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purkka commented on Rainbow Six Siege hacked as players get billions of credits and random bans shanethegamer.com/esports... · Posted by u/erhuve

dvh · 2 days ago

It's not random bans, the nicknames are words from longer text. It's lyrics from Shaggy - It wasn't me.

purkka · 2 days ago

Per the tweet linked in the article there were also random bans in addition to the ban feed shitposting.

https://x.com/KingGeorge/status/2004902566434668686

purkka commented on Log level 'error' should mean that something needs to be fixed utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/spa... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

lock1 · 8 days ago

Ideally, but realistically, I have never heard of any major programming language that allows you to express "this function only accepts static constant string literal".

purkka · 8 days ago

Python has LiteralString for this exact purpose. It's only on the type checker level, but type checking should be part of most modern Python workflows anyway. I've seen DB libraries use this a lot for SQL parameters.

https://typing.python.org/en/latest/spec/literal.html#litera...

purkka commented on Unofficial "Tier 4" Rust Target for older Windows versions github.com/rust9x/rust... · Posted by u/kristianp

tcfhgj · a month ago

Unlike buns, software doesn't deteriorate

purkka · a month ago

It does, especially at the scale of operating systems.

Bugs and vulnerabilities are always being found, with fewer and fewer people in the pool that might even theoretically want to pay for fixing them.

Also, hardware does deteriorate, and the story is the same for adding software support for whatever is currently available in hardware.

purkka commented on Grok 4 Fast x.ai/news/grok-4-fast... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

barrell · 3 months ago

I would guess that it is essentially just a “grok 4 mini”, but if you use mini as the qualifier then most people will be inclined not to use it. If you call it fast then it gives people a reason to select it.

purkka · 3 months ago

Based on the various benchmarks linked here and in the OP, the name feels justifiable. "Mini" models tend to be a lot worse compared to the base model than this one seems to be.

purkka commented on The untold impact of cancellation pretty.direct/impact... · Posted by u/cbeach

runako · 5 months ago

> punish accusers of provably false allegations as harshly as the accused would be.

Are you aware that here you are arguing for criminal sanctions on the order of 10 years in prison, for writing a letter?

You probably should expand on that.

Edit: some people seem to be okay with this notion! Would love to hear thoughts on how stiff criminal penalties for what is in the end expressing are at all compatible with societies that claim to value free speech.

Note that the author of the post does not present any proof that the allegations are false. Similarly, the other side likely cannot prove its allegations are true. So we are here discussing long prison sentences for unprovable opinions. I would love to hear how people justify that.

purkka · 5 months ago

> Are you aware that here you are arguing for criminal sanctions on the order of 10 years in prison, for writing a letter?

It's about writing a letter that can result in someone else receiving criminal sanctions on the order of 10 years in prison, when that someone might not have even written a letter.

Provably false is essential here.

purkka commented on JOVE – Jonathan’s Own Version of Emacs github.com/jonmacs/jove/... · Posted by u/nanna

purkka · 5 months ago

> Unlike GNU Emacs, JOVE does not support UTF-8.

If this is still true in the latest versions, I find it pretty amazing that something like this has been maintained all the way until 2023.

purkka commented on Debian bookworm live images now reproducible lwn.net/Articles/1015402/... · Posted by u/bertman

imcritic · 9 months ago

I don't get how someone achieves reproducibility of builds: what about files metadata like creation/modification timestamps? Do they forge them? Or are these data treated as not important enough (like it 2 files with different metadata but identical contents should have the same checksum when hashed)?

purkka · 9 months ago

Generally, yes: https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/timestamps/

Since the build is reproducible, it should not matter when it was built. If you want to trace a build back to its source, there are much better ways than a timestamp.

purkka commented on Ask HN: How did the internet discover my subdomain? · Posted by u/govideo

purkka · 10 months ago

"Security through obscurity" can definitely be defined in a meaningful way.

The opposite of "bad security through obscurity" is using completely public and standard mechanisms/protocols/algorithms such as TLS, PGP or pin tumbler locks. The security then comes from the keys and other secrets, which are chosen from the space permitted by the mechanism with sufficient entropy or other desirable properties.

The line is drawn between obscuring the mechanism, which is designed to have measurable security properties (cryptographic strength, enumeration prevention, lock security pins), and obscuring the keys that are essentially just random hidden information.

Obscuring the mechanism provides some security as well, sure, but a public mechanism can be publicly verified to provide security based only on secret keys.

purkka commented on Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks sherlockproject.xyz/... · Posted by u/leonry

sizzle · a year ago

I use periods and they work fine like for exampl.e@gmail.com or e.xampl.e@gmail.com which surprisingly resolves to my main email and I’ll block spam from any sender spamming that period address. Anyone know why this works?

purkka · a year ago

This is a Gmail-specific feature. I'd guess it's there for user convenience and some protection against typos (accidental or malicious).

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150?hl=en

purkka commented on Museum of Bad Art museumofbadart.org/... · Posted by u/purkka

purkka · a year ago

Came across this today. Especially the collection highlights on Wikipedia [0] really made my day.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Bad_Art#Collection_h...