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fordsmith··on Linux kernel security work
If you are on a public network without using a VPN you open yourself up to MITM to inject something malicious
fordsmith··on SSH Remoting
I think that is precisely why people, and myself, ate happy with Zed. I don't, personally, care for those kinds of features. I want something that is snappy, and bloat free. I beloved extensions are planned so that will come in time. I'm terms of inline error highlighting, it absolutely has that. is your LSP just not working correctly?
fordsmith··on We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO
Link? Not sure which account you are referring to
fordsmith··on Unity's Self-Combustion Engine
The issue is not an apple exclusive game, it's that they will make the Unity developer experience apple only.
fordsmith··on Why is OAuth still hard in 2023?
They have. https://clerk.com/ is an example that I have been looking to use lately
fordsmith··on Hyprland: A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor
had that issue as well but I found that enabling a couple optimizations fixed them all on my laptop. I created an aur package for it hyprland-opti-git
fordsmith··on “Fun disabled by administrator” (2015)
I am sorry but I cannot agree with this at all. It is not long ago that I went through this education, but there are far too many poor teachers. Education is a difficult problem to solve, but that doesn't mean that banning anything that competes with the attention is the solution.

If teachers are so boring such that the majority of students are turning to a dinosaur game, then the lesson is already not going to be learned. Might as well just give them a pamphlet and tell them to study for the test, as that is what is basically happening anyways but with more timing flexibility.

If it is only a minority of students doing the dinosaur game, then they will turn to something else anyways. Thus the blanket policy it implements according to other commenters just ruins it for others.

fordsmith··on Python 3.11 is faster than 3.8
Not OP, but are you taking into consideration that it is not Python 3.9, but pypy, which is distinct
fordsmith··on Helix: A Neovim inspired editor, written in Rust
Man, I don't know what has happened but the spur for new editors has.been delightful. I have been using Zed for a bit since I made it into the closed beta, but it has been very nice to use. VSCode does the job pretty well, but it just feels more clunky to me, and I have hitches quite often. It is not bad, but I want something more performant while giving me the style of vim and emacs. Zed definitely has some rough edges and some sorely missing features (that are being worked on), but it just feels better to use.

I know so many people probably discount these projects because of the RIIR meme, but it really has spurred more inovations that we should all be grateful for.

fordsmith··on N8n is not open source and your project is gaslighting its users
Like another commenter I am not surprised by the author. I do not recall where, but I immediately recognized the name from somewhere.

The tone and accusations to me appear to be inappropriate. While they may be correct, it is just insane to be so accusational. I find it not productive and in turn makes the community worse off in the first place.

fordsmith··on Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless cybersecurity policies
This is incorrect. The complaint was filed _before_ musk even showed interest in Twitter
fordsmith··on Privacy for Students: Surveillance Self-Defense
I would say more likely apple. I did this when I was younger as well
fordsmith··on Windows 11 will create heaps of needless trash
I'm pretty sure that is because of DRM, right? It's not that you _cant_ do it, but they _wont_ allow you. Ofc, there are otherr ways to achieve your goal.
fordsmith··on Brave, the false sensation of privacy
You are also forgetting that another option is coming soon. Most of the userbase hates uphold, and they are adding Gemini soon, which should be much better.
fordsmith··on OBS Studio 27.0
That is an interesting feature. I will work on that for the next version.
fordsmith··on OBS Studio 27.0
Undo/redo would be me :). I put in a lot of effort and spent months working on it to get a basic workable version. I am only just a you g student, so over the last several rcs, Jim refined it and made improvements and bug fixes. I love the team and everyone involved is just a great person.
fordsmith··on Everything Easy is Hard Again (2018)
I'm an avid Linux user, completely unfamiliar with BSD. Could you shed some light on how it further removes abstractions? I don't mind trying it out by booting it from a usb
fordsmith··on Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site
Yes, that is absolutely helpful! Thank you so much.
fordsmith··on Opensource.cooking: A simple, bloat-free cooking site
This seems like something I absolutely need, especially as a college student. I don't know how to cook good healthy meals, but I want to learn how (especially cheaply if I can).