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The primary source for the article: https://ddosecrets.org/article/icepick
Re:Python 3.15.0 on Friday October 09, 2026 @06:27PM (#50027360)
> Even Python interpreter is in process of using Rust

Citation needed. Outside of 3rd party/unofficial (ai-driven) attempts, I haven’t seen any evidence that the core python team is definitively moving away using CPython/python

Re:Netflix plans to cut 5% of its workforce on Friday October 09, 2026 @06:23PM (#50027336)
Probably by not abruptly cancelling shows after 1-2 seasons. Shows often take several years to gain momentum/meaningful following. Cancellation saves money short term at the cost of long term growth, not that I expect any c-level exec to understand this though
I’m reasonably certain GP is (humorously) trolling us
Yup the readme reeks of llm generated fluff. Lately I find myself getting more and more suspicious whenever I see lots of emojis in markdown headers..
Re:Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying on Friday May 15, 2026 @12:24AM (#48144537)
Source? Been googling for this but I don’t see any relevant info
Ive installed the gtar formula and aliased it to tar. Cant be bothered to memorize the differences between macOS tar and unix tar, especially when the latter is considered to be the de facto standard
Would you happen to have a link to this? For science of course :)
Re:I Forked Httpx on Thursday March 26, 2026 @02:43AM (#47527307)
This has been ongoing for some time. I’ve raised valid issues in several encode projects and received rude/dismissive comments from this individual. I’ve reviewed their recent interactions with others on GitHub and it’s obvious that Mia (tom?) is super toxic/drama seeking
Re:WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives sold out for 2026 on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @05:15AM (#47045698)
If component prices keep going up and the respective monopoly/duopoly/triopoly for each component colludes to keep prices high/supply constrained, then eventually devices will become too expensive for the average consumer. So what’s the game plan here? Are companies planning to let users lease a device from them? Worth noting that Sony already lets you do this with a ps5. Sounds like we’re headed towards a “you will own nothing and be happy” type situation
Re:Show HN: JavaScript-first, open-source WYSIWYG DOCX editor on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @10:21PM (#46970383)
Yup that’s why I suggested it. The vsdx schema is notably complex and I don’t see a lot of code examples in the wild. I seriously doubt an llm would be able to output working code for it. Docx is a common use case and a quick google search yields multiple popular libraries that understand the format. Anyways, cool that an llm was able to output a functional docx editor, but that’s certainly not impressive or a groundbreaking feat by any means
Re:Show HN: JavaScript-first, open-source WYSIWYG DOCX editor on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @09:31PM (#46970030)
Would be more impressive if this was done for something obscure like Microsoft Visio. Theres countless oss ms word editors/libs Claude probably ripped off
Re:Do Not Put Your Site Behind Cloudflare If You Don't Need To on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @05:48PM (#45973325)
Citation needed. I know folks using the free plan that have gotten ddos’d and cloudflare kept them online. Can you point me to an article where cloudflare disconnected someone for getting attacked
I do something similar. I bootstrap all my new installs with brew cask https://github.com/fastily/autobots/tree/master/macOS/setup
> They know that with enough reports in a short period of time they can get the content removed for a while

This can be accomplished with bogus dmca notices too. Since google gets such a high volume of notices the default action is just to shoot first and ask questions later. Alarmingly, there are 0 consequences (financial or legal) for sending bogus dmca notices

Re:Swift on FreeBSD Preview on Thursday November 06, 2025 @03:37PM (#45840093)
Personally I gave up a long time ago and just installed Debian Linux. But it’s wild to me that the average non-technical/casual windows user has to put up with so much bs… it’s an atrocious ux
Re:Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark on Sunday November 02, 2025 @05:14PM (#45793902)
I’m using steam on Ubuntu 24.04 with 9y old hardware (which was mid-tier when new), playing mostly 2d platformer games and older resident evil titles. Never had any issues, this setup runs like a champ
There’s already a free self-hosted version of this that’s significantly more capable: https://github.com/C4illin/ConvertX. Not sure what your path to profitability is here but you may want to rethink your approach
It’s just another tool in the downsizing toolbox. Also traditional layoffs and RTO “layoffs” don’t have to be mutually exclusive, both can easily occur at the same time
Re:Tell HN: 1.1.1.1 Appears to Be Down on Monday July 14, 2025 @06:18PM (#44565961)
the curse of bgp strikes again
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System on Saturday February 15, 2025 @07:34PM (#43064079)
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System on Saturday February 15, 2025 @07:32PM (#43064059)
I’ve got 90tb of Linux isos consisting of tens of thousands of files on 168tb of spinning rust. I’m running reasonably powerful hardware though (5600x + 128gb ram), suspect GP is bottlenecked by hardware
Re:Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System on Saturday February 15, 2025 @07:21PM (#43063969)
Agreed, but that’s not the point I’m making here. It’s not like this is some closed-source commercial product where the community can’t do anything about bugs/lack of features. My observation is simple: all of this time people spend complaining could be better spent helping to improve the project instead

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