My thoughts on government welfare programs
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 ...
Recent posts
How to define macros for the Eclipse builder and indexer so it indexes your code correctly
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...
Work from home work station (monitor and stand)
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...
Find Peace Among the Chaos
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 ...
Where will your beliefs take you?
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...
One possible fix for your Google Pixel 2 if the touch screen quits working
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...
Bulk File Renaming in Linux
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...
Deceitful Maps on behalf of a Deceitful President
I saw this statement and map on Facebook today, copy-pasted into Facebook by someone from a post on Parler, here:
Kamala Harris and Joe Biden Presidential Acceptance Speeches
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...
Is Trump the next Amlici?
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...
Anti-Anti-Liberalism
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
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 Markup Syntax Highlighting
Test post displaying the various ways of highlighting and formatting code in Markdown to see how my site renders.