Viewing profile — echochar

Brilliant.

Is there any similarity between "tag-length-value" and netstrings (1997)?

What is the purpose of the .note section? If it is left out, it appears from ktrace that the kernel assumes the binary uses some other ABI, e.g., Linux, etc. (compat_linux, etc.) a…

Is it possible to download the bulk data, e.g. CSV files via FTP, for noncommercial use in a personal database?

How about a tool to "exclude what you don't use"? I have several personal hacks for doing this I have written over the years but I've yet to find anyone else who tried to automate …

From ritter.vg: "You're browsing without Javascript! If you have no idea what that means, you should ask your technical friend about it. Otherwise - kudos." No, kudos to you. I cou…

I agree firewalls and NAT are a nuisance, and today's internet is not one iota as cool as the BBS days. The nuisances introduced by "ISPs" have hindered but in the long run have no…

Yes. But the server capability is always there. It can be launched again any time the attacker needs it.

"Those are just nice-side effects." For me, not being baited into buying stuff is a nice side effect. I block ads because it's fun to see how badly Google, Apple, Microsoft, apps a…

I agree. Thank you.

Understood. However try to reconcile this with the thought experiment I gave above. You would be saying that these Windows exploits would not work because users have IP addresses t…

Many times I see commenters on HN making statements to the effect of "users cannot run their own servers" and spurring a "debate" in the context of someone trying to innovate away …

"Google makes deployment much easier by using static linking..." Unless you only are referring to only the Go compiler, can you provide a cite for this statement? I also use static…

Even with Javascript disabled and only session cookies?

OK, so the author purports to be on the side of "end users". And he purports to share empathy with users who get annoying messages that their browser is lacking, outdated, etc. As …

http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/i386/INSTALL.i386 Also, if you learn to use installboot(8) you can make your own PXE bootable images. I would read the Makefiles in the OpenB…

https://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Monetary_circuit_theory

"I guess people using BSD... burn an image to a USB stick..." I always thought "burn" referred to optical storage like CD-ROM? Not sure about others, but when I do BSD installs I d…

gateways.list is quite useful. Are there lists that include more carriers (non-US)?

progress(1) is a separate utility on BSD; one of my favorites. (Although it is also built in to BSD ftp.) I regularly use progress with dd, tar and other utilities. At least one BS…

"...user agent strings are a giant disaster of technical debt" Amen. I agree with the commenter below who suggests we use random strings instead. Unless there is some sort of publi…

"8 trillion (@ 60 percent of GDP) in ephemeral housing equity" "loss of 8 trillion in housing wealth" Is this true? How do you create 8 trillion in wealth? If it was "lost" then wh…

The article seems to suggest the fact that "email" is so old is significant. IRC is quite old too. And that's what Slack is, with some enhancements. Email has also undergone many "…