mehdix · HackerLangs

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I have a Cisco MR18 router that bridges my LAN to my remote NAS. It would have become e-waste if not for OpenWrt.

When I was visiting my mom a few years back in my hometown, I converted her cheap plastic Xiaomi Mi router into an ordinary router using the OpenWRTInvasion exploit. That router then bridged a remote SIP phone to the main LAN, which was connected to the internet through another plastic router that had also been turned into an ordinary router, again thanks to OpenWrt.

That project is fantastic, and the people behind it are doing great work. Can't recommend them highly enough.

mehdix

2 mesi fadiscuss

I have started to think of engineers who have entirely replaced their critical thought processes with AI agents, AI proxies.

mehdix

2 mesi fadiscuss

haha, yes, that was a good laugh :)

mehdix

2 mesi fadiscuss

Reminded me of The Tao of Programming [1].

Fantastic little read that brightened my morning (during a boring meeting).

[1]: https://www.mit.edu/~xela/tao.html

mehdix

2 mesi fadiscuss

That reply was educational indeed. Thanks for sharing.

mehdix

5 mesi fadiscuss

Writing this in GrapheneOS where Google Play and Services run just like another app in a sandbox. Moreover, there is a network access permission that allows you to block any app from accessing the network, which is surprisingly the reason why Google does not approve GrapheneOS as compatible to let it pass hardware attestation test (if enforced).

mehdix

8 mesi fadiscuss

Malicious actors would always find them. Hiding information just creates a false sense of safety among public, which benefits politicians mostly.

mehdix

2 anni fadiscuss

It is an excellent technical write-up and yet again another testimonial to the importance of keeping things simple.

mehdix

5 anni fadiscuss

I'm glad that you are happy with your setup. Every one of us is so special that there could be no one size fits all solution. The reason I started going back to bash and to some extent POSIX shell is a simple question which I nowadays ask myself: do I know why I am using this? or: do I _really_ need this? When I lack a strong reason for picking up something, I drop it, and when I can live without learning a new tool, I do it.

mehdix

5 anni fadiscuss

I did myself a favour, and instead of learning a new shell read through grymoire's POSIX shell tutorial: https://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sh.html.

mehdix

7 anni fadiscuss

After switching to Archlinux and putting Windows 10 in a Qemu VM my life got way easier. One is driven by the corporation behind it to form and change user behaviour in order to make more money, and the other is made by like-minded hackers.

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