It’s been more than five years since The PGP Problem was published, and I still hear from people who believe that using PGP (whether GnuPG or another OpenPGP implementation) is a thing they should be

Sometimes, I think I'm falling apart. Then, I talk to my friends. One spent a whole winter getting a babysitter for her toddler daughter in the middle of the day and then used the time to go to the mo

There’s no doubt that exercise does a body good. Regular activity not only strengthens muscles but can bolster our bones, blood vessels, and immune system. Now, MIT engineers have found that exercise

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More than 200,000 students at one of the largest school districts in the nation have started the school year with a major change: no cellphone use allowed. “I’ve noticed such a big difference in the c

The American mainstream media, and its vital watchdog role that once made it a trusted, major institution in a flawed yet functioning democracy, imploded in 2024, and it happened in two ways — gradual

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The voice that speaks for America belongs to one of the nihilists who threatens to castrate The Dude, the Jeff Bridges character in The Big Lebowski. After confronting the Dude who is taking a bath, t

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CPython 3.13 was released two weeks ago and this release is the most performance-oriented in some time. After a quick read of the release notes, a few things stand out for the impact they can have on

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Managing different SSH Keys for different Hosts is well-understood. Different keys for the same host (e.g., github.com), based on which GitHub Organization we’re working with, that’s… a bit trickier.

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GIMP 3.0 is a significant update for the popular open-source image editor. Now, you can try a near-final version, and possibly help discover bugs that need to be fixed. This will be the first major up

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