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Re:Postmortem: TanStack npm supply-chain compromise by sinsudo on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @04:31AM (#48105684)
The old bin user is an idea that could be modernized with a new two level sudo concept, the higher one for recovery and diagnosis, already done in Chromebook and other solutions
Re:Postmortem: TanStack npm supply-chain compromise by DonHopkins on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @06:21AM (#48106270)
bin passwords I will always remember: At the University of Maryland CS department systems the bin password was "fuck,you", and there was a devout Christian student on staff who had a problem with that, so we had to change it (to something harder to remember, I just can't recall).