Posts by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
(DIR) Post #B4zXvdh064Z7jCDgDw by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-04-05T18:18:52Z
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@iron_bug C is miles ahead into the grave.
(DIR) Post #B4zXyvi7YwfuTkJSIC by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-04-05T18:19:35Z
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https://blog.djhaskin.com/blog/writing-lisp-is-ai-resistant-and-im-sad/The ultimate irony is that the language once promised to bring the era of AI fails at being processed by AI.
(DIR) Post #B4zd3pWUUkBuVV1qm8 by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-04-05T19:16:28Z
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@iron_bug ok boomer
(DIR) Post #B5Js63YsehCh6FrgGm by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-04-15T13:39:11Z
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With time, I have come to realise that systemd was the best thing to have happened to the L'Eunuchs ecosystem in years, even though initially it seemed otherwise.
(DIR) Post #B5LbO4DfdcxJRqrleS by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-04-16T09:41:23Z
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https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-thain-ipv8-00.htmlIn the year of the thirtieth anniversary of IPv6 someone finally decided to address to incomplete adoption of the said protocol by... designing IPv8. Now we must just... adopt literally all software on the planet to use it too.If you think about it, the very fact that every piece of code that wants to send data over network must be aware of IPv4/6/8, IPX (lol), etc is just insane. There needs to be some default high-level interface that would be akin to "send data to that fucker, I don't care how". Yup, there are libraries for this, but as far as I'm aware no operating system ships this API by default. Which is totally insane.
(DIR) Post #B5LcWeoVZ8Z5DJkybw by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-04-16T09:54:08Z
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@phnt no actually useable operating system, I mean.
(DIR) Post #B5MKDNrmkLn18NuSH2 by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-04-16T18:03:39Z
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@eric i'm not sure about today, but just a year ago Steam client didn't work without IPv4 at all. Even with 6to4 NAT enabled.
(DIR) Post #B5O11WMRpQwJBwnkO0 by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-04-17T13:38:01Z
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Pick up the latest BSP for the board. The driver doesn't compile because L'Eunuchs broke internal API again. Typical L'Eunuchs bullshit.
(DIR) Post #B5QsTh8t1NluclhIp6 by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-04-18T22:46:23Z
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@hughsie/116403796692832048Remember, the next time your L'Eunuchs setup shits itself into committing seppuku, it might be because of this. At no point Linux has needed generating more code as quickly as possible. On the contrary, the entire ecosystem has too much code and too few good software engineers capable of designing a coherent system.
(DIR) Post #B5QsYLQvA9K2k6Lluy by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-04-18T22:47:17Z
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mastodon doesn't allow attachments in quote postsFuck off
(DIR) Post #B5t5MdNxKXDem8aUVc by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-05-02T13:22:44Z
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From: https://lowlevel.fun/posts/tiny-udp-cannon-android-vpn-bypass/The fact that this pretty stupid VPN circumvention exists isn't a big surprise, given how bloated and over-engineered Android (and probably any other L'Eunuchs system) is. The surprising part is these words here:Asked If I am free to discloseWith some uncanny rituals, not at all dissimilar from cults or MLM schemes, big tech corpos have managed to guilt trip a huge crowd of nerds that said corpos are owed the honour of being asked permission to do things. Not because these nerds are paid to do this--most bug bounty programs offer scraps, you can sell these 0days and other secrets to Mossad or CIA for 10x the amount--but because it's somehow "ethical". In quotation marks, because nobody can even tell what ethics system here is usually referred to (deontologists can suck a dingus). All while the same corpos have NO WARRANTY clauses in every single software licence they employ, even in EULAs. And where this isn't possible, they limit the maximum possible compensation to a laughable sum.Remember, boys and girls. You don't owe corpos anything. And you certainly owe their customers even less than that. Full and immediate disclosure is the only way. Let them deal with the consequences of pushing shit code into prod, this isn't your problem.SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING
(DIR) Post #B5t6mbhiIth92nmHVg by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-05-02T13:38:39Z
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@phnt you might think so, but it was you who deployed vulnerable software from an untrustworthy vendor. Yes, you. You put your trust in a corporation that leaks (or worse, sells for profit) data left and right, hires subpar engineers, reluctantly spends pocket change on QA, and in a normal world wouldn't be trusted with candy. So called "ethical disclosure" only upholds this status quo of you and your kin pretending everything is fine. It's not fine. It hasn't been fine for a long time now. Full disclosure only reveals this very uncomfortable fact.
(DIR) Post #B5tAAOnoDu6PqJfJKq by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-05-02T14:16:31Z
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@phnt yes, it does exist, but that is not the point. The point thatSome software is better than the otherMonoculture is among the worst things to have happened in tech. This has been known for a long while, if you look up articles from early to mid 2000s, they argue that Microsoft monoculture is toxic. And yet the nerd herd has managed only to replace one monoculture with another.By the standards of the time described above, most big tech software today would be classified as malware, whether intentionally so or not.I have never claimed that you must run some perfect software (I can claim this tho). But at least try to have some semblance of standards.
(DIR) Post #B5tAKdPImIny2C5CnQ by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-05-02T14:18:23Z
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@phnt @mangeurdenuage no, not really. Here I only refer to the Android bug above.But I would've published this "CopyFail" immediately. Linux licence claims NO WARRANTY and that really does mean NO WARRANTY.
(DIR) Post #B5tFYDwck9wst9y62S by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-05-02T15:16:53Z
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@phnt @mangeurdenuage all it means is that glibc/gcc/whatever need to be killed with fire like the atrocious disgrace of engineering that they are. Same goes for Linux.Actually, it is possible to build secure systems that incorporate Linux. This has been done numerous times and involves isolating different application domains with paravirtualised kernels. A tad bit harder than installing Booboontu or RHELL and calling it a day.
(DIR) Post #B5tNroSnzRKRHmsAC0 by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-05-02T16:50:04Z
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@mangeurdenuage @phnt Don’t try to plan for future changes. Focus on the ability to completely rewrite everything from scratch when that change actually occurs.I'm not exactly sure this guy is sane or that his advice on software is to be taken seriously.
(DIR) Post #B63dcPdvX1eSoGLuXA by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-05-07T15:33:37Z
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@mangeurdenuage @phnt and where exactly is Smalltalk today? Right...
(DIR) Post #B63dmXsVlgSrFM0QSG by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-05-07T15:35:31Z
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I'm still amazed how much kernel development is simpler than most things I have done before. Not in the sense that it takes less skill or experience to get into, but in that the tooling and the development process are much less convoluted.I wish we had this in other areas too.
(DIR) Post #B649Nam73eLZWa9rzk by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-05-07T21:29:33Z
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@gabriel the dildo of consequences seldom arrives lubed
(DIR) Post #B6EanlmlNsVdXrliQC by icon_of_computational_sin@mstdn.starnix.network
2026-05-12T22:23:52Z
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Notink is my favourite Emacs colour scheme as of now.https://github.com/MetroWind/notink-themeRemember, if your colour scheme looks like rainbow vomit, you really should reconsider your life choices. Colours only needs to attract your attention to what's important, and if everything on your screen is highlighted, nothing really is.