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How to get a Facebook friend’s posts to start showing up in your Newsfeed again

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Have you noticed that you’ve stopped seeing some of your friends’ posts in your Facebook Newsfeed?

Well, there’s a reason for that…

Facebook’s algorithm is programmed to determine which of your friends’ posts (in the algorithm’s opinion of course) are worthy of landing in your Newsfeed.

It makes that determination based upon which friends you interact with the most by liking, sharing and commenting on their posts and photos.

The problem is, the algorithm’s assumptions about whose posts you’d rather see are often very poor.

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Q&A: Can I replace a bad power supply with one from another computer?

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Question from Larry G:.  Rick, I have a two Gateway Desktop computers, neither of which are operational.

One has a bad motherboard and the other has a bad power supply.

Can I replace the bad power supply with the one in the computer that has the bad motherboard? If I can I won’t have to go buy one.

The power supplies look exactly the same and have the same cables and connectors, but the working power supply is rated at 400 watts and the bad one is only 350 watts.

I read your post about replacing Windows with Linux and I’d really like to get one of these machines working so I can install Linux Mint on it.

What I need to know is will replacing a power supply with a more powerful one damage a computer?

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This simple trick will speed up Windows 10 and make your laptop’s battery last longer

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Did you know Windows 10 has over a dozen apps that run in the background at all times?

Well, it does, and every one of those continuously running apps slows your system down just a bit and makes your laptop’s battery run down a little faster than it has to.

What’s more, you probably aren’t even using most of those apps!

Luckily, it’s very easy to prevent those unneeded apps from running in the background.

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Tips for making almost any photo look better

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If you take a look at most any photographer’s portfolio, what you’re likely to see is a collection of his/her very best shots.

After all, no one really enjoys showcasing images that aren’t so great.

That’s right, even the most talented and experienced photographers take plenty of duds which typically are left out of their galleries.

That being said, some of the awesome shots that end up being shared with the world didn’t start out all that great.

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