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Re:No-Panic Rust: A Nice Technique for Systems Programming on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:35PM (#42925637)
same on chrome android
I mean that it's often difficult to take older projects like this and properly replicate the environment with all dependencies.

The point about the C used in the kernel drifting could be relevant, but with this sort of project I'm more concerned initially with reproducing results and then moving forward.

This looks really useful, but it seems like an uphill battle even reproducing given the lack of updates in almost the last decade.
Re:RetBleed on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @08:24PM (#32077555)
> Should I worry? > If you have secrets on virtual machines with shared hardware (e.g., in the cloud), you should be aware of the issue. But it’s not good for your health to worry too much.

Nice.

Re:Snap launches its first drone on Thursday April 28, 2022 @01:28PM (#31195399)
They might be able to pair the video from the drone with the microphone on your phone and get something reasonable (if the drone is far enough away).
Re:Git.io no longer accepts new URLs on Thursday January 13, 2022 @08:03PM (#29929266)
It seems like lot of URL shorteners have shut down over the last few years. Is there a common reason? Malware?
Neat. Seems a bit like like live volatility3 plugins.
:')
Amazing. Makes me glad I signed up with PayPal.

Near the end there so many people were cancelling that if you used a credit card they would, without your consent or interaction, start your service up again. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/559352/moviepass-reinsta...

Re:Pyodide: Python for the Browser on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:58AM (#27139218)
It would be helpful if someone could clarify some differences between Brython and Pyodide.
Re:QEMU 6.0 on Saturday May 01, 2021 @04:08AM (#27004364)
Windows has a very similar hypervisor accelerator that QEMU supports called whp.
Slightly more radical idea: Universities get paid a percentage of your earnings for a set number of years after you get out. Forces them to care that you're prepared to get a job when you get out.
Re:East Coast Internet Outage on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @01:20PM (#25919342)
I have FiOS and my town is listed here. Internet is still working.
I honestly can't see a problem with this so long as police posted a BOLO before ring.