WARNING: WordPress File Delete to Code Execution

"WordPress is the most popular CMS on the web. According to w3tech, it is used by approximately 30% of all websites1. This wide adoption makes it an interesting target for cyber criminals."

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WordPress Design Flaw Leads to WooCommerce RCE

"A flaw in the way WordPress handles privileges can lead to a privilege escalation in WordPress plugins. This affects for example WooCommerce, the most popular e-commerce plugin with over 4 million installations."

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Mute/unmute volume control should show on iOS · Issue #4478 · videojs/video.js

"force mute to display on all devices, from videojs#4478 f154df5"

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components

"The architecture of the Video.js player is centered around components. The Player class and all classes representing player controls and other UI elements inherit from the Component class. This architecture makes it easy to construct the user interface of the Video."

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Git Catastrophes and Tips to Avoid Them

"In this post, I'd like to highlight some git features that might be less used/known, but can end up saving your @$$ when things go south in the codebase. Fortunately, it is really hard to irrevocably mess something up with git, as long as you have the .git hidden folder in your project intact!"

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Storing and retrieving audio (mp3) with localForage

"However I want to store / cache the loaded mp3 locally so that the user only has to download it once and the app can work offline. The files are approx 750 KB. In the example below the file is only 74 KB. However I can't seem to retrieve the audio in a format I can play..."

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Why is my MacBook warm when the lid is closed (in sleep mode)?

"When I woke up last night it was a little windy outside, so I decided to unplug my MacBook because the power tends to flicker here. When I picked up the MacBook I noticed that it was very warm, even though the lid was closed and it was in sleep mode."

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Global space

"Without any namespace definition, all class and function definitions are placed into the global space - as it was in PHP before namespaces were supported. Prefixing a name with \ will specify that the name is required from the global space even in the context of the namespace."

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HTTP 2 Server Push

"A year ago, I posted an article explaining the general concept of HTTP 2.0. Today we can finally use it for building websites as it is now supported by major browsers. This article will focus on HTTP 2.0 - Server Push, from what it is, the problems it solves, how to implement it (using commons."

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