The recent privacy policy changes by Whatsapp has triggered a big migration towards similar platforms such as Signal and Telegram. But are those really better? Why? In this article we will see what are the strong and weak points of each of them from a privacy prospective.
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Have you ever needed to launch a GUI program that run at startup and goes directly into full screen mode? Probably not.. but if you do, just continue reading this post..
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WordPress requires an SQL like database. On RPI there is no MySQL database, but there is an equivalent fully compatible DB called MariaDB. After a fresh install there’s no password set up initially for the user root, so is very important to fix that. You should use the secure installation script that come along.
Continue reading “Unable to Grant Privileges on MariaDB”10 Immutable Laws of Security
Microsoft has done two things which are really good and neither of those is Windows or Office. The first one is a software called “Paint” that everyone is familiar with (Not the shitty 3D version). The second one is a paper that they wrote back in 2011 titled “Ten Immutable Laws of Security.” So this quick article is about those laws.
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Lets talk about variables in bash scripts. Nothing super technical, but this is just a small clarification article for a such useful features. But lets start from the beginning. .. What are bash variable and why a user or developer should care about it? Continue reading “Variables in Bash”
GIT_2 : Workflows: branch and fork
In the last article we discussed some basic git concept. Now I want to introduce some GIT workflows to be used while developing code in teams, that uses Pull Requests and code reviewers. In particular I want to explain how to keep the master history clean and how to avoid all those ugly merges and unnecessary commits that a lot of teams have in their master history.
Continue reading “GIT_2 : Workflows: branch and fork”GIT_1 : (not so) Basic Concepts
If you are a programmer and if your team consist of more than 1 person, then you are probably using GIT. There are two ways to use git: the wrong way and the right way. If you never used “rebase” command or if you never squashed any of your commits or if you never heard about forks, then you are probably using it wrong. Ah before we start, I assume that you are familiar with basic git terminology.
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Humans are, social animals, and because of that, they need to feel accepted (apart from engineers). Acceptance is so important, that people will end up denying the reality just to “fit in” a specific group. Seems absurd right? Continue reading “Conformity”
Climate change
Climate change is an hot topic. It is so real that we even convinced Trump, so is time to find real solutions. Are the effort that we are doing helping the environment? Are they even going to the right direction? In this small article i will try to report few numbers about the climate change that you will probably not like it. Continue reading “Climate change”
Throwing water to the Sun
This summer has been quite hot…So hot that I started to think how to turn off the sun for a while.. First thought would be to throw some water to the sun to cool it down. Will it work? After all, when you have a fire and you throw some water to it, it will cool down and eventually die off.. Can we do something similar with the Sun? Maybe throw a lot of water, like 10 time its mass to it? Continue reading “Throwing water to the Sun”