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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • I hate fighting its compiler and having to jump through hoops to get things done that’d be simple in Python.

    If I’m gonna use a system programming language, I pick Rust. At least Rust provides clearer compiler errors, a package manager, a decent plugin ecosystem, and memory safety. Its runtime errors are a lot easier to decipher than the infamous “Segmentation fault (core dumped)”.





  • There’s an elevated hijacking risk with eSIM. If a hacker is able to social engineer a customer rep into thinking they’re you and requesting an eSIM swap, or they get into your account by recycling a leaked password you used on another site, it’s suddenly really easy to take over your phone number from halfway across the world.

    They could call a premium number they own to extract money from you. They could request SMS-based 2FA tokens. I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more often.