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Linux

• It's very difficult to tell if a Linux kernel bug is a security issue :: Wandering Thoughts

  One of the controversial recent developments in the (Linux kernel) security world is that the Linux kernel developers have somewhat recently switched to a policy of aggressively issuing CVEs for...

• Copyleft licenses are not “restrictive” :: Drew DeVault's Blog

  One may observe an axis, or a “spectrum”, along which free and open source software licenses can be organized, where one end is “permissive” and the other end is “copyleft”. It is important to...

• Securing via systemd, a story :: Kushal Das' Blog

  Last night I deployed a https://writefreely.org based blog and secured it with systemd by adding DynamicUser=yes. But the service itself could not write to the sqlite database. Feb 28 21:37:52...

• Pikmin 3: No Fruit, No Problem - 0 Fruit in 2h24m :: Xe Iaso (Christine Dodrill)

  Want to watch this in your video player of choice? Take this:https://cdn.xeiaso.net/file/christine-static/video/2024/pikmin-3-0-fruit/2/index.m3u8 Recently I saw @TheBacklogs do a Pikmin 3...

• Minimal Linux Bootloader debugging story 🐞 :: Michael Stapelberg

  I maintain two builds of the Linux kernel, a linux/arm64 build for gokrazy, my Go appliance platform, which started out on the Raspberry Pi, and then a linux/amd64 one for router7, which runs on...

Homelab

• VyOS and Mikrotik – VLAN-a-rama :: blog.kroy.io

  For the novice networker, VLANs are easily one of the most misunderstood concepts. In this post, I’ll go over some basics and demonstrate how to make the jump from separate interfaces and switches...

• VLANs with Linux, NFTables and Ubiquiti Unifi :: OXcrag.net

  While setting up my new Ubiquiti Unifi WiFi access points, I spent more time than I’d like to admit troubleshooting my new guest network before I got it to work, so that topic is the basis for...

• Foodstuffs Facial Recognition Trial :: Blogging to Nowhere

  On a recent visit to my local PAK’nSAVE (one of three major supermarkets in New Zealand), I was greeted by the following poster on entry: It took me a few weeks to get around to it, but I decided...

• Parsoid 0.9.0 update brings 406 Not Acceptable docserver error in VisualEditor REL_30 on Mediawiki 1.30 :: Defend the planet

  Some of my mediawiki instances broke when editing a page with VisualEditor on REL_30 today bringing HTTP 416 Errors related to Parsoid. Strangely this error only occured when editing existing...

• Making a systemd service which binds to an IP start on boot :: Just another Linux geek

  By default, most services will start just fine on boot when they bind to 0.0.0.0 on the host to listen on any IP that might happen to appear. However, if you try to get a service to bind to a...

• Home and Personal Infrastructure Overhaul: Part 7 - Using Drone with Terraform :: YetiOps

  This post is the next in the series on how I overhauled my personal infrastructure to make it easier to manage, make changes and integrate new applications. Previous posts in the series are: -...

• Realmode bhyve :: Adventurist Blog

  I have been poking around bhyve, seeing what is up and I came across this article about writing a Linux kvm driver from scratch . In the article is an example of minimal program to run as a first...

OpenBSD

• OpenBSD scripts to convert wg-quick VPN files :: Solène Rapenne

  1. Introduction § If you use commercial VPN, you may have noticed they all provide WireGuard configurations in the wg-quick format, this is not suitable for an easy use in OpenBSD. As I currently...

• (UPDATE) Howto: Send an email to an (OpenBSD) mailinglist… :: Doing stupid things (with packets and OpenBSD)

  OpenBSD version: doesn't really matter Arch: Any NSFP: More of it, please Somewhen in 2022, is complained a bit about the impact DMARC can have on mailinglists. Specifically, I was struggling a...

Other IT related topics

• Notes on git's error messages :: Julia Evans

  While writing about Git, I’ve noticed that a lot of folks struggle with Git’s error messages. I’ve had many years to get used to these error messages so it took me a really long time to understand...

• We've been put in the vibe space :: Data, tech, and sometimes Nutella

  Jakob’s Law of UX goes something like this. I, as a user online, spend my time on many sites. As such, when I come to your site, I am already used to the way the other sites work, and I don’t want...

• Not The Same Security Debate :: /dev/lawyer

  My colleague and longtime blogroll all-star Heather Meeker posted a short video on the xz attack and the “open source security” debate. It’s worth watching. Yet another very welcome example of my...

• Group projects: Not for school only :: Technoglot

  With three young men in college (one graduating this month with his CS degree and encountering the oxymoronic stonewall of "entry-level" requiring a year or two of experience) I have been hearing...

• A hard fork in the Handshake community :: The Webb Blog

  …I really don't want to write this post. SIGH The Handshake community is confused, divided, and looking for answers. As someone who has been engaged in the community since late 2019, I feel some...

• Homebrew social networking :: Bryan Cantrill and other blogs at DTrace.org

  One of the most persistent cycles in the history of computing is the oscillation between centralization and decentralization. This cycle becomes entrenched because each has distinct advantages and...

• The Hypnotized Society :: Monomythical Newsletter

  I. HypnosisIf you're preparing for an unmedicated childbirth, chances are you'll encounter a method called hypnobirthing, meant to help women better manage their psychology during the experience....

• Working notes for Summer of Protocols :: Nadia Eghbal's Blog

  I participated in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It was an 18-week program, funded by the Ethereum Foundation, that aimed to catalyze a wider...

Politics

• Xi Jinping’s Plan to Save China Through Science :: Scholar's Stage

  Does China have a plan to save its wobbly economy? Last week in Foreign Policy I argued that it does—but not the sort of plan most Western economists are comfortable with. Western analysts blame...

Uncategorized new blogs

• upcoming.fm makes playlists to sample from future shows by venue; this is about all I have going on these days :: maya.land

  Listen to upcoming artists at your favorite venues, all on Spotify. Updated every Monday. Put in your city, put in a venue. It doesn’t 100% work for all – e.g., Seattle’s Chop Suey doesn’t seem to...