| ▲ | jl6 an hour ago | |
Letting ancient evil code run? Have we learned nothing from A Fire Upon the Deep?! | ||
| ▲ | HoldOnAMinute 35 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
"It was really just humans playing with an old library. It should be safe, using their own automation, clean and benign. This library wasn't a living creature, or even possessed of automation (which here might mean something more, far more, than human)." | ||
| ▲ | varenc 29 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Link to the Prologue of Fire Upon the Deep: https://www.baen.com/Chapters/-0812515285/A_Fire_Upon_the_De... It's very short and from one of my favorite books. Increasingly relevant. | ||
| ▲ | edoceo an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
I've only just heard of it. But, I already knew to not run random scripts under a privileged account. And thank you for the book suggestion - I'm into those kinds of tales. | ||
| ▲ | xeromal 18 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | |
I love that book | ||