Derek Jacobs

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One of those “good people” who “has their shit together” and never uses “sarcastic quotation marks” as a defense mechanism to stave off the “crushing anxiety” of personal inadequacy.

Software engineer. Home automation tinkerer. Cooking enthusiast. Bad gamer. Worse writer. Cat parent.

GitHubhttps://github.com/bluevulpine
Keyoxide (PGP Key)https://keyoxide.org/2E1FEE2BE5C0DA78
Attempts at Writing Fictionhttps://bluevulpine.net
Time to set your Palo firewalls on fire: https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-3400
CVE-2024-3400 PAN-OS: Arbitrary File Creation Leads to OS Command Injection Vulnerability in GlobalProtect

A command injection as a result of arbitrary file creation vulnerability in the GlobalProtect feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software for specific PAN-OS versions and distinct feature configurat...

Palo Alto Networks Product Security Assurance
Can't wait for this trend to die

For the past three weeks, I've been using an Apple computer that doesn't exist:

A MacPad.

I created a hybrid Mac-iPad laptop and tablet, which lets me seamlessly switch from macOS to iPadOS. Or even use them together.

Here's my story: https://www.macstories.net/stories/macpad-how-i-created-the-hybrid-mac-ipad-laptop-and-tablet-that-apple-wont-make/

MacPad: How I Created the Hybrid Mac-iPad Laptop and Tablet That Apple Won’t Make

<p>It all started because I wanted a better keyboard for my Vision Pro. I had no idea that, in looking for one, I’d accidentally create the hybrid Apple computer of my dreams. As I quickly discovered after working on the Vision Pro daily, you can get by without an external trackpad, but a keyboard is...</p>

I could watch this all day

Dorothy Gambrell (@catandgirl) created the below #comic about discovering her work was used to train #Midjourney #GenerativeAI.

We spoke to her about this comic—and the broken promises of the early web—in our most recent newsletter: https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2024/03/02/what-happens-when-your-art-is-used-to-train-ai

What Happens When Your Art Is Used to Train AI – The Markup

A conversation with web cartoonist Dorothy Gambrell on the curdled internet, labor, and how we became just numbers

Work Hard. Play Hard.

I can finally reveal some research I've been involved with over the past year or so.

We (@redford, @mrtick and I) have reverse engineered the PLC code of NEWAG Impuls EMUs. These trains were locking up for arbitrary reasons after being serviced at third-party workshops. The manufacturer argued that this was because of malpractice by these workshops, and that they should be serviced by them instead of third parties.

1/4

This one aged pretty well. IMHO, it's more true now than ever.

Your 2023 HomeLab Unwrapped

#homelab

I have achieved data recovery. Now to get the website back up...