#this is not intended to be the master post so every update i will js link this thread to the new one

[archerdepartures116]

Ill post this au( inspired by tweet above) i started on my twt on Tumblr too

First part

more comic panels below

Second part

Third part

Fourth part

Shenanigans side extra

this is currently an ongoing series, if this does well here, I will continue posting these in bulk (～￣▽￣)～

feel free to ask me ab this au and give your suggestions!

[corbindavenport]

How I rewrote Nexus Tools with Dart

Last month, I updated a project of mine called Nexus Tools, which is an installer for Google's Android SDK Platform Tools. It's one of my most popular software projects, with around 1.1-1.3k users per month, and version 5.0 is a complete rewrite. The switch seemed to go fine (no bug reports yet!), so I wanted to write a blog post about the development process, in the hopes that it might help others experimenting with bash scripts or Dart programming.

The old bash script

Before v5.0, Nexus Tools was written as a bash script, which is a series of commands that runs in Bash Shell (or a Bash-compatible environment). I only supported Mac and Linux at first, but over the years I also added compatibility for Chrome OS, Bash for Windows 10, and Macs with Apple Silicon chips. The main process is the same across all platforms: Nexus Tools creates a folder in the home directory, downloads and unzips the SDK Platform Tools package from Google's server, and adds it to the system path. Nothing too complicated.

However, Nexus Tools still broke in some manner almost every time I updated it. Bash scripts are difficult to adequately test, because they are interpreted at runtime by the Bash shell, instead of being compiled as machine code. There are different versions of Bash being used today, and some versions don't support all scripting features. This is especially an issue on macOS, which still ships with Bash v3.2 from 2007, because newer versions use the GPLv3 license that Apple doesn't want to deal with. Apple switched the default shell to Zsh on newer macOS versions, but Zsh scripts are pretty different than Bash scripts.

Bash scripts also can't do much on their own — they call the applications present on the computer. Most Linux and macOS systems have the same set of basic tools installed that Nexus Tools requires (mainly curl and unzip), but verifying that each utility I wanted to use worked similarly on each supported platform was an added layer of complexity that I didn't enjoy dealing with.

In short, bash scripts are great for scripting your own PC or environments similar to each other, but less so for multiple operating systems and versions of Bash shell.

Choosing Dart

I decided to try rewriting Nexus Tools as a command-line Dart application. Dart is a programming language created by Google, originally intended for use in web applications, but more recently has become part of the larger Flutter framework for creating web/mobile/desktop apps. However, you can also create command-line applications and scripts in Dart, which can be compiled for use on Mac, Linux, and Windows.

There are many other ways of creating command-line compiled applications that are cross-platform, but Dart's JS-like syntax is easy for me to deal with, so I went with it.

The rewriting process

The bash script version of Nexus Tools was around 250 lines of code, and even with my limited Dart experience, it only took around 8-10 hours spread across multiple days to get a functionally-identical version working in Dart. Not too bad!

Just like the bash version, the Dart version created a folder in the home directory, downloaded the tools and unzipped them, and then added the directory to the system's path. The download is handled by Dart's own http library, and then unzipped with the archive library. One of my goals here was to avoid calling external tools wherever possible, and that was (mostly) achieved. The only times Nexus Tools calls system commands is for file operations and for installing ADB drivers on Windows — more on that later.

I still had to write a few functions for functionality that Dart and its main libraries don't seem to provide, like one for adding a directory to the system path and another for determining the CPU architecture. I was a bit surprised by that last one — the 'io' library has an easy way to check the host operating system, but not the CPU?

My main concern with switching to a compiled application was security on macOS. Apple requires all applications, even ones distributed outside the App Store, to be notarized with an Apple-issued developer ID or an error message will appear. However, the Nexus Tools executable created with dart compile doesn't seem to have any issues with this. Maybe Apple doesn't enforce signing with command-line applications?

Adding Windows support

Dart supports Windows, so switching to Dart allowed me to add Windows support without much extra work. The process for installing the Android SDK Tools on Windows involves most of the same steps as on Mac/Linux, but calls to the system required different commands. For example, adding Nexus Tools to the system path on Windows just requires calling the "setx" command on Windows, but on macOS and Linux I have to add a line to a text file.

The tricky part with using the Android Platform Tools applications on Windows is usually drivers, so I wanted to integrate the step of optionally installing drivers when Nexus Tools is running on Windows. Thankfully, Koushik Dutta created a Universal ADB Drivers installer a while back that solves this problem, so Nexus Tools just downloads that and runs it.

Creating the wrapper script

The main unique feature about Nexus Tools is that it runs without actually downloading the script to your computer — you just paste in a terminal command, which grabs the bash script from GitHub and runs it in the Bash Shell.

