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@h4ckernews@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

What Is a PC Compatible?

https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog/p/what-is-a-pc-compatible/

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What is a PC compatible?

Wikipedia says “An IBM PC compatible is any personal computer that is hardware- and software-compatible with the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and its subsequent models”. But what does this actually mean? The obvious literal interpretation is for a device to be PC compatible, all software originally written for the IBM 5150 must run on it. Is this a reasonable definition? Is it one that any modern hardware can meet?
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Message Queues: A Simple Guide with Analogies

https://www.cloudamqp.com/blog/message-queues-exaplined-with-analogies.html

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Message Queues: A Simple Guide with Analogies - CloudAMQP

This guide explains message queues with analogies: databases, warehouses and post offices.
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@h4ckernews@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

MongoBleed Explained Simply

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MongoBleed explained simply

CVE-2025-14847 allows attackers to read any arbitrary data from the database's heap memory. It affects all MongoDB versions since 2017, here's a simple explanation:
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