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how to fix call log popping up unexpectedly on Samsung Galaxy devices

If you recently paired a Samsung Gear smartwatch with your Samsung Galaxy phone, you may experience the phone’s call log appearing inadvertently. To fix this, open the Gear Manager app, tap Notifications, and uncheck the Smart relay feature.

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user experience

Remember when designing anything: users will find the most efficient way to use your product, even if it’s not how you intended. Test your product by pretending you have no time to deal with it.

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how it works: turbochargers

I’m going to begin a series of explanatory pieces on how stuff works. This one is about turbocharged engines. I’m sure there are many tutorials on the internet, but this one aims to be as simple as possible, aimed at

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latitudes: where do you line up?

This illustration shows American and European cities on the same latitudes. I was surprised at how far south most of Europe lies compared to the United States.

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concept artists

I’ve recently noticed that I have an affinity for what I’d propose calling “concept artists.” This is an extension of “concept albums:” when every song on an album follows and relates to a central theme. So, a concept artist would

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infinitely growing shape animation

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SQL command reference

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Can’t move VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X?

If you get some message like “You don’t have permission to move this Application” or some such thing, try this in Terminal: sudo chown -R username /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app sudo chmod -R 777 /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app

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