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AUR, the Arch User Repository is under an attack. The attack vector is any orphaned package that doesn’t have a current maintainer. Those packages are being taken over by a malicious group. https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/archlinux/comments/1u3tn4e/tons_of_new_infected_aur_packages_were_just/ If a package maintainer quits/leaves/abandons a project, anybody can take control of the package if there’s been no maintainer for a certain period of time. What we’re learning now is that this process could be automated and done en masse. They’re modifying PKGBUILD files to use a java script installer like npm, bun, yarn, nodejs to shove malware onto a system. So if you have a package that’s marked as infected and you’ve updated your PC using an AUR helper like yay or paru during this time without checking the PKGBUILD you could be in trouble.

What users are advised to do is not update any AUR packages until otherwise noted. Scan your systems for any packages where the PKGBUILD reports installing an atomic-lockfile, js-digest file through npm, bun, nodejs, yarn and the like. Delete those packages.

The number of infected packages has gone from 400 to 600 to 1500 in a matter of hours last night. The AUR team has been on top of it almost the moment it got recognized. The AUR has well over 100,000 packages. Last night another user ran some numbers and at the time 718 infected packages had no users at all. The most popular package is an old Gnome dependency libgdata that was dropped years ago but could still be on systems. There’s a lot of old packages using ancient python2 deps that look to be infected as well. https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/archlinux/comments/1u4fzea/according_to_pkgstats_these_are_the_most_popular/ list of infected packages https://md.archlinux.org/s/SxbqukK6IA Seems like this was caught because old maintainers started getting emails about package updates to old projects they were on. Those OGs sprung into action.

So we’re getting robbed?

Because that’s PA.

It’s like Measles, Ebola, and Hantavirus are all gleefully employing the Epstein strategy on each other.

I can fucking down a whole pint of Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Money or/and Peanut Butter Cup everyday.

Chicken Wing platter from Hing Wah. Chicken A-La-Tony from Luigis. Cheesesteak from Dalessandros. My Mom’s chicken and dumplings. A piece of carrot cake. A bottle of Kraken and orange soda.

Like 2007 to 2013 was like the peak oversaturation. They just kept coming in that period.

Grew up with people like that. My dad and my brothers. They’re so out going and funny on the surface. Great in their element of drugs and alcohol. The moment you dig deeper they’re cesspool level human beings. I’m the opposite. People usually tell me I’m so intimidating or quiet, but once they get to know me I’m a big teddy bear. That’s because I got to listen to you speak first. See what type of BS comes out of your brain. What actions you take.

Jurassic Park

You can do a 1080 into the urinal. I believe in you.

If it was just going to a casino and playing a few games I wouldn’t mind it. The fact that it has infected sports and video games like the plague is what’s really killing it for me. Sports is particularly horrible. You got dudes out there who think just because it’s a $5 bet here and a $2 parlay there and they hit for $200 once 3 years ago means they’re always on top. Then it takes away from the actual game watching experience. Bro comes in all miserable because they lost out on $100 by 1 pt or some shit, but their team won by 21pts. Just vibe killer. Go away. Then you got Mom involved in it who’s irresponsible with her money to begin with. Complaining how her bills are past due, then dropping money on prop bets she never wins. I see this everywhere and it’s fucking disgusting.

The people who create this stuff are just preying off poor dumb asses with no brains or impulse control.

Video games(NOT ALL, YOU KNOW THE TYPE) is programming our kids to feed into that from day 1. It used to be illegal and taboo. I’m not talking 50 years ago, I’m talking like 5-10. It was never this out in the open. People operated with integrity when it came to gambling. The addiction side of it was taken seriously. All that was thrown out the window. Now you got zombies sitting in smoke shops gambling away their meager savings then bumming cigs off everybody who passes by. This part of culture really fucking sucks.

82. Old enough to be able to say she lived through the bombs dripping in WW2. Older than the Orange Pedofascist. Old enough to prove why age limits need to be a thing. Bitch is expired milk that turned to cheese and separated causing the jug to explode from the gasses.

I bought a Lily58 DIY kit a couple years ago. I don’t think I could ever go back to using a full keyboard. It’s just so comfortable. My shoulders aren’t tense anymore. My hands aren’t bent out anymore. I’m not scrunched up like a ball when I type. Then switching layouts to Colemak-DH was another plus. The two things combined really helped my body relax in front of a PC.

