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technology
8y
The Debate Over Operating Systems Is Not A Debate
Almost two months ago my laptop broke. More specifically, I bricked my entry level HP while reinstalling Linux Ubuntu. When it came time to pick a new computer I was faced with the decades old debate of
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dmania
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When You Buy Another Apple Product
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prisma
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Rust On The Door
Rust On The Door
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prisma
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Pest Control
Pest Control
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dmania
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The Three Surgeries In My Life
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prisma
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Everything Ends
Everything Ends
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philosophy
8y
If All Socks Were Orange Socks
This morning I happened to notice my daughter’s bright orange socks, and naturally I started thinking about equality of outcome, narcissism, socialism, entitlement, and reality. My daughter is ten, so
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programming
8y
Blacklist Brittany Storoz For Raping Etymology
I am interested in the etymology of words. When I saw a YouTube video with the title, The Etymology of Programming taken from the 2018 JSConf EU I naturally tapped play. I had no idea how much I would
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coffee
8y
THE Coffeemaker For Fathers And Other Men
There are coffeemakers, and then there are coffeemakers. This morning, thanks to my foresight in having four children, I now own the last coffeemaker I will ever need. Here is the thing about coffee, it
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linux
8y
Fixing Confusing Visual Cues In Zeal Offline Documentation Browser
I am learning to code on Linux. I use the Interwebs to find answers all the time, but I view the official documentation using the offline docset viewer Zeal as an alternative to Dash for macOS. The problem
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linux
8y
A Peek At Strange Font Jumping In Atom
This post is actually about a super groovy piece of software I ran across called Peek which allows you record your screen as a gif. The reason I went looking for such a tool was to show off yet another
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linux
8y
Font Rendering Issues With Atom Now Fixed In Ubuntu 18.04
It appears the font rendering issues with Electron based apps have been resolved for Ubuntu 18.04. I could be wrong in assuming this is universally true, but Atom 1.27.1 and greater are now working as
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linux
8y
Getting RealVNC To Work With Ubuntu 18.04
Viewing My Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop From My iPhone 8 I use the free version of RealVNC Viewer (the key word being viewer) to connect to my Mac Mini from my iPhone and Ubuntu desktop, however RealVNC Connect
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dmania
8y
Humility
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linux
8y
Clean UP GNOME Shell With GNOME AppFolders Manager
I almost never use the icons in the GNOME shell to launch applications. I use my favorites in the dock if my finger happens to be on the trackpad, but 99% of the time I simply hit the super key and type
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linux
8y
Install AlternateTab Window Switching Extension On Ubuntu 18.04
The default behavior of pressing ALT+TAB in GNOME is to show an icon for each open application. If that application has more than one window there is an arrow indicating this below and you must navigate
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linux
8y
Replace Ubuntu Dock With Dash To Dock
The Ubuntu implementation of Dash To Dock sucks dog bollocks to say the least. I assume they have some rules of design that include something like creating a uniform environment against the user's desires...I
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firearms
8y
Replacing A Fiber Optic Sight Filament
The filament in the front sight of my Springfield Armory XD Mod.2 Subcompact broke. I have been looking forward to this because the firearm came with two replacement filaments. The filament installed at
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parenting
8y
World's Best Dad
I hope it does not sound arrogant when I say, I am the best Dad living today. Alright, maybe not the best, but I am at least in the top two billion. I am often asked (and by often I mean never) how to
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linux
8y
First Steps After Installing Ubuntu 18.04
Update The first thing to do after installing Ubuntu (even if you choose to install updates during install) is to run Software Updater. Remove Unused Software This is optional. I am careful about doing
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