Biggles @Biggles@qoto.org

This was a great write up on getting RCE on some Wemo smart plugs. It figures, I use a few of these at home, so maybe its time find something new and send them to the "lab"!

‘FriendlyName’ Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Wemo Smart Plug V2 | Sternum https://sternumiot.com/iot-blog/mini-smart-plug-v2-vulnerability-buffer-overflow/

Total Replay v5.0 is out. It features 484 Apple II games (182 new since v4), all playable from a single bootable 32MB hard disk image.

https://archive.org/details/TotalReplay

Code: https://github.com/a2-4am/4cade/releases/tag/v5.0

Thanks to @a2_qkumba, @txgx42, @helix_nrg, Andrew Roughan, Frank M., Kris Kennaway, @ladyailuros, and everyone else who contributed to this project in the past four years.

#AppleII #retrocomputing

The surprising part is not that math grad students named Cox and Zucker would come up with the idea of writing a paper together just as a joke.

It's that they followed through after they were professors, and wrote a paper that was actually rather significant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox%E2%80%93Zucker_machine

If You Like… Diablo (maybe try these) https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/if-you-like-diablo/ #Gaming #Linux #PCGaming

Meanwhile in Englandshire: Locals force council to fill in potholes by drawing penises around them

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/locals-force-council-fill-potholes-26901820

Happy Mothra's Day to all who celebrate.

@thegrugq @mattblaze Infant mortality in England in 1900 was 20% by the 5th birthday due to diseases we can vaccinate against today. (Mumps, chickenpox, measles, diptheria, scarlet fever ...)

"Peter Pan" was a runaway hit in large part because it gave parents a tool for exploring infant death with the surviving child siblings.

Copied from twit space:
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Man goes to doctor. Says he is CEO of AI startup but has no idea how to become profitable.

Doctor says solution is simple. Advanced model GPT-4 is in town. Ask it how to profit, and it will surely know the answer.

Man bursts into tears. “But doctor” he says “you are GPT-4”
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Picotron Playground (Part II)
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=52692
#picotron

I just questioned its facts & sources. It got flustered and is now claiming that I did not create Scarfolk after all, but I am a fan of it.

I just asked #chatGTP who I was and it told me I created Scarfolk and directed "Children of the Stones: The Original Soundtrack, inspired by the 1977 TV series of the same name." It also said that I "worked as a journalist and editor for various publications and has taught creative writing at the University of Bristol."
Even though only Scarfolk is correct, I'm putting all of that on my CV.

Now you're poking with power.
#picotron

Priceless! (From Reddit, comments on https://nr.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/13dkrhh/ukraines_defenders_defeat_72nd_russian_brigade/ )

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

WIP #picotron design document on PODs: https://www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/picotron_pod.html

// the web playground build will catch up later this week (will be v.8)

PODs are stringified Lua objects that are used to implement files, file/folder metadata, embedded images in source code, clipboard objects and inter-process messages. It's PODS all the way down, baby.

Cartridges is another Linux game launcher and it's super-clean, plus it can pull games from various other launchers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/cartridges-is-another-linux-game-launcher-and-its-super-clean/ #Linux #Gaming

The Oregon Senate GOP walked out for a second day yesterday. The reason they gave is a real head shaker, and the stakes are growing—to the point they might wind up banning themselves from office. I explain in today’s piece. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-oregon-gop-walked-out-because?sd=pf

The reaction in academia to the need to change assessment practice in the light of #ChatGPT etc reminds me of this joke:

Q: How many academics does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: What do you mean, change?