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“The new cluster configuration is designed to optimize the FreeBSD Project’s operational efficiency and includes:
- 2 routers: For directing network traffic.
- 5 package builders: Aimed at accelerating the package release process.
- 3 general-purpose servers: These will enhance the availability and performance of the FreeBSD Project’s public and developer-facing services (Bugzilla, Git, Phabricator, Wiki, etc.).
- 2 package mirrors: One hosted in the new cluster in Chicago and one hosted by ISC in California. These are part of the FreeBSD Project’s growing network of pkg.FreeBSD.org and download.FreeBSD.org servers, strategically positioned around the world to offer faster package downloads.
- 2 CI servers: To improve the speed and efficacy of automated code testing.
- 1 admin bastion: A secure entry point for managing the cluster, which runs custeradm, cluster DNS, monitoring, and other services needed to administer the systems.”
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It does not support inode time stamps beyond 03:14:07 UTC on 19 January 2038, the so-called Y2038 problem.
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Anki’s database is a SQLite database.
In the table of cards the data column is used to store the memory state predicted by FSRS. Such values include stability (s), difficulty (d) etc.
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This user added an option for hashed passwords instead of the plain text approach.
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It is unpatchable, leads to leak of cryptographic keys and uses a novel side-channel attack technique.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/22/hardwarelevel_apple_silicon_vulnerability_can
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1000 reviews are currently necessary to perform an optimization of FSRS parameters. However new data suggest that this limit could be as low as 16.
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.so library files are executable and this could lead to privilege escalation
https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/security-possible-privilege-escalation-due-to-file-permissions/42762
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The new RMSE is less likely to cheat and still easy to understand
https://github.com/ankitects/anki/commit/74a603e61bb4dfbb22c443635ffef6e42a3ae3c5
https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/3087
https://github.com/open-spaced-repetition/fsrs4anki/wiki/The-Metric
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Ctrl + Shift + C used to put the cursor into the cloze and was easy to insert the text that you want to be hidden.
There is currently this regression with the cursor placed at the end of the cloze.
vs 23.12.1
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The global theme called “Grey Layout” had the infamous rm -rf command.
One user had all of his hard drives deleted down to 0 bytes !
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/root 