deafboy

joined 2 years ago
[–] deafboy 0 points 1 day ago

Exactly. Your car can't break if you never had one.

[–] deafboy 1 points 2 days ago

In my experience, this is not the case. It just says it can't connect. Doesn't specify how or where to.

[–] deafboy 1 points 5 days ago

Ok, I'm going to say it... a tiling window mamager would actually make sense for apps not optimized for dynamic resizing. Why do we resist this so much on android?

[–] deafboy 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Every time I feel like I finally get kubernetes, somebody surprises me by talking about very specific, complex modern technologies being used to do basically the same thing we've been doing for decades by simple tools.

And I always experience the same urge to re-grow a tail and climb a tree.

[–] deafboy 12 points 5 days ago

Our backup server has a chatbot now. If that's not throwing things at the wall, I don't know what is.

[–] deafboy 1 points 1 week ago

It's a vendor specific thing, so if that bothers you, just look up the pairing procedure for each device before buying.

As far as I remember, the philips bulbs can be reset by holding on and off buttons on the remote. This functinality has a limited range, but a sophisticated attacker could probably just bring a better antenna.

In practice, the compatibility issues will probably keep you busy enough not to think about the theoretical attacks.

Sorry, I didn't mean to discourage you. Practically all the lights in my house, and some other stuff like blinds and aquarium equipment, are running on zigbee. When you finally tune it just right, it's pretty great.

[–] deafboy 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Zigbee devices that can be remotely reset back into pairing mode.

[–] deafboy 3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Meanwhile, the vendors are introducing security vulnerabilities marketed as features, even in protocols that would be reasonably secure otherwise...

[–] deafboy 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not destroyed, merely transformed. Human waste can be turned into fertilizer. Still no theft in sight...

[–] deafboy 2 points 2 weeks ago

We’d be better off going back to barter than trying to peacefully pry the system from their clutches.

Normal people would just start selling the beige shirts...

[–] deafboy 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, you should consider guerilla marketing as a career option, because those t-shirts are seriously on the way as a direct consequence of your post :D

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submitted 2 months ago by deafboy to c/bitcoin
 

The most notable changes:

  • bitcoind used to listen on 127.0.0.1:8334 by default. If you use Tor for incoming connections, you have to manually specify bind=127.0.0.1:8334=onion in config
  • unix sockets can now be used to communicate with Tor or other proxy, and MQ traffic.
  • New mempool policies has been implemented to patch some attack vectors for chains of unconfirmed transactions, especially in relation to lightning network channels and similar contracts.
  • TRUC (Topologically Restricted Until Confirmation, BIP 431) can now be used with transaction version 3 (now considered standard) instead of RBF.
  • Full RBF (Replace By Fee) is now enabled by default
  • RHEL 8 and Ubuntu 18.04 are now unsupported due to minimum required glibc version bump.
 

Researchers predict that by the year 2050, about half of the world's population will have myopia.

Considering the target demographic, a significant number of potential VR users suffer from myopia already. Why are there no more VR headsets with adjustable focus?

Several vendors offer replaceable lenses, or various addons to fit the glasses in, but the obvious solution used by the early cheap headsets like GearVR - adjustable distance between lenses and the display, is not being utilized for some reason.

Is it a technical problem, economical problem? Are the modern lenses somehow tuned for a specific distance?

 

zkSNACKs, the developer of Wasabi wallet, has shut down its coinjoin coordinator since June. The news is not surprising, considering that it has already been unavailable for the US customers since May.

Since the wallet itself is non-custodial (you hold the keys), and it's using block filters to update your balance directly from the bitcoin network, the wallet functionality is intact. However, if you want to coinjoin, you have to find another public coordinator.

A list of currently active coordinators is available on wabisator.com, or wasabist.io

Coordinators do not require any privileged access to private information, so it should be safe to use any 3rd party coordinator with enough real active users. At no point are your funds at risk of being stolen.

However, a dedicated attacker running a public coordinator could still pull a de-anonymization attack by mixing your coins solely with their own outputs.

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submitted 7 months ago by deafboy to c/bitcoin
 

Ever since the interview with Lukas Seyfrid (CZ), the chief of the hardware team, it was clear that Braiins is pivoting from the development of mining software, to building their own hardware.

This, I believe, is the first iteration of their effort in form of a consumer product, and while it is unlikely to make you a financial return on the investment, it's small form factor and nice anodized aluminum case can allow pretty much anyone to become familiar with the process of bitcoin mining. Or terrorize the testnet. The choice is yours.

I think I might buy one, just to try the viability of a pure solar setup.

HW specifications:

Price (pre-order) $199.00
Hashrate ~1Th/s
Power Consumption 40W - 55W
Number of hashboards 1
Number of ASIC chips 4
Cooling Type Active
Noise 40 dB
Air outlet temperature 40-50 °C

But really, how much would it make in a year?

If we assume the current price and difficulty stays the same, the block subsidy is 3.125 BTC, median fees around 0.2212 BTC, free electricity, you'd get 0.001 BTC per 12 months, which is roughly 65 USD. A little more than 3 years to break even.

It's not going to break any records, but I'm still excited for what's to come next.

 

It's a successor to the model T, with the new design inspired by the Safe 3, announced earlier this year.

They promise nice, easy to use UI, color display, haptic feedback, gorilla glass. Several color variations are available, including the bitcoin-only orange option.

 

"Prosecutors are alleging Samourai Wallet laundered over $100 million in criminal proceeds."

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