A little nice things
- was able to submit a write-up that should have taken less than 1 hour, but delayed for so long. Totally sorry for the delay.
- skating tests today, both JY and I failed again on the same single foot spin exam. But his spin looks nice and brave, while I took my time on some edges. The one time ice dance class and the rollerblade time definitely changed me towards the better. I can do slalom with more confidence. Even the normal edges feel better, what I need to do is put the inside foot a little bit forward, about half step in front of the outside one. That helps move the center of gravity and prepare the outside leg to either move back or front.
Before the skating, it helps to drink coffee, do some running, and like today, some dancing. After the sad pass away of Tony Bennett, I have been listening to his songs. The recording with Lady Gaga was really made with care, so good. Cannot help but to find more jazz tempo for the steps.. even though I am not sure what jazz means, Mr. Reggio said you have to feel it.
- since JY never used external monitors, I took the monitor and installed on the standing desk. The combination worked nicely (though very costly):
- Standing desk is a Fully. Very stable.
- Ergotron arm for the monitor. It is so stable and so flexible. (LX Single)
- Dell 38" U3818DW
- Dell WD19 dock, standard model for work
- Dell Precision 5540 laptop
I don't know why but previously I didn't even bother to connect the laptop or use it. Maybe that's the reason I rarely write anything. But today good things happen - the laptop was able to detect the USB-C connection to the external monitor, and everything seems normal! The native resolution is fine, no issue scrolling, etc. The built-in panel is high definition, and the scaling seems fine too.
Fedora 38
The graphic hardware on a Dell (Intel Optimus with Nvidia) is so tricky. I cannot understand the community forum threads like this and this. The external monitor only worked with a HDMI connection on Linux. If I read the posts correctly, that means HDMI is connected directly to the gGPU without iGPU in the way? But now it seems Linux can use the same USB-C connection. That saves so much work to switch between work and personal environments.