draft cleanup and add wwoo stories

24 files changed, 19 insertions, 109 deletions

diff --git a/drafts/2021-09-26-forget-autorandr-automate-display-switching-with-devd-on-freebsd.php b/drafts/2021-09-26-forget-autorandr-automate-display-switching-with-devd-on-freebsd.php
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-<?php
-$title = "Forget autorandr, Automate Display Switching with devd(8) on FreeBSD";
-if (isset($early) && $early) {
-	return;
-}
-include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/includes/head.php');
-?>
-
-<p class="description">
-	<a href="https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr"><code>autorandr</code></a> and <a href="https://github.com/libthinkpad/dockd"><code>dockd</code></a> have been around for a while. Both let you automatically switch to or from external displays when your laptop is plugged into a hub or hooked up to a docking station. But those are largely Linux- and Thinkpad-centric solutions. Let's do it the FreeBSD way.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-	Here are my requirements. I have an E-series Dell laptop with a docking station. My docking station is hooked up to one large Dell monitor. When the laptop is attached to the docking station, I want...
-</p>
-
-<ol>
-	<li>The laptop to use the larger, external monitor exclusively (no mirroring)</li>
-	<li>The default sound device to switch to the external monitor's speakers</li>
-	<li>Disable automatic locking via <code>xautolock(1)</code></li>
-	<li>Disable suspend on lid close</li>
-</ol>
-
-<p>When the laptop is removed from the docking station, I want...</p>
-
-<ol>
-	<li>The laptop to switch to its internal display</li>
-	<li>The default sound device to switch back to the internal laptop speakers</li>
-	<li>Automatic locking to re-enable</li>
-	<li>Suspend on lid close to re-enable</li>
-</ol>
-
-<p>To do this we'll need the following:</p>
-
-<ol>
-	<li><code>devd(8)</code> for launching userland applications when kernel events occur</li>
-	<li><code>xrandr(1)</code> for switching displays</li>
-	<li><code>xautolock(1)</code> for automatic locking</li>
-	<li><code>sysctl(8)</code> for changing hardware knobs</li>
-	<li>Some core utilities and a tiny shell script to bring it all together</li>
-</ol>
diff --git a/drafts/2021-09-27-imagemagick-display-and-svg-patterns.php b/drafts/2021-09-27-imagemagick-display-and-svg-patterns.php
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-<?php
-$title = "imagemagick display and svg patterns";
-if (isset($early) && $early) {
-return;
-}
-include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/includes/head.php');
-?>
-
diff --git a/drafts/2021-10-22-drilling-out-wide-block-cylinder-heads-for-1-2-head-bolts.php b/drafts/2021-10-22-drilling-out-wide-block-cylinder-heads-for-1-2-head-bolts.php
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-<?php
-$title = "Drilling Out Wide Block Cylinder Heads for 1/2" Head Bolts";
-if (isset($early) && $early) {
-return;
-}
-include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/includes/head.php');
-?>
-
-Stepping up from 17/32 to 18/32 to 19/32. Center row is smallest, next two rows out are medium, final row is largest. Based on factory dimensions, but increased.
diff --git a/drafts/2021-12-06-roma.php b/drafts/2021-12-06-roma.php
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-<?php
-$title = "ROMA";
-if (isset($early) && $early) {
-	return;
-}
-include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/includes/head.php');
-?>
-
-https://wydaily.com/our-historic-home/2021/11/30/roma-a-forgotten-local-tragedy-part-3/
diff --git a/drafts/365 days of working from home.php b/drafts/365 days of working from home.php
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diff --git a/drafts/aiming-headlights.php b/drafts/aiming-headlights.php
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-Last week I aimed and adjusted the headlights on Ol' Blue.
diff --git a/drafts/alternators and 12v systems on old hudsons b/drafts/alternators and 12v systems on old hudsons
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diff --git a/drafts/avoiding null in csharp.php b/drafts/avoiding null in csharp.php
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diff --git a/drafts/biz class internet is worth it.php b/drafts/biz class internet is worth it.php
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diff --git a/drafts/california is doing weird stuff.php b/drafts/california is doing weird stuff.php
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-https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/26/dell_energy_pcs/
--> but all-evs by what year?
-
-mechanics not being able to fix own cars
diff --git a/drafts/clementine.php b/drafts/clementine.php
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diff --git a/drafts/evs b/drafts/evs
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-- my emotional reaction to conversation revolving around how I feel about EVs is profoundly negative simply because I'm tired of conversation revolving around EVs
-- I realized while thinking through numerous electric vehicle debates at work and with family that I don't care about electric vehicles for the same reason I don't care about hardly any vehicle made after the year 2000. I have always loved old cars. Antique cars. I've never been very interested in newer, modern, or contemporary cars regardless of their fuel source. And that's unlikely to change. 
