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1. Comment on Uvalde and police "duty" in ~life

   laxative-agent

   June 3, 2022

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   I believe you are thinking of the Radio Lab episode No Special Duty which references the video from Cracked "Why The Cops Won't Help You When You're Getting Stabbed". Both are worth the listen.

   I know of a related analysis / overview of a similar situation. It was told in an episode of the podcast 99% Invisible, though for the life of me I can neither remember its title nor find it via the podcast site's (otherwise sharp) search function. If you know which episode that is, please link it.

   I believe you are thinking of the Radio Lab episode No Special Duty which references the video from Cracked "Why The Cops Won't Help You When You're Getting Stabbed".

   Both are worth the listen.

   3 votes

2. Comment on I need a good text editor on Windows 10 in ~comp

   laxative-agent

   March 22, 2019

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   I found Notepad2 and SciTE to be great minimal open source text editors. EDIT: And while I havent used it, Ive heard good things about Programmer's Notepad, also open source.

   I found Notepad2 and SciTE to be great minimal open source text editors.

   EDIT: And while I havent used it, Ive heard good things about Programmer's Notepad, also open source.

   2 votes

3. Comment on JPL's Open Source Build-it-Yourself Rover in ~comp

   laxative-agent

   August 23, 2018

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   Someone made a ~$500 alternative. See https://github.com/Roger-random/Sawppy_Rover and https://hackaday.io/project/158208-sawppy-the-rover

   Someone made a ~$500 alternative. See https://github.com/Roger-random/Sawppy_Rover and https://hackaday.io/project/158208-sawppy-the-rover

   3 votes

4. Comment on Reddit servers breached; full backup from 2007 (including hashed+salted passwords) obtained by attackers in ~tech

   laxative-agent

   August 2, 2018

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   Not Deimos, so I cant comment on the servers themselves, but Tildes is now open source, allowing us to dig into the codebase. Just taking a quick look at the source code shows they prevent you...

   Not Deimos, so I cant comment on the servers themselves, but Tildes is now open source, allowing us to dig into the codebase.

   Just taking a quick look at the source code shows they prevent you from using passwords already exposed in existing breaches, passwords must be 8 characters at a minimum, passwords dont contain the username, and that they are using argon2 for password hashing. So at least proper care has been taken to secure users' passwords.

   There is also a merge request open for implementing two factor auth.

   I havnt dived into the actual services, but it looks like Tildes is using Redis, Postgres and Rabbitmq. I would hope that the connections to these services are secured.

   21 votes

5. Comment on Reddit servers breached; full backup from 2007 (including hashed+salted passwords) obtained by attackers in ~tech

   laxative-agent

   August 2, 2018

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   Back in 2006 (maybe even 2007?), they were plaintext.

   Back in 2006 (maybe even 2007?), they were plaintext.

   9 votes