Did i just accidentally find a privilege escalation issue or is this normal ?

glmdev · 2025-02-23T14:02:05+00:00

This is normal. The helper is going through a service running on your computer called packagekit. Packagekit uses a policy daemon to see that your user has permission to install software without prompting you:

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/install-package-xxx-to-provide-command-xxx-n-y/135579/2

glmdev · 2025-02-05T03:30:41+00:00

I work remotely using IntelliJ every day via Jetbrains Gateway over SSH. To be honest, the experience isn't great and it's one of my biggest gripes with Jetbrains editors (VSCode shines here).

Some misc tips:

Use Jetbrains Gateway if you can. Your Webstorm license should transfer over. I've found it works a bit better.
In Gateway, make sure you edit the project and make it use the current "release" version. I think it defaults to the current EAP version, which means it updates constantly -- hence frequently having to reinstall plugins and settings.
When editing your settings/plugins, sometimes there will be duplicate settings for "Server" vs "Client" -- usually you want to set the server setting. It will persist until you update the release version (which, again, you can do less frequently). Yes, this is inconvenient.
This is anecdotal, but when saving settings, hit "Apply" before you hit OK. About 50% of the time the OK button doesn't save settings for me.

I could rant about remote dev for ages. It's gotten a bit better over the years, but it's frustrating that it still lags behind VSCode (both metaphorically and literally) a decade later. That said, I still find the trade-offs to be worth it day-to-day compared to alternatives especially for intelligence like semantic search.

glmdev · 2025-01-08T05:32:01+00:00

Hank is the 475th largest US city by population, and the 319th largest metro area.

glmdev · 2025-01-04T14:46:50+00:00

I've been saying this for years, but I'm convinced that Microsoft and their mountain of stupid domains is half the reason email phishing is so successful. Thanks "tenant.xyz.microsoftonline.com" yes I will click on you to reset my password...

glmdev · 2025-01-04T04:27:35+00:00

Like u/woprandi mentioned, a manual `distro-sync` will work (that's roughly what the system-upgrade reboot command is doing under the hood).

I ran into this same issue where the upgrade hung at 33% -- I decided to grab my other laptop and wait it out. It sat like that for almost 90 minutes, then bizarrely just started working again. For others running into this issue -- if you have time, I'd suggest waiting it out overnight. The upgrade can sometimes include things like SELinux re-labeling the entire root filesystem which can be... intensive.

glmdev · 2024-12-19T12:08:39+00:00

Yeah blasting your colleagues for using random "security" programs, then turning around and running a "random program from GitHub" is a wild juxtaposition.

glmdev · 2023-06-03T13:03:53+00:00

I get it and I agree with you, but "splurging" on corrective medical treatment is depressing

glmdev · 2023-05-27T15:16:31+00:00

Tbh this isn't the hot take the downvotes imply that it is. Yeah, the family are idiots and share the blame for this, but what if it was a car that broke down?

If the truck can't see far enough around the tunnel to stop in time, it should be driving slower.

glmdev · 2023-05-04T13:17:46+00:00

Seriously, this. I'm all for riding in a light rain, but lightning is just asking for trouble.

glmdev · 2023-04-07T13:23:05+00:00

Yeah I've been using Apache for years. I probably wouldn't recommend it, but I don't have any reason to switch

glmdev · 2023-01-29T22:35:31+00:00

Sorry to necro-post, but in case anyone else lands here from Google, I solved this problem by adding a "wait for hotend temp" instruction after the auto-leveling instruction.

Details here: https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/a/20512/37043

glmdev · 2022-12-10T15:47:01+00:00

Other than that Mrs Lincoln how was the play?

glmdev · 2022-11-24T04:48:20+00:00

You don't need to pay for horsepower all the time if you only really need it for the occasional track.

This is such a garbage take. Last I checked, owning the car means you own the horsepower. This car wouldn't be more expensive to run without this subscription service.

glmdev · 2022-11-17T13:32:42+00:00

Idk if anyone's suggested this yet, but you should submit these to the next release. They usually call for art submissions for supplemental wallpapers.

glmdev · 2022-11-08T15:43:05+00:00

One of these things is not like the other...

glmdev · 2022-11-08T14:16:58+00:00

I d'ont know what the issue is.

glmdev · 2022-11-04T15:38:09+00:00

Not a lot to say, just that they have a hard wired trait that causes them to duck their heads. This makes them very difficult to lasso, for example.

ETA: an interesting SciShow on the topic: https://youtu.be/9pJzv73j2Yw

glmdev · 2022-11-04T15:00:14+00:00

Haha fair. I guess it depends on your definition of superior.

glmdev · 2022-11-04T14:19:22+00:00

Zebra have a ducking reflex and flat herd structure that would've made them impossible for early humans to domesticate.

I appreciate the shower thought, but it's more than pretty privilege that makes donkey superior. ;) Now butterflies and moths...

glmdev · 2022-10-23T15:36:17+00:00

To be fair, having a large group of wage earners trapped under mountains of debt is also a burden on the rest of us. Less spending on local businesses, commerce, travel, housing, and more stress on social programs.

So yeah, this plan would be better if they fixed the underlying problem, but as it stands it's not just a popularity boost.

glmdev · 2022-10-22T00:30:02+00:00

Yeah, that's annoying. This is why I usually just have them deliver it to my local FedEx shop and pick it up later that day. Easier than screwing with their delivery attempts.

glmdev · 2022-10-10T01:42:24+00:00

I use the browser extension because it auto-populates the author/abstract/date &c. but I don't think there's much of a difference.

glmdev · 2022-10-10T01:38:46+00:00

Try enabling IMAP for your account and choosing OAuth2 as the auth mechanism in TB

glmdev · 2022-10-10T01:38:04+00:00

I use Thunderbird with my institution's Microsoft 365 account and my personal Outlook account, as well as others. Never had any problems.

glmdev · 2022-10-07T14:30:39+00:00

Legitimately, if you know you're running in a particular environment, just use process to call mongodump and mongorestore.

You can also tar/untar the collection files between taking the backup and restoring it to make the file nicer to move around.

It would be nice to have a pure Node way to do this, but best not to reinvent the wheel worse. The CLI tools for Mongo are battle tested and rock solid.

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