SSH Configuration

secure-shell devops

16 Jul 2015

If you use OpenSSH to connect to SSH servers on a regular basis, you may benefit from using an SSH configuration file. This will help you to shorten long commands:

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Friendly UW Email Addresses

email university-of-waterloo

19 Sep 2014

If you have a number in your University of Waterloo email address (e.g. j9smith@uwaterloo.ca), log in to WatIAM, navigate to “Update Profile”, switch to the “Email Configuration” tab, and check if you have a “Friendly email address” available to you. You may be able to claim the alias for your firstname.lastname (e.g. john.smith@uwaterloo.ca)!

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Learning by Struggling

education

28 Aug 2014

…praising someone's process ("I really like how you struggled with that problem") versus praising an innate trait or talent ("You're so clever!") is one way to reinforce a growth ­mindset with someone. Process­ praise acknowledges the effort; talent­ praise reinforces the notion that one only succeeds (or doesn't) based on a fixed trait.

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Writing an Outstanding Résumé

résumé

27 Aug 2014

Being strikingly different is sometimes just a matter of doing what everyone ought to do, and then doing it a bit better.

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Hello, World!

26 Aug 2014

Hello, World!

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