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MTK

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  • Cry cry

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  • Nothing I hate more than "you should know" Yeah? Well I don't, wanna bitch about it or help solve the issue?

  • Why is open source software assumed to be secure?

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  • What is more secure, a secret knock or an actual lock?

    The lock is something that everyone can lookup, research and learn about. Sure, it means that people can learn to lockpick, but a well designed lock can stumble even the best lockpicks.

    A secret knock is not secure at all, it sounds secure but in reality it is just obscure, and if anyone learns it or it's simple enough to guess, it becomes meaningless. Even a bad lock will show signs that it was picked.

    So that's an analogy, here is the actual explanation:

    Let's assume we have a closed source product named C and an open source product named O and that the security and quality of the code is the same. Both products are compiled and have been in active development for years. Both products have a total of 2 different people going over the code change of each new version, one person writes it, another reviews the code and approves it. After years of development you probably have about 10 people in total who have actually seen the code, anything that they missed will go unnoticed, any corners that they decided to cut will be approved, any bad decisions that they made will not be criticized. Here is where C and O differ: C will forever stay in this situation, only getting feedback rarely from researchers who found vulnerabilities and decided to report them. O will get small parts of it reviewed by hundreds of developers, and maybe even fully reviewed by a few people. Any corners that O cuts will be criticized, any backdoor that O tries to implemented will be clear to see. C on the other hand has one small advantage, bad actors will have a harder time finding vulnerabilities in it because it is compiled and they would have to reverse engineer it, while O is clear for the bad actors to read. But, bad actors are a very small minority, any vulnerability in O is far more likely to be caught by good actors, while C is very unlikely to be reversed by any good actors at all and so if it has any vulnerabilities, they are far more likely to be found by bad actors first.

    And it is important to note the conflict of interests that often exists in closed source software. A company that sells a product for profit and believes that its code is hidden, has very little interest in security and almost no interest in end user security, but if the code is not hidden, the company has an interest to produce reasonably secure code to maintain a reputation.

    So almost always, open source leads to safer code for all parties involved.

  • Vintage

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  • Mellencamp

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  • Umm, reverse homo, so super straight actually.

  • 8 billion people vs. 3000 billionaires: Who would win?

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  • I mean... Look around? Maybe billionaire is a new thing, but it is just modern royalty. We still have kings, they just got better PR.

  • You typical Node project

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  • Wait until OP finds out about interpreters and compilers.

  • Alias's rule

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  • That's really good! 🤣

  • [SOLVED] Does water necessarily seep in your butt when fully immersed?

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  • This might sound weird but this is an honest to god scientific diy test.

    Go to your shower, switch the head to high pressure mode, spread your cheeks and see what happens.

    The short answer is that the sphincter (asshole closing muscle) is really good at it's job, which makes sense when you consider that even pretty loose poop can be held back for hours while gravity does it's best to pull it out. So your sphincter is pretty strong and can handle some significant pressure, much more than your lips, so if you can keep the water from entering your mouth, your butt is fine.

  • Peak security

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  • That is why I always put any:any for ssh on all my firewalls!

  • The way two of the usb's are one way while the other is another way

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  • This is actually really smart. Instead of doing the classic 3 try where you flip the dongle twice only to find out that somehow the first time was right. Now you just try to insert it into each port, two wont work and the last one would, therefore saving you from the hard work of flipping it.

  • What are you going to do when the internet starts asking for ID for everything?

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  • What are you going to do when the internet starts asking for ID for everything?

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  • Honestly, back off. The more tech literate I get, the less tech I want in my life.

  • What are you going to do when the internet starts asking for ID for everything?

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  • He is probably using Linux, he needs grass.sh

  • YSK this is Susie Willies. She is the most powerful woman in the United States.

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  • Pretty sure I can beat her in a fight. Not so powerful now, are we??

  • What's the most "First world problem" you've experienced?

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  • I think this is also a big part of the issue.

    Many countries are only recently in the phase of over consumption, meaning that parents and grandparents are often teaching kids early on to not waste food in a extremely unhealthy manner once you are in the context of over consumption.

    For some people their parents grew up in a time where wasting the last few bites of a meal, or letting food go bad, or not eating food that in front of you would actually be bad. Like, if you didn't eat the last few bites you are wasting a valuable resource that you might not get the privilege of eating tomorrow.

    But for example in many parts of the US right now, you are much better off learning to throw food away than to learn to force feed yourself.

    It is a shame that the world is like that, but the reality is that for many people today, being okay with throwing away food is an actually important part of staying healthy.

  • What's the most "First world problem" you've experienced?

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  • I guess being unable to lose weight?

    It is ridiculous how privileged it is in the context of human history to actually struggle with too much calories.

  • If everyone spontaneously became the same race the world would realize that the rich are the real problem

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  • I was thinking less alien, more realistic.

    Maybe everyone is now a vaguely human looking Dusky Leaf Monkey.

    Imagine the skin color patterns, being extra hairy, and looking somewhere between cute and uncanny valley.

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  • Imo, if you are not in a hurry, wait a bit.

    I knew I wanted one since about your age, I waited about 4 years until I realized that nothing is changing and I went ahead.

    But I'm glad I waited because I now feel very at peace with it and I don't feel the need to explain it to others.

    When my family said that I will change my mind I just ignored them because it felt so meaningless when I already know I wanted this for so many years.

    Just remember that it is mostly permanent, there is no guarantee that you can reverse it.

    Good luck!

  • Im an unworthy Fraud when it comes to Tech

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  • We all start somewhere!