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Mon, 25 Jun 2018 08:21:41 +0200

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Tarasque

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 01:15:53 +0200

Tarasque

"Any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript."

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 18:19:41 +0200

“Any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript.”

- Atwood’s Law, proposed as a corollary to Tim Berners-Lee’s Rule of Least Power.

Using JavaScript modules on the web

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 17:56:21 +0200

Using JavaScript modules on the web:

Bundling is the future.

If you are using ~300 modules and 8 frameworks do do:

var content = sel = false;
window.setTimeout(function(){
  if(content) UpdateDom(sel, content);
},50);
function UpdateDom(sel, content){
  document.querySelector(sel).innerHTML = content;
}

Node is fun, flashy and terrifying.

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 21:31:29 +0200

Edit: This morning I managed to get it all down to only 1 fixable vulnerability by setting:

? Set up unit tests: No
? Setup e2e tests with Nightwatch? No

Still, I think I’ll keep this on the dev-box until I’m reasonably certain I can control this beast.

Why not check out vuejs I thought… I’m new to all this server side JavaScript. But it sounds like fun, so lets see…

Hmmm… I just did an npm install fresh outta the box after installing some Vue.js prefabricated stuff ($ vue init webpack project_name) and my cmd spit out this:

added 1513 packages from 1798 contributors and audited 12011 packages in 33.859s. found 21 vulnerabilities (11 low, 1 moderate, 7 high, 2 critical) run "npm audit fix" to fix them, or "npm audit" for details

Neat!! 1513 packages! Wow. Thats a huge amount of Open Source spagetti. We are legion! We are NPM!!

These smart guys in the JS community, they have a command to fix vulnerabilities!

I don’t know how that would work, but I commend you brave anonymous programmer!

Wait… 2 Critical out-of-the-box security vulnerabilities? Ok, so npm audit fix it is… Now what?

fixed 0 of 21 vulnerabilities in 12011 scanned packages 4 package updates for 21 vulns involved breaking changes (use "npm audit fix --force" to install breaking changes; or do it by hand)

Umm, ok… npm audit then.

# Run npm install --save-dev nightwatch@1.0.6 to resolve 6 vulnerabilities SEMVER WARNING: Recommended action is a potentially breaking change

Meh. Breaking sheaking… lets do this!

npm install --save-dev karma@2.0.4

Six down, and only 15 vulnerabilities left…

npm install --save-dev url-loader@1.0.1

14… At this point the --force option is starting to look tempting. No. Can’t let the machine win on the dev box, this is my turf dammit!

I head over to the docs and see:

To address the vulnerability, you can

Check for mitigating factors
Update dependent packages if a fix exists
Fix the vulnerability
Open an issue in the package or dependent package issue tracker

Ok… lets try the first one. What does this say:

Affected versions of growl do not properly sanitize input prior to passing it into a shell command, allowing for arbitrary command execution.

What? arbitrary command execution?? No, no, fuck that. Jesus… I tried updating the package to the latest version. No fix.

So fix it myself? On my first day on the job?.. What the heck, lets see. The node page says …

1,217,161 downloads this week. Nope. I’m not up to that amount of crazy. Normal crazy maybe. But this is one million two hundred thousand crazies. Nope, nope. No.

Right. Maybe I try Rust next time. I hear the rust-todoMVC is lovely this time of the year.

Britecharts, a D3.js based charting library of reusable components

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 07:28:19 +0200

Britecharts, a D3.js based charting library of reusable components:

I don’t know why Birtecharts does not get the attention it deserves. Perhaps obscured buy its sister lib C3, britecharts is a great option.

Non D3 options for chart libs include Chartist, and Chart.js (I like chartjs a lot). Which can avoid the overhead if you are not already using D3.

Installing Gitea on the Raspberry Pi

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 04:36:58 +0200

Installing Gitea on the Raspberry Pi:

Ooh, just what I’ve been looking for. Gitea looks promising.

Export your tumblr blog

Wed, 20 Jun 2018 21:34:21 +0200

Export your tumblr blog:

I’m a big fan of backup.

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Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:36:35 +0200

ffactory: James Benning, List of Meanings; code used by Ted...

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:31:08 +0200

ffactory:

James Benning, List of Meanings; code used by Ted Kaczynski in his journals, originally written in the 1970s

Here it is in a convenient JS object.

Downloading the profiles of everyone on LinkedIn who works for ICE

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 18:49:13 +0200

Downloading the profiles of everyone on LinkedIn who works for ICE:

So many happy faces.

Photo

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 18:38:44 +0200

June 19 is FreeBSD Day!

