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Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

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Post by StavrosK »

tbodt wrote: post #62
krackers wrote: post #12

Can someone eli5 how this works? I sort of get that you can create one big binary file with all the necessary file headers for each platform and the actual x86 code being shared, but what about stuff like syscalls? The post also lost me when it started mentioning the need for shell scripts and emulators.

It turns out to be impossible to create a file that is simultaneously a valid ELF and Windows PE. The solution to this is to make a file that is simultaneously a valid PE and shell script, and have the shell script overwrite the start of the file with an ELF header and re-exec itself.

That means you can't copy the executable after executing once and have it run on Windows, correct?

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

#142

Post by stavros »

naikrovek wrote: post #36

I bet the name of this thing sends screen readers straight into the abyss. "Need cred or accessibility? Nerd cred! Screw you if your eyes don't work!"

Or people who can read Greek. I can only imagine how Russians feel towards the frequent misuse of their alphabet.

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

#143

Post by lazyasciiart »

axegon_ wrote: post #74

People... Please stop using foreign alphabets like that! It's a nightmare for those of us who know the alphabets. It took me a good 20 seconds to read the title. And it's magnitudes worse when someone uses cyrillic for instance and it's native to me.

I'm really pleased to hear this, because I've kept scratch notes in english text written in the greek alphabet for decades, and every so often I wondered if it was more readable than I expected if someone who read greek happened to glance at it :) (It's not secrets - more like a habit of stream-of-consciousness writing while listening to someone talk, that would probably look bizarre).

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

#144

Post by shakna »

d__k wrote: post #133
axegon_ wrote: post #74

People... Please stop using foreign alphabets like that! It's a nightmare for those of us who know the alphabets. It took me a good 20 seconds to read the title. And it's magnitudes worse when someone uses cyrillic for instance and it's native to me.

1) актуалли портабле екзекутабле 2) αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε What is easier to comprehend?

My screenreader can pronounce Greek. Which means the first is far easier to comprehend.

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

#145

Post by dri_ft »

tzot wrote: post #120
renewiltord wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To get https don't you have to put a paid load balancer in front of it? At that point it's both more effort and costly than Netlify.

Perhaps it's not that costly (or you can circumvent costs) if you work at Google, like Justine does IIUC.

She did, but no longer. The project's github README:

> Justine Tunney currently isn't on the payroll of any company. She's been focusing on Cosmopolitan because she wants to give back to Free Software which helped her be successful.

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

#146

Post by zhenyakovalyov »

d__k wrote: post #133
axegon_ wrote: post #74

People... Please stop using foreign alphabets like that! It's a nightmare for those of us who know the alphabets. It took me a good 20 seconds to read the title. And it's magnitudes worse when someone uses cyrillic for instance and it's native to me.

1) актуалли портабле екзекутабле 2) αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε What is easier to comprehend?

My contribution to your #1

астиа11у рогтаЬ1е ехеситаЬ1е

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

#147

Post by mlindner »

Rebelgecko wrote: post #23
reallyeli wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The author is a "she": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justine_Tunney

"Tunney has described Occupy Wall Street as a far-left movement.[13] Her former comrades have described her as a technocratic fascist.[14]" Wow, although I'm not familiar with her, this wiki article seems a bit melodramatic

Listening to her talk, she seems a pretty standard run of the mill Libertarian with a blend of technocrat.

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

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Post by schwartzworld »

learnstats2 wrote: post #110
nurettin wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Foreign alphabet transliteration drama thread under the best hacking-grade article in years. Thanks, hn.

Yep - if you want people to focus on what you actually wrote, don't do this. I couldn't get past the title.

The most HN comment ever.

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

#149

Post by simias »

d__k wrote: post #133
axegon_ wrote: post #74

People... Please stop using foreign alphabets like that! It's a nightmare for those of us who know the alphabets. It took me a good 20 seconds to read the title. And it's magnitudes worse when someone uses cyrillic for instance and it's native to me.

1) актуалли портабле екзекутабле 2) αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε What is easier to comprehend?

I could ready #1 immediately and thought "hey, I can actually read faux-cyrillic a lot better that I thought" and then I realized that you used a semi-proper transliteration.

Case in point I guess.

Re: αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε

#150

Post by murbard2 »

axegon_ wrote: post #74

People... Please stop using foreign alphabets like that! It's a nightmare for those of us who know the alphabets. It took me a good 20 seconds to read the title. And it's magnitudes worse when someone uses cyrillic for instance and it's native to me.

It's cringe, but I don't find it hard to read, anymore than knowning numbers precludes me from reading "4c7u411y p0274813 3x3cu74813".
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