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Pilot-wave theory implications on the Big Questions
This draft-state article explores the implications of pilot-wave theory (see) on the "big questions" in life, assuming that pilot-wave theory is indeed adequate and that the universe is deterministic...
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Symptoms You have installed the ISPConfig server admi panel (in my case, version 3.0.5.3), all according to their guidelines called "The Perfect Server". In this case, I used the setup instructions for...
View ArticleIt all. Nothing short of it all.
In your twenties, you were a visionary. You wanted to learn it all, and fix it all. All the world. Ever realized that you cannot do everything that is meaningful in your life? When you dedicate your...
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Hiding ham in spam: Deniable communication under total surveillance
This is an intellectual challenge: how to design a generic, many-to-many communication system that prohibits surveillance entities from proving that you (1) read some website or (2) contributed content...
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How to configure HTTPS securely?
Wait, the *Secure* Socket Layer in HTTPS can be insecure? Yep, in the age of total surveillance, it can. Good news: To the best of our knowledge, there is also secure SSL still. (But don't trust me on...
View ArticleHow to make Freemind and Checkvist work together?
Checkvist is a nice, web-based ouline editor. Since it uses a hierarchical content structure, and a mindmapping software like Freemind does the same, interfacing between them can work well in theory....
View ArticleHow to fix Skype audio problems in Ubuntu 13.10 on a ThinkPad T61?
Symptoms This issue started to occur right after installing Ubuntu 13.10 on a ThinkPad T61 with an "Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)" according to lspci. So, whenever...
View ArticleHow to install AWS CLI in Ubuntu 13.10 using packages?
AWS CLI is the Amazon Web Services command line interface tool, the new unified utility to manage your cloudy Amazon things. People are usually told to install it with pip install awscli (including in...
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How to install the NEOS server 4.0?
These are the instructions for installing a generic NEOS server, which you can use for many purposes. WARNING: These instructions guide you through a successul installation of NEOS itself, but stop...
View ArticleHow to install COIN-OR Optimization Services (OS)?
We needed a fast, dedicated server to solve optimization problems. So let's install COIN-OR CBC (the MLP optimization solver we use) together with COIN-OR Optimization Services (OS) (a web service...
View ArticleHow to redirect traffic from a server to another?
Forwarding web traffic This can come in very helpful when switching servers and wanting to avoid any downtime while the updated DNS entries propagate over 48 hours through the Internet. This is esp....
View ArticleHow to create @mentions with auto-suggest and notifications in Drupal 7?
Usually, you can have mentions with e-mail notifications using the Drupal mentions module, or mentions with auto-suggest using the Drupal ckeditor_mentions module, but not both. But it turns out you...
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What is a set of recommendable basic Android applications?
This is my list of Android applications that I recommend everyone to have and install on own phones and phones prepared for clients. Of course everybody will need more apps for specialized purposes,...
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How to create the best collaborative ad-hoc database ever
For a crisis-mapping project after the 25 April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, we needed a collaborative online database that is easy to set up and maintain. I found the product on obvibase.com to be the...
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Hiding ham in spam: Deniable communication under total surveillance
This is an intellectual challenge: how to design a generic, many-to-many communication system that prohibits surveillance entities from proving that you (1) read some website or (2) contributed content...
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How to configure HTTPS securely?
Wait, the *Secure* Socket Layer in HTTPS can be insecure? Yep, in the age of total surveillance, it can. Good news: To the best of our knowledge, there is also secure SSL still. (But don't trust me on...
View ArticleHow to make Freemind and Checkvist work together?
Checkvist is a nice, web-based ouline editor. Since it uses a hierarchical content structure, and a mindmapping software like Freemind does the same, interfacing between them can work well in theory....
View ArticleHow to fix Skype audio problems in Ubuntu 13.10 on a ThinkPad T61?
Symptoms This issue started to occur right after installing Ubuntu 13.10 on a ThinkPad T61 with an "Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)" according to lspci. So, whenever...
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The end of “developing”
I am back in Germany after four months in Nepal. First impression? Germany is well-organized, super quiet, and populated by zombies. The living dead, you know. (Oh and, Germany is so flat. Very...
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Not so normal living conditions (Part 1)
So this is my home now, a 4×4 ex-firefighter truck from 1976. Bit older photo, but from the outside it still looks like this. Except it has a licence plate, means it's street legal now. It's misssing...
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