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I think this is a classic chicken and egg problem and the only way to solve this issue is government regulation. Anyone aware of the mandatory IPv6 in Europe? I heard that the Chec…

BTW, in the European Union, reverse-engineering is perfectly legal, if it is done to ensure compatibility with the current tech. I cannot cite the reliable sources for it, though.

It is interesting that the vendor adapts the hardware token and then makes it weak on the software side. I recently did similar thing for the FineReader 6 using a hardware dongle […

I guess it is some kind of problem with the home-made counter (e.g., picking up electrical noise), or perhaps the counter is placed in a building with a higher background level. As…

This is not my project, I just submitted it as an interesting website. Perhaps if the discussion catches on, I can send the link to the website's owner.

He's right. Strengthening of real human presence against in the internet is a noble goal. When I do/create something I find useful for others, I usually publish it on my website to…

There's some news about some psy-op or some damage every couple of days. We hear about "Russian trolls" and influencing the political discourse. I wonder if there is any symmetrica…

PC-s were only described in hobby magazines, like Bajtek or Młody Technik. Nobody had them, though, except maybe some institutions. The hobbyists used to own ZX Spectrum or Commond…

That is ridiculously fantastic idea! Shame I used to have an SCSI scanner but I already disassembled it for parts. One can write a simple bootloader, which reads bytes printed on a…

Maybe that's the charm of mechanical watches? Precise metal parts moving in harmony. You can entertain yourself with analyzing its workings by simply watching it (no pun intended).…

Today, storage is so advanced that to the ordinary user it simply presents as some kind of non-leaky abstraction: small rectangular shape, no moving parts, stores blocks, retrieves…

In Poland, in the communist period, the national broadcaster used to do it. For Atari, ZX Spectrum, Commmodore 64. Haven't heard the audition, though. Well before my era.