Mexico’s Third Richest Man Recommends Bitcoin, His Bank Is Working to Accept BTC, Says Fiat Money Is a Fraud
Ricardo Salinas Pliego, Mexico’s third-richest man and founder of Grupo Salinas, sees bitcoin as an asset with extraordinary properties, describing the cryptocurrency as “gold for the modern world.” He recommends bitcoin, thinks that fiat money is a fraud and the idea of the U.S. dollar being a hard currency is a joke. Mexico’s Third-Richest Man Sees Bitcoin as Asset With ‘Extraordinary Properties’ Ricardo Salinas Pliego talked about...
Movie Pirates Beware: Does ‘The Marksman’ Have You In His Crosshairs?
Trying to predict the future is inherently difficult but it’s sometimes possible to extrapolate existing facts and circumstances to make an educated guess at what might happen. Today we’re going to do that in an effort to predict who might be sending out scary letters in the coming months that demand cash settlements for alleged movie piracy. If we are right, it could save thousands of people a lot of money. It might even deter some...
Query your Linux operating system like a database
Linux offers a lot of commands to help users gather information about their host operating system: listing files or directories to check attributes; querying to see what packages are installed, processes are running, and services start at boot; or learning about the system’s hardware. Each command uses its own output format to list this information. You need to use tools like grep, sed, and awk to filter the results to find...
How to parse Bash program configuration files
Keeping program configurations separate from code is important. It enables non-programmers to alter configurations without having to modify the program’s code. With compiled binary executables, that would be impossible for non-programmers because it not only requires access to source files (which we do have with open source programs) but also a programmer’s skill set. Few people have that, and most people don’t want...
How to archive files on FreeDOS
On Linux, you may be familiar with the standard Unix archive command: tar. There’s a version of tar on FreeDOS too (and a bunch of other popular archive programs), but the de facto standard archiver on DOS is Zip and Unzip. Both Zip and Unzip are installed in FreeDOS 1.3 RC4 by default. read more Powered by...
