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Developer by profession, IT geek by choice. Full disk encryption enthusiast. The "you should have made backups" guy on Superuser. BIOS < UEFI. Python is a great language with weird culture; still better than JS though. I'm spending way more time here than I should.

My stash of generic Super User answers that may come in handy at some point:

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9
Appropriate command to copy everything in root "/" to an external storage volume?
Jul 9, 2020
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How to change MD5 of a file
Dec 3, 2016
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7
How can I make an encrypted file / directory? (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS)
May 16, 2021
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Fresh install takes ~10 seconds to unlock the desktop, how to fix or debug?
Jun 30, 2022
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What disadvantages are there to encrypting an entire hard drive or a home directory?
May 23, 2022
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1TB External USB Hard Drive format problems on Ubuntu 20.04
Jun 1, 2022
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Can I make all commands have feedback if they've worked or not worked?
Apr 1, 2014
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Resolution and screens not detected properly
Feb 6, 2013
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How to fix invisible Unity panel, launcher and dash in a VM?
Mar 15, 2014
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Kernel panic when booting directly from UEFI
Feb 2, 2018
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How to find a router at an unknown location in a house?
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If 32-bit machines can only handle numbers up to 2^32, why can I write 1000000000000 (trillion) without my machine crashing?
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Why does RAM have to be volatile?
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I hid the menu bar in VirtualBox, how to show it again?
108
Is "password knocking" a good idea?

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