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  1. The choice of language isn't going to help much if the people writing the rusty replacements for decades-old tools don't bother to understand the security issues and attack surfaces that led to the design of those tools in the first place.

    Similarly, Linux distributions shipping #screensaver implementations that are essentially nothing but a login-bypass mechanism that wastes CPU/GPU cycles.

    #Rust #C #secure #design #tool #software #XScreenSaver #attack #Chesterton #ChestertonsFence #fence

  2. Scott Draves: Electric Sheep, 1999. Internet-connected personal computers, screensaver (with updates until today). Screenshots 2011-2012. More informations: Dreher, Thomas: History of Computer Art, chapter IV.3.3 Fractal Flames. Internet: iasl.uni-muenchen.de/links/GCA #scottdraves #thomasdreher #evolutionaryart #generativeart #generativeartist #computerart #netart #screensaver #screensaverart #screensaverartwork #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalartists #computerart #computerartist