#curl
If #DanielStenberg wants #curl to be safe, the first step he should make is #deletegithub https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/12/13/keeping-curl-safe/ for reasons I explained this morning: http://techrights.org/2021/12/13/microsoft-github-and-mass-surveillance/ #microsoft #nsa #ProprietarySoftware
I like #curl (using it a lot!) and that's why I want Daniel Stenberg to take it off #github and liberate it from #microsoft shackles. #deletegithub
Daniel/Magnus: "Imagine running a trillion dollar company that bundles various open source components..." you're just described the company you recklessly outsourced #curl to, #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware #github https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/11/18/free-apple-support
Facepalm. #zoom :/ ... well, then again #curl had outsourced to #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware so maybe this is expected https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/11/16/curl-release-webinar-featuring-post-quantum-curl/
#cURL Releases and Raves by #DanielStenberg • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/157844 #internet #freesw #TuxMachines
I do not understand #curl
man #curl
```
[…]
-s, --silent
Silent or quiet mode. Don't show progress meter or error mes-
sages. Makes Curl mute. It will still output the data you ask
for, potentially even to the terminal/stdout unless you redirect
it.
Use -S, --show-error in addition to this option to disable
progress meter but still show error messages.
[…]
Let's go:
~$ curl -SL "https://icanhazip.com" | grep nixversteh
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 35 100 35 0 0 219 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 233
~$
Without `-s` curl displays the progress meter.
Let's try with `-s`:
~$ curl -sSL "https://icanhazip.com" | grep nixversteh
~$
As expected.
But what the hell is this?
~$ curl -sSL "https://check.torproject.org/cgi-bin/TorBulkExitList.py?ip=$(curl icanhazip.com)" | grep nixversteh
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 35 100 35 0 0 347 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 384
~$
```
There is the (unwanted) progress meter.
Can some kind person explain that?
● NEWS ● #PortSwigger ☞ #cURL developers take a second shot at fixing information disclosure flaw https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/curl-developers-take-a-second-shot-at-fixing-information-disclosure-flaw #deletegithub
Well, a couple weeks back my xfce4-weather-plugin decided to no longer function. I'm getting No Data notifications when I launch it. Oh, darn. Usually, an update of the software solves the issue, but Slackware has been a bit slow to push out an upgrade for this app; probably they are more focused on Slackware 15 at the moment.
Anyway, I posted about this on an already existing thread at LinuxQuestions.org/Slackware; a member there suggested that I just use this in CLI:
$ curl wttr.in
And that was pretty fine, but I adjusted somewhat. Instead of using it from the command line, I created a URL launcher in my sidebar panel which, when clicked, opens a tab in the default browser with the weather output...
Pretty neato, huh? You can also choose your locale and other modifiers to add to the link. In my case I chose a local int'l airport near my home and used the /u modifier to display in Imperial measures not Metric. YAY!
More info at the site Github site: https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in