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tomsonj··on A custom virtual machine for the Stars 4X game
see also Spaceward Ho!
tomsonj··on Changes to Sourcehut's terms of service regarding LLMs
sourcehut is too weird to live, too rare to die
tomsonj··on Markdy: Like Mermaid Diagrams, but for Motion
reminds me of Story Machine on the C64
tomsonj··on The Arduino Uno Q is a weird hybrid SBC
Nice integrated LED matrix
tomsonj··on Image Dithering: Eleven Algorithms and Source Code (2012)
Still topical for constrained palette displays like color einks
tomsonj··on XMLUI
android layout xml is great, glad to see more broad attempts
tomsonj··on Giving Up on Element and Matrix.org
from jabber/xmpp and back. time is a flat circle
tomsonj··on Chrome's hidden X-Browser-Validation header reverse engineered
It seems like the requirement to reproduce this copyright header alone, nevermind the validation hash, would be enough to scare off scrapers?
tomsonj··on Iocaine: The deadliest poison known to AI
whoops didn't realize this would block requests from hn after some time but in retrospect it's not surprising
tomsonj··on How I got a Root Shell on a Credit Card Terminal
Reminds me of "Every 10-ft wall can be defeated with an 11-ft ladder"
tomsonj··on Reservoir Sampling
very cool - made me consider the contrasts with token-bucket rate limiting for log collection and stumbled across a interesting discussion https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specificatio...
tomsonj··on Amazon launches first Kuiper internet satellites in bid to take on Starlink
a perfect companion for https://aws.amazon.com/ground-station/
tomsonj··on You might not need WebSockets
implementations may request the metadata range at the end in this case, if the content length is known
tomsonj··on Doxx/Darkflare: DarkFlare TCPoCDN (TCP over CDN)
yeah if the CDN is not trusted this tool won’t help but then little would
tomsonj··on Doxx/Darkflare: DarkFlare TCPoCDN (TCP over CDN)
it can still be an https message, who cares what the path, query string, or headers look like? that is all encrypted
tomsonj··on Doxx/Darkflare: DarkFlare TCPoCDN (TCP over CDN)
chisel is a similar tool in this space https://github.com/jpillora/chisel

I don’t get why headers and requests need to be spoofed if all traffic is over https?

tomsonj··on Make a low-cost Bluetooth LE packet sniffer with Wireshark
The ubertooth one is a great, low-cost, open tool as well

https://ubertooth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ubertooth_one.htm...

tomsonj··on Muji only ships pens during warm months
They choose to only ship Spring->Fall to avoid the ink cartridge exploding in cold weather. A praiseworthy commitment to their product or odd limiting choice?
tomsonj··on CRDT resources
I've observed that implementing a CRDT system requires blogging about it afterward
tomsonj··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2021)
Aura Home | NYC/SF | Full-time | Onsite and Remote (USA only) | https://auraframes.com/

Aura connects people around the world through a brilliant photo sharing experience. Snap, share and display pictures through our easy-to-use app and beautifully designed WiFi frame.

Founded by two early Twitter scientists, Aura is a software company focused on creating products that deliver happiness daily. Technology and innovation are at the core of every decision we make. We’re on a mission to create a new kind of social network, and we’ve started with a digital frame which gets memories off your phone and into your life.

We're currently hiring:

* Lead Infrastructure Engineer https://auraframes.com/careers?gh_jid=4090425002&gh_src=b29b...

* Android Engineer https://auraframes.com/careers?gh_jid=5022710002&gh_src=b29b...

* iOS Engineer https://auraframes.com/careers?gh_jid=4205493002&gh_src=b29b...

* Web Design Developer https://auraframes.com/careers?gh_jid=5047164002&gh_src=b29b...

* Product Designer https://auraframes.com/careers?gh_jid=4387630002&gh_src=b29b...