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If you want to explore it further, look up the philosophical aspects of the hard problem of consciousness. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousness

srathion Home Depot GitHub token exposed for a year, granted access to internal systems

Not as bad as Costco. Their app and website are still stuck in 90s.

Ublock origin is not able to filter out <dialog> elements without breaking scrolling and other buttons in most cases (depending on how the site is implemented). Is there a generic way to disable these without affecting the rest of the site?

srathion In a Git repository, where do your files live?

It is fun to explore the Git internals! Some time back, I used it to learn Golang [1]. Two birds with one stone!

[1] https://github.com/ssrathi/gogit

srathion DoorDash lays off 1250 employees

Dubai has almost 90% of population as immigrants! TIL.

srathion Git’s database internals I: packed object store

Shameless plug: I gave a tech talk on this at my last company, and implemented some of these in Golang as a learning exercise [0]. While it is not mandatory to know the internals, but doing so helps a lot when you occasionally encounter a git-gotcha!

[0] https://github.com/ssrathi/gogit

srathion Beej updated the classic Linux network programming guide

> fork() takes no arguments, and CreateProcess() takes about 48 billion arguments.

I chuckled!

srathion NPM security update: Attack campaign using stolen OAuth tokens

Shameless plug: I created a Golang utility to scrub passwords from a deeply nested struct, before logging, at Nutanix some time back [0][1]. We also run an automated test to try out all operations with a known password, and then ensuring that it is not present in any of the log files.

[0] https://github.com/ssrathi/go-scrub [1] https://www.nutanix.dev/2022/04/22/golang-the-art-of-reflect...

srathion GitHub saved plaintext passwords of NPM users in log files, post mortem reveals

Shameless plug: I created a Golang utility to scrub passwords from a deeply nested struct at Nutanix some time back [0]. A post describing it in detail [1].

[0] https://github.com/ssrathi/go-scrub [1] https://www.nutanix.dev/2022/04/22/golang-the-art-of-reflect...

srathion Ask HN: Any recommendation for a good History of Science book?

Quantum - by Manjit Kumar, is a very accessible book covering the history of quantum mechanics.

srathion New credit card rules in India: recurring card payments to be affected

Willow.tv is a major culprit here. There is no cancellation button on the website, and you are required to email a support person multiple times (back and forth with retention offers) for cancellation. They are in violation of CA law that prohibits this behavior.

srathion The Golden Age of Quantum Physics

Quantum by Manjit Kumar is my favorite. It is a novel like walkthrough of quantum development over the years.

srathion Google's New AI Photo Upscaling Tech Is Jaw-Dropping

CSI: NY was way ahead of its time! :-)

srathion Welcome to Nestflix

https://nestflix.fun/titanic-ii/

This one had me dying with laughter! I read the punchline in Richard Attenborough's voice.

srathion Show HN: Inflation-adjusted Hacker News

https://redditsearch.io may help a bit with these types of queries. Bummer that there is no native way to do so.

srathion Gitlet.js – Git implemented in 1k lines of JavaScript (2015)

Shameless similar plug: I recently implemented parts of git in Golang as a learning exercise.

https://github.com/ssrathi/gogit

srathion TLS Mastery

I recommend this blog post as a good primer for TLS.

http://www.moserware.com/2009/06/first-few-milliseconds-of-h...

srathion Show HN: Places to watch ducks if you're sick of everything

Awesome. Just submitted Sunnyvale Community Center location, which has a pond with a lot of ducks.

srathion Show HN: Golang library to act on structure fields at runtime

Golang library to act on structure fields at runtime. Similar to Python getattr(), setattr(), hasattr() APIs.

This package provides user friendly helper APIs built on top of the Golang "reflect" library. Reflect library is tricky to use due to its low level nature and results in a panic if an incorrect input is provided. This package provides high level abstractions on such tricky APIs in a user friendly manner.

srathion Four-day week means 'I don't waste holidays on chores'

Is the 4th off day separate for everyone, or is it Friday all the time? If everyone takes Friday off, then we end up in the same situation as before where no chores are possible on Friday. Can one pick any day from Mon-Fri as the off day.

srathion Some Git internals

Good intro.

Shameless plug: I recently picked up Golang and used it to implement a mini version of Git CLI using these internals [1].

[1] https://github.com/ssrathi/gogit

srathion After centuries, a seemingly simple math problem gets an exact solution

First, imagine a spherical cow!

srathion Facebook Container for Firefox

Do the containers and their settings sync across devices as part of Firefox Sync? Last time I tried them, I had to recreate them on each device.

srathion How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? (2016)

I assume the later part of you comment refers to the (in)famous attempt by the Indiana state assembly to legalize Pi to be exactly equal to 3.

srathion Show HN: ugit – Learn Git Internals by Building Git in Python

Awesome. I did the same while learning both Golang and git, and implemented parts of git in Golang. [0]

[0] https://github.com/ssrathi/gogit

srathion How to escape from an erupting volcano

And yet protagonists survive after going through a pyroclastic flow routinely in the movies, such as Jurassic World: FK and 2012. It is a recurring trope in movies!

srathion Buying a single character domain – and 3 character FQDN – for £15

This is already not an issue. Unicode doesn't assign a separate codepoint to any flag. Each flag is represented by a two character ISO code using regional indicator symbols (such as IN for Indian flag).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Indicator_Symbol

srathion Where do argc and argv come from?

I thought the same. Now I think it is simply argument-count and argument-values. Not sure if that is correct!

srathion Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?

Proofpoint spam filter! Drives me nuts!

srathion Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. first

Funny, I just rewatched Minority Report last night! I had no idea that precrime was an actual thing.