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I built CertWorthIt to help you choose the right certification

Hey everyone! I built CertWorthIt, a tool for checking whether a certification is worth pursuing based on real job market data. It analyzes job postings to show which certifications employers mention, lets you compare different certificates, and explore demand across countries. I made it because choosing a certification can be difficult when there are so many options and little clear information…

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My bank statement PDF has a password. Here's how I remove it without uploading the statement anywhere

Every month my bank emails me a statement as a password-protected PDF. That's fine until I need to do something with it: forward it to whoever files my taxes, attach three months of them to a loan…

  • Identify open or owner password type by opening PDF in browser
  • Use browser print dialog or qpdf command line tool to remove password
  • Save cleared PDF as copy, keep original encrypted statement as archive

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I'm chasing one of a hundred free crab robots, and the contest rules decided the shape of the work

KingKong Robotics open-sourced Jumper, a 22-DoF crab robot, and with it a raffle: the BE UNLIMITED Crab Robot Challenge runs 2026-09-30 through 2026-11-30, and they pick 100 outstanding open-source…

  • KingKong Robotics released 22-DoF Jumper crab robot for contest
  • BE UNLIMITED Crab Robot Challenge invites 100 open-source projects
  • Contest prizes Jumper robot with specific hardware specs

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