From 12f68794aaa9c724fa5e6ff5fbb925fd43f93abe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ali=20M=C3=BCrteza=20Ye=C5=9Fil?= Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 15:56:49 +0600 Subject: [PATCH] blog fix date: Swap on SSD done right --- content/Tech/swap_on_ssd_done_right.md | 2 +- output/archives.html | 4 +- output/author/ali-murteza-yesil.html | 32 ++++----- output/category/tech.html | 93 ++++++++++++++++---------- output/feeds/atom.xml | 84 +++++++++++------------ output/feeds/rss.xml | 2 +- output/feeds/tech.atom.xml | 60 ++++++++--------- output/index.html | 32 ++++----- output/swap-on-ssd-done-right.html | 2 +- output/tag/100daystooffload.html | 32 ++++----- 10 files changed, 182 insertions(+), 161 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/Tech/swap_on_ssd_done_right.md b/content/Tech/swap_on_ssd_done_right.md index 1a13a0b..0b47933 100644 --- a/content/Tech/swap_on_ssd_done_right.md +++ b/content/Tech/swap_on_ssd_done_right.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ title: Swap on SSD done right -date: 2020-07-26 +date: 2020-08-01 12:00 tags: 100DaysToOffload summary: SSDs are fragile and swaps can be damaging. But they can live happily together. status: published diff --git a/output/archives.html b/output/archives.html index 616f4dc..6ba9b2f 100644 --- a/output/archives.html +++ b/output/archives.html @@ -53,12 +53,12 @@
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    diff --git a/output/feeds/atom.xml b/output/feeds/atom.xml index 85d210e..56459e2 100644 --- a/output/feeds/atom.xml +++ b/output/feeds/atom.xml @@ -11,47 +11,7 @@ Asking for help, opinions and experiences of others is important for making educ <p>In case you are wondering what I rage quitted, it is computer programming (or at least CS degree). After spending 4 years in 2 different universities in 2 different countries and hearing about what programming languages to learn, which online courses to take, what programs to write, how much mark to get, how many hours to sit on the arse and practise coding, practising for interviews, solving puzzles on Leetcode, memorizing a tone of formulas for no other reason than they will be asked in the exam, what should one aim for ...</p> <p>Maybe you think I got it all wrong and annoyed and frustrated for no good reason. If you don't recall this feeling, I am happy for you. I hope you never experience it.</p> <hr> -<p>If you find accountability very motivational and working for you then I am glad for you. Let the world know and help you to reach your goals.</p>Decentralized Internet is More Reliable2020-07-28T12:00:00+06:002020-07-28T12:00:00+06:00Ali Murteza Yesiltag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-28:/decentralized-internet-is-more-reliable.html<p>Every system is prone to failure and will face down time. Decentralization avoids total system failure.</p><h1>Introduction</h1> -<p>I was looking for a way to explain decentralized internet to my family. Then Yarmo Mackenbach came up with the idea of <a href="https://yarmo.eu/post/eliuf" title="Explain Like I Use Facebook">ELIUF</a>. A decentralized attempt to explain concept, advantages and disadvantages of decentralized internet to people using centralized platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, etc.</p> -<p>From power surge to aged hardware, bug in software to cyber attack, there are many reasons a system may fail. Neither centralized or decentralized systems are %100 safe from failures.</p> -<hr> -<h1>System failure</h1> -<h2>Centralized Systems</h2> -<p>There is a central server that stores every data required to offer a service. Any failure in the central server may cause it to go out of service. Any maintenace such as updating software or replacing aged hardware may require powering server off thus putting it out of service. </p> -<h2>Decentralized Systems</h2> -<p>In a decentralized network, there are multiple servers and each of them store only the data for their own clients. Servers communicate with each other if they need to get data stored in some other server. If any server fails or goes to maintenance, only the clients connected to that server will lose service. Rest of the network will continue to function as usual. That being said, any attempts to communicate with failed server will fail too.</p> -<hr> -<h1>Cyber attacks</h1> -<p>User credentials (such as emails, passwords, bank card numbers) and user data (such as profile pictures, birthday videos, phone numbers) uploaded to server are stored by the server and they make an attractive target for cyber criminals.</p> -<h2>Centralized Systems</h2> -<p>All the data is available from central server. Cyber attacks put every single user's data in danger.