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tl;dr Ben Cox bought a vga in => webcam out device that its parent company hadn't updated the linux drivers in a while. This details his journey of using tcpdum
by Nzen 7y ago
tl;dr Ben Cox bought a vga in => webcam out device that its parent company hadn't updated the linux drivers in a while. This details his journey of using tcpdump, et al, to analyze the sent packets. Eventually, he simulates the usb firmware and fpga download such that he can use the device. A quick, engaging read that was an appropriate level for this non C programmer.
Looking through his archive, I recognize his bgp battleship post from last year on HN.
- jsharf 7y agoThis seems pretty formal/professional for an HN comment. Is there some reason you're writing summaries of HN posts with this degree of effort? Also, thanks.
- wott 7y ago> This seems pretty formal/professional for an HN comment. That's pretty much n-gate summary format :-)
- Nzen 7y agoIt's one of the contexts in which I'm willing to be the change I want to see. It's disappointing to click on the comments for a post and no one (especially the submitter) has told me what I'll learn/experience. And yet, there it was, four hours old, ten points up and no comments. So I give it a skim and it's really good. Now I want others to read it. Spending five or so minutes polishing three sentences is basically free for me and positive sum (unless I do a bad job). Cynically, tl;dr submission summaries are how I've chosen to feed the beast until it grants me downvoting power.
- mLuby 7y agoThis TL;DR made me actually read the post, so thanks for the summary.
- horsecranium 7y agoThanKs!