Show more

The Dark side of expertise.

Or why we can't see the solution to the issues we create.

lwn.net/Articles/809556/

Shamar boosted

@grainloom

Actually, when I was young, I did something like that by mistake: an error page had a frame (can't recall why) but under some conditions it erroneously loaded itself as the frame target.

I have no idea if it would still be an issue 20 years later.

If I remember correctly, has a maximum depth of 9 iframe.

@Wolf480pl@niu.moe @tuxcrafting @izaya

@teleclimber

let any website you visit to tunnel into your network.

You can read more about this here:
rain-1.github.io/in-browser-lo

and here:
dev.to/shamar/the-meltdown-of-

The Government is still exploiting this technique, months (years?) after and have been informed:

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.

(and it's just ONE of the possible exploits of this wide class of vulnerability)

But yes, without the design changes I described back then, would not be better that , if used in the same way.

That's why is such a terrible idea.

Because I was able to understand what the Russian government was doing by reformatting and reading the code. Try to do the same with a binary optimized by .

@tuxcrafting @izaya

Shamar boosted

terrible #instanceIdea :
a peertube instance that inserts fake youtube style ads that are just parodies of typical youtube ads

Shamar boosted

secret to making your javascript run fast 

get rid of it
you don't need it

@Wolf480pl@niu.moe

Probably.
(never tried, actually)

But it cannot (by itself) let website owners tunnel into your networks as does.

At least, as far as I know.

____

NOTE: I agree that Turing completeness is wrong for a presentation language.

is more general, though.

@tuxcrafting @izaya

@Wolf480pl@niu.moe

It is.

But at least is still more properly sandboxed than .

@tuxcrafting @izaya

Shamar boosted

If your executives inform you that they find it outrageous that 40% of all sick days taken by employees happen to fall on a Monday or a Friday...

...and the silence that ensues when you point out that Mondays and Fridays simply account for 40% of all workdays πŸ˜‚

@Wolf480pl@niu.moe

Me too. It's a mess with all those registers to save.

Shamar boosted
Shamar boosted

RT @WolfieChristl
So, Facebook tells me it received personal data on me from 620 apps and websites over the last 6 months.

But nope, I won't press the 'clear history' button now, because this won't fix it. We need legislation+enforcement that stops this from happening for >2bn people per default.

Shamar boosted

Winter is coming

Collapse OS aims to soften the blow. It is a z80 kernel and a collection of programs, tools and documentation that aims to preserve our ability to program microcontrollers through civilizational collapse.

collapseos.org/

Shamar boosted

My present Recaptcha policy:

Request audio.

Respond "Fuck you Google"

Repeat until access granted, or the joy fades.

Bonus: All audio AI parsing tends to "Fuck you Google".

Shamar boosted

the nice thing about C is that I can build the Linux kernel on an old Thinkpad while doing other stuff and not even notice that the build is running

@grainloom

can we just stop putting people in uncomforable situations for the sake of ?

Show more
Qoto Mastodon

QOTO: Question Others to Teach Ourselves
An inclusive, Academic Freedom, instance
All cultures welcome.
Hate speech and harassment strictly forbidden.