How I got my US F1 Visa approved after being denied once for an Ivy League University

For most people, getting into a prestigious university is the most challenging part (apart from surviving it!) of their academic journey. But that’s not true for all of us. Sometimes entering the country where your dream university is located can become even more challenging, especially if you are from a country where passport privilege is nonexistent. That’s exactly what happened to me as a citizen…

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How to avoid importing git history while pulling another repository inside your project

Sometimes you need to copy another repository into your project, especially boilerplate codes. However, you may not want to import the commit history associated with that boilerplate code repository while doing so. In this article, I will show you how to do it with an example of cloning the electron-react-boilerplate code inside my own project repo. So at first, let’s create our own project repository. Then clone…

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Fixing “Cryptsetup: Waiting for encrypted source device /swapfile…” error on Linux Boot

So you were using Ubuntu with full home folder and swap sector encryption without any problem. But you have recently updated your Ubuntu, finished your work and then rebooted. Boom! A weird error on the boot screen… By pressing F11, you can see some detailed explanation… it is probably showing that there is something wrong with your cryptsetup. Apparently the size filed is missing from…

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How to fix Screen Tearing of Linux for NVIDIA Graphics Card (Tested on Ubuntu 20.04 & GTX 980Ti)

Screen tearing is a problem that not all the Linux users are affected by it, but if you are the one who is facing this problem, this guide is for you. So how can you test if you have this screen tearing problem? Check this video out. If the vertical lines of this video always display straight as the below picture, thanks to Holy Driver,…

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