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/corbindavenport/nexus-tools/master/install.sh)

I wanted to retain this functionality for two reasons. First, it's convenient. Second, many articles and tutorials written over the years that mention Nexus Tools just include the installation command without any links to the project.

I reduced the bash script code to the bare minimum required to download the Nexus Tools executable and run it, and you can see it here. The neat part is that it uses GitHub's permalinks for a project's downloads (e.g. project/releases/latest/download/file.zip), so the script always grabs the latest available version from the releases page — I don't have to update the script at all when I publish a new version, I just have to make sure the downloads have the correct file name.

I also created a similar wrapper script for Windows, which runs when you paste the below command into PowerShell (or the fancy new Windows Terminal).

iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/corbindavenport/nexus-tools/master/install.ps1'))

I'm pretty happy that running Nexus Tools on Windows is just as quick and easy as on Mac and Linux. Here's what it looks like on Linux:

And here's what it looks like on Windows 10:

Pretty neat!

Conclusion

I definitely could have continued to maintain Nexus Tools as a bash script, given enough testing and debugging with every release. The transition was mostly for my own personal reasons rather than strictly technological reasons — I was really sick of bash scripting. And in the end, this is my software project, so I'm gonna do what I want!

I think the switch has been a success, though. It runs exactly as well as the previous bash version (you can't even tell a difference on the surface), and I've been able to add Windows support with minimal additional work. I haven't received a single bug report, and the average number of people using Nexus Tools every day has remained at the same level of 20-50 people.

The one downside is that Nexus Tools doesn't run natively on Apple Silicon Macs, because I don't have an ARM Mac to compile it on (and Dart's compiler doesn't support cross-compiling), but it works fine in Apple's Rosetta compatibility layer.

[andrewmawby]

Real Life Rooms: A Master Bedroom Done in Blues

Hey there Remodelaholic readers! Dawn here, from AD Aesthetic, and I’m back this month with another reader question mockup to hopefully inspire some creative ideas for your space. If you’ve missed any of my previous reader question mockups, you can always see all my posts here.

If you follow Remodelaholic on Facebook, you’ve probably seen several of the reader questions that are submitted every month. Well each month here on Remodelaholic, I choose one reader submitted photo to offer my two cents on, and I create a Photoshop mock up of what I would do if I were in your shoes! (Pssssst— you can submit your reader questions by messaging Remodelaholic on Facebook. Be sure to include a good quality photo!)

First though, my standard disclaimer: While I can recommend ideas that I think look nice, I have never seen this house in real life and don’t have accurate measurements. I am also not an architect or landscaper and do not know the planting recommendations for your area- I just like to make things look nice. I can’t guarantee that any of the items I put in my ‘virtual’ design will actually work in real life (or that they’ll fit your design style for that matter), and this is not intended to be a professional design consultation. So think of this as a just-for-fun rendering that hopefully gets your wheels turning and provides some inspiration!

On to the fun!

READER QUESTION from Tatyana — I need advice on how to decorate master bedroom. We got the dressers as side tables but now they seem too tall for the platform bed. If we remove the legs, I think we will lose some of the aesthetic they bring to the room. Do I put art above the headboard or above the side tables? The ceiling in the room is vaulted and very high. The walls are completely white and I want them to stay that way. The bed and dresser drawers are weathered wood. I would like to keep it natural colors with maybe some gold and light blue accents. Ignore the lamps. These are there until we get something new.

  Bedrooms can be tricky to decorate. Not only do they usually have large expanses of wall, especially above a headboard, but because it’s a room guests rarely see, it can be tempting to fill it with leftover decor items or furniture. The problem is, when you spend a lot of time it a room you aren’t crazy about, it can start to affect your mood. Here are a few bedrooms I rounded up that have nice examples of white walls and fun decor around the headboard, to help with inspiration for Tatyana’s space:

Ideas for Decorating around a headboard

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Image Source: Front + Main by West Elm Photo Credit: Molly Madfis

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Image Source: Lindye Galloway Interiors

Knowing Tatyana wanted a room with neutral colors and splashes of blue, and taking into consideration the mid-century modern vibe of the furniture she already has, here’s what I came up with:

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Decorating a large wall around a headboard

Function + Form.

While I’m all for pretty things just because they make you happy, having the perfect combo of form and function is, well, perfect. Take, for example, the gorgeous gold swing lamps I incorporated into this mockup. Not only are they beautiful, but having them mounted on the wall leaves all the nightstand space for practical use. Plus they can be moved closer for reading, or away for a less harsh glow.

See more affordable headboards here.

Decor + Storage.

