pitrh

nixCraft, 27 days ago to random

The best coding language, without a doubt, is _______.

janbeta, 1 month ago to apple

Something "new" to explore on the workbench today: a 1995 #Apple #Macintosh #Performa 630 in the "DOS Compatible" variant. It’s a bit of an oddball machine from Apple‘s otherwise quite bland (in my opinion) beige era. It has both a regular 68040 Mac and a full 486/DX2-66 PC inside. Should even be capable of running Windows 95 alongside MacOS 8! Thanks to a very generous donation from @markuspooch I’m going to get to play with it. Thank you! #InTheLabDoingStuff #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

Closeup of the same Mac with the "DOS Compatible" logo showing. The floppy disk drive slot is also visible.

pitrh, 5 months ago to ChatGPT

I just saw a post that referred to ChatGPT as "Mansplaining as a service", and it is so wonderfully correct - instant generation of superficially plausible yet totally fabricated nonsense presented with unflagging confidence regardless of topic without concern, regard or even awareness of the expertise of its audience :D #chatgpt #mansplaining

girlonthenet, 1 month ago to random

So many affiliate dashboards are a complete piece of shit, but none more so than CCBill: the worst web interface ever designed by humans.

pitrh, 11 months ago to Portugal

Registration for @eurobsdcon 2023 is open, #earlybird rates apply for registrations completed before July 15th, 2023.

Check out the program at https://2023.eurobsdcon.org/program/, then go to https://registration.eurobsdcon.org/ and register.

Go register!

See you in #Coimbra, #Portugal September 14-17, 2023!

#eurobsdcon #bsd #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #unix #development

pitrh, 1 year ago to random

Today, May 26 2023, is the final day to submit to @eurobsdcon 2023. The conference will be September 14 to 17 in Coimbra, Portugal. Go to https://2023.eurobsdcon.org/call-for-papers-is-now-open/, follow the link and submit your talk or tutorial proposal. #eurobsdcon #bsd #unix #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #coimbra #portugal

pitrh, 4 months ago to random

PROTIP: If you run a "cloud mapping experiment", make sure the contact address you give is deliverable -

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pitrh, 1 year ago to random

The EuroBSDCon 2023 Call for proposals ends this week (May 26th, 2023), get your submission in now!

This year's EuroBSDCon conference is set in Coimbra, Portugal September 14-17, 2023.

Talk and tutorial submissions run until the end of day (in any time zone) May 26th, 2023.

The full Call for proposals can be found at https://2023.eurobsdcon.org/call-for-papers-is-now-open/,
where you will also find the link to the submissions system.

#eurobsdcon #openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #coimbra #portugal

pitrh, 2 months ago to opensource

This is one of the best explanations of the xz matter I have seen so far:
https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/technologist-vs-spy-the-xz-backdoor

and it leads in with a quote to remember -

"This dependency existed not because of a deliberate design decisionby the developers of OpenSSH, but because of a kludge added by some Linux distributions to integrate the tool with the operating system’s newfangled orchestration service, systemd."

Enjoy!

#xz #opensource #security #openssh

pitrh, 19 days ago to random

I rather dislike the "digital native" term myself, but this article does make a number of valid points - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/24/banning-kids-from-social-media-isnt-the-way-its-the-over-60s-who-need-to-get-off-the-internet?CMP=share_btn_url

pitrh, 3 months ago to usenet

Did you ever usenet? ... https://medium.com/tech-and-me/did-you-ever-usenet-437ccb6f9208 -- the article is from someone roughly my age, a reminder where we came from (and all social media, to my mind, have been half-assed attempts at re-inventing USENET) #usenet #history #news #nntp

pitrh, 6 months ago to random

For those about to hack, why not read up on the topic first - A new Hacking bundle from No Starch Press is out now, grab it while the offer runs! https://www.humblebundle.com/books/hacking-2023-no-starch-books

jpmens, 1 month ago to random

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pitrh, 22 days ago to FreeBSD

