https://thefourtheye.in/ Recent content on thefourtheye.in Hugo -- gohugo.io en sakthi@thefourtheye.in (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) sakthi@thefourtheye.in (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) Fri, 02 Feb 2024 04:14:54 -0800 https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2025/03/31/deadlock-with-java-executor/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:16:15 +0530 sakthi@thefourtheye.in (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2025/03/31/deadlock-with-java-executor/ Demonstrates how ThreadPoolExecutor can cause deadlocks when parent tasks wait for child tasks that require the same executor. Shows deadlock scenario and potential workarounds. https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2017/05/21/emacs-cheat-sheet/ Sun, 21 May 2017 21:37:45 +0530 sakthi@thefourtheye.in (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2017/05/21/emacs-cheat-sheet/ A practical Emacs cheat sheet for vim users transitioning to Emacs. Covers essential key combinations for file operations, window splitting, cursor movement, editing, and copy-paste. https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2017/02/21/javascript-lookbehind-regex-alternative/ Tue, 21 Feb 2017 21:33:13 +0530 sakthi@thefourtheye.in (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2017/02/21/javascript-lookbehind-regex-alternative/ Workaround for JavaScript's lack of regex lookbehind using a two-step replace-and-split approach with a marker character to match conditional commas. https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2016/11/15/js-quirks-stringified-numbers/ Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:38:30 +0530 sakthi@thefourtheye.in (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2016/11/15/js-quirks-stringified-numbers/ JavaScript quirk: stringified negative binary, octal, and hex numbers like '-0x1' return NaN when converted to numbers because only decimal literals can have signs per ECMAScript spec. https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2016/03/06/dsl-2730u-routers-ipv6-problem-in-ubuntu/ Sun, 06 Mar 2016 20:32:00 +0530 sakthi@thefourtheye.in (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2016/03/06/dsl-2730u-routers-ipv6-problem-in-ubuntu/ Fix for DSL-2730U router not supporting IPv6 causing GitHub connection failures in Ubuntu. Solution disables IPv6 via sysctl.conf settings. https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2016/02/03/sane-ecmascript-6-generators/ Wed, 03 Feb 2016 20:47:00 +0530 sakthi@thefourtheye.in (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2016/02/03/sane-ecmascript-6-generators/ Comparing ES6 Generators to Python generators - shows key difference where breaking out of a for-of loop closes the generator in JavaScript but not in Python. https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2016/01/10/sublime-text-3-unhiding-menu-in-ubuntu/ Sun, 10 Jan 2016 20:44:00 +0530 sakthi@thefourtheye.in (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2016/01/10/sublime-text-3-unhiding-menu-in-ubuntu/ Simpler method to toggle Sublime Text 3 menu visibility using keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+M) instead of editing config files. https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2015/02/15/python-35-and-django-17s-htmlparseerror/ Sun, 15 Feb 2015 13:20:00 +0530 sakthi@thefourtheye.in (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2015/02/15/python-35-and-django-17s-htmlparseerror/ Python 3.5 removed html.parser.HTMLParseError which breaks Django 1.7. Workaround involves upgrading Django or applying the django-autoconfig patch to fix the compatibility issue. https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2015/02/01/ubuntu-overlapping-displays-while-scaling-dual-monitor-setup/ Sun, 01 Feb 2015 12:58:00 +0530 sakthi@thefourtheye.in (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2015/02/01/ubuntu-overlapping-displays-while-scaling-dual-monitor-setup/ Fix for overlapping displays when using xrandr --scale on dual monitor setup in Ubuntu. Shows how scaling affects virtual screen size and how to properly configure multiple monitors. https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2014/12/30/python-venv-problem-with-ensurepip-in-ubuntu/ Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:52:00 +0530 sakthi@thefourtheye.in (Sakthipriyan Vairamani (thefourtheye)) https://thefourtheye.in/posts/2014/12/30/python-venv-problem-with-ensurepip-in-ubuntu/ Fix for Python 3.4 venv issues on Ubuntu 14.04. Workaround involves creating venv without pip first, then manually installing pip using get-pip.py bootstrap script.