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You Need A Wiki mentions (12)

• How do you organise your information?

  Personally I use YNAW (You Need A Wiki), which makes you a wiki using google drive, I know obsidian is also good but it just doesn't jive right for me. Source: 6 months ago

• Is it Common Practice to use a “Dev Wiki”?

  I personally use google drive, and use https://youneedawiki.com/ to display it as a wiki. Completely free. Source: about 1 year ago

• Looking for an oddly specific Wiki service feature. Is there one that does this?

  Is there a wiki that has a sidebar which uses some kind of expandable / collapsable folder structure that makes the taxonomy really clear? Here's an example as used in youneedawiki. I really like how clear and fast it is to see where you are in any particular knowledge branch. Source: about 1 year ago

• Ask HN: Making the best of GitHub and Google Docs for a new startup

  Trying to nail down what tools we will use as a fully remote team needing to work asynchronously. We will have paid versions of GitHub (Teams) and Google Workspace for email / calendar and docs. I did look at notion, clickup but I honestly think I prefer limiting our spend on an extra tool. What I like about notion is how its got a wiki structure, and this is where G-Docs leaves us short. The performance of... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• How do YOU collect your notes and thoughts before writing?

  There's an add-on to Google drive called "You Need a Wiki" that lets you build your own Wikipedia out of folders and Google Docs. The ability to add links between sites and documents makes it an excellent way to organise research and notes. Source: over 1 year ago

Darik's Boot and Nuke mentions (143)

• How can I securely clean my laptop before I recycle it?

  If you’re worried about such people try deriks boot and nuke Https://dban.org. Source: 11 months ago

• How do I permanently erase files, no chance of recovery?

  Presuming you want to sell it with windows running, first make a Window boot disk so you can recover. Then use DBAN (https://dban.org/) to completely wipe the drive. Then reinstall Windows up to the setup stage. The new owner will experience it as a new computer. Source: 11 months ago

• Secure Erase vs Sanitize

  An alternative to Parted is DBAN Darik's Boot and Nuke We use this for most full Drive wipes Https://dban.org/. Source: 11 months ago

• (Question) Cheapest method to destroy the (content of) hard drive

  I do love all the creative ways to completely destroy a drive, but in general you should just be able to use DBAN if you just want to wipe the drive to make data recovery near impossible, but still be able to use it afterwards. Source: 12 months ago

• How to erase/shred/wipe SSD securely on Windows and Ubuntu?

  You have a few options. The easiest in my opinion is just to smash the hard drives (assuming you don't want to reuse or sell them). Otherwise I use DBAN for permanently wiping HDDs: https://dban.org/ Try using your motherboard's UEFI BIOS for SSD or maybe even the manufacturer's utility if you have one. Source: about 1 year ago