So you’re trying to get something done and you’ve found an awesome tool to install via pip. You pop open Terminal, run your pip install command (in my case, pip install google_images_download), install the module successfully, and are ready to get to work. You start working on your Python script and get an error: ImportError: […]
Author: pezant
Running AutoHotKey as Administrator
I was having challenges where a script that used to work for sending keystrokes directly to a window based on its window title wasn’t working. I tried troubleshooting a bunch of stuff (so weird since it was working before) but nothing was sticking. I stumbled across a comment mentioning that programs being run as Adminstrator […]
Fix for BLZBNTAGT00000960 (CoD Warzone crashes on start, update, install) – December 2021
Recently had an annoying error come up where I couldn’t start Call of Duty: Warzone. I tried: Scan and repair which took forever and didn’t work Restarting my computer Un-installing and re-installing (this didn’t work and now I couldn’t even install the game) Deleting my Battle.net folder in AppData Running Battle.net as Administrator Ultimately, what […]
Fix for Xbox Game Pass Install Error (0x00000001)
If you’re like me and you wanted to download Age of Empires 4 to play with your friends on Game Pass you might have run into this error. You start the install and for some reason its not progressing. You go to check on your progress and see there’s an error. Maybe you restart the […]
Fix broken pipenv in a virtual environment (could not find a version that matches X)
I’d messed up my pipenv previously by trying to get it to install a module that just wasn’t working out for me. In using pipenv install -skip-lock I’d inadvertently put my pipenv in a state where it was constantly stuck in a loop where it was trying to install “blocks” through pipenv which just wasn’t […]
Reverting a bad commit and removing it completely from Github
Let’s say you accidentally commit and push a file full of passwords (like a .env file) that you don’t want other people to want and now it is part of your public project on Github? How do you get rid of that? Fear not, follow these two commands and you’ll be back to before you […]
readlink: command not found
I’ve been working on a bunch of projects that involve Python and a decent amount of commands written and issued in terminal. At one point, I was trying to boot up a local server for a web app I was running and kept running into the error “readlink: command not found”. After a ton of […]
Creating a .slate file for Slate (Mac Window Management): Resolve “Could not load ~/.slate or ~/.slate.js”
A while back I was looking for a solution to restore my window setup when I went between being at my desk and bringing my laptop to meetings. I settled on Slate which is a great, lightweight solution to save your window positions and quickly restore them exactly as they were. Unfortunately, it can be […]
The Basics of the Path to Financial Independence
The Basics of the Path to Financial Independence In these posts I’ll attempt to lay out the core of whatI believe are the basics of the path to Financial Independence. Please share your feedback and suggestions if you have any, :)! Saving for the future Where to put the money you have leftover after expenses […]
How to make investment decisions
How to make investment decisions We covered this briefly in the previous section but, for the most part, the riskier your investment is the more returns you’ll earn from it over time. Risk cuts both ways. Meaning that, depending on the investment you are choosing, the value of your investment could drop precipitously or be […]
Where should you put your money after expenses
Where should you put your money after expenses? So you’ve got some money left over after paying for your expenses. Congratulations! Now you should start thinking about what you’re going to do with that money. Thankfully, the process is fairly simple and it’s mostly just a waterfall approach. My advice would be to roughly follow […]
Saving for the Future
Saving for the Future The basics of saving for the future are to Determine what kind of life you want to live and examine ways to accommodate the future in your present Examine your current financial situation Take note of any goals you may have for the future Make adjustments to your lifestyle based on […]