Rewriting loops in JS to prevent users crashing their browser tab: https://repl.it/site/blog/infinite-loops
It's a neat use of Babel, but it shows the value of sandboxes that expose this feature.
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I periodically see "diffstatic" as a typo of difftastic. I quite like it: makes me think of 'ecstatic' rather than 'fantastic'.
I've eventually configured typos CLI to prevent this spelling on the difftastic repo, but it makes me smile every time.
Ooh, I've just discovered that you can enable actions on GitHub pull requests by default! This is the actions settings page.
My understanding is that GitHub introduced these limits to prevent people trying to run cryptominers on GitHub actions. Sounds like GitHub has largely fixed it.
OpenSSH will send packets at 20ms intervals to prevent network timings revealing what you're typing: https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230829051257
Really elegant solution!
