x64k @x64k@mastodon.social

The mail loop from hell.

https://blog.dbrgn.ch/2012/7/29/mail-loop-from-hell/

This is my favourite blog on the interwebs, and this is its latest entry: https://www.pagetable.com/?p=1002 .

No, seriously. I've been following it for like twelve or thirteen years I think. Some of the hacks there are absolutely amazing.

Nostalgia, anyone?

https://paleotronic.com/2018/12/02/paleotronics-12-years-of-christmas-year-one-1980/

https://www.qemu-advent-calendar.org/2018/

Have fun this December, too!

Proof of concept project for operating Broadcom Wi-Fi chips as arbitrary signal transmitters similar to software-defined radios (SDRs)

This is bloody amazing.

https://github.com/seemoo-lab/mobisys2018_nexmon_software_defined_radio

Perhaps too grandiose at times, but definitely a good read.

"Meanwhile, regular civilian users view these platforms as ordinary extensions of physical public and social spaces – the new public square, with a bit of a pollution problem. Academic leaders and technologists wonder if faster fact checking might solve the problem, and attempt to engage in good-faith debate about whether moderation is censorship. There’s a fundamental disconnect here, driven by underestimation and misinterpretation. "

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/11/28/the-digital-maginot-line/

Linux documentation is really bad sometimes. Like:

"NOTE: Do not use anonymous read/write servers. [Goes on to explain the security risks of this]"

What follows after this note, you might ask?

AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO SETUP AN ANONYMOUS READ/WRITE SERVER.

Really, folks?

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f29/system-administrators-guide/servers/File_and_Print_Servers/

This chilling quote from Bullshit Jobs describes the software services/outsourcing industry to perfection: https://lobste.rs/s/fsvkqx/bulshit_jobs_excerpt_about_open_source .

Fun read of the day: The Dutch government commissioned a general data protection impact assessment on the processing of data about the use of Microsoft Office

My favourite part: "Currently, Microsoft provides no comprehensive documentation, settings or data viewer tool for
an accurate overview of the Office telemetry data. There is limited documentation about the
audit logs and system-generated event logs, but no information about the [...] telemetry data."

https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/binaries/rijksoverheid/documenten/rapporten/2018/11/07/data-protection-impact-assessment-op-microsoft-office/DPIA+Microsoft+Office+2016+and+365+-+20191105.pdf .

Also helps:

QComboBox {
max-height: 24px;
}

Love the Breeze widget set, but wish it were made for computers instead of tablets?

QPushButton {
max-height: 24px;
}

QMenuBar::item {
max-height: 10px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 2px 8px;
}

We poke fun at script kiddies, but if the script is easy enough, it's dangerous :). https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gy7qm9/how-i-made-imsi-catcher-cheap-amazon-github