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by metafunctor 9mo ago
Not impossible at all with a policy-filtering HTTPS proxy. See https://laurikari.github.io/exfilguard/ In this model, hosts don’t need any direct internet connectivity or access to public DNS. All outbound traffic is f
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by metafunctor 10mo ago
The key itself appears to have no validity period, the validity period is only for the certificate made for the key. Maybe you could create a CSR for the key/identity and then sign it with your own CA (or self-sign with openssl) for w
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by metafunctor 1y ago
Good point! The web is going through its own endless September. And so, it seems, is everything else. Perhaps, this commentary adds no value — just old man yells at cloud stuff.
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by metafunctor 1y ago
The npm team is, frankly, a bunch of idiots for saying that. It has been obvious for TEN YEARS that the bar for publishing npm packages is far too low. That’s what made npm what it is, but it’s no longer needed. They should put on their big
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by metafunctor 1y ago
Welcome to the web side. Everything’s bonkers. Hard-earned software engineering truths get tossed out, because hey, wtf, I’ll just do some stuff and yippee. Feels like everyone’s stuck at year three of software engineering, and every three
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by metafunctor 1y ago
I never saw it as a problem for nginx to just serve web content and let certbot handle cert renewals. Whatever happened to doing one thing well and making it composable? Fat tools that try to do everything inevitably suck at some important
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by metafunctor 1y ago
It’s quite easy to run your own DNS server — I've found it a worthwhile exercise. Of course, you’ll need a server to run it on.
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by metafunctor 2y ago
Those muscle mass percentages cannot be right. How were they measured?
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by metafunctor 2y ago
Sabre or Sable?
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by metafunctor 2y ago
I was excited to try this, since I'm a bit tired of selecting the input manually multiple times per day. Unfortunately, connecting AirPods automatically switches the input to them, regardless of the previously selected input device, w
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by metafunctor 2y ago
OK, so the defusedxml.lxml submodule is deprecated and one should use the other APIs from defusedxml instead. That does not mean that defusedxml in it's entirety would be useless.
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by metafunctor 2y ago
Do you mean that it is, in fact, a mistake to use defusedxml instead of lxml in Python?
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by metafunctor 2y ago
Type safe and unguessable IDs are what I've been using in my projects for the past, oh, 10 years maybe? Inspired by Stripe! In my databases, I often prefer integer primary keys for performance reasons. On the other hand, I don't
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by metafunctor 2y ago
If they can get your sqlite files, what makes you think they wouldn't be able to get the encryption key as well?
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by metafunctor 2y ago
A commonly used icon or symbol for language selection seems to be the globe symbol (U+1F310). HN seems to filter it away, though, so cannot use it in this comment.
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by metafunctor 3y ago
So Orange won 12 years time to pay whatever you won in the end? That's a factor of about 2.2x, assuming 7% capital gains year-on-year. If the sums are large, it would've made a lot of sense for Orange to delay the decision for 12
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by metafunctor 3y ago
Agreed, I think this is something the English language community should solve. IMHO, I think “free” should be reserved for the wider meaning encompassing all the various aspects of freedom. And a (new?) word like “gratis” should be used for
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by metafunctor 3y ago
That would make it quite easy to maliciously lock someone out. Instead locking accounts, appropriate throttling might be a better idea.
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by metafunctor 3y ago
Yeah, there's no amount of dedication that will make the business fly if you stubbornly want to do “your thing”. You have to do what the market can find and is willing to pay for. Many of such businesses can be discovered without sta
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by metafunctor 3y ago
Bugs happen also in access control. Unguessable IDs make it much harder to exploit some of those bugs. Of course the focus should be on ensuring correct access control in the first place, but unguessable IDs can make the difference betwee
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by metafunctor 3y ago
I've ended up implementing a layer on top of "magic" which, if magic detects application/zip, reads the zip file manifest and checks for telltale file names to reliably detect Office files. The "magic" library
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by metafunctor 3y ago
Mistakes can happen. But if code comments are frequently not updated as the code evolves, it is a level of lazy that will probably manifest in other ways as well.
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by metafunctor 3y ago
Do you think you know better than the companies developing these products and the consumers buying them? Do you believe you understand what the right products and fair prices should be? This seems to justify your use of terms like 'hig
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by metafunctor 3y ago
It's a crowded market, but it IS a market. In fact, crowded markets are the ones that work the best. If people find their app, like what they see, and are willing to pay the price, what is your objection exactly?
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by metafunctor 3y ago
Many houses here have those as well. The outlets in question are rated for 3 x 230V x 16A, about 11kW. I'm guessing it would be the same in Slovenia.
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by metafunctor 3y ago
For a typical house in my parts (Finland), it would be 230V and 3 x 25A fuses, so maximum power draw is 17kW. Most houses would be able to upgrade to 35A without extensive reworking of cables, getting to a 24kW maximum. Also 50A and 63A are
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by metafunctor 3y ago
There are many ways, but a popular option is to add a “PDF Advanced Electronic Signature” (PAdES) compliant approval signature on the PDF file. You can tack on as many of these on a PDF as you wish, and they have a visual component you can
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by metafunctor 3y ago
Like when exiting a roundabout? I have at least one almost everywhere I go…
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by metafunctor 3y ago
This is, in my experience, incorrect. Driving a recent Model S. Selecting the temperature can be done on the wheel, or with a single press on the screen in a predictable spot. Same with media: play, stop, volume, next, previous. Other adjus
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by metafunctor 3y ago
Umm. Stop, eat, charge, visit the restroom… what exactly is the problem you envisioning?

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