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Re:Axios Compromised on NPM – Malicious Versions Drop Remote... by weird-eye-issue on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @01:48AM (#47583212)
timeoutMs is shorter ;)

You guys can't appreciate a bad joke

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Re:Axios Compromised on NPM – Malicious Versions Drop Remote... by cozzyd on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @02:21AM (#47583425)
Megaseconds are about the right timescale anyway
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Re:Axios Compromised on NPM – Malicious Versions Drop Remote... by kace91 on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @05:41AM (#47584863)
What megaseconds? They clearly meant the Microsoft-defined timeout.
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Re:Axios Compromised on NPM – Malicious Versions Drop Remote... by cozzyd on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @09:36AM (#47587180)
Well megaseconds has the nice property that it's about about equal to a Scaramucci so it can be used across domains.
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Re:Axios Compromised on NPM – Malicious Versions Drop Remote... by sayamqazi on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @02:13AM (#47583377)
not timeout at all is even shorter.
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Re:Axios Compromised on NPM – Malicious Versions Drop Remote... by withinboredom on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @05:01AM (#47584543)
timoutμs is even better. People will learn how to type great symbols.
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Re:Axios Compromised on NPM – Malicious Versions Drop Remote... by johnisgood on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @09:14AM (#47586895)
Yes timout indeed!
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Re:Axios Compromised on NPM – Malicious Versions Drop Remote... by funcDropShadow on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @09:24AM (#47587023)
They wouldn't have to, if the file format accepted floats in proper exponential format.
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