Claudio Ramirez: Post-it: how to switch to the discrete nvidia card on Ubuntu...
Another post-it note so I don’t forget (the first one is about how to purge the nvidia drivers and use the open source drivers).The nvidia drivers are often problematic, and as long the open source...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: How Wikipedia implemented link previews
You might have noticed that Wikipedia recently started enabling link previews; when you hover over a link, it displays a card with more information about the linked page.My first reaction was: what...
View ArticleFrank Goossens: bol.com: please don’t share my data with Facebook
NoScript remains one of my favorite browser addons (or plugins or whatever they’re called these days). Look what it just proposed to block while browsing bol.com (one of the big online retailers in BE...
View ArticleLes Jeudis du Libre: Mons, le 17 mai : CoderDojo, un jeu d’enfants
Ce jeudi 17 mai 2018 à 19h se déroulera la 69ème séance montoise des Jeudis du Libre de Belgique.Le sujet de cette séance : CoderDojo, un jeu d’enfantsThématique : Education | ProgrammationPublic :...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: The data protection challenges of a decentralized, social web
Last night, I read a thoughtful blog post from Sebastian Greger, which examines the challenges of implementing privacy in a decentralized, social web. As a part of my own POSSE plan, I had proposed...
View ArticleFrank Goossens: New: Autoptimize CriticalCSS.com Power-Up released!
The Autoptimize criticalcss.com Power-up has just been released to the wordpress.org plugin repository!This plugin integrates with and extends Autoptimize. It integrates with criticalcss.com, a premium...
View ArticleXavier Mertens: [SANS ISC] Adding Persistence Via Scheduled Tasks
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Adding Persistence Via Scheduled Tasks“:Once a computer has been infected by a malware, one of the next steps to perform is to keep persistence....
View ArticleXavier Mertens: [SANS ISC] Nice Phishing Sample Delivering Trickbot
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Nice Phishing Sample Delivering Trickbot“:Users have to deal with phishing for a very long time. Today, most of them remain dumb messages quickly...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: Offering more inclusive user demographic forms
© Open Demographics Initiative's gender identification questionsLast week, Nikki Stevens presented "Other, Please Specify" for TEDx at Arizona State University. In her TED Talk, Nikki shares the story...
View ArticleJeroen De Dauw: Guidelines for New Software Projects
In this blog post I share the Guidelines for New Software Projects that we use at Wikimedia Deutschland.I wrote down these guidelines recently after a third-party that was contracted by Wikimedia...
View ArticlePhilip Van Hoof: To be able to think, you have to risk being offensive
I mean, look at the conversation we’re having right now. You’re certainly willing to risk offending me in the pursuit of truth. Why should you have the right to do that? It’s been rather...
View ArticlePhilip Van Hoof: Terug normaal worden
Normaal worden is een goede zaak. Wanneer we normaal zijn, kunnen we goede wetgeving maken.Zulke wetgeving is belangrijk. We moeten bijvoorbeeld nadenken over wat we gaan doen met de kinderen van Syrië...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: Trading fashion for function
I've been using my new Apple Watch 3 for several months, and recently I've been in the market for a new band. Previously, I was using a standard synthetic rubber band. I'd come home from work, and the...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: When the Macintosh was Apple's financial lifeline
© AsymcoI love this graph. It shows that for some time, Apple's primary source of revenue was the sale of the Macintosh computer. The Macintosh provided Apple with a bridge between the desktop era and...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Remote Desktop error: CredSSP encryption oracle remediation
The post Remote Desktop error: CredSSP encryption oracle remediation appeared first on ma.ttias.be.A while back, Microsoft announced it would ship updates to both its RDP client & server components...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: Exploring Tuscany by car
We spent the weekend exploring Tuscany by car. Each day we drove through vineyards, hilltop towns and medieval cities on narrow, winding roads that often turned into unpaved backroads. Wanting to get...
View ArticleXavier Mertens: Imap2TheHive: Support for Observables
I just published a new update of my imap2thehive tool. A quick reminder: this tool is aimed to poll an IMAP mailbox and feed an instance of TheHive with processed emails. This new version is now able...
View ArticleWouter Verhelst: Digitizing my DVDs
I have a rather sizeable DVD collection. The database that I created of them a few years back after I'd had a few episodes where I accidentally bought the same movie more than once claims there's over...
View ArticleFrank Goossens: Nokia and me, reunited at last
Me and Nokia, we go a long way back; my first mobile phone was a trusty Nokia 3210 and it’s unique gaming proposition Snake.I switched it for a Nokia 7710 because I was thrilled to be able to go on the...
View ArticleWim Leers: Two big milestones in API-First Drupal
Two big “maintainability” milestones have been hit in the past few days:1. rest.module now is in a maintainable stateFor the first time ever, the issue tracker for the rest.module Drupal core component...
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