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`curl wttr.in`: Weather in your terminal

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Re: `curl wttr.in`: Weather in your terminal

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Post by Kim_Bruning »

CrispinS wrote: post #7
queuebert wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That would be cool, but how would you condense the information enough that it's both useful and doesn't take up 2/3 of a line?

Emojis? For the current weather, a single emoji could convey quite a lot; e.g. a snowflake for sub-60 weather (I have a low tolerance for cold), a sun for 60-80, fire emoji for 80+... Now, I don't know if anyone truly needs the weather in their terminal prompt, but it is doable.

curl 'wttr.in/?format=%c'

see the readme here for all options:

https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in

Re: `curl wttr.in`: Weather in your terminal

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Post by spoils19 »

xyzzy_plugh wrote: post #44
dgl wrote: post #15

Remember with this kind of thing you're trusting the remote site with access to your terminal emulator. There have been various security problems with some more advanced terminals and escape sequences in the past[1][2]. Personally I think it's a cute thing and have implemented some similar little easter eggs to this via: curl ip.wtf/moo [1]: https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2019/10/09/iterm2-critical... [2]: https:/…

This is true of anything that ever renders to your terminal. I'm not sure this class of issue is worth worrying about, generally. Sure, these are neat and scary examples. Have you seen some of the recent GPU driver ACEs? Better not render any graphics! A generalization of this is "receiving information from third parties can lead to security issues" which is of course true. Untrusted inputs are always untrusted. Pipi…

> Better not render any graphics!

Unironically a good idea. Graphics have always been a mistake - most engineers would agree that if we stuck with very basic output, our software would be in a much better place than today (and more usable, too!)

Re: `curl wttr.in`: Weather in your terminal

#54

Post by Bancakes »

spoils19 wrote: post #53
xyzzy_plugh wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is true of anything that ever renders to your terminal. I'm not sure this class of issue is worth worrying about, generally. Sure, these are neat and scary examples. Have you seen some of the recent GPU driver ACEs? Better not render any graphics! A generalization of this is "receiving information from third parties can lead to security issues" which is of course true. Untrusted inputs are always untrusted. Pipi…

> Better not render any graphics! Unironically a good idea. Graphics have always been a mistake - most engineers would agree that if we stuck with very basic output, our software would be in a much better place than today (and more usable, too!)

How about we don't revert 40 years of progress in the name of security theater and frugality

Re: `curl wttr.in`: Weather in your terminal

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Post by avgcorrection »

innocenat wrote: post #4

I have to scroll all they way down to the buttom to find the information source -- WorldWeatherOnline. Does people not care about where their whether data is sourced from? Living in Japan, I have always been wary of these type of service, since I find a lot of them really inaccurate. And I just checked, Tokyo show 15C on that website, while high resolution current weather information from Japan Metrological Agency sh…

> Does people not care about where their whether data is sourced from?

Weather or not I care is really not your concern.

Re: `curl wttr.in`: Weather in your terminal

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Post by daptaq »

mateo1 wrote: post #23
dgl wrote: post #15

Remember with this kind of thing you're trusting the remote site with access to your terminal emulator. There have been various security problems with some more advanced terminals and escape sequences in the past[1][2]. Personally I think it's a cute thing and have implemented some similar little easter eggs to this via: curl ip.wtf/moo [1]: https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2019/10/09/iterm2-critical... [2]: https:/…

I'm speechless. I never expected running curl could lead to such a security disaster.

The terminal (or rather terminal emulation) is a mistake, people should stop glorifying it. It has no inherent value, beyond being able to run historical software that was bound to a terminal. Most of all one should stop confusing the terminal and the shell, which remains an interesting concept.

Re: `curl wttr.in`: Weather in your terminal

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Post by nickstinemates »

mateo1 wrote: post #23
dgl wrote: post #15

Remember with this kind of thing you're trusting the remote site with access to your terminal emulator. There have been various security problems with some more advanced terminals and escape sequences in the past[1][2]. Personally I think it's a cute thing and have implemented some similar little easter eggs to this via: curl ip.wtf/moo [1]: https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2019/10/09/iterm2-critical... [2]: https:/…

I'm speechless. I never expected running curl could lead to such a security disaster.

`sudo curl | sh` to deploy my awesome service that definitely isn't a bitcoin miner, promise.
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