Game of Thrones Visibly Boosted Global Piracy Traffic
Since the release of the first episode back in 2011, Game of Thrones has conquered the hearts of many people. Unfortunately for HBO, not all of these fans have enjoyed the series through legal channels. For several years in a row, Game of Thrones has been the most pirated TV-show. This year, when the final season aired, the interest was once again overwhelming. While there have already been some numbers floating around, revealing that...
Japan: Piracy Warning Popups Could Violate Privacy
In many countries around Europe and further afield, blocking pirate sites is carried out with permission from the courts. The process is often long and expensive in the first instance but once a precedent has been set, subsequent blocking of additional sites should – at least in theory – be a much more simple affair. Japan has been struggling to introduce a similar system for some time now but has continually come up...
Navigating the Bash shell with pushd and popd
The pushd and popd commands are built-in features of the Bash shell to help you “bookmark” directories for quick navigation between locations on your hard drive. You might already feel that the terminal is an impossibly fast way to navigate your computer; in just a few key presses, you can go anywhere on your hard drive, attached storage, or network share. But that speed can break down when you find yourself going back and...
Intro to Corteza, an open source alternative to Salesforce
Corteza is an open source, self-hosted digital work platform for growing an organization’s productivity, enabling its relationships, and protecting its work and the privacy of those involved. The project was developed entirely in the public domain by Crust Technology. It has four core features: customer relationship management, a low-code development platform, messaging, and a unified workspace. read...
Why fear of failure is a silent DevOps virus
Do you recognize the following scenario? I do, because a manager once stifled my passion and innovation to the point I was anxious to make decisions, take risks, and focus on what’s important: “uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it” (Agile Manifesto, 2001). Developer: “The UX hypothesis failed. Users did not respond well to the new navigation experience, resulting in...
