cyann

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Co-founder & CEO @ Ystorian - Real-time security inventory platform written in Rust

flavien+hn@ystorian.com

meet.hn/city/ch-Geneva

Socials: - linkedin.com/in/flavienscheurer - infosec.exchange/@cyann - github.com/cyann

Interests: Cybersecurity, Rust, DevOps, UI/UX Design, Open Source, Entrepreneurship, Startups, Privacy, Kite Surfing ---

cyannon Bosch gives go-ahead for volume production of silicon carbide chips

> So awesome!!111elf Ha, I see what you did there! (elf is 11 in german)

cyannon Every pricing page should have GIFs

My assumption, as a french-speaking Swiss, where we don't do put spaces before symbols with 2 strokes (;:?!) like they do in France: https://french.stackexchange.com/questions/46/pourquoi-place...

cyannon Caterpillar creates 2,700 square metre Pac-Man gameboard

Yep, that's one of our demonstration center: https://www.cat.com/en_US/support/operations/operator-traini...

cyannon Show HN: UnnaturalScrollWheels – Better scroll wheel settings for macOS

Same here, I've got this one-liner in my system config:

Inverse or reverse mouse wheel (natural scrolling), reboot or unplug the mouse. Must be run in an admin powershell console.

Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\HID\\\Device` Parameters FlipFlopWheel -EA 0 | ForEach-Object { Set-ItemProperty $_.PSPath FlipFlopWheel 1 }

cyannon Hardware fix for Dell “AC power adapter could not be determined”

We use thousands of Dell pro laptops (Latitude, Precision). They often release BIOS updates to fix these types of issues, which also include the latest remediation for Intel vulnerabilities. They've got a tool to automatically download and update their drivers stack: https://www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln311129/dell-co...

cyannon Wi-Fi over Coax

Nowadays you can use also use the built-in modem: open the telephone app and type this:

    *3001#12345#*

then tap Call

cyannon The Happy, Healthy Capitalists of Switzerland

No mention on our semi-direct democracy, which is the main driving factor for our stability.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-direct_democracy

cyannon AI Podcast: Elon Musk on Tesla Autopilot [video]

QOTD: "What's outside the simulation?"

cyannon Direct Democracy in Switzerland

4 official languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romansh_language

cyannon Ask HN: What's your catch-all note taker?

Currently moving from ResphNotes on PC (https://resoph.com) and nvALT (http://brettterpstra.com/projects/nvalt/) on Mac (with text files shared on cloud folder) to StandardNotes (https://standardnotes.org/) which is E2E and supports all platforms.

cyannon Switzerland: First country to have national referendum about Sovereign Money

And an FAQ/rebuttal: https://www.vollgeld-initiative.ch/fa/img/English/Clarificat...

cyannon Ask HN: Why did you choose not to have children?

For ecological reasons.

No regrets so far. We know we might sometimes later, after retirement. Or not.

cyannon Meltdown and Spectre Linux kernel status

MinVmVersionForCpuBasedMitigations is for VM/Hyper-V: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-w...

cyannon How to Version an API

Yes, human readable dates are very good at conveying a sense of obsolescence.

Mine are a bit more granular: /vyymm, e.g. /v1503, /v1610, /v1706. This should work well for this century ;-)

cyannon Udp.c in Linux kernel pre-4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code

Red Hat (RHEL 5/6/7) not affected: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10229

Highest impact is on Android: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01

cyannon Welcome to 1986: Inside “Halt and Catch Fire's” High-Tech Time Machine

I just watched Season 2 to catch up before Season 3, and I noticed this:

  LOAD "SONARIS.EXE"

It's missing ",8,1", and we didn't named our program with .EXE extensions.

cyannon Apple's emphasis on 'differential privacy'

I would assume this will help Apple to be compliant with the EU General Data Privacy Regulation. The GDPR defines quasi-identifiers as PII.

cyannon Can a 700 M.P.H. Train in a Tube Be for Real?

We had a project[1] like that for Switzerland, but it was canned in 2009 (underground: too expensive).

Above ground tube is probably going to make it for flatter countries.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissmetro

cyannon The SaaS Startup Founder’s Guide

This is my current tool: EPUBReader, an add-on for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/epubreader/

cyannon EU strikes deal on data protection rules

>"Companies that don’t abide by the rules will face fines up to 4 percent of global sales."

Ouch!

cyannon Let's Encrypt Launch Schedule

Looks like the free offer from AlphaSSL is no more:

https://www.alphassl.com/ssl-certificates/free-ssl-certifica...

cyannon Edward Snowden’s Advice for an Unhackable Password

KeePass

Windows: http://keepass.info/download.html

Mac/Linux: https://www.keepassx.org/news/2014/04/433

iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/minikeepass-secure-password/...

cyannon I made a debugger that draws the state machine of the program

Looks like a screen cap from the BioShock game

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioShock_%28series%29

cyannon Flight ET702 hijacked – live Twitter feed

Local newspaper with details [French]: http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/Un-pirate-de-l-air-d...

cyannon Why the World Needs OpenStreetMap

There is Map With Me [1] that was recommended previously. I bought the Pro version and it's very fast (maps are downloaded and cached in the device), but no directions.

[1] Lite version to try: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id431183278

cyannon Russian Hackers Mod a Dilapidated Opel to Drive by iPad

Or practically get a Parrot AR.Drone [1], unless you already have the helicopter.

[1] http://ardrone2.parrot.com/ar-drone-2/arfreeflight-20/

cyannon Improving Your Python Productivity

You can find python26 in EPEL [1] or follow this guide [2] to setup 2.7. This will install 2.6 or 2.7 in parallel, do not set these by default as it will break yum.

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Python26

[2] http://villaroad.com/2010/10/rolling-python-2-6-2-on-centos-...

cyannon Show HN: Lekh Diagram, sketch recognition diagramming app for ipad

This is very good!

What I miss is a "snap to grid" feature.

Some comments:

- dragging object feels slow on iPad 3

- the line and text options give too much choices, maybe you could have an advanced toggle to enable fine-grained parameters, and a default with simpler options (like just 5-10 colors, no transparency and no line width)

cyannon FileVault 2 Easily Decrypted

This is what I set on my MBP (equipped with SSD):

  sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 25 destroyfvkeyonstandby 1 sms 0

cyannon Can we believe our eyes? Misleading people with Unicode.

A simpler fix would be to allow only ASCII characters in system folders.