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Re:Show HN: CLI tool for saving web pages as a single file by sequoia on Friday August 23, 2019 @01:32PM (#20780124)
> Do you read all that code and evaluate the reputation of all dependencies?

Why of course. I do this for every piece of software on my computer, from the device drivers to the OS, I review every patch to firefox & chrome as well. /s

Running someone else's software inherently means extending them trust. This objection is especially confusing on a piece of software where you can actually inspect all the source if you like (unlike e.g. device drivers and OS code unless you run Gnu/Linux + all Free drivers, as few but RMS do).

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Re:Show HN: CLI tool for saving web pages as a single file by Inhibit on Saturday August 24, 2019 @06:28PM (#20790109)
Your tongue in cheek points are good.

But on that last bit I disagree. Many, many systems run nothing but stock open source kernel drivers under Linux. I daresay home systems with closed drivers are more of an exception. All those VMs in the "cloud".

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