A Technical I.T./DevOps Blog
Problem scenario
You want to prevent gnats from living and reproducing in your home. What should you do to keep fruit flies or gnats away from your home?
Solution
1. Buy a trash can with a foot pedal for your kitchen. These are convenient, and keep gnats from flying in the trash and out to your kitchen.
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Problem scenario
Your Whirlpool dishwasher has been quiet for a while, but you are not sure if the cycle is done. How do you tell it if is running or not?
Solution
Do the lights look like this picture?
Or this picture?
The lower picture is how the dishwasher looks when it is off/done. The blue light in the upper-right-hand corner by itself should be off before you want to open it and get the clean dishes.
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Problem scenario
You read “böse” in The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant (on page 320). What does “böse” mean?
Answer
It means “evil” in German. The source was translate.google.com.
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Problem scenario
You want to pull, pluck or tweeze some gray or white hairs. It can be difficult or time-consuming to grab a single hair follicle. Is there a way to do it without being tedious?
Solution
Use high quality tweezers. (Affordable or cheap tweezers don’t work as well; you will spend less time with good tweezers.)
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Problem scenario
You are curious why an “S” with a line through it is the sign of the dollar. Where did the cash sign “$” (or dollar symbol) originate?
Answer
It is not clear, but it appears to have something to do with Spanish coinage with “pesos” meaning “pieces” and an abbreviation would be “ps”. In smaller coins or on containers,
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Problem scenario
If you are putting in a mail forward and you have a “Moving To” address and a “Moving From” address, the billing address for your debit or credit card must be one of those two. If it is not, you are out of luck for using the online change of address on usps.com.
What can we do about this?
No Solution
This is unsolved.
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Problem scenario
You received a PD0455 check engine light. How do you resolve it?
Possible solution
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Question
You have heard the terms homeostat and sleep homeostat. What do these terms mean?
Answer
“Homeostat (Sleep Homeostat): A neurobiologic structure or circuit that is believed to regulate sleep quality and quantity based on the amount and/or quality of prior wakefulness.” (Taken from page 151 of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia by Perlis et al.)
“Blessed are those drowsy ones: for they shall soon nod to sleep.” (Taken from page 38 of Thus Spake Zarathustra (Squid Classics 2017).)
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