</p> -<h2>Decentralized Systems</h2> -<p>There is no server that has access to every data of every user. When servers are communicating, they only share minimum amount of data required. User credentials (email and password) are only known by the server user is connected to. If a server is attacked by cyber criminals, only the users of that server will get affected. Users on the other servers of the network won't be affected by the attack. That being said, all the communications made to attacked server may also be visible to attackers.</p> -<hr> -<h3>Redundancy isn't decentralization</h3> -<p>Both centralized and decentralized platfroms may utilize redundancy servers to avoid going entirely out of service in case of server failure. Facebook for instance deploys multiple data centers in different countries. So if one of the data center goes to maintenance, users connected to it will be routed to other data centers and continue to receive the service without down time.<br> -Redundancy is a good way to ensure reliable network but also costly one.</p> -<hr> -<h1>Conclusion</h1> -<p>Decentralization doesn't make a server more durable or secure. Every server, regardless of whether a part of centralized or decentralized network, is prone to failures and cyber attacks. Decentralization reduces the impact and limits the number of users being affected.</p> -<hr> -<h2>ELIUF posts elsewhere on the internet</h2> -<ul> -<li><a href="https://yarmo.eu/post/eliuf">ELIUF: Explain Like I Use Facebook</a> by <a href="https://yarmo.eu/">Yarmo Mackenbach</a></li> -<li><a href="https://www.garron.blog/posts/eliuf.html">How to decentralize the Internet</a> by <a href="https://www.garron.blog/about.html">Guillermo Garron</a></li> -</ul>Deleting Amazon account2020-07-26T21:15:00+06:002020-07-26T21:15:00+06:00Ali Murteza Yesiltag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-26:/deleting-amazon-account.html<p>Deleting Amazon account has more steps (friction) than I would like. But not impossible.</p><p>I call it "deleting account", Amazon calls it "closing account". I used them interchangibly in this post.</p> -<p>If you set your mind to delete (or close) your account, don't let too many steps discourage you. I understand that some people run their businesses on AWS and deleting their Amazon account will also delete AWS servers connected to that account. Amazon has given me 2 warnings about it and accepted to delete my account anyway. I wasn't invested in Amazon ecosystem and never used AWS anyway.</p> -<p>According my experience, here are the steps you may need to go through:</p> -<ol> -<li>Click on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html" title="Currently this page">Help</a> in the page footer and search for "close account".</li> -<li>You will be presented with an article that warns you about Amazon services you will lose access to. Read and make sure you stopped using those services already.</li> -<li>There is "<strong>Note:</strong> To close your account, please <a href="https://www.amazon.com/hz/contact-us/request-data">Contact Us</a> to request that your account be closed." at the very end of the help page. Click on "Contact Us" to continue.</li> -<li>If not yet logged in you will be asked to, login. Choose email for communication. There is also an option to call but I don't know how would that go since I don't live in US or Canada.</li> -<li>They will send the same help article with a bit more information and links to make sure you stopped using everything such as AWS, Alexa, Kindle Publishing, Prime video, Amazon Music etc. Near the end of email you will see "If you still want to close your Amazon.com account after reviewing the items above, please click this link and state that you want to close your account: <em>Some Link</em>", click on the link.</li> -<li>It will open a page with a text box. Write why you want to close your account and submit. If you are not sure what to write and also feeling adventurous, you can copy paste this link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ</li> -<li>They will email you within 24 hours either for more instructions or to tell you that your account is closed.</li> -</ol> -<p><strong>Note</strong>: Depending on where you live or how many Amazon services you used, you may need to go through more steps.</p>Swap on SSD done right2020-07-26T00:00:00+06:002020-07-26T00:00:00+06:00Ali Murteza Yesiltag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-26:/swap-on-ssd-done-right.html<p>SSDs are fragile and swaps can be damaging. But they can live happily together.</p><p>TL;DR : If you have SSD and need swap, you should use swapspace daemon for healthier SSD. Btw, you want SSD and you need swap.</p> +<p>If you find accountability very motivational and working for you then I am glad for you. Let the world know and help you to reach your goals.</p>Swap on SSD done right2020-08-01T12:00:00+06:002020-08-01T12:00:00+06:00Ali Murteza Yesiltag:murtezayesil.me,2020-08-01:/swap-on-ssd-done-right.html<p>SSDs are fragile and swaps can be damaging. But they can live happily together.</p><p>TL;DR : If you have SSD and need swap, you should use swapspace daemon for healthier SSD. Btw, you want SSD and you need swap.