The Art of War: Lessons for Pirates and Anti-Pirates Alike
Jan06

The Art of War: Lessons for Pirates and Anti-Pirates Alike

People who run pirate sites and services tend to be pretty interesting individuals. Some are extraordinarily talented and smart, with technical skills that can leave one in awe. Some are funny and insightful too, while others are irritable and almost impossible to deal with. Surprise. People who work at anti-piracy companies can be pretty interesting individuals too. They also tend to be talented and smart, with technical skills in...

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Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2020
Jan06

Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2020

In terms of popularity, torrent sites have been surpassed by streaming sites in recent years. However, they remain very popular. As we enter a new year we see that The Pirate Bay has taken the lead once again, moving up from the third spot last year. After a turbulent time, the site has been relatively stable over the past twelve months, although it still doesn’t allow new users to sign up. Looking more broadly we see that the...

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Containers, networks, security, and more Ansible news
Jan06

Containers, networks, security, and more Ansible news

Crikey, you lot have been busy writing in December. We’ve got more data munging from Greg Sutcliffe; we’ve got writing modules for orchestrating security; we’ve got networks, containers and thoughts from a sysadmin. No YouTubes this month—we thought you’d have enough reading here with the articles. Enjoy! If you spot an interesting Ansible story on your travels, please send us the link via...

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How to write a Python web API with Pyramid and Cornice
Jan06

How to write a Python web API with Pyramid and Cornice

Python is a high-level, object-oriented programming language known for its simple syntax. It is consistently among the top-rated programming languages for building RESTful APIs. read...

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Create fancy text for your social media posts with this Gawk script
Jan06

Create fancy text for your social media posts with this Gawk script

Like almost everyone on the planet, I have a few social media accounts. I mostly stick to Facebook to stay up to date with friends and family and Twitter to follow a few other people. Have you ever wanted to make a post that includes italics or some other fancy formatting? You can easily change the text to italics or bold when you’re writing an email, but most social media platforms don’t provide many formatting options....

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