Friday, May 10, 2024

NYTimes: Justice Thomas Denounces ‘the Nastiness and the Lies’ Faced by His Family

The True Nastiness is that this man hides his (and his wife's) obvious bribes to influence his votes on the Highest Court in America. 

If Clarence had any shame or decency he would have retired years ago, or at least recuse himself when his "Friends" have business before the Supreme Court. 

NYTimes: Schools in One Virginia County to Reinstate Confederate Names

I went to a High School named after Stonewall Jackson. It was also renamed. 

Changing the name back doesn't make Jackson any less of a traitor to his country. 


Saturday, May 4, 2024

[The Washington Post] Pssssst … How to find 11 of the best speakeasy bars in the D.C. area

Hidden by secret doors and unmarked addresses, we found stellar cocktails and vibes at DMV speakeasies.

By Fritz Hahn


https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/28/dc-speakeasy-bar-guide/

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Friday, April 26, 2024

Convert JSON API responses into CSV with jq • Vic Vijayakumar

https://vicvijayakumar.com/blog/convert-api-responses-from-json-to-csv-with-jq/

Friday, April 19, 2024

Volkswagen workers in Tennessee pass historic vote to unionize


VW workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., became the first big auto plant in the South to join the United Auto Workers in a victory for organized labor.

By Jeanne Whalen


https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/04/19/vw-uaw-tennessee-vote/

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Holy Crap! Trump sneakers on AliExpress for $28.16!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂


Just found these monstrosities on AliExpress. 

Straight from China and you can get them even faster. 

Which MAGA Morons actually buy this Garbage?  

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mrHHFDk

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Thursday, March 14, 2024

About Stolen Device Protection for iPhone - Apple Support

About Stolen Device Protection

When Stolen Device Protection is enabled, some features and actions have additional security requirements when your iPhone is away from familiar locations such as home or work. These requirements help prevent someone who has stolen your device and knows your passcode from making critical changes to your account or device.

Sunday, March 10, 2024

ZWO Seestar S50 All-in-One Smart Telescope | High Point Scientific


https://www.highpointscientific.com/zwo-seestar-s50-all-in-one-smart-telescope

Friday, February 16, 2024

Cloud FinOps, 2nd Edition [Book]


https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/cloud-finops-2nd/9781492098348/

Thursday, February 15, 2024

NYTimes: Ex-F.B.I. Informant Is Charged With Lying Over Bidens’ Role in Ukraine Business


Hunter Biden promised to protect the company "through his dad, from all kinds of problems," Mr. Smirnov falsely claimed to the bureau in 2020, according to Mr. Weiss, the special counsel who has charged the president's son twice over the past year on tax and gun charges.

Mr. Smirnov, prosecutors working for Mr. Weiss said, was only in contact with Burisma executives in 2017, after Mr. Biden left office — when he "had no ability to influence U.S. policy."


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/us/politics/fbi-informant-bidens-ukraine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb 

Raspberry Pi 5 - HDMI Woes & Solution

TL;DR

Problem: New Raspberry Pi 5 boots, but no HDMI
Solution: Add "video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080M@60D" to your /boot/cmdline.txt

How to get it done

Boot your device and SSH to it.  
If you can't SSH, follow instructions here

Once logged in:
Become root
sudo su -

Change to the boot directory
cd /boot

Edit the cmdline.txt file.  (vi is always there, but use whatever editor you like)
vi cmdline.txt

Add 
video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080M@60D 
to the beginning of your /boot/cmdline.txt file.  

cmdline.txt is a (long) single line file, so DON'T HIT RETURN.
Save the file. (:wq in vi)

Reboot your device
reboot

Done!

Note: 1920x1080M@60D is a pretty standard setting for most monitors.  
If it doesn't work for you, you may need to adjust.

There are lots of details here, which is how I got this far.

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

An example repo to track your resume and application history using git

rothgar/track-your-resume-in-git:

https://github.com/rothgar/track-your-resume-in-git

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

PartyRock | Resume Optimizer


https://partyrock.aws/u/viktoria/0P8VymYdp/Resume-Optimizer?sc_campaign=Machine_Learning&sc_publisher=LINKEDIN&sc_geo=GLOBAL&sc_outcome=awareness&trkCampaign=generative_ai&linkId=259720468

Sunday, January 7, 2024

StingBox | Network HoneyPot

This is an interesting approach. 

It certainly looks easy to deploy and try out.

https://www.stingbox.com/