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TeMPOraL ◴[22 Oct 24 13:40 UTC] No.41914165[source]▶
In which people forget that computers have other purposes beyond being boxes for CTF competitions. Shared mutable global state isn't always bad.
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1. inetknght ◴[22 Oct 24 14:00 UTC] No.41914370[source]▶
> Shared mutable global state isn't always bad.

I agree, but I think that shared mutable global state is a bad default. I think it'd be better to be opt-in (eg, you get a `/tmp/${USER}` and your user can `chmod o+rw` during setup if it needs to be globally mutable.