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Why sqlite3 temp files were renamed 'etilqs_*' (2006)

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Re: Why sqlite3 temp files were renamed 'etilqs_*' (2006)

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Post by dale_glass »

rootw0rm wrote: post #55
giantrobot wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Sounds like a loud minority to me. Imagine for a moment the cross section of Windows users that 1) have McAfee running 2) poke around the Windows temp folders and/or run some sort of "cleaner" to "optimize" their system and 3) don't recognize the name "sqlite". I can imagine the exact type of user, peak Dunning-Kruger and utterly insufferable. Even just seeing their e-mails before deleting them would be maddening.…

I was that person once. I was 12 and couldn't understand why MS-DOS disk maintenance tools shouldn't be used on PC-DOS because obviously repair tools can only fix things

That's interesting. Some DOS clones had a different FAT format?

Re: Why sqlite3 temp files were renamed 'etilqs_*' (2006)

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Post by doctor_eval »

noduerme wrote: post #88
pyeri wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> So the temp files are still identified, but anybody smart enough to figure out the code is also likely smart enough to know that calling the developer will not help get rid of the file. Building illuminati lairs now, are we!

It's called barrier to entry. The world was better when there was a higher barrier to do things like, e.g., buying a plane ticket or getting on the internet. The word for how people who had the means and/or knowledge to do these things and comport themselves appropriately under the circumstances they encountered was "class".

Right, it was better when only those who deserved it could fly or get on the internet.

And the definition of “deserved it” is “having more money than everyone else”.

Who cares if that money was made by exploiting people or selling shonky goods or breaking promises or tricking people or otherwise being an asshole?

Go on, take that flight. Buy that shiny thing. You worked hard for that money. You’re better than they are. You deserve it.

/S

Re: Why sqlite3 temp files were renamed 'etilqs_*' (2006)

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Post by aspyct »

anon-3988 wrote: post #47
lopkeny12ko wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you even open the link? Human readability was not a goal, in fact quite the opposite.

Its a horrible link. It points to a specific commit...Okay, so it must have something to do with the commit? Nope, the commit is putting a limit on the number of symlinks to resolve for whatever reason. Then you also notice that the link is simply a link to the file, not a specific line (something like https://github.com/mackyle/sqlite/blob/18cf47156abe94255ae14... ), so you are expected to read the whole C file to f…

or you just ^F and search for the string you're looking for and enjoy a good laugh :)

Re: Why sqlite3 temp files were renamed 'etilqs_*' (2006)

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Post by LinAGKar »

ShadowBanThis01 wrote: post #86
sltkr wrote: post #13

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This isn't remotely comparable. Those .DS_Store files are created in arbitrary directories by the Apple file manager or something. The SQLite temp files are created in the OS-specific temporary directory (e.g. C:/Users/username/AppData/Local/Temp or whatever on Windows) which is specifically intended for that purpose. SQLite isn't doing anything wrong; that's where it's supposed to store temporary data that doesn't f…

They're not arbitrary at all. They're in directories visited by Finder, storing the open/closed state of subdirectories, and apparently other view data. Apple, in its arrogance and backwardness, doesn't store those choices on the BROWSING user's computer; it stores them in the directories on the computer being browsed... where, by the way, they'll be trounced by the next Finder user who comes along.

KDE's Dolphin does the same thing with .directory

Re: Why sqlite3 temp files were renamed 'etilqs_*' (2006)

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Post by noduerme »

doctor_eval wrote: post #93
noduerme wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's called barrier to entry. The world was better when there was a higher barrier to do things like, e.g., buying a plane ticket or getting on the internet. The word for how people who had the means and/or knowledge to do these things and comport themselves appropriately under the circumstances they encountered was "class".

Right, it was better when only those who deserved it could fly or get on the internet. And the definition of “deserved it” is “having more money than everyone else”. Who cares if that money was made by exploiting people or selling shonky goods or breaking promises or tricking people or otherwise being an asshole? Go on, take that flight. Buy that shiny thing. You worked hard for that money. You’re better than they ar…

Oh, /s indeed.

