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1. modeless · 1790897050 · focus · HN ↗

   1,313 vulnerabilities, to be precise.

   1. nathell · 1790902812 · focus · HN ↗

      In Heroes of Might & Magic 3, “several” means 5–9. 10–19 is “pack”, 20–49 is “lots”, 50–99 is “horde”, 100–249 is “throng”, 250–499 is “swarm”, 500–999 is “zounds…” and 1000+ is “legion”.

      I suggest this post be renamed “A legion of vulnerabilities has been discovered…”

      1. rotis · 1790928890 · focus · HN ↗

         Maybe we should use legion as a collective noun for vulnerabilities. Like murder of crows or school of fish. Would signal the urgency no matter the actual number or impact...
      2. pluc · 1790937655 · focus · HN ↗

         Hah! I remember playing that game as a young non-English-speaker and having no idea what these qualifiers meant. They never give the scale, it's just assumed you know that several < pack < lots < horde < throng etc. Which.. even as bilingual as I am today I'd struggle to put on a scale.

         1. mrmuagi · 1790961606 · focus · HN ↗

            I remember playing DOS games as a kid and having read that "several" of something was needed. So I built 7. Later I learned how wasteful I was being.
   2. kachnuv_ocasek · 1790953320 · focus · HN ↗

      That's slightly less than the number of CVEs issued in 2003 in total (1,527).

      For context, there are 48,152 CVEs from 2025 and 73,356 in 2026 so far.

      1. devy · 1790957146 · focus · HN ↗

         In total meaning the total assigned CVE numbers?

         Yeah, the "Several" is a massive understatement.

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