few weeks FF has been extremely slow. Takes minutes to load a web page. Chrome does it in under...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Laptop time?.
    I'm trying to swing something with a 7840U for my sister for Christmas since her old 5625(?)U laptop kicked it a month or two ago. I'm...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.
    Hm. I'm on blood pressure medicine but I'm not in the best shape health-wise and my dad was on it by my age too. Mine's still a fairly...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    Just blood pressure management. Both my parents needed blood pressure medication by my age so it's not surprising that I do too. I'm...
  • J
    jtr1962 replied to the thread Something Random.
    I hope this isn't a medication which you need to stay alive.
  • J
    jtr1962 replied to the thread Something Random.
    A heated cat shelter might help if she can be convinced to have her kittens there instead of under the car. My brother has fed strays...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    There's a stray I've been feeding for the last few years. She's had a litter of kittens every June like clockwork. She kind of nests...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop time?.
    Decent CPU and nice screen is an extremely solid recipe for almost everyone's day to day needs so long as they aren't doing gaming...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Laptop time?.
    I've been doing most of my day to day computing on a Surface Laptop Go 2 I got a sweetheart deal on as it had things wrong with it that...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken reacted to Mercutio's post in the thread Nvidia 50xx with Sad Sad.
    I'm more than a little concerned that an entire generation of educated people and actually untold natural resources have been diverted...
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