You start at a new place or on a new Linux distro coding away on your Qt project and suddenly find yourself asking; “Where did my qDebug() output go?” Lots of people are suddenly finding themselves in this boat. I fell into this boat after installing Majaro so I could work on the code for the last post. You will find a metric buttload of bad information. In QtCreator you need to navigate to “Manage … Where Did My QDebug Output Go?Read more
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CopperSpice Experiments – Pt. 18 – The Pull Request
It has been a very long time coming, life kept getting in the way here, but my Diamond editor changes are ready for pull. For those who don’t give a rat’s behind about the pull request, here are the new packages. These are not official. I have tested these Diamond editor packages in bare installs of said operating systems. For Ubuntu installs you need to use the Software Installer, not dpkg from the command line … CopperSpice Experiments – Pt. 18 – The Pull RequestRead more
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Who Do You Trust?
Poking around this morning I stumbled into this post talking about what your email address says about you. The “Who do you trust?” question hits everyone with an email address, but technical recruiters most often. I love the survey results, even if they did only survey their own members. The graphic found later in the article made no sense given this graphic. I’m old enough to remember when Yahoo was the source of all spam. … Who Do You Trust?Read more
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Interesting PostgreSQL Oddity
I was working on a tiny database to send out some emails with varying subjects. Decided to use PostgreSQL so I could have a real database as the back end. SQLite doesn’t share (on most platforms) so I couldn’t add data while the program was running. Being able to add stuff and check on progress while running is one of those design things you can’t kick when you’ve been in IT as long as me. … Interesting PostgreSQL OddityRead more
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How to Show the Day in Ubuntu
Trapped inside during COVID-19. Spending days on your computer either working or looking for work or just searching for something interesting to keep your mind off the four walls it is easy to lose track of the day. Those of us who write software for a living can get so far into what we are doing we even forget to eat. When someone finally does get our attention coming back to reality is like waking … How to Show the Day in UbuntuRead more