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How to take Screen shots on Laptop

Capture the Moment: A Simple Guide to Taking Laptop Screenshots Capture the Moment: A Simple Guide to Taking Laptop Screenshots Ever needed to save something on your screen for later, but weren't sure how? Don't worry, it's a piece of cake! Whether you're on a Windows PC or a Mac, there are a few simple tricks to capturing your screen in a flash. Let's get to it! Taking a Screenshot on Windows Windows has a few fantastic built-in methods, from quick and simple keyboard shortcuts to a dedicated tool for more precise captures. Easy Keyboard Shortcuts Entire Screen: Press the PrtScn key (sometimes labeled "PrtSc" or "Print Screen"). This copies your entire screen to your clipboard. All you have to do is open an image editor like Paint or even a document and press Ctrl + V to paste it. Entire Screen (and save automatically): Need a fi...

#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ Cross-post new Blogspot/Blogger entries to a Facebook Page as link-posts. Run every 5-10 min via cron/systemd/Actions. """ import os, json, time, hashlib, requests, feedparser from datetime import datetime, timezone from pathlib import Path # ---------- config ---------- DOTENV = Path(__file__).with_suffix('.env') SEEN_DB = Path(__file__).with_suffix('.db') # tiny flat-file “DB” FEED_URL = https://simplefeedmaker.com/feeds/0849166a385574e051cc6f3bf4b83881.xml # change me! # ---------------------------- # load env if DOTENV.exists(): for line in DOTENV.read_text().splitlines(): if '=' in line and not line.startswith('#'): k, v = line.split('=', 1) os.environ.setdefault(k, v]) FB_PAGE_TOKEN = os.environ['FB_PAGE_TOKEN'] FB_PAGE_ID = os.environ['FB_PAGE_ID'] # ---------- helpers ---------- def log(msg): print(f"[{datetime.now():%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}] {msg}") def seen_ids(): return set(SEEN_DB.read_text().split()) if SEEN_DB.exists() else set() def mark_seen(uid): with SEEN_DB.open('a') as f: f.write(uid + '\n') def post_to_facebook(title, link): url = f'https://graph.facebook.com/v19.0/{FB_PAGE_ID}/feed' msg = f'New blog post: {title}' payload = { 'access_token': FB_PAGE_TOKEN, 'message': msg, 'link': link } r = requests.post(url, data=payload, timeout=30) r.raise_for_status() return r.json() # ---------- main ---------- def main(): log('Fetching RSS…') feed = feedparser.parse(FEED_URL) if feed.bozo: log('Warning: malformed feed') seen = seen_ids() new = 0 # Blogger gives entries newest-first for entry in feed.entries: # unique id Blogger supplies uid = entry.get('id') or entry.link if uid in seen: continue title = entry.get('title', 'Untitled') link = entry.link log(f'Cross-posting: {title}') try: post_to_facebook(title, link) mark_seen(uid) new += 1 except Exception as e: log(f'Failed to post {link} → {e}') # continue so we don’t block subsequent posts log(f'Done. Posted {new} new entry(s).') if __name__ == '__main__': main()