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calebbrown

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About calebbrown

Web developer with an interest in people doing fun things on the Internet.

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    Comment #44830152

    Apart from Python Wheels, the other popular ecosystems using zip files are Java jar files, and NuGet. Of these Java is the most interesting as there a few JDKs commonly in use. But…

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    Comment #31245897

    Thanks! `--privileged` is needed to run the container inside a container. e.g. https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-can-now-run-within-docker... This is particularly useful for using…

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    Comment #31244221

    Author here. It's running a Podman container (like Docker but daemon-less) with a GVisor runtime for isolation inside the docker container. The outer container is privileged, but d…

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    Comment #18722907

    Dinorwig Power Station in the UK pumps water to store 9.1Gwh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinorwig_Power_Station

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    Comment #14642465

    Doesn't cover perfect forward secrecy (PFS). Without PFS if the server's private key was stolen (e.g. by hacking the server) then all traffic sniffed in the past could be decrypted…

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    Comment #13191014

    That website was frustrating. - splash page that has to load the background video before you can do anything. - you have to start watching the video on the splash page to skip it. …

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    Comment #3350355

    I think apps are popular because they are more concrete than the web. A user knows where an app starts and ends and they know what icon they need to touch to get there. Websites ar…