The following is a simple trick that is useful when you fork a project and at some point in the future you want/need to merge the changes from the upstream (original) repository. My usage scenario was this:
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Git tip: How to merge from the upstream repository
How to resolve Namecoin’s .bit domains in Linux
How to recompile software with hardware optimizations
I don’t like to recompile software. I also laugh my ass off when some Gentoo “god” tells me how much faster their system became after they tweaked their compile flags. But (because there’s always a “but”) once in a while I do compile software. And in some of those cases, I really want the best optimization possible.
Running a dedicated BitCoin node How To
BitCoin is cool – and I’m not saying this only because it’s yet another geeky project that I installed and tested. It’s cool because it has a lot of the characteristics of a “perfect currency”. Among these is the fact that it’s completely descentralized.
Why server side encryption is both useless and dangerous
Every now and then, a customer asks me if I encrypt my data center hard drives. I don’t like to lie to customers, so I don’t tell them “But of course!”. I also don’t like the way they look at me like I’m stupid if I simply say “No”, so here goes my reasoning (I had to explain this more than once):
