laech | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Does LeetCode/HackerRank make you a better developer?
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laech | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: Decorate Java stack traces with source code snippets
Thanks for pointing that out, it's now fixed.
laech | 2 years ago | on: OpenTF is now OpenTofu
Congrats! I was hoping the icon would be the stinky variant[1], that would be so fun.
laech | 2 years ago | on: XML is better than YAML – Hear me out
Years ago when parsing XML in Java, to my surprise at the time, the parser by default would try to resolve external DTDs while parsing, ouch, what a way to let someone DDoS your system.
Unfortunately YAML was even worse in that regard, as it allowed arbitrary code execution as seen in recent CVEs...
laech | 3 years ago | on: Google search for a local restaurant returns scammer’s ad as top result
I often see scam ads on YouTube as well, they (Google) should really do something about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34943047
laech | 3 years ago | on: GPU Video acceleration in the Windows Subsystem for Linux now available
I wanted to give Windows/WSL another try, but unfortunately installing WSL on a clean install of Windows 11 gives a blue screen of death boot loop on my laptop. Seems to be related to this 3 year old bug: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4784
laech | 3 years ago | on: I’m now a full-time professional open source maintainer
> has chosen an industry with access to pyramid scheme money.
Seems you can confusing cryptography with cryptocurrency, this guys is a cryptographer, that's a proper expert level security guy, nothing to do with pyramid scheme money.
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It's like trying to get your body into good shape, you need to work on different parts of the body, not just focus on your left arm (unless your left arm is especially weak and you want to focus on that).