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about:config settings to harden the Firefox browser. Privacy and performance enhancements.
To change these settings type 'about:config' in the url bar. Then search the setting you would like to change and modify the value. Some settings may break certain websites from functioning and rendering normally. Some settings may also make firefox unstable. I am not liable for any damages/loss of data.

Not all these changes are necessary and will be dependent upon your usage and hardware. Do some research on settings if you don't understand what they do. These settings are best combined with your standard privacy extensions (~~HTTPS Everywhere~~ No longer required: Enable HTTPS-Only Mode, NoScript/Request Policy, uBlock origin, agent spoofing, ~~Privacy Badger~~ etc), and all plugins set to "Ask To Activate".

Understanding the Memory Layout of Linux Executables

Required tools for playing around with memory:

hexdump
objdump
readelf
xxd
gcore

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How to add a collapsible section in markdown

1. Example

Click me

Heading

Foo
Bar
- Baz

Qux

Useful Bookmarklets

How to use:

Create a bookmark and replace URL with either of the listed codes

Easier: (google chrome)

Triple click to the whole thing
COPY!
Now hit [CTRL] + [D]

I'm getting adverts in my TV's UI, help!

Samsung's otherwise excellent 2016 range of UHD TVs received an update that added advertisements to the UI. This has been complained about at great length on Samsung's forums and repeatedly, Samsung have refused to add an option to remove them.

The ads interrupt the clean UI of the TV and are invasive. Here's an example of how they look:

This guide was originally posted on Samsung's TV forums but unfortunately, that site is a super-slow and barely accessible unusable mess.

	#!/bin/bash
	export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

	### Thanks Xream's Work XD

	# if you don't have several vpn servers to select, you can comment following line
	# and use your openvpn config file name to replace "${host}.ovpn" in while loop.

	read -p "Select the host: " host

	// Just before switching jobs:
	// Add one of these.
	// Preferably into the same commit where you do a large merge.
	//
	// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public",
	// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions.
	// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here.
	//
	// Contributors: @r2d2rigo, @joeldevahl, @msinilo, @_Humus_,
	// @YuriyODonnell, @rygorous, @cmuratori, @mike_acton, @grumpygiant,

	{ config, pkgs, ... }:

	let
	hostname = "luz3";
	in {
	imports =
	[ # Include the results of the hardware scan.
	./hardware-configuration.nix

	# I use VirtualBox to connect to Windows and Linux guests

	# Thanks to commenters for providing the base of this much nicer implementation!
	# Save and run with $ python 0dedict.py
	# You may need to hunt down the dictionary files yourself and change the awful path string below.
	# This works for me on MacOS 10.14 Mohave

	from struct import unpack
	from zlib import decompress
	import re
	filename = '/System/Library/Assets/com_apple_MobileAsset_DictionaryServices_dictionaryOSX/9f5862030e8f00af171924ebbc23ebfd6e91af78.asset/AssetData/Oxford Dictionary of English.dictionary/Contents/Resources/Body.data'
	f = open(filename, 'rb')