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by nikanj 6mo ago
”If you use that installed Python version to start a web server and use it to parse pdf, you may encounter a potential memory leak” Yeah so 1) not running a web service 2) not parsing pdf in said non-existing service 3) congrats you are lea
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by nikanj 6mo ago
Having tried codex for some security practice, it is similarly terrible. You can link it to a course page that features the example binary to download, it can verify the hash and confirm you are working with the same binary - and then it re
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by nikanj 6mo ago
Contact a human person at Google, one who can actually do something about a ticket? I also have a good selection of bridges for sale!
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by nikanj 6mo ago
The admins of the hacked project are likely to notice the hack in a day or two. Malicious actors are a separate concern, but hacks can be mitigated with cooldowns even if everyone was using them
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by nikanj 6mo ago
Someone got an antivaxx certificate from Fiverr, not sure if that counts as delicate health information
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by nikanj 6mo ago
Microsoft makes no guarantees on onedrive, you are responsible for backing up that data. Of course they try hard to keep it safe, but contractually they give no promises
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by nikanj 6mo ago
On the one hand, you have money and famous footballers. On the other hand, you have a bunch of nerds whining about the internet being broken. The average voter (and politician) is out watching the soccer match, and doesn't care about t
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by nikanj 6mo ago
Nope, the ”trust this computer” dialog needs you to enter your passcode before any other actions are possible
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by nikanj 6mo ago
”I can’t make this api work for my client. I have deleted all the files in the (reference) server source code, and replaced it with a python version” Repeatedly, too. Had to make the server reference sources read-only as I got tired of havi
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by nikanj 6mo ago
Gets more reactions that way
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by nikanj 6mo ago
-If I don’t gamble, I’ll live my whole life as a poor serf -If I gamble and lose, the same wage cuck life awaits me -If I gamble and win, I may actually ascend and have the kind of life I aspire to
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by nikanj 6mo ago
Gambling seems like a rational choice, when all the ”traditional” rational choices just lead into a mountain of student debt, not being able to afford a home, and general failure to launch Summed up very nicely in https://oldcoin
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by nikanj 6mo ago
It's fully automatable. The secret ingredient is fraud.
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by nikanj 6mo ago
Even if the prospective investors smell a rat, they might decide that it's likely that a greater fool will arrive on the scene later - justifying investing in a known scam
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by nikanj 6mo ago
Every layer of the organization tells a more rosy version of the truth up the chain of command. The programmer might tell the PM that they're running Apache software with the serials filed off, but by the time that filters up the chain
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by nikanj 6mo ago
The very first Apollo attempt killed three astronauts. We would need something different now because the cold-war-crazy days are behind us, and we don't push ahead with missions that might end up in casualties.
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by nikanj 6mo ago
That also means sending every user a copy of the model that you spend billions training. The current model (running the models at the vendor side) makes it much easier to protect that investment
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by nikanj 7mo ago
I would not trust my life to a government software project (See Phoenix Payroll for a typical case)
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by nikanj 7mo ago
How do I get an as blocker onto the iPhone default browser?
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by nikanj 7mo ago
Depressingly I don't actually know many people still doing any of this sort of work, on any platform.
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by nikanj 7mo ago
Same, and I can't put my finger on the "why" either. Plus I keep hitting guard rails for the strangest reasons, like telling codex "Add code signing to this build pipeline, use the pipeline at ~/myotherproject as re
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by nikanj 7mo ago
Because bridge engineers can be sued if the bridge kills people
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by nikanj 7mo ago
Would that be the same Cowboy Gibson who was mentioned in Hyperion?
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by nikanj 7mo ago
Canada’s population has increased at an astonishing rate, I wonder if that affects the per capita numbers. If you have the same industry in 2011 and 2026 but population went from 35 million to 42 million, per capita the numbers look terribl
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by nikanj 7mo ago
In my experience, the magic makes the easy parts easier and the hard parts harder
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by nikanj 7mo ago
Finding high school kids with a similar "tech" background today seems really hard. Tech users, sure, chronic phone / game addicts are everywhere, but that tweaker spirit is rare
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by nikanj 7mo ago
The craziest thing is, I don't actually know how many gigahertz either my PC or my macbook are. The megahertz race used to fierce!
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by nikanj 7mo ago
Judge orders the government. The government does not obey. Now what?
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by nikanj 7mo ago
This is about eight years old. The python situation has mostly gotten worse since https://xkcd.com/1987/
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by nikanj 7mo ago
Well, mostly because you can now task an LLM with writing the docs.

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