The purpose of this document is to make recommendations on how to browse in a privacy and security conscious manner. This information is compiled from a number of sources, which are referenced throughout the document, as well as my own experiences with the described technologies.
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Making a bot? Making a bot in Python? Making a bot in Python that uses the Mastodon API? If so, chances are you need to get some credentials. Here's how I did it!
(The following tutorial uses Python 2.7, but if you're using Python 3+ everything should work substantially the same.)
I just started using it, but it looks like Mastodon.py is a pretty great library for working with the Mastodon API! However, all of the authentication examples use static files to store credentials, which I don't like—I'm afraid I'll accidentally push them to Github. I like to keep my authentication as close to the actual command that runs the program as possible, so usually I pass them on the command line to the script running my bot. To do this, I need to get the appropriate credentials on their own, as separate strings that I can cut and paste.
This guide documents the steps to enable and configure Thunderbolt networking on your Linux system (e.g., Ubuntu, Proxmox). It covers loading the necessary kernel modules, ensuring persistent interface naming, configuring a fixed IP address, and testing throughput with iperf3. Note that Thunderbolt 3/4 hardware advertises a raw bandwidth of 40 Gbps, but practical throughput is typically lower due to half‑duplex operation, protocol overhead, and system constraints.
This guide was developed and tested with the following hardware:
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Magic words:
psql -U postgresSome interesting flags (to see all, use -h or --help depending on your psql version):
-E: will describe the underlaying queries of the \ commands (cool for learning!)-l: psql will list all databases and then exit (useful if the user you connect with doesn't has a default database, like at AWS RDS)
If you're reading this, you probably suggested to somebody that a particular technical problem could be solved with a blockchain.
Blockchains aren't a desirable thing; they're defined by having trustless consensus, which necessarily has to involve some form of costly signaling to work; that's what prevents attacks like sybil attacks.
In other words: blockchains must be expensive to operate, to work effectively. This makes it a last-resort solution, when you truly have no other options available for solving your problem; in almost every case you want a cheaper and less complex solution than a blockchain.
In particular, if your usecase is commercial, then you do not need or want trustless consensus. This especially includes usecases like supply chain tracking, ticketing, and so on. The whole *p
| Description=S3FS FUSE mount | |
| Documentation=https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse | |
| Wants=network-online.target | |
| After=network-online.target | |
| AssertPathIsDirectory=/mnt/s3fs | |
| [Service] | |
| Type=oneshot | |
| RemainAfterExit=yes | |
| ExecStart=/usr/bin/s3fs mybucket:/bucketdir /mnt/s3fs -o url=https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com -o use_cache=/tmp -o allow_other -o use_path_request_style -o uid=1000 -o gid=1000 |
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| import argparse | |
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