jmroot

#! /usr/bin/env port-tclsh
# usage: mportkey.tcl varname portname [variants]
lassign $argv varname portname variants
package require macports
mportinit
lassign [mportlookup $portname] portname portinfo
set variations [macports::_variants_to_variations $variants]
set mport [mportopen [dict get $portinfo porturl] [dict create subport $portname] $variations]
puts [_mportkey $mport $varname]

jmroot

#! /usr/bin/env port-tclsh

package require macports
package require registry2
mportinit

set portname [lindex $argv 0]

set regref [lindex [registry::entry installed $portname] 0]
set requested_variants [$regref requested_variants]

ecki

After 2024-04-02 I am only adding important new discoveries (I come accross). There is just too much Blog and Video entries to keep track of.

Initial disclosure:

• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4
• Aka https://lwn.net/ml/oss-security/20240329155126.kjjfduxw2yrlxgzm@awork3.anarazel.de/

CVE and Alerts

• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rxwq-x6h5-x525
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3094
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/03/29/reported-supply-chain-compromise-affecting-xz-utils-data-compression-library-cve-2024-3094

cbarrick

Test cases for the blog post [Encoding tic-tac-toe in 15 bits][post].

Run like this:

# Base4 test
$ cc base4.c && ./a.out

# Base3 test
$ cc base3.c && ./a.out

tomato42

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include <netdb.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>

cpursley

PostgreSQL is Enough

• Simplify: move code into database functions
• Just Use Postgres for Everything
• Just use Postgres
• PostgreSQL is the worlds’ best database
• Postgres is eating the database world
• Hacker News discussion

Background and Cron Jobs

nicolas17

.global _main
.extern _putchar

.align 4

_main:
    ; prolog; save fp,lr,x19
    stp x29, x30, [sp, #-0x20]!
    str x19, [sp, #0x10]

akihikodaki

Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon in Practice

NOTE: Time flies, and it's been almost five years(!) since I wrote this. Beaware the text below is now outdated (e.g., now Asahi Linux has graphics acceleration even better than this). The commands listed are up-to-date.

I bought M1 MacBook Air. It is the fastest computer I have, and I have been a GNOME/GNU/Linux user for long time. It is obvious conclusion that I need practical Linux desktop environment on Apple Silicon.

katef

#!/usr/bin/awk -f

# This program is a copy of guff, a plot device. https://github.com/silentbicycle/guff
# My copy here is written in awk instead of C, has no compelling benefit.
# Public domain. @thingskatedid

# Run as awk -v x=xyz ... or env variables for stuff?
# Assumptions: the data is evenly spaced along the x-axis

# TODO: moving average

typokign

Zoom Sucks

• Zoom abuses the installer flow on MacOS to bypass permissions dialogs (source)
• Zoom sends identifying device info to Facebook, even when users don't have a Facebook account (source) (fixed)
• A bug in Zoom sent identifying information (including email addresses and profile pictures) of thousands of users to strangers (source)
• Zoom claims that meetings are end-to-end encrypted in their white paper and marketing materials, but meetings are only encrypted in transit, and are available in plaintext to Zoom servers and employees. (source)
• zoomAutenticationTool can be used to escalat