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This article provides instructions for using a script to download a purchased McGraw Hill eTextbook as an ePub file for personal offline viewing. The author states the method is legal because the user must already own th…
The article provides instructions for installing GitHub Desktop on Ubuntu, primarily using the official Shiftkey package feed with commands to add the GPG key and repository, followed by installation via `sudo apt update…
All computer users are already programming, as actions like creating folders or renaming files translate into text-based commands and binary code. It critiques the tech industry for reinforcing a false distinction betwee…
The Hex team has launched **diff.hex.pm**, a free web-based tool that generates highlighted git diffs for any Hex package version range directly in a browser. Designed to improve supply chain security, the service allows…
The article describes the development of Hex Diff, an open-source tool for comparing Hex package versions. It explains how the project uses LiveView for a responsive search interface, reads package data from Hex via the …
This article provides instructions for activating a Windows Server edition using a Key Management Service (KMS) server. It lists command-line steps using DISM and slmgr tools to change the product edition, install a prod…
The article outlines strict formatting rules for Git commit messages, which consist of a required header (with optional scope) and optional body and footer, with each line limited to 100 characters. The header follows th…
The article explains that while GenStage is typically a pull-based system where consumers request events from producers, it can also function as a push-based system. In this push-based approach, consumers register their …
Debian and Kali Linux virtual machines running under KVM/libvirtd lack pre-installed agents like qemu-guest-agent and spice-vdagent, which prevents smooth mouse cursor movement between the guest and host. To resolve this…
This article by Johanna Larsson describes a simple pattern for implementing HTTP health checks in Plug and Phoenix applications, using a custom plug that intercepts requests to a specific path (e.g., "/health_check") and…
This article provides step-by-step instructions for installing a Ghidra server on Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS. The process involves installing the Java JDK, creating a dedicated system user, and configuring the server software wi…
This article presents a template for creating a comprehensive README.md file. It outlines essential sections including project description, installation instructions, testing guidelines, deployment notes, and credits. Th…
The article summarizes the Conventional Commits specification, a standardized format for Git commit messages that uses a structured `<type>(<optional scope>): <description>` format. It defines various commit types like `…
This article is a compiled database file for PEiD, a popular software tool used to identify packers, cryptors, and compilers in executable files. The file merges three separate "userdb.txt" sources into one comprehensive…
This article provides a bash script called `cloudsend.sh` that uses `curl` to upload files to shared folders on Nextcloud or Owncloud. The script accepts a file path and a folder link as arguments, and includes options f…
Douglas Crockford explains that he chose the MIT License for his JSON reference implementation but added the clause "The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil" in 2002. He notes that this clause has caused some indiv…
The article provides a step-by-step guide for completely uninstalling Wireshark from a macOS system. The instructions include removing the application, support files, command-line scripts, launch daemon, and system confi…
This article outlines a learning path for web development, starting with basic HTML and CSS before progressing to JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap. It emphasizes that the learning curve steepens significantly with moder…
This article describes a 4x4 pixel font stored in a C++ header file called `half_font.h`. The font is defined as a 95-character array of byte values, where each character is represented by four bytes that encode its pixe…
The article provides a step-by-step command-line guide for installing Clang 5.0 and related LLVM tools on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial). It includes commands to add the LLVM repository, install the compiler and debugging tools, …