Mastodawn

tech? no! man, see...Mar 13, 2018

Golang is unusual because in most languages the type system tells you when you made a mistake, but in Golang the type system tells you when Rob Pike made a mistake.

Xavier 1h ago

Vera Gradient 7h ago

if you're running lix and you updated it for the CVE patches you should really check this post, there was a serious regression:

https://lix.systems/blog/2025-06-27-lix-critical-bug/

#lix #nix #nixos

Critical correctness bug in Lix

This is an ongoing incident. This post will be updated regularly. Summary The fix for CVE-2025-52992, released on June 24th, introduced a critical regression affecting derivation builds.

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Xavier 2d ago

-Boulet-2d ago

Rogatons Rediffusions - 12/05/2023 - "4 Conseils de dessin qui m'ont été utiles"
Source: https://www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/2023/05/12

Xavier 4d ago

J. L. Westover 4d ago

Secret Panel HERE 🔊https://tapas.io/episode/2729599

Xavier 4d ago

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Emil J Jun 16

@0xabad1dea the problem with latex jokes is that you have to say them twice so that the references make sense

Xavier 4d ago

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Lix Project 4d ago

Lix releases are now out, please upgrade. A detailed writeup about the issue and the mitigations is at https://lix.systems/blog/2025-06-24-lix-cves/, scroll a bit down for for instructions on how to protect yourselves.

See also the Discourse announcement post at https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-privilege-escalations-in-nix-lix-and-guix/66017, which also links to the various Nixpkgs PRs for those that use Lix from Nixpkgs.

#Nix #Lix

Fixes for five Lix CVEs

Security researchers have found five security issues in Lix. These issues were assigned CVE numbers: CVE-2025-46415 CVE-2025-46416 CVE-2025-52991 CVE-2025-52992 CVE-2025-52993 We have release updates to Lix 2.

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Xavier Jun 20

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Franklin López Jun 19

💥 WHEN THE INTERNET DIES: DIY COMMS SURVIVAL TOOLKIT

This thread blew the fuck up. So here’s a no-bullshit breakdown of all the projects and ideas y’all dropped, so it’s easier to digest than a 300-reply tech rave. But yo—don’t let the thread die. Keep sharing, building, prepping.

Some of my personal favs?
📦 Internet in a Box – Doesn’t fix comms but is clutch for info sharing when it all goes to hell.
📡 Cantenna – Because it's cheap, DIY, and let’s be real, it’s fucking funny.

🎛 INTERNET BLACKOUT SURVIVAL: DIY COMMS FOR WHEN SHIT GOES DARK
🔌 1. Mesh Networks
Local WiFi/radio nodes talk directly.

Tools: Meshtastic, People’s Open WiFi, Reticulum

Good for: cities, tight communities.

📡 2. Ham & Packet Radio
Long-distance, text/image data over radio.

Gear: Baofeng, Quansheng UV-K5

Apps: AndFLMsg, Rattlegram

Learn: IAF Radio Guide

🔐 3. Secure Scuttlebutt & Briar
Off-grid social media & messaging via USB/Bluetooth.

Sites: scuttlebutt.nz, briarproject.org

📦 4. Internet in a Box
Local, offline servers with Wikipedia, books, and more.

Site: internet-in-a-box.org

🧠 5. Reticulum Network Stack
Encrypted, multi-channel, async networking protocol.