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ImTheMaddeston Scripnix: Useful Python3 and bash shell scripts for macOS/BSD and *NIX

Great way to take the fun out of using the Linux CLI.

ImTheMaddeston Reddit files to go public

You may want to consider looking for malware on your network.

ImTheMaddeston Perfect Numbers (1983)

http://math.fau.edu/yiu/Oldwebsites/MPS2010/TerenceTao1984.p...

This is a journal about a series of interviews with Terrence. It was written at approximately the same time his first paper was published.

Quite a fascinating read.

ImTheMaddeston Australians ‘complacent’ to rapid growth in digital surveillance

I didn't make that comment to have a political discussion, only to remark on the public's attitude to surveillance laws.

However, I would like to point out the legislation to force people to provide ID to use social media and dating sites has been in the works for some time.

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Hou...

Also note ALP's remarks on the bill, which call for sooner action and do not disagree with the report's findings.

Again, I'm not here to discuss partisan politics. I am only saying these laws seem to enjoy wide support.

ImTheMaddeston Australians ‘complacent’ to rapid growth in digital surveillance

We can't blame the LNP for all of this. All of the surveillance related bills passed in the last 10 years have been bipartisan.

I'd also go as far as to say this is what Australians want. Many people believe these laws won't be used against regular citizens and will assist in law enforcement efforts.

ImTheMaddeston Apple gave Uber access to a secret feature that can record iPhone screens (2017)

I believe the API gave you control over the framebuffer (r/w), so theoretically it would have been possible for Uber to read and store buffer data to record your screen.

ImTheMaddeston Apple gave Uber access to a secret feature that can record iPhone screens (2017)

Seems mostly reasonable to me.

“It was used for an old version of the Apple Watch app, specifically to run the heavy lifting of rendering maps on your phone & then send the rendering to the Watch app. This dependency was removed with previous improvements to Apple’s OS & our app. Therefore, we’re removing this API from our iOS codebase."

ImTheMaddeston Cybersecurity in the Wake of the Oldsmar Breach

They had unpatched windows machines exposed to the internet, without any type of firewall.

It's honestly surprising that it wasn't listed at the top of Shodan for all the lads to have a giggle with.

ImTheMaddeston DevSkiller IT skills report 2021: Demand and hiring trends

Also from Sydney, felt they were fairly accurate. Which numbers did you feel were unrealistic?

ImTheMaddeston Most-favorited Hacker News posts

Pretty dirty solution, but:

cat list| cut -d ' ' -f 4 | xargs -I{} echo "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id={}" | paste list - | cut -d ' ' -f 5-

ImTheMaddeston Dropbox: Tech's Hottest Startup (2011)

Google Drive has this feature, right click the file > get shareable link > Anyone on the Internet with this link can view