On C (and not only C) locales

https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/1e70e82baa9193f6f027338b0fab0f5078971fbe

#ragecommit

I do realize I'm screaming into a void, but writing this email was cathartic.

Top articles from this week: White hat hacker shines spotlight on vulnerability of solar panels installed in Europe http://dlvr.it/TBvXRM?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

CVE-2024-38063 (the Windows TCP/IP vuln) patch diff by @clearbluejar

https://gist.github.com/clearbluejar/d13fba26cab3a7ff2a995558d62cdd80?s=09

MIT gets rid of their Elsevier contracts:

“For MIT to continue to pay millions of dollars to corporations that lock up the scholarship that comes out of our own campus was just inconsistent with MIT’s history of supporting open education and research,” said Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries at MIT.

https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/unbundling-profiles/mit-libraries/

@luc @cryptax I've spent enough time debugging some of those "integrations" to opt for just copying ASCII armored stuff...

@fafo presents: Gardena zu Rasterelektronmikroskop Adapter

@implr @fafo is this for cooling? I hope this is for cooling.

@failedLyndonLaRouchite there was no space for any other tool (and I didn't want to cut the bed in half) >:(

Motherfucker!

#Saturday #IFoughtTheNutAndIWon

"Ukrainian hackers block work of Russian nuclear weapons manufacturer"

Reeks propaganda but here you go:
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3896123-ukrainian-hackers-block-work-of-russian-nuclear-weapons-manufacturer.html

@netblocks confirms outage:

https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/112977887336541171

@netblocks corroborating what?? Can you link to more info?

@cryptax why not https://github.com/FiloSottile/age ?

@arnaugamez @qwertyoruiop ooh this brings back some memories: we got this brilliant, likely-on-the-spectrum replacement teacher in high school for a class. He showed us some of his famous "one line" geometry exercises: the tasks seemed impossible until you found that one line to draw, then they became beautiful. What I still don't know is the *process* of finding that one line...

Outlook Unleashing RCE Chaos

https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2032/DEF%20CON%2032%20presentations/DEF%20CON%2032%20-%20Michael%20Gorelik%20Arnold%20Osipov%20-%20Outlook%20Unleashing%20RCE%20Chaos%20CVE-2024-30103%20%26%20CVE-2024-38021.pdf

#BHUSA24 #BHUSA2024

@qwertyoruiop formal education systems think otherwise IME :)

FTR original post: https://infosec.place/notice/Al3UqS5JhQc6JdpONM

OpenAI: Disrupting a covert Iranian influence operation
OpenAI announced Friday (16 August 2024) that they identified and took down a cluster of ChatGPT accounts that were generating content for a covert Iranian influence operation identified as Storm-2035. The operation used ChatGPT to generate content focused on a number of topics—including commentary on candidates on both sides in the U.S. presidential election – which it then shared via social media accounts and websites.

The operation generated content about several topics: mainly, the conflict in Gaza, Israel’s presence at the Olympic Games, and the U.S. presidential election—and to a lesser extent politics in Venezuela, the rights of Latinx communities in the U.S. (both in Spanish and English), and Scottish independence. They interspersed their political content with comments about fashion and beauty, possibly to appear more authentic or in an attempt to build a following.

IOC provided.

See related The Hacker News reporting: OpenAI Blocks Iranian Influence Operation Using ChatGPT for U.S. Election Propaganda

#threatintel #Iran #influenceoperations #openai #chatgpt #disinformation #propaganda #IOC

I just released pdbconv, a program to convert PDB files between the plain old MSF format and the new MSFZ format that MS hasn't officially released yet.

It's available on github: https://github.com/ynwarcs/pdbconv

I also made a blog post describing the new format and what lead me to write the converter: https://ynwarcs.github.io/pdbconv-pdb-compression

@tychotithonus could delete them from mobile client \o/

(Sorry for the duplicate posts, it seems everyone can see them except me so I can't delete them...)