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snarf_br··on European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20240524STO...
snarf_br··on Cloudflare to cut about 20% of its workforce
No it does not. It depends on what the market is willing to pay.
snarf_br··on Mad Bugs: Vim vs. Emacs vs. Claude
No
snarf_br··on Mad Bugs: Vim vs. Emacs vs. Claude
Overhyped, misnomer as this is not an RCE, and emacs maintainers who are correct as you can trigger the same thing by just running git ls-files to execute things if you configure the .git folder as the exploit does.
snarf_br··on Mad Bugs: Vim vs. Emacs vs. Claude
Remote Code Execution, which this isn't, in both cases.

It is code execution.

snarf_br··on Say No to Palantir in Europe
Nonsense
snarf_br··on Mozilla to launch free built-in VPN in upcoming Firefox 149
It's a distraction.
snarf_br··on I hate AI side projects
Factually and environmentally as well.
snarf_br··on I changed my personality in six weeks
Sounds very cultish..
snarf_br··on Gimp Source Code
I disagree, on both levels.

The application is perfectly fine for my needs and I'm ok with the ui.

But if you want something else, you can change that.

So grab the source code, try to get it to compile and run, and start making changes.

You have the freedom to do so. Use it. It doesn't matter that you're not great. Just do. No need to wait for others.

snarf_br··on Migrating the main Zig repository from GitHub to Codeberg
Honestly, I don't see where it violates that code of conduct.

Luckily, no one cares about my (or your) opinions on that matter because, as far as I can tell, neither of us have contributed anything to Zig.

snarf_br··on What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to have another?
The world can't handle another baby boom.
snarf_br··on Working with the UK Government to Protect Children Online
I think we're ten years beyond that point now.
snarf_br··on AI Responses May Include Mistakes
Then don't read it.

With Gemini replacing Google search more and more people are blindly trusting those answers, so these stories are needed.

snarf_br··on Linux Kernel Exploitation: Attack of the Vsock
What's stopping you from doing just that? Looking forward to your linux-rust kernel.