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Cutting off the binding of the book to separate the pages makes them easier to scan, that's part of the reason why they do it destructively.

This is the post I responded to >> The proof this site is misnamed is that a post criticizing systemd gets downvoted, probably by people who have never questioned why an [[ init sy…

The systemd init isn't half an operating system any more than the coreutils "ls" utility is half a userspace. The systemd project has many different components but they're independ…

I'd be happier if it was 24 hours by default, with an increased timeout configurable behind 2FA.

Most of those don't require fingerprints or photos. Those that require addresses, do so because they're literally billing and/or shipping items to you. And none of them is comparab…

I don't even understand what this comment is supposed to be saying in relation to the previous one.

I've tried both Magnesium Glyconate and Magnesium L-Threonate and both have helped my sleep, Magnesium Citrate did very little. Which makes sense, the latter is known to not be abs…

Here's hoping this screws up the collateralization of the Paramount takeover deal, and the whole thing unravels.

Possible, yes. But it's not like it's terribly difficult to verify correct usage of "unsafe" that amounts to a basic function call to a C library. Trivial uses of unsafe are pretty…

It's a shame they missed out on the AI server boom.

The same people attacked Iran without a plan for what to do if they closed the Strait of Hormuz

How to tank morale even harder

But how often do people just copy and paste code in the C/C++ ecosystem? Or reimplement things badly? Last I checked VLC had a homegrown XML parser.

>Otherwise, it does not bode well for Rust code because any type safety glitch will be considered a vulnerability. I mean, this is basically true. And it goes beyond type safety - …

The thing is that if step 2 isn't proprietary, but rather more open source code, then it's not "extinguish" it's just garden variety open source competition.

Considering a substantial fraction of the commit history since then has been removing those instances of "unsafe" not all of are actually usages of "unsafe" (seems like there are a…

How would that help? These are not general purpose, base system libraries, these are libraries specific to a product that uses them. Either you're not using them and hence they wou…

Typically BLEVE is used in a petrochemical context, where the hot "boiling liquid, expanding vapor" ignites on contact with oxygen.

There are a number of compiler performance enhancements (and correctness improvements) that are being worked on that are kind of at a chokepoint behind some other piece of work. Un…

And yet, that hasn't translatd into additional support for Ukraine. In fact, Russian oil sanctions are lifted for the second month in a row, and Congress Republicans haven't put a …

The existence of other influences does not diminish the fact that Trump is enamored with Putin (and most "strong man" dictators generally, but Putin in particular) and it does impa…