No, no. Getting on the internet wasn't based on having money for it. It was based on figuring out how to wire a 300 bps modem to a phone receiver. And to do that you needed a bit of a brain. And you likely weren't going to use it to share photos of your boo and shop for your next sugar-whatever, or share your dumb recipes. If you were capable of doing it, you might have valid opinions about what was going on in the world that would be worth debating or comparing with others... and anyway, there wasn't enough bandwidth for you to be both a blank, ignorant serf and to have your brain hijacked by masses of political operatives. No, the economy of scale just hadn't developed yet to deem the opinions of each individual member of the uneducated mass to be worth the effort of advertising to [each one] separately at the time.

[edit] Also, I'm assuming you can afford now to be on the internet and to take flights, so why can't you simply show the same amount of class that people showed when it was more difficult for them and they had to act a bit better to do so? Would that be too much to ask? Or is being a slob and intellectual degenerate some sort of proof that you're morally superior by way of being poor and not needing material things? You do realize that no matter what era we live in, the rich have nicer, shinier toys, right? What I meant by "class" was, as I said, the way you choose to comport yourself; it has nothing whatsoever to do with money.

Re: Why sqlite3 temp files were renamed 'etilqs_*' (2006)

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Post by lynx23 »

doctor_eval wrote: post #93
noduerme wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's called barrier to entry. The world was better when there was a higher barrier to do things like, e.g., buying a plane ticket or getting on the internet. The word for how people who had the means and/or knowledge to do these things and comport themselves appropriately under the circumstances they encountered was "class".

Right, it was better when only those who deserved it could fly or get on the internet. And the definition of “deserved it” is “having more money than everyone else”. Who cares if that money was made by exploiting people or selling shonky goods or breaking promises or tricking people or otherwise being an asshole? Go on, take that flight. Buy that shiny thing. You worked hard for that money. You’re better than they ar…

I disagree. What made eternal september so painful was lack of intelligence, not lack of money. It is only a correlation that poor people also tend to be less educated. I don't care if my chatroom is flooded by people with just a little money, but I feel it very much if average IQ drops by 40 points, suddenly.

Re: Why sqlite3 temp files were renamed 'etilqs_*' (2006)

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

lynx23 wrote: post #97
doctor_eval wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right, it was better when only those who deserved it could fly or get on the internet. And the definition of “deserved it” is “having more money than everyone else”. Who cares if that money was made by exploiting people or selling shonky goods or breaking promises or tricking people or otherwise being an asshole? Go on, take that flight. Buy that shiny thing. You worked hard for that money. You’re better than they ar…

I disagree. What made eternal september so painful was lack of intelligence, not lack of money. It is only a correlation that poor people also tend to be less educated. I don't care if my chatroom is flooded by people with just a little money, but I feel it very much if average IQ drops by 40 points, suddenly.

IQ points only indicate how good people are at doing IQ tests (and that they actually did one), it doesn't tell anything else. And looking down on people with perceived low IQ is elitist and classist.

Re: Why sqlite3 temp files were renamed 'etilqs_*' (2006)

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Post by dspillett »

qalmakka wrote: post #66

I don't know, the more time passes the more I convince myself that the net benefits of antivirus software do not (an maybe never) exceed their downsides. In decades I've heard so many stories about AV software behaving suspiciously, using borderline shady tricks to monitor user activity, causing severe performance degradation, etc

> (an maybe never) exceed their downsides

There were certainly times when they were necessary: when Windows had nothing built-in to defend itself, and for a time after then when those built-in features were crap.

Those times are pretty much over now IMO. I'd go as far as to suggest that the market is now an attempt at a protection racket and hardware hawkers are complicit: things come pre-installed on new laptops and make very misleading claims about what might happen if you uninstall them instead of subscribing after the free trial period (ref: Dad got a new laptop recently, I went through and removed all the junk included with it, I can see why people with little technical experience might just pay up).

Re: Why sqlite3 temp files were renamed 'etilqs_*' (2006)

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Post by lynx23 »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #98
lynx23 wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree. What made eternal september so painful was lack of intelligence, not lack of money. It is only a correlation that poor people also tend to be less educated. I don't care if my chatroom is flooded by people with just a little money, but I feel it very much if average IQ drops by 40 points, suddenly.

IQ points only indicate how good people are at doing IQ tests (and that they actually did one), it doesn't tell anything else. And looking down on people with perceived low IQ is elitist and classist.

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