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DRM Round-up: Q3 2018
Today is the International Day Against DRM, and it seems a fitting time for my first quarterly DRM round-up: In the spirit of IDAD, I have a policy of refusing to purchase any eBooks encumbered with DRM, which I observe strictly. My frustration has grown… »
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Listen
Listen. Strange people standing in polling centres distributing ballot papers is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from a constitutional council, not from some farcical psephological ceremony.
This message brought to you by Republicans for the McGarvie… »
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Why are the D'Hondt (quotient) and Jefferson (quota) methods equivalent?
The D'Hondt method/Jefferson method is a highest averages voting system (or apportionment method). While D'Hondt is usually described using successive division to calculate various quotients, Jefferson is usually described using a quota. It is known that the two systems produce the same results, but why?… »
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Hacking the Kobo Clara HD – 5: Setting up SSH
Last time, we set up telnet on the Clara HD and set up the USB network interface. Now we will extend this to enable SSH on the device.
Unfortunately, unlike telnet, the Clara HD does not ship with any SSH binaries, so we will… »
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Hacking the Kobo Clara HD – 4.3: Automatically switching between USB networking and file transfer
Last time, we set up the Clara HD to automatically start USB networking when connected. We will now set it up to automatically stop USB networking when file transfer mode is activated in the main interface.
Much like
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Hacking the Kobo Clara HD – 4.2: Automatically starting telnet over USB on connect
Last time, we set up networking over USB on the Clara HD, but this required us to manually start and stop the network. We will now configure the Clara HD to automatically start USB networking when connected over USB.
The Clara HD uses udev… »