18 August 2023

25 links ยท Friday

How the Nintendo Wii Security Was Defeated

This is the story and the technical details of how the hacker group named Fail0verflow (formerly known as Team Twiizer) discovered and exploited numerous vulnerabilities to defeat the security mechanisms of the Nintendo Wii.

Syntactics and Semantics

I don’t usually do purely mathematical posts, but this topic really fascinated me and I want to share it. If you think about it, math is formal language we created to help us describe the world. It is extremely rigorous and in the end, and very importantly, it…

Omitted Variable Effects in Logistic Regression

Introduction I would like to illustrate a way which omitted variables interfere in logistic regression inference (or coefficient estimation). These effects are different than what is seen in linear…

How much suffering is too much?

This is by my wife, Bess. For the second time in a two weeks, Jake tells me he’s ready to die. The first time he says it, he’s frustrated: red-faced and retching, trying to hack out a thick glob of…

Just a simple task

How bad could it be, right?

Ask vs guess culture

When unreasonable requests are followed up with "but you could have just said no!" Exploring the clashes of ask culture and guess culture, at home and at work.

Short session expiration does not help security

When logged into a web application, the session does not remain valid forever. Typically, the session expires after a fixed time after login, or after the user has been idle for some time. How long should these times be?

Code Maze Weekly #181 - Code Maze

Issue #181 of the Code Maze weekly. Check out what’s new this week and enjoy the read. .NET and C# Top Picks Moq and the Problem with Open Source [www.youtube.com] A good breakdown of Moq’s situation for those that haven’t heard what’s going on yet. Tim Corey …

StarLite 12.5-inch

Its fanless design ensures your StarLite will never make more than a whisper - unless you want it to. The Mk V supports coreboot open source firmware which you can effortlessly configure to your preferences via our coreboot configurator.

Job Corps | Careers Begin Here

Job Corps is the largest free residential education and job training program for young adults ages 16-24. We connect you with the skills and education you need to get the career you want!

Burke Learns Blazor - How to Blazor Forms

Burke and Jon continue their quest to master Blazor by exploring Blazor Forms, validation and a bunch of other things they have no idea how to do. Also, Jon ...