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    HTTPS Methods and Status Codes

    April 6, 2021 - By [email protected]

    A curated list of HTTPS methods and status codes for quick reference by web devs.

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  • Privacy in the Age of IoT
    IoT - Privacy & Security

    Privacy in the Age of IoT

    April 1, 2021 - By [email protected]

    The advent of internet enabled ever-connected smart devices in our everyday lives has led to a large-scale proliferation of the Internet of Things into every aspect of our modern lives. It has now become more important than ever to understand the security and privacy risks associated with connected devices. With…

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  • How-to Guides - Technology

    Updating Email ID and Author Name from multiple commits in Git

    January 31, 2019 - By [email protected]

    Multiple Commits: git filter-branch --commit-filter '        if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_NAME" = "" ];        then                GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="";                GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="";                GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="";                GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="";                git commit-tree "$@";        else           …

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  • Fedora - How-to Guides - Python - Technology - Uncategorized - Vim

    Bulk renaming PDFs to their Title names from PDF Metadata

    August 4, 2017 - By [email protected]

    My requirements for organizing a huge number of PDF e-books:- - An automated way of renaming all of these e-books to their actual titles. - Removing all duplicate files. My solution:- - git clone https://github.com/sayak-sarkar/pdf-title-rename - export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:$(pwd)/xmp.py - python pdf-title-rename/pdf-title-rename.py /* - ./remove_duplicate.sh

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  • How-to Guides - JavaScript - Technology - Web Development

    Working around untrusted certificate errors in Express JS

    August 2, 2017 - By [email protected]

    Quick workaround for Error: DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT and UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE while using express requests.

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    Rebooting the Bugsmith’s Blog

    July 26, 2017 - By [email protected]

    It's been a long long time since I last posted in this space. I guess I had been a bit too caught up with life and had been overly focused on my job. So, enough with the slacking around for so long. It's time to reboot the Bugsmith and get…

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  • How-to Guides - Technology - Vim

    Using Vim to generate HTML output of code

    April 28, 2016 - By [email protected]

    This is an interesting bit that I learnt about from an email in a mailing list by James Pryor. To generate html output for code within a shell script you can use: vim myscript.sh '+syntax on' '+ set nu' '+set background=light' +TOhtml '+w myscript.html' '+qall!' If you don’t want numbers…

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  • Fedora - How-to Guides - Sublime Text - Technology

    Installing EditorConfig on Sublime Text

    January 7, 2016 - By [email protected]

    To install Editor Config on Sublime Text all you need to do is to follow the following steps:- Go the Preferences tab -> Package Control. Select Install Package from the drop down menu. Wait for the list to load, once it loads it will show you a list of packages.…

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  • Fedora - How-to Guides - Technology

    Installing Sublime Text 3 on RHEL / Fedora

    November 5, 2014 - By [email protected]

    Here’s another three step guide to installing Sublime Text 3 on RHEL 6,7 / Fedora 18, 19, 20:- Download the installation script from the following gist. https://gist.github.com/sayak-sarkar/11b039f398ddcae88139 Extract it to your home directory [or anywhere you like]. $tar -xvf gist11b039f398ddcae88139-e339084ef22e956ea6ef8d04f8279ca70772f534.tar.gz Open your terminal (preferably as super user), navigate to your…

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  • AngularJS - How-to Guides - Kendo UI - Technology - Web Development

    Creating scrollable Charts using Angular-Kendo

    May 26, 2014 - By [email protected]

    Creating Scrollable Charts: Horizontal scrolling of Charts is not supported out of the box in Kendo UI, however it can be achieved using a bit of custom styling. Basic steps: Set overflow: auto of the <div class="chart-wrapper">; Set width of the aforementioned div; Set width of the <div id="chart"> to…

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