How to force YouTube to use Expanded View by default (and even larger)

So, the default size of the video player on YouTube is quite small. I know, right?

Expanded view is much better. Tell me about it!

But why doesn’t the damn website remember you switching to expanded view yesterday? Because it just doesn’t offer the functionality.

I am about to change that and rock your world.

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Libre Office, how to change default styles permanently

After I got bored with the default font families and font sizes of the Default, Text Body and Heading styles, I tried changing them permanently. But just pressing F11, modifying certain styles and Applying isn’t enough for Libre Office to remember your specific choices.

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Additional (32-bit) Printer Drivers on a 64-bit Windows host

Contemplation of the problem

Sometimes it’s a pain to add 32-bit drivers to the Additional Drivers section when you install a printer on a 64-bit Windows machine and share it in your network, because of compatibility with the 64-bit drivers which needs both bit-versions of the drivers to go with the same name.

When you, for example, install 64-bit drivers through Windows Update, the drivers offered on the manufacturer’s website will not necessarily call your printer by exactly the same name. That’s a no-no for Windows, and your favorite OS will stubbornly refuse to accept those drivers.

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