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somemisopasteon Tell HN: An update from the new Tindie team

The lack of clear communication and transparency around this whole issue has been appaling. I've moved to Lectronz and will wipe out my store on Tindie as soon as they resolve payouts.

somemisopasteon Show HN: OpenDeck – DIY MIDI Platform Based on Zephyr RTOS

It certainly wasn't trivial but most of the driver logic stayed the same. I'd say the most complex part is extracting all the information via from the device tree. Those macros are quite something.

somemisopasteon They don't make them like that any more: the Yamaha DX7 keyboard

One of my favorite videos on the internet involves DX7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL_N3A5gVhQ

somemisopasteon How the XZ Backdoor Works

So in other words LD_AUDIT is useless? If it's that easy to overwrite the GOT I fail to see the purpose in audit functionality.

somemisopasteon How the XZ Backdoor Works

> (...) the backdoor adds an audit hook. The dynamic linker calls all the registered audit hooks when it is resolving a symbol.

How was this possible without also modifying the LD_AUDIT var? Haven't seen that mentioned yet, or perhaps I'm missing something.