Author: ZacharyST
What They Don’t Tell You About the Coavas Window Film Privacy Frosted Glass Static Cling UV Sun Blocking Heat Control Window Tint Day and Night Home Bathroom Door Decorative Frosting Cover
Having been raised in places with cloud cover, I found the incessant sun of Los Angeles and the architecture that invites it into every crevice overwhelming. Tired of three skylights that let in too much late afternoon sun, in Spring 2023 my wife and I bought three sheets of the Coavas Window Film Privacy Frosted […]
Upgrading Ubuntu
During my saga to upgrade my computing, I lost access to my desktop server. IT Services confirmed that I had an old version of openssh, so I upgraded it. Unfortunately, my Ubuntu OS was from 2016 and its build of openssh cannot be upgraded to the newest one, so I have to upgrade. I have to upgrade […]
Trying to Do Research at a Research University, or What Happens When You Order a Rack Server
When I was a graduate student, my advisor needed an AWS server. Wanting the experience to improve my computer knowledge, I volunteered. The learning curve was steep, but I got it to work, and I learned a lot about the nuts and bolts of computers. I eventually managed the infrastructure for several years, including after graduating. I appreciated the […]
What I Read, 2023 Edition
The links to the following books are to my affiliate page at Bookshop.org. Buying from this post therefore supports independent bookstores across the country and a government employee in Los Angeles.
Remove Files When Argument List is Too Long
This note is for a very simple use case: you want to remove a bunch of files from your Linux system but “bunch” is more than the system will accept, so you are given an error that the “argument list is too long”. This Stack Overflow answer was very helpful: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11289551/argument-list-too-long-error-for-rm-cp-mv-commands. For my specific case, […]
Find and Remove Files by Size and Recency
This post details a pretty simple Linux task but it is one I will need to use frequently as my server fills up, so I am documenting it so I do not have to continue googling. The specific task is to find files greater than a certain size and created more than a certain number […]
Working Through “Killed: 9” Message When Launching Python
Having just returned from paternity leave, it has been at least 8 months since I used Python on my OS Monterey M1 laptop. To my surprise, I could not use it. Any time I would type python, ipython, or try to launch an environment using conda, the command line returned a “Killed: 9” message. Everything […]
Who I Saw, 2022 Edition
Incredibly, the first entry on this list was not seen until September 2022. The infrequent sightings are due to Covid caution at the beginning of the year and then having a newborn in early June. Fortunately, on one of our first meal outings – a brunch place in Larchmont Village with another couple with an […]
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