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:fedora: Fedora: 17 cose da fare dopo l’installazione per una postazione perfetta

Hai appena installato Fedora, ma ora che sei dentro, ti starai chiedendo: e adesso?
Questa guida ti accompagnerà passo dopo passo per ottimizzare il tuo sistema Fedora, rendendolo più funzionale, sicuro e pronto per l’uso quotidiano.

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Open Titus · Fedora: 17 Cose da fare dopo l'installazioneQuesta guida ti accompagnerà passo dopo passo per ottimizzare il tuo sistema Fedora, rendendolo più sicuro e pronto per l’uso quotidiano.
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Are you the kind of person who has always wondered how to tag a subtitle, or whether a Title in a PDF should be tagged as a Heading 1, or what to do with tags when a heading breaks across several lines?

Then you might want to check out the free webinar offered by the @PDFassociation on May 15.

Free Webinar – Techniques for Accessible PDF: Headings
pdfa.org/event/webinar-techniq

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pdfa.orgWebinar – Techniques for Accessible PDF: Headings – PDF Association

Last month, the @PDFassociation released their second set of "Techniques for Accessible PDF". This set focuses on Headings. [1]

The Techniques series provides pass/fail conditions for various tagging structures demonstrated in pared down sample PDF files. The first set covered 5 Fundamentals. [2]

[1] pdfa.org/techniques-for-access

[2] pdfa.org/techniques-for-access

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pdfa.orgTechniques for Accessible PDF: Headings – PDF Association

KQED: A Treasure Trove of Education Reports and Studies is Under Threat. “Initially, ERIC was spared from the department’s mass contract cancellations in February. But according to Erin Pollard Young, the sole Education Department employee who managed ERIC until her job was eliminated in March, the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE has since refused to approve disbursement of […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/22/kqed-a-treasure-trove-of-education-reports-and-studies-is-under-threat/

The Markup: A Guide on How to Legally Web Scrape EU Data. “At The Markup, some of our data journalists recently had questions about the legal risks involved in scraping websites hosted in the European Union. We conducted our own research to answer this question, and offer a summary of what we learned below. Our goal is to help other journalists, researchers, and advocates come up with a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/06/the-markup-a-guide-on-how-to-legally-web-scrape-eu-data/

My god, I just realized one of the simplest opsec things you can do (something I've been doing for years and don't even think about anymore) is set your browsers to open links in private/secure instances AS A DEFAULT.

If it needs to be opened in a window that you want to keep open or bookmark, you can always manually copy and paste it.

It makes no sense to be using a secure shared tool like cryptpad, if you're just gonna open it where you're logged in as you.

Remember the #SocialEngineering motto:
If there are people, there are security holes.

📚 Check out this recent article on best practices for file uploads.

Popular approaches:
1. Uploading a file by itself, like adding an avatar.
2. Uploading a file with metadata, like a video with a title and description.
3. Importing a file from a URL, like an avatar from Facebook.

Best practices:
+ Check Content-Type and Content-Length
+ Secure file uploads

Read the full article: apisyouwonthate.com/blog/api-d

#API #Development #BestPractices #FileUploads

By @Philsturgeon

APIs You Won't Hate · API Design Basics: File UploadsHow does a REST API handle uploading images or spreadsheets when it normally only handles JSON or XML?

Over-engineering takeaways:
➡️ Misjudging future requirements can lead to inappropriate abstractions.
➡️ Avoiding over-engineering can be as impactful as achieving technical brilliance.
➡️Simplicity is key to maintainability.
➡️Avoid predicting needs that aren't certain.
➡️Create abstractions that align with current and reasonable future requirements.

16elt.com/2024/09/07/future-pr