Portland Black Lives Matter Mural


I tried to photograph a “Black Lives Matter” mural by stitching together 617 photos. . . . → Read More: Portland Black Lives Matter Mural

Elections 2019: Who is really getting a tax cut?

It’s Canadian federal election season again, and that means party platforms and arguments about tax cuts, deficits, and how much each campaign proposal will cost. As usual, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) provides independent estimates of the cost of campaign proposals.

But the cost to government is only one half of the . . . → Read More: Elections 2019: Who is really getting a tax cut?

AMD Polaris (RX 550) on Mageia Linux 6

I recently bought an AMD RX 550 graphics card to drive a 4K display for use with Mageia Linux 6. Not surprisingly, it did not work out of the box. The Mageia 6 kernel (4.9.43 as of Aug 2017) needs to be updated to avoid the amdgpu module from crashing, and needs further kernel updates . . . → Read More: AMD Polaris (RX 550) on Mageia Linux 6