The Domain Name System (DNS) enables your computer to locate other computers. In simple terms, DNS records operate like a phone book by retrieving the IPv4/IPv6 address associated with a domain and conveying this information to your computer. Your computer temporarily stores this information based on the Time To Live (TTL) specified in the DNS…
In my previous article, OpenSky and The Horrors of Wilderness Therapy, I explained my experience with the Troubled Teen Industry. It was atrocious, but I failed to go into the process, which got me there. My parents were recommended to see an educational consultant named Stratas Consulting Group. After my parents got worried about me,…
AI is the next big thing. Everyone has been calling everything from genuine LLMs and GAN to simple Python scripts AI. What does it all mean? Why does it matter? How does it affect me? How AI will change the world is a question many people have been asking nowadays. What is AI? AI, a…
Story In Sleeping Dogs, Wei Shen, an undercover cop, must infiltrate the gang world of Hong Kong. Throughout the Sleeping Dogs game, both cop and gang life must be balanced with one another. With his gang, Wei risks murder if he’s found hanging around the cops. On the other hand, Wei’s operation will be useless…
A while ago, I did an article called The Complete List of UNIX Operating Systems. I never expected it to get high ratings, but right now, it seems to be doing very well. Because of that, I’ve decided to do a similar article in the same format, but instead being a list of Linux distros,…
Unbound is a DNS server that’s normally used in more complex environments than PiHole. If you use Linux, you may see it’s even required by many packages. Many companies use it for their own DNS servers, and it makes up much of the internet’s actual DNS infrastructure. Unbound supports complex things like DNS over TLS,…
Picture the following — you are a child going to bed on a normal night. At midnight, buff men in black suits burst into your bedroom. They take you away from home with no time to even say goodbye to your parents, put you in a black Ford Explorer, and tell you that you’re going…
ZFS is possibly one of the best filesystems out there. Yet still, Linux is only recently getting good support for it. The real ZFS is available on UNIX, like Solaris, and for this article, FreeBSD. Because Solaris has gone under recently, FreeBSD is undoubtedly the best OS for ZFS. However, if you’re new to FreeBSD…
The world of open source licensing is tough, and it can make the difference between who can use your project as well as whether your code can be stolen. Some licenses embody the principles of Open Source, where people can use your code for whatever they see fit, even if their own code is not…
This whole Jack Teixeira documents situation has a lot of weird information around it. The press entirely jumped on someone who was basically a kid. What’s more, in seemingly none of the articles do they actually show the Jack Teixeira documents for download. A lot of critical thinkers, especially ones who understand computers, have been…