Virtual Curiosities - Page 5 - PC Tutorials, Software Reviews, and Virtual Curiosities

Ctrl+Y

Reference
What is Ctrl+Y? Ctrl+Y is a common keyboard shortcut for redoing actions, it's opposite to Ctrl+Z, which undoes actions. Sometimes, Ctrl+Y is mapped to other operations, in which case Ctrl+Shift+Z is usually the keyboard shortcut for redo. Considering the above, it would be an incredibly bad idea to have the default action performed by Ctrl+Y […]
Map

Definition
The term map can mean a geographical map, or a mapping such as a key map.
Linux Photoshop Alternatives

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Free alternatives for Photoshop that work on Linux for photo editing and graphic creation.
It Happened: PewDiePie Becomes Happiest Linux User Alive

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On 25 of April, 2025, famous gaming livestreamer and Youtuber, PewDiePie, published a video showing the world that he uses Linux. The video, which starts with him listing the reasons he left Windows for Linux, snowballs into critical levels of pure nerd glee rarely seen recorded in video.
Cloudflare

Definition
A freemium reverse proxy service used by a large portion of the websites on the Internet.
Note: Youtube Displays Translated Titles of Videos that Are in English

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Solution Inside
On Youtube, if a video is in English, and you speak a language other than English, it will automatically translate the title to your local language, but the video is still in English, which means when you click on the thumbnail what you're going to watch is a video in a completely different language than you expected!
All About Krita

Reference
My tutorials and articles about Krita, an image editor you can install on your PC or laptop. Index Folder View [Krita]
How to Add an Image to Another Image in Krita

Tutorial
Learn how to add an image to another image using Krita (version 5.2.2).
File Type

Definition
Something like "image," "video," "audio," or "text document" that describes what sort of data a file in your computer contains.
Why Your PageSpeed Insights Results Look Wrong

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Several reasons why Google's PageSpeed Insights doesn't look accurate for your website.
Best Social Media Website

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A list of social media websites, the best, the okay-ish, the worst, and some other ones.
Glaxnimate

Freeware
Linux
macOS
Open Source
Windows
A free and open source cross-platform vector-based 2D animation digital art software.
How to Get a Random Item from an Array in Javascript

Tutorial
For an array such as ['red', 'green', 'blue'], learn the algorithm to get a random item in Javascript and other programming languages.
Note: Is a Comment Author a Person or an Organization? (schema.org)

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There is a way to specify that something is a comment on a website for computers using code from schema.org, unfortunately its author has to be either a Person or a Thing.
Note: Cloudflare doesn't Cache HTML by Default

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If you're using Cloudflare and have a high Time to First Byte (TTFB), that might be because you HTML is being cached.
How to Use a Custom Template for a URL in WordPress

Tutorial
How to make /foo/ render theme/templates/foo.html using Wordpress' PHP API.
How WordPress Tells which Template to Load for a URL

Reference
A reference for Wordpress plugin and theme developers on the relationships between add_rewrite_rule, flush_rewrite_rules, add_query_var, template-loader.php, get_query_template, locate_block_template, template-canvas.php, get_the_block_template_html, and do_blocks.
Why People Post the Link in the Comments on Facebook?

Explanation
People don't post link posts, they post image and video posts with a link in the comments, or link in bio, but why?
Link in Bio

Definition
A phrase found on posts on social media platforms that restrict the reach of posts that have links.
How to Find Which Moderation Lists are Blocking Your Account on Bluesky

Tutorial
You're probably already in a block list, you don't know about it yet!