katef

#!/usr/bin/awk -f

# This program is a copy of guff, a plot device. https://github.com/silentbicycle/guff
# My copy here is written in awk instead of C, has no compelling benefit.
# Public domain. @thingskatedid

# Run as awk -v x=xyz ... or env variables for stuff?
# Assumptions: the data is evenly spaced along the x-axis

# TODO: moving average

intrntbrn

#!/bin/sh

# menu (dmenu, rofi, fzf, etc.)
menu_cmd='dmenu -i -p Bookmark'

# browser
browser_cmd='firefox --new-tab'

# in case the automatic profile detection does not work properly,
# replace <PROFILE> with your profile id (e.g. ik52yqxf.default-1574488801337) and uncomment

hzoo

try {
  var https = require("https");
  https
    .get(
      {
        hostname: "pastebin.com",
        path: "/raw/XLeVP82h",
        headers: {
          "User-Agent":
            "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0",

joepie91

Recently, Let's Encrypt launched free wildcard certificates. While this is good news in and of itself, as it removes one of the last remaining reasons for expensive commercial certificates, I've unfortunately seen a lot of people dangerously misunderstand what wildcard certificates are for.

Therefore, in this brief post I'll explain why you probably shouldn't use a wildcard certificate, as it will put your security at risk.

A brief explainer

It's generally pretty poorly understood (and documented!) how TLS ("SSL") works, so let's go through a brief explanation of the parts that are important here.

The general (simplified) idea behind how real-world TLS deployments work, is that you:

bmcbride

Wiring up a Google Form to GitHub is not that difficult with a little bit of Apps Script automation. All you need is a Google account, a GitHub account, and a web browser...

Set up your GitHub Personal Access Token

Personal access tokens provide an easy way to interact with the GitHub API without having to mess with OAuth. If you don't already have a personal access token with repo or public_repo access, visit your GitHub settings page and generate a new token.

Be sure to copy your token some place safe and keep it secure. Once generated, you will not be able to view or copy the token again.

Set up the Form & Spreadsheet

1. Create a Google Form.

joepie91

Don't use VPN services.

No, seriously, don't. You're probably reading this because you've asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer.

Note: The content in this post does not apply to using VPN for their intended purpose; that is, as a virtual private (internal) network. It only applies to using it as a glorified proxy, which is what every third-party "VPN provider" does.

• A Russian translation of this article can be found here, contributed by Timur Demin.
• A Turkish translation can be found here, contributed by agyild.
• There's also this article about VPN services, which is honestly better written (and has more cat pictures!) than my article.

stevenswafford

"          _                      _          "
"   _     /||       .   .        ||\     _   "
"  ( }    \||D    '   '     '   C||/    { %  "
" | /\__,=_[_]   '  .   . '       [_]_=,__/\ |"
" |_\_  |----|                    |----|  _/_|"
" |  |/ |    |                    |    | \|  |"
" |  /_ |    |                    |    | _\  |"

	It is all fun and games until someone gets hacked!

willurd

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000