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Layer Modes, sometimes called Blending Modes, allow you to combine layers in a variety of ways. We'll begin with the Normal modes and work our way through many, but not all, of the Layer Modes available on the latest (at the time I write this) version of GIMP, 2.10.20. Links: https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-concepts-layer-modes.html https://www.ahuka.com/gimp/normal-layer-modes-normal-dissolve-color-erase/

In this episode Chris is trying hard to get Martin to sleep by elaborating on the subject of free and open source software licenses but fails miserably. Listen to a more than riveting episode on the ins and outs of licensing FLOSS code bases in addition to banter about Brexit, plans for a reshaping of Europe after the invasion of England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland leave the UK. Links: MI6: https://www.sis.gov...

Setup $ mkdir -p ~/.local/etc/cron.daily ~/.var/spool/anacron Create a file called anacrontab: $ touch /.local/etc/anacrontab Set it up to trigger scripts in your cron.daily folder: SHELL=/bin/sh PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin 1 0 cron.daily run-parts $HOME/.local/etc/cron.daily/ Validate your anacrontab: $ anacron -T -t ~/.local/etc/anacrontab -S ~/.var/spool/anacron Start anacron in a file that gets triggered at login, such as ~/...

This is the first impression of a PineTime watch that I bought about a week ago and have already done some changes to the underlying code. I think this is an interesting project and open source so you can contribute. Github repository: https://github.com/JF002/InfiniTime Sales page: https://www.pine64.org/pinetime/

Cutting to the chase: When getting into Magic the Gathering, it's easy to get overwhelmed and confused by choice. Instead of thinking about cards, I've learnt to think about the game mechanic roles that a deck needs to have satisfied, and then I look for cards that fill those roles. My list is by no means definitive, but I think these are the basic universal roles you need, regardless of how you play: Mana base: Land cards...

I talk about some old old old pentesting stories from days old!

See the layout of an XML document $ xmlstarlet elements planets.xml xml xml/sol xml/sol/planet xml/sol/planet/name xml/sol/planet/albedo xml/sol/planet xml/sol/planet/name xml/sol/planet/albedo xml/sol/planet xml/sol/planet/name xml/sol/planet/albedo See content of the planet node $ xmlstarlet select -t --value-of '/xml/sol/planet' planets.xml Mercury 0.11 Venus 0.7 Terra 0...

Klaatu introduces XML.

The sample XML document discussed in this episode is:

Initial state When I originally wanted a unified error reporting on the server-side, I made one huge type that enumerated all the possible error cases that could be reported: -- | Error codes for all errors returned by API data ErrorCode -- common error codes = ResourceNotFound | InsufficientRights | FailedToParseDataInDatabase -- errors specific to news | SpecialEventHasAlreadyBeenResolved | UnsupportedArticleType | SpecialNewsExtractionFailed |...

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