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You know what's as uncommon as the aurora that keep popping on my feed? A new blog post :D
Hope this one will give you some inspiration on [managing both your personal and professional lives](http://www-gem.codeberg.page/cli_life-org/)

A Slew Of AI Courses To Get Yourself Up to Speed
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-5148b971-3c17bfb9bc4fa4cf
A Slew Of AI Courses To Get Yourself Up to Speed When there’s a new technology, there’s always a slew of people who want to educate you…

I wonder if the threat of KOSA passing will push people to try decentralized and federated platforms again. A lot of the Elon exodus-ers went to Blue Sky but I wonder how far people will go if this goes through. I can't see circumvention tools like darknet networks or VPNs being stopped if people elect to use them.

Today's project: getting the previous PC build I was using before the upgrade to current gen parts (other than the GPU which is last gen) encased in that Zalman T7. Gonna go in the "bedroom" so I can move this PC to the "living room". Will be a test bench of sorts, wanna explore some self hosting, media server etc options on this thing just to get myself familiar with the tools etc. Eventually thinking I wanna build a real NAS. Prob start with Deb Server, for simplici…

Dear Americans,
If we Europeans can carry what basically amounts to a small garage worth of tools inside a small 4.5m van with a 1.6L engine, chances are you don't need a a 6M long behemoth with a 6.2L V8 just to carry a hand-pushed lawn mower.
Sincerely,
A European.
(not my picture)

A Detailed Guide on RustScan – Hacking Articles
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-05a2e3cd-3b8f2be9184fa046
A Detailed Guide on RustScan – Hacking ArticlesIn the realm of cybersecurity, network scanning tools are essential for reconnaissance an…

Today's project: getting the previous PC build I was using before the upgrade to current gen parts (other than the GPU which is last gen) encased in that Zalman T7. Gonna go in the "bedroom" so I can move this PC to the "living room". Will be a test bench of sorts, wanna explore some self hosting, media server etc options on this thing just to get myself familiar with the tools etc. Eventually thinking I wanna build a real NAS. Prob start with Deb Server, for simplici…

Are there any existing Linux distros that can turn a laptop into a digital typewriter (and do nothing else)?
I'm looking for a distro that only does word processing, file management, and allows exporting to USB. No internet, no Bluetooth, etc.
I can only find this discontinued project: https://www.

Brendan Gregg: "Linux Crisis Tools"
http://www.brendangregg.com/blog//2024-03-24/linux-crisis-tools.html
#Linux

„Auf seiner Profilseite steht die kurze Notiz, dass er sich nun der Landwirtschaft widmet.“ 🫠 https://www.golem.de/news/linux-tool-neofetch-wird-nicht-mehr-weiterentwickelt-2405-184801.html /via

Details on the #backdoor in #xz for users of #Fedora 40 and 41/rawhide:

Insights from Basilisk: Are Open-Source EDA Tools Ready for a Multi-Million-Gate, Linux-Booting RV64 SoC Design?
Philippe Sauter, Thomas Benz, Philippe Sauter, Frank K. G\"urkaynak, Luca Benini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.04257

Insights from Basilisk: Are Open-Source EDA Tools Ready for a Multi-Million-Gate, Linux-Booting RV64 SoC Design?
Designing complex, multi-million-gate application-specific integrated circuits requires robust and mature electronic design automation (EDA) tools. We describe our efforts in enhancing the open-source Yosys+Openroad EDA flow to implement Basilisk, a fully open-source, Linux-booting RV64GC system-on-chip (SoC) design. We analyze the quality-of-results impact of our enhancements to synthesis tools, interfaces between EDA tools, logic optimization scripts, and a newly open-sourced library of optim…

#LB Pode ser útil. E, sendo da bolha, tenho certeza que não vai fazer bobagem com teus dados.
https://fed.sfl.pro.br/display/e5ca8dd2-3666-2fa0-faab-e7a174511045

Also, kudos to this guy. I would NOT have had the patience to compare the results between gnu and uutils if it wasn’t for this
https://github.com/droberson/linux_amd64_static_tools

Retrotechtacular: How Not to Use Hand Tools
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-3e203361-2cc9f46ee9011fd0
Retrotechtacular: How Not to Use Hand Tools Whatever you’re doing with your hand tools, by the US Army’s lights, you’re probably doing it wr…

Doing house stuff, getting tools in the garage... What was that running by? Ugh, the weasel is back.

