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A comment on Fake VS Code Extension on NPM Spreads Multi-Stage Malware. Parent comment

Re:Fake VS Code Extension on NPM Spreads Multi-Stage Malware by wswope on Monday February 10, 2025 @05:19PM (#43006040)
[Misread, mb - ty @Jarwain]
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Re:Fake VS Code Extension on NPM Spreads Multi-Stage Malware by Jarwain on Monday February 10, 2025 @05:31PM (#43006141)
You may have mixed up who the commenter was replying to. They were specifically questioning "usually seen as an asset not a liability" bit
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Re:Fake VS Code Extension on NPM Spreads Multi-Stage Malware by bolognafairy on Monday February 10, 2025 @06:11PM (#43006495)
That’s really all there is in the comment. They’re unambiguously conflating “number of dependencies are higher” with some sort of statement about the value system of people that work with a certain language. It’s silly language tribalism.
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