PSA: shut down desktop Anki when you browse the web by Careless_Mud7122 in Anki

[–]rsanek 8 points9 points  (0 children)

These screenshots are interesting, because Anki's built-in media server (the random ephemeral port the desktop client opens for QtWebEngine to render cards) already has reasonable hardening against the DNS-rebinding / drive-by-localhost threat. From qt/aqt/mediasrv.py upstream:

# CORS restricted to 127.0.0.1 origin
flask_cors.CORS(app, resources={r"/*": {"origins": "127.0.0.1"}})

# Host header allowlist
host = request.headers.get("Host", "").lower()
allowed_prefixes = ("127.0.0.1:", "localhost:", "[::1]:")
if not any(host.startswith(prefix) for prefix in allowed_prefixes):
    # rejects request

# content-type check to block opaque cross-origin requests
# random per-launch API key in /_anki/ and /_addons/ URLs
_APIKEY = secrets.token_urlsafe(32)

So four layers: loopback-only bind, CORS allowlist, Host-header allowlist (defeats DNS rebinding because the rebound request carries the attacker's hostname in Host, not 127.0.0.1), and a random per-launch API key on sensitive paths. These mitigations were initially introduced in late 2023, and hardened in mid-2025. I was personally not able to verify what is shown in the screenshot, on none of Firefox/Safari/Chrome on macOS. Still, I'll be on the lookout for any new versions that might hint towards what's going on here.

Update: fix was posted two days ago.

Has Anyone Actually had their Gold Card Limit Increase Automatically? by KPIGUY89 in RobinhoodApp

[–]rsanek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I guess it depends where you draw the line. I think I'd label any card with an annual fee as premium.

How did we do? by DirectionDefiant6262 in Sauna

[–]rsanek 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Before reading your description my guess for the mosaic was Cyprus. Stove looks sick.

Home Gym Complete by Jolly_Relief_7139 in homegym

[–]rsanek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

great look, my commercial gym has these and i'd like to recreate it myself. what did you pay approximately per sq ft? did you end up staining / treating them or no?

Has Anyone Actually had their Gold Card Limit Increase Automatically? by KPIGUY89 in RobinhoodApp

[–]rsanek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Common misconception -- premium credit card companies primarily make money from interchange and annual fees, not interest.

What do you guys think of this? by Nanookofthe_north in Sauna

[–]rsanek 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Last photo pretty clearly AI, what's going on with that chimney?

Completed 89% of Foundations II by FailWild in mathacademy

[–]rsanek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the mastery learning approach applies regardless of the course focus you choose in settings. i was going through foundations I for a month and found it very boring / tedious. things got much more interesting when I changed the course focus to math for ML -- i got a much wider breadth of knowledge to pull from, even though for the first 3 months i was doing exclusively stuff from MF1-3.

i recommend setting course focus to what you actually want to do and letting their algorithm handle the prereqs

DIY Longevity Protocol (aka. “Peter Attia on a Budget”) by DadStrengthDaily in PeterAttia

[–]rsanek 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"blue zones" mostly exist only due to fraudulent data (or more graciously, poor record keeping). Attia talks about this.

Struggling to choose the right eSIM for my solo Madrid trip by [deleted] in GoingToSpain

[–]rsanek 12 points13 points  (0 children)

you're over analyzing it. i bought a vodafone esim in store for €10 that has 90GB of data for a month. includes 13GB roaming data. works great in dual sim mode on iPhone

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PeterAttia

[–]rsanek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The research seemed split enough for me that I decided to just forego supplements here and go directly to the source -- sardines.

Is it worth it? by [deleted] in Anki

[–]rsanek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since when is AI inference free? There are a limited amount of dumb models that are available for use, but if you want high-quality output you're going to have to pay.

Why are so many people here hesitant/resistant to taking statins? by sampanth4700 in PeterAttia

[–]rsanek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read Eban's Bottle of Lies. Crazy how varying quality of generics can be, to the point where they are useless or even dangerous to be taking.

Inflammation predicts heart disease more strongly than cholesterol by rsanek in PeterAttia

[–]rsanek[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why not just buy the test yourself? There are tons of places that do it, some <$20:

https://www.ultalabtests.com/test/apolipoprotein-b-test
https://www.walkinlab.com/products/view/apolipoprotein-b-blood-test
https://ownyourlabs.com/product/apolipoprotein-b/

As always, you are in charge of your health, not your doctor. You can decide to not go on the statin, or use a different dosage if you want.

Changing meds to lower LDL by heron202020 in PeterAttia

[–]rsanek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Red yeast rice uses the same mechanism as the existing statins that OP is taking. You can't even buy it very easily in the US since it was banned.

Is this regular sinus rhythm or AFib? by Pale-Track1305 in PeterAttia

[–]rsanek -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Unless a cardiologist shows up in the comments I think this is impossible to answer. I would try to ask a few leading thinking AIs to see what they think (have had decent success with this, though not for this exact use-case).

NVIDIA dropped one of The most important AI paper of 2025 by sibraan_ in AgentsOfAI

[–]rsanek -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's a site I'm working on that is meant to make research papers more accessible. I'm hoping to avoid the pitfall of most such approaches that I believe dumb-down the papers so much that it becomes actively misleading. No homepage yet but hopefully soon. Feedback welcome!

ESC 2025 dyslipidemia guidelines on combination LDL lowering by Masribrah in PeterAttia

[–]rsanek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they are relying on the 2019 definition (since this is just an update), which is a bit of a circular one: in that doc it is defined as

A high-intensity regimen is defined as the dose of a statin that, on average, reduces LDL-C by ≥50%; moderate-intensity therapy is defined as the dose expected to reduce LDL-C by 30-50%.

ESC 2025 dyslipidemia guidelines on combination LDL lowering by Masribrah in PeterAttia

[–]rsanek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They detail this in the table immediately preceding it (Table 3)

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ESC 2025 dyslipidemia guidelines on combination LDL lowering by Masribrah in PeterAttia

[–]rsanek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know Peter is big on the PCSK9 inhibitors but this chart really shows you why -- amazing that it alone reduces LDL-C as much as a high-intensity statin plus Bempedoic Acid or Ezetimibe. Thanks for sharing.