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tl;dr: if you’re sure you did everything right, use lsblk or parted (etc) to see if a partition table is present on your logical volume.… Read More »[Solved] “Filesystem is already n blocks long. Nothing to do!”
tl;dr: Seems the quickest way of doing this was to fire up a VM, install mysql-server and mysql-client and browse that way. I have backups… Read More »Browsing MySQL Backups
or them to apply their own standards for listings Gumtree – owned by eBay – is much more popular in the UK than Craigslist, for… Read More »Wanted: Boolean Filters For Gumtree
I’ve been taking my GoPro to Sunday Morning Football (as it is known) for a while now, so I figured I’d automate the process of… Read More »Timesaver: import and combine GoPro Footage with FFmpeg
I am something of a digital hoarder. I have files dating back to one of the earliest computers that anyone in my family owned. I… Read More »Wanted: One LTO-4/5/6/7 Drive!
As someone who has been an avid, long-time user of the distro that bears his name, this is sad news. The Ars Technica article casts… Read More »Ian Murdock Has Passed Away
I’ve been editing together a few gameplay videos recently (eg DayZ Tread Lightly).I came across a rather perplexing error when trying to encode a long… Read More »MP4 / H264 Errors in Adobe Premiere Pro / Media Encoder / MainConcept
Update: fixed! The recently-released FTL by Subset Games has a problem with the 12.8 AMD Catalyst Drivers, whereby the jump map and enemy ships are… Read More »[Fixed] FTL – Blank Maps & Invisible Ships Problem
I was having problems with Google+ notifications not working more often than not in Firefox: This service is currently unavailable Please try again later. The… Read More »[Solved] Google+ Notifications Not Working
This is another case of “should have read the manual”, but there are ways to see previous output in both screen and byobu. In screen:… Read More »Scrollback / Terminal History in screen or byobu