Tag: workarounds

  • Nested Variable Inheritance with Ansible: How to use a variable that refers to one of several lists of values

    So what do we mean by “nested variable inheritance” anyhow? We mean that we want to use the value of a variable, to refer to another variable which contains a list of values. We’re “inheriting” the name of the list, and then using the values contained in the list when evaluating an expression. In our…

  • Slow DNS on Ubuntu?

    Experiencing 3 second lookup times from DNS? Me, too. Here’s how I fixed it. Edit /etc/nsswitch.conf and move dns before mdns4_minimal on the hosts: line. Like so: hosts: files dns mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] And restart networking: sudo service network-manager restart That seems to have fixed it for me.

  • Adding Subfolders to My Drive in Google Drive

    Adding Subfolders to “My Drive” in Google Drive / Syncing individual folders to Drive Desktop Problem: Drive doesn’t (easily) allow you to ONLY add a subfolder to “My Drive”. This becomes problematic when you wish to sync only certain files using the Google Drive desktop application. Read below for the two workarounds (I personally prefer…