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Key to Starting a Legal Business in the States

Posted on July 15, 2015 by timlyg

Terminology: Break-even point - when profits cover capital (usually a 6 month process, inadvisable to pursue business if break-even point not reached in 2 years). 6 Business Structures: (Personal income tax) 1. Sole Proprietorship2. General Partnership (Corporations are their own … Continue reading →

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How to install ZIF HDD for Laptop: Fujitsu Lifebook P1610

Posted on May 16, 2015 by timlyg

This especially small type of hard drive is not easy to find before. It is not the typical laptop 2.5" hard drive. Hint: lift the black holder on the drive up.

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Ubuntu: Disable Laptop open lid command

Posted on May 13, 2015 by timlyg

It's been a while since I've had this problem. When I kept my Fujitsu lifebook in my backpack, it sometimes wakes up from suspend/hibernate mode. This happens in Ubuntu & Windows. So it must be the mechanism of the notebook … Continue reading →

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Concepts of Programming

Posted on April 25, 2015 by timlyg

Finite State Machines: In the most basic form, uses switch/cases syntax as implementation. One chief example being syntax highlighting. The aid to FSM is a state diagram, which obviously is not the same as flowcharts.

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Pyramid TimeTrax EZ Issue

Posted on April 16, 2015 by timlyg

Lately, we've had problems twice with the TimeTrax recorder at work. It can still be pinged but the software (ver. 4.3.1) cannot reach it. Something about communication ports being not available. I believe during the first time, I tried to … Continue reading →

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Webmaster tricks: List all content of directory & Force plain text out of most executable files

Posted on April 3, 2015 by timlyg

The .htaccess file should be in the pertaining folder, with the following lines (first line is to list directory files, the rest forces most files to be read as plain text - For some reason php keeps executing nonetheless, hence … Continue reading →

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Coursera: An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1,2)

Posted on March 28, 2015 by timlyg

By Joe Warren, Scott Rixner, John Greiner, Stephen Wong from Rice University Good teaching. Nothing boring. Great online Python environment: www.codeskulptor.org Python is named after Monty Python, not the snake.  

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Ubuntu: power.d display brightness by AC/Battery mode

Posted on March 13, 2015 by timlyg

I believe someone unplugged my AC cord in the school's library and put hers in the same socket, despite 3 other available sockets next to it. I did not realize it until I finished my studies. Hence, I was determined … Continue reading →

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Gnome Hot Corner Disabled

Posted on March 12, 2015 by timlyg

The hot corner where when the mouse is over on top left corner of the screen activates the Activities (same effect as Windows Key or clicking on Activities at the top) is very annoying. Solution: Suggestions to edit some /usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/layout.js … Continue reading →

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C++

Posted on March 6, 2015 by timlyg

C++ implements vector & set libraries. Which are fascinating. On iterators, Vectors use random access iterators while sets use bidirectional iterators. The difference: random access iterators are treated like an indexed array thereby allowing some basic integer operation. Bidirectional iterators … Continue reading →

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