I thought North Koreans don't know how to use computers? Remember the Kim Jong Un memes around that?

I'm frankly getting tired of all the hysteria. If that is indeed the attack vector just use a sandbox and a pdf viewer with low featureset. Is all we do nowadays mindless hysteria?

EDIT: comical. the response to the advice to use a PDF viewer with low featureset is to list Acrobat exploits. Seems like in the hysteria about how terrible "our enemies" are, all sarcasm and absurdity is lost

I've been following Tether for quite a long time. I have no absolute proof it is a scam but the writing is on the wall. Here are some facts.

- The current Market Cap of USDT is 34 Billion Dollars. It was 4B this time last year. Since the value is pegged this means there has been an influx of cash of 30 B into this shady company in the last year alone. Who invested this money? We have no idea since Tether doesn't disclose, but we're supposed to believe all this money entered USDT even with the red flags we see.

- There's a correlation between Tether printing new USDT and the Bitcoin Price.

- There's no way to transfer USDT into USD. The few exchanges that say they offer withdraws actually don't if you go and try.

- Daily volume of transaction is in the 100 B mark. Twice that of Bitcoin and 3 times Tether daily volume this time last year.

- BitFinex is included in the NY decision because it's proven now that Bitfinex and Tether are operated by the same people. Note that a few years ago this was not only undisclosed but actively denied by Tether.

- Tether initially told its investors it was 100% backed by dollar reserves and that it would be subjected to constant audits. The audits never happened, and they eventually conceded only ~70% was backed by "short term cash reserves".

My conclusion is that the folks at BitFinex came up with a new currency, printed billions of it and used it to wash trade against itself and other crypto, creating an artificial demand that drove the prices up. It's textbook Ponzi scheme and will inevitably come crashing down, killing Tether, BitFinex and a chunk of the Crypto Market.

Crypto folks will counter argue that people has been saying this for years but Tether is still chugging along and crypto is healthier than ever.

Personally I won't touch any crypto with a 10 foot pole until this thing blows over. If that means missing out on a lot of possible gains so be it.

If you're interested in self hosting I keep a list of ngrok-like tunnel proxies: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling

If the malware seller can make $0.10 / user / month, then paying the extension developer a one-time fee of $0.20 * users is only three months to pay back. Thus considered a low price for the extension developer but still attractive to the extension developer who likely earns $0 / user from their extension.

From a journalistic standpoint, including the formula would require a longer digression into contour integrals than the one clause the article currently contains.

It’s also not clear what license that image is available under.

It would be great if we stop adding features now. Are there any pieces of software that has started doing this? Why are we perpetually in this loop of feature creep?

Like a painter, you must know when to stop painting. This is a real dilemma all painters face, especially when dealing with watercolor. If anyone has tried painting here, you know exactly the problem - how do you know you're done? It applies to writing and music as well, but it is more evident in visual arts than any other field.

I wish there was a Postgres branch that took previous version and then just applied optimizations and bugfixes. No more.

As with any Postgres update, I recommend Noriyoshi Shinoda‘s super detailed change log [PDF] with examples as a reference for DBAs looking to upgrade. This version it’s 81 pages (so far): https://www.hpe.com/content/dam/hpe/download/pdf/japan/linux...