Month: December 2013
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“Useless Use of Cat” Award, “Useless Use of …” Award, …
http://www.iki.fi/era/unix/award.html http://partmaps.org/era/unix/award.html Rather reasonable and entertaining reading as the same time. In the future I will certainly refer people to his page, whenever I will happen to find an opportunity.
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English grammar/writing: use of “present perfect” as opposed to “past tense”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Present_perfect#German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Present_perfect#English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uses_of_English_verb_forms#Present_perfect … . The choice of present perfect or past tense depends on the frame of reference (period or point in time) in which the event is conceived as occurring. … . If the frame of reference extends to the present time, the present perfect is used. … . If the frame of…
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is “Raspi” the “right nickname” for the Raspberry Pi?
Even en.wikipedia.org knows that name (“https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspi“), so maybe it’s at least quite usual.
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O’Reilly Media book: Getting Started with Raspberry Pi
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023371.do $ sudo raspi-config $ cat /proc/version $ cat /proc/cpuinfo http://elinux.org/RPi_Hub – Raspberry Pi Wiki http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripherals the Scratch programming language [wiki] – an educational programming language the Arduino microcontroller development platform it has general purpose input and output pins right on the board …
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NFS and bad response times – did you set actimeo=0 ?
You should rather not and leave the set-up with its defaults. actimeo=0 disables file and directory attribute caching. Only use it like this, if there are very good reasons for it.
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headless Raspberry Pi (on my desk)
It’s fun to see the Raspberry Pi running headless on my desk. As described earlier, I set up my Raspi back at home with a screen (connected via HDMI/DVI), a keyboard, a mouse, and attached via eth0 (AKA LAN), later also via wlan0 (AKA wifi). Now I would like to boot it in “headless mode”.…
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O’Reilly Media book: Raspberry Pi Cookbook
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920029595.do … $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get upgrade reboot afterwards … 2.6. Connecting with a Console Lead (using a serial terminal connection and a remote login program like “cu” AKA “call unix” or kermit) 2.9. File Sharing on a Mac Network (using netatalk) 2.10. Sharing the Pi Screen on a Mac (using VNC) 3.6. Editing…
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O’Reilly Media book: Relational Theory for Computer Professionals
Relational Theory for Computer Professionals: There are literally hundreds of books on relational theory or the SQL language, or both. But this one is different. First, nobody is more qualified than Chris Date to write such a book; Ted Codd, inventor of the relational model, and he were colleagues for many years, and his involvement…
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O’Reilly Media book: The New Kingmakers
The New Kingmakers: The New Kingmakers documents the rise of the developer class, and provides strategies for companies to adapt to the new technology landscape. From recruiting to retention, it provides a playbook to work more efficiently and effectively with the most important members of your organization.