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  • 12 December 2023

How to build a blog with Python Django - (Part 1) Installation

Django is a high-level, open-source Python web framework that simplifies the creation of complex, database-driven websites by providing tools and libraries for rapid development. Let's build a blog from scratch with it.

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  • 07 January 2023

Hacking : “Meow” Machine or an Introduction to HackTheBox

Hack The Box is a massive hacking playground, and infosec community of members who learn, hack, play, exchange ideas and methodologies. One of the main feature of HTB is “Labs”. Every lab is a generate machine dedicated to apply what you have learned. There are a lot of labs, from the easiest one to the more insane. Each lab or “machine” has a name, and you have to answer questions and, finally, retrieve the flag to complete it. Here we have “Meow” machine. This is the very first machine and a very good introduction to let you install your hacking environment ands experiment HTB. So let’s explore it.

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  • 03 December 2022

How did Eratosthenes calculate the circumference of the Earth 2200 years ago with an accuracy of 500km?

Eratosthenes was a Greek philosopher, astronomer, mathematician and poet born in 274 BC in Cyrene in present-day Libya and died in 194 BC in Alexandria, Egypt. He was a renowned scholar of his time and is famous for being the first whose method of measuring the circumference of the Earth is known today.

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  • 02 December 2022

Why does the moon only show us one side?

The Moon is the easiest astronomical object to observe. Simply raise your head on a clear night to see it (except during the new moon phases, when it is positioned between the Earth and the Sun). No need for an astronomical device, your eyes are enough. If you want to appreciate its surface, simple binoculars can be useful. But after accurate observation, humans have realized that the Moon always shows the same side. It is however in revolution around the Earth and in rotation on itself, so why can’t we see it in its entirety?

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