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by jwilk 1y ago
If bat is not available, vet uses less, which is not a faithful pager: https://github.com/jwilk/unfaithful-less It seems at least some versions of bat have the same problem, but I didn't look into the details.
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Understanding Debian's Security Processes(lwn.net)
6 points by jwilk 1y ago|0 comments
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by jwilk 1y ago
str.format() can be cursed too, e.g.: >>> '{:{}{}}'.format('m', 'o<2', 3) 'moooooooooooooooooooooo'
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by jwilk 1y ago
> canid predators like hyenas Hyenas are not canids; they are feliformia ("cat-like" carnivorans).
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by jwilk 1y ago
Original source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44480845 (1 comment at the moment)
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by jwilk 1y ago
(2008) Discussed in 2017: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16002444 (5 comments)
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by jwilk 1y ago
> Once the bug report becomes publicly visible, it will be linked here. Here it is: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2025-06/msg00149...
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Libxml2's "no security embargoes" policy(lwn.net)
298 points by jwilk 1y ago|269 comments
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by jwilk 1y ago
> shady domain registrar from SEA What's SEA?
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by jwilk 1y ago
Not much. The only non-cosmetic difference is: -Premake supports Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 (and 2012 supports 2010 project files via conversion). +Premake supports latest Visual Studio 2018 and 2022 project files via conversion).
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by jwilk 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_nuclear_fission_reacto... says: > A key factor that made the reaction possible was that [back then] the fissile isotope ²³⁵U made up about 3.1% of the natural uranium, which is
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by jwilk 1y ago
Reported as < https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/135835 >.
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by jwilk 1y ago
> Enriched Uranium is less radioactive than natural Uranium [citation needed]
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by jwilk 1y ago
Notes are copied to from the original to the rewritten commit by default. See https://git-scm.com/docs/git-notes#Documentation/git-notes.t... for details. But I have this in my IRC logs: < _jwilk> TIL gi
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by jwilk 1y ago
I'm doubtful it's a majority.
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Slowing the flow of core-dump-related CVEs(lwn.net)
87 points by jwilk 1y ago|18 comments
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Hardening fixes lead to hard questions(lwn.net)
3 points by jwilk 1y ago|0 comments
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by jwilk 1y ago
Yup. It's linked from https://owlsintowels.org/about/ (search for "More ways to get yer fix").
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Local information disclosure in apport and systemd-coredump(openwall.com)
3 points by jwilk 1y ago|0 comments
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by jwilk 1y ago
"Malware-free backdoors"? What does that mean?
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by jwilk 1y ago
That's more likely NAME_MAX, which is 255.
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by jwilk 1y ago
It's 404.
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ISC has disclosed three vulnerabilities in Kea(openwall.com)
7 points by jwilk 1y ago|0 comments
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Recent Disruptive Changes from Setuptools(lwn.net)
4 points by jwilk 1y ago|0 comments
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Dancing Pigs(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by jwilk 1y ago|0 comments
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Cyber Squirrel 1 (2019)(cybersquirrel1.com)
3 points by jwilk 1y ago|0 comments
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Some __nonstring__ Turbulence(lwn.net)
136 points by jwilk 1y ago|96 comments
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by jwilk 1y ago
Discussed on HN back then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39417231 (147 comments)
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by jwilk 2y ago
It's been reserved by ICANN: https://www.icann.org/en/board-activities-and-meetings/mater... > Resolved (2024.07.29.06), the Board reserves .INTERNAL from delegation in the DNS root zone permanently to pr
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by jwilk 2y ago
> Any subdomain of .localhost works out-of-the-box on Linux No, not here.

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