Robin Glauser


My Blog about Development, Design and my random thoughts.

How to get from idea to physical prototype in 3d printing

If you’d rather listen to the speech this article is about you can go here: https://www.robinglauser.ch/blog/2018/11/27/printing-a-bicycle/ Eight years ago, I was in eighth grade, and like most kids that age, I didn’t have much money. But what I did have was coins. Lots of coins. And that got me thinking about how I could make it easier to pay the … Read More


Fix Runaway argument error in Latex / Overleaf

{ \par <refgrp> \par <bibl id=”B1″> <title><p>Robot carers, ethics, a\ETC. ! File ended while scanning use of \BMCxmlcomment. <inserted text> \par l.562 \bibliography{bmc_article} % Bibliography file (usually ‘*.bib’ ) I suspect you have forgotten a `}’, causing me to read past where you wanted me to stop. I’ll try to recover; but if the error is serious, you’d better type … Read More


The 4 worst things that can happen when you start with 3d printing (and how to fix them)

A few months ago the 3D printer (Ultimaker 2+ Extended) I bought arrived and I got started with printing out stuff right away. In this article I will talk about the four worst things that happened while printing out various parts and how I fixed them. At the end of this article is a short FAQ to give you some … Read More


Chrome freezing when uploading or saving files on Windows

If you’re encountering an issue where your Google Chrome window freezes after uploading or saving a file, you’re not alone. This issue has been reported by many users and is caused by a problem with Windows Explorer. When you have fileshares that aren’t connected, this can cause Google Chrome to freeze when uploading or saving a file. This is because … Read More


Fixing Canon Error 853

Canon Error 853 is a common error that affects Canon printers and it is caused by the Secure Print feature. This feature is designed to keep sensitive information confidential by requiring a password before printing the document. However, this feature can sometimes cause issues with the printer and result in Error 853. Fortunately, there is a simple solution to fix … Read More


What is the training loss in machine learning?

Training loss in machine learning is a measure of how well the model is able to fit the training data. It is calculated by comparing the model’s predictions with the actual values in the training set, and it is typically represented as a single number or a small set of numbers. The goal of training is to minimize the training … Read More


How to Fix “No space left on device docker”

mkdir: cannot create directory ‘x’: No space left on device docker It took me a bit of time to find the solution for this, so here is a solution for the next person searching this on google. First open up the Docker Desktop app and go into the settings: Then go to Resources and there you can increase the disk … Read More


How to optimize your workflows with shortcuts and custom tools

“If I only had an hour to chop down a tree, I would spend the first 45 minutes sharpening my axe.” – Abraham Lincoln. The following relevant XKCD comic displays what calculations go on in my head when I think about automating a task. There are many things we do through the day, that could be automated or even improved … Read More


Changing Docker Container Folder on Windows Server

First stop your docker service stop-service docker Create a new folder called daemon.json in the folder C:\ProgramData\docker\config and then put the following content inside, to set a new folder for your images. { “data-root”: “d:\\dockerdata” } Then restart the Docker Service. Restart-Service Docker The images won’t be transferred to the new folder, so you’ll have to do that afterwards manually.


This job is stuck, because you don’t have any active runners that can run this job.

This job is stuck, because you don’t have any active runners that can run this job. If you get this error in your gitlab ci/cd pipeline make sure that your runner has all the tags assigned to it that the pipeline needs. So if a pipeline needs multiple tags, the runner has to have all the tags assigned to it … Read More