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Microsoft introduces Copilot Actions, new Agents, and Tools to empower IT Teams

Microsoft introduces Copilot Actions, new Agents, and Tools to empower IT Teams

Satya on Copilot Actions: "This is Outlook rules for the age of AI." Empowering IT Teams with Microsoft 365 Copilot: New Actions, Agents, and Tools At Microsoft Ignite 2024, Microsoft unveiled exciting new features for Microsoft 365 Copilot, designed to revolutionize the way IT teams operate. With nearly

Configuring multiple Java runtimes in parallel on the Mac

Configuring multiple Java runtimes in parallel on the Mac

I am new to Mac OS so I'm documenting some of my findings as a developer. I often need multiple, different JDK versions based on what I am doing. For example, I recently worked with the prophet machine learning library in Python that spins up Java in the

Going from Plain Code Snippets to Pretty Printed ones in Ghost CMS in 5 seconds.

Going from Plain Code Snippets to Pretty Printed ones in Ghost CMS in 5 seconds.

Summarizing my learnings from this article: Ghost CMS strangely doesn't pretty print (color code) code snippets out of the box. Luckily, it takes 5 seconds to fix that. In the Ghost admin page, simple navigate to settings -> code injection -> site header and add the

Flexible Jupyter Notebook for Time Series Forecasting that runs on Microsoft Fabric or locally

Flexible Jupyter Notebook for Time Series Forecasting that runs on Microsoft Fabric or locally

I recently looked at using Microsoft Fabric to analyze time series data and be able to use machine learning to forecast future data. I came across this great example that shows how to build a program to forecast time series data that has seasonal cycles. It uses the NYC Property

What to do when your Windows PC with Microsoft ID login won't let your RDP in?

What to do when your Windows PC with Microsoft ID login won't let your RDP in?

I just found out that if you are running a Windows 11 PC that uses your Microsoft ID as primary login works perfectly when logging in locally but doesn't let you RDP in, claiming that the credentials are invalid, all you need to do is run (Win + R

Using Python Scripts efficiently on Windows

Using Python Scripts efficiently on Windows

I love writing Python code and recently looked into how I could run my Python scripts in the most efficient way on a Windows machine, optimally indistinguishable from native executables or .cmd / .bat files. I came up with the following solution, that allows not just that, but if you have

Protect your Linux Server with a Port Knocker and UFW

Protect your Linux Server with a Port Knocker and UFW

I was running the SSH server on an internet facing linux machine for a while (the one you are reading this post on...) on the standard port and was, as to be expected, bombarded with bogus login requests. To protect the server, I decided to first move ssh to a

A Cheaper Apple Vision Device, Tethered to iPhone or Mac

A Cheaper Apple Vision Device, Tethered to iPhone or Mac

I love VR / MR and have been using various headsets, PC based VR like the Meta Rift or the HTC Vive as well as stand-alone devices such as the Meta Quest 1, 2 and 3 as well as the Microsoft Hololens. Even though I think stand-alone VR is a nice

Bash update script for MacOS

Bash update script for MacOS

I love keeping all things things up-to-date in a simple way. I came up with the following script to update my Mac which uses homebrew, pipx and pyenv to manage installed applications, Python versions and PiPY packages. It will update all brew formulas and casks, list all installed pipx packages

The Monkey King: A Journey to the West: A great Read from a Long Time Ago

The Monkey King: A Journey to the West: A great Read from a Long Time Ago

Lately, the appearances of Sun Wukong, the monkey king, in computer games has caught my attention, so I wanted to know more. Black Myth Wukong, which is a very close adaptation of the original story where the Monkey King, who possesses extraordinary abilities, must battle his way through a mystical

Using the .cursorrules file when working with the Cursor IDE

I have been using the Cursor IDE for a while now. I only recently discovered the .cursorrules file feature, as it's not well highlighted in the documentation. This file, placed in the workspace root, helps provide additional context to the LLM, allowing to specify coding standards, common packages,

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Windows 10 V.1909 and WSL1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Windows 10 V.1909 and WSL1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Ubuntu in the Windows Store just had an update to 20.04 LTS, the new long term support version, which is great, but at the moment can…

Using Git Bash with the Microsoft Terminal

Using Git Bash with the Microsoft Terminal

This short tutorial shows how to add the Git Bash shell that is part of Git for Windows to the Microsoft Terminal, make it the default…