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The New York Times source code leaked by a 4chan user
(stackdiary.com)
It's mostly node modules
"send nodes"
270GB of mostly node modules?
You're right, it would be bigger if it was node
Sounds pretty average
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reminds me of the time someone said "Who is this 4chan?" on tv and it became a meme. good times
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He can't keep getting away with it.
270GB feels insane for the source code of a single organisation. Is there media assets or backups in there too?
EDIT: yep, multiple subsidiaries and slack Comms which could inflate it by a lot. we post a whole lot of uncompressed shit on our slack
NY Times has a freaking great data visualisations, they are (were?) employing a wizard in this space, doing custom extensions on d3.js.
Source code... for a website?
Subscription software. Tracking software. Ad tools. Promotion tools. Tools for journalists.
The website is just what you see.
Yeah, I guess I didn't consider all the other operational shit that goes into providing content and funding for the website.
It’s why our PCs have gotten insanely fast but websites still load like fucking trash. All the back end spying shit takes up a ton of cpu cycles. If you don’t already have em run ublock origin and no script and the internet is so fucking speedy 😆
I hadn't noticed but then again I run Ublock Origin on Firefox.
Yeah. You got yourself covered no script helps with JavaScript being pesky. But breaks a lot of shit tbh.
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Anything more complicated than a static website is going to have a significant amount of server-side code.
Also, the article explains that it's not just the website, but ALL of their repos, which would include their smartphone apps, backend tools, etc.
I doubt this will affect much ... that's a lot more source code than I'd expect though, dang.
Presumably a lot of it is for internal operations (custom editing software or something of that ilk).
It sounds like it's not all source code, from the article.
Now everyone will get to run Wordle!
In case anyone missed the hubbub: [ETA: This is from March 2024; unconnected to this hack/leak]
The Times has filed several Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA, takedown notices to developers of Wordle-inspired games, which cited infringement on the Times’ ownership of the Wordle name, as well as its look and feel — such as the layout and color scheme of green, gray and yellow tiles.
Numerous impacted developers have also taken to social media to share their frustrations. Many said that their games, which range from Wordle-like offerings in other languages to more guessing games, would be taken down as a result.
Still, Brauneis said he believes the Times’ arguments for Wordle copyright infringement are on “a little bit shaky ground” for several reasons. Rules of a game, for example, are not covered by copyright — and that can include the layout of the game itself, he said.
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We still have no legal right to use, change and share its source code, control it both ourselves and in groups. It's still anti-libre software.
Anything that may help develop better adblockers/paywall bypasses or exposes how/what of our personal information is collected is a win in my book. And this may very well be none of those things.
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Did this leak happen before or after NYT published an investigation detailing how Israeli forces were raping and torturing defenseless Palestinian detainees brought in from the Gaza Strip?
I have not read the news in a really long time just cause paywalls are annoying as frick.
Consider paying for the news...?
I'd only do that if you want independent news.
I'm not sure what you're saying here ...
Pay for news if you want it to be independent, and not beholden to sponsors.
I'd go as far as to say that paying for news (if you have the means to do so comfortably), is your duty as a commitment to democracy.
He probably means one of these (or both):
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New York Times is a huge corporation. The commenter would only support a site which is run by one creator, or with a genuine small team, which is transparent and not an asshole.
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New York Times is biased politically or accepting bribery attempts from other corpos to make them look in a better light.
Jesus Christ, no. It's almost like you're trying to sow distrust in the news and facts.
The NYT isn't perfect, but it's some of the most reliable news the world has.
As of March 2023, The New York Times Company employs 5,800 individuals,[101] including 1,700 journalists according to deputy managing editor Sam Dolnick.[122] Journalists for The New York Times may not run for public office, provide financial support to political candidates or causes, endorse candidates, or demonstrate public support for causes or movements.[123] Journalists are subject to the guidelines established in "Ethical Journalism" and "Guidelines on Integrity".[124] According to the former, Times journalists must abstain from using sources with a personal relationship to them and must not accept reimbursements or inducements from individuals who may be written about in The New York Times, with exceptions for gifts of nominal value.[125] The latter requires attribution and exact quotations, though exceptions are made for linguistic anomalies. Staff writers are expected to ensure the veracity of all written claims, but may delegate researching obscure facts to the research desk.[126] In March 2021, the Times established a committee to avoid journalistic conflicts of interest with work written for The New York Times, following columnist David Brooks's resignation from the Aspen Institute for his undisclosed work on the initiative Weave.[127]
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- New York Times is a huge corporation. The commenter would only support a site which is run by one creator, or with a genuine small team, which is transparent and not an asshole.
Yeah but good luck chasing multiple stories across the world as a small team.
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You can go to archive.is and put in the url of a news story you want to read in the second box and it will usually let you bypass the paywall.
I expect that paywall to be fully useless soon.
That's a really silly take ... a Paywall is just an authorization mechanism.
That's like saying the source code of lemmy leaks and you expect your account to be compromised any second.
I can sell you a copy of lemmys source code, are you interested?
I can give you 25 schmeckles.
I'll sell it for cheaper!
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Oh. They stopped seeding the torrent at 85%...
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