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by pbrowne011 2y ago
In embedded systems with hard real-time requirements, there are several ways to schedule tasks. Once the number of tasks you need to execute grows long enough, scheduling becomes a challenge. An RTOS is one way to manage these tasks with gu
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An attempt to backdoor the kernel (2003)(lwn.net)
32 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|0 comments
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by pbrowne011 2y ago
I wonder - did the US government, specifically DARPA, consider CHERI when laying out their "Translating All C to Rust (TRACTOR)" initiative? The two initiatives could be compatible (memory safety at both the software and hardware
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by pbrowne011 2y ago
Prior thread (with comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27046272
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by pbrowne011 2y ago
I had not considered using a VM instead of strace when a program can detect ptrace(2) being used - good idea. > Normally when reverse engineering a program, it is common to use tracing programs like strace. These tracing programs are qu
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by pbrowne011 2y ago
Another name for a similar but slightly more pernicious problem is the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect: "the phenomenon of experts reading articles within their fields of expertise and finding them to be error-ridden and full of misunderstand
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by pbrowne011 2y ago
Another related set of differences to appreciate is between before-GMT and after-GMT worlds. Before standardized time, it was very difficult to coordinate. Most US towns would have their own local time (think church steeples ringing out the
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Dabbling in the Cryptographic World–A Story (1999)(bell-labs.com)
1 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|0 comments
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by pbrowne011 2y ago
A decent, short book on the historical story behind H4 (and the rest of Mr. Harrison’s time-keepers) is “Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time” by Dava Sobel. It goes into the long
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by pbrowne011 2y ago
There are several other good resources on the M-209. Short cryptanalysis of M-209: http://www.jfbouch.fr/crypto/m209/cryptanalysis.html Series on how to use the machine: https://www.nf6x.net/2013&#
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The American M-209 cipher machine(chris-intel-corner.blogspot.com)
2 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|1 comments
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by pbrowne011 2y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20337231
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It's time for a modern synthesis kernel (2019)(blog.regehr.org)
58 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|8 comments
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The performance of hashing for similar function detection(edmcman.github.io)
59 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|2 comments
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Precocious young people should do deep technical training(blog.benjaminreinhardt.com)
3 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|0 comments
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by pbrowne011 2y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20337231
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It's time for a modern synthesis kernel (2019)(blog.regehr.org)
5 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|1 comments
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Reflections on Palantir(nabeelqu.co)
4 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|0 comments
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FriendlyElec NanoPi R5S as PTP Grandmaster Clock with GNSS/GPS Discipline (2022)(blog.kylemanna.com)
36 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|8 comments
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The performance of hashing for similar function detection(edmcman.github.io)
1 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|0 comments
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DNS Lookups in Kubernetes (2020)(mrkaran.dev)
2 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|0 comments
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Hacking the T2S+ Out of Fear: Get Lock-In Thermography for Free(dmytroengineering.com)
2 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|0 comments
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So the serial comms aren't working to your microcontroller eh? (2009)(ruemohr.org)
3 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|0 comments
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Two's Complement (2000)(cs.cornell.edu)
1 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|0 comments
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A Compiler Bug (2023)(rsaxvc.net)
39 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|10 comments
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Mastering the GNU linker script (2020)(allthingsembedded.com)
3 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|0 comments
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by pbrowne011 2y ago
I enjoy Matt Levine's facsincation with the business of ransomware. He wrote a post early last year [0] on LockBit's business model and how the optimal amount of crime for them to commit is close to, but not quite 100%. It appears
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Numerically stable algorithm for computing the running mean (2021)(nullbuffer.com)
1 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|0 comments
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Right to Left Computability (2020)(rsaxvc.net)
12 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|0 comments
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Algorithms Behind Popcount (2022)(nimrod.blog)
1 points by pbrowne011 2y ago|0 comments

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