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  • Linux-Fu: One at a Time, Please! Critical Sections in Bash Scripts

    You normally think of a critical section — that is, a piece of a program that excludes other programs from using a resource — as a pretty advanced technique. You certainly don’t often think of them as part of shell scripting but it turns out they are surprisingly useful for...

  • You Are a Target

    You may not realize it, but you are a target. Your computer, your work and personal accounts and your information are all highly valuable to cyber criminals. Be mindful that bad guys are out to get you. Article Source.

  • A time capsule of computer code is buried deep in the Arctic

    \ \ Buried underground near the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is the Arctic World Archive safeguarding humanity's books, documents, and data. The Archive includes the massive GitHub library of software code behind the world's open-source applications. Information in the vault is stored on special media said to be durable for...