</p> <p>Note: I expect you to be familiar with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory">RAM</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging#Unix_and_Unix-like_systems">swap</a> and concept of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging">paging</a>.</p> <p>Here is the short edition:<br> <strong>RAM</strong> is fast memory for currently running programs.<br> @@ -100,7 +60,47 @@ Redundancy is a good way to ensure reliable network but also costly one.</p&g <p><a href="http://manpages.org/swapspace/8" title="read manpage">Swapspace</a> is a background service that understands swap needs and either creates or removes swap files on the fly.</p> <p>Swapspace is available on many <em>local repos</em>, <em>AUR</em> and on <a href="https://github.com/Tookmund/Swapspace"><em>GitHub</em></a>. </p> <hr> -<p><strong>Note</strong>: How aggressively the Kernel should use swap memory can be controlled via a value called swappiness. Read about <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/449691/what-is-swapiness-on-linux-and-how-to-change-it/">changing swappiness</a> for better RAM utilization.</p>Digital Cleansing - Mastodon2020-07-24T15:23:00+06:002020-07-24T15:23:00+06:00Ali Murteza Yesiltag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-24:/digital-cleansing-mastodon.html<p>Centralized microblogging platforms are rich in user data and attractive to cyber criminals. I recommend decentralized alternatives.</p><h2>Microblogging</h2> +<p><strong>Note</strong>: How aggressively the Kernel should use swap memory can be controlled via a value called swappiness. Read about <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/449691/what-is-swapiness-on-linux-and-how-to-change-it/">changing swappiness</a> for better RAM utilization.</p>Decentralized Internet is More Reliable2020-07-28T12:00:00+06:002020-07-28T12:00:00+06:00Ali Murteza Yesiltag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-28:/decentralized-internet-is-more-reliable.html<p>Every system is prone to failure and will face down time. Decentralization avoids total system failure.</p><h1>Introduction</h1> +<p>I was looking for a way to explain decentralized internet to my family. Then Yarmo Mackenbach came up with the idea of <a href="https://yarmo.eu/post/eliuf" title="Explain Like I Use Facebook">ELIUF</a>. A decentralized attempt to explain concept, advantages and disadvantages of decentralized internet to people using centralized platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, etc.</p> +<p>From power surge to aged hardware, bug in software to cyber attack, there are many reasons a system may fail. Neither centralized or decentralized systems are %100 safe from failures.</p> +<hr> +<h1>System failure</h1> +<h2>Centralized Systems</h2> +<p>There is a central server that stores every data required to offer a service. Any failure in the central server may cause it to go out of service. Any maintenace such as updating software or replacing aged hardware may require powering server off thus putting it out of service. </p> +<h2>Decentralized Systems</h2> +<p>In a decentralized network, there are multiple servers and each of them store only the data for their own clients. Servers communicate with each other if they need to get data stored in some other server. If any server fails or goes to maintenance, only the clients connected to that server will lose service. Rest of the network will continue to function as usual. That being said, any attempts to communicate with failed server will fail too.</p> +<hr> +<h1>Cyber attacks</h1> +<p>User credentials (such as emails, passwords, bank card numbers) and user data (such as profile pictures, birthday videos, phone numbers) uploaded to server are stored by the server and they make an attractive target for cyber criminals.</p> +<h2>Centralized Systems</h2> +<p>All the data is available from central server. Cyber attacks put every single user's data in danger.</p> +<h2>Decentralized Systems</h2> +<p>There is no server that has access to every data of every user. When servers are communicating, they only share minimum amount of data required. User credentials (email and password) are only known by the server user is connected to. If a server is attacked by cyber criminals, only the users of that server will get affected. Users on the other servers of the network won't be affected by the attack. That being said, all the communications made to attacked server may also be visible to attackers.</p> +<hr> +<h3>Redundancy isn't decentralization</h3> +<p>Both centralized and decentralized platfroms may utilize redundancy servers to avoid going entirely out of service in case of server failure. Facebook for instance deploys multiple data centers in different countries. So if one of the data center goes to maintenance, users connected to it will be routed to other data centers and continue to receive the service without down time.