git submodule “Quick Start” guide
This is a git submodule “Quick Start” guide. Use it to get your team on-boarded…1. A git submodule is git’s official way to have a repo within a repo. 2. Fro...
The Setpower AB15 mini-fridge/freezer fits perfectly in nearly every place you can think of in the 7-seater Tesla Model Y, including: 1. In the frunk 1. …inc...
In theoretical physics, according to the Kardashev scale, there are 7 Types of civilization. Earth is level 0.7. I view the electric car as a step towards le...
Option 1: The manual method. Quick summary 1. Download a mod. Ex: from: 1. https://www.curseforge.com/ 2. Download, install, and configure the correct versio...
I just bought the brand new top-of-the-line Dell XPS 15 9530 laptop. Here’s how to set it up for dual-booting Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
DataFrames in Python without iterating
Here are 13 techniques for iterating over Pandas DataFrames. As you can see, the time it takes varies dramatically. The fastest technique is ~1363x faster th...
I’ve added GitHub-Issue-based comments to the bottom of this website using the plugin called utterances, which is totally awesome and makes it trivial to add...
ydotool to automate key presses (or mouse movements) in Linux
ydotool works well in both the X11 and Wayland window managers to press any keys, including Windows + D, for example Here is a full tutorial.
Here are my two articles on this topic so far: 1. ElectricRCAircraftGuy.com: Propeller Static & Dynamic Thrust Calculation - Part 1 of 2 2. ElectricRCAir...
…in case you are experiencing any of these issues: 1. black screen, computer won’t wake up, can’t log in after the screen locks, can’t log in after suspend 2...
What do you do if your MacBook won’t boot? How do you turn it on? What is “internet booting” and how do you do it? Can I boot onto a Linux USB drive to run L...
In my opinion, exFAT is the best filesystem to use when sharing files between Mac and Windows, Linux and Mac, Windows and Mac, or Windows, Mac, and Linux, be...
Here’s a really beautiful, almost Python-like style I’ve come with over the years for writing and using Bash libraries. Bash is a beautiful “glue”-type langu...
You can run even compiled languages as though they were executable scripts. Here are the necessary hash-bang lines I like to use as the first line at the top...
I’ve bought 2 houses in the last 4 years, and refinanced one of those in that time. So, that’s 3 times going through the mortgage process in the last 4 years...
C++ mutexes and locks: std::mutex, std::lock_guard, std::unique_lock and std::condition_variable, and std::scoped_lock and std::lock()
Can I buy a 2nd property (which will now be my primary house I live in) with a 2nd VA loan? Do I have any VA entitlement remaining? Use my calculator belo...
the Gamo Swarm series seems to be getting a lot of attention. So, this article will help clear up some things about the two types of “10x Gen2” magazines now...
USAA’s phone app blocks Zelle money transfers if your phone’s system language is set to a foreign language (non-English).
Communicating with humans is one of the most complicated, discouraging, enigmatic processes I have ever endeavored to undertake. I speak English far better t...