Easily Reproducible Development Environments With Nix and direnv

Easily Reproducible Development Environments With Nix and direnv
Automatic (re)loading of development environments without polluting the operating system and requiring no VMs or containers Tom Feron Jan 22, 2020 · 7 min read…

January 18, 2021 at 10:21AM
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NGINX — Disable direct access (via http and https) to a website using IP address

NGINX — Disable direct access (via http and https) to a website using IP address
Knoldus Inc. Mar 23, 2018 · 2 min read For the requirements wherein direct access to a website using IP address has to be disabled/blocked, following steps can…

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What, Exactly, is Entropy?

What, Exactly, is Entropy?
Top highlight A very disordered system, but not necessaily high in entropy. Cole Persch Dec 5 · 5 min read Entropy is a bit of a buzzword in modern science.…

December 26, 2020 at 02:34PM
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How To Have The Courage To Be Disliked

How To Have The Courage To Be Disliked
Top highlight Don’t let your past mess up your future. Peter Burns Sep 23 · 10 min read Photo by Japheth Mast on Unsplash “No experience is a cause of success…

December 26, 2020 at 02:03PM
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Ask Ethan: Why Doesn’t Gravity Happen Instantly?

Ask Ethan: Why Doesn’t Gravity Happen Instantly?
When you look at the Sun, the light you’re seeing isn’t the light that’s being emitted right now. Instead, you’re seeing light that’s a little more than eight…

December 26, 2020 at 01:12PM
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Becoming Root Via a Misconfigured PATH

Becoming Root Via a Misconfigured PATH
Linux privilege escalation by exploiting a misconfigured PATH variable Vickie Li Nov 11 · 4 min read Photo by Kevin Horvat on Unsplash . Welcome back to the…

December 12, 2020 at 10:06AM
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Essay.dev

Essay.dev
Essay.dev is a blogging service by OneGraph that lets you publish your own blog by creating an issue on GitHub. Create an issue on OneGraph/essay.dev and it…

December 12, 2020 at 09:35AM
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Researchers identify a new personality construct that describes the tendency to see oneself as a victim

Researchers identify a new personality construct that describes the tendency to see oneself as a victim
A new personality construct has been defined that describes people who persistently see themselves as victims within interpersonal conflicts. The research was…

December 12, 2020 at 09:03AM
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This Is How I Hacked My Neighbors Computer

This Is How I Hacked My Neighbors Computer
Not only websites and companies get hack, A real life story c0d3x27 Nov 26 · 4 min read Photo by Azamat E on Unsplash Disclaimer: This a person I’m friends with…

December 11, 2020 at 02:44PM
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Mathematician Solves Centuries-Old Grazing Goat Problem Exactly

Mathematician Solves Centuries-Old Grazing Goat Problem Exactly
Here’s a simple-sounding problem: Imagine a circular fence that encloses one acre of grass. If you tie a goat to the inside of the fence, how long a rope do you…

December 10, 2020 at 10:02AM
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TED: Lori Gottlieb asks: What if the stories we tell ourselves are wrong?

&Stories help you make sense of your life -- but when these narratives are incomplete or misleading, they can keep you stuck instead of providing clarity. In an actionable talk, psychotherapist and advice columnist Lori Gottlieb shows how to break free from the stories you've been telling yourself by becoming your own editor and rewriting your narrative from a different point of view. This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with DuPont. TED editors featured it among our selections on the home page. Read more about the TED Institute.;

The Myth Of Sisyphus: How To Find Meaning In A Meaningless World

The Myth Of Sisyphus: How To Find Meaning In A Meaningless World
Top highlight Lessons from Camus on how to live with purpose. Nate Muller Sep 16 · 5 min read Photo by Keith Jonson on Unsplash France, 1940. French troops are…

December 9, 2020 at 10:31AM
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Guess Who Just Achieved Quantum Supremacy

Guess Who Just Achieved Quantum Supremacy
There were many doubts as to whether or not quantum computing could ever become a reality. The circuitry relies on tricky manipulation of ions and photons, or…

December 9, 2020 at 09:59AM
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Very interesting video 

Didactic website on the topic: https://atomicschool.com/

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Jeffrey Paul: Your Computer Isn't Yours

Jeffrey Paul: Your Computer Isn't Yours
Also available in: It’s here. It happened. Did you notice? I’m speaking, of course, of the world that Richard Stallman predicted in 1997 . The one Cory Doctorow…

November 16, 2020 at 09:28AM
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Yikes, They Rewrote Evernote?

Yikes, They Rewrote Evernote?
Terry Crowley Sep 17 · 4 min read I couldn’t resist commenting on this interview with Evernote’s CEO about the project to rewrite Evernote. First, disclaimer. I…

November 12, 2020 at 07:22AM
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How to write good software technical documentation

How to write good software technical documentation
First of all, you need to understand you are not writing documentation for you, nor for your current team. You are writing documentation for the future…

November 11, 2020 at 02:10PM
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WhatsApp Business API Pricing: WhatsApp Partner Comparison (Sept 2020)

WhatsApp Business API Pricing: WhatsApp Partner Comparison (Sept 2020)
If you've gotten to this article it means you've firmly decided that you need a WhatsApp API account for your company. Now, you need to choose a WhatsApp…

November 11, 2020 at 09:14AM
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Automate Your Scripts With Expect

Automate Your Scripts With Expect
Use the power of Expect scripting language to automate your programs Kirshi Yin Oct 29 · 3 min read Photo by Jake Givens on Unsplash Expect is a powerful…

November 10, 2020 at 04:43PM
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4 Tricks to Effectively Use JSON in Python

4 Tricks to Effectively Use JSON in Python
Erik van Baaren Aug 10 · 4 min read Illustration by author Python has two data types that, together, form the perfect tool for working with JSON: dictionaries…

November 6, 2020 at 09:18AM
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