<br> +Redundancy is a good way to ensure reliable network but also costly one.</p> +<hr> +<h1>Conclusion</h1> +<p>Decentralization doesn't make a server more durable or secure. Every server, regardless of whether a part of centralized or decentralized network, is prone to failures and cyber attacks. Decentralization reduces the impact and limits the number of users being affected.</p> +<hr> +<h2>ELIUF posts elsewhere on the internet</h2> +<ul> +<li><a href="https://yarmo.eu/post/eliuf">ELIUF: Explain Like I Use Facebook</a> by <a href="https://yarmo.eu/">Yarmo Mackenbach</a></li> +<li><a href="https://www.garron.blog/posts/eliuf.html">How to decentralize the Internet</a> by <a href="https://www.garron.blog/about.html">Guillermo Garron</a></li> +</ul>Deleting Amazon account2020-07-26T21:15:00+06:002020-07-26T21:15:00+06:00Ali Murteza Yesiltag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-26:/deleting-amazon-account.html<p>Deleting Amazon account has more steps (friction) than I would like. But not impossible.</p><p>I call it "deleting account", Amazon calls it "closing account". I used them interchangibly in this post.</p> +<p>If you set your mind to delete (or close) your account, don't let too many steps discourage you. I understand that some people run their businesses on AWS and deleting their Amazon account will also delete AWS servers connected to that account. Amazon has given me 2 warnings about it and accepted to delete my account anyway. I wasn't invested in Amazon ecosystem and never used AWS anyway.</p> +<p>According my experience, here are the steps you may need to go through:</p> +<ol> +<li>Click on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html" title="Currently this page">Help</a> in the page footer and search for "close account".</li> +<li>You will be presented with an article that warns you about Amazon services you will lose access to. Read and make sure you stopped using those services already.</li> +<li>There is "<strong>Note:</strong> To close your account, please <a href="https://www.amazon.com/hz/contact-us/request-data">Contact Us</a> to request that your account be closed." at the very end of the help page. Click on "Contact Us" to continue.</li> +<li>If not yet logged in you will be asked to, login. Choose email for communication. There is also an option to call but I don't know how would that go since I don't live in US or Canada.</li> +<li>They will send the same help article with a bit more information and links to make sure you stopped using everything such as AWS, Alexa, Kindle Publishing, Prime video, Amazon Music etc. Near the end of email you will see "If you still want to close your Amazon.com account after reviewing the items above, please click this link and state that you want to close your account: <em>Some Link</em>", click on the link.</li> +<li>It will open a page with a text box. Write why you want to close your account and submit. If you are not sure what to write and also feeling adventurous, you can copy paste this link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ</li> +<li>They will email you within 24 hours either for more instructions or to tell you that your account is closed.</li> +</ol> +<p><strong>Note</strong>: Depending on where you live or how many Amazon services you used, you may need to go through more steps.</p>Digital Cleansing - Mastodon2020-07-24T15:23:00+06:002020-07-24T15:23:00+06:00Ali Murteza Yesiltag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-24:/digital-cleansing-mastodon.html<p>Centralized microblogging platforms are rich in user data and attractive to cyber criminals. I recommend decentralized alternatives.</p><h2>Microblogging</h2> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblogging" title="Read in more details on Wikipedia">Microblogging</a> is blogging smaller but usually more frequent updates. Microblogging platforms put some limitaions like the number of characters, photo size and video length in their platforms. Constraints make people to get creative to craft short and brief posts.<br> These platforms take away the hustle of maintaining your blog and reduce the friction to start writing/sharing.</p> <p>Do you know someone who uses a microblogging platform?<br> diff --git a/output/feeds/rss.xml b/output/feeds/rss.xml index 4848e66..52b0190 100644 --- a/output/feeds/rss.xml +++ b/output/feeds/rss.xml @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -Ali Murteza Yesilhttps://murtezayesil.me/BlogWed, 30 Dec 2020 16:49:00 +0600Silent Rage Quitshttps://murtezayesil.me/silent-rage-quits.html<p>nobody saw it coming</p>Ali Murteza YesilWed, 30 Dec 2020 16:49:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-12-30:/silent-rage-quits.htmlPersonal100DaysToOffloadDecentralized Internet is More Reliablehttps://murtezayesil.me/decentralized-internet-is-more-reliable.html<p>Every system is prone to failure and will face down time. Decentralization avoids total system failure.