This section is an introduction to TCP/IP programming using a sockets API. (Sockets can also be used to work with other network protocols, such as IPX/SPX and Appletalk, but that is beyond the scope of this document.) The standard socket API was originally developed in the Unix world, but has been ported to OS/400 as…
I’m writing this to share my experience adapting to weird keyboards and layouts.
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We’ve been using a Sony Vaio VGN-P588E for the past few months as our primary personal laptop. This thing’s great; it’s got a small but not uncomfortable keyboard. It’s got a trackpoint, which we absolutely need to keep our hands healthy. Crucially, it’s only 1.5 pounds. We’re disabled in a way that means we’ve got to…
Beck will use the $25,000 grant to examine the Justice Department’s shutdown of civil rights investigations into local law enforcement and carceral facilities during the second Trump Administration, building the first comprehensive public accounting of the Civil Rights Division’s retreat.
You're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace , the wiki thing it's part of. Unfortunately you're using a browser version that my anti-crawler precautions consider suspicious, most often because it's too old (most often this applies to versions…
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What’s the simplest Unix command you know?<br /…
Introducing the a16z START program, which fuels founders at the earliest stages with 1:1 support, network introductions, and up to $1M in funding.
The database. The app. The legend.
Like most people, we at EFF are horrified by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Also like most people, we are not experts on military strategy or international diplomacy. But we do have some expertise with the internet and civil liberties, which is why we are deeply concerned that governments around the...
Deconstructing the anxious, brooding sounds behind the 2010 masterpiece, The Social Network.
A field guide to VPNs, proxies, and traffic relaying
Learn the best hands-on techniques to bypass Cloudflare Bot Management. Understand how it works, its sensor data, and evade detection.
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This is an edited, updated version of an essay I wrote in 2008 when this now popular idea was embryonic and ragged. I recently rewrote it to convey the core ideas, minus out-of-date details. This revisited essay appears in Tim … Continue reading →
When exposing large data sets through APIs, it needs to provide a mechanism to paginate the list of resources. There are multiple…
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Providing security research and red team techniques
The communtiy section for u-he. Makers of creative software synthesizers and effects.
At Spacelift, we use PostgreSQL (specifically Aurora Serverless) for most of our primary database needs. This article will show you our optimization story and how PostgreSQL row count estimation can go very wrong.
For Immediate Release — IRVINE, CA, USA — Software Freedom Conservancy announces it has succeeded in federal court with its motion to have its lawsuit against Vizio, Inc. remanded back to Superior Court in Orange County, California. Vizio, Inc. previously filed a request to “remove” the case from California State…
Let’s say I want to be an informed, engaged local citizen. Let’s say my town has a website set up where they post local updates and alerts that I might care about. Specifically, let’s say there was a water main break a few days ago that led to everyone in the town being asked to … Continue reading An example of why…
On Thursday, November 18, 2021, Dropbox did not go down. On a normal day this would be a non-event—a sign that everything was operating as usual. However, this day was anything but usual. At 5:00 pm PT, a group of Dropboxers were huddled on a Zoom call when the command was given to physically unplug our San Jose data…
FPGA toolchains are not trivial, but roughly speaking, you can divide the process of “compiling” FPGA-targeted code in a Hardware Description Language
