While some models of ThinkPad can charge by their USB-C port, there are many that can only be charged via the yellow rectangular power socket, referred to by Lenovo as “slim tip”.

The result being you may end up carrying two chargers around with you… a hefty ThinkPad brick with a mains plug and a compact USB-C charger for your other devices.

Recent advances in the USB-C specification allow for higher power USB-C charging.

This means you can replace the bulky ThinkPad charger with a more versatile USB-C one and embrace a lighter charging solution.

MySQL can be accessed from the command line interface (CLI). Here’s how to run SQL scripts from the CLI.

Here’s how to create Alias commands to simplify tasks on the command line. The examples given relate to retrieving IP addresses. The process is shown for Linux using Bash and Windows using PowerShell.

If your employer or university provides you with Microsoft OneDrive, you’ll know how useful it can be. But the OneDrive folder name tends to be very, very long, like “OneDrive - The University of Quahog”. The long name can get in the way, for example when in the prompt of an IDE, in a terminal session or when browsing files in Explorer. One simple command, mklink, can fix that.

Windows ships with OpenSSH. Here’s how to update the version then use it with MFA option FIDO2 + a hardware security key, such as a YubiKey.

Give your Raspberry Pi’s command-line a boost by adding Oh My Posh and add a few other neat utilities. Before starting, make sure your Pi is running a 64bit operating system, such as Raspberry Pi OS , Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop or Server and Manjaro 22.04 .

Here’s how to use virtual environments within Python projects to reduce the risk of version conflicts across Python projects.

The MySQL server runs as a background service. Be default, it is set to start automatically when Windows starts. You can manage this service from the Windows Services applet and from the command line.

Manim is a Python based tool that creates animations of math and technical concepts.

A single SQL statement can import a CSV file into a MySQL database table.