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  1. Comment on Popular fanfic site "Archive of Our Own" (AO3) down for 2-4 weeks in ~tech

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    I did not use the word “need”. The task is well-suited to getting something out quickly with gen AI programming tools, rather than spend human effort that could be recovering the service.

    I did not use the word “need”. The task is well-suited to getting something out quickly with gen AI programming tools, rather than spend human effort that could be recovering the service.

    7 votes

  2. Comment on Reddit will require you to be logged in in ~tech

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    Personally, I just hit a few subreddits I know about and nothing else. /r/all, /r/popular & whatever monstrosity of a “For You” feed is just gross.

    Personally, I just hit a few subreddits I know about and nothing else. /r/all, /r/popular & whatever monstrosity of a “For You” feed is just gross.

    8 votes

  3. Comment on Popular fanfic site "Archive of Our Own" (AO3) down for 2-4 weeks in ~tech

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    I'm wondering if they're able to bring up a read only mirror in advance. Considering that they apparently have the data, it might be possible to get a static read-only version alive that is...

    I'm wondering if they're able to bring up a read only mirror in advance. Considering that they apparently have the data, it might be possible to get a static read-only version alive that is independent of their existing infrastructure (and if they're willing to use them, this is a perfect task for generative AI).

    6 votes

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  6. Comment on eMudhra intermediate CA compromise in ~tech

  7. Comment on PHP warns it plans to release two emergency patches imminently in ~comp

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    For any people maintaining PHP systems that talk to external services over HTTPS, I’m so, so, sorry.

    For any people maintaining PHP systems that talk to external services over HTTPS, I’m so, so, sorry.

    15 votes

  8. Comment on eMudhra intermediate CA compromise in ~tech

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    For people who are curious, the Bugzilla report has a number of details not disclosed here (this commentary is also pretty good). Anyway, what the actual fuck, how is one of the private keys "4"?...

    For people who are curious, the Bugzilla report has a number of details not disclosed here (this commentary is also pretty good).

    Anyway, what the actual fuck, how is one of the private keys "4"? (meme, and somehow a relevant xkcd)

    17 votes

  9. Comment on What can be done about Linux being slopified? in ~tech

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    I’m not even talking that advanced, or about code quality overall. The particular behaviour of copying code multiple times that vord is referring to, I’ve found has largely been a non-issue from...

    I’m not even talking that advanced, or about code quality overall. The particular behaviour of copying code multiple times that vord is referring to, I’ve found has largely been a non-issue from around the Claude 4.5 series. Obviously, curious if others are seeing differently.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on What can be done about Linux being slopified? in ~tech

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    For code degeneration itself, I've found SlopCodeBench to be an interesting benchmark at observing this.

    For code degeneration itself, I've found SlopCodeBench to be an interesting benchmark at observing this.

    5 votes

  11. Comment on What can be done about Linux being slopified? in ~tech

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    Are you finding LLMs still do that? This was extremely common behavior back in Sonnet 3.5 days, but modern models are better at avoiding this in my experience.

    Are you finding LLMs still do that? This was extremely common behavior back in Sonnet 3.5 days, but modern models are better at avoiding this in my experience.

    12 votes

  12. Comment on What can be done about Linux being slopified? in ~tech

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    I’ve only been briefly seeing Gerard, and yeah, I get the same reactionary vibe. Same as Zitron. He did a hard pivot from being anti-blockchain to this (I only really knew about Gerard because...

    I’ve only been briefly seeing Gerard, and yeah, I get the same reactionary vibe. Same as Zitron. He did a hard pivot from being anti-blockchain to this (I only really knew about Gerard because Molly White had a recommendation for it).

    It frustrates me because it drowns out actually good critique. For instance, this article on decoherence is, in my opinion, outstanding writing on some of the pitfalls we may run into.

    22 votes

  13. Comment on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in ~tech

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    If it was just for myself, totally an option (granted, I'd also hate having to manage backups). With my parents, unlikely to work - ensuring that the connection to the Tailnet stays up will add a...

    If it was just for myself, totally an option (granted, I'd also hate having to manage backups). With my parents, unlikely to work - ensuring that the connection to the Tailnet stays up will add a lot of complexity, not to mention that I don't really want them on the Tailnet I currently have.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in ~tech

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    It is definitely thin. For example, there was the recent controversy around a poor sponsorship, and seeming community silencing, but truthfully, I've only heard and read about it today. If I can...

    It is definitely thin. For example, there was the recent controversy around a poor sponsorship, and seeming community silencing, but truthfully, I've only heard and read about it today. If I can be convinced Proton is more reasonable, I'm certainly willing to reconsider.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in ~tech

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    Typically just loss of data. My set up at the time would’ve been either Google Drive or Dropbox. Effectively, I write an entry on my phone. Go back to my desktop, which already has KP loaded, but...

    Typically just loss of data. My set up at the time would’ve been either Google Drive or Dropbox. Effectively, I write an entry on my phone. Go back to my desktop, which already has KP loaded, but obviously is in an old state. If I don’t remember to re-open the app, I will lose the data I added on my phone whenever I make a change on the desktop.

    I did work around it for a while using a KeePass plugin to add a “native” sync using the cloud services, but really don’t want to go back to a janky plugin setup with Windows KeePass.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in ~tech

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    Sadly, not hosted. I used KeePass for over a decade, but I don’t want to deal with syncing issues any more. And the idea of getting my parents to use KeePass is laughable. 1Password is barely...

    Sadly, not hosted. I used KeePass for over a decade, but I don’t want to deal with syncing issues any more.

    And the idea of getting my parents to use KeePass is laughable. 1Password is barely functional enough for them, and even then they struggle to use it.

    9 votes

  17. Comment on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in ~tech

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    The market for hosted consumer password managers isn’t fun… LastPass is obviously so bad it would be irresponsible to use the them. Proton Pass, well, Proton also has questionable leadership....

    The market for hosted consumer password managers isn’t fun…

    • LastPass is obviously so bad it would be irresponsible to use the them.
    • Proton Pass, well, Proton also has questionable leadership.
    • Dashlane, I don’t know much about tbh.
    • Nord Pass, just, no.

    I’d prefer a hosted solution that could work with my parents. Vaultwarden, however nice, I don’t want to host an instance public to the internet.

    Any good choices out there I’m not aware of?

    11 votes

  18. Comment on 1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project in ~tech

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    (Apologies if this is better in ~tech, the political side of things made me err on putting it here) Very disappointed in 1Password, and seemingly the rot is not just a single VP, but the entire...

    (Apologies if this is better in ~tech, the political side of things made me err on putting it here)

    Very disappointed in 1Password, and seemingly the rot is not just a single VP, but the entire leadership team. Time to move to Bitwarden.

    19 votes

  20. Comment on The Swedish-based “W” platform is the latest in a series of new social media sites vying to replace US Big Tech companies in ~tech

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    W is quite shady. If you’re going to use a European based AT Proto app, use Eurosky. (Also, quite frankly, I’m still annoyed no Governments are self-hosting the critical components of their social...

    W is quite shady. If you’re going to use a European based AT Proto app, use Eurosky.

    (Also, quite frankly, I’m still annoyed no Governments are self-hosting the critical components of their social media infrastructure, whether it be a read-only Mastodon instance, or an AT Proto PDS.)

    21 votes