Volker_W

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Severity HIGH security problem to be announced with curl 8.4.0 on Oct 11(github.com)
235 points by Volker_W 3y ago|98 comments
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Fixing a bug in NewsFlash and shaving a yak(weissmann.pm)
1 points by Volker_W 3y ago|0 comments
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by Volker_W 3y ago
I never understood why Program permissions is such a big deal on Android and IOS, but not on Desktop Windows/Linux, where any application can to everything .
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by Volker_W 4y ago
Friction with the helicopter doesn't matter, friction with the air does.
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by Volker_W 4y ago
> if you are applying torque to someone, then that thing is applying an equal and opposite torque back Yes, just like with a force. > but in the real world there is friction and air resistance where you have to keep applying torque to
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by Volker_W 4y ago
Yes. The time derivative of angular momentum is torque.
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by Volker_W 4y ago
I added a link from my post to your comment: https://weissmann.pm/julialang/#updates > It would be nice to hear updated thoughts when you have a chance to try all of these improvements (especially when v1.9 comes ou
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by Volker_W 4y ago
Shameless plug: I wrote about what I think is bad about Julia: https://weissmann.pm/julialang/
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by Volker_W 4y ago
Tell HN: Copying and pasting from ChatGPT unsolicited sucks > I can understand why you might feel that way. Copying and pasting from ChatGPT without permission can be considered rude and disrespectful. It's important to always ask f
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by Volker_W 4y ago
> C++ is (I'm guessing) currently holding up an order of magnitude more applications than whatever you think is better than it. You could say the same thing about COBOL. (Not that I think that C++ is as bad as COBOL.)
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by Volker_W 4y ago
If you translate it so that it does exactly the same, the resulting code has a modern language but is even more horrible than the original COBOL code. If you translate it so that is does effectively the same, the resulting code is nice.
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by Volker_W 4y ago
That's not a struct. It's a function called ka_add that returns a pointer to a KaNode
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by Volker_W 4y ago
> Large "independent" media like NYT have admitted that they work closely with the DoD and other agencies to screen content before publishing. Source?
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by Volker_W 4y ago
> an operation of a foreign government on your territory and information content. And who gets to decide whether something is "information content" or a "foreign operation" ?
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by Volker_W 4y ago
> If Europeans conscientiously choose want to get RT, they can. If I want to visit rt.com , Vodafone blocks it.
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by Volker_W 4y ago
German Vodafone customer here: It seems to be blocked properly not just on DNS level. Changing DNS does not fix it. $ ping rt.com PING rt.com (91.215.41.4) 56(84) bytes of data. ^J --- rt.com ping statistics --- 293 packets transmitted, 0 r
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by Volker_W 4y ago
Seeing this comment in the #1 spot makes me proud of the HN community.
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by Volker_W 4y ago
> We’re an adtech business Get fucked.
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by Volker_W 4y ago
Do you think Apps should not be Sandboxed on iOS?
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by Volker_W 4y ago
> some gateways strip too-long query strings for example Uhm. What?
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by Volker_W 4y ago
> See also: SQL, Python I do not see what is wrong with SQL and I definitely do not see what is wrong with Python.
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by Volker_W 4y ago
Ever heard of hate-speech laws? To be fair, your question would need reordering: Aren't left-wing groups changing relevant laws, then saving the information of right-wingers, then deploying state power against them?
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by Volker_W 4y ago
> Even if you buy a flagship Samsung television for five figures, it's virtually guaranteed that within a year or two they will release an update the slows it down to molasses. These things have controller boards with miniscule amou
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by Volker_W 4y ago
> As a miner, do you get to chose which transactions you mine? Yes, the mining pool can chose.
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by Volker_W 4y ago
The difficult part is not setting up a SQL database, the difficult part are complying with all the banking regulations. If you have a distributed ledger, you do not need to comply with these regulations and everything gets easier. This is b
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by Volker_W 4y ago
I just checked and they do not block all porn, but the porn that does not fulfill their regulations.
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by Volker_W 4y ago
Are you aware of any project using a SQL database that allows someone to purchase legal porn or donate to legal far right organizations? Mastercard, Visa and Paypal lock such accounts. SEPA (luckily) does not. This is the only advantage of
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by Volker_W 4y ago
The problem with transparency logs is that you can see that they are doing shenanigans, but not necessarily stop it.
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by Volker_W 4y ago
> Twitter loves to hide off-site links in general. Do you have a source/proof for me?
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by Volker_W 4y ago
> Could we have created a <form> element that made it easier for small local manufacturers to sell online instead of Amazon rolling everyone up? How would that have worked? A text box that had some kind of privacy control built in,

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