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Just wait until you find out how much energy the financial industry uses

Wasn’t the payload in a blob in the tests, which is in the source repo? If you were to clone the repo then build from source, you’d have the backdoor, right? Surely distros aren’t using binaries sent by maintainers

The rust compiler refuses to compile code which doesn’t adhere to a strict set of rules guaranteeing memory safety. Unless you intentionally call an unsafe block, misuse in this sense is impossible, not just difficult.

This comment reminds me of “What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it…”

The actual work required to execute such a plan is vastly more difficult than being told how to do it. How the original atomic bombs worked is well-known, but even nation-states struggle with implementing it.

Warming the climate would increase the amount of arable land.

Sea level rise happens very slowly, so most people don’t need to travel abroad to avoid it.

“The standards don’t work, but at least we have them”

Public schools are intentionally harming gifted students in the name of equality. The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax, VA intentionally hid merit achievements from students which would have helped in college applications.

Banning advanced math is just another instance of this. A slower paced class for lower performing students would actually help them. Bringing down advanced students only serves to make the school look more equitable.

“While facing felony charges for having the wrong book in the shelf behind their desk???”

Excuse me for not wanting middle schoolers taught how to use gay hookup apps.

It’s not that the bash script is worse than the installed program. The problem is that the bash script risks installing a malicious program.

“a secret police with extrajudicial powers”

Ever hear of how the IRS targeted certain political groups?

“Making it easier for people to break the law” is a weird way of saying “Making it harder for authoritarian governments to abuse its citizens”