Author: Josh Sherman
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[FIXED] Radeon kernel modesetting for r600 or later requires firmware-amd-graphics
Since I have been thoroughly disappointed with the stability of Arch Linux on my iMac recently, I decided to get my ass back over to Debian. What caught me off guard when I finished the install and rebooted was an error that I had never seen before: Radeon kernel modesetting…
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Kindle Unlimited isn’t worth it
I went back and forth for a while before pulling the trigger on Kindle Unlimited. What finally convinced me to sign up for the trial (and subsequent subscription) was the book Slicing Pie: Fund Your Company Without Funds. It’s about early stage startup equity splits and I highly recommend it….
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Empower your child by letting them cook dinner
Last Sunday was one of the busiest days I have had in a while. So busy that I asked my 10-year-old daughter to make dinner. I’m not talking about having her make us sandwiches or even just nuking a can of Chef Boyardi. I wanted a real meal. My not…
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Adding comments to JSON
From time to time I’ve wanted to be able to comment out lines in a JSON file. This typically comes up when I’m making a butt load of changes to package.json and I want to keep a visual history as I’m tweaking things. Just last week, it came up with…
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Two weeks with MeetEdgar
If you follow me on any social media channels, especially Twitter, you probably noticed an untick in my posting volume. No, I haven’t been hacked. Admittedly, I’m pretty bad about posting my blog posts on the various social networks I frequent. I’m always concerned about what people will say or…
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How to install Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp on Android today
I must have been under a rock, but I only heard about a new Animal Crossing game this week. Then I was sad to hear that it wasn’t out yet. Then I was excited to hear that it was actually out! Circle back to being sad when I found out…
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oci runtime error after upgrading Docker on Arch Linux
Sat down to knock out some blog posts recently and when I ran docker-compose up to get my blog up and running locally I was faced with a pretty aggressive error: % docker-compose up Starting joshtroniccom_blog_1 … Starting joshtroniccom_blog_1 … error ERROR: for joshtroniccom_blog_1 Cannot start service blog: oci runtime…
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Configuring Jest to show code coverage for all of your files
Jest is a great tool. It’s fast, actively maintained and has been working well for us with both our front-end and back-end systems. Simply put, Jest helps us make CrowdSync better and more stable. Out of the box though, code coverage is only shown for the files that you’ve written…
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Switching from tmux to GNU Screen
I’m was a bit late to the terminal multiplexer game. I had used GNU Screen on servers here and there to be able to keep tabs on long running processes but it wasn’t until this past year that I decided to start using tmux full-time locally. Why tmux if I…
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Upgrade to Node.js 8.x on Ubuntu 17.10
Ubuntu 17.10, codenamed “Artful Aardvark” was released yesterday… … with Node.js v6.11.4 #sadtrombone It could be worse though, Debian 9.x (Stretch) still ships with Node v4… but I’ll save how to remedy that for another post 😉 Now, I can’t imagine you came here to listen to me throw shade…