Digital autonomy aside, I like the concept of something like "Microsoft apps, but without copilot".
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red_admiral commented on Notepad++ supply chain attack breakdown securelist.com/notepad-su... · Posted by u/natebc
The lack of a well-known, well-designed package manager for Windows has always been a problem. Too many programs, including FOSS programs, are downloaded from suspicious-looking websites with tons of ads, and every app updates itself in a different way.
The crappy installation and update channels are often tightly integrated with the vendors' monetization strategies, so there's a huge amount of inertia.
Microsoft Store could have changed this situation, had it been better designed and better received. Unfortunately, nobody seems to use it unless they have no other choice.
WinGet looks much better, but so far it's only for developers and power users.
> Microsoft Store could have changed this situation
Don't you need to create a Microsoft account to use it? That makes sense for a store where you buy apps with money, but not for a package manager for free software like Notepad++.
P.S. I'm waiting for the day you need a registered Ubuntu account to use their snap store :(
red_admiral commented on Email experiments: filtering out external images terracrypt.net/posts/emai... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
Here's another trick someone should build in: email using emoji in the subject line is probably advertising. Sometimes from lists you like being subscribed on, but if the subject uses U+2757 (big red exclamation mark) then it's more likely "SALE ENDS TOMORROW" and less "Your order shipped!"
EDIT: HN apparently filters out that code point. Good on you.
red_admiral commented on How to choose colors for your CLI applications (2023) blog.xoria.org/terminal-c... · Posted by u/kruuuder
Use only default (white/black), red for bad, green for good. If you need more than that, like vim or whatever, then maybe a 'fullscreen' TUI is better, with a specified background and foreground. For CLI tools, I'm not sure if I prefer more colours.
The CSS to make the terminals look like iTerm was smooth, to the point I read them as screenshots.
Eh, LS_COLORS is sometimes useful once the meanings are in your subconscious.
red_admiral commented on How to choose colors for your CLI applications (2023) blog.xoria.org/terminal-c... · Posted by u/kruuuder
There's an ever more basic rule: don't just make your text white (ANSI 37m) because you assume the terminal will have a dark background. Even white-on-black (37;40m), while usually readable, can stand out the wrong way if you assume that everyone is using dark mode.
red_admiral commented on Heathrow scraps liquid container limit bbc.com/news/articles/c1e... · Posted by u/robotsliketea
Yeah as we've seen with MH370, literally nothing stops the pilot from committing mass-murder-suicide at any point. We just need to trust that they're not feeling particularly depressed that day.
While MH370 is still "officially" unsolved, there were definitely industry wide updates to processes after the Germanwings crash.
red_admiral commented on Heathrow scraps liquid container limit bbc.com/news/articles/c1e... · Posted by u/robotsliketea
its very much about looks. Uk airports (used to?) seize aftershave in bottles that are the shape of grenades. Its very obvious what they are (made of glass, branded, spray out aftershave) but they are banned nonetheless.
The real question here is whether you can buy the exact same bottle again in the duty-free after security.
red_admiral commented on Heathrow scraps liquid container limit bbc.com/news/articles/c1e... · Posted by u/robotsliketea
The different Heathrow terminals have different security requirements. I suspect it’s based on countries they fly to from each terminal, but it could be age if equipment.
It is frustrating for security to act like you’re a total idiot for following a process another terminal says is fine (like leaving very small electronics like Kindles in your bag).
Oh, well.
Indeed. Other airports in Europe even have separate terminals or areas for Schengen and non-Schengen destinations, with passport control and sometimes security scans again between them.
Bonus points to Zurich (Schengen but not EU, just to test the edge cases) - I think they have an airside metro where each car is segregated for a different security category of passenger.
red_admiral commented on The North Korean fake IT worker problem is ubiquitous theregister.com/2025/07/1... · Posted by u/rntn
Perhaps I don't know the people who aren't advertising it but I see plenty of people advertising their time in natsec or their clearances
> Perhaps I don't know the people who aren't advertising it
Not picking on you, but that's kind of a tautology :)
red_admiral commented on The North Korean fake IT worker problem is ubiquitous theregister.com/2025/07/1... · Posted by u/rntn
The thing I don't like is that US companies take it too far, to the point they're violating my privacy and making me uncomfortable.
Why do you need to do a hard credit check before you give me an offer? Why do you need to know exactly how much I owe on my credit cards, car, house, how much I'm paying per month, and how much I've made at every job for the past 7 years?
That feels... excessive. And weird. And kind of unfair. Now you know my paycheck, and the paycheck before that, and how desperate I am. Well, there goes negotiations.
It feels like you're going through some kind of security clearance.
To be honest, getting insight and access to a major company's networks and maybe customer data is perhaps the same kind of risk to the company as it is for the government to give someone access to (top) secret files. It might not be so much a negotiating tactic as awareness that more sophisticated spies and criminals than the ones in the OP article are targeting your company.