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Nah.

I'm a full-stack software developer working in the financial sector, their statement is factual.

Companies will never want to take on liability that has the potential to bankrupt them. It is in their best interest to not reveal the version of libraries they are using as some versions may have publicly known vulnerabilities, and it would make it incredibly easy for attackers to build an exploit chain if they knew the exact versions being used.

Securing client code is just as important as securing server code, as you don't want to expose your users to potential XSS attacks that could affect the way the page gets displayed, or worse, leak their credentials to a third party. If this happened in the EU or some parts of Canada, and it's been found that the company reduced their threat model "for the sake of openness", they would likely be fined into bankruptcy or forced to leave the market.

Unfortunately, this is one of those cases where your interests and ethics will never be aligned with those of service owners as they are held to a certain standard by privacy laws and other regulations.

Omg I'm so sorry, no you're right, fuck GNOME, all its devs are doodoofards! /s

Fair enough, the insult wasn't constructive.

I like the opinionated nature of GNOME, I don't have time to configure my desktop, I just need to do work and get paid.

Junkies will either shoot up at a safe drug consumption site next to a school, or they will do so alone, leaning against the schoolyard fence, and discarding their HBV infected needles all over the school yard, grassy areas and parking lots.

Denying them help does not make them go away magically. And I speak from experience, when I was a kid in school, junkies would hide behind our school to shoot up at night to not get caught, and it was up to the school administration to pick up the sharps and other paraphernalia.

I'd much rather they be given clean needles, a safe injection site, supervision, a sharps container and help to beat their addiction. Making them suffer just because you don't like them makes them become a problem for everyone.

Do you want to see Mozilla and Firefox die a hero, or do you want to see it live long enough to become the villain?

With the US ruling of Google being a monopoly, Mozilla is bound to lose a lot of their income if that's the decision that comes to pass. I'm happy with the courts ruling Google as a monopoly (because they are), but it does mean Mozilla needs to try to make money some other way.

Genuine question, would you be willing to pay for all the content you consume using a "token" system where each page, video or other piece of media has a price to it, usually about a cent per article or 5c per video, is automatically debited from either an account loaded with real money or some sort of blockchain, at the discretion of the user? A token could be one cent.

There'd be an open API, and multiple brokers could handle that transaction for you, so there is no vendor lock-in. You could even be your own broker if you set up your own server that talks to the servers hosting any media you'd like to consume. It would get rid of online advertising, but you have to pay out of pocket for server costs and content creation costs.

They lost me when they started letting Nazis sit at the table.

DDG / Kagi

Foot.

Thank you, I'm an idiot.

PCManFM... wait no

I mean it's good for predicting climate models, but it certainly uses a lot of power to do so, which is the main issue with AI.

ok thx

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Yeah it's just their branding.

Have you considered investing in 1996?

/s

Ever had a spaghetti burger?

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