There is a ton of software that is *almost* the same as some other piece of software.
It might use the same syntax/API but entirely different under the hood code, or maybe it's the same code but distributed with a different set of tools.
While this seems great, the not-exactly-identical experience causes an expectation problem.
"Great, I don't have to learn" is almost always followed by "This sucks because it's not 100% the same"
Sorry…

Next condo newsletter is ready. While it is a bit of work I took every newsletter they had and then broke them down into subject area templates for future reuse.
I put to the board the subject areas to be addressed and they give their approval along with other topics. Building the newsletter is a bit of work, but reusing past work makes it so much easier.
They had them only in PDF format, but I have the tools to extract the text and images and used that to build the subject are…

The Linux Foundation announces the Open Platform for Enterprise AI, to foster the development of open, multi-provider, and composable generative AI systems (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/16/inte

Intel and others commit to building open generative AI tools for the enterprise | TechCrunch
Intel and other tech heavyweights say they'll work together to build open generative AI tools for businesses, as part of a new Linux Foundation organization.

I’m reminded of a very old Slashdot comment that I return to which I will share in its entirety. Not the article, not the source, but this single insightful comment from Shannon Love that still rings true:
“I can relate to Zawinski's frustration and many others do as well. I notice that it seems to effect those with more experience than those newer to computing.
When one first acquires a new tool, whether it is hardware, software or a woodworking plane, the very act of learning how use the tool itself works is highly engaging. Just futzing about figuring out how the new tool works is an end in itself.
However, after one has spent 20 years learning the ends and out of each season's new tools the joy fades. One becomes progressively less interested in the tools itself and more interested in product you want to use the tool to make. The time spent futzing with the tool is not engaging but frustrating and wasteful. You want to get the primary work done not spend all your time adjusting your tools.
How many times over the years has Zawinski wrestled with a problem similar to his Linux sound issue? The thrill of solving such a problem is long gone, baby.
The Linux community is dominated by people who enjoy the process of learning and using the tool itself. They are the kind of people who take the toaster apart to see how it works. The vast majority of desktop users, however, just want to make toast.
People like Zawinski, who have taken apart their fair share of toasters, also now just want to make toast. At present, Linux doesn't let him do that.”
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/05/06/12/1315235/jamie-zawinski-switches-to-mac-os-x#

"And the cloud, as we like to say, is a fancy term for someone else's computer"
Thank you for stating it in such a clear and simple way, @… !
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Comparing Desoldering Tools https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-6db30cf1-8e15a7cba9053d12

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.04257 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csAR_…

Insights from Basilisk: Are Open-Source EDA Tools Ready for a Multi-Million-Gate, Linux-Booting RV64 SoC Design?
Designing complex, multi-million-gate application-specific integrated circuits requires robust and mature electronic design automation (EDA) tools. We describe our efforts in enhancing the open-source Yosys+Openroad EDA flow to implement Basilisk, a fully open-source, Linux-booting RV64GC system-on-chip (SoC) design. We analyze the quality-of-results impact of our enhancements to synthesis tools, interfaces between EDA tools, logic optimization scripts, and a newly open-sourced library of optim…

Cybersecurity student helps friend who got locked out of his laptop while updating Windows Hello's facial recognition. They used USB tools but failed to detect the OS partition with MediCat. Successful use of Kali Linux live image and the chntpw command unlocked laptop account. This "real world" hacking experience outside a controlled environment was motivational for the student, aspiring to work in Penetration Testing/Red Team roles in future. https://reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1b8n5dj/

A little bummed that my Asus K56CB's battery has seemingly crashed or messed up its calibration after a short period in storage. Especially since I REALLY enjoy using it with #LinuxMint - seems the usual laptop power tools fail to solve the problem. It used to be at 2-3 hours, and now it's a solid 35 minutes. Effectively UPS rather than a laptop battery :-/

**Always try desktop Linux distributions on real hardware! Do not use virtual machines.**
Linux desktops heavily rely on graphics acceleration to deliver a good experience. Most VM tools are meant for servers and do not have good (if any) GPU support.
#Linux #VM

Squishy Miter Saw Shroud Spares you the Sneezy Bits https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-d9d8b7a7-4dbec1732f53acce

Symptoms of (becoming) a digital madman?
- Slowly deleting all the GUI tools
- In the terminal 80% of the time
- Hands on the keyboard 99% of the time
- vi/emacs key binds everywhere
- Don't talk about Arch anymore
- Too busy remember how to compile Gentoo

Confess to being a bit stressed out today by ridiculous backlog of tasks from multiple overlapping projects. Not to mention a general overwhelm in my inbox. So I'm opening my linux machine and going to spend a happy hour of escape with python.. May even extend to a second hour with some new deep learnign tools I'm investigating.
Apologies if you're waiting for something from me.
#Laters

It's great to see how generative AI has shot into society's consciousness. At the same time, it is frightening to see how ignorant and risk-averse the majority of people are when using the services. Although the hype is probably over, many people still seem to be using the AI tools of large platforms.
#chatgpt

TIme for security house keeping. Don't have a lot of tools and have to brute force things in XLS (shudder). I would love tools that would help, but I suspect if I mention that I would be volunteered to write them. Have to match up five different files, flag the various actions needed to be taken then split it out for the personnel responsible for security in their area to take action on.

