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 2018-08-22
my slow ubuntu [unresolved]

My ubuntu os has suddenly become slow and I wanted it make it faster. I figured it would be caused by some of these updates. I usually update my computer whenever there is an update available. How about I downgrade my kernel version maybe that would be the answer.

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 2017-05-28
starting out on uva

Kattis has been fun, recently I hit 100 points. It was an amazing feeling. Now my appetite for competitive programming has grown even more. I want to learn what those top 50 members have done to get to where they are. So naturally I started looking around other peoples profiles, googling their names and I noticed a trend. People who have over 500 points are serious competitive programmers and most have UVa accounts. I suppose having a UVa account helps one to improve faster. Its only makes sense that exposure to more programming problems leads to improvements in problem solving skills even if you don’t solve majority of them.

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 2017-05-18
WordWeb on Ubuntu via wine

Sometimes you need to look up a certain word but you do not have the luxury of looking it up online. An offline dictionary will suffice. I was accustomed to using WordWeb on windows but after making the switch to ubuntu I wasn’t able to find a replacement. Turns out I can continue using it by installing wine on my machine (wordweb8, ubuntu 17.04, wine 1.87).

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 2015-09-19
Introducing Sublime Text

Being a good web developer is all about knowing your tools and one of my favorites has been sublime text. Being that you can get it for free only makes the deal sweeter. Although the free version comes with a nag screen. That surprisingly shows its beautiful message when you are walking people through code examples. None the less its a tool that I highly recommend.

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 2018-08-22
my slow ubuntu [unresolved]

My ubuntu os has suddenly become slow and I wanted it make it faster. I figured it would be caused by some of these updates. I usually update my computer whenever there is an update available. How about I downgrade my kernel version maybe that would be the answer.

Read More
 2017-05-18
WordWeb on Ubuntu via wine

Sometimes you need to look up a certain word but you do not have the luxury of looking it up online. An offline dictionary will suffice. I was accustomed to using WordWeb on windows but after making the switch to ubuntu I wasn’t able to find a replacement. Turns out I can continue using it by installing wine on my machine (wordweb8, ubuntu 17.04, wine 1.87).

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 2017-05-28
starting out on uva

Kattis has been fun, recently I hit 100 points. It was an amazing feeling. Now my appetite for competitive programming has grown even more. I want to learn what those top 50 members have done to get to where they are. So naturally I started looking around other peoples profiles, googling their names and I noticed a trend. People who have over 500 points are serious competitive programmers and most have UVa accounts. I suppose having a UVa account helps one to improve faster. Its only makes sense that exposure to more programming problems leads to improvements in problem solving skills even if you don’t solve majority of them.

Read More