Stopping Computer Viruses in Their Tracks

Inspite of the innumerable developments that have been manufactured in the area of cyber stability, pc viruses continue to existing a persistent threat. Though some viruses are pretty quick to get rid of, some others stand to flip your complete globe upside down.

For instance, if your computer system results in being infected with ransomware, you may find your most worthwhile details held hostage by cybercriminals. When it will come to stamping out viruses, preventative measures are preferable to combating the challenge post-infection, and any one hunting to end computer system viruses in their tracks must think about the subsequent ideas.

Set up Process and Computer software Updates Immediately 

There are various added benefits to setting up operating system and program updates in an expedient manner. For illustration, numerous updates and patches are designed to repair assorted bugs and general performance difficulties, so the quicker you put in them, the faster you’ll be in a position to appreciate an working process that runs at peak efficiency.

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Installing procedure updates as quickly as they come to be obtainable is also conducive to enhanced security. Considering the fact that updates are frequently created to fight recently-emerged viruses and patch cybersecurity vulnerabilities, putting in them posthaste can be a remarkable boon to your online security. 

It’s easy to see why so quite a few of us regularly position functioning procedure updates and application patches on the backburner. Just after all, putting in them right away usually involves pausing whatever we’re performing

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Marion Kozub by — November 11, 2022 in What'S Cryptocurrency
How to Backup Kubernetes MySQL Operator Clusters

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Oracle’s MySQL Operator for Kubernetes is a convenient way to automate MySQL database provisioning within your cluster. One of the operator’s headline features is integrated hands-off backup support that increases your resiliency. Backups copy your database to external storage on a recurring schedule.

This article will walk you through setting up backups to an Amazon S3-compatible object storage service. You’ll also see how to store backups in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) storage or local persistent volumes inside your cluster.

Preparing a Database Cluster

Install the MySQL operator in your Kubernetes cluster and create a simple database instance for testing purposes. Copy the YAML below and save it to mysql.yaml:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: mysql-root-user
stringData:
  rootHost: "%"
  rootUser: "root"
  rootPassword: "P@$$w0rd"
 
---

apiVersion: mysql.oracle.com/v2
kind: InnoDBCluster
metadata:
  name: mysql-cluster
spec:
  secretName: mysql-root-user
  instances: 3
  tlsUseSelfSigned: true
  router:
    instances: 1

Use Kubectl to apply the manifest:

$ kubectl apply -f mysql.yaml

Wait a few minutes while the MySQL operator provisions your Pods. Use Kubectl’s get pods command to check on the progress. You should see four running Pods: one MySQL router instance and three MySQL server replicas.

$ kubectl get pods
NAME                                    READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
mysql-cluster-0                         2/2     Running   0          2m
mysql-cluster-1                         2/2     Running   0          2m
mysql-cluster-2                         2/2     Running   0          2m
mysql-cluster-router-6b68f9b5cb-wbqm5   1/1     Running   0          2m

Defining a Backup Schedule

The MySQL operator requires two components to successfully create a

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Marion Kozub by — November 11, 2022 in Claw Inspector Gadget
Dot-Painting Graffiti Machine Is Wonderfully Simple

Customarily, when lots of of us feel of graffiti, we imagine of artists spraying away with uncomplicated paint cans. Having said that, there is often a good deal of tech and artwork that goes into the field these days. [Vitaly Tesh] built himself a outstanding dot-painting spray rig which is definitely relatively nifty.

The dot maker done ably in this piece by [Vitaly].

The establish commences with [Vitaly] utilizing a heated Stanley knife to slice absent a propeller assembly from a tiny toy drone. He then matches a tiny plastic disc to the motor in location of the prop.  The disc has a cutout so that as it spins, it only allows paint to go at specific periods. The total deal bolts onto a normal spray can, so it can be used with any paint colour or brand name which is preferred.

