Posted in r/programming by u/jesuisfrancais • 108 points and 183 comments

Today, I'm going to show you the worst pieces of code I've ever seen. Some devilries that should never be produced!

I got tired of not understanding what my GCC linker file was doing. I went on a quest to understand every. single. command. Why each symbol was included. I present to you: the most thoroughly commented linker script in the world (probably) https://t.co/S9R23ZRG4a

Learn about Azure Active Directory gateway service's move from .NET Framework to .NET Core and resulting in doubling the throughput.

Most companies mistakenly apply value replication principles to discovery

"I had to start a telephone company to get [high-speed] Internet access."

Posted in r/programming by u/nixcraft • 195 points and 29 comments

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All done in Excel, using only formulae with the only use of macros made for the inputting of key commands (e.g. wasd etc) and to run the animated camera.

The video is sped up somewhat over what is achievable in the model (in particular, the final segment…

EU-Staaten dringen hingegen weiterhin darauf, im Kampf gegen Terror und Organisierte Kriminalität auf verschlüsselte Kommunikation zugreifen zu können

Posted in r/programming by u/alidiusk • 106 points and 12 comments

This post is about a VirtualBox escape for the latest currently available version (VirtualBox 6.1.16 on Windows). The vulnerabilities were discovered and exploited by our team Sauercl0ud as part of the RealWorld CTF 2020/2021. The vulnerability was known…

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvlpIojusBE

I think that went well! Head over to github to see some of the code involved.
https://github.com/standupmaths/xmastree2020

The behind-the-scenes videos are on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/behind…

This is the third part of the “Rebuilding the spellchecker” series, dedicated to the explanation of how the world’s most popular spellchecker Hunspell works.

Posted in r/programming by u/Timhio • 173 points and 168 comments

In the old days, when Google wanted you dead it would remove you from search results. But now, they can just block your site in Chrome.

Web site created using create-react-app

Condensation is an open-source data system for building cloud applications while keeping the ownership of data. - GitHub - CondensationDS/Condensation: Condensation is an open-source data system fo...

BitLocker is a modern data protection feature that is deeply integrated in the Windows kernel. It is used by many corporations as a means of protecting company secrets in case of theft. Microsoft recommends that you have a Trusted Platform Module which can…