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The Problem Working with copying text between applications which use the X11 PRIMARY (eg. the quick-copy of selected text and pasting by clicking the middle...
pip – Cannot fetch index base URL http://pypi.python.org/simple/
You want to use pip to install a module from PyPI. However your server distribution in a little old (at the time of writing this...
bandwidth measurement using iperf
I wrote about using netcat to measure bandwidth between servers which works perfectly well in a minimal sort of way (and in particular between servers...
On the importance of reading the docs – PHP’s date_parse errors
It’s important to read the documentation, and then read it again once or twice. PHP’s date_parse function parses a datetime string and returns an “array with information...
GDPR for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises – specific needs and derogation
Disclaimer: I’m a Software Engineer who has spent a bunch of time working on issues relating to the GDPR from a systems design/security/process point of view....
perl =~ operator interprets a RHS expression at run-time
This article starts with a conversation about adjusting compiled perl regular expressions and a sudden realisation – which went a little along the lines of:...
How does the GDPR affect my setting of cookies?
Disclaimer: I’m a Software Engineer who has spent a bunch of time working on issues relating to the GDPR from a systems design/security/process point of view....
Is my personal project subject to the GDPR?
Disclaimer: I’m a Software Engineer who has spent a bunch of time working on issues relating to the GDPR from a systems design/security/process point of view....
Territorial Scope of the GDPR
Disclaimer: I’m a Software Engineer who has spent a bunch of time working on issues relating to the GDPR from a systems design/security/process point of...
Joining log lines with sed
It’s often the case when analysing system logs that you want to create a summary bringing together data from different lines of a log –...