How to Solve Technical Problems by Asking Thoughtful Questions

When asking questions, it helps to meet midway by first taking steps to diagnose the issue to help narrow down the cause. Asking “thoughtful” questions that follow a structured format instead of “low-effort” one-liners helps organize a dense amount of information in an easy-to-read format. Combining prediagnosis and structured reporting solves technical problems efficiently and, therefore, faster.

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EEEN3449: Microprocessor Systems Lab

While reviewing file archives, I found the Microprocessor Systems Lab website I maintained while I was a TA in university!

Jeez, the memories…

It includes all the instructional documents I made outside of lab time.

It’s an old website, so many of the links don’t work anymore (except …

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CentOS Server

Abstract

To learn more about Internet services, I built my own home web and mail server.

Materials

I used an Acer Aspire E360 that was going to be thrown away to build a Plone web server, Dovecot mail server, and Postfix mail transfer agent.

Procedure

I installed CentOS 6 and …

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