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 importantl...
Trusted Computing - How does a streaming site protect its contents? Examine Trusted Computing's role in safeguarding streaming content, understand TPMs, remote attestation, attack vectors and platform support.
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…
Blazor Serilog Logging to Console, File and Database Blazor Serilog Logging to Console, File and Database
Tag your infrastructure-as-code resources with a link to their definitions Applying a default tag that points to the IaC definition makes it easy to go from the console to the code.
Tabnine Unveils AI Assistant for Visual Studio 2022, Chat Beta -- Visual Studio Magazine Tabnine, known for its AI assistant Visual Studio Code extension, this month introduced a beta tool for the full-fledged Visual Studio 2022 IDE along with a new chat application, also in beta.
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.
Xamarin Forms: Using Font Icons instead of images In this video, I show you how to use Font Icons in Xamarin Forms.
New Video: Nullable Reference Types and Null Operators in C# A new video is available on my YouTube channel: Nullable Reference Types and Null Operators in C# . The video is a quick walkthrough of ...
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?
Phantom and indulgent shared pointers - The Old New Thing The phantom controls something yet holds nothing. The indulgent holds something but controls nothing.
Get started with .NET 8 MAUI Preview and Visual Studio on Mac Explore the exciting features of .NET 8 Preview and unleash the power of coding with Visual Studio on Mac! In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the step...
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 C...
Targeting Multiple Frameworks in a .NET Project - Code Maze Learn the benefits of targeting multiple frameworks in a .NET project for broad compatibility & future-proof applications.
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.
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How to Communicate When Trust Is Low (Without Digging Yourself Into A Deeper Hole) This is based on an internal quip doc I wrote up about careful communication in the context of rebuilding trust. I got a couple requests to turn it into a blog post for sharing purposes; here you g…
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 ...