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Changing my content to run on an intermediary language last summer has allowed for so much flexibility in post-processing.
See, they wanted to call the DirectX -> Vulkan layer "IndirectX" but found out the term was already used for something else!
Specifically, for Indirect X Rendering over the GLX/Xorg pipeline using the LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 Mesa flag to use the older indirect OpenGL renderer for remote X connections
"We have IndirectX at home" :p
I despise soft power switches on computers. In fact, not only do I want proper "cut the fucking power to this hunk of junk right now" buttons, I want them to be huge Edwardian knife switches like this.
Throw thew huge lever. An almighty clunk happens. The OS vanishes. The display goes dark.
As the computer gods intended.
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https://youtu.be/1wYe-iQ8JHQ?si=PuRxM_wNOnv0snGy
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ME: Hello computer! Please show me what I was doing recently
COMPUTER IN THE 1980's: l cease to exist when I am powered off. Please start whatever you were doing from scratch
COMPUTER IN THE 2000's: Yep here you go champ
COMPUTER IN THE 2020's: I stored 10,000 identical copies of what you were doing in 500 different global datacentres at a carbon footprint equivalent to leaving a semi-trailer idling 24/7 and also sent a copy to the FBI just to be safe. Let me know which one you want and I'll do my best to figure it out. By the way here are 10 things which are similar to what you were doing and 9 of them are ads. Do you like this? Please select "I love this very much" or "I'll be in love with this later" to continue
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Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with your environments safety features and procedures.
- safety exit
- fire extinguisher, hose, alarm
- aed
- first aid kit
- intercom / communication devices
- isolators and emergency stops
- safety wardens
- union rep
Hiltzik: Lynn Conway made life better for millions of people
Lynn Conway, who died Sunday at 85, was a leader in the development of personal computers and microprocessor technology, and a symbol for generations of transgender individuals.Michael Hiltzik (Los Angeles Times)
WE DID IT. My new zine “How Git Works" is out now!
You can get it here for $12: https://wizardzines.com/zines/git
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Microsoft plans to lock down Windows DNS like never before. Here’s how.
ZTDNS brings the best of both worlds to DNS: encryption and fine-grained control.Ars Technica
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> "By default, the firewall will deny resolutions to all domains except those enumerated in allow lists. A separate allow list will contain IP address subnets that clients need to run authorized software."
Is Microsoft trying to take the Internet back to Fidonet or straight back to CompuServe? 🙃
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HRT Source Testing — Trans Harm Reduction
Trans harm reduction has recently begun testing HRT sources which are commonly used by trans people who are self-medicating. This involves testing a vial of HRT for concentration (strength) and testing for contamination (impurities).Trans Harm Reduction
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Link to free knitting pattern
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sword-of-damocles
Sword of Damocles pattern by Grace Lindley
Do you fancy a wall hanging that symbolises the weight of responsibility on you as a ruler and the enemies waiting in the wings to skewer you where you sit? Make this fancy tapestry and remember your own mortality!!Ravelry
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Understanding Apple’s Response to the DMA
What a week. When it began to look like Apple would announce how it planned to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), I expected small changes at the margins that wouldn’t significantly move the needle in the EU or anywhere else.John Voorhees (MacStories)
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Finally, I give an overview of the state of open-source OSNMA implementations. All other implementations I've found are in Python (not suitable for embedded microcontrollers) and under a copyleft license (or no license). So my galileo-osnma implementation in Rust with MIT + Apache license still occupies a singular position.
Read more: https://destevez.net/2024/01/an-update-about-my-rust-implementation-of-galileo-osnma/
https://www.duchess-france.fr/dossier/women%20in%20tech/alli%C3%A9s/2023/01/15/manuel-survie-femme-tech.html
Il est toujours d'actualité, comme il l'était déjà il y a dix ans. Nous avons tous et toutes une part à jouer dedans.
Manuel de survie de la femme dans la tech
Je vois de plus en plus de femmes rejoindre l’informatique, et c’est une très bonne chose. Je vois aussi trop de femmes patir de sexisme ordinaire, se remettre en question encore et encore… et quitter le milieu au bout de quelques années.Duchess France
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Full AACSess: Exposing and exploiting AACSv2 UHD DRM for your viewing pleasure
Following the failure and easy exploitation of the AACSv1 DRM on HD-DVD and Blu-ray, AACS-LA went back to the drawing board and announced...media.ccc.de
Today's discovery: YUView, a cross-platform YUV player with advanced analysis features 💜
https://github.com/IENT/YUView
GitHub - IENT/YUView: The Free and Open Source Cross Platform YUV Viewer with an advanced analytics toolset
The Free and Open Source Cross Platform YUV Viewer with an advanced analytics toolset - GitHub - IENT/YUView: The Free and Open Source Cross Platform YUV Viewer with an advanced analytics toolsetGitHub
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This looks pretty good, although I haven't quite yet figured out how it works.
I used to use Video Analyzer to explain video codecs to students, but it's unmaintained for 7 years, it also doesn't let you load just any video (needs a h265 yuv stream)
https://github.com/gabrieldiego/VideoAnalyzer
I found it slightly easier to get to the parts I want to explain (blocks, motion vectors), maybe it's also interesting to you.
You can see me using it here starting at 15:40 https://docs.claudiuscoenen.de/2022-WS-G1C/docs/2023-02-03-Video/#videocodec (german, sorry)
GitHub - gabrieldiego/VideoAnalyzer: Gitl HEVC/H.265 Analyzer based on Qt. Custom filters supported.
Gitl HEVC/H.265 Analyzer based on Qt. Custom filters supported. - GitHub - gabrieldiego/VideoAnalyzer: Gitl HEVC/H.265 Analyzer based on Qt. Custom filters supported.GitHub
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in reply to Cendyne • • •This is a brand new sentence I have ever heard.
Cendyne
in reply to Foxarc • • •@Foxarc in the PQC discussion, it is about switching key agreement and key signing (a lower priority) away from weaker cryptographic technologies (which today are computationally-hard, but in a post quantum world are no longer considered computationally-hard) in less than 10-20 years.
If you can call a software transition over 10 years agile..
It is also about making things easier to switch, should the newer tech introduced suddenly have weaknesses that were previously unknown, such as SIDH.
While at a high level it sounds like "great, I can just swap parts" as better ones come, the truth is that these PQC technologies have different protocol level requirements, storage and communication sizes, as well as computational overhead far different than what we have today, and change is fundamentally difficult to have backwards compatibility for.