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HowTo Geek ☛ Beware of these 6 inconsistent Linux commands, especially if you use another OS
Any command you run in a Linux terminal will behave the same on all systems, right? Wrong. Although Linux commands are often highly portable, there can be exceptions.
Individual commands can have different versions, like GNU’s find and BSD’s equivalent. Programs can also differ across versions of Unix, such as Solaris, IBM AIX, and macOS, or even distributions, like Alpine Linux’s BusyBox.
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DomainTools ☛ domaintools.com/blog/using-dns-to-analyze-network-infrastructure
My talk began with an overview of the history of incidents relating to Formula 1. While the outlined examples cover the popular motorsport, the incidents discussed (data leaks, ransomware, phishing, email compromise) are applicable across any industry with an online footprint that’s in the crosshairs of a financially motivated actor.
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Manuel Matuzović ☛ Setting the width of selects to the width of the selected option
The field-sizing property is coming to Firefox 152, making it available across all major engines. It allows you to control the sizing behavior of elements with a default preferred size, such as form elements.
I'll take a closer look at the field-sizing property in another blog post, but I wanted to show you a cool feature first.