New No Starch Press Humble Bundle "Dive into DevOps" https://www.humblebundle.com/books/dive-into-dev-ops-no-starch-books has several #bsd books in it, including "The Book of PF", "Absolute OpenBSD" and "Absolute FreeBSD" #openbsd #freebsd #bookofpf #devops #security #networking - runs until June 10, 2024

pitrh, 1 month ago to FreeBSD

This year's #eurobsdcon will be in #dublin. Important dates:

2024-05-01: Registration opens
2024-06-15: CfP closes (BSDCan closes on 2024-06-01)
2024-06-22: PC finalizes speaker selection
2024-07-15: Schedule published
2024-09-19—22: EuroBSDCon 2024 in Dublin

Go to https://2024.eurobsdcon.org/ and explore, submit and register! (two out of three will do) #bsd #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #opensource #freesoftware #development

pitrh, 1 month ago to security

LibreSSL version 3.9.2 released https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240512115958 #openbsd #libressl #tls #ssl #security #cryptograpby #crypto

pitrh, 1 month ago to email

OpenSMTPD table protocol changes, now with the backstory https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240503110540 #openbsd #opensmtpd #smtp #email #tables #protocol

pitrh, 1 month ago to Ottawa

Now for something really scary: On May 30th, 2024 at #bsdcan in #ottawa, @mwl will give a tutorial about "Run Your Own Email Server" (including the scary parts), https://indico.bsdcan.org/event/1/timetable/#20240530.detailed #openbsd #freebsd #email #smtp #spam #security

pitrh, 10 days ago to devops

Friends, is the fact that the Humble bundle that has my "The Book of PF" along with a number of other good titles, the "Dive into DevOps" bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/books/dive-into-dev-ops-no-starch-books has sold more than 8,000 bundles and made more than CAD27,000 for the charity a cause for celebration or should I hold off until we see rounder numbers? #devops #openbsd #freebsd #sysadmin #security #networking

Anyway the bundle runs until June 10th 2024, so get your clicks and cards ready!

pitrh, 14 days ago to FreeBSD

EuroBSDCon 2024 tutorials have been published, https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2024/schedule/
you can register at https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/dublin/

And you can still submit talks! (go to https://events.eurobsdcon.org/)

Important upcoming dates:

2024-06-15: CfP closes (BSDCan closes on 2024-06-01)
2024-06-22: PC finalizes speaker selection
2024-06-31: Early Bird closes
2024-07-15: Schedule published
2024-09-19—22: EuroBSDCon 2024 in Dublin

#eurobsdcon #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #dublin #conference #freesoftware

pitrh, 1 month ago to random

pfctl(8) and systat(8) to display fragment reassembly statistics https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240423052538 #openbsd #networking #tcpip #fragments #reassembly #pfctl #systat

pitrh, 22 days ago to Ottawa

BSDCan - North America's Largest BSD Conference - is in less than two weeks!

Go to https://www.bsdcan.org/2024/, check out the schedule https://www.bsdcan.org/2024/schedule/ and register at https://www.bsdcan.org/2024/registration.php

#bsdcan #ottawa #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #opensource #development #devops #unix #networking

pitrh, 21 days ago to random

Important message for Apple Silicon OpenBSD/arm64 users https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240522045252 #openbsd #arm #arm64 #applesilicon #m1 #m2 #m3 #firmware

pitrh, 26 days ago to FreeBSD

For those of you wondering what happened to the #PF #tutorial slides, the new home for the slides is at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/pf_fullday.pdf - as PDF for reasons only to be discussed over refreshments when we meet. New versions will be available at that location in sync with updated sessions. #openbsd #pf #packetfilter #freebsd #networking #ipv6

pitrh, 26 days ago to security

sshd(8) split into multiple binaries https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240517092416 #OpenBSD #ssh #sshd #sshd-session #privsep #security #secureshell