I came across an interesting blog post from Default.blog titled Yes, There Can Be a Completely Digital Counterculture! and the concept of a digital counterculture really rang true. She discusses a conversation about the the possible existence of an on online counterculture which exists outside the social walled gardens …
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A couple of months back I started randomly experiencing thread locks when I started up Intellij which was resulting my IDE being totally unresponsive after loading.
SEVERE - #c.i.o.a.WriteAction - Must not start write action from within read action in the other thread -
deadlock is coming java.lang …
I was a long time user of SketchUp until I permanently ejected Windoze from my life, and Sketchup was hardest things to leave behind. It's just simple for modeling especially when your new at this stuff!
Since there is no way I'm going back to the Doze. (And I'm pretty …
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I finally dove into Cyberpunk 2077 and I'm really glad I waited!
In the gaming world the much anticipated release of CD Projekt Red's met a harsh backlash upon release as it didn't meet the AAA expectations of the gaming world. This was kinda shocking since the studios last release …
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Well after a little struggle sorting out Volume paths on Railway I've added the easy button for deploying UrPodder so hopefully most could use it. I picked Railway because they are affordable, always improving and super helpful when you ask for help. I moved there after Heroku canceled free options …
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I spent the better part of Sunday trying to get ssl working with a SpringBoot Java app. Talk about frustrating! I tried numerous guides after my own guess on how to get it working didn't pan out. The challenge centered around Spring Security and its methods of ssl support. Further …
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I have been happily printing Gridfinity parts to organize my mess of a workshop and they are simply awesome! I got a little too impatient in getting things done and didn't give much thought to overnight temperatures dropping to near-freezing last night. Since my shop doesn't have permanent heat at …
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I tend to go into Maker hibernation from Dec through February in part due to my workshop not having all that much heat and insulation. Things get to be too hard to do there when its below freezing so I hibernate. For me this means some heavy gaming and coding …
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Tonight was the first General Meeting of the new Make Roanoke a new Makerspace that's working to get established in the Area. It was really fun to meet like-minded nerds that are as geeky as I am! There was surprisingly large turnout and the group overflowed the sizable meeting room …
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