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Not Google Artifact Registry... Our Docker Hub pull-through mirror went down with the Docker Hub outage. Images were still there but all image tags were gone

da768on Oracle VM VirtualBox – VM Escape via VGA Device

Network appliances (Lanner, Netgate, Axiomtek, PC Engines, etc) typically only have a serial console and no GPU hardware at all. Same applies for any linux VMs, you can remove VGA devices and keep a serial port in the config

da768on Hacking Subaru: Tracking and controlling cars via the admin panel

Look into "iDatalink" aftermarket radios

da768on January 15, 2025: The day DSLReports.com died

TIL about 8311, definitely keeping in my bookmarks

da768on Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back

The device it's connected to also has an impact, IIRC M1 MacBook Pro 14 wouldn't let me trigger my YubiKey without a USB hub

da768on Show HN: See the impact on your cloud costs as you code

Do you plan to take discounts into account?

Can you base usage off previous billing data for existing resources?

da768on Canadian Tire Money

Yes, you get extra eCTM rewards in all CT-owned brand stores and gas stations.

Card also has the weird quirk of allowing and rewarding bill payments (telecom, power, property tax)

da768on A year of Meta's news ban in Canada

People share links to linktr.ee pages and said page has a link to the news article. OCR would be no use unless Facebook started crawling links

da768on Deep-Tempest: Using Deep Learning to Eavesdrop on HDMI

Eavesdropping EMI on DisplayPort https://youtu.be/ipxi_PO8_Uk?feature=shared

How well DPCP and HDCP work against these attacks?

da768on Rogers networks reliability and resiliency assessment after 2022-07-08 outage

Thankfully there's still a 3rd player running it's own mobile infrastructure.

da768on Rogers networks reliability and resiliency assessment after 2022-07-08 outage

Usually smaller ISPs use the Bell/Rogers for last mile, but have their own backbone. IIRC Beanfield is completely independent, but is only available in Toronto

da768on Rogers networks reliability and resiliency assessment after 2022-07-08 outage

Shaw customer base was acquired by Rogers, but they weren't allowed to absorb Freedom Mobile, which went to Quebecor.

da768on NexDock turns your smartphone into a laptop

Pixel 8a works just fine.

It's still using mirror mode by default. There's a Desktop mode you can enable in developer settings which works well with the NexDock hardware, but the desktop mode UI is still pretty buggy at the moment.

da768on NexDock turns your smartphone into a laptop

Looks like it's finally getting somewhere in the latest Android beta, but definitely not read for production.

NexDock 360 works pretty well with the Pixel 8a in desktop mode so far

da768on Company offers unofficial security patches for Windows 10 until 2030

Well the official system requirements for Windows 11 make a lot of perfectly good systems non-upgradable

da768on Using a 1965 Dutch rotary phone via VoIP

Yes, I stand corrected.

da768on Using a 1965 Dutch rotary phone via VoIP

There are adapters for handsets on Amazon, but interfacing to a phone could be harder as you have to provide DC power and deal with duplex audio on a single pair. If you're only using it as a mic, a 9v battery, resistor and decoupling capacitor might work.

An easier way could be to join the conference audio through SIP.

da768on Developer Takes 'Retro' Concept to New Level by Creating Physical Winamp Player

https://youtu.be/5nUYHROVOmo

He mentions the main issue for a physical interface is that screens aren't necessarily available in the required dimensions.

da768on Japan enacts law to promote competition in smartphone app stores

Do you expect it from being different from Windows with the average person having at least a dozen game launchers, update services and downloaders running in the background?

da768on Japan enacts law to promote competition in smartphone app stores

Just waiting for Adobe Store, Amazon Store, Microsoft Store, Epic Games Store, etc. to be installed on every phones soon.

Current status isn't normal, but no one would complain about it if transaction fees weren't abusive.

da768on The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down

If Android becomes the only platform with a worldwide reach, no one's going to bother writing apps for iOS anymore.