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It’s been a little bit since I watched it but I recall this playlist being useful/interesting

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJRRppeFlVGIvcTQNISPTxvNm...

I feel the same way about AI generated README.md on Github.

> All I had when I started was a copy of the firmware, a copy of the service manual, and a can-do attitude

This is how some of the best reverse engineers in the industry got started, especially when it comes to video game cheats.

> UEFI-level anti-cheat bypasses

Anyone have a hash? I would love to reverse engineer one of these.

Why not create a new account and fork your old repositories? You can restart with updating your old projects and overtime you’d build back up that reputation. I’d also add a note that you were the previous author and lost access to the repositories.

So it goes.

I’m just going to leave this here

https://youtu.be/3aCMTpJx2cs?si=1roXwjjWxsxQb3P1

There was an article or comment a couple of years back discussing how people are now writing grandiose blog posts like they are describing how and why they broke up Pink Floyd. I wish I could find the original source because I still think about it.

CCC would be better but REcon is kind of niche because it’s focus is reverse engineering and not “hacking”in general.

> 128-bit key, but this gets compressed to 56 bits before it encrypts traffic

A5/1 had a similar issue in which the weakness was deliberately added. I have some notes and references on it. Super interesting

https://github.com/alexander-hanel/asm-examples/tree/master/...

> I’m rich in expired domains

Haha. Thanks this made me laugh. I also know the feeling of being rich in expired domains.

I haven’t seen this site before. Thanks for sharing it.

If it can play Spotify using voice commands I’d buy it to replace my Apple HomePod.

Oh, that is good to know. Thanks.

Yes, but half the code in the book is implemented in Java.

Crafting Interpreters has been sitting on my shelf for two or so years. I would love to read the book but the use of Java shelved it. I don’t have the time to understand the concepts from the book while simultaneously learning Java.

Rolling your own crypto is still a thing.

Note: Someone commented on the “limited shelf-life” of ransomware and why this doesn’t hurt other victims. They deleted their comment but I’m posting my response.

You are incorrect. What is limited is the number of attacks that can be used for victims to recover their files. If you think the author is the only person that was using this attack to recover files, you are incorrect again. I’d recommend checking out book The Ransomware Hunting Team. It’s interesting book about what happens behind the scene for helping victims recover their files.

When your daughter gets a little older I’d recommend checking out Gabby’s Dollhouse.

Along with Bluey, Gabby's Dollhouse is pretty good. It’s not over stimulating and it’s interactive.

I enjoy YouTube but the algorithms get a little crazy after a while. I solve this be deleting my history every month. The algorithm then falls back to channels that I subscribe to or similar channels.

If you haven’t seen it already, check out “Understanding Cryptography: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners”. Probably one of the best and approachable books on cryptography. Plus all the lectures are on YouTube so you can read a chapter and then watch the lecture. Also with the math notation, you a take a photo of it and ask ChatGPT to try to explain it.

I think you missed the part about how much effort they put into it.

Check out Assembly Language for x86 Processors by Kip Irvine. It’s probably one of the best books on x86. The older editions are way cheaper.

> Give time to researchers to gather enough mappings between source code and machine code, get used to training large predictive models, and you shall see top notch decompilers that beat all engineered methods.

Not anytime soon. There is more to a decompiler than assembly being converted to x language. File parsers, disassemblers, type reconstruction, etc are all functionality that have to run before a “machine code” can be converted to the most basics of decompiler output.

I’m enjoying How AI Works but I have not made it to the other yet.

I’m starting down a similar path with these two books

How AI Works - https://nostarch.com/how-ai-works

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Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677608/why-machines...

Carrying a book is another helpful solution.

> Specialist knowledge is for cowards

What a strange and thought provoking statement.

Boyd’s contributions might seem impressive but he seemed like a disgusting human being. He was confrontational, chewed his nails, smoked cigars, made his family live in a tiny apartment so he could be close to work, etc. I can’t remember it all but I quit reading his biography 3/4s in because he just sounded like horrendous person.