CVE-2026-56852: x/text/Unicode/norm infinite loop on invalid UTF-8 (DoS)
I wonder which language creator would be hired to figure that one out; are you creative enough to think of one on the spot?
High-frequency trading firm just hired Bjarne Stroustrup (creator of C++)
My girlfriend broke up with me – This is my body's reaction to the news
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1v874lz/my...
I submitted the above link, seems HN is rewriting it automatically. :-/
> My girlfriend sat me down on June 20th and told me that she had been cheating on me and was choosing to be with "the other man".
> This is my body's reaction to that news.
> HR, Sleep, and Energy scores recorded by my [smartwatch]
I think you should take a deep breath and read this updated FAQ:
https://refp.se/articles/your-shell-and-the-magic-colon#why-...
I am not asking anyone to put this in production, it is a tongue-in-cheek/cute way of explaining/showing what the null-command _can_ do, not what it _must_ do.
No, any distro that stopped shipping entities mentioned to use only null-command variants.. well, I'd save whatever your end goal is to a meeting with them.
Just enjoy the article for what it is — a piece of trivia.
Best Regards, Filip Roséen - refp