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BT HomeHub 2 and Ubiquiti
BT sent me a new HomeHub device as part of a forced upgrade to a digital voice service. I don’t use a landline anymore, so I wasn’t too interested in this, but it seems they are particularly insistent on me swapping it out so I had to figure out again how to integrate it into…
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Fixing slow Steam Deck download speeds
I reserved a Steam Deck last year and recently was able to finish the purchase and it arrived a few days ago. Although it took a long time it was a calm and painless process. Contrast this to buying a PS5 which was stressful and painful (I’m looking at you, Sony). Anyway, it’s early days…
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VS Code – invalid version: is
Recently I noticed that some of my VS Code extensions weren’t working properly. Specifically, the ones that perform PHP linting and syntax checking. Opening up the VS Code developer tools showed this puzzling message: Activating extension failed: Invalid Version: is. I couldn’t find anything matching that online, and trying to debug it further didn’t reveal…
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Salted Egg Flavour
The picture says it all really. It’s not a flavour I would ever have considered adding to anything else. This snack may have me beaten.
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Wrong is Yoda
Like any profession, programming is full of things you should do, and things you shouldn’t. Some of these are passed-down experiences, and some are momentary fashions. One of the former is that you should write a conditional using Yoda notation. That is, instead of writing: if ( x == 1 ) You should write: if…