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by crosser 11mo ago
C standard _may_ eventually have a feature semantically equivalent, but very different syntactically: https://thephd.dev/_vendor/future_cxx/technical%20specificat... Discussion: https://thephd.dev/
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by crosser 1y ago
I once worked for an organization known for providing good documentation. This is how it worked: They had a documentation-writing branch. And you (developer) knew that if you don't write documentation, they will. And then if will cost
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by crosser 1y ago
It does not listen on IPv6 address! Such a shame susam.net still has not adopted IPv6 in 2025 :-Q
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by crosser 2y ago
Small company in Netherlands? My guess: management realized that they don't have money, and axed the position. They cannot say it openly, so had no choice but to ghost the interviewee. Which is of course still very frustrating!
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by crosser 3y ago
This will make mozillateam's repo preferred over default "snapified": $ cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/firefox-ppa-pin-400 Package: \* Pin: release o=LP-PPA-mozillateam Pin-Priority: 900
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by crosser 3y ago
Why not? You could use "certificate usage" value 1 and (if the implementation does not neglect it) immediately notice that validation by CA disagrees with validation by DNS. That should be good enough, no?
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by crosser 3y ago
Could you please elaborate the reasons to implement this outside of DANE (RFC-7671) framework?
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by crosser 3y ago
> DNSSEC operators can be strong-armed the same way. You will also lose out on transparency logs. Kepping DNS registry, CA, and hosting in different jurisdictions could be a noticeable improvement...
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by crosser 3y ago
Having mypy in the pre-commit hook helps a lot! (But I agree that difference between mypy versions is a pain.)
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by crosser 4y ago
That was fascinating reading, thank you! I take an issue though with this assertion: > The order [...] is quite different to english but very similar to functional programming. The most widely accepted (imo) order of function composition
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by crosser 4y ago
Heh that may be true sometimes. Though in my perception, "writing secure code" is more about sanitizing input and preventing buffer overflows than about enforcing secure practices on the user...
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by crosser 4y ago
Because of delayed gratification. People are mostly motivated by gratification. You've written _functioning_ code - you can instantly see how it solves the problem at hand. You've written _beautiful_ code - you can stare in satisf
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by crosser 4y ago
That article starts with too many inaccuracies to recommend it to anybody: - Teletypes were designed about a century before the era of mainframes. - Mechanical teletype did not have an "I/O driver" in it. - OS on Mainframe co
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by crosser 4y ago
> Coin generation and distribution, particularly when coins can be traded for fiat currency or goods, creates an incentive mechanism to keep the P2P system running. Ability to trade for fiat currency proved to be a mixed blessing at best
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by crosser 4y ago
I would be very happy if such service worked (or if I could run it myself). It's my long term goal to break out of dependency on the Borg. But the results are not even promising, let alone useful, which is very sad. (I tried "hask
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by crosser 5y ago
Would the following be functionally equivalent?: - on each platform, include your pgp key id in the "bio"/"about" of your profile - in your pgp key, include your profile URLs on each platform as an identity. (In DNS
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by crosser 6y ago
private.sh is not saying if the client's key pair is rotated, and if so, how often. If it is not rotated, search provider can correlate requests coming from the same user and learn a lot about them.
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by crosser 6y ago
Non-linear optic explanation from quantum standpoint (classical explanation is quite clear).
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by crosser 11y ago
> There just isn't enough radio spectrum available. That is why my bet is on Musk. With lots of low orbit transmitters each covering a small area you have "space division" like in a cellular network. I.e. less endpoints co