RChain: 3 Lessons Web 3.0 Can’t Afford to Ignore
There’s a tendency in the tech world to toss out old tech and go all-in on a new replacement. “Oh, don’t use that. That’s the old thing! Use the new thing instead.” This advice is best suited to those who adapt quickly to technological change—in other words: a small percentage of humanity. Jumping quickly to ‘the new thing’ may come with harmful second or third-order consequences for most people; this is especially true for...
Pirate IPTV: Police Organized Crime Unit Arrests Three Men in UK
Individuals and business entities involved in the sale of pirate IPTV services in the UK can often turn a significant profit from customers looking for a cheap entertainment fix. The secret to longevity, aside from maintaining a reliable service at a reasonable price, is to avoid the negative attention of rightsholders, broadcasters and anti-piracy groups. While many succeed, all risk being referred to the police for criminal...
‘Copyright Troll’ Accuses Defense of Extortion and Unjust Enrichment
Adult entertainment outfit Malibu Media has often been described as a copyright-trolling operation. The Los Angeles company, known for its popular “X-Art” brand, has gone after thousands of alleged file-sharers in U.S. courts, collecting millions of dollars in settlements. Not too long ago Malibu was one of the most active anti-piracy litigants in the U.S., but in recent years this activity ground to a halt. However, there is at least...
Extend Kubernetes service discovery with Stork and Quarkus
Extend Kubernetes service discovery with Stork and Quarkus Daniel Oh Mon, 04/04/2022 – 03:00 Up Register or Login to like. In traditional monolithic architecture, applications already knew where the backend services existed through static hostnames, IP addresses, and ports. The IT operation team maintained the static configurations for service reliability and system stability. This Day 2 operation has significantly changed since...
How I use the Git for-each-ref command for DevOps
How I use the Git for-each-ref command for DevOps Evan “Hippy” Slatis Mon, 04/04/2022 – 03:00 Up Register or Login to like. For most of today’s developers, using Git is akin to breathing, in that you can’t live without it. Along with version control, Git’s use has even expanded in recent years into the area of GitOps, or managing and versioning configurations through Git. What a lot of users...