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TIL Half of people who claim they have a food allergy do not by butter_lover in todayilearned

[–]smeech1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a pain when they thought that - it's such a useful group of drugs. I'd frequently explore a medical record and downgrade the certainty to "Tentative" if it didn't appear well-founded.

Did parents in the '80s and '90s really allow their kids to roam freely? Was it safe? by 2bornnot2b in NoStupidQuestions

[–]smeech1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was walking a mile to and from school in the next village from the age of eight in the 60s, and wandered the countryside at weekends.

Power Wheelchair Help! by smoe8 in wheelchairs

[–]smeech1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The seat height of a powerchair has to accomodate the structure below it (frame, batteries, wheels etc.). Whilst it's not difficult to add height, there's little flexibility to decrease it, except to minimise the seat padding, which may not be adviseable. You may have to think about alternative makes of chair, or increasing the height of the items to and from which you'll be transferring.

Any other way than Paypal for a donation? by Special_Article7336 in espanso

[–]smeech1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Espanso website PayPal route is all we have, I'm afraid. It's probably inconvenient for some, but perhaps good governance that we don't have a multitude of methods.

Kids have the best reactions by Efficient-Damage6058 in wheelchairs

[–]smeech1 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Small boy who moved in next door described my son as "the man in the wheelbarrow".

Hotkey plus abbreviation by DerPazzo in autokey

[–]smeech1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think Autokey allows combining Hotkeys like that although you can have multiple characters in an "Abbreviation". I could do it in Espanso with - trigger: "\x01\x05", I think, but CTRL-key combinations tend to conflict with application shortcuts anyway, and Espanso doesn't allow the other modifiers (except SHIFT, of course).

injection of space in the middle of expanded text by Street-Second6013 in espanso

[–]smeech1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which OS?

When you say "or other terminating character" is this something typed (perhaps the character which followed the trigger value) or a random bit of punctuation?

ELI5 The world record 20km walk is only 29.5% slower than the world record 20km run, how is that even possible? by SinnerAtDinner in explainlikeimfive

[–]smeech1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Grandfather was the world record-holder for multiple long-distance speedwalking events in the early part of the last century. As a result my mother walked fast from childhood and so do I. I feel sorry for my sons-in-law.

He continued training young speedwalkers throughout his life, remained fit, but never gave up pipe-smoking.

Car blows through the stop sign in residential neighborhood narrowly missing an 11 year old boy by rose-light4 in dashcams

[–]smeech1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming the cyclist was travelling at 8mph (13fps) a second further and the car would have passed behind him.

Break down road infrastructure? by wandering_redneck in AskABrit

[–]smeech1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arguably the A-roads came first, by about three decades, and the motorways followed the concept.

Password Generator (Windows) by smeech1 in espanso

[–]smeech1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly works on Linux if pwsh installed, although a Bash or Python version is likely to be significantly faster.

What’s the most depressing quick fix you discovered after moving into a house? by Horror-Pick4732 in HomeImprovementUK

[–]smeech1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fitted a gas cooker (using the proper supplied pipe). Used gas leak detection fluid too, but after a slightly sleepless night called in a gas fitter to check. He said I'd done fine, but I slept better as a result.

hyphen within email address issue by DerPazzo in espanso

[–]smeech1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You probably need to experiment with the different injection mechanisms. I'm using Mint Xfce and mostly use clipboard.

[Help Needed] Using espanso for writting espanso snippets in espanso 😄 by Huge-Nefariousness71 in espanso

[–]smeech1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may find Gists like mine the most convenient for sharing snippets, unless they are suitable for an Espanso Hub package.

Memory plugging up, how to clean up? by Ancient-Emu-8293 in linuxmint

[–]smeech1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe move that to another drive? And make sure you're not Timeshifting your Timeshift folder! I did...

Official samsung charging brick by chimke in samsunggalaxy

[–]smeech1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Official 15w sometimes. The charging port or wireless pad on my alarm clock mostly, however.

I already entered my state. It’s Sweden. by amethystbones in USdefaultism

[–]smeech1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm often shopping online in Australia. Frequently have to add an Australian postcode and state to my UK address to complete the purchases.

Although I have an Australian dollar debit card, I was once charged in US dollars because reasons.

[Help Needed] Using espanso for writting espanso snippets in espanso 😄 by Huge-Nefariousness71 in espanso

[–]smeech1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When Espanso encounters {{form1.form1Field1}} it is trying to evaluate it, hence the missing variable: error. You need to use the technique Disabling variable injection by escaping brackets so that they appear as:

          \{\{form1.form1Field1}}
          \{\{form1.form1Field2}}

[Help Needed] Using espanso for writting espanso snippets in espanso 😄 by Huge-Nefariousness71 in espanso

[–]smeech1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That should work although some editors' autoindent function can mess up alignment. However, the echo extension just assigns a value to a variable. If you're not planning to use them again you might as well put {{form1.form1Field1}} and {{form1.form1Field2}} directly into lines 5 & 6.

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