This is for a non-technical friend named Jerry. First, install Windows 10. I’ll wait. Once you’ve installed Windows 10 and have it perfectly set up, go to where you want to create a folder. In that folder, right click New > Folder Alternatively, hit CTRL+SHIFT+N A new Folder will be created. Feel free to name …
If you’re like me, you use apt install or brew install on your Linux and macOS computers. Windows has for years allowed a ‘quick’ way to install programs using services like Ninite. While Ninite is great, you’re just installing the applications in bulk. Microsoft Store is also available built into the operating system but it …
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Updating a Ruby file will fix this. This one took me a bit to find. I’m getting this error whether I run brew upgrade, brew install –caske wine-stable or brew uninstall –cask wine-stable. I think the issue is that x11 is now deprecated and if you installed this version of wine, you can’t uninstall it until you …
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Booting your Raspberry Pi from the SD Card can be slow and SD Card’s aren’t the most long lasting forms of media for physical data retention. Neither are NVME SSD’s but their write speeds are really good. To set up your Raspberry Pi to boot from USB, the details can be summarized as: Prerequisites Assuming …
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I’ve hit a point in my life where I think it’s fun to pretend like everything is a computer. In doing so, I like to come up with analogies that describe the inner workings of a computer as if it was something else. In this post, I’m going to try my best to describe a …
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Here’s a short breakdown for you to use when looking to learn how to code (websites or use computers more technically than just opening up Chrome and surfing the web) Just something to reference if you need to go back to it. Useful Apps: Microsoft VS Code https://code.visualstudio.com/Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/This is what I learned to do websites when …
Hey everyone, today we’re going through the initial setup of an Arduino Nano that I had received as a gift from a friend. This is a simple tutorial where we’ll be loading up a script (built into the software) in Ubuntu in order to make an LED light fade in and out. I’m basically writing …
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[Update] SETI is in Hibernation. Per their website: We are no longer distributing tasks. The SETI@home message boards will continue to operate, and we’ll continue working on the back-end data analysis. Maybe we’ll even find ET!Thanks to everyone for your support over the years. We encourage you to keep crunching for science. https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ Introduction The purpose of …
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