Posts by milet

Former Microsoft engineer shrinks Notepad down to size

Dave Plummer is such a cool guy (and of Amiga origins!) If only he was still working for Microsoft, maybe we wouldn't be "blessed" with insane hardware requirements of Windows 11 and applications with 10-megabytes-size executables.

Dev targeted by sophisticated job scam: 'I let my guard down, and ran the freaking code'

The fake website and code repository are still there, on GitHub and npm. rogue code seems to be hidden in "next-runtimejs". They are avoiding detection by juggling package version (one contains malicious code, one doesn't)

Cloudflare's bot bouncer blocks weirdo browsers

This is a known problem, caused by "Disable Autoplay" extension. Enable autoplay on sites with CloudFlare protection and voila, problem solved.

Of course, it would be even better if CloudFlare DID something about it...

Meet the new Dropbox: It's like the old Dropbox, but more expensive, and not everyone's thrilled

I swicthed from Dropbox...

... to Sync some years ago, when they stopped supporting Windows XP and I'm very happy. Simple, not bloated and offers more free storage.

Heart of darkness: Inside the Osówka underground city

You should see Woflschantze then

Go to Hitler's headquarters "Woflschantze" (near Ketrzyn, also Poland) and be impressed with 7-meters of concrete able to withstand nuclear bomb...

I still haven't found what I'm malloc()ing for: U2 tops poll of music today's devs code to

Re: The choice of music depends on what you are coding

And I thought I was the only one to code by "Jesus Christ Superstar"... Did all of my MSc project to that album, back in 1995.

Do we need Windows patch legislation?

The legislation should be very simple: software vendor is either obliged to provide security patches for its software or obliged to open source code...