Blog Index for February 2018

Udemy caught selling a Python programming course with stolen content

(Thu Feb 22 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time))

A semi-pro YouTuber found some of his instructional videos had been incorporated in a Udemy course. The response exposes a dark underbelly to Udemy that should cause one worries - how many of Udemy's courses are using stolen content? Does this raise a question whether Udemy is worthy of our support as customers?

Eliminate certain annoying/suspicious/intrusive Windows 10 features

(Sat Feb 17 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time))

Want to eliminate Cortana? How about the popup notification urging you to get on with installing Microsoft Word? Or that other about the lack of virus protection? Microsoft has a history of poor respect for their customers, and instead aggressively pushing products. And then there's the history of Clippy (ugh) and the modern incarnation, Cortana, that's simply more irritating than valuable. And finally a bunch of default Windows settings are downright intrusive or put extra load onto the computer than is necessary.

How to fix GitKraken Inotify Limit Error - upgrading Ubuntu/Linux inotify limits

(Wed Feb 07 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time))

GitKraken is a totally excellent Git client. If you're a software developer you should absolutely give GitKraken a try. Today I went to do some commits in one of my repositories but GitKraken told me it had gotten an Inotify Limit Error, and that I needed to increase this limit. Turns out the issue has nothing to do with GitKraken, and is also fairly easy to fix.

Move Windows Laptop to SSD drive without reinstall, for greater performance

(Sat Feb 03 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time))

Upgrading an older computer with an SSD drive breaths a new life into the computer. I have upgraded several MacBook Pro's (2009 through 2012) and joyfully experienced a great performance improvement -- each felt like a new machine, even though we're talking a 6-8 year-old computer. Today the task is upgrading my girlfriends Windows laptop with an SSD drive. You know the story, it takes 2+ minutes to boot the system, and doing anything takes forever. We're hoping that an SSD drive will mean a huge experience upgrade. Fortunately the process is fairly simple, even though Windows does not have built-in migration software.