-- detractors should understand and appreciate the benefits whereas devoted promoters must understand exactly how far we have to go and all of the implications that this new fuel source brings with it
-- as always, we generate problems as a result of our solutions, and it takes time to solve those newer problems
-- EVs are now where the automobile was when the Ford Model A was build
-- electric vehicle should be separate from turning all new vehicles into smartphones on wheels
-- i will always prefer a car that I can fix over a car that I cannot
-- i will always prefer a car with longevity; I will rebuild an engine twice before throwing in the towel if i can help it; i know this isn't realistic for everyone but there are enough right to repair debates with all forms of technology and mass-produced engineering products that I can't ignore that factor when weighing in on EVs
-- as a computer programmer I'm exhausted by the complications that arise from locked down software platforms. I'm a free software and open-source advocate and I don't see dumping all my eggs into a vendor-locked, manufacturer-variable tech-laden drive control system a very good idea. 
-- moving forward with EVs doesn't have to mean moving forward with giant touchscreens and poorly named autopilot features that I believe will continue to make people less attentive worse drivers, not better ones
-- people make fun of detractors who mention the effects of lithium mining and overtaxed power grids; I know solutions will be found for these problems and that these problems maybe cannot stand in the way of progress (after all, necessity is the mother of invention) but to ignore them or laugh at those who bring these concerns to the table is unfair and wrong. there's a balance to be struck
-- I enjoy engines and that's not going to change. I know that's not true for everyone out there, but don't threaten to take away the thing i love in order to drive up adoption of what's supposed to be a superior product. If and when electric vehicles become the better alternative, people will gravitate toward them naturally. Arbitrarily enforcing that adoption with litigation or shame is a step backwards.
-- engine lovers have to understand that electric vehicles are here to stay and will only get better
-- battery lovers have to understand that the internal combustion engine is going to be around a lot longer than you or I estimate and inventing a timeframe for their elimination is a useless endeavor
diff --git a/drafts/flatout2mods.md b/drafts/flatout2mods.md
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+I've been a long-time enjoyer of FlatOut 2. It's frankly the best racing
+game I've ever played. My brother and I spent immeasurable hours on the
+PS2 throwing cars at each other and launching drivers through their
+windshields (usually through a ring of fire).
+
+Last year FlatOut 2 got Steam Workshop access which re-introduced me to
+the world of game modding. I've never actually produced a mod for a
+game, let alone a 3D racing game, so I saw this as my opportunity to
+realize a childhood dream.
+
+Here's how to make a car skin mod for FlatOut 2 in 2025 and publish it on the
+Stema Workshop.
+
+I used these tools
+
+- https://github.com/xNyaDev/bfstool, which is bundled with the steam install
+  and mod manager
+- Gimp https://www.gimp.org/
+- notes on dds files from steam 
diff --git a/drafts/form-fields.php b/drafts/form-fields.php
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-<p>
-  I've been trying to increase my knowledge and ability with designing user
-  interfaces better. I've been reading and watching learning materials by
-  experts to try to build better interfaces. One of the things I've been trying
-  to get better at is web form design. I want my forms to be clear, accessible,
-  and understandable. There's one piece of advice that I've gotten that has left
-  both me and some other users confused in pursuit of cleaner, slicker looking
-  web apps. Form input placeholders Form input placeholders seem great in theory
-  but they're confusing, inaccessible, and less clean in my opinion insert video
-  by great web designer and author about cleaning up a form users can't see what
-  they inserted data form validation hints are gone once text is inserted leaves
-  fields looking pre-populated as optional, unimportant, not a mental TODO
-</p>
-
-<p>https://www.nngroup.com/articles/form-design-placeholders/</p>
diff --git a/drafts/living with freebsd.php b/drafts/living with freebsd.php
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diff --git a/drafts/living with linux.php b/drafts/living with linux.php
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diff --git a/drafts/my first car is a 1953 hudson hornet.php b/drafts/my first car is a 1953 hudson hornet.php
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diff --git a/drafts/oh sh*t (the case for better brakes and tires).php b/drafts/oh sh*t (the case for better brakes and tires).php
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diff --git a/drafts/quarantine to vaccine: Corona Blues Review.php b/drafts/quarantine to vaccine: Corona Blues Review.php
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diff --git a/drafts/rip-full-time-linux.php b/drafts/rip-full-time-linux.php
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diff --git a/drafts/server closets in the summer.php b/drafts/server closets in the summer.php
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diff --git a/drafts/surprisingly simple.php b/drafts/surprisingly simple.php
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-who would win? python, pip, mysql, password storage, dockerfiles OR a really
-long shell script one-liner?
diff --git a/drafts/what is a script no really.php b/drafts/what is a script no really.php
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-glues programs together
diff --git a/drafts/what is programming.php b/drafts/what is programming.php
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-programming isn't coding programming is computational problem solving (see
-CSCI101) programming is getting data from point A to point B see what
-programming isn't about informal lecture being a good programmer isn't about
-following best practices or paradigms. it's still possible to write bad programs
-using test-driven development and "Clean Architecture"