They’re one of my favorite bands. Their whole discography is good but LPWP took everything they’ve done before and stepped it up a lot. If you was to ask me what their best album was before LPWP I would say New Bermuda. Now without hesitation its Lonely People With Power.

Silk worm cotton candy. Infuse the silk with sugar and flavors. Roll it into a ball and shove a stick in it.

What’s funny is iPods were the difficult alternative back then. You could only use iTunes and their proprietary files to put music on the thing. You had to do some hack to get around that. It had very limited space even for the time. They were expensive. Meanwhile me with my cheap mp3 player had gigs of music I just drag and dropped from the file manager. I feel bad for anybody that only knows Spotify as a way to get music. They don’t know what they’re missing.

I have favorite albums and then I have the 3(maybe 4 now) perfect 10 albums.

What makes a perfect 10 album? Like you I have to listen to it from start to finish. There’s not a single skip or down track on the album. They have exquisite and timeless production quality. These albums sound good even in the worst quality. On top notch files they’re the best of the best. They hit me at a time in my life where they just clicked emotionally.

For the longest time the 3 were and are:

3. Animals - Pink Floyd - It’s their best album. It has a zen like flow state to it. There’s no pretentious bullshit on it. Sounds amazing.

4. Ten - Pearl Jam - Jeremy is one of the first songs I remember hearing as a child. The rest of the album is just as good. Also amazing sound quality. Flows perfectly across the whole album.

5. Exoplanet - The Contortionist - It’s late summer 2010. An album finally came out that dethroned Colors by BTBAM from 3 straight years of nonstop listening. That album was P1 by Periphery. I didn’t think anything could possibly top that album. It spawned a whole new genre almost instantly. Then on the last day of August, Exoplanet drops. I was floored. Much better sound production. It ebbs and flows with a grace not heard of in Deathcore. It has these magical peaks and valleys all throughout the album. Not a single miss. It’s crushing. Then it gently sets you down and tucks you in bed as the alarms of the spaceship you just had a musical journey on are softly beeping away in the distance. It’s the single best Deathcore album to ever be released. It’s so far and above everything else most people don’t even count it as Deathcore. It book ended one era of music as another one just began and what a way for Deathcore to end it’s dominance.

The fourth album that’s slowly adding itself to the list is Lonely People With Power by Deafheaven. It does all of the things the other 3 do. It hit at the exact time I needed that album. It tells these crazy stories throughout lyrically and musically. There’s not a single skip on the record. It’s honestly up there as one of the best metal of any type albums of all time IMO. The only thing that’s preventing me from adding it to the list is time. Those other records have a longevity unmatched by most. If I still feel the way I feel about LPWP in 5 years, then yeah it’s a perfect 10.

• Bandcamp, Qobuz, HDTracks, just to name a few.
• Any android phone will do. They still make dedicated music players that are better than an old IPod. Try a Fiio device.
• PowerAmp is my goto.
• USB cable
• Check the devices supported file formats and if they don’t fit your needs keep looking.
• MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, VORBIS. The first three should cover all your basic needs.
• Get a bigger SD Card/Hard drive.
• Honestly that’s overkill.
• Jellyfin plays music. Grab an aux chord. Use a bluetooth speaker.
• AUX CHORD!
• Spotify, Youtube, Tidal.
• Just listen to what the heart desires.
• There are metadata editors you can download. I use my ncmpcpp’s(Linux) metadata editor and that works just fine.

(Didn’t need a video to answer any of these questions btw. It’s not rocket science. Hell, it’s not even new in terms of using computers. Music was the first thing I figured out way back in the day. Been adding to the same collection of music for 25 years. You don’t need a dedicated server to host music that you can put on an SD card and in your phone. Why on God’s green earth would you want an algorithm?)

EDIT: Didn’t realize I missed so many questions.

Kronos Quartet and Pat Metheny - Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint - An instrumental record of train sounds. Pretty phenomenal record IMO. Though it’s not one you listen to over and over again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNY7JhPbYug

Rain. Gasoline. This Vanilla Bean hand soap my brothers baby mama bought.