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What is the allocation unit size when formatting disks?

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Within Microsoft Windows, while formatting drives most people leave the operating system to handle the characteristics of their partitions. But there are times where manually adjusting these options could be beneficial. This post will focus on the allocation unit choice available during formatting, its purpose and how it can benefit you.

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linux

Way too slow sudo

I recently suffered an unusual issue in the Linux terminal. Any commands prefixed with sudo would take 10 to sometimes 15 seconds to execute, while all other bash and terminal commands would operate at speed.

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js

Quick fix the UNSAFE_VAR_ASSIGNMENT warning in JavaScript

The UNSAFE_VAR_ASSIGNMENT “Unsafe assignment to innerHTML” is a Mozilla Linter warning for WebExtensions written in JavaScript. It can appear either from the use of their web-ext analyst tool or during submission of a WebExtension to the Mozilla add-on site. The UNSAFE_VAR_ASSIGNMENT description states “Due to both security and performance concerns, this may not be set using dynamic values which have not been adequately sanitized. This can lead to security issues or fairly serious performance degradation.

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nginx

Blank browser tabs with HTTP2

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I was reconfiguring a nginx server to add HTTP2 support with ALPN plus add some updates to its Content Security Policy. Everything worked fine when testing and troubleshooting with Chrome. However, I ran into some problems once I tried the new changes with both Firefox and Edge as nothing rendered in the browser tabs! A check of the Network Developer Tools showed a request header sent by Firefox, but no data was receiving.

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