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Fix Grub rescue

The following answer by Ivan Bartsov is copied from Unix&Linux Stack Exchange Ext filesystems store backups of the superblock -- for an…

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Matplotlib on linux

Sometimes using on Linux you can get a long traceback message instead of a plot that you expected. Strangely it says something about key…

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Castellated vias

Today I'm thinking about the best way to stack boards (to support extensions in other words). In my search I stumbled upon these DIP…

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Assembly practice

If you wonder about the register or about compiler flag to omit the frame pointer https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41912684/what-is-the…

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Linux mysteries

Under development

A collection of things that I cannot explain Write permissions On one machine with Ubuntu 22.04 all files have write permission for the user…

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Time management: part 2

After part 1 I want to add some more rules about time management. Unknown language or unknown framework takes 5 times longer, then something…

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Graph of inbound links

I'm having a depression and I've been working on my website this weekend 😑 I post different stuff, but it definitely lacks interconnections…

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Geek tools

Pwnagotchi https://www.evilsocket.net/2019/10/19/Weaponizing-and-Gamifying-AI-for-WiFi-Hacking-Presenting-Pwnagotchi-1-0-0/ https://twitter…

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How I tried Rust for the first time

Get the books There are many online books about Rust. Here is my top 5: The Book - start here Rust by example - the same concepts as in The…

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Software engineer roadmap

Some of my best decisions: learn assembler (it helps with reverse engineering) learn C (gives understanding of stack, heap, and memory…

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Why do I hate C++?

that's why my scripting language is C++, that way my compile errors are some eldritch indescriptible nightmare AND my runtime errors are…

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Robot-coach

hardwarerobot

Andrew Male in his Twitter asked: If anyone is bored and into robotics, I need one that will sit on my desk and when it sees me reading code…

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Windows clone

What do you need to know when you clone Windows 10 from one drive to another or How I spent one week without a computer trying to upgrade…

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Free UML diagram editor

Diagrams. You may have heard about services like EdrawMax, SmartDraw, Visual Paradigm or Lucidchart. I showed them in some type of review on…

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