Megaupload Pair Convicted: The Specific Crimes They Admitted in Detail
Ten years is a long period of time in anyone’s life so when former Megaupload executives Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk spotted a light at the end of the tunnel, they understandably took it. After more than a decade of fighting US extradition, the men recently reached an agreement to be charged and sentenced in New Zealand instead. Not having to spend years fighting a criminal case in the United States potentially followed by a...
Harvard Lawyers Don’t Think That Piracy is Theft, Research Finds
Most people know all too well that downloading and sharing pirated movies and TV shows is against the law. Nonetheless, millions do so on a daily basis. These pirates are not all borderline criminals. They can be doctors, veterans, police officers, or even lawyers too. In fact, many top lawyers don’t think that piracy is unethical and some even support it. This is also what Prof. Dariusz Jemielniak and Dr. Malgorzata Ciesielska...
Make a temporary file on Linux with Bash
Make a temporary file on Linux with Bash Seth Kenlon Mon, 06/27/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like When programming in the Bash scripting language, you sometimes need to create a temporary file. For instance, you might need to have an intermediary file you can commit to disk so you can process it with another command. It’s easy to create a file such as temp or anything ending in .tmp. However,...
What is distributed consensus for site reliability engineering?
What is distributed consensus for site reliability engineering? Robert Kimani Mon, 06/27/2022 – 03:00 1 reader likes this 1 reader likes this In my previous article, I discussed how to enforce best practices within your infrastructure. A site reliability engineer (SRE) is responsible for reliability, first and foremost, and enforcing policies that help keep things running is essential. Distributed consensus With microservices,...
