| ▲ | createful 4 hours ago |
| So what's the point of making a GitHub if you're not going to publish source code? Is this an inside joke? |
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| ▲ | nevon 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| To prevent impersonation and having people download potential malware from repositories posing as the official xscreensaver distribution channel. |
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| ▲ | graemep an hour ago | parent [-] | | I am pretty sure the distro packagers all know where to get the real code from, and its packaged for everything that runs X so minimal risk. Also assuming something on github is the official repo is dangerous anyway. There might be multiple repos with the same name, there might be a more actively developed fork and the official one might be unmaintained, etc. |
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| ▲ | Svip 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| May be also be relevant to link to JWZ's post about it: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/10/gitsquatting/ |
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| ▲ | barrkel 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You cannot hotlink to jwz; he will redirect you to a testicle in an eggcup based on referer header. | | |
| ▲ | oneeyedpigeon an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | Warning: it persists somehow, so you can't click on a link from HN, realise the problem, then copy+paste to correct it. Looks like you need to open an incognito window, use a different browser, or maybe otherwise clear your session. | | | |
| ▲ | severak_cz 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Is it known why this is happening? | | |
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| ▲ | fg137 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I haven't seen a site that hurts my eyes this much for a very, very long time. | |
| ▲ | kouosi 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | it looks like the site is offline :( | | |
| ▲ | scbrg 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | jwz also famously special cases traffic from hacker news. You may have better luck if you copy & paste the link to avoid sending referrer headers. | | | |
| ▲ | lbriner 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | You need to open it incognito to avoid the Hacker News insult image! |
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| ▲ | numpad0 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| to prevent a malware or something showing up as the top result on Google Search? |
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