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@eyecatchup
eyecatchup / hosts
Last active July 12, 2023 08:53
Disable Skype ads: 1.) Add hosts to your hosts file 2.) Flush DNS resolver cache (ipconfig /flushdns)
# Block Skype ads
127.0.0.1 *.msads.net
127.0.0.1 *.msecn.net
127.0.0.1 *.rad.msn.com
127.0.0.1 a.ads2.msads.net
127.0.0.1 ac3.msn.com
127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 adnexus.net
127.0.0.1 adnxs.com
127.0.0.1 ads1.msn.com
@kennwhite
kennwhite / vpn_psk_bingo.md
Last active November 8, 2024 20:14
Most VPN Services are Terrible

Most VPN Services are Terrible

Short version: I strongly do not recommend using any of these providers. You are, of course, free to use whatever you like. My TL;DR advice: Roll your own and use Algo or Streisand. For messaging & voice, use Signal. For increased anonymity, use Tor for desktop (though recognize that doing so may actually put you at greater risk), and Onion Browser for mobile.

This mini-rant came on the heels of an interesting twitter discussion: https://twitter.com/kennwhite/status/591074055018582016

@turicas
turicas / example_image_utils.py
Created December 10, 2011 19:04
Layer on top of Python Imaging Library (PIL) to write text in images easily
#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8
# You need PIL <http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/> to run this script
# Download unifont.ttf from <http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html> (or use
# any TTF you have)
# Copyright 2011 Álvaro Justen [alvarojusten at gmail dot com]
# License: GPL <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html>
from image_utils import ImageText
@ushkinaz
ushkinaz / cygwin-mirror-speed.py
Created October 9, 2011 19:16
Tests speed of http mirrors of cygwin
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Tests http mirrors of cygwin
"""
import random
import time
from urllib.request import urlopen
import sys
__author__ = 'Dmitry Sidorenko'