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 10:52:39 +0200

June 19 is FreeBSD Day!:

beemill:

What is FreeBSD

FreeBSD is an open-source operating system developed out of the University of California at Berkley in 1993. Used by billions of people around the globe, FreeBSD is used to teach operating system concepts in universities. Companies also develop products on FreeBSD, and universities use it as a research platform.

In fact, there’s a good chance you’re already using at least some code derived from FreeBSD in your everyday life. For example, if you stream movies via Netflix, chat with friends on WhatsApp, or play the latest PlayStation 4 game sensation, you’re already using FreeBSD.

As a pioneer in open-source technology, FreeBSD can be modified and redesigned to meet the needs of the user, free of charge within the guidelines of the license.

Why June 19th

June 19, 1993 was the day the official name for FreeBSD was agreed upon. See part of the email thread here.

Help Us Celebrate

If you love FreeBSD as much as we do, help us celebrate 25th anniversary of your favorite open source operating system by doing the following:

Introducing someone to FreeBSD or hosting an Installfest with your local meetup group

Helping to promote the day by printing and distributing the poster.

Sending us stories of how your company uses FreeBSD to great success

Telling us why you love FreeBSD using #FreeBSDDay on your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram posts

Consider donating to the Foundation to help us continue our support of the Project

Slides and materials for hosting a FreeBSD installfest can be found here.

From TrueOS to FreeBSD on Virtual Box to Installing Ports, you can find a number of how-tos here.

Read more about the history of FreeBSD here.

Check out the list of companies using and products based on FreeBSD.

We look forward to commemorating the 25th anniversary of our favorite open source operating system on June 19, and we hope you’ll join us!

Bill Joy's greatest gift to man – the vi editor

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 10:46:51 +0200

Linux Mag then asked:
So you didn't really write vi in one weekend like everybody says?
Bill Joy:
No. It took a long time. It was really hard to do because you've got to remember that I was trying to make it usable over a 300 baud modem. That's also the reason you have all these funny commands. It just barely worked to use a screen editor over a modem. It was just barely fast enough. A 1200 baud modem was an upgrade. 1200 baud now is pretty slow.
[...]
It was a world that is now extinct. People don't know that vi was written for a world that doesn't exist anymore - unless you decide to get a satellite phone and use it to connect to the Net at 2400 baud, in which case you'll realize that the Net is not usable at 2400 baud. It used to be perfectly usable at 1200 baud. But these days you can't use the Web at 2400 baud because the ads are 24KB.

dbrgn/orochi

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 21:54:49 +0200

dbrgn/orochi:

I’ve found a way to have 8tracks without having to deal with their site… Life has never been better.

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Mon, 18 Jun 2018 18:53:48 +0200

"If a person is unwilling to learn the skills required to keep current as an IT professional, that..."

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 05:27:28 +0200

“If a person is unwilling to learn the skills required to keep current as an IT professional, that person might as well be a lumberjack. Lumberjacks are fantastic at their jobs, and rightfully so, there hasn’t been a new tree in many, many years – so they’ve got it pretty much figured out.”

- Jeffrey Snover

The Aha! Moment (A!M)

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 20:28:42 +0200

Also called an “Eureka moment”, is the sudden realization or comprehension of an idea or fact.

“It just dawned on me that analog clock faces are just little mechanical gauge charts!”

Its not the same as a “Shower Thought” that can also be an exposition of affirmative speech.

“We kill people who kill people to show people that killing people is wrong.“

From Wikipedia:[…] This work introduced Dahl to espionage...

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 18:40:28 +0200

From Wikipedia:

[…] This work introduced Dahl to espionage and the activities of the Canadian spymaster William Stephenson, known by the codename “Intrepid”. During the war, Dahl supplied intelligence from Washington to Prime Minister Winston Churchill. As Dahl later said: “My job was to try to help Winston to get on with FDR, and tell Winston what was in the old boy’s mind.” Dahl also supplied intelligence to Stephenson and his organisation, known as British Security Coordination, which was part of MI6^. Dahl was once sent back to Britain by British Embassy officials, supposedly for misconduct—"I got booted out by the big boys,“ he said. Stephenson promptly sent him back to Washington—with a promotion to wing commander rank. Toward the end of the war, Dahl wrote some of the history of the secret organisation; he and Stephenson remained friends for decades after the war.

Awesome Frameworks: Random Tech Project Generator

Tue, 12 Jun 2018 21:48:01 +0200

Awesome Frameworks: Random Tech Project Generator:

So I was wondering if someone had come up with a framework called PapayaJS yet.

It turns out, not only does it exist… But the site that created it is full of wonderful frameworks you’ve never heard of!