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Pip-audit: Google-backed tool probes Python environments for vulnerable packages

by ProgrammerDude December 3, 2021, 5:19 pm

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TIL that Münchausen syndrome, where a person pretends to be ill to gain attention and sympathy, is more common in men while Münchausen syndrome by proxy, where a caregiver (usually mothers) fakes or causes illness/injuries to a vulnerable person under their care, is more common in women.

by whatilearned November 12, 2021, 11:18 am

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Node.js was vulnerable to a novel HTTP request smuggling technique

by ProgrammerDude October 18, 2021, 5:52 pm

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TIL the wild ancestor to domestic apples is vulnerable to extinction because the location of origin has been subject to significant loss of appropriate land to grow.

by whatilearned September 26, 2021, 7:37 am

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TIL Koreans tend to have a genetically lower alcohol metabolism than Westerners, and more vulnerable to alcohol. The standard alcohol limit for males is 3-4 shots of soju, 2 cans of beer, or 2 glasses of wine, while females are capped at 2-3 shots of soju, one can of beer, or one glass of wine

by whatilearned September 6, 2021, 7:44 am

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The USA, UK government, and police servers are vulnerable to the new Microsoft email hack, security researchers say!

by ProgrammerDude August 25, 2021, 3:18 pm

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TIL That although Category 6 Hurricanes do not currently exist but may get classification in the future, science models have identified 3 locations that are especially vulnerable to a future “High-end Cat 5”: Tampa, Florida; Cairns, Australia; and the Persian Gulf.

by whatilearned August 17, 2021, 2:53 am

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TIL most phones are vulnerable to no click attacks via SMS because the modem is hardwired to the phone’s CPU/memory, so commands can be sent to the baseband modem to read or alter data in memory without the high level OS like Android/iOS ever knowing.

by whatilearned July 29, 2021, 9:57 pm

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TIL more than a dozen vulnerable people were involuntarily injected with plutonium as part of the Manhattan Project, in order to learn the human biological reaction to radiation poisoning

by whatilearned July 19, 2021, 4:26 am

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Got the Flu Shot? Half Say 'No' More than half of U.S. adults have no intention of getting a flu shot this year, leaving them vulnerable to getting — and spreading — the disease.

by DailyHealthNews July 14, 2021, 8:48 am

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TIL 50% of sloths die when they poop. Sloths only poop on the ground standing up, leaving them vulnerable to predators. They also lose up to 1/3 of their bodyweight when they poop.

by whatilearned July 12, 2021, 9:18 pm

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Lupus Drugs Dull Flu Shots Immunity-suppressing lupus drugs dampen the effects of flu vaccines. Use of these drugs at the time of vaccination may leave lupus patients vulnerable to flu, a Dutch study warns.

by DailyHealthNews July 10, 2021, 10:29 am

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