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Re:39th Chaos Communication Congress Videos on Friday January 02, 2026 @09:41AM (#46465197)
order by personal rank:

Sandstorm JP-8000 sawtooth DSP reversing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM_q5T7wTpQ

Washing machines hacking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1S-PVo3GlA

AMD (ps5 sorta) security: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVJZYT8kYsI

cool demo for the BT headphones talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK5Tz4Bt94Y

precise time syncing with PTP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOt-zRIG5co

x86 > arm with intermediate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yDXyW1WERg

Re:Netflix: Open Content on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @10:52AM (#46434535)
so, isn’t this using the s3 static website hosting feature - (im assuming due to the dir listing) which i dont believe does support https
Re:Netflix: Open Content on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @07:25AM (#46432617)
this is hosted on s3 which doesn't support HTTPS, that said - if they used cloudfront in front of this bucket, they could save $$$ and have a SSL
Re:Why Android can't use CDC Ethernet (2023) on Sunday June 08, 2025 @05:22PM (#44219579)
yes - ASIX / realtek chipsets are whats in your generic dongle, the drivers for which are bundled in iOS. CDC ECM is not supported.

I found this out when using CAN bus to ethernet on iPhone

Re:Precious Plastic Is in Trouble on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @09:06PM (#44176344)
I hate to say it but i sort of agree.

I’ve also followed PP from the initial grant in Paris but a lot of these problems seem to be self-inflicted. Ones that most stood out were having no insurance, unrealistic open source expectations and giving $100k away rather than furthering the cause.

I’m sure theres minutiae and context i’m missing but that post doesn’t scream competence.

I’m worried any donation would be fluttered away.

The line about being at peace with the project dying seems bizarre. Perhaps time for a little organisational shakeup

Re:Buttplug MCP on Friday May 30, 2025 @04:51AM (#44134254)
I do wonder what UAT looks like for such a project
Re:BMW Group Product Catalog–Historic Models on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @11:45PM (#43262922)
i looked into this a little bit - you’ll notice on realoem the catalogue is only 2019. I think this is also around the time BMW made the TIS system update and also knocked off newtis. ETK is the name of the parts catalogue pricing data iirc. I have the db, uses transbase.
Re:Winners of the $10k ISBN visualization bounty on Thursday February 27, 2025 @02:09AM (#43192063)
This was great fun to enter nevertheless, congrats all involved.

My entry is still live for now for anyone curious:

https://d199hl4t3ts6d9.cloudfront.net/

Re:Self driving 1993 Volvo with open pilot on Saturday January 04, 2025 @11:39AM (#42595766)
would the distinction not be on wether the vehicle is turbocharged? or did they use map/maf regardless?
Re:Companies need junior devs on Sunday September 08, 2024 @01:29PM (#41481731)
i’ve worked with people like this - big egos were like a bag of lead the entire team had to carry.
Re:The Microsoft Excel superstars throw down in Vegas on Friday June 14, 2024 @02:15PM (#40683340)
a fellow sheethead
Re:Google to shut down Google One VPN on June 20 on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @06:04AM (#40583212)
I have Google One VPN which comes with the storage, I don't use it. If I were going to use a VPN I'd probably use a different provider even though I have the free access of one.

I think it's because of trust - I'm nervous about the fact it's linked to my Google account. Using a separate provider with a virtual credit card and an Apple email relay would be my choice.

Re:ModRetro on Monday June 03, 2024 @03:08PM (#40566307)
I have an Anbernic RG355V, i love it. The battery is great and it plays N64/PSX games flawessly.
Re:Google Cloud Spanner is now half the cost of Amazon DynamoDB on Thursday October 12, 2023 @03:19PM (#37861803)
company im working at currently uses Token Vending Machine.

pros: cannot get accounts mixed up.

cons: All sessions are actually 12hr sessions (ASIA not AKIA) and no access to perm keys for cli, security i suppose. Its not too bad though as TVM gives creds for various use cases.

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/apn/tag/token-vending-machine/

Wt.rs – free repair shop crm built by Reddit

There's free repair shop software I'm currently building that's getting quite a lot of interest - I launched it a few days ago and we're already in 18 countries with 28 timezones.reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/mobilerepair/comments/6ztmka/wtrs_launching_the_free_and_unlimited_repair_shop/Actual site (note - unfinished landing page): https://wt.rs/It's free (and always will be for...

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