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Browse the comments on virtually any story about a ransomware attack and you will almost surely encounter the view that the victim organization could have avoided paying their extortionists if only they’d had proper data backups. But the ugly truth is there are many non-obvious reasons why victims end up paying even…
In this article, I’m gonna show you step by step how to design an enclosure just like this with the help of modeling clay and Photogrammetry.
First of a series of articles focused on the research and development of a fully open source CG production pipeline.
To win first place at a hackathon, you need to combine multiple components... and that's not always possible. Here's how to make the most of your next hackathon without coming in 'first place'.
I recently got a new Macbook, and began setting up the Nix package manager to install my developer toolset. I mainly did this to try and have a working setup without installing Homebrew. Since I ran into a few issues, I wanted to briefly document what I did and why in case others wanted to try the same. Why Nix? (and…
This article is about how to use the 'tail' command. Here is an overview of how you can use the 'head' and 'tail' commands to output different parts of a file:
External Links Yuki Subs Guides has a master list of guides of all you need to know about anime encoding. Also, go visit my MPC-HC + MadVR, mpv, and SVP 4 setup guide! Table of Contents x265 Settin…
Hydroponic farming is a method of growing crops without soil, with the main benefits of environmental and nutrient control, water conservation, and reduction of labor. This technique relies on a number of technologies that the principles of automation can be applied in order to improve yield and consistency. In this…
Since 2020 is made for pain, I decided to make some big moves that I have been putting off for a while. The email migration took a while, but the new setup is so much better. My reliance on Google as a company is very minimal now. I am very
Published: 10-07-2021 | Author: Remy van Elst | Text only version of this article
Describes a regular expressions technique to match a word or pattern except in certain contexts: excluding tags, ignoring contents, word blacklist.
Intro The goal of this tutorial is to describe Python development ecosystem. It can be helpful for someone coming to Python from another programming language. They say that you should stick to algorithms and data structures, that you can learn a new language in just a couple of weeks, that it’s just a new syntax. I…
Yes, mocking has a mostly negative meaning! Only this - to imitate (someone or something) closely - doesn't feel negative.
Best Practices vary from environment to environment, and there is no One True Answer, but still, this represents a consensus from #git and in some cases helps you frame the discussion for the generation of your very own best practices.
Everyone 1 and their dog 2 loves Git. I know I do. It works, it’s efficient, it has a brilliant data model, and it sports every feature under the sun . In 13 years of using it, I’ve never found myself needing a feature it didn’t have. Until recently.
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Knowledge work is unique among skilled professions in that we lack a culture of systematic improvement. Other skilled trades – from carpenters to welders
document organizer with tags and full-text-search, in a simple and clean sqlite3 schema
Documentation and guides from the team at Fly.io.
During August 2009, we went on a number of field trips to health centers in remote areas of Thailand and Cambodia. The idea was to conduct a...
Measure with Music: How to Read Analog Sensors Using a PC Sound Card
View this page on my new site This review is largely in response to the article "It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code", and the ensuing Redd...
A long-standing objection to making bulk changes to code using automated tools (e.g. to conform to a given code style) is that it clutters the output of git blame. With git 2.23, this does not have to be the case anymore! In this post I will start by explaining the value of git blame and […]
I’ve been delving deeper into the vast and strange world of knowledge organizing tools (notes apps, contact organizers, personal search engines). During this rather abstract expedition, one of my goals has been to emerge with some opinionated thesis about the way these tools should be designed to harbor and extend our…
One person's entry-level contribution is another person's difficult bugfix or backport.
