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dansmith1919··on DuckDB NPM packages 1.3.3 and 1.29.2 compromised with malware
I assume OP's point is "you're running a random script directly into your shell!!"

You're about to install and run their software. If they wanted to do something malicious, they wouldn't hide it in their plaintext install script.

dansmith1919··on The Synology End Game
> A custom, non standard, self built, ACL system for the filesystem

But don't you love it when companies invent their own security instead of using battle-tested open-source systems?

dansmith1919··on Vanishing from Hyundai’s data network
“immediate communication is needed to make any impression on our cellphone-addicted, TV-culture populace with zero attention span nowadays”

Dude sounds insufferable tbh

dansmith1919··on Monitor your security cameras with locally processed AI
I think you may be overestimating my local crackhead porch pirates
dansmith1919··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2025)
Does your company still practice stack ranking? Leave.
dansmith1919··on Tour de France confronts a new threat: Are cyclists using tiny motors?
"Mechanical doping" what a nice way to say they're cheating
dansmith1919··on Start your own Internet Resiliency Club
Watch her 10-minute RIPE 90 talk and then listen to the first "question" for a short tutorial on how to behave like a prick: dude didn't even have a question, just wanted to let everyone know how much he knew about a somewhat related subject
dansmith1919··on Humpback Whales Are Way Cooler Than You
tbh I’m not setting the bar very high
dansmith1919··on Trusting your own judgement on 'AI' is a risk
I thought at some point he’d touch upon that but then he went on about “how authors just write to reinforce their own beliefs” and then I couldn’t take the irony any longer.
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