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Decoding Alien Signals: A Defense of Jeff Goldblum’s Character in Independence Day

by ades-blogOpinion, philosophy October 11, 2024October 12, 2024No Comments

In the 1996 sci-fi classic Independence Day, Jeff Goldblum’s character, David Levinson, deciphers an alien signal and saves humanity. My friend argues that this feat is implausible due to the likely differences in alien computer languages and architectures. However, I believe that by leveraging principles like Zipfian distribution and radio frequency analysis, David’s success is …

Getting Started with PHP Laravel in a Docker Container

by ades-blogcode snippets, technology October 10, 2024No Comments

Laravel is a powerful PHP framework designed for web artisans. It provides an elegant syntax and a robust set of tools to build modern web applications. Docker, on the other hand, is a platform that allows you to package applications into containers, ensuring consistency across different environments. Combining Laravel with Docker can streamline your development …

Exploring Django: A Powerful Framework for Building APIs

by ades-blogcode snippets, networking, technology October 8, 2024No Comments

Introduction Django is a high-level Python web framework designed to help developers build web applications quickly and efficiently. One of Django’s standout features is its ability to facilitate the creation of robust APIs, making it a popular choice for back-end development. So easy that even I can use it! What is Django? Django is an …

Securing Your SSH Folder: Why Permissions Matter

by ades-blogcode snippets, networking, technology October 1, 2024No Comments

When it comes to securing your server, one of the most critical aspects is ensuring that your SSH (Secure Shell) folder and its contents have the correct permissions. Proper permissions help protect your SSH keys and configurations from unauthorized access, which is essential for maintaining the security of your system. Understanding SSH Folder Permissions The …

Getting the VS Code Docker Integration to Work

by ades-blogcode snippets, networking, technology September 30, 2024No Comments

You’re probably encountering an issue where VS Code asked you to install the Docker integration, and once you install it, you’re getting the following error: The simple fix is to add your user you’re trying to remote view the containers with, to a new group called docker. To do this, you can run the following: …

Access your Local Ubuntu Server on your LAN Domain

by ades-blogcode snippets, networking, technology September 29, 2024October 1, 2024No Comments

The problem we’re trying to fix today sounds like a simple one, but requires a package to accomplish. Say you have an Ubuntu Linux server you just set up with a hostname of Ubuntu. Assuming your LAN domain is .local, you’d like to access services on this domain by going to to https://ubuntu.local. If you’re …

OctoPrint Hologram Dependency Fix

by ades-blog3D Printing, code snippets, technology September 12, 2024September 12, 2024No Comments

OctoPrint has a sweet plugin called octoprint-hologram which overlays a ‘hologram’ of the 3D print while your printing. If you attempt to install this from the plugin install in OctoPrint, this may fail and the issue is a dependency issue that Numpy requires you’ll need to manually add. I found the below solution here: https://github.com/MarkSlat/OctoPrint-Hologram/issues/1#issuecomment-2119084078 …

Linux CLI Based Stress Test

by ades-blogcode snippets, technology September 5, 2024September 5, 2024No Comments

I found a neat way for stress testing my Linux machines using the CLI. Article at the end shows you how to install things but you basically install the two libraries that you need: Once you’ve done that, you run nproc to see how many cores you have (VERY IMPORTANT) This will simply output a …

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How to Install Windows 11 on Unsupported Device

by ades-blogcode snippets, technology, Windows September 4, 2024September 4, 2024No Comments

In this article, I am assuming that you are running Windows 10 and have a computer that does not have a supported TPM 2.0 chip. Unfortunately, Microsoft does not officially support upgrading to Windows 11 without this chip but recent news has made it so that Microsoft has an official method for you to get …