mainframed767

mainframed767 , 3 days ago to Pokemon

If you missed my talk you missed a few great rounds of:

#pokemon #bufferoverflow #cackalackycon2024 #cackalackycon

mainframed767 , 14 days ago to defcon

I would LITERALY pay for a service (within reason) that emails me, or puts calendar notifications on my calendar, about when conferences CFP opens and closes.

Let me pick the conferences I'm interested in from a menu, then just email me when the CFP opens and the closing date, maybe a weekly reminder/countdown.

Right now I use some convoluted process of tracking tweets/socials with notifications.

Perhaps this is the perfect use case for some LLM.

#defcon #cfp #conferences

mainframed767 , 29 days ago to Random stuff

Do you like Amigas? Do you like music? This past weekend was PTWeekender where a bunch of DJs do live streams of some sick tracks with Amigas!

Here's a playlist of a bunch of them!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIxp3TXBfhUPo7DyeA6yokxvcMf6_6PQ0

#ptweekender #ptweekenderviii #amiga #jungle #junglism #dnb

mainframed767 , 1 month ago to Random stuff

If you weren't aware, every year @dnalounge puts on a Cyberdelia to celebrate the movie Hackers.

The best part? The recordings of the event are hosted on the @internetarchive : https://archive.org/details/DNALOUNGE-2023-09-01?webamp=default

(and even better Internet Archive has a WebAmp player for that perfect 90s vibe)

#internetarchive #hackers #cyberdelia #winamp #dnalounge

mainframed767 , 2 months ago to defcon

So I like to help folks with their talks, I'm a mentor for BlackHat and BsidesLV. I typically tell people not to leave time for questions, and finally, I found a chart that expresses exactly why

#speaking #blackhat #defcon #bsideslv

hacks4pancakes , 2 months ago to Random stuff

LOL - bold, but way too specific… these never stop being funny.

mainframed767 , 4 months ago to Random stuff

Strongly recommend you read this post by @pluralistic about the HOPE conference.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/19/hope-less/#hack-the-planet

I also just love this quote

But after the 2018 HOPE, the Hotel Pennsylvania was demolished to make way for the Penn15 (no, really) skyscraper, a vaporware mega-tower planned as a holding pen for luxury shopping and empty million-dollar condos sold to offshore war-criminals as safe-deposit boxes in the sky. The developer, Vornado (no, really) hasn't actually done all that – after demo'ing the Hotel Pennsylvania, they noped out, leave a large, unusable scar across midtown.

#hope #2600 #hackersonplanetearth #hackers #penn15

mainframed767 , 4 months ago to Retro Gaming

One of my favorite pieces of video game trivia is that the original Pitfall game is just a roguelite with the seed hard-coded (cause it was the most fun, according to the author)

#pitfall #atari2600 #retrogaming

mainframed767 , 4 months ago to Random stuff

Do you like amiga raves? Jungle? Then you should check out ptweekender.com

Here's an example
https://youtu.be/qyw_J-eAS8o?si=ODUKBSnk1vN127Tg

#jungle #amiga #junglist #90s #amigamusic #rave #ptweekender #retrocomputing

arstechnica , 5 months ago to Random stuff

Most of Google’s $700M antitrust settlement will go to Play Store users

Play Store users can expect at least $2 in "unnecessary" fees refunded.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/most-of-googles-700m-antitrust-settlement-will-go-to-play-store-users/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

mainframed767 , 5 months ago to Random stuff

Just so we're clear, when you see HackerOne, you pronounce it Hack-a-rony, right?

#hackerone #ctf

mainframed767 , 5 months ago to Retro Gaming

This website is amazing

3d scans of big box PC games

#retrogaming #pcgaming #bigbox

https://bigboxcollection.com/

mainframed767 , 6 months ago to Random stuff

It'll never not be funny that a bunch of greedy execs at Hasbro, who wanted to sell more toys, killed off all the characters kids loved and parents were so mad they brought most of them back the same year.

image/gif of Optimus prime dying

mainframed767 , 7 months ago to Random stuff

How Honest

#Youtube #Adblock #adblocker

mainframed767 , 7 months ago to Random stuff

Happy Hackers Day

On this day in 1995 hackers around the world prevented an ecological disaster at Ellingson Mineral.

mainframed767 , 7 months ago to Random stuff

So twitter started paying for users who had lots of "engagement" which means you either get a lot of shit takes or garbage like "what's the best pizzeria" type stuff.

