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Michael Kohl ☛ X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett
In case the above doesn’t immediately make sense, here’s the explanation: In his excellent 2004 novel Going Postal, Sir Terry describes a system of visual telegraph towers, colloquially referred to as “clacks”. As a tribute to fictitious inventor Robert Dearheart’s dead son, John, the message “GNU John Dearheart” is continuously broadcast over the system. This breaks down as follows: [...]
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TecMint ☛ Podman vs Docker Engine: Why Teams Choose Rootless Containers
For example, they could run docker run -v /:/host and access or modify host files because the Docker daemon (dockerd) runs with root privileges and executes requests received through its socket.
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Lea Verou ☛ The best way to use icons in Web UIs
What if I told you, you could use CSS to insert and tweak icons without touching any HTML? And that it could be more flexible and maintainable than what you’ve been using?
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ZDNet ☛ Disorganized files? Don’t search the void – try tags instead
When you’re looking for a file, the first place you’re going to go is probably a file manager. That makes sense: As the name would suggest, they’re supposed to make it easy for you to manage your files. Most file managers do have decent search and filter features that come in handy.
But, ironically, most people overlook these perks. Instead of using them to quickly find what they’re looking for, users will poke around directories, hoping they just remember where they left what they’re hunting for.