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setTimeout in a loop

Why does all the output of a for loop appear at once when using setTimeout? for(var i = 0; i < 5; i++){ (function(i){ setTimeout(function(){ console.log('value is ', i); }, 3000); })(i); } When you run the above code after 3 seconds the output of all...

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certbot on Amazon Linux

Just an FYI for those caught by module not found exceptions when running certbot-auto on an AMI (Amazon Machine Image). I kept getting problems with the upgrade of certbot-auto on AMI. They say it's alpha so not a suprise. Tried rm -rf /opt/eff.org and re-run...

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Fake Your Scales in Windows XP VM

So today I had a task to find out if some legacy Weigh Bridge software would be capable of taking longer inputs for some field values Being proprietary software the answer is no... But in the process I had to fire up a Windows XP Virtual Machine and somehow convince...

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