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by spijdar 4y ago
True, though it does so using KMS/DRM adapted from Linux [0], which I would argue were created in the same spirit as Wayland, even if they're not strictly related. [0] https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&;m=139245
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by spijdar 4y ago
Wayland is a complicated and sore topic for a lot of people, but I think I've gained some perspective over time. From a historical perspective, the "why Wayland?" question is incredibly obvious IMO. The old Linux graphics sta
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by spijdar 4y ago
I don't want to derail the conversation, but this era of retro-computing is a passion of mine, so I'm obligated to point out that (AFAIK) XNU was created from scratch, based on the Mach 4-derived kernel from OSF/1, and the no
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by spijdar 4y ago
I'll add that beyond strictly "offensive" tooling, Nim has more or less replaced Python in my toolkit for things like reimplementing custom encryption routines during an engagement. Static types are a huge benefit in staying
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by spijdar 4y ago
Since you mentioned it, I have to bring up the fact that fans of this, er, masterpiece made a (shockingly?) high quality audio dub over the entirety of the original with the dumped subtitles: https://youtu.be/XziLNeFm1ok Th
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by spijdar 4y ago
There are several "close to python" languages like this, actually, I remember one popping up on HN semi-recently. If you expand into just "kind of Python-like", you have languages like Nim that approximately fill the hol
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by spijdar 4y ago
> Enterprise management is impossible with Microsoft's domain based Windows NT networking. Microsoft Active Directory, part of the ever later Windows 2000, was supposed to fix this, but it now appears MAD may be a failure (Microsoft
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by spijdar 4y ago
This is a pretty remarkably bitter and uncharitable take, given that Raku is the original intended successor of Perl, created by Perl's author, and sharing a lot of the "spirit" of Perl. That ship sailed, I won't argue i
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by spijdar 4y ago
I know this probably won't be a popular opinion, but I have to disagree with this. I use Firefox on all my "general purpose" computing devices, but I only use Firefox on Android for recalling the passwords I have saved on my
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by spijdar 4y ago
Is there really that significant of a difference between clear text and just accepting an arbitrary TLS cert without trusting a CA? I can understand criticizing the modern TLS/CA system if you're concerned about security, but how
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by spijdar 4y ago
I've already been toying with ChatGPT's ability to create shell scripts that automate some basic enumeration and attack patterns, combining masscan, nmap/NSE, and the metasploit framework (console and venom). It's capabl
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by spijdar 4y ago
I'd like to echo the thanks for taking the time to write everything down here -- I was only born in the late 90s, so these machines are all before my time, and I love learning more about them. I'm stuck with exploring the odd work
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by spijdar 4y ago
> You needed to install a special little endian firmware (ARC) Was this the same ARC on Alpha gear? I got a PDW tower for cheap on ebay a while back, got it to boot... A few times before the I/O board crapped out, and I remember one
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by spijdar 4y ago
So did Solaris! ... For some bizarre reason. I would love to hear an explanation for that, given SPARC is big endian only. I guess it was based on the x86 port? My fun fact is all PowerPC processors except the 970 "G5" CPU can d
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by spijdar 4y ago
The Solaris port was literally for a single point release of Solaris (2.5.1), and was dropped the next update. Extremely bizarre, but it is widely mentioned within that single version, in the installer and everything. Apparently the code wa
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by spijdar 4y ago
The PowerPC port of Windows NT, apparently! https://www.itprotoday.com/compute-engines/motorola-powersta... I believe the contemporary PowerPC port of Solaris 2.5.1 would also have a chance of working, as well as the O
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by spijdar 4y ago
I think it's worth pointing out that regardless of what is true or not true, Google has spelled out their interpretation, and their explicit and (exact quote) "aggressively-broad ban" on use of AGPL software within Google.
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by spijdar 4y ago
I'm of a mind to agree with GP, but I also agree that lack of funding and motivation will kill the project. Unfortunately, to me this just means the project will probably die. If the author is feeling burnt out and losing money on it,
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by spijdar 4y ago
The kernel definitely sets the WIMG bits at https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/arch/powerpc/m... (line 336, if HN removes it), though I've never been able to "make it work&
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by spijdar 4y ago
A lesser known bit of trivia about this is that IBM would go on to use Transitive's technology for the exact opposite of Rosetta -- x86 to PowerPC translation, in the form of "PowerVM Lx86", released that year (2008). It&#x27
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by spijdar 4y ago
Well, the first thing I should say upfront is it's very possible those were just better years for me, and that colors my memories of CC with happy nostalgia. I think it was how much simpler everything felt, from the administration to t
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by spijdar 4y ago
From an outsider/non-user's perspective, there are two angles to this: dropping the ability to use Signal as your default SMS handler does make the program much more secure, but it also means the barrier for getting new, casual us
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by spijdar 4y ago
Not to nitpick a tangent, but community colleges, at least where I live, are only 2 year institutions, and don't provide full BS/BA degrees, just Associate degrees, which don't really open the same doors as the Bachelor degre
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by spijdar 4y ago
There are a lot of factors involved, but given a limited number of cache lines that can be stored in low level cache, I would think there'd be at least some performance penalty for prefetching from non-linear blocks of memory vs the
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by spijdar 4y ago
I'm pretty sure even OpenBSD packages OpenSSL in ports for third party software, since so many pieces of software basically require it and do not work with LibreSSL anymore. I suppose a Linux distro could hypothetically take the same a
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by spijdar 4y ago
If you're willing to run Manjaro (which uses systemd), any opposition to running e.g. Fedora with GNOME? I'd guess multi-session would function fine with GNOME on GDM, and pulseaudio has been replaced by pipewire. Although you cou
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by spijdar 4y ago
I'm not super familiar with the pros/cons of all the options, but the 10,000 foot view AFAIK is that Patreon has a big advantage for people who want to give small monthly amounts to many people, as they can minimize the number of
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by spijdar 4y ago
I really desperately want to agree with this at an emotional or aesthetic level - I ran NetBSD on my laptop for the largest portion of my teenage years, using FreeBSD on an old poweredge server for all my "needs a ton of RAM" prog
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by spijdar 4y ago
This isn't really the right place to launch into a full diatribe on this, but for anyone who isn't familiar and may be confused by this claim, I want to point out this specifically refers to the default install with no extra serv
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by spijdar 4y ago
Oh for sure, it just feels like something that'd have been more common in that era. While you technically could , I doubt any Linux distros out there patch the kernel's VFS in some incompatible way like this, or (more relevant) a

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