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PowerShell: The hated, to be hated, born with a cursed fate

Posted on 2023-07-03

One will not be able to believe

That how Microsoft can give birth to something that is even more cursed than VBScript.

The strange and weird naming and casing conventions aside, there are far more unbelievable caveats one can run into.

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Installing RDP on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop version

Posted on 2023-04-24

It maybe very surprising

That one want to install RDP instead of using VNC on a Linux system however I figrued that since Microsoft Remote Desktop client is readily available for Mac, Windows(Windows Store App or Remote Desktop Connection classic windows application built-in) as well as iOS and Android devices I would prefer this route.

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Electronics die three times

Posted on 2022-11-29

Everything has a lifespan

Even a virtual one can wear out pretty fast.

In my understanding, there are three moments you need to evaluate an electronic device in order to decide whether a replacement or retirement is appropriate.

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Nobody knows css better

Posted on 2022-10-04

I guess nobody knows css better than the people who built it…?

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A surprisingly great benefit of using OTP

Posted on 2022-04-01

… is preventing your password from being kept by the clipboard

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When Golang nil is not nil

Posted on 2022-02-01

Custom error type in Golang

is very common when one want to do some serious programming.

The obvious reason would be gaining ability to wrap one error with another or provding additional context for easier tracing.

Defining one would also be easy as long as your type defined an Error() public method returning string.

Then one would simply rely on Golang error interface mechanism to work its magic(implied).

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An old tree turning a new leaf

Posted on 2021-12-28

Welcome to 2022

2022 is a milestone for most things, not only just a good opportunity to reflect on what I have done but also what I planned to do however never did.

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Everything you've ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear

Posted on 2020-09-16

Everything you’ve ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear.

–George Addair

Using rsync as a simple Dropbox replacement

Posted on 2020-08-01

Backup my files before it is too late

I keep on telling my self after I finished using my laptop each time.

Nowadays I’m not able to run my time machine as frequently as I code more often than usual while I’m on the move.

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Config a split brain

Posted on 2019-10-28

Just like we have a lot of programming languages

We have a lot of way to write configurations.

To my knowledge, JS, JSON, yml, toml, frontmatter, dotenv or even inlined comments can work as configuratoin instructions.

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