“File exists, but cannot be read” error on emacs 27
Try this fix from StackExchange: Set (setq create-lockfiles nil) in config
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24 influential books programmers should read
https://dev.to/squash/24-influential-books-programmers-should-read-2020-updated-2h33
Test SameSite cookie behaviour
https://samesite-sandbox.glitch.me/ All green means you have the new behaviour.
Windows key not working on your Magicforce 83 keyboard?
AKA this one from Amazon. fn+esc toggles “gaming mode”, which disables the windows key!
Fitting the Geekworm Orange Pi 4 case
Previously I just had one heatsink. After fitting the case:
No stats on dashboard since upgrading to pihole v5?
pihole 5 uses sqlite, you may need to install php support For ubuntu: apt install php7.2-sqlite3
Google temporarily backs out SameSite cookie changes
https://www.chromium.org/updates/same-site
Enable or Disable pi-hole from Alexa
The easiest way to enable or disable ad-blocking from your pi-hole using Alexa is to install fauxmo – with which you can create fake Belkin devices that are Alexa-enabled. You then configure fauxmo with URLs like this: Get YOUR_AUTH_CODE from the WEBPASSWORD= line in /etc/pihole/setupVars.conf See example conf at GitHub
Resolving local hosts on Android
Google seem determined to break local name resolution on your home network on your Android phone, redirecting DNS lookups to their servers. Presumably this is partly to prevent solutions like pi-hole making a dent in their ad revenue and tracking. Easiest way round this is to install DNSChanger and specify your local DNS servers – …
rcs for Centos / RHEL 8
rcs has been removed and isn’t even in EPEL for Centos 8. However the source RPM for Fedora 31 builds relatively cleanly. Download, install any dependencies & the rpm build environment & rpmbuild –rebuild rcs-5.9.4-12.fc31.src.rpm