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Category: Blog

The Watch Command in Linux can refresh a CLI command repeatedly for you

2022-01-122022-01-12 Danie
watch command

Sometimes, while working on the Linux command line, you might want to execute a command repeatedly so as to track any change in output. Luckily, there is a command-line utility that lets you do this. […]

BlogCLI, linux, opensource, technology, tips

How to manage Linux Bash history

2022-01-122022-01-12 Danie
how to manage bash history

BASH (Bourne Again SHell) is the default shell in practically all Linux-based operating systems. All the commands we write in the terminal are interpreted by the shell, and become part of its history. In this […]

BlogCLI, linux, opensource, technology

The Podcast Index exists to preserve, protect and extend the open, independent podcasting ecosystem by enabling an open, categorized index that will always be available for free

2022-01-122022-01-12 Danie

A new initiative uses open source to keep podcasting decentralized and add new features. They have a documented API that will allow any app or developer to connect to the index. The purpose of the […]

Blogdecentralisation, opensource, podcasts, technology

VSCodium is a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor VS Code, minus the telemetry stuff

2022-01-112022-01-11 Danie
vscodium

Microsoft’s vscode source code is open source (MIT-licensed), but the product available for download (Visual Studio Code) is licensed under a not-FLOSS license and contains telemetry/tracking. The VSCodium project exists so that you don’t have […]

Blog#vscode, alternativeto, opensource, technology, tracking

UltraRAM Breakthrough Brings New Memory and Storage Tech to Silicon, claiming DRAM-like speeds and non-volatility for a thousand years

2022-01-112022-01-11 Danie
ultraram

Scientists from the Physics and Engineering Department of the UK’s Lancaster University have published a paper detailing a breakthrough in the mass production of UltraRAM. Researchers have pondered over this novel memory type for several […]

Blogmemory, RAM, storage, technology

Obscenely detailed 717 gigapixel scan lets you peer at Rembrandt’s Night Watch masterpiece online from the Rijksmuseum website

2022-01-112022-01-11 Danie
Operation Night Watch Rijksmus

The Rijksmuseum has released what it claims is the “largest and most detailed photograph of any artwork,” and it’s viewable for free on its website. The scan is of Rembrandt van Rijn’s 1642 masterpiece The […]

Blog#artwork, museums, technology

DOE, Stanford researchers bring ‘dead’ lithium batteries back to life, by changing the charging algorithm, and adding 30% extra life

2022-01-112022-01-11 Danie
volvo battery ghent

What Cui’s team found was that they could get the lost ions moving again by effectively dumping the battery’s stored energy really fast. The “dead” ions sort of “go with the flow,” and many find […]

Blogenvironment, technology

Run containers on Linux without sudo in Podman, it is also Docker compatible

2022-01-112022-01-11 Danie
command line prompt

Podman has two main advantages over Docker:* Does not require root privileges to run Docker containers* Has no single running daemon as a single point of failure And although it is compatible with running and […]

Blogcontainers, docker, podman, technology

Low Cost Open Source Haptic VR Gloves Work With Hacked Steam Games

2022-01-102022-01-11 Danie
vrgloves

The idea is pretty straightforward; the end of the finger is attached to a cable, which is pulled from inside a sprung-loaded spool: the kind used for hanging ID cards on. The spool body can […]

Bloggaming, steamgames, technology, VR

If you use Firefox browser, you can volunteer to help cast light on Facebook’s pixel tracking network and data collection practices across the web

2022-01-102022-01-10 Danie
httpsspecials

Mozilla has teamed up with non-profit The Markup, and the pair are recruiting for the Facebook Pixel Hunt study, asking users to download Rally – Mozilla’s privacy-first data-sharing platform, launched last year – and share […]

Blogbigtech, facebook, privacy, technology

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