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True! Also a perfect timing for me.

Do you mind sharing the changes?

Blair Witch Project

There two ways:

Update the BIOS/UEFI which includes an updated microcode.

Via software at runtime after each reboot (Windows/*nix).

Great write-up with lots of links and insights on your thought process. Thanks!

There is also https://github.com/pioarduino/platform-espressif32 which allows one to use Arduino > 3.2 and IDF > 5.4. If you use PlatformIO put this into your platformio.ini

  [espressif32] ; PLATFORM
  platform = espressif32
  board_build.embed_txtfiles = folder/file.ext ; embed null-terminated file(s)

Also have a look at https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/platforms/espressif32.....

Maybe the .cursor folder in the GitHub gives a hint on how he did it in such a short time span…

> …Communism wasn't an authoritarian movement back then…

When and where was that?

This wild and also has some cruel implications. Thank you for this info!

Seems i lack a lot of professional knowledge so please enlighten me on how you would do it.

Why use ADK or SCCM for a personal install?

The custom firewall is just a frontend for the builtin firewall.

GP reg keys are used by many third party tools to alter the system. So why use extra software if you can get this directly from the vendor?

And also a rant about anti virus: What do think is the first thing malware does? How does your system get infected if you are using an updated browser, open mails in it and use it for viewing attachments like PDF? Maybe there is even malware out there that does take advantage of high jacking the anti virus and its system priviliges? But who knows… it always depends on the user and the use case.

Make the system need way less ressouces and get way more raw compute power.

There‘s a reason i wrote a hint about the security. If you keep this in mind and know what you are doing (like take such a setup as a base for VMs) this totally fine.

I am also not aware of any Spectre/Meltdown exploits ever to be found in the wild. If you are not running on a shared system i don’t see a need for those mitigations.

Regarding the third party tool: NTlite uses `dism` under the hood with which you can achieve the same results. You are already sending your DNS to a third party (like your ISP).

You also should never ever alter the hosts file and abuse it for ad blocking and such.

Microsoft supplies the latest group policies for their software. Or how else do you handle those on a local system?

I never said my post was about security but on how to alter your local system in a „more correct“ way with a clear hint about security. If you don’t know what you are doing then you should think twice when touching your system.

Are we talking about laser, color laser and/or ink printers?

Since i‘ve been doing this sort of thing for many years here are some basic rules: - Get LTSC (W10) or IoT/Enterprise (W11) images to begin with - Get https://www.ntlite.com/ .. you won‘t find any other tool which does a better job at removing packages, adding drivers, etc. Worth every penny with great support. - Use GroupPolicies to configure your system. Take the time and download them for Office, Edge, Chrome, Firefox and update those that come with Windows. - Integrate drivers not only for the base image but also in the recovery and setup image. - Install a firewall (binisoft is fine) - Use NextDNS - If you don’t mind the security implications: Disable Defender, SmartScreen, BootGuard and VBS (use bcdedit) - Disable Microcode loading (delete the DLL) - Disable Spectre/Meltdown mitigations - If you need Office: Use the LTSC version

Most third party tools are outdated or do stupid stuff which isn’t needed. You can silence Windows with the right GroupPolicies quite easy.

So then what is the official way to get the latest version? I mean… how does the state itself handle those laws or are you telling me that every German court and government agency buys those books?

What i never understood:

Why not use some kind of interlacing and randomly sort the lines. The result is a valid video file which could be uploaded to YouTube. Then deinterlace with a browser plugin and the random pattern used to scramble the lines. Same can be applied to the audio.

Nope. Same applies to the third one.

Awesome funny movie and i think the best part of this „trilogy“.

So this is just a wrapper for Automations and Profiles (or how Apple calls it: Focus).

But i like the idea to make such features accessible to the everyone and not only people who geek out on their phone.

As others pointed out you should implement qr codes which would make it even more usable.

For SiLabs Si4xxx (e.g., Si4463) chips there is also this wonderful repo:

https://github.com/astuder/Inside-EZRadioPRO

There are basically four main OEMs for SubGHz radios (hobby projects): - Analog Devices (ADF7xxx) - SiLabs (Si4xxxx) - Semtech (SX1xxx) - Texas Instruments (CCxxxx)

If i remember correctly the Analog Devices and the Semtech radios share the same internal core (blackfin?). Please correct me if i am wrong. For the Semtech and ADF702x there are firmware patches and/or ROMs available. The most interesting part would be to unlock the internal test mode which some of those chips have…

This! So many people don't take advantage of this fact.

Do you plan on expanding the functionality?

It is really amazing how flawless it work. You should do a blog post describing how you did it.

The SX127x doesn’t have the same features and CC1101 has way more options to fine tune any aspect of the radio.

There are many ESP32 boards with a SubGHz radio. But they are either ESP32 with a SX127x or ESP32S3 with a SX126x. A lot of them come with built in battery support.

The next problem with this project is the used radio: The SX12xx series from Semtech is good but lacks a lot of features like the CC1101 as used in the Flipper Zero.

I really like the idea of using an ESP32 but the choice of the used radio is a bit akward.

There was also this approach many years ago which i absolutely adored: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9724414

In case anyone else doesn’t know mojibake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojibake

Would it help to employ the ssl cert in the encryption/decryption process and use it as an IV or so?

I don’t like this article as it seems the author did not dive a bit into some of the topics he mentions. As an example I wanna point out WSL2 and USB support:

https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win

This is the recommended way and works as expected. It is also possible to directly mount WSL2 drives with near native performance.

Use VSCode for this. Also has three-way merge.

Good read but I have one question: What’s the address of the chinese documents site he is talking about?

Cause the CPU can get unstable under certain loads. So Intel plays it safe and ramps up the voltage. And no.. there is no easy way to measure this. Also every CPU is slightly different.

If you ever plan to use any of these older PCs: Disable Spectre and Meltdown mitigations! As a bonus you should also remove CPU microcodes from the BIOS/UEFI and make sure that no microcode is loaded via software.

The performance gain is huge if done correctly. There is no need for these mitigations on homelabs.

Would a format like SVD fit his description? And if not: Why?