Upon further review it looks like my Pixel 2 doesn’t know how to display the signal strength when the phone connects to the AT&T Microcell in our home. When I leave the house it displays fine, but when I come back and it connects to the Microcell I actually see it show all bars and then the bars disappear. Perhaps it’s due to the fact that the microcell only provides 3G data, which I don’t care about because I use WiFi for data at home. In the the number of bars don’t really matter so long as my call connections work and don’t drop, but it’s annoying.
I have installed the December 2019 security update to Android 10 on my Pixel 2. Ever since the update the cellular signal strength indicator on my shows no bars even when I put the phone right next to the microcell in my house. I think the update borked this display!
I have completed the first week of using the Raspberry Pi 4 as a remote personal desktop computer during my work day. Call it an experiment of whether the Pi 4 can really serve as a desktop. The Pi4 is no where near as fast as my Pixelbook, but I find it good enough for the web browsing and reading that I have been doing.
One thing I don’t understand is why people don’t get that Bernie Sanders is not a Democrat. When he is not running for President Bernie has an I by his name, and frankly I see him as using the party. It is fair to say Bernie is a Progressive, but that does not necessarily make him a Democrat. If people thought about it, they would also realize that a person who considers themself a Conservative does not necessarily mean they are a Republican, nor should one assume that a person calls themself a Republican that means they are a Conservative.
Dave Winer makes an important point here. I think it is likely the intent for the pressure on Ukraine to announce investigation of Biden is to re-create the Hilary email scenario that Trump leveraged in 2016. The question I have to Trump supporters, if your guy is so good, why does he need to resort to all these shenanigans?
A year ago today I built my Federated Wiki server and since then I have added 274 pages.
If you are a Constitutional Originalist then you know that the original writers of the Constitution gave Congress the power to elect and remove a person from the Presidency. You also know that original Constitution does not create a pure democratic government it creates a Republic composed of an administrator (the President) elected by an Electoral College and if needed Congress, a Senate elected by state legislatures, a House of Representatives elected by citizens, and a Supreme Court nominated by the President and approved by the Senate.
Today is my two year micro.blog anniversary.
Is the economy really better than it was in 2016?
Scriptures do not offer rational certitude
They offer us something much better, an entirely different way of knowing: an intimate relationship, a dark journey, a path where we must discover for ourselves that grace, love, mercy, and forgiveness are absolutely necessary for survival in an uncertain world. You only need enough clarity to know how to live without certitude! Yes, we really are saved by faith. People who live in this way never stop growing, are not easily defeated, are wise and compassionate, and frankly, are fun to live with. They have a quiet and confident joy. Infantile religion insists on certainty every step of the way and thus is not very happy.
I wish that micro.blog could put “Edit This Post” link at the bottom of posts so that when I view my blog and see an error I could simply click it to go directly to the editor rather than having to first open the micro.blog site. @manton
I am thinking about what are the best ways to manage a library of PDFs. I found a site that has several PDFS of programming notes that I have downloaded to a folder in Google Drive using my Chromebook.
A nice thing about Chrome OS is that it enables to to work with folders in Google Drive as if they are locally on your computer. By default PDFs open in a Chrome tab and you can create a bookmark but the URL is unique to Chrome OS and will not work on other platforms, so I created a “From Pixelbook” folder in Chrome bookmarks and put these bookmark there.
The lines of code that changed everything.
To shed light on the software that has tilted the world on its axis, the editors polled computer scientists, software developers, historians, policymakers, and journalists. They were asked to pick: Which pieces of code had a huge influence? Which ones warped our lives?
I finding the history of computing fascinating, mostly because it coincides with my lifetime.
To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us – and He has given us everything.
Concern rises in Pentagon over Trump’s decision making - CNNPolitics
I am guessing that the President who thinks he can’t commit a crime thinks people in the military can’t commit a crime.
Looks like I might be able to set up the Raspberry Pi Zero W to connect to a PC in a similar manner. as described in the iPad Pro/Raspberry Pi 4 articles below. I might have found myself a holiday project.
My computing muse, Jerry Pournelle, is credited for Pournelle’s law: “One user, one CPU” or “One user, at least one CPU.” The law is a statement about personal computers and the computers of the 60’s and 70’s that were time shared amongst multiple users.
Pournelle’s first law somewhat describes my interest in the Raspberry Pi. The Pi, along with most “Internet of Things” is a variation of Pournelle’s law to wit: “One application one CPU.”
While listening to the latest MobileViews Podcast I heard Jon Westfall describe using the Raspberry Pi 4 as an accessory to an iPad Pro. The key component of the solution is the USB-C ports on the iPad Pro and the Raspberry Pi 4 because they are used to power the Raspberry Pi and provide network communication between the iPad and the Raspberry Pi. I am surprised that the iPad’s USB-C power output meets the Pi 4’s higher power input requirements, however I learned that the latest firmware upgrade for the Pi 4 includes a low power option along with Ethernet over USB, which are key for this working.
I found a YouTube video that shows the configuration and a link to a web page that provides more details about the configuration.
I’ve been using a Raspberry Pi Zero W in a similar manner except that I power it using USB battery and access it via WiFi when the Pi Zero is configured as a wireless access point. The result provides me access to Linux terminal apps but does not provide simultaneous access to the Internet.
I like the idea of using the Raspberry Pi 4 as described, but in my case I would need to buy a new iPad Pro with the USB-C port. Capabilities such of this do make the idea of upgrading to the latest iPad Pros more compelling.
Previously I wrote that I have my Raspberry Pi4 in a Flirc case to provide passive cooling. Jeff Geerling has a great blog post that shows how the cooling provided by the case compares to other cooling methods.
GoKEY FOLD – Foldable Keyboard With Touchpad For Phone And Tablet – GoKey Fold
Back in the day, the Stowaway folding keyboard was a thing, so I am intrigued by this keyboard.