It’s April 15, which normally corresponds to Spring planting weather here in Central Illinois. Instead, this morning I woke up to… 30 degrees and snow. 😬
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Micro-Update: KDE Konsole and tmux
I ran into an interesting issue this morning after running system updates on my main desktop computer (running Arch Linux with the KDE Plasma desktop). For some reason, although I don’t think any behavior was intentionally changed by the developers (and I’m not blaming anyone), Konsole (a KDE terminal app) started intercepting the CTRL+B key combo that is used by tmux. It turns out that this is a standard “Add Bookmark” shortcut in the Plasma desktop environment.
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It’s amazing how an extremely minor software change can cause unforeseen issues…
Spent 10+ hours over the last few days tracking down a bizarre I2C issue that appeared seemingly out of nowhere on a project. Assumed it was due to a tweak I made in a PoE driver that was on that I2C bus. But, turned out to be due to forgetting to initialize a struct to a known state in what I thought was an unrelated driver I was rewriting, which caused a pin to be initialized incorrectly. 🤦♂️ #DeveloperProblems
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Sibling Summit: Episode 4: The Teleworking Life
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What does teleworking due to the COVID-19 outbreak look like for the two of us? How do we stay focused day in and day out? And how do we each deal with anxiety and depression when it hits? Join us for disucussions on all this and more!
Plus, Hannah talks about the music group 21 Pilots, and Justin expounds on new software he recently picked up from Rogue Amoeba!
Continue readingSibling Summit: Episode 3: The Corona Effect
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What does life look like in 3 different parts of the US with the COVID-19 outbreak and precautions? Why did we name the podcast Sibling Summit? What does “under the weather” really mean? Join us for disucussions on all this and more!
Plus, Hannah talks about the music group Black Violin, Jonah attempts to explain why we should watch Supernatural, and Justin geeks out about a new tea he discovered!
Continue readingSibling Summit: Episode 2: All in the Mind's Eye
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What does it take to start a podcast, and what did we learn in the process? What is aphantasia, and how do each of us view things in our mind’s eye? And with all of the cool things to learn and do, how do you choose? Join us as we discuss all three!
Plus, Hannah talks about ambient-mixer.com, and Justin explains what RSS is, and the new setup he is using for an RSS feed reader!
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