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by goodplay 11y ago
They can always go the FCC route and enforce a lock down on any general computing device sold within the border; Submit your source code to our automated build and signing service or your software will simply not run. Remember that all that
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by goodplay 11y ago
How are packages authenticated? I did an evaluation a couple of months ago but decided to drop it when I saw that packages where being pulled over plain HTTP and seemingly no authentication was being preformed. For software build systems -
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by goodplay 11y ago
That's one use case. Here's another: I am a user who wants stable secure software above all else. When faced with the need for a version of software that is not yet provided by the distribution, I download, verify, build, and test
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by goodplay 11y ago
I think that labeling point release distribution package managers as insecure because they are sub-optimal for a certain use case (updating web applications) seems a tad too excessive. Having software go through a decent distribution's
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by goodplay 11y ago
It doesn't have to be one or the other; include a small switch at the bottom of the screen that alternates between the two representations.
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by goodplay 11y ago
I do for any printed media. It makes it easier for people to look up the corresponding electronic version of a document. QR code has its uses, but tends fail when misused. QR code is best when interacting with it is strictly optional.
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by goodplay 11y ago
I'm not aware of any language-specific package manager that gets close to having developer-package authentication, but chromium's add-on system comes pretty close as it requires add-ons be signed by the developer's private ke
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by goodplay 11y ago
There used to be gcc front end during Rust pre-1.0, but it seems that the language was too unstable for it to keep up. A gcc front-end would be great, if only to show that the language spec is mature and complete enough that other implement
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by goodplay 11y ago
I'd like to echo the author in that Cargo is the best language package manager/build system I've had the pleasure to use. However, there is one serious problem with Cargo's packages: They simply aren't authenticated
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by goodplay 11y ago
I was actually hit by that bug, which I erroneously attributed to firefox. I stopped using firefox as a result. I will probably start using it again because I read this article. I can't help but wonder how many ex-users who wont becaus
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by goodplay 11y ago
Apparently, AMD also partakes in benchmark-specific ''optimizations''[1]. Transparency is why many of us push for open source drivers. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=28
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by goodplay 11y ago
and for nudging negotiations in the right direction.
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by goodplay 11y ago
Why do you assume it must be an external, centralized service? why not a browser plugin that you plug in your paypal email into?
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by goodplay 11y ago
The issue of effecting web layout can be resolved by simply appending the appropriate resetting codepoint to the tweets. (U+202C for bidi overrides)
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by goodplay 11y ago
LTR and RTL marks (all of them), which are used when the default Unicode bidi algorithm fails to display two intertwined scripts correctly. They are especially useful when writing short technical tweets. I bet normal people would use them t
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by goodplay 11y ago
I use f-droid over te play store whenever I want to install an app.