Although it may seem like the Get-Random command in PowerShell provides random data, it actually returns data that is more predictable than you think. If you’re looking to generate some truly “interesting” data for your project, then you’ll want a better approach. In this video, we’ll explore the limited randomness …
I am running Ubuntu Linux virtual machines on VMware ESXi (vSphere Hypervisor), and needed a mechanism to add SCSI disks to VMs without having to reboot. After adding the disk in VMware ESXi, the disk still wasn’t visible to the guest operating system. It seemed like I needed some mechanism …
This morning, I ran into a new issue doing a simple git clone command on Windows 10, from a PowerShell console. It turns out that it was just a mistake on my part (surprise, right?). Let me describe my train of thought to you. I wanted to clone a repository, …
Recently I installed VMware ESXi on a spare laptop, to expand my local infrastructure at home. During the installation of ESXi, I selected an option to wipe the main disk and install ESXi over top of it. However, I had a secondary SSD installed in the laptop as well, which …
If you want to run PowerShell applications on your Raspberry Pi, you can run them inside a Docker container. Keep in mind that you can’t use Docker images that were built for the Intel x86 platform, because the Raspberry Pi uses an ARM processor. You can build your own Docker …
JavaScript doesn’t have a built-in range() function. This can be useful to perform an iteration a certain number of times. As an alternative to this, you can use a JavaScript array. If you don’t care about the actual values from range(), and just want to iterate “x” number of times, …
The directions to upgrade firmware on the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X suggest that you can optionally delete the old firmware, before adding the new one. I elected to skip this step, in case I needed to roll back for some reason. However, after performing the firmware upgrade, and rebooting the device, …
I recently set up Verdaccio, an open source npm private registry, as a Docker container. This is incredibly easy, using a couple of PowerShell commands: When I tried to publish a scoped npm package to this private registry, I received an ugly, generic-looking error message (see below). PS C:\git\node-diskscan> npm …
I’ve been using my Creality CR-10 3D printer to build some models. One of the challenges you’ll encounter, if you’re new to 3D printing, is getting your 3D print to adhere to the bed of your printer. If your print job doesn’t adhere to the bed, then it is subject …
If you’re using a device powered by Chrome OS, you might be using the Secure Shell App for Google Chrome to manage remote systems. I was using this today, and needed to paste some text into the remote terminal. On a Windows keyboard, you could use shift insert to do …
