Category: How-To’s

How to do stuff with computers, like compute things…

Simulate CPU load with Python

While testing out some home automation code on my Raspberry Pi I noticed it was pretty CPU intensive. Time to bump up the overclock to squeeze more performance out of the Broadcom Arm7 processor. I wanted to keep an eye on temps as well as stability under full load so I needed to simulate CPU usage.

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Simple Android Ad blocking (no root required)

Hey, it’s 2017! Time for some new content (Yes I know I was lazy with the image). Let’s look at reducing the number of ads that you are seeing on your Android device. Maybe you Googled something dodgy and your now getting embarrassing ad suggestions, or you just plain hate ads. I won’t judge. Either way,  blocking ads on an Android device is relatively easy.

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