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Is there a way to render LaTEX/MathJax for Slack Chatting client (web or app)?

I made a small script that installs MathJax in Slack's desktop client (basically the same solution as goatandsheep's, but with some Electron hacking). No server needed, supports both inline and ...
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How to enable 3rd party cookies ONLY for Microsoft Teams

Add a cookie exception for https://login.microsoftonline.com. This worked for me at least.
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Is there a command line interface for slack?

I use this one. Try https://github.com/candrholdings/slack-cli To install, type npm install -g slack-cli To send a message, slackcli -t <Slack token> -g <Slack group name> -m "Hello, ...
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Turn off Bing chat bot on Microsoft Edge

Got it. Go to Bing.com then go to Settings > More and then Disable from there. Settings Uncheck "Show Bing Chat" I was earlier trying in Microsoft Edge settings instead of Bing settings.
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Is there a way to render LaTEX/MathJax for Slack Chatting client (web or app)?

I've written a Tampermonkey / Greasemonkey script that you can install as an extension that will render it. Edit: It's had trouble rendering on streams, since it compiles the content at page load. If ...
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How to enable 3rd party cookies ONLY for Microsoft Teams

I added all 4 entries and teams.microsoft.com is now working in Chrome with 3rd party cookies disabled. Thanks for the posts. Where to add chrome://settings/content/cookies under Allow What I ...
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How to enable 3rd party cookies ONLY for Microsoft Teams

After login you can check in Chrome what cookies it uses. Third party would be: .skype.com and maybe .online.lync.com If you use IE you might have *.microsoft.com in your Trusted Zone but .skype....
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Where are the WeChat chat logs stored?

I've dug around and found what probably is the folder where the backup is stored: /Users/USERNAME/Library/Containers/com.tencent.xinWeChat/Data/Library/Application Support/com.tencent.xinWeChat/2.0b4....
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Searching chat history in Skype For Business

Have a look to your outlook mailbox. It may contain a folder with all your Skype for business conversations in it.
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Talk command only shows "Checking for invitation on caller's machine"

The information you require about getting /usr/bin/talk working in Yosemite can be found in the ntalkd(8) man page. An excerpt from that page reads: Execute the following command as root to enable ...
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Display latest conversation after reopening IM window

The functionality you are looking for is part of the History plugin: Shows recently logged conversations in new conversations. Plugins are accessible by hitting Ctrl+u, and can be enabled via ...
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How to disable autoformatting in microsoft chat on sender's side? I type an underscore, teams turns it to italic

Hit Ctrl + Z after typing the second underscore character, and it should return to what you originally typed.
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Is there a way to export Slack conversation history?

The free CLI application Slack Dumper (available for Linux/Mac/Windows) can do this. To use the application you must first set it up with your Slack credentials (there are detailed instructions on how ...
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Pidgin showing "Unable to connect" message with Gmail chat

Enabled allow less secure apps option in Google account. This solved the problems with all the standard pidgin settings for the gtalk.
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SIP address for group chat in Lync

Found the answer just now and posting here for everyone. We can call Lync like below Lync im:<sip:user1@host><sip:user2@host><sip:user3@host> This will open a group chat window for ...
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Group Chat with persistent members in pidgin

I already found the trick! :-D Maybe I should have waited some minutes. But I don't delete the question since I think maybe it can help some people in the future. The trick is once the creator ...
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Is there a way to make a persistent IRC account that I can read missed / old messages with?

My solution to this problem has been to keep a Raspberry Pi on 24/7 at home (costs about $10 / EUR10 per year to run) and run the IRSSI client on it. Then, I ssh into the raspberry pi from time-to-...
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How do I export the history of Skype?

If you want the easiest way to export your history into a readable format, that would be skypebrowser.com, which can read your main.db file. But since it's a third-party service, you obviously should ...
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How do I export the history of Skype?

Quick answers Is it possible to export Skype v4 chat history (.txt, .xml, .html)? Yes, it is with programs like Skyperious [1], written in phyton and open source, or more directly with each ...
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Where is stored the backups of WeChat?

For the original non-UWP version from the Windows Store, it is stored in: C:\Users\username1\AppData\Local\Packages\TencentWeChatLimited.forWindows10_sdtnhv12zgd7a\LocalCache\Roaming\Tencent\...
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Why is the option to leave a chat missing in MS Teams?

You can leave a GROUP chat, so enable others to continue discussion without you. However, at least two people need to stay, otherwise it wouldn't be a chat anymore. You can hide a chat if you don't ...
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Is there a command line interface for slack?

Here's Slacker, a CLI for Slack using PHP. You'll need your own Slack api token and adjust the configs: https://github.com/TidalLabs/Slacker
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ncat only works in certain scenarios

So, the last part of your post said it only worked locally when you listened from windows, and ran the client from Linux. Most likely your Linux firewall (most likely ufw - are you on Ubuntu or a ...
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Copy or print chat window text in Chrome

There is an Chrome extension that can help you: RightToCopy https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/righttocopy/plmcimdddlobkphnofejmeidjblideca In Chrome Store, it says: Enable right click, ...
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Is there a way to render LaTEX/MathJax for Slack Chatting client (web or app)?

There is a slack plugin on github, check it out https://github.com/colbygk/mathslax Also there are Latex plugins from community mentioned by Slack itself https://api.slack.com/community Cheers
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Is there a way to render LaTEX/MathJax for Slack Chatting client (web or app)?

We just built an app to embed LaTeX into Slack https://slacklatex.com. But to work on web/mobile/desktop without installing custom software on every system, it has to render as images. Disclosure: I’m ...
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Signal messenger on the desktop

There are now desktop applications for Windows, Max, and Linux. https://signal.org/download/
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Chatting using Bash Shell?

There are many IRC clients that work CLI only. One popular example is irssi. You can use it to connect to your favorite IRC networks. Using something like BitlBee you can connect an IRC client to ...
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How to enable 3rd party cookies ONLY for Microsoft Teams

As Ed B has already written it is sufficient to enter the URL https://login.microsoftonline.com. To distribute the setting in a company you can set the following regestry value: Windows Registry ...
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How to wrap every paragraph with a custom text box in Word?

As I mentioned in a comment, HTML/CSS is a better and much easier way to do this than Word. You can get just the result you want (including slightly rounded top-right and/or bottom-right corners where ...
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