Deebster

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[–] Deebster@programming.dev 26 points 11 months ago (11 children)

It still needs a gullible user to change their settings for this to work; not much to worry about here.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It is far too confusing what to use - even as someone who uses Linux on various servers, a media centre, WSL and used to run a Gentoo laptop I still don't know which distro to use, let alone which of KDE/Gnome, X11/Wayland, init/systemd etc.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago

Yeah, it's bizarre since kbin even also calls them magazines, so any half-hearted search will find the concept.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

Good question. The documentation says:

On the left side of each post there are up and down arrows, which let you upvote or downvote it. You can upvote posts that you like so that more users will see them. Or downvote posts so that they are less likely to be seen.

which doesn't really back me up.

My downvote principle was meant more generally - most places that have a downvote policy say that it's not meant for shouting down people you disagree with, since that's not conducive for civil and nuanced conversations.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev -4 points 11 months ago (10 children)

No, the downvote is meant to be for things that don't contribute to the discussion, not for things you disagree with.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I thought there was a type of bug called a notgull at first but that's the author's handle. The bugs are a use-after-free and an invalid pointer that was wrong due to an unsound calculation in non-unsafe code.

This isn't meant as a saved you a click summary; the article's worth the read!

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 13 points 11 months ago

I like it, and I think the simplicity means it'll be quite flexible.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago

That's really interesting, thanks. I hope you're feeling better soon!

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Death by patent troll 😞

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

It probably is, if even established names like Sports Illustrated are doing it then these random little sites definitely won't think twice.

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