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2026-07-18 11:14:10 UTC

Fun fact: Blocking gstatic {.} com at DNS level causes so many 3rd party apps and web site stops working. While blocking tracking domains is a standard privacy practice, gstatic {.} com is now a structural pillar of the modern internet run by Google. Google says it is not designed to collect personal data, it exists to deliver infrastructure like JS, CSS, reCAPTCHA, Fonts, APIs, SDKs and more. Blocking it almost always causes more usability issues than it solves privacy concerns 😂

2026-07-14 18:09:57 UTC

Measuring input latency on Linux: X11 vs Wayland, VRR, and DXVK
https://marco-nett.de/blog/measuring-input-latency-on-linux-x11-vs-wayland-vrr-dxvk/
#linux #gaming

2026-06-21 18:16:05 UTC

OpenTofu is a free and open source IaC (Infrastructure as Code) tool that lets you define, cloud provision, and manage tech infrastructure using configuration files. If you are familiar with Terraform, OpenTofu is quite literally a direct, drop in replacement for it due to Terraform drama in 2023 (HashiCorp made Terraform changes and it is no longer open-source) https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu

2026-06-17 12:48:56 UTC

how did you become a coder? 🤔

2026-06-17 04:02:46 UTC

Step 1: Open terminal
Step 2: Type `alias nano='vim -c "smile"'`
Step 3: Enjoy this whenever someone type `nano`!
#SysAdmin #Linux #FreeBSD
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2026-06-01 18:24:29 UTC

Real-time Raspberry Pi system monitoring dashboard for Linux terminals with live telemetry, hardware health analysis, and low-flicker rendering.
https://github.com/WastelandSYS/systempi
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2026-05-09 12:05:53 UTC

Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users
Google has tied its next-generation reCAPTCHA system to Google Play Services on Android, meaning anyone running a de-Googled phone will automatically fail verification when the system decides to challenge them. Another day another Google take over the world, open web and mobile ecosystems. This battle seems to be lost already because governments are ignoring shenanigans of Google.