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Socket - Secure your JavaScript supply chain I hope this works as advertised:
Socket also uses static analysis to detect usage of privileged APIs such as shell, filesystem, eval(), and environment variables.
Beyond capability detection, we also detect telltale signs of malicious code: introduction of install scripts, hidden code, obfuscated code, Unicode homoglyph attacks, high entropy strings, and more.
Sue So true:
It's a universal rule in tech that if something has "-less" on the end of it then it definitely involves that thing
Beautiful insights for your GitHub repositories Give your README.md some insightful eye-candy.
systemician Yes.
Good engineering is often about finding ways to make it cheap to be wrong.
typescript-notebook VS Code extension for running JavaScript/TypeScript notebooks.
C is a bad language. Itβs memory-unsafe and there is no concept of ownership. Luckily with blockchain technology we can mint NFTs for each pointer and
https://github.com/insky/vue-gpickr/pull/9
Eye for Design
Joel Califa βI'm in my 30s and yet this app is successfully using reverse psychology on meβ
What makes writing more readable? As you read this, try the βplain languageβ toggle.
Dan Hon Crying, laughing, remembering when my online bank was acquired by a bigger bank, and back to crying:
bank: hey, you can get digital statements now, want to go paperless?
you: hey awesome great
{years pass}
you: hm, I need that statement from 2016
bank: we deleted it
you: are you fucking kidding me
bank: yeah
Adam Koford βchildren, this is what the ios podcast app used to look like:β
How Does Perspective Work in Pictures? This is a great explainer: why itβs so difficult to capture a photograph of that amazing moon/scene/building. (also why does nobody want to watch your slideshow)
Peoples
Marco Rogers I can see that:
It turns out they weren't talking about abusive behavior. They were just talking about "too many meetings and stuff". Or they were talking about "pressure to deliver results". I started to understand that to some people, being a shit umbrella meant individuals aren't accountable.
When I look back on my exec mistakes they fall into a few buckets
Giving someone one last chance before firing
Not going fast enough
Not being explicit with expectations
Assuming a boss/higher up understood something non-obvious instead of walking them through it if needed
Laura Klein π€£
If your boss tells you your team at work is "like family" that means you can scream "YOU'RE NOT MY REAL MOM" and storm out every time they ask you to do anything.
Everything Else
mrdoob βI can't stop thinking about this headlineβ
"can you explain the gap on your resume" can you explain the gap on your staff?
Lessmilk Game: Almost Pong What if Flappy Bird but a game of Pong?
morgan Me. Every day.
like to think I lead complex emotional life but then the sun comes out and i am happy. i am functionally no different from a big leaf
EDOS The Setup vs The Shot
Please take note of how dramatically Twitter has changed since the freezing of Russian assets. Suddenly all those anti-Biden βAmerican patriotsβ have disappeared.
The Interesting Button The ultimate timesink: The Interesting Button sends you to a random interesting page on Wikipedia.
Paul Szoldra βSure, I have a few questions. Just wondering, what happened to the last person in this role?β
