djkoolaide (u/djkoolaide)

djkoolaide commented on NPM debug and chalk packages compromised aikido.dev/blog/npm-debug... · Posted by u/universesquid

paxys · 4 days ago

Yeah I know "everyone can be pwned" etc. but at this point if you are not using a password manager and still entering passwords on random websites whose domains don't match the official one then you have no business doing anything of value on the internet.

djkoolaide · 4 days ago

Yeah, a password manager/autofill would have set off some alarms and likely prevented this, because the browser autofill would have detected a mismatch for the domain npmjs.help.

djkoolaide commented on XZ Utils Backdoor Still Lurking in Docker Images binarly.io/blog/persisten... · Posted by u/torgoguys

lmm · 25 days ago

> The XZ backdoor never made it to Debian stable. It is "still lurking in docker images" because Debian publishes unstable testing images, under a tag that is segregated from the stable release tags. You can find vulnerable containers for literally any vulnerability you can imagine by searching for the exact snapshot where things went wrong.

To a first approximation nothing ever makes it into Debian stable. Anyone working in an actively developed ecosystem uses the thing they pretend is an "experimental testing version". It's a marketing startegy similar to how everything from Google used to be marked as "beta".

djkoolaide · 25 days ago

Given my understanding of Debian, I don't believe this can be attributed to a "marketing strategy."

djkoolaide commented on Changes in schizophrenia diagnoses associated with cannabis use disorder jamanetwork.com/journals/... · Posted by u/Cyclone_

LoganDark · 7 months ago

I've tried cannabis a few times but I couldn't get it to do nearly anything at all. I've tried a few different kinds and also tried THC tincture, but could never get anything to happen other than some slight dissociation. Is that "stoned"? Is my brain just not receptive to it or something?

djkoolaide · 7 months ago

People have this strange concept that weed is supposed to make you see rainbows and stuff lol. I'd say your experience is about normal.

djkoolaide commented on Mp3tag – Universal Tag Editor mp3tag.de/en/... · Posted by u/accrual

sunaookami · a year ago

Mp3Tag exists as a native app for macOS: https://mp3tag.app/

djkoolaide · a year ago

I use both the Windows and macOS version almost daily (work vs home), and I'm happy to report that the macOS version is just as efficient as the Windows one when dealing with huge directories. I regularly have to deal with thousands of files at a time, and it just zips through them. One of my all-time favorite applications, no doubt.

djkoolaide commented on USB hubs, printers, Java, and more seemingly broken by macOS 14.4 update arstechnica.com/gadgets/2... · Posted by u/besus

LeFantome · a year ago

I don’t think that Apple uses CUPS anymore.

djkoolaide · a year ago

I believe it's still used. Whenever I print anything (Sonoma 14.4) I have to allow connections for 'cupsd'.

djkoolaide commented on Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use? · Posted by u/fuzztester

jim180 · 2 years ago

A couple of them:

Quick access for Fastmail Masked Emails (I use both, iCloud' Hide My Mail and Fastmail's Masked Email, so I needed something for Fastmail as well): https://apps.apple.com/lt/app/secret-inbox/id6462335670

Too Many Records: returns 3 records from my Discogs collections: https://apps.apple.com/lt/app/too-many-records/id6449257927

djkoolaide · 2 years ago

Too Many Records is awesome -- just installed it and I think this will help me in selecting records for my weekly vinyl gig. Great work.

djkoolaide commented on GitMounter: A FUSE filesystem for Git repositories belkadan.com/blog/2023/11... · Posted by u/goranmoomin

dalf · 2 years ago

Seafile (a file sync storage) is inspired by git to store the files (internally there are repositories, branches and commits). However the file are not stored directly:

> A file is further divided into blocks with variable lengths. We use Content Defined Chunking algorithm to divide file into blocks.

> This mechanism makes it possible to deduplicate data between different versions of frequently updated files, improving storage efficiency. It also enables transferring data to/from multiple servers in parallel.

I use it on old PC without issue. Drawback: since the files are not stored in clear, in case of data corruption of the Seafile repositories, I need backup (never happened to me).

* https://manual.seafile.com/develop/data_model/

* https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/papers/lbfs:sosp01/lbfs.pdf

djkoolaide · 2 years ago

Seafile is fantastic and I'm surprised I don't see more discussion about it around here. I've been running it on a VPS with MinIO as my object storage for about two years now, ~4TB of data just shy of 100,000 files. It syncs fast, stable af, and I "own" all my data. Can't recommend it enough.

djkoolaide commented on Google's advanced music generation model and two new AI experiments deepmind.google/discover/... · Posted by u/kmisiunas

DrSiemer · 2 years ago

The requirement to either pay a lot for or learn how to do mastering always seemed unnecessary to me.

Stuff like mixing, equalizing, sidechaining and eternal sample hunts all take a lot of time as well... It's why making music is one of the hobbies I had to let go.

Can't wait to get my hands on an AI powered DAW that skips all the tedious stuff!

Am I still the one making the music? Well, I'd argue the 300+ hours I'll probably sink into finetuning all the other stuff will say yes.

djkoolaide · 2 years ago

While the mixing process is certainly a frustrating one, it’s also the part I’m most addicted to. I mix something almost every day, whether it’s my own work or other multitracks “acquired” from the internet. It’s so much fun working backwards on a song I’m familiar with and going “ok, how the hell did they make the kick sound like that?!” and figuring it out :)

djkoolaide commented on What I learned about MP3 encoding braheezy.github.io/posts/... · Posted by u/braheezy

CharlesW · 2 years ago

> The Best MP3 Encoder is LAME

The best open source MP3 encoder, which still makes LAME very important. If you need the absolute best MP3 encoder, ABX testing against Fraunhofer’s encoder tells the tale.

djkoolaide · 2 years ago

I'm interested in knowing more, but after a few minutes of searching, I can't seem to find a modern macOS implementation of the reference Fraunhofer codec. All my tools (Audition, xACT, ffmpeg, and even dbpoweramp) use various versions of LAME. Does Fraunhofer's encoder preserve above 20kHz at 320kbps?