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GitHub Copilot Deep Dive

A quick look at using GitHub Copilot from an IDE versus using it from github.com.

And a deeper dive into an example, where Copilot (using GPT 4o) goes head-to-head with DeepSeek-V3, and Copilot using o1, to refactor the same chunk of code.

URLs used in the refactoring example:

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How to install Linux on an existing encrypted drive

Context

When you install Ubuntu Desktop, you can choose to "Erase disk and install Ubuntu" and "Use LVM and encryption".

Installing alongside an existing Linux OS that already uses encryption

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Adding metrics to Datadog

commcare-hq supports both Datadog and Prometheus (FOSS Datadog)

I will discuss Datadog.

Types

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys
from collections import Counter


num_to_word = {
    3: 'three',
    4: 'four',
    5: 'five',
    6: 'six',

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AIDS    Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome
ADR     Adverse Drug Reactions
ANM     Auxiliary Nurse Midwife
ART     antiretroviral therapy
ARTI    Annual Risk of Tuberculous Infection
ASHA    Accredited Social Health Activist
AWW     Anganwadi Worker
ATP     Advanced Tour Program
BPHC    Block Primary Health Centre
CBNAAT  Cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test

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An Open Letter To My Children

I'm writing this to you because, although neither of you are thinking about this question yet, it is on my mind at the moment. And one day you will think about it, I hope, and then you will have this.

Recently I realised that smarter people than me think that this question has no answer. I think it has, and I feel that it's important. So this letter isn't just for you. It's for anyone who needs it.

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GPU Passthrough on saitama

Preamble

saitama has an AMD socket AM4 B350 motherboard. It does not have an integrated graphics device. It has two NVIDIA cards plugged into PCIe ports. The worse of the two cards is in the first port, making it the primary card. The better is in the fourth port. As a result the better

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GPU Passthrough on trillian

Prepare the host

Configure primary GPU

Check that the integrated GPU is the primary GPU.

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
from datetime import datetime
import os
import re
import sys
import requests
import yaml


RC_FILENAME = '~/.fbworkonrc'