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1. The hidden cost of air quality monitoring Total comment counts : 40 Summary The article discusses the increasing trend among air quality monitor manufacturers of imposing additional costs on customers and limiting the functionality of free data plans. It highlights how some manufacturers package sensor modules into proprietary cartridges, selling them at inflated prices and preventing customers from sourcing cheaper alternatives. The article also mentions the desire of some manufacturers to push customers into subscriptions, preventing them from directly sending data to other servers....

1. macOS command-line tools you might not know about Total comment counts : 88 Summary The article lists a variety of useful command-line utilities for macOS. These include caffeinate for preventing sleep, textutil for converting file formats, mdfind for performing Spotlight searches, and various other tools for tasks such as taking screenshots, copying output to the clipboard, managing power settings, and getting information about available software updates. Each command is described along with examples of how to use them....

1. Google has a secret browser hidden inside the settings Total comment counts : 37 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary The article investigates the “Manage my account” feature on Android and finds that it takes the user out of the settings app and into an Activity embedded in Google Play Services. This Activity is using a non-default webview implementation and appears to be using a JS interface to communicate between Android and Javascript code....

1. Everything that uses configuration files should report where they’re located Total comment counts : 103 Summary As a system administrator, the author strongly believes that if a program uses a configuration file, it should have an obvious way to find out its location. The author deals with many programs that have their own normal locations for configuration files. Sometimes this is system-wide, sometimes it’s per-user, and some have both. Ideally, the program should report what (and where) their configuration files are through standard help output or explicitly mention the special way to find out in the program’s standard help output....

1. The rule says, “No vehicles in the park” Total comment counts : 150 Summary The article describes a game consisting of 27 questions about a hypothetical park where the rule is “No vehicles in the park.” The objective is to determine if this rule has been violated. The questions test the players’ understanding and interpretation of the rule, and disregards any jurisdiction or religion-specific rules. The game concludes with a comparison of the player’s results to those of others, and a discussion of the game’s purpose....

1. Anime.js – A lightweight JavaScript animation library Total comment counts : 25 Summary Anime.js is a lightweight JavaScript animation library with an easy-to-use API. It can be used to animate CSS properties, SVG, DOM attributes, and JavaScript Objects. Anime’s built-in staggering system makes complex animations easy, and it can animate multiple CSS transforms properties with different timings simultaneously on a single HTML element. It also includes built-in callbacks and controls functions to play, pause, trigger events, and control animations in reverse....

1. How to do the thing you’ve been avoiding Total comment counts : 45 Summary error Top 1 Comment Summary The author suggests that when feeling like procrastinating, one should consider the consequences of not doing the task and how that makes them feel. By doing this, the author is able to prioritize their tasks by filtering out the unimportant ones and focusing on the important ones. This technique helps the author to avoid feeling uncomfortable and sad by not completing important tasks....

1. “Exit traps” can make your Bash scripts more robust and reliable (2013) Total comment counts : 39 Summary The article suggests using the “exit trap” technique in Bash scripts to make them more reliable and ensure necessary cleanup operations. By trapping the pseudo-signal “EXIT,” commands or functions can execute when the script exits unexpectedly. This is useful in automating system administration tasks and handling expensive resources, such as creating Amazon Machine Images, to terminate the instance or server once the desired task is done....

1. Style your RSS feed Total comment counts : 40 Summary The article explains how to style and customize RSS feeds for readers who do not know what RSS feeds are or how to use them. The author explains that by using an XSL file, the XML feed can be transformed into a valid HTML document that any browser can render, allowing for customization and the inclusion of additional information about RSS feeds....

1. OpenLLM Total comment counts : 23 Summary OpenLLM is an open platform that allows businesses to deploy, fine-tune, serve, and monitor any large language models (LLMs) with ease. It supports a wide range of open-source LLMs and model runtimes, and its flexible APIs allow for serving LLMs over RESTful API or gRPC with one command. OpenLLM provides support for LangChain, BentoML, and HuggingFace to make it easy to create AI apps....