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> - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=VECTOR3Studio https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=VECTOR3Studio is a crap, insecure tutorial on how to set a
by Sohcahtoa82 6y ago
> - https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=VECTOR3Studio https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=VECTOR3Studio is a crap, insecure tutorial on how to set a variable in python with a donate to me link as large as the tutorial, with multiple resubmissions
Wow...that "tutorial"...
It's not even formatted correctly. It will throw a syntax error before it even runs because of the wrong indentation.
- ev1 6y agoI just realised that it's a 15 year old so I might be a bit harsh, but it's also actual hashtag and keyword spam to pollute search results (#buygme), doesn't work, violates multiple python styles/formats, doesn't have whitespace which is critical for python, ... The donation button is kind of the icing on the cake for this.
- iudqnolq 6y agoI'd say that's sort of beside the point. Sure it looks hideous, but it's also brain dead. Comparing against a hard coded password works for some things, but highly sensitive information in a scripting language really isn't one of them. If you wrote that beautifully it'd be just as stupid.