New? Could be wrong, but I thought rootkits have been doing this for a while?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_hat

Yeah, hard to tell without the /s unfortunately.

I write C++ professionally. Saying it’s a skill issue doesn’t solve the problem. If a dev with 15+ years of experience still isn’t writing memory-safe C++ (ie. some of the people I work with), they’re not going to learn now.

And if you’re a project manager and you choose to use C++ because your team says they like the challenge then you should be fired.

Of course none of this applies to hobby projects…

I mean, that’s just my interpretation. I don’t think it’s a stretch though, switching to memory safe languages like rust has been pretty big recently.

How did you interpret the comic?

The unicyclist on the left is saying the bicyclist is only riding a bike because they don’t have enough skill for a unicycle. The unicyclist on the right is saying they can’t learn to ride a bike because they’ve spent too much of their life riding a unicycle. It’s a dig at people who don’t want to switch to memory-safe languages like rust.

It’s not necessary in most cases, but it has advantages. Namely, it’s easier to work with and melts at lower temperatures (less risk of damaging components and burning yourself). Also, while lead has its risks, they’re easy enough to mitigate.

Lots of conjecture and misunderstanding in the other comments. Thanks for posting actual sources.

Be ready to replace the disk when the warranty ends.

What’s the point of replacing them? The warranty doesn’t keep them from dying, it just means you get a free replacement. The amount of life left on the drives after the warranty expires depends heavily on how they’re used, and most self hosters are pretty gentle on their drives. I could see replacing the drives that are heavily used, but replacing all drives just because their warranty expired seems like a waste of money and effort.

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I didn’t say their point wasn’t valid, I just thought their reading comprehension was ironic.

The article is about a course that’s required for all freshmen, not just lit majors. Here’s the first sentence of the article:

Nicholas Dames has taught Literature Humanities, Columbia University’s required great-books course, since 1998.

Thanks for clarifying.

Still not sure what you’re talking about… Is someone going to ask IA for payment related to the zendesk email?

Are you saying the person who sent the zendesk email is going to try to get IA to hire them for something? I’m not sure I follow…

No. And it’s hard to call the zendesk one a hack, even. They just used the same credentials that were leaked a couple weeks before.

Grapheneos isn’t rooted by default, and they recommend re-locking the bootloader after installing it, so most banking apps work.

Looks like they’re mainly used in Galaxy S phones and tables…

Why do you think you’d hear about it?

I’m not a CPA, but I don’t think you can write off something that already made a profit. How would that even work, if companies were able to write off predicted ad revenue? They could make up any value and never have to pay any taxes at all.

I don’t think write-offs have anything to do with them removing these episodes.