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Journal Journal: It is 2025 and Slashdot doesn't support IPv6?

I've been migrating all my stuff to IPv6 because I'm retarded and felt like (another) winter project.

So I have a Debian VM that is IPv6-only for testing things out, general browsing, etc. and see that Slashdot doesn't support IPv6? One would think a tech site would have been onboard with this years ago.

Comment Re:More wasted RAM (Score 1) 149

The original Macbook in 2006 had only 512 megabytes

A 512 MB module cost $100-$200 in 2006. Sold in an $1000 machine. 10% of the cost.

And now a macbook air costs order of magnitude the same, but the RAM they're putting in it.... $10-20 (1-2% of the cost).

I wonder if that difference in cost is going to some other part of the machine or into margins?

(I know Apple don't pay retail prices for their RAM, which is what I quoted here, the actual percentage of cost will be lower)

Comment Re:It's called automation. (Score 1) 203

10 years ago, SHA1 was something you could sensibly store your passwords in.

Uh? No. SHA1 has been vulnerable to faster-than-brute-force attacks since 2005

NIST and most other real security professionals were recommending against using SHA1 since 2010/2011-ish.

Unlike you, I do not claim to be a security professional, but even I know SHA1 has been unsafe for a far longer than a decade.

I feel sorry for your clients.

Comment Re:Decline is a choice (Score 1) 308

Partially because I'm too busy at my current startup... The thought of a replacement to twitter occurred to me a while ago, and with Reddit's shenanigans there has to be a way to make something that's a blend of /. and Reddit without too much difficulty. Bake in public API access from the beginning with a rate limit on free access that accommodates moderation bots etc. and go from there.

Getting the BE architecture right from the beginning to handle the mind-bending loads would be the hard part, or accept that at some point you're going to have to make a BE core change that's high risk and just go with something fast and easy to start with. Assuming it's all microservices it should be a doable thing to make a cut over to a new database at some point once needed.

Comment Re: Decline is a choice (Score 2) 308

filling the gaps for - you know, little things, like accessability (maybe it's time the DoJ took a look at Reddit on that?)

Nope. They're a private entity with no government function. They are not required to meet accessibility guidelines per 508 standards. Source: am doing QA for a product that is required to meet AA standards level.

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