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Fixing up the Lego Steam Cargo Train (7722)

ⓘ These instructions may also apply to other Lego 4.5V trains such as the Diesel Freight Train

Cleaning and restoring

Remove lid from battery box car and clean contacts, e.g. with vinegar to remove battery corrosion
Using a small knife or screwdriver, spread the contacts of the cable that plugs into the motor so it makes better contact
- Out of the box the contacts are too small and loose on the side that connects to the motor
If there's a squealing sound coming from the motor box, it can be disassembled and lubricated

No Man's Sky

📌 All instructions are specific to Linux (Steam Proton). Adjust for other operating systems as needed.

⚠️ Work in progress

Finish an expedition that's ended

ⓘ These steps are to finish an expedition that has ended which you've already started but not completed

Garage door maintenance

⚠️ If you have a torsion spring, do not replace or adjust the spring or replace the bottom roller yourself as you can be killed or maimed!

👉 I am not a professional

📌 This document is a work in progress based on my own experience as I learn

Door opener

How to search the Internet

If you want to know what a human thinks

Append reddit to the end of search results
- For example: best network attached storage reddit
- This isn't quite as useful when searching for factual information
Or look for forums

Search for exact words

General notes

SMS

Gammu/Wammu may not be able to retrieve dates for sent messages, only received messages.

MMS

MMS messages may not be able to be exported using Gammu/Wammu with some phones. If you don't see MMS in the exported messages, you may be able to save the message attachments to the phone's storage and copy them to a PC via a USB cable.

Summary

Older laptops support hardware (S3) sleep, which uses little to no battery power.
Newer laptops only support software (S0ix) sleep, which will gradually drain the battery over a period of a few days (although it can be less than a day in extreme cases).
If you have an older laptop (made before ~2020), your laptop may still support S3 sleep. See below for more information.
If your laptop doesn't support S3 sleep:
- Limit usage of sleep to short periods of time; otherwise, power off instead.
- Using the latest Linux kernel possible will provide benefits to sleep functionality as operating system support for S0ix sleep improves.
- Power off your laptop before putting it in a bag; laptops in S0ix sleep can get hot and the fan can even turn on.

Goal: find a Linux alternative to FancyZones for Windows

Name	Recommended	Type	Supports main colum	Supports layouts	Multiple windows in same tile	Windows can span multiple zones	Notes
Tiling Shell	👍👍👍	Gnome extension	yes	yes	yes	yes	Explicitly inspired by Windows tiling, works great out of the box
gSnap	👍👍	Gnome extension	yes	yes	yes	yes	Can be configured almost just like FancyZones; in the settings: disable Show tabs enable Hold CTRL to snap windows
gTile		Gnome extension			no?
Tiling Assistant ([Now bundled with Ubuntu](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/06/

Recommendations

1. Full-stack vs. frontend

First, you need to decide if you need full-stack or just a frontend framework.

Most people should use a full-stack framework and not a frontend framework by itself. This allows anything sensitive such as API secrets to be handled on the server.

There are some situations in which a web application could securely use a frontend framework alone, although these are less common. This would require that the app delegate authentication to a third party and that auth be used to access APIs so that no sensitive information would ever need to be stored in the frontend.

More information: Basic Setup and Use of Podman in a Rootless environment

Enable user namespaces

sudo sh -c 'echo "user.max_user_namespaces=15000" > /etc/sysctl.d/42-rootless.conf'
sudo sysctl --system

Fixes this error:

	<rss version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="https://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:media="https://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">
	<channel>
	<title>PolyCast and ModCast</title>
	<itunes:subtitle>A Civilization Podcast Focused on Game Strategy</itunes:subtitle>
	<description>PolyCast and ModCast up to but not including Civ 7</description>
	<itunes:keywords>Sid Meier, Sid Meier's Civilization, Civilization VII, Civilization VI: Leader Pass, Civilization VI: New Frontiers Pass, Civilization VI: Gathering Storm, Civilization VI: Rise and Fall, Civilization VI, Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide, Civilization: Beyond Earth, Civilization V: Brave New World, Civilization V: Gods and Kings, Civilization VI, Civilization, Civ, Civ4, Civ5, Civ6, Civ7, CivRev, Warlords, Beyond the Sword, Sid Meier, GalCiv, Turn-Based Strategy, PolyCast, ModCast, RevCast, SCivCast, TurnCast, Firaxis, 2K</itunes:keywords>
	<itunes:author>The PolyCast.Net</itunes:author>
	<itunes:owner>
	<itunes:name>CanusAlbinus</itunes:name>