One of my very favorite things to do with large wall space is to add vertical storage. Floating shelves are beautiful and practical. They fill a lot of visual space, while still looking organized and chic. Plus they add extra space to store all your favorite things, and in this case, bring in some additional gold accents to fit with the color scheme.

See more of our favorite shelves here.

Color + Texture.

To keep this space soft, I went for a ton of texture in the decor. I love mixing high-texture elements with sleek mid-century furniture. The contrast is really nice, and especially in a bedroom, the added texture keeps things from feeling too cold or uninviting. In this space, a woven macrame wall hanging makes a big statement, while bringing in some of the blue color Tatyana requested. The deep indigo duvet also adds a nice pop of rich color and some fun texture that ties into the wall art. Finally, a soft rug underfoot adds some lightness to the space and ties all the colors together.

See more of our favorite rugs here. 

So what do you think? What would you do if this were your home?

As always, thank you to Cassity and the Remodelaholic team for having me back each month. If you like this post, and have a design dilemma you’d like me to mock up some ideas for, you can ask your questions by sending Remodelaholic a message over on Facebook, or checkout my mockup design services over on my site adaesthetic.com. And be sure to follow me on Facebook, Pinterest, or Instagram and say hello! Have a great day, friends!

-Dawn

More master bedroom decorating ideas:

modern coastal bedroom

vintage travel-inspired bedroom

Fixer Upper farmhouse style bedroom

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SESSION HIJACKING WORDPRESS MALWARE SPOTTED

Researchers have identified a pressure of cookie stealing malware injected right into a valid JavaScript file, that masquerades as a WordPress middle domain.

Cesar Anjos, a security analyst at Sucuri, a firm that focuses on WordPress safety, got here throughout the malware at some point of an incident response research and defined it in a blog published Tuesday.

Anjos says it appears attackers used typosquatting

Or URL hijacking, to craft the phony area, code.Wordprssapi[.]com. Typosquatting is a way that typically is predicated on users making typographical errors when inputting URLs into an internet browser. In this case, the fake website is designed to appear to be a legitimate WordPress area so it doesn’t appear out of region within the code.

The researcher stated it seemed attackers injected malware into the lowest of a valid WordPress JavaScript record designed to reroute touchy information, such as cookies, to the faux domain.

Denis Sinegubko, a senior malware researcher at Sucuri, advised Threatpost Wednesday that it’s probably an attacker took gain of any other vulnerability in WordPress to inject the obfuscated code in the first region.

“Modern attacks not often use one particular vulnerability. They commonly experiment for more than one recognized vulnerabilities (commonly in 0.33-birthday celebration issues and plugins) and then make the most anything they locate,” Sinegubko said.

Anjos points out that in addition to appearing at the lowest of a real WordPress JavaScript file – wp-consists of/js/hoverIntent[.]min[.]js – the code additionally uses an ordinary obfuscation sample, eval(characteristic(p,a,c,okay,e,d). The characteristic, usually utilized in JavaScript libraries and scripts, tightly packs code that’s later completed when the web page loads.

Stopping Domain Name Hijacking and Domain Name Theft

Domain hijacking, or area robbery, occurs while someone improperly changes the registration of a website call without permission from the unique registrant. A domain may be hijacked for several motives: to generate cash via a click on through visitors, for resale to the proper owner or a 3rd party, to feature price to a current enterprise, for malicious motives, or to acquire notoriety.

The charges of area hijacking are sizeable. According to Symantec, a security software program organization, in 2012, the financial system misplaced $400 billion as a result of incidents of domain hijacking and related crimes. A variety of domains has been hijacked in current years, together with the U.S. Marines, The New York Times, Twitter, Google, The Huffington Post, Forbes.Com, and Craigslist.

Once a website is hijacked, it’s far hard to get better.

If you observed your domain has been hijacked, immediately touch the organization with whom you registered the domain. To the extent the registrar can affirm your domain has been hijacked, the registrar ought to work to assist transfer the domain call lower back to you. It is uncommon, but, to recover any damages incurred during the period that the domain changed into improperly inside the fingers of a 3rd birthday celebration.

There are few opportunity actions if the registrar does not or can’t act. Both litigation and ICANN court cases can be high priced and time-eating. Neither option may additionally appropriately shield your online commercial enterprise and popularity all through the intending. In a few times, it is able to be less expensive to simply create a new website and register a brand new domain.

Because of the risks associated with area hijacking, it’s far essential that businesses take steps to make any tried hijacking greater difficult. First, make sure that the registrar with whom you check in your area is authentic. There are masses of registrars, so it’s miles crucial to do your studies. You might also consolidate all your domains with one registrar, which simplifies your capability to display all your domain names.

