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by tsujamin 2y ago
Don’t forget The First Wives Club! RIP
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by tsujamin 2y ago
Linking to my thread from yesterday, there’s definitely memory safe systems programming happening over there: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41642788
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by tsujamin 2y ago
I was hunting for what Windows libraries used a particular new API and saw it in my scrolling! You can see all the panic and error strings, and some internal package paths if you run strings over it. Win32k looks like it got split pretty ha
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by tsujamin 2y ago
I noticed the other morning that they’ve either re-written or are growing the win32k driver in rust. This was either in Server ‘25 or vNext though I can’t remember. Given win32k implements a good chunk of the kernel-mode graphics and window
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by tsujamin 2y ago
Yeah that they are confident enough in their chain of trust to allow this says a lot I think
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CISA boss: Makers of insecure software are the real cyber villains(theregister.com)
137 points by tsujamin 2y ago|151 comments
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by tsujamin 2y ago
On non-Windows platforms its a partial UI rework on the existing Remote Desktop Client, but I think on Windows its separate to the existing Remote Desktop Client/App(s) and its specifically for accessing cloud-hosted Windows PCs (Windo
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by tsujamin 2y ago
Just remember fam: you can use the Windows App on macOS to connect to a Linux RDP session, but you cannot use the Windows App on Windows to connect to a regular Windows RDP session :) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/w
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by tsujamin 2y ago
Yep same, I thought it was lockdown mode but it’s nice to know it’s just generally broken!
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by tsujamin 2y ago
Surely the duplication would be (mostly) compressed away?
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by tsujamin 2y ago
Binding commitments or laws preventing the adoption of this sort of scheme could be lobbied for by citizens, but in reality I think your point holds
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by tsujamin 2y ago
> By contrast, an attacker’s entire job is to attack the system. If cyber defence is a sideshow to the actual businesses objectives, then surely the same holds of cyber attack and whatever the actual criminal/strategic goal?
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by tsujamin 2y ago
Based on capability, it getting caught, or just abstract vibes and speculation?
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Disney claims streaming arbitration clause binding in resort wrongful death suit(theguardian.com)
13 points by tsujamin 2y ago|5 comments
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by tsujamin 2y ago
I’m interested in what those who suffered outages as a result of crowdstrike told their insurers with respect to “QA’ing production changes” It’d be interesting to see if anyone tries to claim the outage as some sort of insurance event only
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by tsujamin 2y ago
I remember leaving Rouge One _shocked_ that it was a self contained story, no post credits scenes, no need to commit to an entire trilogy or need to understand half a dozen recent releases. Given Marvel and similar franchises at the cinema
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by tsujamin 2y ago
And most countries :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_date_formats_by_countr...
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by tsujamin 2y ago
> You can use DSCv3 without PowerShell installed and manage resources written in bash, python, C#, Go, or any other language. > Non-PowerShell resources define their schemas with JSON files, not MOF files. > Configuration documents
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by tsujamin 2y ago
Celestial bodies for a while, lots asteroid and moon names to use! After I rationalised my home network it just feel back to “productname.internal.suffix”
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by tsujamin 2y ago
An undergrad highlight for me was hearing the bitkeeper/git story from Tridge one afternoon that he happened to be in the faculty lunch room :)
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by tsujamin 2y ago
Luckily The Core (2003) gave us a realistic visualisation of what this would look like ;)
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by tsujamin 2y ago
Having a mobile phone is necessary to securing employment, shelter and sustenance in many cases, yet somehow it’s an individuals fault for choosing to have a phone account when a pair of multibillion dollar companies breach that data throug
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by tsujamin 2y ago
Exactly, the logic was somewhat abhorrent and (given the wider context of GE at the time) clearly disingenuous
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by tsujamin 2y ago
It’s probably not an all or nothing prospect. Raise the costs enough/mitigate the threat in atleast some of them etc
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by tsujamin 2y ago
This reminds me of the argument GE made (from David Gelles book about Welch) that laying off staff is a kindness, as it lets them try and find a new job they’re “better suited for” sooner rather than later
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Apple settles EU case by opening its iPhone payment system to rivals(theguardian.com)
6 points by tsujamin 2y ago|2 comments
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by tsujamin 2y ago
You can virtualise macOS (in Fusion) from the installer from the App Store, which is just a .app you can get anyone to download
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by tsujamin 2y ago
That advertised features can still cause harm to end users, particularly those who don’t know what Lua or bytecode are?
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by tsujamin 2y ago
Huh interesting, thanks for the recs!
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by tsujamin 2y ago
It’s also useful for defining data structures and carving them up, which (for me) is the role now filled by ImHex. If HexFiend/xxd are at one end of the spectrum, ghidra at the other, I imagine ImHex and tools like Kaitai are in the mi

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