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When I started this blog, I chose Ghost as the backend because it appeared to be a fresher alternative to the bloated WordPress. I didn’t need all the features offered by WordPress, and a simpler platform seemed like the obvious choice. I installed it, created a couple of posts and I was pretty happy. I made sure to keep the backend up-to-date by installing the latest security patches and reviewing the release notes to avoid any compatibility issues with newer versions....

Both Android and iOS don’t allow applications to get the MAC address using their published API. Here, we will see if we can avoid this restriction and get the address using a feature of IPv6. What is a MAC Address A MAC address, or physical address, is a 48-bit number that uniquely identifies a device in a network segment. This number is assigned to the device by the manufacturer and usually doesn’t change (but it can be spoofed)....

“A breakthrough in machine learning would be worth ten Microsofts” Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft We live in the era of machine learning. Scientists and researchers from around the world are using it to improve our lives in ways we never imagined and advertisers to reach the most relevant people to sell their products. It’s not a recent idea but it scaled so much lately due to great breakthroughs in computer hardware....

It was not long ago when I received a message from my friend DaKnOb. He told me “Hey, I found that the domain spanagiot.gr is free. Why don’t you register it and set up your own server?”. In no time, I got the domain and a server running the latest Ubuntu (16.04 at this point). Here is what I learned in my short journey: First three commands Let’s say that your server has been up and running and it’s waiting for you to connect and deploy all these amazing services you have thought of....