How to Remember U.S. State Abbreviations

I like maps and recently learnt the U.S. state abbreviations by heart for no particular reason. The abbreviations are highly irregular, both for logical reasons and historical reasons, which makes them especially hard to learn. I created a set of rules that may help you remember the abbreviations more easily. The rules are very straightforward, as my goal was to avoid creating rules that have multiple levels of exceptions.

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Mount a Raspi with Ubuntu

This post describes how to connect to your Raspberry Pi using the SSHFS (SSH File System) protocol over an Ethernet cable. This will allow you to edit files on the Raspberry Pi from a text editor in Ubuntu.

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