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Network-connected train displays, failing and displaying their IP address, on a train that has WiFi on board. That's just begging to be hacked.19
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On a website, using var something = $.parseJSON('{"with": "perfectly valid javascript in here"}') when you could just have done var something = {"native": "javascript goes here", "with": "no parsing needed"};
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So matplotlib can do 3d plots. However, when you try to then label your axes...
plt.xlabel("protocol") # ok
plt.ylabel("volume") # ok
plt.zlabel("time") # error: no such method zlabel (ಠ_ಠ)2 -
These days I'm rocking GNU Guix as my main operating system. You see, I've been using GNU/Linux since 2006, and in 2021 I stumbled unto Emacs, while looking into "complete environments" for writing, editing and possible coding. That made me fall in love with Lisp, even though I did not and still don't understand it. So, around those same times, I found Guix which is written almost entirely with Lisp, including its kernel. But I've always been more of a user and not a coder. I write my books on Emacs, and tinker around from time to time. Until very recently, I decided to start learning Lisp. I got me a book and an IDE, which funnily enough is not Emacs, because I want to follow the book exactly. I'm not sure whether I'll able to stick to it, this is my third time trying to learn code. I have other activities going but coding would be a nice addition on my skillset. Let's see what happens...