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tadbit··on OpenSSL bug exposed up to 255 bytes of client heap and existed since 2011
LibreSSL removed NPN support seven years ago.

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=150996307120987&w=2

I wonder how many memory leaks it'll take for OpenSSL to finally get their act together or for major projects to drop it entirely.

tadbit··on OpenSSL bug exposed up to 255 bytes of client heap and existed since 2011
No. They removed NPN support seven years ago.

https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=150996307120987&w=2

tadbit··on Ask HN: Best way to learn robotics with a 10 year old?
> NOTE: The IDE works only on Mac or Windows (if you want to code)

Boo! hiss

tadbit··on Wide angle lens distortion correction from lines
Yes. Most professional photo editing and management software has built-in functionality or an add-on for lens distortion correction. However it either requires having the original photo, or at least a non-cropped version with the exif data, or some knowledge of what body and lens and focal length was used.

This utility doesn't require the original non-cropped area nor any other information about the picture that was taken. You could scrape a bunch of pictures from Instagram or Facebook and batch process away.

tadbit··on Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii
The game gear was extremely lousy to use. Too small of a screen, ate through batteries incredibly quickly, the original, external battery pack (not included) was poorly made and didn't help that much either.

And the game selection early on was pretty lousy too. Sonic was only fun for a while.

People are doing amazing things with game gear hardware as of late, though. All of that addressed spectacularly.

tadbit··on FCC votes to limit prison telecom charges
> We'll never figure out how to do it because it's unethical to experiment on humans.

Ah, yes, we never do that. All of our advancements in medical and psychological sciences just pop into existence out of no where!

> It's all half-assed woowoo nonsense meant to bolster this or that political ideology

Right. And your comments here aren't pushing an agenda at all. Definitely not a bigoted, inhumane agenda.

tadbit··on FCC votes to limit prison telecom charges
> If only we knew how to do that.

We'll never figure out how to do it until we actually start trying to rehabilitate people.

> There are places in this country where attitudes develop for many years, decades even, before that person is ever incarcerated.

This is text book bigotry.

tadbit··on FCC votes to limit prison telecom charges
> Prisons are for society’s benefit, not for prisoners

It would greatly benefit society to have prisoners be rehabilitated. It's currently just a vicious cycle that produces hardened, repeat offenders that prison companies can make money off, money that comes from tax payers.

tadbit··on Framework Laptop 16 Review
Sounds like you want Framework to release a mini pc
tadbit··on Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Create App Content
> after spending hundreds of hours using Duolingo and being able to simply say "Hola" in Spanish

Based on this statement it seems like you've never used Duolingo.

tadbit··on Okta hackers stole data on all customer support users in major breach
> There is no “direct evidence” that the unidentified hackers are using the data they extracted to target customers

Oh, okay, you haven't found any evidence that customer data you leaked is being used yet. Gotcha. Toooootally makes everything better.

tadbit··on Paving the Road to Vulkan on Asahi Linux
> What if you price out a replacement with the full RAM and SSD capacity you want from the OEM rather than as an aftermarket upgrade?

Moot point. Of course if you tie your hands behind your back your options will be limited. The point, for the parent, is that they aren't limited by insane markup pricing.

tadbit··on Connecting an 8086 or 8088 processor to a Raspberry Pi
Thank you!
tadbit··on Connecting an 8086 or 8088 processor to a Raspberry Pi
Correct! I recently ordered the 8086 version (the first CPU I used as a child) so I could play around with it.
tadbit··on Red Hat RHEL 9 release
I think the work being done with Rocky and Alma linux is great! Many kudos to them.

However, I'm worried history will simply repeat itself or RHEL will make downstreaming difficult in some way, which could kill those projects.

tadbit··on Red Hat RHEL 9 release
CentOS 8 was supposed to be supported into 2029. Approximately a year or so after being released that was changed and would only be supported into 2021.

Many people in the CentOS community, even RHEL employees, tried to play it off like they never meant to support it so long, but some time after the announcement they confirmed they did indeed strip away 8 years of the planned support.

This burned a lot of people that had already started deploying systems using CentOS 8 into Production. A lot of time and money has been spent by many people, organizations, and companies rectifying this situation.

tadbit··on Red Hat RHEL 9 release
Given what Red Hat and the CentOS project did to CentOS 8 I have no desire to use RHEL ever again. Right now it's just Ubuntu LTS and Debian for my needs. Working on eliminating RHEL at work as well, wherever I can.
tadbit··on Porting Zelda Classic to the web
This reminds me of The Mana World

https://www.themanaworld.org/

An MMORPG based on the game Secret of Mana, started around 2003-2004.

tadbit··on Insect Hotel
Got pictures?
tadbit··on A tiny Docker image to serve static websites
I love stuff like this.

People will remark about how this is a waste of time, others will say it is absolutely necessary, even more will laud it just for the fun of doing it. I'm in the middle camp. I wish software/systems engineers would spend more time optomising for size and performance.

tadbit··on Downpour: A game making tool for phones
Booooo. Bad form!
tadbit··on Downpour: A game making tool for phones
Did remarkable ever add the MAC address information to their control panel? Or do you still have to collect it from your DHCP server logs?
tadbit··on So what's a reputable router brand nowadays?
The APUs don't provide WiFi. You have to get an mPCI-E card to add WiFi support. You'll want to look up the various supported NICs (wle200nx / wle600vx / wle900vx), how well they're supported in your desired operating system, and find appropriate antennas for them.
tadbit··on So what's a reputable router brand nowadays?
Stay away from the EdgeMax (EdgeRouter and EdgeSwitch) products. Ubiquiti stopped releasing updates for the EdgeRouter line in June 2021 and for the EdgeSwitch line in September, 2021. They appear to have dropped all development efforts for these products.
tadbit··on California study begins screening for MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD
> The fact that I have to post this and that is not known for a drug that’s existed for this long is because People need to be spoonfed their sources.

> It’s hacker news, I’m not writing a research paper.

You are the one making claims. If you aren't going to take the time to back them up with trusted sources don't expect anyone to take your claims seriously.

tadbit··on Show HN: Simula One – Portable Linux VR Computer
> A first-gen enthusiast device with first-class Linux support, even.

This is speculative. We have yet to see how well Simula OS will do and how well it's supported by the company.

tadbit··on Linux Sysops Handbook
Historically handbooks are smaller, shorter reference guides. Something that's portable and easy to carry with you.

Something 10k+ pages in length doesn't fit that description.

tadbit··on Silicon die teardown: a look inside an early 555 timer chip
This is a fantastic explanation. Thank you!
tadbit··on Silicon die teardown: a look inside an early 555 timer chip
Do you have a layman's explanation for what the 555 timer is used for and how it works?
tadbit··on Why VR Computers are better than PCs and Laptops
> VRCs avoid cord tethering

Not with the architecture (x86_64) they picked for the Simula One. Unless they're using an extremely heavy battery in the headset it will need to be plugged into an outlet or an external battery pack for continuous use.

I saw the SimulaVR team was active in a previous HN discussion and I asked why they went with x86_64 [1], they really didn't have a good answer for it. I suspect it's either due to a limitation with their team's talent/skillset, which is a good enough reason for their first gen headset, or they don't want anyone taking SimulaOS and running it on Oculus hardware.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29926189

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