Self-tutoring about baking: the tutor mentions a lesson he learned. Sometimes I make brownies from scratch, sometimes from a box mix. Last night it was box – yes, Betty Crocker. I noticed, in small print, a suggestion: to make the …
Self-tutoring about Windows 10: the tutor observes…. I’ve a discount Windows 10 laptop from about three years back. This morning it prompted me something like “your version of Windows 10 will soon be outdated…restart to update now?” The other choices …
Tutoring workout equipment? The tutor mentions an impromptu situation. Let’s play a game. I’m going to talk very specifically about a stair climber, but not tell you where it is. Maybe you use it, maybe not. Possibly, you use one …
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Tutoring English, new words are new discoveries. The tutor mentions one. I don’t know if I recall hearing “self-effacing.” However, I encountered it today. It means “tending to avoid attention.” Source: Mish, Frederick C. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004.
Self-tutoring about English: the tutor relates a story. For years I’ve used “irrecognizable.” I guess I just didn’t type it. When I did yesterday, the spell-checker complained. (I think the spell checker and I have been ready to divorce numerous …
Self-tutoring about comp sci terms: the tutor mentions metadata. Metadata is data about a source of data, such as a file or book. Its metadata includes title, creation date, author (owner), and length. A computer file’s metadata also includes permissions …
Self-tutoring about Linux: the tutor mentions Linux block devices and how to discover the file system type. In a Linux file system, a block device is a device listed as if it’s a file in a directory. The command lsblk …
Self-tutoring about computer systems: the tutor shares a term. vfat, apparently, is a file system type of which fat32 is a variety. stackoverflow.com
Self-tutoring about home computer systems: the tutor shares an observation. Linux can allow dual-boot – a situation in which there’s another operating system (such as Windows) on a computer, but you can start it in Linux. Today I loaded Linux …
Self-tutoring about day-to-day life with computers: the tutor shares…. I’ve been experimenting with Linux lately, which of course means making bootable USB drives. After picking up my grade 10 son from high school yesterday, my wife fetched me four small …