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The author begins by recounting their experience with trying to contact the company CloudPets about a data breach. They highlight the company’s negligence in leaving data exposed and their lack of response to contact attempts. The author questions why companies are skittish about responding to disclosure notices, attributing it to the presence of scammers looking […]
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In this web content, the author shares her personal experience with timeshare presentations and the unexpected turn of events that followed. She recounts the story of how she and her husband, initially skeptical of timeshares, ended up attending a presentation due to a special offer they received as Hilton Honors members. Despite their reservations, they […]
It’s been a thrilling week for KDE with the release of Plasma 6.0 Alpha and the announcement that Plasma 6.0 will ship with Wayland session as the default option. X11 support will still be available, but right off the bat, the system will attempt to use Wayland. This is a significant achievement for the developers […]
In the 1990s, NASA needed a safe and controlled way to test the strength of tires for their Space Shuttle. They turned to an unexpected solution: a miniature remote control version of a German Tiger II tank. The tank, named the Tire Assault Vehicle (TAV), would drill holes in the tires to release the pressure […]
This website serves one purpose: to help users find private or deleted YouTube videos by inputting the link. If you don’t have the link, sorry, but this site won’t be of any use to you. Simply copy and paste the link into the designated box and hit “Search for Captures”. Keep in mind that some […]
This web content is a compilation of various research articles on the topic of the gut-brain axis and its role in neurodegenerative diseases. It discusses the relationship between the gut microbiota, microbial metabolites, and conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and cancer. The articles explore the impact of gut dysbiosis, the role of specific […]
In this web content, the author, Preston Thorpe, shares his personal story of being a software developer and enthusiast while being incarcerated for non-violent drug crimes. He provides background on his involvement in the drug trade and his experiences in prison, highlighting the negativity and strict mindset that prevail there. However, he also discusses how […]
Spray is a simple and easy-to-use debugger for C code that aims to make debugging more approachable. The tool allows users to control the execution of running programs, inspect their state, and make modifications. It offers features such as breakpoints on functions, lines in files, and addresses, printing and setting variables, memory, and registers, as […]
Flyscrape is a powerful web scraping tool that combines the speed of Go with the flexibility of JavaScript. It focuses on data extraction and offers a highly configurable experience with 10 options to fine-tune your scraper. The standout feature of flyscrape is its ability to perform data extraction using JavaScript, making it easy to write […]
Fabrice Bellard presents an algorithm to compute the n’th digit of a mathematical constant in any base with minimal memory requirements. This algorithm is an improvement on a previous one by Simon Plouffe and has a running time of O(n log n), making it practical to compute the millionth digit of the constant. The algorithm […]