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raverbashing··on Omarchy development practices lead to predictable security issues
Ok I think I see the issue

It's lines, lines and more lines of bash script

sigh

big sigh

Using bash for all this stuff is like trying to wash your car with sandpaper instead of soap and water. Yes it can work if you're really careful with it, but in practice no

raverbashing··on When str.lower() is a security vulnerability in Python
From what I understand the vulnerability is not on lower() but on using different Unicode rules version for it

That sounds to me like a better explanation

raverbashing··on When str.lower() is a security vulnerability in Python
Honestly it seems it's grabbing at straws

There are a whole bunch of more consequential vulnerabilities before worrying about that

raverbashing··on France's tax agency got hacked (in French)
Actually they use the term 'piratage'
raverbashing··on Show HN: I wrote a BASIC interpreter that boots on UEFI machines
That sounds more like an opportunity to rethink how a new beginner language for modern computers should look like

(Maybe something more like Hypercard I guess - or something that renders to HTML)

raverbashing··on $10k phishing kit enrolls Google passkeys that survive pw resets
Finally some good use for passkeys I guess /s
raverbashing··on How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs
Actually the strongest lobbyists for the €3 fee were European companies https://www.reddit.com/r/Aliexpress/comments/1ugpyoe/i_dug_a...

(but yes it's "conveniently good" for Amazon as well)

raverbashing··on How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs
> There's a lot more broad cultural homogeneity between the countries in the Americas than there is within Europe

No, not really. Unless you believe the Hollywood view that everything south of the US border has a Sepia filter

Intra-Canada commerce is a PITA in itself

Do you think Mexico looks in the eyes of half the central American countries? (Mexico being North America, yes I know)

raverbashing··on We never use AI. For anything
Yeah. What do they want, a golden star next to their name?

This is the kind of posturing that leads nowhere. If you're concerned about resource usage then use an open model locally

raverbashing··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
100% this

People here thinks in technicalities and what if, and while technicalities apply in legal cases, they're not like a lot of people here think they work (quite the contrary!)

This is not "well if the gov had a quantum computer they could decode" this is not how the legal world decided things.

raverbashing··on Initial focus for our partnership with Motorola is a regular non-folding device
Well thankfully, because the original one was hopeless in shipping good mobile phones
raverbashing··on Cancer-related mortality among US pilots and flight attendants
I assure you I'm very sensitive to smells and I haven't smelled anything like that in a plane
raverbashing··on Cancer-related mortality among US pilots and flight attendants
Of the last 50 flights I took, none had gym sock smell.

If anything smelled it's usually due to a passenger. But nothing from the aircraft itself

raverbashing··on CIA funding helped keep NeXT afloat in the 80s
Funny

You know there's the "excessive formalism and thorough certifications" for some gov positions (sounds like red lamp), but I don't doubt there's the "you didn't see anything" level where the objective is to pretend it's just a disinterested party asking some funny questions.

raverbashing··on PostgreSQL for Everything
> You could argue it's because postgres requires less poking though

This is the myth people who parrot "just use Postgres" believe. It is false, obviously

raverbashing··on PostgreSQL for Everything
I love the naming Kafka. Either they knew what it stands for or they didn't. And the latter is the worse option.
raverbashing··on PostgreSQL for Everything
Honestly Rabbit sucks more than it shines

Also it is very "unconventional". Everything has to be done in its weird and quirky way

raverbashing··on Moderna reports first positive Phase 3 for mRNA neoantigen therapy in melanoma
Bedouins are literally being chargrilled from both sides, the worse sun on Earth and a mostly perfectly infrared accumulator below them
raverbashing··on Moderna reports first positive Phase 3 for mRNA neoantigen therapy in melanoma
Everybody who's not been raised in a bubble knows the sun burns

It's only recently that we had space for completely retarded ideas like "staying in the sun doesn't hurt you" or "sunscreen causes cancer"

raverbashing··on Quake Shareware, a CD-ROM just a little too full
Thank you for playing Wing Commander!
raverbashing··on The Mysterious Syndrome Destroying Endurance Athletes
I'd say ask ChatGPT because the list is loooong
raverbashing··on The Mysterious Syndrome Destroying Endurance Athletes
Yes, a lot of them. Non exaustive list:

- bone microfractures

- nervous system depletion

- tendon "microlesions" (not so sure about this term though)

- immune system blunting due to stress

- raised cortisol levels

- (possible) nutritional deficiencies given the increased exertion (or just metabolic bottlenecks)

raverbashing··on The Mysterious Syndrome Destroying Endurance Athletes
"Mysterious"

"Overtraining syndrome"

I don't see why it's so mysterious, fatigue accumulates until something tips you over the limit

raverbashing··on On AI regulation and messaging
This site's audience has been less of the technical curious kind and more of the pathological misalignment one
raverbashing··on Marketing failure: I thought I was building a C replacement. I was wrong
The problem is, when you say it's a C alternative, people will think "it's like C but better" but they expect it to act more or less like C, even considering the bad parts

(and it seems this is especially true in IT)

You tell people you built a chainsaw alternative the first thing they'll check if it still ruthlessly chops fingers off. I'm not kidding

raverbashing··on Semaglutide linked to lower predicted dementia risk
Honestly this is overrated.

Getting the person to a caloric deficit is already 90% of the work. And that will make glucagon rise

raverbashing··on Asus Bike Booster
Repeat after me "Criminals are not Alladin"
raverbashing··on Dear people who work at the airport
You'd need a segregated entry for B45, or just omit it entirely
raverbashing··on Dear people who work at the airport
While I found this rant mostly annoying:

> When we try to find gate B45, we encounter the following sign:

(see board with 2 B45 gates)

Well, yes. This is wrong. And confusing. But mostly wrong

raverbashing··on Mistral OCR 4.1
Do all the models give you the bounding boxes, block labels as this one (allegedly) do?
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