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password4321··on Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. Anyway, here's FoxPro revived
This is great! Next up: VB6
password4321··on Show HN: Godot and Rust based multiplexer (terminal panes and more)
Fyne.io in Go also doesn't want to support a browser, but that is a great way to expand mindshare (similar to implementing a solid data grid in a UI toolkit).
password4321··on The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
Why can't anyone just run it through one of the "make this not appear so clearly LLM-generated" obfuscation utilities open sourced on GitHub, or something similar just with prompts.

The level of phoning in the complete lack of any work beyond the absolute bare minimum is the most frustrating aspect to me.

password4321··on GNU Radio in the browser
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Igalia

> open source solutions … centering on browsers

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Igalia%20comments%3E5&sort=byD...

password4321··on Among European Companies That Use a CDN, Nearly 9 in 10 Use Cloudflare
Surprised to see no mention of Cloudbleed yet, something like that is when this centralization hurts the most.
password4321··on Stripe will reportedly acquire OpenRouter for $7B+
> that would not change with different owners

Bookmarking this confidence because people speaking confidently bothers me; we'll see.

password4321··on RISC-V: They Should Have Known Better
That autocorrect business would be a great modern technology prank to do to someome on purpose.
password4321··on Cloudflare's AI Psychosis
Cloudflare failed pre-AI with Cloudbleed, which could have been alright except for how they initially handled it. In addition, a few checks & balances have retired or stepped back so there's nothing stopping AI amplification of that company culture.

They may succeed or not, but right now it's hard to stomach as a former fan. I see where a blog post like this could be coming from.

password4321··on AI isn’t outthinking mathematicians, it’s out-remembering them
My browser doesn't do the fancy URL text selection...

sitzfleisch: the ability to endure or carry on with an activity

Something Oppenheimer did not have, apparently.

password4321··on Going Dark, and the era of law enforcement hacking
Doesn't this just mean criminal suspects will be forced to unlock their devices using biometrics (in the US)? That should buy law enforcement some more time until biometrics go out of favor.
password4321··on Going Dark, and the era of law enforcement hacking
For the HN 14 day record since I didn't see this yet: in genuinely critical situations, if the threat model includes a device/service being used against one's self, "the only winning move is not to play" (stop the use of the device/service!)

In the same manner, if the critical concern is a device/service being used against one's self remotely, stop the use of the device/service if it is capable of remote access or data collection for later retrieval.

The ultimate baseline reality is that deciding to care whether or not remote access/data retrieval is using a method supported by the device manufacturer/service provider and/or whether doing so is allowed by the current legal system is too late.

Premptive HN disclaimers: I acknowledge the growing unavoidability of devices and services supporting remote access and/or data collection as I type this here on my phone. Remote access and data collection are very convenient and somehow still expected by device owners and service users to be under their control alone. It can be difficult to determine if a device or service supports remote access/data collection. There are often immediate consequences and eventual legal consequences for stopping the use of devices or services that belong to others. Working to change the legal system to slow/reduce use of devices and services against one's self and encouraging others to do the same is admirable.

password4321··on In Australia, a home battery boom has helped cut wholesale power prices
Why don't they do this for cars?
password4321··on In Australia, a home battery boom has helped cut wholesale power prices
What is the best way to learn more about this, are there any examples? This seems a bit counterintuitive to me.
password4321··on Tailscale Traces Database Corruption to 16y/o SQLite WAL-Reset Bug
I lost my Android SMS DB way back in the day (20+ years? dang I'm getting old) because the SMS app's fix when opening the DB detected any issue was to delete it and start fresh.
password4321··on I burned all my tokens researching how to save tokens
Most of "What are you working on?" is AI assisted; not much is shipped.

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=working%20author%3Adavid927&so...

password4321··on An Update on Igalia's Layer Based SVG Engine in WebKit (Reducing Layer Overhead)
Igalia, the one company in the world sustainably building a web browser worth paying for.

Keep up the good work!

password4321··on Show HN: Leaves – A text-UI disk usage treemap visualizer
WizTree is no longer free for commercial use; bummer because it's really fast for NTFS.
password4321··on GhostLock, a stack-UAF that has existed in all Linux distributions for 15 years
> They are a security boundary

My mistake, leaving out some adjective one could interpret as a misunderstanding of containers as an effective (etc.) security boundary. Fool me 100+ times and all that.

There must be at least a triple-digit number of CVEs by now demonstratimg that in practice containers are a thinner layer of security (perhaps not quite as thin as the classic recommendation of running SSH on a nonstandard port, but that might be leaning toward the safer side of analogies vs. malicious code!) rather than a boundary like virtualization (not perfect but a best practice for isolation).

password4321··on GhostLock, a stack-UAF that has existed in all Linux distributions for 15 years
> this exploit can be triggered from inside a tightly sandboxed process

Thank you for emphasizing this important detail.

> you should update both firefox, and your linux kernel

No doubt, update all the things! My point was, it can most likely wait until Monday.

password4321··on How to Read More Books
I would audiobook 24/7 with the open ear headphones (Shokz etc) but I don't think I could afford to pay for that much that was worth listening too / low maintenance.
password4321··on Show HN: Mindwalk – Replay coding-agent sessions on a 3D map of your codebase
Is slopservant acceptable as a substitute to those who consider clanker any degree of an offensive slur? Nice!

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48608570#48618398

"Clanker" is considered a slur

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47598511#47601098

how clanker took off

password4321··on GhostLock, a stack-UAF that has existed in all Linux distributions for 15 years
I guess, if you thought Docker/etc. was a security boundary
password4321··on GhostLock, a stack-UAF that has existed in all Linux distributions for 15 years
Forgot to include "LPE" (local...) in the title so most of us can get back to weekending.
password4321··on Postgres rewritten in Rust, now passing 100% of the Postgres regression tests
Jepsen or GTFO.

These days there's little chance for a new DB to build its community using network effect. If you want this to catch on, switch to manually grinding community building ASAP gold plating the experience for a specific niche (AI can guide your priorities but will hinder your comms). Otherwise, have fun building!

password4321··on Turning a pile of documents into a searchable useable knowledge base
Microsoft Graph API
password4321··on Turning a pile of documents into a searchable useable knowledge base
Personal use? I need this at work, dragging useful info from tarpits like Teams and GitLab.

Also need to search git repos including all branches and history (TIL/xkcd#153'd GitLab's web search can basically only do one branch at a time).

password4321··on It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's about ownership
Some kid will grow up after not getting access to their parent's collection.
password4321··on It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's about ownership
If digital games are basically equivalent to a currency, in comes the regulations.
password4321··on It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's about ownership
Ownership as in resale-able.

Eventually someone important enough will force digital resales to become reality, changing everything to require KYC.

password4321··on How I play video games with spinal muscular atrophy
There are several Twitch streamers with similar setups.

It's discouraging when they haven't streamed for a while like NoHandsKen, though I'm surprised to not find any evidence of a couple streams 3-6 months ago.

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