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This day six months: The day that never comes
A curious procedure used in Wesminister parliaments is the so-called ‘six months’ (or ‘three months’) amendment, which provides a method for opposing a reading of a bill by moving an amendment to the motion (e.g. ‘That the bill be now read a second time’) to… »
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GUIDE: A DIY dynamic DNS server for Linux with BIND
With last month seeing a 100% increase in the number of computers I own, I found it useful to be able to determine the IP address of my various devices, with a lightweight Linux-compatible solution. My initial solution was to use Syncthing and interface with… »
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The curious history of the previous question
While parliamentary procedure is generally very similar between American and British/Commonwealth parliaments and meetings, one curious difference arises in the notion of the ‘previous question’. While such a notion exists both sides of the Atlantic, everything from the form to the function appears to be… »
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Fix: Allow Kodi to power down and reboot Raspbian
The default settings for Raspbian seem to prevent Kodi from accessing the power-related functions it requires to shut down or reboot the system, causing its power menu to display only the ‘Exit’ option. This is particularly frustrating, as the default setup of Kodi is generally… »
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Guide: Launching EmulationStation/RetroPie from within Kodi on Raspbian (The XBone, part 2)
So you've got your Raspberry Pi to display a glorious ‘XBone’ splash screen, but what kind of bone would it be if it couldn't play games? Kodi looks kind of like a console UI, and with RetroPie, we can launch games, but how… »