Babbling ’bout tech
Category: Techno Babble
Airbnb Starts to Play Nice With Cities
Since 2016, Airbnb has sued more than a half dozen US cities and other government agencies over local ordinances regulating the short-term-rental industry and holding companies liable for ensuring the rentals comply with the law. …
How to Manage /etc with Version Control Using Etckeeper on Linux
In the Unix/Linux directory structure, the /etc directory is where host-specific system-wide configuration files and directories are located; it is a central location for all system-wide configuration files. A configuration file is a local file …
The Pet Tech Industry’s Booming, and One Startup’s Right in the Middle of It
The rise of smart devices and other internet-connected technologies has changed the way we live our daily lives. Today, smartphones, fitness trackers, and a whole ecosystem of lifestyle apps assist us with everything from our …
How to List All Running Services Under Systemd in Linux
A Linux systems provide a variety of system services (such as process management, login, syslog, cron, etc.) and network services (such as remote login, e-mail, printers, web hosting, data storage, file transfer, domain name resolution …
65.58% of Daily Social Media Users Simply Ignore Irrelevant Ads, says A New Survey
It would not take much to know about social media inclinations of peoplethan just picking a close group, offer their favorite beverage and askthem, “What’s new?” and beans will be spilled unveiling a lot more …
How to Install PgAdmin 4 Debian 10
pgAdmin is an open-source, powerful and feature-rich graphical user interface (GUI) administration and management tool for PostgreSQL database. Currently, it supports PostgreSQL 9.2 or later, and runs on Unix and its variants such as Linux, …
On Instagram, ‘Unlink Account’ Won’t Unlink a Facebook Account
The settings on Instagram include a page devoted to the “Linked Accounts” feature. As you might expect, it displays … your linked accounts. Users have the option to connect to Twitter, Tumblr, and, of course, …
Why WIRED.com Looks Different Today
For a publication about technology, WIRED has sometimes had a vexed relationship to the web. One of the first great websites, Suck, was a rogue operation run out of the magazine’s server rooms behind the …
My SIM swap attack: How I almost lost $71K, and how to prevent it
On June 25th, I became a victim of SIM swapping, targeted along with dozens of other leaders in the blockchain community. This type of account takeover (ATO) fraud, also referred to as Port-Out scam, SIM …
Silicon Valley’s Secret Philosophers Should Share Their Work
Karl Marx famously complained that “philosophers have only interpreted the world … The point, however, is to change it.” While it’s doubtful Silicon Valley’s mission to disrupt the world was inspired by Marx, the father …
How to Install Zabbix on RHEL 8
Zabbix is a free, open-source, enterprise-grade, fully-featured, flexible, extensible and distributed monitoring software, which is used to monitor an entire IT infrastructure, services, applications, and server resources. Zabbix is one of the most popular open-source …
China Trade Spillover, LA’s Pollution by Block, and More News
Worldwide spillover from US-China trade wars, block by block road emissions in LA, and America’s history of wanting to nuke hurricanes. Here’s the news you need to know, in two minutes or less. Want to …
Answering The Famous Monty Hall Puzzle with the Monte Carlo Technique
Monte Carlo is a conceptually simple but powerful technique that is widely used. It makes use of randomness to answer questions. Monty Hall Problem The first time I was introduced to the Monty Hall problem …
About Our Information-based Reality with Riz Virk
Episode 61 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Author/Entrepreneur Riz Virk: [embedded content] In this episode Derek Bernard interviews Hacker Noon contributing author, Riz Virk to discuss his recently published book, The Simulation …
Twitter Trust and Safety Advisers Say They’re Being Ignored
At the beginning of 2016, Twitter announced some good news: the formation of the Trust and Safety Council, made up of more than 40 outside groups and experts tapped for advice “to ensure that people …
Using Artificial Intelligence and Big Data To Deliver Your Pitch
A good pitch tells the story of your idea. From its inception to its present form and everything in between. Utilising multimedia, graphs and visuals is a good way to keep your audience engaged and …
How to Install NTP Server and Client on Ubuntu
Network Time Protocol, commonly referred to as NTP, is a protocol that’s responsible for synchronizing system clocks in a network. NTP refers to both the protocol and the client system alongside the server programs residing …
Why People Keep Falling for Viral Hoaxes
The internet is dark and full of terrible sources of information. Sometimes it seems like every day brings a new one to the list. There are the toxic conspiracy theories, deepfakes, and fake news mills. …
For Young Female Coders, Internship Interviews Can Be Toxic
In 2018, Mei’lani Eyre, an 18-year-old computer science student at Cascadia College in Washington state, was in the middle of a phone interview with a hotshot Y Combinator–funded tech company, when the interviewer barked at …
How to Install VirtualBox 6 on Debian 10
VirtualBox is a most popular x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization software for organizations as well as home users with an highly feature rich, high performance software solution that is freely available as Open Source product under …