lucas_alwin
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Comment · 6 years ago
This is probably a better thread: https://twitter.com/bmastenbrook/status/1335322652462829568
Comment · 6 years ago
For those wondering how bad the issue is, check out this[1] screenshot of a diff between the TLS/non-TLS html from www.example.com.
Here's "corrupted" UTF-8 characters expressed as bits. In this example you can see clearly what's happening. The top byte is correct and the second one is corrupted.
01100111 # g
01101111 # o
01110000 # p
01111000 # x
01101100 # l
01100100 # d
01100101 # e
01101101 # m
Comment · 8 years ago
I think the path to get us there (reshoring chips) would be extremely painful, but it certainly would be a better position for the United States to restore our ability to produce these critical components.
Also, just in time for this research to get off the ground:
>If it all works out, the effect could be to make small groups of engineers capable of feats that would take 100 engineers to achieve today.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/darpa...
Comment · 8 years ago
Check out my install script linked earlier. If you already have the GPS unit attached and tested, you could probably be up and running again in a few minutes (make sure to change the GPIO pin in the script to your PPS pin).
Comment · 8 years ago
I just built one of these. It's fun to have a little computer that can synchronize highly accurate time without an internet connection by listening to things in outer space!
I built an auto-install script that anyone here is welcome to use or reference[1]. If you know what you're doing, just change the GPIO pin to your PPS input and fire away.
Unlike the author I used Chrony instead of NTP. It's lighter-weight and much easier to configure with a PPS/GPS reference clock.
The GPS chip I used was an ATGM336H, which can be had for less than $8 on ebay. I'm able to lock consistently 11 satellites from my desk[2]
Keep in mind the Pi has no hw RTC. If you're doing this for fun spend a few more bucks and buy an rtc chip from ebay so you don't drift considerably between being powered off.
1. https://github.com/stephen-mw/raspberrypi/blob/master/roles/...
2. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=ATGM336H&_sac...
Comment · 9 years ago
That’s funny you say that. One of my pet projects was using google sheets to control SSH access with non-techies. It worked surprisingly well.
https://github.com/stephen-mw/gdoc_ssh_manager/blob/test/REA...
Comment · 9 years ago
I never published it, but I actually wrote a service that uses google sheets to manage SSH access on your servers. Users simply submit a google form with their SSH key, and it's automatically pulled by a daemon on each host. It comes complete with admin/sudo access toggling.
Comment · 10 years ago
Feel free to email. Please provide as much information for reproducing it as possible. Thanks!
Comment · 10 years ago
Very nice! I see this as the next evolution to the phusion's custom init system[0], which was created to solve largely the same problems.
I should be able to take Yelp's dumb-init and add it easily to any linux container I want -- including things such as Alpine[1]
[0] https://github.com/phusion/baseimage-docker/blob/master/imag... [1] https://github.com/gliderlabs/docker-alpine
Comment · 10 years ago
If you email me at [redacted] I can forward it to somebody who may be able to help.
Comment · 11 years ago
> he simply introduced new words into the still-inchoate English language when none seemed to do the trick; Browne is responsible for “hallucination” and “suicide,” along with about a hundred other neologisms.
I'm having a hard time believing there wasn't a translation of the word "suicide" until 1600s. Wasn't suicide all over classical mythology? Wasn't it well known that Cato committed suicide rather than submit to Caesar? How did they describe such things?
Comment · 11 years ago
My brief reading of the iOS guidelines [0] says this is not allowed:
> 2.25 Apps that display Apps other than your own for purchase or promotion in a manner similar to or confusing with the App Store will be rejected
[0] https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/
Comment · 11 years ago
Runit is the default system daemon for Phusion's baseimage-docker Ubuntu image[0]. I've used it in a basic manner and have been very happy with it.
For containers it hits a real sweet spot: lightweight and easy to use within a limited scope of processes.