I thought spoons were simple but this diagram shows seven named parts (true, the “tip” is used twice) of the spoon! Learn more at The anatomy of a spoon
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Windows command line: assoc and ftype
I never knew these commands even existed, I always just want to the registry. I wonder which versions of Windows they shipped with, I only have 10 available to test here. assoc Displays or modifies file extension associations ASSOC [.ext[=[fileType]]] .ext Specifies the file extension to associate the file type…
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Firefox “Containers”
As of Firefox version 50 (version 52 is the current one) you can now open tabs in different “contexts” such as “work”, “personal” or “banking”. These “containers” as Firefox calls them are each isolated from each other which means that things like cookies aren’t shared between them. This means that…
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Inflatable tanks and hacking Marconi
I’d heard about the inflatable tanks (and other dummy tanks) that they’d used during WWII and I still think they’re pretty cool idea for the time. Today I read a quick snippet about one of the guys, Jasper Maskelyne, that may have either been instrumental or in the creation of them…