</p>Ali Murteza YesilTue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-28:/decentralized-internet-is-more-reliable.htmlTech100DaysToOffloadDeleting Amazon accounthttps://murtezayesil.me/deleting-amazon-account.html<p>Deleting Amazon account has more steps (friction) than I would like. But not impossible.</p>Ali Murteza YesilSun, 26 Jul 2020 21:15:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-26:/deleting-amazon-account.htmlNotes100DaysToOffloadSwap on SSD done righthttps://murtezayesil.me/swap-on-ssd-done-right.html<p>SSDs are fragile and swaps can be damaging. But they can live happily together.</p>Ali Murteza YesilSun, 26 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-26:/swap-on-ssd-done-right.htmlTech100DaysToOffloadDigital Cleansing - Mastodonhttps://murtezayesil.me/digital-cleansing-mastodon.html<p>Centralized microblogging platforms are rich in user data and attractive to cyber criminals. I recommend decentralized alternatives.</p>Ali Murteza YesilFri, 24 Jul 2020 15:23:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-24:/digital-cleansing-mastodon.htmlTechdigitalcleansingprivacyfediverse100DaysToOffload$ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not sethttps://murtezayesil.me/adb_vendor_keys-is-not-set.html<p>Authorizing adb when no prompt will come, the hard way.</p>Ali Murteza YesilWed, 22 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-22:/adb_vendor_keys-is-not-set.htmlNotesandroidproblem100DaysToOffloadFizzBuzz with single semicolonhttps://murtezayesil.me/fizzbuzz-with-single-semicolon.html<p>Attempt to write an eccentric FizzBuzz program with as few semicolon as possible.</p>Ali Murteza YesilMon, 20 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-20:/fizzbuzz-with-single-semicolon.htmlNotescode100DaysToOffloadDigital Cleansing - Jitsihttps://murtezayesil.me/digital-cleansing-jitsi.html<p>My family and relatives live different countries and make good use of video calling services regardless of who is offering the service</p>Ali Murteza YesilSat, 18 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-18:/digital-cleansing-jitsi.htmlTechdigitalcleansingprivacyjitsi100DaysToOffloadDigital Cleansing - NextCloudhttps://murtezayesil.me/digital-cleansing-nextcloud.html<p>NextCloud has 4 things going for me. It is FOSS, it gives me control, it is convenient and it works.</p>Ali Murteza YesilThu, 16 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-16:/digital-cleansing-nextcloud.htmlTechdigitalcleansingprivacynextcloud100DaysToOffloadDigital Cleansing - Identifying services we usehttps://murtezayesil.me/digital-cleansing-identifying-services-we-use.html<p>Step 1 of digital cleansing is identifying services I want to drop</p>Ali Murteza YesilTue, 14 Jul 2020 03:40:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-14:/digital-cleansing-identifying-services-we-use.htmlTechdigitalcleansingprivacy100daystooffloadDigital Cleansing For Better Privacyhttps://murtezayesil.me/digital-cleansing-for-better-privacy.html<p>I am documenting my journey to claiming my digital freedom. Previously called "My Master Plan For Privacy (of my family)".</p>Ali Murteza YesilSun, 12 Jul 2020 00:07:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-12:/digital-cleansing-for-better-privacy.htmlTechdigitalcleansingprivacy100DaysToOffloadPrivacy For The Whole Familyhttps://murtezayesil.me/privacy-for-the-whole-family.html<p>My story of learning about wounds in my privacy and my first steps to cure it, helping my family for the same too.</p>Ali Murteza YesilFri, 10 Jul 2020 11:18:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-10:/privacy-for-the-whole-family.htmlTechprivacynextcloudself-hosting100DaysToOffload \ No newline at end of file +Ali Murteza Yesilhttps://murtezayesil.me/BlogWed, 30 Dec 2020 16:49:00 +0600Silent Rage Quitshttps://murtezayesil.me/silent-rage-quits.html<p>nobody saw it coming</p>Ali Murteza YesilWed, 30 Dec 2020 16:49:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-12-30:/silent-rage-quits.htmlPersonal100DaysToOffloadSwap on SSD done righthttps://murtezayesil.me/swap-on-ssd-done-right.html<p>SSDs are fragile and swaps can be damaging. But they can live happily together.</p>Ali Murteza YesilSat, 01 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-08-01:/swap-on-ssd-done-right.htmlTech100DaysToOffloadDecentralized Internet is More Reliablehttps://murtezayesil.me/decentralized-internet-is-more-reliable.html<p>Every system is prone to failure and will face down time. Decentralization avoids total system failure.</p>Ali Murteza YesilTue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-28:/decentralized-internet-is-more-reliable.htmlTech100DaysToOffloadDeleting Amazon accounthttps://murtezayesil.me/deleting-amazon-account.html<p>Deleting Amazon account has more steps (friction) than I would like. But not impossible.