Edit: it is AI generated, completely missed the genAI tag on the Adobe Stock website, and [4] is not a ton like I thought, it's 307kg
It's listed on Adobe Stock photos[1]
I did find other similar photos[2][3] so it looks like it's an actual thing that exists. Actually found a listing for a 1 metric ton roll of it[4].
[3] https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/large-paper-rolls.html
Agreed - the end of the article does state compiling untrusted repos is effectively the same as running an untrusted executable, and you should treat it with the same caution (especially if its malware or gaming cheat adjacent)
Well that's certainly no light read - I'll admit that I've only read the first six sections of the document for now
The crux of it that I could see was the initial repo that was backdoored contained a malicious Windows command in the PreBuildCommand field of .vbproj file
My initial thoughts would be that it might be advisable for build tools to confirm any defined build commands with the user when it detects a command not seen before?
I suppose otherwise the argument could be made that if you're downloading and compiling code that is backdoored, if you're not checking .vbproj or equivalents, you're probably also not auditing any source code either and you're being pwned either way.
I wouldn't think so - it depends on your priorities.
The open source and offline nature of this without the pretenses of "Hey, we're gonna use every query you give as a data point to shove more products down your face" seems very appealing over Gemini. There's also that Gemini is constantly being shoved in our faces and preinstalled, whereas this is a completely optional download.
From the FAQ of stopkillinggames.com website
Q. Aren't you asking companies to support games forever? Isn't that unrealistic?
A: No, we are not asking that at all. We are in favor of publishers ending support for a game whenever they choose. What we are asking for is that they implement an end-of-life plan to modify or patch the game so that it can run on customer systems with no further support from the company being necessary. We agree that it is unrealistic to expect companies to support games indefinitely and do not advocate for that in any way.
I paid an extra $20 to extend the warranty of my $150AUD gaming headphones from 1 to 3 years.
Just over a year of owning them and the microphone boom broke. I never used the detachable microphone but the arm itself was rattling in the headset, so got it replaced at the retailer.
It's been about 12 months since then, and I may need to take them back at some point again soon as the plastic has fractured right where the headphone cup attaches to the band. It's not completely broken but its not far off
That's what emulation is for!
Until you need a third running an entirely different distribution or OS
I had two laptops both set up very similarly, both Thinkpads on LMDE and running Tailscale.
Something broke my network setup on both of these laptops within the same day and it turned out to be Tailscale DNS conflicting with some other Linux network service, but I only learned that after using my phone to look online
Had my server set up with encrypted drives and getting the root key from a flash drive. Cloned a drive and replaced the old one, somehow it was crypttab that just stopped working with me. Took like 4 hours solid to get it actually back up.
Bricked a laptop by trying to flash Coreboot onto it and forgetting to put my original BIOS in the build..
I had a spare parts laptop and reused the motherboard but still, big oopsies on my part.
Goddamn it, here I was thinking the person was playing good old classic Bejewelled.. I should've known better than to think my childhood games would be relevant
I'll be revealing my nationality with this one, but Wheatbix and Milo (chocolate malt usually for milk drinks) is something apparently no one else I've met has.
Before I moved away from dairy entirely, I couldn't stand the taste of plain cow's milk and adding Milo helped with the wheatbix severely.