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Once I was told to upgrade tls to 1.2 (latest version at the time) due to some compliance thing or other. So I did. Then I noticed something. The user never provided any certificat…

If they take vc funding, it's only a matter of when, not if. They all say that.

in our case, updates were done on a staggered schedule, automatically, and rebooted at a particular agreed upon downtime window. dev, then test, then live machines. I had to explai…

I embed lua when I need it. 200 to 400kb and we're off. And it's infinitely easier to interoperate with c than python is

I also think they are one and the same. Because a network is a markov chain, with a huge, lossily compressed, state transition table. (that the chains weren't designed by a human i…

The recent "opus 5 is worse than 4.8" suggests otherwise

yeah that didn't work. Some apps required particular runtimes to use. We installed those versions in /opt and used them only for the apps that absolutely needed them. Scanner still…

oh.... now all of them are accidentally doing it

how can you learn to use a tool that keeps changing unpredictably?

no, they can't in indentation based languages. changing indentation implies changing the code. A formatter isn't allowed to do that

indentation based immediately implies no safe copy pasting, and you can't count on a formatter to untangle the havoc pasting some code can wreak

I have been given a list by security. "We had an automated tool scan that machine. It reported these. Fix anything medium severity and above. Never mind that some of them involved …

I was borin in 1990, yet I still cherish the atari vcs I have

if that document really does need internet access to be rendered (unlikely) then it can use the internet connection one would have used to upload the file in the first place.

hyrum's law applies here

Why would rendering a document need internet access?

I would like to add the constraint that if your software doesn't work, regulatory bodies will fine and sanction your country.

disruption != benefit. I was called quite disruptive in class when I was young. I'm sure my teachers never meant it as a compliment.

my workplace just gave me a new laptop. It has a slightly faster cpu, the same 16gb of ram I always had, no fingerprint reader, no card reader. One less usb-c port as well as one l…

and lots and lots and lots of cash

I turned mine smart by using an esp32, an IR led and a n ir demodulator. The esp32 has the ir led pointed towards the AC and the receiver aimed at the room. It then hosts a small h…

In my country, Malta, we drive on the left too, but I drive a LHD car, so everyone can tell me I'm on the wrong side somehow.

i don't trust google

It's not about using different tooling. It's about using all the tooling available to you. An LLM can help you (I don't like them and don't use them but to each their own). It migh…

The compiler does respect my code's semantics, provided I obey the contract and avoid UB. If I do, it does that perfectly. I compile it a million times I get the exact same semanti…