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    Comment #47912892

    I have installed different Linux distros in 4-5 devices in the last year, including a laptop with an Nvidia GPU and a random NUC off Aliexpress. In all cases everything worked out …

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    Comment #47839784

    For me: - Easier access to books in other languages or out of print - Quick access to a dictionary - Backlight for reading in bed or in the evening - Pocketability - Way cheaper if…

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    Comment #47822294

    Nowadays AA [1] is IMO a better choice for users, but aside from that I cannot imagine these changes making much of a difference. There's plenty of ebook sources (Kobo, public libr…

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    Comment #47803606

    So what would be the best practice in a situation like that? I would (naively?) imagine that a null pointer would mostly result from a malloc() or some other parts of the program f…

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    Comment #47803334

    Is foo a pointer in your example? Is free(NULL) not a valid operation?

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    Comment #47776106

    Unless I am misunderstanding the discussion on GitHub, the attacker would still need to know the exact path where the file is saved, and the name of the file itself. Even then, all…

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    Comment #47763209

    The absolute worst thing I can see in there is that an third party who somehow managed to get a link to one of your library items (either directly from you or from one of your user…

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    Comment #47762019

    If you expose Jellyfin on 443, have HTTPS properly set up (which Caddy handles automatically), your admin password is not pswd1234 (or you straight up disable remote admin logins),…

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    Comment #47761690

    For whatever reason people here and on Reddit will tell you that you need to have Jellyfin pass through five VPNs, otherwise nasty things will happen. Meanwhile the actual devs sug…