Basilisk: Achieving Competitive Performance with Open EDA Tools on an Open-Source Linux-Capable RISC-V SoC
Phillippe Sauter, Thomas Benz, Paul Scheffler, Zerun Jiang, Beat Muheim, Frank K. G\"urkaynak, Luca Benini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.03523

Basilisk: Achieving Competitive Performance with Open EDA Tools on an Open-Source Linux-Capable RISC-V SoC
We introduce Basilisk, an optimized application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) implementation and design flow building on the end-to-end open-source Iguana system-on-chip (SoC). We present enhancements to synthesis tools and logic optimization scripts improving quality of results (QoR), as well as an optimized physical design with an improved power grid and cell placement integration enabling a higher core utilization. The tapeout-ready version of Basilisk implemented in IHP's open 130 nm t…

Just added a new "Android Survival Guide" - it's got a few of my favorite technical tools, plus a few techniques for moving files to and from an Android device.
https://abstractsun.github.io/tech/android_survival_guide.html
Oh! And I a…

FPF Develops Checklist & Guide to Help Schools Vet AI Tools for Legal Compliance
https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-develops-checklist-guide-to-help-schools-vet-ai-tools-for-legal-compliance/
@…

TIme for security house keeping. Don't have a lot of tools and have to brute force things in XLS (shudder). I would love tools that would help, but I suspect if I mention that I would be volunteered to write them. Have to match up five different files, flag the various actions needed to be taken then split it out for the personnel responsible for security in their area to take action on.

Manta: An Open On-FPGA Debug Interface
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-28f0ad47-aebdb015692bb72f
Manta: An Open On-FPGA Debug Interface We always can use more tools for FPGA debugging, and the Manta project by [Fischer Moseley]

Don’t Object to Python Objects
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-7988c39e-602cd4f04a4029de
Don’t Object to Python Objects There’s the old joke about 10 kinds of programmers, but the truth is when it comes to programming, there are often people …

TIme for security house keeping. Don't have a lot of tools and have to brute force things in XLS (shudder). I would love tools that would help, but I suspect if I mention that I would be volunteered to write them. Have to match up five different files, flag the various actions needed to be taken then split it out for the personnel responsible for security in their area to take action on.

Wanting to test out some CLI productivity tools. Leaning towards emac org or Taskwarrior.
Any feedback about either of these two, or others I should check out?

Upgrade Your Test Probes
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-782c9388-adced33e269a2a0e
Upgrade Your Test Probes One of the most basic tools for tinkering with electronics is a multimeter. Today, even a cheap meter has capabilities that would have…

TIme for security house keeping. Don't have a lot of tools and have to brute force things in XLS (shudder). I would love tools that would help, but I suspect if I mention that I would be volunteered to write them. Have to match up five different files, flag the various actions needed to be taken then split it out for the personnel responsible for security in their area to take action on.

The fourth "R", REPAIR. Too often, the device was made that we cannot repair it. If we can repair it, we must take it to an authorized place & have the privilege of overpaying to have a simple part replaced.
I might be a techie but I learned how to use a welding torch and other tools. I could strip and rebuild lawn mower engines, snowmobile engines, outboard marine engines. I could also create head gaskets for car engines. Can't do that now.

Flute Now Included on List of Human Interface Devices
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-bda49bce-17deaf94f796445b
Flute Now Included on List of Human Interface Devices For decades now, we’ve been able to quickly and reliably interface musical i…

ToddyCat is making holes in your infrastructure
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-0e4939e4-61f38889cd2ee0b8
ToddyCat is making holes in your infrastructure We continue covering the activities of the APT group ToddyCat

Human-Interfacing Devices: HID over I2C
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-95938951-19d90b0f2c178566
Human-Interfacing Devices: HID over I2C In the previous two HID articles, we talked about stealing HID descriptors

Microsoft Killed My Favorite Keyboard, And I’m Mad About It
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-24da0597-08c4b35ac70f17f9
Microsoft Killed My Favorite Keyboard, And I’m Mad About It As a professional writer, I rack up thousands of words a day. To…