And in a race to the bottom, it looks like reddit is getting in on it. I can't wait to see for-profit social media die.

mainframed767 , 8 months ago to Random stuff

I hate to say it, but with the progress of enshitification it is probably in your games best interest to not learn some proprietary engine. Unreal is watching the Unity shenanigans very closely and if unity pulls it off you know damn well unreal will follow suit.

#unity #unreal

mainframed767 , 8 months ago to Random stuff

What's a good technical summary of the mgm situation?

#mgm

mainframed767 , 8 months ago to Random stuff

So, at @dnalounge they celebrated Hackers earlier this month with Cyberdelia (an annual celebration) and I've got two amazing links for you:

1. https://archive.org/details/hypercard_neuroblast-cyberdelia Someone was handing out these floppies with this hypercard zine on it, truly amazing. With articles written by @jwz themselves

2. The whole thing (all 7 hours) was recorded and put up on the archive: https://archive.org/details/DNALOUNGE-2023-09-01

#hackers #dnalounge #wipeout #hypercard #zine #90sDanceParty

mainframed767 , 8 months ago to Random stuff

Me realizing right now that my dad, at 40, probably still felt like he was 20, the same way I do at 40 and that freaks me out a little

mainframed767 , 8 months ago to Random stuff

Guess mainframe hacking isnt cool enough to be DM'd by NK

mainframed767 , 8 months ago to Random stuff

Bought the 4k UHD of Hackers only to realize I do not have a way to watch it lol. Anyone got a copy of the documentary that's included?

#hackers #4k

mainframed767 , 8 months ago to Random stuff

It's time for my all time favorite fall mix:

Spooky Swing - Electro Swing Halloween Mix 2020 🎃 😈 🌕 💀
https://soundcloud.com/electroswing/spooky-swing-electro-swing-halloween-mix-2020

#fall #spooky #electroswing

mainframed767 , 8 months ago to Random stuff

I don't know how but @internetarchive has the Disney Haunted Mansion operations manual!

https://archive.org/details/hauntedmansionmanual/mode/2up

#disney #hauntedmansion

mainframed767 , 10 months ago to Random stuff

Mastodon is like when everyone ran their own phpBB with random add-ons and patches and theming except there's one thread and you can see all other phpBB instances

mainframed767 , 10 months ago to Random stuff

I don't know which I like more, the people complaining about Twitter here, or the people complaining about Mastodon, also here.

mainframed767 , 10 months ago to Random stuff

So lots of posts going around giving tips for masto.

My number one protip is to follow hashtags. There's no algo here so you kinda have to bootstrap it yourself.

mainframed767 , 10 months ago to Random stuff

So, who's next in the great tech bubble enshitification? My money is on github, but maybe Salesforce will fuck up slack

mainframed767 , 11 months ago to Random stuff

I gotta be honest, the Mods vs Reddit fight is some delicious internet drama.

Imagine volunteering hours of your life to a for profit corporation.

mainframed767 , 11 months ago to Random stuff

Being a Mod at Reddit is like running your own BBS in the 90s, but AT&T owns the 486 you run it on, have credentials for the machine and can kick you off and ban you at a moments notice, also they hate you.

mainframed767 , 11 months ago to Random stuff

Every bank CTO is like "We can save millions in moving off the mainframe and to the cloud." That CTO is an idiot:

1. It will take longer than that CTOs tenure, 100%

2. The millions spent on IBM mainframes will ultimately be cheaper than your cloud bills + the conversation, and once you realize its more expensive it'll be too late to go back

3. Hope you like fines when you can't do overnight settlement

4. Be ready to issue a press release that says "Users can't access their account details because Azure is down"

mainframed767 , 11 months ago to Random stuff

#rexxit