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General Notes on C

Notes in an attempt to document a C library.

Pointers

You can write C pointers in the following ways:

• someType* somePtr;

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• Was inspecting a REST API reference, and found that all requests are POST requests.
• Reason given was that POST requests are more secure than GET requests, presumably because you don't send data in the URL query
• But...insufficient reason?
• API key is sent in header.
• Otherwise no difference in the interface; comes down to how the REST API server resolves the request.
• POST requests are usually used to create resources.
  • https://restfulapi.net/idempotent-rest-apis/
  • Each POST request creates a new resource on the server, and is therefore not expected to be idempotent
• So having all REST endpoints as POST endpoints is weird because

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Dungeon Master Notes

Open5e

• Online docs for 5e rules, based on the SRD 5.1 (System Reference Document) made available under OGL 1.0a (Open Gaming License)
• https://open5e.com/combat/attacking.html

Alt Damage Rules

• More dice: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?253337-alternate-d20-damage-rules

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Prisma Notes

Related libraries

• GraphQL nexus-prisma plugin: https://nexus.js.org/docs/database-access-with-prisma
• PhotonJS GraphQL subscriptions example: https://github.com/prisma/photonjs/tree/master/examples/typescript/graphql-subscriptions
• Prisma 2 repository: https://github.com/prisma/prisma2
• Prisma GraphQL-Yoga library: https://github.com/prisma/graphql-yoga

Docs

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Adyen Notes

General API docs notes

• https://docs.adyen.com/api-explorer/#/CheckoutUtility/v1/originKeys

• All REST endpoints are POST endpoints.

• All POST requests should have the following headers:

  • "Content-Type: application/json"

• "X-API-KEY: $YOUR_KEY"

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Security Articles August 2019

GIJN Digital Security

Good resource. Many cheatsheets at the bottom of article.

Source: Global Investigative Journalism Network, "Digital Security". Available: https://gijn.org/digital-security/

Digital security basics.

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Archival Tools Eval

• Awesome Self-Hosted#archiving-and-digital-preservation-dp

CollectiveAccess

• https://collectiveaccess.org/
• Massive tool. Requires MySQL DB, web server, and two binaries:
  • Providence
• Pawtucket

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WCAG 2.0 Guidelines for Colour Contrast

WCAG 2.0 Guideline

• Relative Luminance Definition: Formulae

Web-Based Tools

• contrast-ratio by LeaVerou
• WebAIM Contrast Checker

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Distributed writing (WIP)

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction

1. Introduction

• Writing is a result of a tension between lone creative work and collaborative work.

• Lone creative work is necessary because writing involves being able to form (and re-form continually) and manage a clear mental

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Great resources for learning HTML

• Don’t Fear the Internet: http://dontfeartheinternet.com/

  • Great beginner’s resource, written from a beginner’s point of view. Jessica Hisch is a great person to follow in general.

• Scrimba: https://scrimba.com/

  • Interesting learning platform — courses are videos that you can type inside of.

  • Has courses for all levels.

• Smashing Magazine: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/articles/

  • Design oriented, and written in conversational style. May need a bit of searching to get to the articles you want.

  • Great for all levels, beginner to advanced.