Month: March 2021

Thai Curry Tofu

Posted on by rchapin

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1 (12 ounce) package extra-firm tofu, drained and cubed
  • 1 tablespoon seasoned salt, or to taste
  • 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 (10 ounce) can coconut milk
  • 2 teaspoons curry powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro

Instructions

  1. See the following for instructions on how to cook the tofu.
  2. Melt butter or margarine in the same skillet over medium
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Baseline Settings for a VirtualBox Instance for a GUI under Debian 10

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The following is a list of the basic VirtualBox settings to start with when using a VM with a GUI. Make sure that you have also installed the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack that is compatible with your version of VirtualBox and that you have installed the Guest Additions in the VM itself.

  • System
    • Motherboard
      • 4+GB of RAM, or whatever you have available
    • Processor
      • 2+ CPU (if you have the available cores/threads)
  • Display
    • As much Video Memory as you can
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Mousse au Chocolat or Chocolate Mousse Recipe

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Serves 8 to 10

  • 4 x 1 ounce-squares unsweetened chocolate
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 6 eggs, separated
  • 2 tablespoons dark rum
  1. In top of double saucepan combine chocolate, sugar and water. Cook over hot water, stirring occasionally, until chocolate is melted.
  2. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Remove from heat; cool.
  3. Meanwhile, in mixing bowl beat egg whites until stiff but not dry.
  4. Stir rum into chocolate mixture; pour over egg whites.
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message=class configured for SSLContext: sun.security.ssl.SSLContextImpl$TLSContext not a SSLContext When Mocking Static Methods in Class

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When mocking static classes with Junit4, Mockito and PowerMock, you may see the following log messages after annotating your test class if the code that you are testing is making HTTP connections:

message=class configured for SSLContext: sun.security.ssl.SSLContextImpl$TLSContext not a SSLContext

Your annotations for the class (or method) typically include the following:

@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
@PrepareForTest({ SomeClassYouWantToMock.class })

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Creating a Counter or Progress Bar for a Python Program

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I’ve written a number of Python apps where I would like it to print some sort of counter or progress bar to STDOUT to let me know that it is still running instead of locked up or died somehow without me being able to see it.

I had tried using a couple of different existing progress bar related modules but none of them really worked except in a very specific use case.

So, after a bit of futzing around I → Continue reading “Creating a Counter or Progress Bar for a Python Program”

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