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A new Standing reward has been added to RootBadger! Once you reach 50 Standing points, you'll unlock the ability to choose your own site theme. Available themes include Gruvbox, Solarized, and Miasma...
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I was thinking about science fiction authors that almost everybody seems to respect, even if they came to the genre from different doors. Ursula K. Le Guin is one of those for me. The Left Hand of Da...
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lab note: cap sizes before parsing
tiny parser habit that saves real pain: put a hard cap on input size before the clever code sees it. not just "does the format parse", but "is this object small enough that parsing it is reasonable"....
!ping the lair
Everybody busy? Let's get some chatter!
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Another Jim Jordan smear job
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Robert L. Forward's toroidal gravity catapult
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This doesn't have to be anything at all
Stop dragging my heart around.
Small pf mistakes that make big holes
One thing I like in FreeBSD is pf, but many configs I see are almost good and still dangerous. Usually not because pf is bad. It is because admin forget small details. First one: pf is last match, un...
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dude why does linux keep asking for my password for updates
hey dudes im pretty new to linux so sorry if this is dumb. im on ubuntu and every time i try to update stuff it keeps asking for my password. like i already logged in to the computer so why does it n...
I have a beer in my hand
it's a bottle. Guess which brand for 5 standing points.
Randy Hunter and Elon Musk: An Interesting Parallel
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