Analysis and reverse-engineering of the original Starlink router While waiting for my Dishy, I decided to find and buy the Starlink router separately. Sure, it might be just a WiFi router, but it was very curious what’s inside. Spoiler: there are some inte…
A Year In Review · Jethro Kuan It’s been over two years since the inception of Org-roam, and with the year coming to an end I think a review is timely.
Justin Pombrio A capability-safe language would have minimized the impact of, or even prevented, the log4j vulnerability.
Putting a vaccine out quickly, part 3 If anyone had been in the mood to argue with my previous missives about getting a vaccine out quickly, they could have easily found an objection. "You're only addressing testing", they might have said, "and the real problem is manufacturing. It's fine t...
25 Anti-Mimetic Tactics for Living a Counter-Cultural Life - Epsilon Theory The social rewards that come from imitating others feel good, but they come at a high price. Here are 25 Anti-Mimetic ideas that can help us craft a life that is a little more free from the herd, and a bit more open to the spontaneity and wonder of new th...
My Path to Financial Independence as a Software Engineer One of the watershed moments of my life was as a 20 year old intern attending a workplace presentation about personal finance. Over the course of one hour, I learnt about the power of buy-and-hold …
Secure your NuGet packages with Package Source Mapping Always know where your NuGet packages come from by centrally mapping them to target sources. If you use multiple package sources for your projects, this is a...
How I found (and fixed) a vulnerability in Python I focused my research on the most popular web frameworks, such as Flask, Bottle, and Tornado. Eventually, I found and fixed a vulnerability in Python.
You block ads in your browser, why not in your city? There are defences against badvertising on the internet, and you should use them. But there are defences against bad advertising in real life too, and you should use them too. Put badvertising in its place: nowhere!
Mobile Solar Power: Made Easy! DIY Off-grid Solar Power! Building a vehicle mounted solar power system? Let me help.
GitHub - mwmbl/mwmbl: An open source, non-profit search engine implemented in python An open source, non-profit search engine implemented in python - GitHub - mwmbl/mwmbl: An open source, non-profit search engine implemented in python
OBS and Streamlabs Commit to Long-Term Collaboration First and foremost, we want to thank you all again for your incredible outpouring of love and support for OBS. Everyone on the team is incredibly thankful and humbled by your …
Reverse-engineering a tiny 1980s chip that plays Christmas tunes For the holidays, I decapped a chip that plays three Christmas melodies. The UM66T melody chip from the 1980s was designed for application...
A new coefficient of correlation Is it possible to define a coefficient of correlation which is (a) as simple as the classical coefficients like Pearson's correlation or Spearman's correlation, and yet (b) consistently estimates some simple and interpretable measure of the degree of depe...
“Autism is a Spectrum” Doesn’t Mean What You Think What you believe the “autism spectrum” means is not what it actually means. It’s more like…