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Politeness and the Pigeon

Politeness and the Pigeon

September 14, 2023
Politeness is briefly defined as “the practical application of good manners or etiquette so as not to offend others.” It…
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The Predatory Lie of YouTube Success

The Predatory Lie of YouTube Success

July 26, 2023
Whenever you watch a video about how to be successful on YouTube and why your videos aren’t performing, you’ll always…
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Web Environment Integrity Must Be Stopped: Enslavement By “Remote Attestation”

Web Environment Integrity Must Be Stopped: Enslavement By “Remote Attestation”

July 22, 2023
“Web Environment Integrity” is a specification being worked on by Google employees and prototyped into Chromium, the open-source core of…
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Right to Repair: Why Freedom and Access Are So Important

Right to Repair: Why Freedom and Access Are So Important

June 3, 2022
The one huge important thing about repairing things yourself is the same huge important thing about maximally empowering individuals to…
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Don’t destroy used hard drives! Wipe them and reuse or sell them with confidence!

Don’t destroy used hard drives! Wipe them and reuse or sell them with confidence!

June 30, 2021
The advice to not use a hard drive from eBay is not the best advice. You should fully wipe the…
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I made youtube-dl faster for archivists…and solved a worst-case programming problem elegantly in the process

I made youtube-dl faster for archivists…and solved a worst-case programming problem elegantly in the process

September 18, 2020
Update: there is an addendum at the end of this article; I mention it because yes, in the end, I…
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A CHALLENGER APPEARS: “fclones”…fastest duplicate scanner ever? It’s complicated.

A CHALLENGER APPEARS: “fclones”…fastest duplicate scanner ever? It’s complicated.

July 11, 2020
While perusing my link referrals on GitHub, I noticed this thread where my duplicate scanner jdupes was mentioned. I then…
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Manny the Martyr – Be That Way MP3 (public domain, CC0, royalty free music)

Manny the Martyr – Be That Way MP3 (public domain, CC0, royalty free music)

May 20, 2020
When the wonderful public domain music website FreePD.com finished its redesign, this song went missing on “Page 2” and it’s…
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Shell script that converts Sage PRO exported text (.out files) to CSV text format

Shell script that converts Sage PRO exported text (.out files) to CSV text format

February 16, 2020
I have had this tool lying around since 2014. I wrote it once for a business that needed to convert…
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What WON’T speed up the jdupes duplicate file finder

What WON’T speed up the jdupes duplicate file finder

December 16, 2019
Some of you are probably aware that I’m the person behind the jdupes duplicate file finder. It’s amazing how far…
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