The repository was not created by Linus. It was a Github security exploit discovered by a friend of mine. Apparently he had contacted Github before exploiting but they didn't show any interest in fixing the issue. There should be a clarification from him soon.
> Apparently he had contacted Github before exploiting but they didn't show any interest in fixing the issue.
If this is true... sounds like business as usual at github. I don't get it, it's not the first time they refused to do jack shit and proactively fix reported security issues before they were used in a high-profile demo exploit.
Then again, it doesn't impact their bottom line since nobody switches or cares when that happens aside from a few days of noise, so why would they?
To be fair, this slashdot story covering the original story (presumably submitted because the original story was submitted and talked about yesterday) mentions the "performance crown", which was just "by a nose". You're right about the overall test, though.
I know the PSLVs have a reputation of being very reliable. Do you happen to know how much it costs, compared to the Protons or SpaceX's new design?
Also, it's very cool that India:s launching its own GPS alternatives. The article mentions that it uses the same L5 and S bands as GPS and Galileo: isn't there any potential of interference, and will existing receivers work as-is?
It's not dead yet. David Miller has been untiringly maintaing Clojure's CLR implementation for years now. Clojure CLR right now has feature parity with Clojure JVM. core.async is still alpha (it's also an external lib), I bet that once it reaches some stability David will add support for CLR in a weekend (as it has been usually).
Unfortunately that doesn't mean there is much community interest in the CLR port though, but David's relentless stewardship of the project is relentless.
It is grammatically correct, since nouns can be verbed -- chicken can be a noun, verb and even adjective, even though its verb form doesn't have a defined meaning -- it's just meaningless. Think of it like this:
It doesn't lend itself well to strings of words longer than 3 though, because you can't "chicken" someone, as far as I know - and I don't intend on visiting Urban Dictionary to find out.
I am guessing that the student in question was from India. That's how many Indians write official/business letters; likely a relic of the colonial times.
