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New comment by flowless in "The fake browser update scam gets a makeover"

flowless — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 20:08:16 +0000

I’ve recently received a scam email with ‘Incoming mail delayed’ subject saying that my mailbox is almost full.

It contained IPFS url with a login form sending data to some hacked site so this is already a standard practice.

It is also a bit amusing when you host your own mailserver for years.

New comment by flowless in "Bottlerocket – Minimal, immutable Linux OS with verified boot"

flowless — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 20:51:06 +0000

You could use Nix to build (and manage/update) an OS similar to this.

New comment by flowless in "The state of open-source in 3D printing in 2023"

flowless — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 06:52:52 +0000

Amusing that their firmware repo (unlike Slic3r) had no reference to Marlin until I've pointed it out to them https://github.com/prusa3d/Prusa-Firmware/issues/2625

Also it was imported by copying the modified source instead of proper git fork with history and all the contributors that made it possible.

Since i3 was designed, there were always parts that weren't open (like the pictured PCB heated bed) so nothing really changes.

New comment by flowless in "Mindustry – Open-Source Game"

flowless — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:12:39 +0000

I can recommend Teeworlds (CTF modes) for casual office gaming. I've organized a tournament once and got my ass kicked in the final matches (2v2 CTF) as people improved really quickly.

New comment by flowless in "Thank You, Valve"

flowless — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:10:36 +0000

Recently it switched to running via Proton if you had Steam Play enabled (and broke completely for me). Solution is/was to disable Steam Play and it will use native version.

New comment by flowless in "NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art"

flowless — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 14:37:39 +0000

Typically they get paid the initial listing sum of the auction (at least) and what happens on secondary market is not their concern, similar to classic art pieces.

Royalties can be a thing provided NFTs are traded using a smart contract that pays royalties to the creator but it's not that common since artists are compensated well enough by the first approach and don't need to milk secondary market trades.

New comment by flowless in "NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art"

flowless — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 14:19:39 +0000

Nothing. Creators are getting paid because NFTs are associated with their brand, not just magically having a value because you minted one.

New comment by flowless in "Valve accused of ignoring existing RCE vulnerability in Source games for 2 years"

flowless — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 21:53:41 +0000

You can also run virtual machine with real card attached to it via VFIO if your host has IOMMU support. Guess what this means for anti-cheat.

New comment by flowless in "Podman: A Daemonless Container Engine"

flowless — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 16:29:28 +0000

Not entirely true.

I was researching this few hours ago and according to https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/6114#issuecommen... it just works when you add another network.

Docker registry having no IPv6 is another fun story tho.

New comment by flowless in "MakAir: Covid-19 ventilator with a Raspberry Pi"

flowless — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 17:32:35 +0000

If your embedded stack supports USB you could use CDC ACM for possibly more robust comms (checksummed by USB, no need for RTS/CTS).

Also there are CAN hats for rPi (SPI) or USB<->CAN bridges (using slcan protocol and Linux driver).

New comment by flowless in "Firefox 80 to Support VA-API Acceleration on X11"

flowless — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 11:19:09 +0000

No need to download, I was using youtube-dl piped to mplayer, now using mpv which has youtube-dl integrated.

Works wonders on old and not-so-old hardware that can't play 1080p or 4k in browser.

New comment by flowless in "Singapore to Open Source Bluetooth Contact Tracing"

flowless — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:11:38 +0000

Any idea how it works? The site is not very helpful in that manner.

New comment by flowless in "Lasersaur – open-source laser cutter"

flowless — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 17:49:31 +0000

You can build it for way lower than that - in their BoM they use quite expensive distributors like Misumi - if you only source your steppers from other places that's already hundreds saved. If you buy the laser tube and power supply from China it's few thousands shaved off (the only problem is the risky shipping of fragile laser tube).

New comment by flowless in "Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later"

flowless — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:09:32 +0000

Because Cardano is what ETH might have been if done right. They did a tons of (actually scientific) research on the topics mentioned in this article but the author won't mention Cardano as it is his direct competition (even nicknamed Ethereum killer).

New comment by flowless in "Software projects written in Haskell"

flowless — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 13:57:52 +0000

It doesn't feel slow to me (compared to for example C++ compilation) and you can iterate quickly using cabal repl (:r) or ghcid[1] which both support partial recompilation of changed files.

[1] https://github.com/ndmitchell/ghcid

New comment by flowless in "US Navy will replace touchscreen with mechanical controls on its destroyers"

flowless — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 16:33:29 +0000

LinuxCNC (at least Axis) can be controlled by keyboard - F1 is especially handy to stop the job in progress if anything goes wrong. Arrow keys can be used for jogging, with shift it uses max travel speeds but dedicated CNC pendant for jogging is on my TODO list as well as standalone DRO with 7 segment displays.

New comment by flowless in "How Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun punished the computers of the day [video]"

flowless — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 07:52:59 +0000

Multi-planet battles while cool looking and fun are not balanced and most of the competitive matches are played with no orbital tech on single planet - these are quite similar to competitive matches in TotalA and really well balanced. If you play ladder or with people looking for competitive matches then it feels a lot more like old RTSes although you can still zoom out or send units in not so obvious ways (frontal attacks rarely work) which often makes for interesting surprises and strategies.

It takes a bit to get used to playing on planets instead of classic maps with borders but that’s what makes this game special.

New comment by flowless in "GNU Guix package definitions for Gov.uk software and systems"

flowless — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:14:37 +0000

It doesn't maintain any state - NixOps uses SQLite database which makes it cumbersome to share with other devs.

Morph can't create machines for you - it doesn't have any backends except for SSH. It means fewer dependencies but you need to create targets manually or with something like Terraform. I've only used 'libvirt' and 'none' backends with NixOps and even wrote a 'dumb' backend that unlike 'none' backend wouldn't generate and store SSH keys in state but respects .ssh/config.

One feature of morph is really nice - declarative health checks that are run after the deployment automatically or can be triggered manually.

I also find it easier to explain to not-that-technical people as it basically requires one or two commands.

For the reference: https://github.com/DBCDK/morph

New comment by flowless in "GNU Guix package definitions for Gov.uk software and systems"

flowless — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:01:21 +0000

We're trying something similar - to provide a set of curated services with example deployments for cities or municipalities. We build on NixOS and use morph for deployment. Services include simple-nixos-mailserver, Redmine, Sympa, owncloud with LibreOffice Online and many more. If you're working on something similar or your're interested in helping with this cause feel free to contact me via email or IRC.

New comment by flowless in "Why can't computers boot instantly? (2013)"

flowless — Sun, 23 Jun 2019 11:53:34 +0000

GoPro cameras run RTOS and one of the threads run Linux which is cold booted only once (or during an update) and stored for next fast hot boots - it was only used for providing WiFi and streaming functionality.