</p>Ali Murteza YesilSun, 26 Jul 2020 21:15:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-26:/deleting-amazon-account.htmlNotes100DaysToOffloadDigital Cleansing - Mastodonhttps://murtezayesil.me/digital-cleansing-mastodon.html<p>Centralized microblogging platforms are rich in user data and attractive to cyber criminals. I recommend decentralized alternatives.</p>Ali Murteza YesilFri, 24 Jul 2020 15:23:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-24:/digital-cleansing-mastodon.htmlTechdigitalcleansingprivacyfediverse100DaysToOffload$ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not sethttps://murtezayesil.me/adb_vendor_keys-is-not-set.html<p>Authorizing adb when no prompt will come, the hard way.</p>Ali Murteza YesilWed, 22 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-22:/adb_vendor_keys-is-not-set.htmlNotesandroidproblem100DaysToOffloadFizzBuzz with single semicolonhttps://murtezayesil.me/fizzbuzz-with-single-semicolon.html<p>Attempt to write an eccentric FizzBuzz program with as few semicolon as possible.</p>Ali Murteza YesilMon, 20 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-20:/fizzbuzz-with-single-semicolon.htmlNotescode100DaysToOffloadDigital Cleansing - Jitsihttps://murtezayesil.me/digital-cleansing-jitsi.html<p>My family and relatives live different countries and make good use of video calling services regardless of who is offering the service</p>Ali Murteza YesilSat, 18 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-18:/digital-cleansing-jitsi.htmlTechdigitalcleansingprivacyjitsi100DaysToOffloadDigital Cleansing - NextCloudhttps://murtezayesil.me/digital-cleansing-nextcloud.html<p>NextCloud has 4 things going for me. It is FOSS, it gives me control, it is convenient and it works.</p>Ali Murteza YesilThu, 16 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-16:/digital-cleansing-nextcloud.htmlTechdigitalcleansingprivacynextcloud100DaysToOffloadDigital Cleansing - Identifying services we usehttps://murtezayesil.me/digital-cleansing-identifying-services-we-use.html<p>Step 1 of digital cleansing is identifying services I want to drop</p>Ali Murteza YesilTue, 14 Jul 2020 03:40:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-14:/digital-cleansing-identifying-services-we-use.htmlTechdigitalcleansingprivacy100daystooffloadDigital Cleansing For Better Privacyhttps://murtezayesil.me/digital-cleansing-for-better-privacy.html<p>I am documenting my journey to claiming my digital freedom. Previously called "My Master Plan For Privacy (of my family)".</p>Ali Murteza YesilSun, 12 Jul 2020 00:07:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-12:/digital-cleansing-for-better-privacy.htmlTechdigitalcleansingprivacy100DaysToOffloadPrivacy For The Whole Familyhttps://murtezayesil.me/privacy-for-the-whole-family.html<p>My story of learning about wounds in my privacy and my first steps to cure it, helping my family for the same too.</p>Ali Murteza YesilFri, 10 Jul 2020 11:18:00 +0600tag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-10:/privacy-for-the-whole-family.htmlTechprivacynextcloudself-hosting100DaysToOffload \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/output/feeds/tech.atom.xml b/output/feeds/tech.atom.xml index 0e323cd..0a85127 100644 --- a/output/feeds/tech.atom.xml +++ b/output/feeds/tech.atom.xml @@ -1,33 +1,5 @@ -Ali Murteza Yesil - Techhttps://murtezayesil.me/2020-07-28T12:00:00+06:00BlogDecentralized Internet is More Reliable2020-07-28T12:00:00+06:002020-07-28T12:00:00+06:00Ali Murteza Yesiltag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-28:/decentralized-internet-is-more-reliable.html<p>Every system is prone to failure and will face down time. Decentralization avoids total system failure.</p><h1>Introduction</h1> -<p>I was looking for a way to explain decentralized internet to my family. Then Yarmo Mackenbach came up with the idea of <a href="https://yarmo.eu/post/eliuf" title="Explain Like I Use Facebook">ELIUF</a>. A decentralized attempt to explain concept, advantages and disadvantages of decentralized internet to people using centralized platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, etc.</p> -<p>From power surge to aged hardware, bug in software to cyber attack, there are many reasons a system may fail. Neither centralized or decentralized systems are %100 safe from failures.</p> -<hr> -<h1>System failure</h1> -<h2>Centralized Systems</h2> -<p>There is a central server that stores every data required to offer a service. Any failure in the central server may cause it to go out of service. Any maintenace such as updating software or replacing aged hardware may require powering server off thus putting it out of service. </p> -<h2>Decentralized Systems</h2> -<p>In a decentralized network, there are multiple servers and each of them store only the data for their own clients. Servers communicate with each other if they need to get data stored in some other server. If any server fails or goes to maintenance, only the clients connected to that server will lose service. Rest of the network will continue to function as usual. That being said, any attempts to communicate with failed server will fail too.