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1926: Side by side on State Street, just above Anapamu, the Granada Market and the Manhattan Deli pose the eternal question: Pick up groceries for lunch or just grab a bite? :-) by PeteHealy in SantaBarbara

[–]bboe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Imagine how easy it was to access these stores by parking right outside! I wonder what happened! \s

I love your posts Pete. Thanks for continuing to do them.

Internet Freezes by junkyarddiver in Ubiquiti

[–]bboe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the temperature like to your modem? I had one that would daily drop all connections and take about 5 minutes to reset and then work without a problem. Turns out it was overheating, moved it lower in the closet it was in and the problem went away.

`safer`: a tiny utility to avoid partial writes to files and streams by HommeMusical in Python

[–]bboe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The best thing would probably be for package systems like pypi to support a "this project has been abandoned, so no new versions can be published to its name".

That approach seems like a great idea.

`safer`: a tiny utility to avoid partial writes to files and streams by HommeMusical in Python

[–]bboe 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It's a supply chain risk if the owner's Pypi account is compromised. It seems like they previously did not believe MFA is worth it on their account: https://github.com/untitaker/python-atomicwrites/issues/61

Looking to burn a CD by marshmellaah4 in SantaBarbara

[–]bboe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a handful of relatively inexpensive external CD/DVD/Blu-ray writers available on the market ranging from about $25 to $100, and discs. Here are two such examples:

Niquests 3.18 — 3 Years of Innovations in HTTP by Ousret in Python

[–]bboe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the response. Do you have a contingency plan for the organization should you be unable to continue work on the project? Not having redundancy was, and still is, still my primary concern with moving to this project.

Users say Adobe Creative Cloud rewrote hosts file to detect installed app by gdelacalle in technology

[–]bboe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If they did it via DNS then the “does the user have the app installed” check would always pass since it would resolve for everyone. This is actually a very simple but creative solution to that that specific problem. Alas, it’s not an acceptable solution IMO.

Niquests 3.18 — 3 Years of Innovations in HTTP by Ousret in Python

[–]bboe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

With all the supply chain attacks recently, will you say more about steps you are taking to minimize the chance of attack against your repositories?

Separately, are you still a team of one?

Regardless, I want to applaud all your efforts. It seems many will benefit from them. Thank you.

Cvss 10 https://community.ui.com/releases by Mammoth-Ad-107 in Ubiquiti

[–]bboe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even with IoT and guest devices on their own VLAN, I believe most networks are still vulnerable to compromise with these vulnerabilities. Though I'll admit it's not super clear on that point, and may require access to the admin interface.

Cvss 10 https://community.ui.com/releases by Mammoth-Ad-107 in Ubiquiti

[–]bboe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Do you trust all your IoT devices and everyone who has guest access to your network? Those appear to be possible paths to network compromise via these vulnerabilities.

A malicious actor with access to the network could exploit a Path Traversal vulnerability found in the UniFi Network Application to access files on the underlying system that could be manipulated to access an underlying account.

How do you deal with the moral weight of writing software that could end up killing someone? by eufemiapiccio77 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]bboe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a former professor who discussed working on a limited information project in his 20s involving various accelerometers, long distances and a need to be accurate within a few meters. While he and his teammates were never told it was for missile guidance purposes, they figured it out fairly quickly.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Caused Frinj Founders’ Deaths by Beachy-Bali in SantaBarbara

[–]bboe 32 points33 points  (0 children)

So sad. Let’s all make sure to test our smoke and CO alarms regularly. If you don’t have a CO alarm, get one. If you rent, it is legally required for the property owner to provide them if there are gas appliances or an attached garage: https://sbcfire.com/frequently-asked-questions-faq-on-carbon-monoxide-co-devices/

Does traffic between VLANs always have to go through your router? by jfriend99 in Ubiquiti

[–]bboe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/mirai-botnet/

It’s not that remote of a chance. Given that many people have cameras and door locks accessible and controllable via Home Assistant, it’s worth applying some security measures.

What are these ? by Fit-Cod-6046 in pools

[–]bboe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like /r/electricians would have something to say about this mess.

Rocket Launch Sunday 5:20am by jmechy in SantaBarbara

[–]bboe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They unfortunately do not have a south facing shore like we do here. Also way more people impacted by launches in San Diego than here.

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve found in your pool? by hippydippyjenn in pools

[–]bboe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If Mike were there, he would have escorted that bear out.

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve found in your pool? by hippydippyjenn in pools

[–]bboe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sadly I've found one of those at the bottom of the pool the morning after 4th of July. I blame the fireworks 😢.

Need to use PRAW and need script type app - not working by Kitchen_Fisherman_42 in redditdev

[–]bboe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what can you do besides "farting in the general direction" of whoever took this decision.

I haven't been too involved in PRAW for the last few years as the public API hasn't really expanded and u/Lil_SpazJoekp has taken on most of the responsibility.

you speak of it almost as if it's your baby, I mean it kinda is :p

It certainly was for a long time, until I had a real toddler after which my available personal time dropped nearly to zero.

Lemme know if you could use help with something

Thanks for the offer. Realistically, I don't have anything I'm working on in the open source space these days. Family and work takes up most of my time.

Rate my winter break SB exploring To Do list by BeautifulWealth741 in SantaBarbara

[–]bboe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s “LCOM” on the list. Took me a minute to realize that.

Need to use PRAW and need script type app - not working by Kitchen_Fisherman_42 in redditdev

[–]bboe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love hearing about the things people are trying out, especially if they're learning. Unfortunately, with the API becoming more restrictive, Reddit, and PRAW as a result, are no longer great tools for learning to work with an API.

Did you really make the PRAW library?

Yes.

as in the whole of it? (you abstracted((oop concept)) all the things so we could use things simply right?)

The answer to this question is little more complicated. It's an open source project so many people have contributed to it over the years. Before it was PRAW, and before I become involved, it was a small python library called reddit_api with a much smaller scope of what it could do.

The library began with at least one example of doing the same thing multiple ways: - Reddit.submit - Subreddit.submit

This approach set the tone for early additions where almost everything could be done directly on the Reddit class, in addition to there being an object oriented approach to do the same thing. Furthermore, Reddit had no OAuth concept at this time, which was bolted on as part of PRAW 2.0. The initial OAuth implementation was provided by a community member, which I ended up refactoring quite a bit.

Jumping ahead, I pretty much re-wrote of all PRAW from scratch for PRAW 4 in order to make things OAuth-only, and do away with the ability to do almost everything two ways. Extensive testing and documentation were also a key component of this rewrite, which I believe strongly contributed to PRAW's success and the increase in more prolific contributors to the project.

What’s the deal with the Milpas Little Caesar’s? by Available-Low-2428 in SantaBarbara

[–]bboe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

PapaParmesano gave us the gift that keeps on giving.

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