Custodial vs Non-Custodial Crypto Swap: Which Offers the Best Exchange Rate?
Sep18

Custodial vs Non-Custodial Crypto Swap: Which Offers the Best Exchange Rate?

If you’re planning to swap between cryptocurrencies, there is no shortage of options. Many people will use a centralized exchange such as Binance, but there are also non-custodial solutions such as Flyp.me. There are pros and cons to both models in terms of privacy, speed, and value for the money. The following review will focus solely on the latter, with a view to determining which exchange mechanism offers the best value for...

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Japan Government Presents Pirate Website Blocking Proposals
Sep18

Japan Government Presents Pirate Website Blocking Proposals

Back in March, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that the government was considering measures to prevent access to pirate sites. Manga and anime are considered national treasures and the government should consider “all measures” to prevent illegal downloading, Suga added. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the main option put forward was that of website blocking. In Japan, however, that’s not a...

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Australian Court Slams Brakes on ‘GTA V’ Cheat Developer
Sep18

Australian Court Slams Brakes on ‘GTA V’ Cheat Developer

Over the past year, there has been a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits against alleged cheaters or cheat makers. Most of the action we’ve seen thus far has taken place in the US, but there has also been some activity Down Under recently. Earlier this year Take-Two Interactive Software, the company behind ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ (GTA V), filed a lawsuit against modder Jeremy Taylor. Known under the alias...

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3 top Python libraries for data science
Sep18

3 top Python libraries for data science

Python’s many attractions—such as efficiency, code readability, and speed—have made it the go-to programming language for data science enthusiasts. Python is usually the preferred choice for data scientists and machine learning experts who want to escalate the functionalities of their applications. (For example, Andrey Bulezyuk used the Python programming language to create an amazing machine learning application.)...

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Linux firewalls: What you need to know about iptables and firewalld
Sep18

Linux firewalls: What you need to know about iptables and firewalld

This article is excerpted from my book, Linux in Action, and a second Manning project that’s yet to be released. The firewall A firewall is a set of rules. When a data packet moves into or out of a protected network space, its contents (in particular, information about its origin, target, and the protocol it plans to use) are tested against the firewall rules to see if it should be allowed through. Here’s a simple example:...

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