Posts by curtmack@floss.social
(DIR) Post #AhI7Oc1OTXt42fDPkG by curtmack@floss.social
2024-04-26T20:27:51Z
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@foone Back in 2016, I was writing a lot of Haskell for personal projects, and I had a dream that the Democratic primary debates were going to be held in Haskell. I was consulting for the Clinton campaign trying to figure out the type of her apology for the BP oil spill.
(DIR) Post #AhrBdYvz9j7meUJRNw by curtmack@floss.social
2024-05-13T17:56:59Z
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@mahryekuh @foone "What are you gonna do, smite me?" - quote from transfem smited
(DIR) Post #AhrGT12IphloOU3dq4 by curtmack@floss.social
2024-05-13T19:09:42Z
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@foone @mahryekuh now I want an RTS where you're a god commanding an army of popes to kill each other. With smiting as a limited-use power, of course.
(DIR) Post #AhrGdgECXN2h2nhyee by curtmack@floss.social
2024-05-13T19:10:38Z
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@foone https://xkcd.com/605
(DIR) Post #Ai6c2PH1issW6p3ozQ by curtmack@floss.social
2024-05-21T05:08:35Z
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@foone That's... not all that difficult to do.Just wrap GCC in a shell script that faithfully copies all of the inputs and outputs to and from the real executable, except that whenever the compiler exits with a non-zero status, it triggers the shock collar.
(DIR) Post #AiEIqqOihruGtS6yky by curtmack@floss.social
2024-05-24T22:11:29Z
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@foone I just did a CTF where "solve a maze" was a problem, as a matter of fact. (The real challenge was extracting the maze from the binary, but you did have to solve the maze afterward.) https://github.com/hackthebox/business-ctf-2024/tree/main/reversing/%5BMedium%5D%20TunnelMadness
(DIR) Post #AiiwYWuOwROvlkoIjY by curtmack@floss.social
2024-06-08T16:58:35Z
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@ZachWeinersmith Would you believe Reagan might be partially to blame? His FTC cut regulations against advertising to children, which led to the rise of advertising cartoons like G.I. Joe and Transformers. Since these shows were primarily designed to sell toys to children, they were written specifically for children.
(DIR) Post #Air1oYqkvlKJre4T4K by curtmack@floss.social
2024-06-12T14:32:49Z
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@foone "Mechanical limit to cooling" sounds like quitter talk to me. Personally I think we'd have solved this whole "thermodynamics" mess by now if those lily-livers in the physic department had a shred of hustle.
(DIR) Post #Aj715j5DEwWEcXHm88 by curtmack@floss.social
2024-06-20T07:41:33Z
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@foone My interpretation is that A) tattooing does not qualify as "Linking" under the GPL's definition, and B) even if it did, the person's body would qualify under the System Library exception. As such, there wouldn't be an issue, provided the tattoo artist gave the recipient a copy of the GPL and the Corresponding Source for the artwork (or a written offer to receive the Corresponding Source through some other means, for free or for a fee no greater than their cost to perform this service).
(DIR) Post #AjGOa9VgqMLnCohUpc by curtmack@floss.social
2024-06-24T19:47:42Z
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@foone Off the top of my head:- Alphanumeric Display: fires when you write "BANG" to the display- Braille Display Device: fires when you send ⠃⠁⠝⠛ to the display- Magic Carpet Simulation Device: cursed in its own right, no further elaboration is required- Firmware Transfer Device: send it a text file and it fires in morse code- Watchdog Timer: fires if the Watchdog Timeout expires without timely intervention from software
(DIR) Post #AjMLOHTmzjwzztbWq0 by curtmack@floss.social
2024-06-27T17:10:35Z
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@ZachWeinersmith I need to listen to more Conchords.One of my favorite comedic songs is "Three Minutes of Ecstasy" by Ninja Sex Party (yes, Game Grumps Dan's band). I first heard it, unsuspecting, as part of a mashup album I was listening to at work, and I almost injured myself trying to contain my laughter.
(DIR) Post #AjP05q9eKlsoTWQgcK by curtmack@floss.social
2024-06-28T23:55:07Z
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@foone I've mentioned in the past that a keyboard with macros programmable in BASIC (via built-in character display) would be pretty great.
(DIR) Post #AmntYHDJUAgA3tw6D2 by curtmack@floss.social
2024-09-26T19:41:45Z
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So far, GitHub users have found that Winamp's "community" repository:1. Originally had a comically non-free license, so they replaced it with a license that's still not free2. Accidentally committed the source code for an entire separate product they own 3. Revealed they are violating the GPL and likely have been for years4. Also included proprietary code by Dolby *and* Fraunhofer for good measureIncredible. They should have sent a poet.
(DIR) Post #AuWsIjg9reZnjxYKWm by curtmack@floss.social
2025-05-27T19:14:35Z
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@mcc More generally, I've seen it referred to as "soft cost blindness."Firing people has a hard, objective value. Slowing down your business and frustrating your customers has a murky, intangible cost. Analyzing that sounds hard, so let's just 🪄🎩 hey look at that, the costs are gone, it's all upside now!
(DIR) Post #AvjjK96RTxsf5sWkka by curtmack@floss.social
2025-07-02T21:57:33Z
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@whitequark You awaken in an unfamiliar bed, alone. You jolt upright, but "you" are not you; searching for the restroom, you face the mirror and see an unfamiliar face.Your momentary panic is interrupted by a long beep from "your" bedroom. Cautiously, you return to find an IBM PC, its monochrome green CRT reading:It is 1985 JANUARY 17 0643You are CLYDE JOHNSON in ONTARIOExecution of your program will resume hereTransfer complete; longjmp2() returned successfully.