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New comment by cstdr in "GitLost: We Tricked GitHub's AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos"

cstdr — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:59:15 +0000

Escaping is 100% safe and for certain queries the only possible way. Prepared statements don't exist for escaping inputs but to parameterize queries. If your data is heavily skewed or you use operators like > or < they can exhibit desastrous performance.

New comment by cstdr in "Godot will no longer accept AI-authored code contributions"

cstdr — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:06:50 +0000

[3] is not openvpn, just some install script a rando not affiliated with openvpn did.

New comment by cstdr in "What was nice about the UI of Windows 2000"

cstdr — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:22:11 +0000

A puppy.jpg.vbs file would be shown as "puppy" with "VBScript" in the type column. The full name may be worse though. "puppy.gpj.vbs‬"‭ (which is actually "puppy\u202Egpj.vbs\u202C") looks like an image extension, but is a script (as the type column also shows).

Edit: Looks like HN removes those directional override characters. When present, the text looks like "puppy.sbv.jpg"

New comment by cstdr in "AI is breaking two vulnerability cultures"

cstdr — Sat, 09 May 2026 14:02:11 +0000

I don't see how that can be useful when Microsoft publishes debug symbols for almost everything.

New comment by cstdr in "OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III"

cstdr — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:11:43 +0000

Did you even read what I wrote? It did not work. Apple even has an FAQ page for that error (without any useful solution). The suggestion to create an account via Apple Music app is useless since all it does is create an account which must be migrated via browser first (with the same problem). You can also find large threads on Reddit about the problem. Of course the availability of such a sign-up flow suggests it should be possibly, but having it broken for months is not a good look.

New comment by cstdr in "OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III"

cstdr — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 09:15:27 +0000

Have you actually tried it? Because I did some months ago to setup an AppleTV and it just does not work. It just hangs at the last step without telling you anything. If you inspect the server response it just says "Your account cannot be created at this time.".

What ultimately helped after weeks of trying and tinkering was installing VMware Workstation, patching it to enable macOS support, create a VM with the specific hardware configuration of an older MacBook, install an old version of macOS and do the 2FA from in there.

New comment by cstdr in "Extensions in Firefox 59"

cstdr — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:46:25 +0000

You mean like this <https://i.imgur.com/6ZXAchD.png>? You can get the old look back via userChrome.css. Relevant styles from mine:

  #PopupAutoCompleteRichResult .ac-separator {
    page-break-before: always;
    width: 47px;
  }

  #PopupAutoCompleteRichResult .ac-separator-text {
    display: none !important;
  }

  #PopupAutoCompleteRichResult richlistitem {
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    align-items: center;
    height: auto;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
  }