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Monthly Archives: April 2022

zq

Posted on 2022-04-28 [Thursday] by Jay Jay
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If I had more time I would read this closely: Introducing zq: an Easier (and Faster) Alternative to jq.

Posted in Programming | Tagged javascript, jq, zq | Leave a reply

CSS Tips

Posted on 2022-04-18 [Monday] by Jay Jay
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This is great: CSS tips and tricks you won’t see in most of the tutorials.

Posted in Programming | Tagged css, tips | Leave a reply

Replace a faulty disk on a Mirrored or RAIDZ virtual device

Posted on 2022-04-12 [Tuesday] by Jay Jay
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I have a degraded ZFS array due to too many write errors on one of my disks. When my replacement disk arrives I will follow these instructions to resolve the issue: Replace a faulty disk on a Mirrored or RAIDZ virtual device.

Posted in Sys Admin | Tagged fault, replace, write errors, zfs | Leave a reply

Hiring Developers: How to avoid the best

Posted on 2022-04-11 [Monday] by Jay Jay
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I chuckled: Hiring Developers: How to avoid the best.

Posted in Chatter | Tagged hiring | Leave a reply

Unicode Normalization Forms

Posted on 2022-04-10 [Sunday] by Jay Jay
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Today’s reading: Unicode Normalization Forms.

Posted in Data | Tagged normalization, unicode | Leave a reply

ZFS verification process

Posted on 2022-04-10 [Sunday] by Jay Jay
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The ZFS verification process is called a ‘scrub’ and it is done periodically (usually every few weeks). To report on the status of a scrub in progress use the `zfs scrub` command.

Posted in Sys Admin | Tagged scrub, status, verification, zfs | Leave a reply

HTML attributes

Posted on 2022-04-09 [Saturday] by Jay Jay
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Some doco about interesting HTML attributes over here: Those HTML Attributes You Never Use. Related: 5 HTML Tags many people are not using.

Posted in Programming | Tagged attributes, HTML | Leave a reply

Lissajous curve

Posted on 2022-04-08 [Friday] by Jay Jay
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Today I learned the term lissajous curve. No idea how to pronounce that one.

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I joined the EEVBlog forum

Posted on 2022-04-04 [Monday] by Jay Jay
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So I signed up for an account on the EEVBlog form and made my first post.

Posted in Chatter | Tagged auto detect, EEVBlog, rigol, scope, waveform generator | Leave a reply

The Cargo Cult of Good Code

Posted on 2022-04-02 [Saturday] by Jay Jay
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This in my feed today: The Cargo Cult of Good Code. Sometimes Repeat Yourself? :)

Less is more, baby!

Posted in Chatter | Tagged cargo cult, dry | Leave a reply

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