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by seethishat 7mo ago
The programmer is explicitly throwing away the error returned by ReadFile (using the underscore) in the criticism of Go. data, _ := os.ReadFile(path) Saying that is not explicit is just wrong.
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by seethishat 8mo ago
One problem I have seen IRL is AI deployment mistakes and IMO Vibe Coders need an IT/Dev Father Figure type to avoid these simple mistakes. Here is one example: A surgeon (no coding experience) used Claude to write a web app to track c
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by seethishat 8mo ago
I've been told that is beneficial for men with cardiovascular disease too, but I am not sure if that is true.
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by seethishat 8mo ago
Thanks. That makes sense.
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by seethishat 8mo ago
What is the purpose of increasing fiber? Is it to make you feel full longer?
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by seethishat 8mo ago
Also, sometimes, we use the term 'weenie' rather than 'clown'. They are interchangeable.
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by seethishat 8mo ago
I grew up close to Winston Salem, North Carolina. The city with two cigarette brands named after it. Everyone died of emphysema or lung cancer there. As a 10 year old kid, I could buy cigarettes from stores. In the 6th grade, our class took
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by seethishat 9mo ago
Many game mods and community maps, etc. are only available on PC. You can play the vanilla version on console, but not the mods you watch Twitch streamers playing. So, it's not b/c they like building PCs, it's because they wa
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by seethishat 10mo ago
The reduction in property taxes is just for vets, right? I read that, in general, property taxes are high in Texas compared to other states.
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by seethishat 10mo ago
I think the limit has been exceeded. That's the primary reason everything sort of sucks now. There is no time to slow down and do things right (or better). IMO, cyber security, for example, will have to become a government mandate with
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by seethishat 11mo ago
Firejail requires SUID, LandLock does not. Also, it's very easy to write your own LandLock policy in the programming language of your choice and wrap whatever program you like rather than downloading stuff from Github. Here's anot
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by seethishat 11mo ago
LandLock is a Minor LSM intended for software developers. They incorporate it into their source code to limit where the programs may read/write. Here's a simple Go example: package main import ( "flag"
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by seethishat 11mo ago
I think some system would need to dynamically analyze the code (as it runs) and record what it does. Even then, that may not catch all malicious activity. It's sort of hard to define what malicious activity is. Any file read or network
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by seethishat 11mo ago
Which brings up a good point... is any company doing dynamic evaluation of the package updates to see what they are actually doing?
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by seethishat 11mo ago
For context, djb has been doing and saying these things since he was a college student: While a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley, Bernstein completed the development of an encryption equation (an "algo
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by seethishat 11mo ago
Maybe the models can learn to be more cynical.
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by seethishat 11mo ago
That would be Active Sync: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients/exchange-... Not sure how Mozilla went about the implementation, but I do agree it would be a concern to verify before using. You
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by seethishat 11mo ago
What happens if I don’t act? Under the Government’s Emergency Service Call Determination, all mobile network operators are required to block devices from their networks that are not configured to access emergency call services. If your devi
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by seethishat 11mo ago
The bot is efficient. This is by design. It will push out mistakes just as efficiently as it pushes out good changes. Good or bad... the plane of control is unchanged. This is the danger of automated control systems. If they get hacked or s
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by seethishat 11mo ago
Some of these devices are controlled by the ISP. The TMobile 5G routers for example are pretty much black box devices controlled by TMobile. The home owner can't fix the device and has very limited access (via a mobile app) to 'ma
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by seethishat 11mo ago
Saying, "I avoid plastic products" is kind of like saying "I never smoke" while sitting in a room filled with people smoking. There is no avoiding it. We are all surrounded by plastics in the air, water, soil, etc.
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by seethishat 11mo ago
This all started, in earnest, with Response Policy Zones being added to BIND. RPZ allow DNS resolvers to lie to clients by returning (nxdomain or redirects to other domains) and the client does not know it is being lied to. https:&#x2
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by seethishat 11mo ago
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8806 Abstract Some DNS recursive resolvers have longer-than-desired round-trip times to the closest DNS root server; those resolvers may have difficulty getting responses f
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by seethishat 11mo ago
Doesn't xylitol gum do the same thing? Re-mineralize teeth?
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by seethishat 11mo ago
Do you do anything besides post on HN ;) Put everything in MicroSoft Active Directory. Wait until it gets hacked. You will lose DNS, DHCP, Email, file servers, web servers, endpoints, etc. Obviously, running a mono-culture is a dumb thing t
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by seethishat 11mo ago
Diversity is security! I wish more people understood that. It may be more difficult to manage a bunch of diverse systems, but they are much more resilient to attacks.
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by seethishat 1y ago
Servers go down. What is the plan to get them "backup" and running ;)
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by seethishat 1y ago
Linux servers running Go apps? Would be nice to see server cost and specs, backup strategy, etc.
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by seethishat 1y ago
The unfortunate truth is that so many things require a dedicated mobile app these days to use. I don't own or carry a smart phone. I'm still able to get by without one, but just barely.
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by seethishat 1y ago
It's very complicated and ever evolving. It takes dedicated web app pentesters like you to keep up with it... back in the day, we were all 'generalists'... we knew a little bit about everything, but those days are gone. It&#x

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