</p> -<hr> -<h1>Cyber attacks</h1> -<p>User credentials (such as emails, passwords, bank card numbers) and user data (such as profile pictures, birthday videos, phone numbers) uploaded to server are stored by the server and they make an attractive target for cyber criminals.</p> -<h2>Centralized Systems</h2> -<p>All the data is available from central server. Cyber attacks put every single user's data in danger.</p> -<h2>Decentralized Systems</h2> -<p>There is no server that has access to every data of every user. When servers are communicating, they only share minimum amount of data required. User credentials (email and password) are only known by the server user is connected to. If a server is attacked by cyber criminals, only the users of that server will get affected. Users on the other servers of the network won't be affected by the attack. That being said, all the communications made to attacked server may also be visible to attackers.</p> -<hr> -<h3>Redundancy isn't decentralization</h3> -<p>Both centralized and decentralized platfroms may utilize redundancy servers to avoid going entirely out of service in case of server failure. Facebook for instance deploys multiple data centers in different countries. So if one of the data center goes to maintenance, users connected to it will be routed to other data centers and continue to receive the service without down time.<br> -Redundancy is a good way to ensure reliable network but also costly one.</p> -<hr> -<h1>Conclusion</h1> -<p>Decentralization doesn't make a server more durable or secure. Every server, regardless of whether a part of centralized or decentralized network, is prone to failures and cyber attacks. Decentralization reduces the impact and limits the number of users being affected.</p> -<hr> -<h2>ELIUF posts elsewhere on the internet</h2> -<ul> -<li><a href="https://yarmo.eu/post/eliuf">ELIUF: Explain Like I Use Facebook</a> by <a href="https://yarmo.eu/">Yarmo Mackenbach</a></li> -<li><a href="https://www.garron.blog/posts/eliuf.html">How to decentralize the Internet</a> by <a href="https://www.garron.blog/about.html">Guillermo Garron</a></li> -</ul>Swap on SSD done right2020-07-26T00:00:00+06:002020-07-26T00:00:00+06:00Ali Murteza Yesiltag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-26:/swap-on-ssd-done-right.html<p>SSDs are fragile and swaps can be damaging. But they can live happily together.</p><p>TL;DR : If you have SSD and need swap, you should use swapspace daemon for healthier SSD. Btw, you want SSD and you need swap.</p> +Ali Murteza Yesil - Techhttps://murtezayesil.me/2020-08-01T12:00:00+06:00BlogSwap on SSD done right2020-08-01T12:00:00+06:002020-08-01T12:00:00+06:00Ali Murteza Yesiltag:murtezayesil.me,2020-08-01:/swap-on-ssd-done-right.html<p>SSDs are fragile and swaps can be damaging. But they can live happily together.</p><p>TL;DR : If you have SSD and need swap, you should use swapspace daemon for healthier SSD. Btw, you want SSD and you need swap.</p> <p>Note: I expect you to be familiar with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access_memory">RAM</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging#Unix_and_Unix-like_systems">swap</a> and concept of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging">paging</a>.</p> <p>Here is the short edition:<br> <strong>RAM</strong> is fast memory for currently running programs.<br> @@ -76,7 +48,35 @@ Redundancy is a good way to ensure reliable network but also costly one.</p&g <p><a href="http://manpages.org/swapspace/8" title="read manpage">Swapspace</a> is a background service that understands swap needs and either creates or removes swap files on the fly.</p> <p>Swapspace is available on many <em>local repos</em>, <em>AUR</em> and on <a href="https://github.com/Tookmund/Swapspace"><em>GitHub</em></a>. </p> <hr> -<p><strong>Note</strong>: How aggressively the Kernel should use swap memory can be controlled via a value called swappiness. Read about <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/449691/what-is-swapiness-on-linux-and-how-to-change-it/">changing swappiness</a> for better RAM utilization.</p>Digital Cleansing - Mastodon2020-07-24T15:23:00+06:002020-07-24T15:23:00+06:00Ali Murteza Yesiltag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-24:/digital-cleansing-mastodon.html<p>Centralized microblogging platforms are rich in user data and attractive to cyber criminals. I recommend decentralized alternatives.</p><h2>Microblogging</h2> +<p><strong>Note</strong>: How aggressively the Kernel should use swap memory can be controlled via a value called swappiness. Read about <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/449691/what-is-swapiness-on-linux-and-how-to-change-it/">changing swappiness</a> for better RAM utilization.