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Ruh roh - major security flaw in Linux for MIPS kernels between 2001 and 2016 - executable stack. MIPS powers a lot of devices such home routers.
Also 'none of the routers made consistent use of basic software safety features like ASLR, stack guards, and DEP - features'. Literally the Internet of Shit.
https://cyber-itl.org/2018/12/07/a-look-at-home-routers-and-linux-mips.html
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Looking at compile options for various things. Stuff like "sanity check - detect buffer overflows. Used for debugging. Slight overhead. Disable for production". IMO it's "disable for production" idiocy despite the minuscule perf. penalty that's responsible for a lot of breakage.
Brings to mind again C.A.R. Hoare's remarks about having lifejackets on in harbor but removing them on the open sea. Real world systems can have data that doesn't conform to the programmer's assumptions and break things, as shown by fuzzing. Leave the sanity checks in FFS. A little humility on the part of some programmers also wouldn't go amiss.
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DOJ demands Facebook information from 'anti-administration activists'
https://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/28/politics/facebook-anti-administration-activists/index.html
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@maiyannah @lnxw48a1 They want you to pay but don't provide any kind of warranty or support in return?!
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@lnxw48a1 @dwmatiz Hey, I resemble that remark!
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A friend has lent me a copy of "What To Do When Machines Do Everything". Written by what appear to be tech bros and aimed at business people, it argues that AI (well, 'machine learning') means we are on the cusp of the fourth Industrial Revolution so get with the program or fall behind. Sets out 'strong AI' (skynet) as the possible dystopian future that people are afraid of but completely fails to mention the mass surveillance and population control uses of ML that are being rolled out today. Recommend 'Automating Inequality' as a balance. We'll meet for a drink this week and compare notes. https://shitposter.club/attachment/2091786 https://shitposter.club/attachment/2091787
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Ben Nevis (4,413ft) not the tallest mountain in Britain. Rosemary Bank and Anton Dohrn seamounts stand taller from base to top. Both extinct volcanoes formed 50-60 million years ago as part of the British Tertiary Volcanic Province. https://shitposter.club/attachment/2013322
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Having Microsoft in charge of a large open source repository is like having Dracula in charge of a blood bank.
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@lnxw48a1 I understood the economy was in a mess even before Maria, largely due to expired federal regulations relating to tax breaks. And without representation in Congress...
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@lnxw48a1 How's the situation in PR at the moment? Heard just the other day that finds for rebuilding are not really forthcoming for many people, especially properties without proper permits, power still not fully restored and hurricane season approaching.
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@lnxw48a1 Given the large temperature swings and strange weather recently it's not surprising. Stay safe out there!
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Another Povray effort - sun and planets (with Earth's moon) to scale. (If you think the sun's big, Antares is about to the sun in size what the sun is to the moon.) https://shitposter.club/attachment/1760711
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5 megabyte IBM hard drive - 1956.
IBM - Itty Bitty Machines
I don't go back to the 1950s but I remember hard drives the size of washing machines with removable platters.
https://shitposter.club/attachment/1597876
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@lnxw48a1 @moonman Starting to confuse the media with the protocols tho.
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@moonman @lnxw48a1 IBM?
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@lnxw48a1 @moonman Token ring was more for IBM shops. We had 10BASE5 for Sun workstations. Another site used DECnet for VAX stuff. I've also encountered ECONET and other coaxial-based networks. 10BASE2 was a lot easier to use than 10BASE5.
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Who remembers 10BASE5 and vampire taps?
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https://shitposter.club/attachment/1520732 Savaged by systemd
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https://shitposter.club/attachment/1512970