snvzz's comments

On: IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark

[snvzz]

Maybe "think of the children."

There might be a child behind the NAT, thus IPv6 requirement.

[jeroenhd → snvzz]

With IPv6 privacy extensions it's impossible to tell which device you're talking to inside of a /64. You'd need to do something silly like DHCPv6 to get that kind of remote device-level tracking.

On: IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark

[snvzz]

>I explicitly asked about IPv6 connectivity and they said, "yes."

ABC, Always Be Closing.

On: OpenSSL 4.0.0

[snvzz]

Kind reminder we should be using Libressl.

On: Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's just renaming it

[snvzz]

Many of these attacks target the bios.

BIOS is usually a SPI chip. It'd make sense to perhaps tie the write enable line so that it cannot be written to, unless jumpered.

It used to be a thing motherboards did. A BIOS flash enable jumper.

They kept the CMOS reset one, but for some reason got rid of the flash write enable.

On: What is RISC-V and why it matters to Canonical

[snvzz]

Please elaborate.

On: New iPhone age and identity checks restrict internet freedom in the UK

[snvzz]

To understand the age verification push, got to follow the incentives[0].

0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfukJ6uVHXs

On: Introduction to Nintendo DS Programming

[snvzz]

Software-only fantasy consoles are an interesting concept, covered by a sister comment.

There are also hardware-based efforts, like BoxLambda[0], Agon[1], MEGA65[2], Uzebox[3], F256[4].

0. https://epsilon537.github.io/boxlambda/

1. https://www.thebyteattic.com/p/agon.html

2. https://mega65.org/

3. https://uzebox.org/

4. https://wildbitscomputing.com/

On: Espressif's New ESP32-S31: Dual-Core RISC-V with WiFi 6 and Gbit Ethernet

[snvzz]

Finally, the ESP32-S3 has a true RISC-V successor.

On: Bitmap fonts make computers feel like computers again

[snvzz]

I stopped using GNOME at that point, over this.

On: Netflix Prices Went Up Again – I Bought a DVD Player Instead

[snvzz]

>Do note that there's a ton of media that is not very available via sailing the seas.

This is an argument for preservation.

i.e. everything should be available via sailing the seas. If something isn't, and you know where to obtain it, do your part.

Many films and records have been lost because nobody cared to do it.