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Sunday, September 13, 2026
Quick tips: Markdown
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Visual Studio Code supports Markdown out of the box (see Markdown and Visual Studio Code ) - to switch between edit mode and preview mode ...
Monday, August 10, 2026
Quick tip: how to check the Python version and packages installed in a Python virtual environment
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Activate the environment and run python --version or python -V To check a specific package e.g. streamlit run pip show streamlit inside the...
Saturday, July 11, 2026
How software rots - Uncle Bob (YouTube video)
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Thursday, May 14, 2026
The memory paradox: why our brains need knowledge in the age of AI
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I have this aching feeling - which might sound familiar - but I never saw any academic research on this: offloading too much thinking to AI...
Saturday, March 14, 2026
Understanding conda channels
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Conda channels are package source - locations where conda looks for software packages when you run conda install. Each channel can contain ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Quick tip: fix eID Viewer installation - a driver can't load on this device
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I recently had to use the Belgian eID software and couldn't get it to work on the Windows 11 - it always failed with "A driver ca...
Sunday, December 28, 2025
Quick tip: retrieving raw, unprocessed files stored in Github
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The domain raw.githubusercontent.com serves raw, unprocessed files stored in Github repositories - think of it as GitHub's "direct...
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