Secure Shell, commonly referred to as SSH, is a cryptographic protocol used to secure communication between two hosts over a network. SSH is useful because it allows for secure communication, even when the network may be insecure.

Here are some best practices for securing your SSH connection and preventing unauthorized users on your network.

Use a strong username/password combination

Having an easy-to-guess password is one of the quickest ways to let someone gain access to your server (or any device, for that matter). For example, “123456” or “password” are strongly advised against because they are too easy to guess. …

And no, it’s not Bitcoin.

It’s not Apple or Tesla stock.

It’s not gold or cryptocurrency.

It’s not bonds or index funds.

It’s time.

Time is the single best investment you can make in your lifetime. Time is the only resource that everyone gets the same amount of, every single day. It’s the only resource that doesn’t have inflation. And, the sooner you start investing it, the better off you’ll be.

How much time do we really have?

There are 24 hours in a day. Let’s assume the average human spends 8 hours a day sleeping — this is unavoidable time, which can’t be spent doing anything…

“If you stretched out your arms and your entire wingspan was representative of Earth’s geological history, and then you took a nail file and took just a little bit off of the edge of your fingernail, you would have just wiped out all human history.”

— The Liturgists

Our home — planet Earth. Approximately 8,000 miles wide, pole to pole. A little over 7.5 billion people wandering its surface.

Every person you’ve ever met, every laugh you’ve shared, every tear you’ve shed, took place here. On this rock, hurling through space and time.

The scale of our universe is incomprehensible…

Today, I will be showing you the easiest way to set up a public vanilla Minecraft server for you and your friends, without spending a single dollar. Without further ado, let’s begin!

#1 — Create a server folder

In whatever directory you choose, create a new folder — this is where all of the server files will be downloaded and run from.

#2 — Download JAR file

You can download the official Minecraft Server .jar file here. Save it to the server folder you just created.

#3 — Create the run script

In order to actually host the server, you will need a script to run the .jar file. …

The standard Python library argparse used to incorporate the parsing of command line arguments. Instead of having to manually set variables inside of the code, argparse can be used to add flexibility and reusability to your code by allowing user input values to be parsed and utilized.

Installation

Since argparse is part of the standard Python library, it should already be installed. However, if it’s not, you can install it using the follwing command:

pip install argparse

If you do not have pip installed, follow the installation docs here.

Getting Started

Here is a file called hello.py to demonstrate a very basic example…

Do you order pizza or Chinese food tonight?

Do you try a new place, or stick to one that’s more familiar?

What dish do you actually get?

The human mind is capable of so many things, but often times it’s simple decisions like where to eat or what to order that stump us.

The fascinating book Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths illustrates how many optimal mathematical algorithms — known to the entire computer science industry — can actually be applied to our daily lives. …

“Make sure you ask questions.”

“Research your potential employer.”

“Don’t forget to thank your interviewers for their time.”

While these are all great tips to give you a slight advantage over other candidates, what really makes you stand out during an interview is actually purely subconscious:

Your body language.

First impressions are critical — many interviewers have already come to a decision within the first 15 minutes of the interview. …