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Karl Knechtel‭

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My mostly-dev-related, thus-far-barely-used blog: https://zahlman.github.io/

My GitHub presence: https://github.com/zahlman

Me on the Python Discourse forum: https://discuss.python.org/u/kknechtel

Me on Stack Exchange: https://stackexchange.com/users/248321

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Meta Are non power users questions welcome in Power Users?

The benefits of allowing "easy" questions The Software site already had an analogous discussion and the consensus came out fairly strongly in favour of accepting and answering beginner-level quest...

posted 1y ago by Karl Knechtel‭ · edited 1y ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Q&A What are the security or privacy implications of browser clipboard events?

For context, I use Firefox to browse the Web. Some time ago, I followed some security- and privacy-oriented advice for configuring Firefox, which recommended (among many other things) disabling the...

1 answer · posted 9mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭ · last activity 9mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

Question information-security web-browsers javascript clipboard

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Q&A Understanding OAuth(2) security: what's a realistic threat model?

Suppose I want to use some functionality on foo.com which requires associating my activity with me specifically - for example, posting on a forum, or playing some games and having the site keep tra...

2 answers · posted 7mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭ · last activity 4mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

Question information-security web-application oauth

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Q&A Linux distro and documentation for a Windows power user wanting to become a Linux power user without spending a lifetime in the process?

It's better to start in the shallow end Even the "friendliest" Linux distributions usually don't get in your way very much, or try to force you to do things in a specific way to the extent that Wi...

posted 1y ago by Karl Knechtel‭ · edited 1y ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Meta Closing "unclear" questions

Understanding question closure The main point I want to make here applies to Codidact as a whole, and possibly even to every Q&A site like it, even theoretically. Closure and deletion, followi...

posted 1y ago by Karl Knechtel‭ · edited 1y ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Q&A Can I "multi-etch" boot media?

A couple of years ago when I installed Linux, I followed some instructions to get an "etching" tool to load an ISO onto removable media for a live boot - in my case, a 4GB microSD card. It worked f...

1 answer · posted 5mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭ · last activity 5mo ago by samcarter‭

Question sd-cards storage live-boot iso

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Q&A Understanding integrated/low-end GPU performance for budget upgrades

My current computer is about 10 years old. It suits my current needs well enough, but in the future I'd like to do a bit more, so I'm think about some budget upgrades for CPU, motherboard and memor...

3 answers · posted 5mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭ · last activity 3mo ago by Michael‭

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