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Problems of Hotlinking

Explanation
There are 4 problems that can be caused by hotlinking: slashdotting, breach of privacy, security risk, and link rot.
Hotlink

Definition
Hotlinking is the practice of embedding images (or other resources) directly from somebody else's website in your website.
Javascript

Definition
The programming language used by websites to program your web browser.
Useful!: No More "e+", Wolfram|Alpha Gives Me All The Digits!

Discovery
While making a list of the total number of possible unique values per bit length, I had a problem: most online calculators will omit digits when you have too many digits in the result of the calculation!
88x31px

Definition
Internet History
Dimensions of images used as buttons that link to websites in the Geocities era.
NSFW

Definition
Stands for "Not Safe For Work."
4294967296

Definition
4294967296 is the total number of possible unique values in 32 bits.
16-bit

Definition
16-bit means that something uses a piece of data that has a length of 16 bits (or 2 bytes in a typical computer).
From 0 to 65535

Definition
Range of numbers we can store in a 16-bit unsigned integer data structure.
65536

Definition
The total number of unique values we can store in 16 bits (or 2 bytes).
8-bit

Definition
8-bit means that something uses a piece of data that has a length of 8 bits (or 1 byte in a typical computer).
256

Definition
256 is the total number of unique values you can store in 8 bits or in 1 byte.
Total Number of Possible Unique Values per Bit Length

List
Reference
For reference, a list with the total number of unique values we have in a sequence of N bits.
How Many Unique Values We Can Store in N Bits?

Explanation
We can calculate it with the formula X = 2^N.
Wolfram|Alpha

Definition
A website you can use to calculate all sorts of things.
Significant Numbers in Computers

Explanation
List
Learn why numbers like 256, 255, 16, 32, 1024, and 4294967296 have special significance in computers!
Typical Computer

Definition
The typical computer of 2024 is a computer that is powered by electricity and stores data as bits (binary digits, which can be either 0 or 1).
How to Hide the Default Columns in the Admin Pages in WordPress using PHP

Tutorial
Tutorial: learn how to hide the default columns (title, author, categories, tags, comments, date) in the admin pages of Wordpress using PHP.
PHP

Definition
PHP is a programming language used mainly to create websites.
How to Disable RSS Feeds for Search Pages on WordPress using PHP

Tutorial
Tutorial: learn how to disable RSS feeds for search pages on Wordpress (version 6.4.3) using PHP. This tutorial is intended for developers who are already proficient with using function.php or developing plugins.