The spray can paints person dots on the wall at various distances aside, thanks to the spinning disc. Various the speed of the motor or the fee at which the can is moved relative to the wall variations the pitch of the dots. Importantly, [Vitaly] integrated a drip seize system so that paint that doesn’t move out of the dot aperture does not leak all about his palms or

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Marion Kozub by — November 11, 2022 in Eos Cryptocurrency
Twitter advertisers say they’re worried about Elon Musk’s tweets and actions

Elon Musk held a giant conference call for advertisers and more than 100,000 other people Wednesday. He sounded thoughtful about his plans for Twitter, unsure about how it was all going to work out, but solicitous of feedback. “I only got the keys to the building last Friday,” he said, adding later: “I’m open to ideas.”

The problem for Musk is the advertisers he has spooked since buying Twitter for $44 billion are unlikely to be swayed by any of this. They tell me they don’t mind what Musk says in outreach calls like this. They’re concerned about what he does and what he tweets.

Those concerns are going to mount. A day after Musk hosted his call for advertisers, the two executives that accompanied him on that call and on a similar call a week earlier — Robin Wheeler, his head of ad sales, and Yoel Roth, his head of trust and safety — resigned, per multiple reports. Musk has also told employees that the company may be headed for bankruptcy if it can’t cut costs and increase revenue.

This is a new problem for Musk, who became the world’s richest man by selling electric cars and building rocket ships, and not by caring about what other people think about him. Or, at least, not caring what controversy-hating advertisers think about him.

But now he very much has to. At the moment, advertisers are Twitter’s entire revenue stream, and they aren’t happy with Musk. If he can’t turn

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Marion Kozub by — November 11, 2022 in Gadget Guys
Architecture of object-based storage and S3 standard specifications

Object storage has been growing in popularity among data storage architectures. Compared to file systems and block storage, object storage faces no limitations when handling petabytes of data. By design, the limitless nature of object storage makes it fit for Big Data and Cloud contexts.

Moreover, object storage is simple and efficient. It offers easy data replication, scalability and is fit for “Write Once Read Many” contexts such as data analytics. Those characteristics combined with its ease of implementation and programmability all account to its widely spread usage.

What exactly is an object? How does object storage work, and what enables it to scale? We aim to clarify this.

Object storage is not exclusive to Cloud services such as AWS Simple Storage Service (S3), and multiple local object storage solutions exist as alternatives. Because AWS S3 sets a standard for object storage’s API interface, storage solutions and applications consuming from them are federated under “S3 compatibility”. Any S3-compatible app works with a large number of S3-compliant object storage solutions and vice-versa, which enhances both of their growth.

This article is the first of a series of three:

Object storage: how it works, why it scales

As the name suggests, object storage contains data in the form of objects. The core paradigm of object storage is to optimize common data and metadata operations while coupling the two together. What is an object made of?

It is the combination of a key (granting access), a value (actual data) and

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Marion Kozub by — November 10, 2022 in Inspector Gadget Gadgets
8 Chrome Extensions to Increase Your Productivity

Teaching is hard, we all could benefit from a little relief by increasing our productivity. Here we will look at 8 Chrome Extensions to increase your productivity.

1. Small PDF

This extension allows you to upload a PDF from your computer and write on it, add text, and more! Very easy to use. Oftentimes teacher resources come in the form of a PDF. How do you personalize it? Small PDF to the rescue!

Smallpdf chrome extensions to increase your productivity

2. AnyoneCanView

I use this extension every day! It is very likely that whatever Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides that I am looking at needs to be shared. If parents need to see it, it needs to be shared with “anyone” and not just people at my school. It is multiple clicks to set the document as “Anyone with the link can view” as well as to copy it to your clipboard. This assumes that you even remember to change the sharing settings.

AnyoneCanView Chrome extension will change the sharing permissions and copy the link to your clipboard.

Get in the habit of using the AnyoneCanView Chrome extension each time you need to share a document link. Then you can share with confidence that they will be able to view the document. AnyoneCanView collects NO user data!

3. Speechify Text to Speech Voice Reader

Want to be more productive? Have websites read to you while you do other tasks. In Google Docs there is a button that allows me to have my document read back to me.

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Marion Kozub by — November 10, 2022 in Lioness Gadget