And as I said, if they manage to entirely switch, I won’t have reservations.
As far as security in extant browsers and C++, see here: https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/memory-safety/
The Chromium project finds that around 70% of our serious security bugs are memory safety problems.
It’s a serious issue.
Depends on a lot of factors. Due to uncontrollable factors like small untrackable debris, more satellites is always more dangerous, but that’s still an extremely small problem. If all the Starlink-style companies cooperate properly and adopt high tech solutions for collision avoidance, it’ll probably be fine - space is really, really big. Additionally, the extremely low orbits are a great mitigating factor for potential parts failures; even if a satellite outright dies, losing its telemetry and maneuvering capability, it’ll be gone pretty quick.
Honestly, more than anything, I’d be concerned about the recent science showing that satellites burning up on reentry could be very significantly more damaging to our atmosphere and the ozone layer than previously thought.
Yeah, it was ok when the project started. The issue begins once it transitions from a toy to a potential competitor with Firefox.
Yeah, I know the history. And if they fully switch to Swift and manage decent performance, that would be acceptable, just strange. And it would also be fine to use whatever language if it were only a hobby project. I just reject the notion that C++ is an acceptable choice for new projects in security-critical positions.
To be pedantic, AFAIK there’s no evidence Pythagoras himself had anything to do with the censure of the discovery of irrational numbers. The common story has to do with his later followers, and could well be more fiction than fact in any case.
Talking about creepy numbers, the ones that always fucked with me are uncomputable numbers. That shit’s wack, yo
The choice of C++ + Swift feels strange and off-putting to me. Swift, at least, is pretty safe as languages go, but does leave me scratching my head a bit. C++, though, frankly should have no place in a new browser project. For a piece of software whose whole purpose is to essentially download and run untrusted code, C++ is unacceptable.
It’s realistically not gonna happen, but what I’d really like to see is Servo developed into a full browser.
“yeah man it’s right above [Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s1, you can’t miss it”
Maybe try the stop parsing symbol?
A favorite of mine is Ghidra. Before they realeased+open souced it a few years back, the only option for real software reverse engineering (as in, for large and non-trivial programs, where you need more than just fancy disassembly) was IDA Pro, which is absurdly expensive if you’re not sponsored or willing to pirate. Now, some of us kinda take for granted the fact that there’s an open source world-class RE tool. And honestly, I even prefer it to IDA Pro - that’s how good it is.
Of course! Thanks for the discourse. Makes the world go 'round.