ethereal

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Entire city of New York in 3D for free from Geopipe(gamefromscratch.com)
4 points by ethereal 4y ago|0 comments
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by ethereal 10y ago
Link to paper: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/osdi16/osdi16... I'm one of the co-authors on the paper. Let me know if you have any questions! (And no, we didn't come up with the
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New Software Continuously Scrambles Code to Foil Cyber Attacks(datascience.columbia.edu)
2 points by ethereal 10y ago|1 comments
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by ethereal 13y ago
I'd just like to point out that `cryptography' is _not_ just about testing that `decrypt(encrypt(msg)) == msg`. memfrob'ing a region of memory does this, but would we consider that a 'secure' encryption scheme? I do
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by ethereal 13y ago
Just reading your second reference, the bit about expert systems is pretty interesting . . . what's your stance on this? It seems that, given sufficient instrumentation information, one could probably construct a fairly decent expert system
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by ethereal 13y ago
Speaking as a student studying systems (particularly security and OS development) . . . the second point sounds really interesting. Recently I've been working on a simple microkernel (called Sydi) that should actually make this possible. It
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by ethereal 13y ago
This is exactly my take on the Parallella board, and it's the exact reason why I donated to the Kickstarter back in the Fall. I want to try my hand at writing a real, efficient, many:many message-passing API on top of SHM. It's something I'
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by ethereal 14y ago
I've been using Lua in a project for quite some time, replacing Python as my embedded scripting language of choice. It never ceases to amaze me, as a language and as an interpreter. Sure, the syntax bites you occasionally, and sure, the lac
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by ethereal 14y ago
Same thing here. When reading fiction (and some types of non-fiction) I can do away with my internal monologue and absorb the text directly, with full or near-full comprehension. [0] With textbooks etc. I need to actually subvocalize the wo
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by ethereal 14y ago
I've found that my impression of CtrlP's speed varies dramatically depending on the project that I'm working on. For projects such as Bochs [0] (~750 files in CtrlP), I get annoyed at the initial .5-sec wait [1], but after that it's extreme
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by ethereal 14y ago
Regarding the company in question -- my own best guess would be one that does static code analysis -- Coverity [0] comes to mind, for example. I can't really think of any other companies that would benefit greatly from having a large stock
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by ethereal 14y ago
From the article: > An updated version of LAN Manager known as NTLM was introduced with Windows NT 3.1. It lowered the susceptibility of Windows passwords to rainbow table attacks, but didn't eliminate the risk. To this day, the authent
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by ethereal 14y ago
... you'd need some preprocessing first. The ASCII characters `0' and `1' aren't easy to use to write a program, though you could do it with nasm and some '-' and '+'s I suppose. If someone can prove me wrong, I'd be very happy though. Writ
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by ethereal 14y ago
> Kids aren't learning abstract fundamentals at that age though. They are mimicking stuff. I have to respectfully disagree with you on this point. A member of my extended family does extensive work with deaf young children (aged six mon
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by ethereal 14y ago
zsh used to do this for me (back when I used it; switched back to bash about a year ago now), and it was the most _annoying_ thing it ever did. My typical workflow (when working on a software project) involves a pair of terminals for compil
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ClamAV vs. Content IQ Test, part 3(vrt-blog.snort.org)
2 points by ethereal 14y ago|0 comments
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Rendering large graphs with WebGL(github.com)
1 points by ethereal 14y ago|0 comments
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by ethereal 14y ago
Actually, it's not that difficult. Get GCC to generate DWARF [debugging] information, and then use that to provide the back-references. (Reference: DWARF 3.0 spec, available at http://dwarfstd.org/doc/Dwarf3.pdf . See page 92.) This is how
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by ethereal 14y ago
I had the same thought about the download link -- it does seem a bit odd. But if you think about it, it does make sense. Very few people will not have JavaScript enabled -- those who do will be web developers or other technologically-minded
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by ethereal 14y ago
It is perhaps worth noting that 12/24V DC is just as deadly as 120/240V AC. There's naught deadly in voltage, it's the wattage that electrocutes you. A static shock is 6kV, as I recall, but the amperage is low enough that it doesn't hurt at
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by ethereal 14y ago
I haven't had my DNA sequenced (yet!) so I can't answer if I'm human or not. I suspect I am, though, and simply had the good fortune to be given parents willing to foster an interest in scientific and mathematical subjects.
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by ethereal 14y ago
How quickly time flies . . . I started programming on paper, writing programs for PIC12 microcontrollers. I would have been seven at the time. Never actually programmed one of the devices, but the experience taught me to logically think thr
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by ethereal 14y ago
Simple in concept, difficult in execution. How would you recommend the transition between the two systems be handled?
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by ethereal 14y ago
I believe that is the purpose of the AltGr [0] key, is it not? [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key#US_international
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by ethereal 15y ago
How are they planning on powering these devices? The original article doesn't mention . . . Solar seems the most obvious choice (to me).
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by ethereal 15y ago
That is per watt of peak power production.
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by ethereal 15y ago
I have some experience with solar energy at the small scale (1-2 kwh arrays) and I can say that at the consumer level, the cost for a solar array is now dropping to roughly $0.50/watt. It's still nowhere near the scale/cost of nuclear/coal
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by ethereal 15y ago
Or at least, don't use blocking TCP calls if you do. Timeout and fail gracefully . . .
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Solving Cubic Polynomials(tavianator.com)
2 points by ethereal 15y ago|0 comments
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Oracle v. Google - Oracle Loses on Motion Regarding Leonard and Cox Reports(groklaw.net)
32 points by ethereal 15y ago|2 comments

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