Earn $1 Million by Snitching on Companies that “Copy That Floppy’
In the early nineties, software companies already realized that piracy posed a major threat to their business. Computers became more popular and millions of people broke the law by copying floppies, without the permission of copyright holders. Don’t Copy That Floppy This illicit activity was a thorn in the side of the Software Publishers Association. In an attempt to educate the masses, it released the “Don’t Copy That Floppy”...
RuTracker Crowdfunding Drive Raises Cash To Seed Old & Rare Files
Thousands of torrent sites have come and gone over the years but only a handful of large public sites have stood the test of time. The Pirate Bay is an obvious example but in Russia and surrounding countries, RuTracker is king. This massive torrent site and tracker has endured many storms but has still managed to stay afloat for more than 16 years. Like all torrent sites, to a great extent, RuTracker relies on its users to seed and...
Build a home thermostat with a Raspberry Pi
My wife and I moved into a new home in October 2020. As soon as it started getting cold, we realized some shortcomings of the home’s older heating system (including one heating zone that was always on). We had Nest thermostats in our previous home, and the current setup was not nearly as convenient. There are multiple thermostats in our house, and some had programmed heating schedules, others had different schedules, some had...
4 open source tools for running a Linux server
In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I’ll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Here are four open source tools for turning any device into a Linux server. Sometimes I detect a certain mystique around the idea of a server. Many people, should they have an image in their mind at all, think servers must be big, heavy, rack-mounted machines, carefully maintained by an overly...
5 tips for choosing an Ansible collection that’s right for you
In August 2020, Ansible issued its first release since the developers split the core functionality from the vast majority of its modules and plugins. A few basic Ansible modules remain part of core Ansible—modules for templating configuration files, managing services, and installing packages. All the other modules and plugins found their homes in dedicated Ansible collections. read more Powered by...
