Post Acdx2ojZlsIyHiOcV6 by thephd@pony.social
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(DIR) Post #AcdOncHiNX1St8wc8e by thephd@pony.social
2023-12-09T13:28:05Z
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Whoever wrote this damn document: https://www.regulations.gov/comment/ONCD-2023-0002-0020You sound exactly like the C people when C++ came along, and it's actually embarrassing.
(DIR) Post #AcdOndGKk9Vnv9J1cm by thephd@pony.social
2023-12-09T13:29:08Z
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"Just teach harder""Just tool harder""Just program better""It's too expensive to move to a different language"Imbecilic takes from shortsighted people, especially when you have trillion dollar marketcap companies shoveling money into new languages."I bet you can't fund your way out of this one!"Companies: "Bet??"Jesus, christ!
(DIR) Post #AcdOoKjD8fA2jA9C6a by thephd@pony.social
2023-12-09T13:31:33Z
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@ShadowJonathan REALLY not good for them to be saying that when they ALSO scarcely address all the OTHER security problems in their language!!
(DIR) Post #AcdOt4dMP9AeG9ffns by xerz@fedi.xerz.one
2023-12-09T13:35:10.239407Z
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@thephd “Changing languages at a large scale is fearfully expensive.“that’s the lamest #criticism of Rust I have ever read
(DIR) Post #AcdQABlnE5NhGiLAQq by iacore@mastodon.de
2023-12-09T13:36:40Z
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@thephd what
(DIR) Post #AcdQACizfyjiEK2Rhw by thephd@pony.social
2023-12-09T13:39:19Z
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@iacore The office of the government has to post it, but the actual document author is anonymous, obviously.
(DIR) Post #AcdQADfq9Bo9ApZRQm by iacore@mastodon.de
2023-12-09T13:37:08Z
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What is a National Cyber Director? I want to eat them.
(DIR) Post #AcdS0YiRG72vRkJ7BI by a1ba@suya.place
2023-12-09T14:10:06.057831Z
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@thephd oh lol what an idiot
(DIR) Post #AcdwyqOpdZXiI8na0u by mattblaze@federate.social
2023-12-09T18:43:02Z
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@thephd Wait, I agree (completely) about the phenomenal wrongheadedness on display here, but this appears to merely be a public comment republished by the ONCD, not an actual working document with any serious weight.It's basically a tweet from some random dude (you know it's a dude).
(DIR) Post #AcdwzIWF5c6jVETtS4 by thephd@pony.social
2023-12-09T19:54:42Z
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@mattblaze I guess that makes it a bit less embarrassing since it's not Official Response To Government(TM) and just Some Person Putting It There(R).But I do have to wonder who thought it was a good idea to tack that onto the ONCD. (Not that I believe the proposals posted under ISO C++ are... doing much better.)
(DIR) Post #Acdx2lNUFXqxsL2R9c by thephd@pony.social
2023-12-09T13:38:24Z
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Oh my god, it's the profiles people again. That's who wrote this stupid thing.For the love of God.
(DIR) Post #Acdx2ojZlsIyHiOcV6 by thephd@pony.social
2023-12-09T13:56:22Z
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"Maybe I won't need to write about safety in C++. Maybe I'll just quietly publish my paper.(* this thing drops *)"Well, okay, clearly we haven't learned our fucking lesson, time to get blogging."
(DIR) Post #AcdxMNQ12UOzMJZcv2 by tedmielczarek@mastodon.social
2023-12-09T14:22:26Z
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@ShadowJonathan @thephd a very small part. Like how the cornerstone of a building's foundation is a very small part of the building, right?
(DIR) Post #AcfBN0sbusIiGJ6e9o by Patricia@social.vivaldi.net
2023-12-09T15:13:49Z
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@thephd I’m so damn naive. These people just keep on managing to disappoint me. They were handed a golden opportunity to actually address the issues and they’re just behaving like whining children.
(DIR) Post #AcfBN27BKBYC5mvnVY by eniko@peoplemaking.games
2023-12-09T15:16:49Z
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@Patricia @thephd "Memory safety is a very small part of security"wow its not easy to be this wrong in the first 9 words you say
(DIR) Post #AcfBN37ZaDSRDI7cky by c0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.io
2023-12-09T19:18:47Z
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@eniko @Patricia @thephd Memory safety encompasses the two largest error classes in C/C++ programs that lead to exploitable vulnerabilities!!“Complete type safety and absence of resource leaks can be had in C++.” I mean, yes, this is technically true, but we have so many talented professionals routinely failing to do it that it just seems an unreasonable thing to aim for. All classes of programmer fail this: new, old, novice, pro, clever, meticulous…
(DIR) Post #AcfBN3Ef9r83ZHRHo8 by Patricia@social.vivaldi.net
2023-12-09T15:50:38Z
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@thephd fuck I just realized that this reply goes for the rapist thing too and of course it’s the same damn people.