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What ever happened to the transhumanists?
Original EnglishI use pictures and notes to aid short-term memory.
Why Some Security Experts Use Mutt
Original EnglishFor email client I either use Thunderbird, or Outlook 2013, simply because graphical interface is easier to work with.
OVH servers exploited through shellshock
Original EnglishLast year i switched to collocation instead, but still have 1 server with them, things have improved alot lately, now the servers come with ipmi …
Geotrust/Symantec has revoked all SSL certificates for .pw domains
Original EnglishMy first notice of this was a client unable to use the app even though the cert was issued less than 6 months ago and …
Introducing pgzx: create PostgreSQL extensions using Zig
Original EnglishInitially we implemented this function directly so we can directly initialize the fat pointer without having to get the string length after doing the conversion.
How JPEG XL compares to other image codecs
Original EnglishI tried AVIF but in practical testing, webP was simply better.
Study of 49 programmers: static type system had no effect on development time
Original EnglishThe productivity boost for new development in Ruby is very real; I converted a 10K LoC java program to < 1K LoC Ruby in about …
Vaultwarden: Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust
Original EnglishEdit: Actually what makes me the most nervous overall is compromises of the client, not the self-hosted server I run.
Vivaldi Mail 1.0: Email client built into the browser
Original EnglishBut putting that aside here were a few problems with Vivaldi and their Mail client the last time I tried it.