Second, make sure that your touch information is updated. Registrars have a tendency to apply email as the primary method of communication and to reset passwords on your account. If that email lapses for any motive, then a person else can alternate your domain registration greater effortlessly. Consider using an administrative email, so that you don’t ought to update the e-mail whenever the character answerable for the domain call adjustments.

Third, cozy your person names and passwords.

As with other passwords, make your password hard to bet. Limit get admission to best to folks that actually want it.

Fourth, recollect the usage of Whois Privacy Service, which makes your contact data non-public. This option might also have drawbacks, but. For example, it is able to be hard to prove that you are the genuine registrant of the area if this selection is enabled. It may create additional delays in the event that you have to use a criminal process to recover a hijacked domain.

Difference Between Java and WordPress

Java and WordPress are very a whole lot unique, this is an try and compares and spot wherein they intersect every other.

Java

Java is an organization Language, what its approach it’s far used to build organization packages, what do we mean by that?

· A type of clients can interact with programs like browsers, smart capsules, B2B packages, NET and different language apps.

· High Security to guide the requirements.

· Highly Scalable to help the growing site visitors.

· Performance – Begin bring together time performance is high.

· E.G programs are Gaming, ECommerce websites, Billing, Retail, CRM and lots of others

Java may be used to create blogging CMS like WordPress. There are CMS’s like alfresco, Plone, JRoller who do to try to that, however, none has been in a position so famous as WordPress.

WordPress

Very specialized CMS/running a blog engine build on the pinnacle of PHP.

· It is very easy to examine software program, compare it to mastering MS Word.

· You don’t want to realize PHP/programming to be WordPress internet site developer.

· It has a issues idea, which lets in a developer to configure internet site pages with clean.

· Supports hundreds of plugins, nearly clean to discover any kind of functionality an internet site desires.

· Installs on Apache Server with PHP engine.

· Many website hosting websites assist 1 click setup.

· Uses MySQL as the backend engine.

As you spot, WordPress and Java can’t be as compared as one is a language where another is a software built on PHP language.

Had WordPress been written in Java

As a Java Developer, I do want WordPress turned into built on Java, it would have given

1. Java applications an internet aptitude, we would see altogether new set of programs /widgets/ plugins.

2. Designers would have no longer be afraid of the language in any respect.

Three. Applications ought to have used the WordPress database, which has a completely easy schema

Best Ways to Catch a Spotted Seatrout

The first step to apply whilst concentrated on any species of fish is to examine what they like. Spotted seatrout like;

• Grass apartments • Oyster bars • Abundant prey offerings

The satisfactory region to discover a spotted seatrout is by way of ways the grass apartments. These fish inhabit the inshore saltwater estuaries throughout the southern areas of the United States of America. Typically, if you may find a few acres of healthy sea grass, you’ll additionally find trout. Their whole life cycle takes place inside the inshore surroundings. They will usually be stuck in water depths of six feet or less. Sometimes they can be found in water much less than 12 inches deep.

The 2d exceptional inshore surroundings to find your goal species is near an oyster bar. Oyster bars are awesome locations to goal these fish because a wholesome oyster bar is a haven for small shrimp, crabs, and small fish. Large oyster bars are also a first rate environmental indicator for a healthy water device. Oysters do no longer thrive except the waters they are living in are easy and healthy. If you need to goal those fish, you ought to are seeking for out wholesome grass residences or healthy oyster bars.

The third indicator a fisherman need to are trying to find out for capacity noticed seatrout haunts is bait colleges. If you may discover a faculty of any of the subsequent species, you will most likely locate your goal species. Their favorites appear to be shrimp followed carefully by sardines, glass minnows, and pilchards. Larger trout appear to like huge mullet and pinfish offerings excellent.

The three excellent lures to seize a noticed seatrout relies upon the fisherman, but this fisherman prefers the subsequent;

• Scented soft plastics combines with a pink jig head

• Gold spoons • Any imitation mullet lure

Scented gentle plastics used in aggregate with a jig head is that this fisherman’s favored in terms of catching these fish. This species of fish loves to hit the jig in the fall because it covers the water column up and down. When the water is less warm a slower jigging approach and a slower retrieve is essential. When the water temperatures are above 70 ranges a faster retrieve will regularly work higher.

Gold spoons catch just about every fish in the ocean. This ancient fishing trap works thoroughly. They are available in a normal model with a treble hook but they also can be observed with weed fewer versions. A fisherman must determine that is great for the fishing conditions they’re experiencing.

Any imitation mullet trap will catch larger fish. The walk-the-canine sort of mullet imitations paintings quality for this fisherman, however, the suspending and sinking variations may even work well relying upon the water depth. There also are gentle plastic imitation mullet lures in an effort to paintings very well. Just solid this lure right into a faculty a mullet and await the strike.