</p>Decentralized Internet is More Reliable2020-07-28T12:00:00+06:002020-07-28T12:00:00+06:00Ali Murteza Yesiltag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-28:/decentralized-internet-is-more-reliable.html<p>Every system is prone to failure and will face down time. Decentralization avoids total system failure.</p><h1>Introduction</h1> +<p>I was looking for a way to explain decentralized internet to my family. Then Yarmo Mackenbach came up with the idea of <a href="https://yarmo.eu/post/eliuf" title="Explain Like I Use Facebook">ELIUF</a>. A decentralized attempt to explain concept, advantages and disadvantages of decentralized internet to people using centralized platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, etc.</p> +<p>From power surge to aged hardware, bug in software to cyber attack, there are many reasons a system may fail. Neither centralized or decentralized systems are %100 safe from failures.</p> +<hr> +<h1>System failure</h1> +<h2>Centralized Systems</h2> +<p>There is a central server that stores every data required to offer a service. Any failure in the central server may cause it to go out of service. Any maintenace such as updating software or replacing aged hardware may require powering server off thus putting it out of service. </p> +<h2>Decentralized Systems</h2> +<p>In a decentralized network, there are multiple servers and each of them store only the data for their own clients. Servers communicate with each other if they need to get data stored in some other server. If any server fails or goes to maintenance, only the clients connected to that server will lose service. Rest of the network will continue to function as usual. That being said, any attempts to communicate with failed server will fail too.</p> +<hr> +<h1>Cyber attacks</h1> +<p>User credentials (such as emails, passwords, bank card numbers) and user data (such as profile pictures, birthday videos, phone numbers) uploaded to server are stored by the server and they make an attractive target for cyber criminals.</p> +<h2>Centralized Systems</h2> +<p>All the data is available from central server. Cyber attacks put every single user's data in danger.</p> +<h2>Decentralized Systems</h2> +<p>There is no server that has access to every data of every user. When servers are communicating, they only share minimum amount of data required. User credentials (email and password) are only known by the server user is connected to. If a server is attacked by cyber criminals, only the users of that server will get affected. Users on the other servers of the network won't be affected by the attack. That being said, all the communications made to attacked server may also be visible to attackers.</p> +<hr> +<h3>Redundancy isn't decentralization</h3> +<p>Both centralized and decentralized platfroms may utilize redundancy servers to avoid going entirely out of service in case of server failure. Facebook for instance deploys multiple data centers in different countries. So if one of the data center goes to maintenance, users connected to it will be routed to other data centers and continue to receive the service without down time.<br> +Redundancy is a good way to ensure reliable network but also costly one.</p> +<hr> +<h1>Conclusion</h1> +<p>Decentralization doesn't make a server more durable or secure. Every server, regardless of whether a part of centralized or decentralized network, is prone to failures and cyber attacks. Decentralization reduces the impact and limits the number of users being affected.</p> +<hr> +<h2>ELIUF posts elsewhere on the internet</h2> +<ul> +<li><a href="https://yarmo.eu/post/eliuf">ELIUF: Explain Like I Use Facebook</a> by <a href="https://yarmo.eu/">Yarmo Mackenbach</a></li> +<li><a href="https://www.garron.blog/posts/eliuf.html">How to decentralize the Internet</a> by <a href="https://www.garron.blog/about.html">Guillermo Garron</a></li> +</ul>Digital Cleansing - Mastodon2020-07-24T15:23:00+06:002020-07-24T15:23:00+06:00Ali Murteza Yesiltag:murtezayesil.me,2020-07-24:/digital-cleansing-mastodon.html<p>Centralized microblogging platforms are rich in user data and attractive to cyber criminals. I recommend decentralized alternatives.</p><h2>Microblogging</h2> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblogging" title="Read in more details on Wikipedia">Microblogging</a> is blogging smaller but usually more frequent updates. Microblogging platforms put some limitaions like the number of characters, photo size and video length in their platforms. Constraints make people to get creative to craft short and brief posts.<br> These platforms take away the hustle of maintaining your blog and reduce the friction to start writing/sharing.</p> <p>Do you know someone who uses a microblogging platform?<br> diff --git a/output/index.html b/output/index.html index 85a2a74..a688d54 100644 --- a/output/index.html +++ b/output/index.html @@ -79,6 +79,22 @@ Asking for help, opinions and experiences of others is important for making educ

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