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c2xlZXB5··on Monty: A minimal, secure Python interpreter written in Rust for use by AI
Maybe a dumb question, but couldn't you use seccomp to limit/deny the amount of syscalls the Python interpreter has access to? For example, if you don't want it messing with your host filesystem, you could just deny it from using any filesystem related system calls? What is the benefit of using a completely separate interpreter?
c2xlZXB5··on Scientists Guide Lightning Bolts with Lasers for the First Time
I am a private pilot (training for instrument rating) so I believe I can help answer the first question.

Lightning is typically not the biggest problem with flying through thunderstorms. To my knowledge, it is the wind shear[1] that is most dangerous. There's also icing and hail that you may have to worry about.

[1] https://www.weather.gov/media/zhu/ZHU_Training_Page/llws/thu...

c2xlZXB5··on I’ve been single all my life
I have been single all my life (I'm in my early 20s). I don't know if I have any desire to be in a relationship with anyone at this time.

It may be selfish, but there are so many things I want to do with my limited time and I feel like a relationship will just hold me back from doing what I want to do.

I guess it is a fear of being tied down to something and impose on my current, practically unlimited, freedom.

c2xlZXB5··on Friday night’s near-disaster at JFK airport
The article mentions runway 4L was being used for takeoffs. In the ATC communications, you can hear them say "American 185, runway 31L at KE, line up and wait" before telling Delta 1943 to cancel their takeoff clearance. And after the near collision, ATC tells American 106 Heavy "we're departing runway 4L."

Wouldn't the line up and wait call for American 185 mean that they were departing from both 4L and 31L?