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Duck Duck Go Search from Shell
The ddgr python script is a command line interface for Duck Duck Go - a privacy-oriented search engine that, unlike Google, will not give...
Obfuscating Shell Scripts
Unix shell scripting language is run by the command-line interpreter and, as such, can be read and understood by anyone with sufficient access and...
Calls for a Retaliation after the SolarWinds Hack
Armchair admirals on CBS News are calling for a retaliatory attack against Russia after the SolarWinds hack. "We're not willing to attack. And that's what we're...
The Mystery of a Hemisphere
To make this long (and embarrassing) story short: a friend's kid had a homework assignment in geometry to calculate the surface area of a...
Raspbian ‘partitions on different devices’ Error
After downloading a Raspbian image and writing it to an SD card, you get the following error when trying to boot the Pi: "Could...
Tmux Bootstrap Configuration
Just a list of commands to quickly configure tmux with some of the best (i.e. my favorite) plugins and options. Feel free to disagree...
Find Large Files
Every time a filesystem is running out of space and I need to find something to delete, I end up googling the syntax for...
Clone Raspberry Pi SD to Larger Card
This is more of a note to myself: every time I need to clone the RPi card, I end up googling things for an...
Fixing Sudo
A decade-old massive and easy-to-exploit security hole (CVE-2021-3156) has been found in sudo allowing for full root access by any unprivileged system user. This...