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Re:Upcoming Critical PHP Security Release on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @08:13AM (#50179602)
Good luck getting them to fix broken packages though.
Re:Where were you when goo.gl shutdown? on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @12:12AM (#44884581)
> If you visit a link right now, it will be kept.

No, only those that were deemed "active" in 2024 will be kept.

Re:Where were you when goo.gl shutdown? on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @12:01PM (#44878137)
It's still being abused by people registering expired domains.
Re:21 GB/s CSV Parsing Using SIMD on AMD 9950X on Sunday May 11, 2025 @10:42PM (#43959168)
The lack of concurrent access support in the official HDF5 library (the only implementation with full format support) can be a major drawback. There is ongoing work on that front [1] though it's unclear when it will land.

[1] https://github.com/LifeboatLLC/MT-HDF5

> "Jia Tan" does not sound Russian

It's not a real name.

Re:Textfiles on Sunday January 21, 2024 @02:17PM (#39081873)
Re:Scrum Sucks on Monday January 15, 2024 @12:28PM (#39003500)
> estimate in points (relative size to something you've already done), emphasis on consistent estimates for each dev.

> capture total velocity every 2 weeks and eventually use the avg for future planning

This aspect of scrum has never made sense to me. Planning with average velocity turns points into an obfuscated time estimate - why use points at all?

> Research shows that 95% of the permissions granted to users aren't used which creates huge problems and is a reason for spending millions in security tools.

It'd potentially cost millions more to recover from a GPT-4 disaster.

Re:Google is shutting down Stadia on Thursday September 29, 2022 @12:31PM (#33023002)
Two months ago, Rumor: Google Stadia May Be Getting Shut Down https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32276188
> they were going to redirect donations intended for Canadian protesters to other (likely left leaning) causes

Per the article you linked, donors have two weeks to request a refund, and any remaining funds will be redirected to causes chosen by the Freedom Convoy organizers:

> Donors have until Feb. 19 to ask for a refund, and the rest of the money the group raised would be allocated to “credible and established charities” chosen by Freedom Convoy organizers, the site said.

Re:Sega Europe suffers major security breach on Thursday December 30, 2021 @02:05PM (#29740119)
> I was able to use them to enumerate a bunch of storage, dig out more keys

That's unethical and likely criminal without explicit testing authorization (which it appears you didn't have).

I wonder if there are any examples of "researchers" being sued/prosecuted for stunts like this.

Re:Backblaze IPO on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @06:21PM (#29088267)
Previous S-1 discussion (this is an amendment): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28912799
Re:Fed to ban policymakers from owning individual stocks on Thursday October 21, 2021 @07:22PM (#28952037)
These rules only apply to Federal Reserve staff. Were you confused by the title?
> It explains their course of action, as Jorge was not flexible in his "my way or highway" approach.

I don't understand where this conclusion is coming from as it doesn't seem Andrey raised any concerns with colorette prior to his aggressive actions.

Re:Firefox Addons Unable to Update, Undisclosed AMO Issues on Sunday September 26, 2021 @07:02PM (#28665448)
The Firefox profile directory also contains sensitive things like its file cache and trusted CA database, so you don't need to plant a malicious extension to achieve significant impact when you only have write access.
That does not at all explain their overly aggressive approach and (initial) lack of attribution.
Re:Firefox Addons Unable to Update, Undisclosed AMO Issues on Saturday September 25, 2021 @05:33PM (#28656383)
If malware has that level of access on your machine, chances are your browser is already fully compromised.
Re:Firefox Addons Unable to Update, Undisclosed AMO Issues on Saturday September 25, 2021 @01:25PM (#28654747)
> After waiting for a long while, I gave up and switched to the Developer Edition so I can use my own add-on.

I find it very frustrating that they now force users into Nightly / Developer Edition if they want to permanently install unsigned add-ons. What's the harm in simply locking that functionality with a config option?

Re:Chia Coin Miners Are Reselling Used SSDs as New on Monday September 06, 2021 @09:29PM (#28439877)
I agree that it shouldn't be "too easy" as a fraud deterrent, but making it impossible seems like an overreach of consumer protection.
Re:Chia Coin Miners Are Reselling Used SSDs as New on Monday September 06, 2021 @08:15PM (#28439504)
If you own the hardware, why shouldn't you be able to control what data it stores?
Re:The time Pepsi got sued for a $33M fighter jet on Sunday August 15, 2021 @06:43PM (#28193257)
Reminded me of this classic recording [0] of Verizon Customer Service failing to understand the difference between cents and dollars.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MShv_74FNWU

Isn't that exactly what browser PDF viewers (e.g. PDF.js [0]) already do?

[0] https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/

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