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...
The thing I hate seeing the most is a low-income person or other person receiving aid intentionally remaining low-income so they don’t exceed some arbitrary ...
Problem: Eclipse won’t index my project correctly, and parts of it are blacked out! Eclipse has a really smart and good code indexer. That’s why I use it! Th...
Finding the right tools for the job and doing the right research is a pain in the butt. Nevertheless, I have a tendency to (eventually) put in the research a...
I was in a small airplane and all of the sudden the engine on the wing caught fire. It exploded and burning oil was poured all over the right side of the ...
What I’m about to describe is a terrible tragedy. I say this somberly and seriously. I think we can learn from this and find a better path forward. I hope it...
The problem: phone touch screen randomly quit working My Google Pixel 2’s touch screen suddenly stopped working. The screen itself works fine and shows every...
Sometimes I need to rename a bunch of files all at once. This is especially useful when mass-renaming/bulk-renaming photos. For instance, I want to rename fi...
I saw this statement and map on Facebook today, copy-pasted into Facebook by someone from a post on Parler, here:
As a deeply concerned, but long-time Republican, I didn’t fully make up my mind to vote for Biden until the latter part of the final Presidential Debate. But...
He’s powerful. He’s strong. He’s assertive. And he’s not afraid to undermine the rights of voters in the free democratic election process to take away people...
In the Book of Mormon, there was one people who distinguished themselves not by what they were, but by what they weren’t. They were the Anti-Nephi-Lehis (see...
Ubuntu 18 post-install steps: 1. Shrink dock icon size down to make more space on left-hand bar: Settings → Dock → Icon Size (I recommend 28~30 pixels on a 1...
Test post displaying the various ways of highlighting and formatting code in Markdown to see how my site renders.