ColonelPhantom

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by ColonelPhantom 6y ago
Not so long ago, I had to use screensharing from Chromium, which I tried from Fedora (I think 31 or 32, it was less than a year ago). It didn't work; all I got was a blank screen. Logging out and back in to Xorg fixed it. That convince
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by ColonelPhantom 6y ago
I would say that "protecting users from applications" (or at least, external attackers) has been commonplace for maybe even two decades now, ever since major malware 'plagues' of the early 2000's (pre-SP2 Windows XP
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by ColonelPhantom 6y ago
The issue highlighted, at least for UTF-8, is that Go just _assumes_ everything is UTF-8. It makes seemingly no effort to actually _enforce_ UTF-8, leading to silent mistakes like with the file path.
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by ColonelPhantom 6y ago
One possible approach here could also be dual-licensing under both something like the GPLv3 and offering commercial licenses. That way you get the advantages of being FOSS, but also become able to sell the application to system builders.
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by ColonelPhantom 6y ago
There are other alternatives as well. For example, Rust uses a Result tagged union. You can also shorthand it using the ? operator, which does the same as the if err != nil { return nil, err; } but without all the boilerplate. There are som
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by ColonelPhantom 6y ago
Firefox's approach actually doesn't have this issue, it highlights only the actual domain. So for microsoft.scamsite.com, scamsite.com would be highlighted, and the rest in a darker gray.
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by ColonelPhantom 8y ago
Do you have plans to bring it up to date with the current C++ standard?
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by ColonelPhantom 8y ago
Making an account is generally seen as a form of giving consent, especially as you need to agree to the terms and conditions when doing so.
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by ColonelPhantom 8y ago
Isn't automated testing commonplace in MOOCs?
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by ColonelPhantom 9y ago
As someone who is around OPs age who also has Asperger's, I feel like so many of the things people tell OP to do, I feel like they're things I personally don't want to do or know how to do, or even feel I don't have the
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by ColonelPhantom 10y ago
"or whether or not yours is the only Tesla at the charging station” Why? To discourage using nearly-filled Supercharging stations? It does seem pretty unfair.
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by ColonelPhantom 10y ago
They'll probably hire some security to keep people out.