The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining

https://predr.ag/blog/wifi-only-works-when-its-raining/

predr.ag

The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining

The strangest hardware problem I've ever had to debug.

Reflections on Ten Years Past the Snowden Revelations

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9446.html

www.rfc-editor.org

RFC 9446: Reflections on Ten Years Past the Snowden Revelations

This memo contains the thoughts and recountings of events that transpired during and after the release of information about the United States National Security Agency (NSA) by Edward Snowden in 2013. There are four perspectives: that of someone who was…

Can You Trust a Compiler to Optimize Your Code?

https://matklad.github.io/2023/04/09/can-you-trust-a-compiler-to-optimize-your-code.html

matklad.github.io

Can You Trust a Compiler to Optimize Your Code?

More or less the title this time, but first, a story about SIMD. There are three levels of understanding how SIMD works (well, at least I am level 3 at the moment):

The yaml document from hell

https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2023/01/11/the-yaml-document-from-hell

Ruudvanasseldonk

The yaml document from hell

As a data format, yaml is extremely complicated and it has many footguns. In this post I explain some of those pitfalls by means of an example, and I suggest a few simpler and safer yaml alternatives.

Linux in a Pixel Shader - A RISC-V Emulator for VRChat

https://blog.pimaker.at/texts/rvc1/

blog.pimaker.at

Linux in a Pixel Shader - A RISC-V Emulator for VRChat

Preventing Log4j with Capabilities

https://justinpombrio.net/2021/12/26/preventing-log4j-with-capabilities.html

An inside look into the illicit ad industry

https://ariadne.space/2021/11/04/an-inside-look-into-the-illicit-ad-industry/

ariadne.space

an inside look into the illicit ad industry

So, you want to work in ad tech, do you? Perhaps this will be a cautionary tale… I have worked my entire life as a contractor. This has had advantages and disadvantages. For example, I am free to set my own schedule, and undertake engagements at my own leisure…

The distant legacy of terminal emulators

https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/drewdevault.com/2021/10/05/Terminal-emulation-legacy.gmi

Trans rights are human rights.

The Cursed Computer Iceberg Meme

https://suricrasia.online/iceberg/