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Daemon application able to fetch messages from supported websites and send them by mail. It can also be used to send a reply to a message (on a module which supports this feature), by piping an email to it.

Looks like it should be possible to read (perhaps even write) private messages on Reddit without having to deal with Reddit's own, pretty terrible, web interface. Worth looking into.

Using Let's Encrypt for internal servers

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blog.heckel.io › 2018 › 08 › 05 › issuing-lets-encrypt-certificates-for-65000-internal-servers

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But while there are many tools to automatically renew certificates for publicly available webservers (certbot, simp_le, I wrote about how to do that 3 years back), it's hard to find any useful information about how to issue certificates for internal non Internet facing servers and/or devices with Let's Encrypt.

Clear a Cover Song - Easy Song

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www.easysong.com › services › licensing › get-permission › cover-songs › clear-cover-songs.aspx

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Legally release your version of any song in 1--2 business days. You can talk to a real person who will handle everything for you. We clear 100% of the rights you need, guaranteed. You get proof of licensing in your email (PDF document). Each request is securely saved online in your account

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$13.59 per song plus royalties.

Conventional Commits

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www.conventionalcommits.org

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The Conventional Commits specification is a lightweight convention on top of commit messages. It provides an easy set of rules for creating an explicit commit history; which makes it easier to write automated tools on top of. This convention dovetails with SemVer, by describing the features, fixes, and breaking changes made in commit messages.

Autocracy Is Winning

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www.theatlantic.com › magazine › archive › 2021 › 12 › the-autocrats-are-winning › 620526

Today, the most brutal members of Autocracy Inc. don't much care if their countries are criticized, or by whom. The leaders of Myanmar don't really have any ideology beyond nationalism, self-enrichment, and the desire to remain in power. The leaders of Iran confidently discount the views of Western infidels. The leaders of Cuba and Venezuela dismiss the statements of foreigners on the grounds that they are "imperialists." The leaders of China have spent a decade disputing the human-rights language long used by international institutions, successfully convincing many people around the world that these "Western" concepts don't apply to them. Russia has gone beyond merely ignoring foreign criticism to outright mocking it.

Blockchain and Trust

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www.schneier.com › blog › archives › 2019 › 02 › blockchain_and_.html

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What blockchain does is shift some of the trust in people and institutions to trust in technology. You need to trust the cryptography, the protocols, the software, the computers and the network. And you need to trust them absolutely, because they're often single points of failure.

When that trust turns out to be misplaced, there is no recourse. If your bitcoin exchange gets hacked, you lose all of your money. If your bitcoin wallet gets hacked, you lose all of your money. If you forget your login credentials, you lose all of your money. If there's a bug in the code of your smart contract, you lose all of your money. If someone successfully hacks the blockchain security, you lose all of your money. In many ways, trusting technology is harder than trusting people. Would you rather trust a human legal system or the details of some computer code you don't have the expertise to audit?

The Amazon's Little Tipping Points: Nearing a point of no return?

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www.reuters.com › investigates › special-report › climate-un-amazon-tipping-point

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Some scientists fear we are nearing a point of no return in the Amazon rainforest, which exerts power over the carbon cycle like no other terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. Evidence is mounting that in certain areas, localized iterations of irreversible damage may already be happening.

The Nazis as occult masters? It's a good story but not history

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aeon.co › ideas › the-nazis-as-occult-masters-its-a-good-story-but-not-history

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The problem with this alluring image is not just that it is false. The myth of Nazi occultism is more than an amusing curiosity, a testament to the power of cinematic suggestion. It actively detracts from a historical understanding of the very themes it highlights. It yields a distorted view of Nazism and a distorted view of occultism. But it also offers an occasion for critical reflection, a chance to see how we might make better sense of the tangled history of occultism in the Nazi era. It might even help us to understand Nazi evil and the not-so-hidden forces behind it.