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beatrobot··on FatFs – Generic FAT Filesystem Module
I don't think Chrome allows access to storage devices through webusb.
beatrobot··on Proposed futex2 allows Linux to mimic the NT kernel for better Wine performance
NtXxxx or ZwXxxx
beatrobot··on Attacking Xerox multi function printers [pdf]
Link to the talk: https://vimeo.com/showcase/8085537/video/539693997
beatrobot··on Butterchurn – A WebGL Implementation of the Milkdrop Visualizer
projectM

https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm#readme

beatrobot··on ‘Counter Strike’ Bug Allows Hackers to Take over a PC with a Steam Invite
Google's Project Zero should look into this. It is not the first time that Valve slept on known and reported vulnerabilities.
beatrobot··on In-kernel WireGuard is on its way to FreeBSD and the pfSense router
They are removing both implementations(the new and the broken one) in order to put more work and review on the new one, and release it properly at a later time.
beatrobot··on M.2 on a Raspberry Pi – The Tofu CM4 Carrier Board
Seem similar to the CSME on Intel platforms

https://igor-blue.github.io/2021/02/04/secure-boot.html#earl...

beatrobot··on Yelp Says It Will Mark Pages of Businesses Accused of Racist Conduct
How much will they charge businesses to get it removed from their pages ?
beatrobot··on Reverse Engineering the Logitech Harmony
This model is more than 10 years old, I wonder if the more recent models have the same architecture.
beatrobot··on Getting rid of the Google cookie consent popup
The "Google recommends using Chrome" is also annoying.
beatrobot··on Endlessh: An SSH Tarpit
There's https://iplists.firehol.org/
beatrobot··on When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport number
I like that there was such a good response to the disclosure from all the different parties, compared to this: https://research.digitalinterruption.com/2020/09/10/giggle-l...
beatrobot··on Disney Studios stops theaters from screening Black Panther
They do, their room is filled with shareholders.
beatrobot··on Facebook is now merging instagram and messenger chats into one service
I think it's time to unlink my fb account from instagram. I really don't want the chats merged.
beatrobot··on Moved a server from one building to another with zero downtime
I had an electrician add a breaker to the main panel while it was still live, no protection or gloves, nothing. I was also terrified.
beatrobot··on Cloudflare was down
More like the Internet is down.
beatrobot··on AWS App2Container
Windows authentication absolutely uses Kerberos, NTLM is more used as a fallback. Kerberos is way more secure than ntlmv2 and is the favored authentication method.
beatrobot··on Android isn't based on Linux. It's based on DangerOS
I remember the SDK did not support all of the Java standard library, a lot of functionality were in danger.* packages.

When I first saw android, it seemed to me somewhat familiar. The vm that runs custom bytecode, etc.

Sadly, it looks like all the forums and mailing lists are now gone. I found a site with the source code of some apps, https://hipme.com

beatrobot··on Scaling SQLite to 4M QPS on a Single Server (EC2 vs. Bare Metal)
If you don't use any outgoing data transfer or just a little, it could make sense for smb.
beatrobot··on Jepsen: MongoDB 4.2.6
And still no transactional DDL in MySQL
beatrobot··on Do not Draw a Penis
There's no emoji but the unicode codepoint U+130B8 exists.
beatrobot··on X410 – X Server for Windows 10
RDP also supports showing only the windows instead of the full desktop session.
beatrobot··on Apple is developing a feature for using apps without requiring full downloads
Vimeo has one
beatrobot··on GitHub blocked me and all my libraries
Can't GitHub add a popup asking, "We detected you are in a restricted country, are you sure you want to login?" or just block logging in without locking up the account?
beatrobot··on Ask HN: How do you search for $string if a webpage “supports” infinite scroll?
You can also use Ctrl+G
beatrobot··on Ask HN: Is this a privacy/security issue with Gmail?
It means they have a Google+ profile. If you remove your profile, the info should not shown on Gmail.