Remember the Polish train hackers? The guys who identified why trains being serviced by an independent, licensed train servicing center, "randomly" started failing? And identified the root cause, namely geofencing and/or time-related triggers?

The face charges by the original train manufacturer, who claims the violated copyright and other laws. A fascinating story of contradictory arguments. Enjoy!
#Newag #PolishTrainHackers #Poland #Train #ReverseEngineering
https://rys.io/en/175.html

If you had access to the world’s fastest computer, what would you do with it?

TIL The Brisbane Metro bogo-trams¹ don’t work in the rain. Fortunately…*checks notes* *utterly loses it*

¹ three electric buses in a trenchcoat

First time I got a proper night's sleep in a week 😴

You can criticize Andrew Tate and the hive mind surrounding him, but the reality is that he's the consequence of neoliberal economic policies that crushed unions, and other solidarity movements, whilst pushing a narrative of individual responsibility.

hello everynyan!!

for two years i've been developing a project known as MegaGRRL. it's a portable sega genesis music player that uses the original sound chips, and plays VGM files from an SD card.

the portable version is still in development, but recently i designed a simplified, desktop version of the player, and i'm happy to announce that the schematic, PCB, firmware, and 3d print design files for MegaGRRL Desktop are now available for anyone to build.

if you're an FM synth nerd or just a fan of chiptunes, check it out!

longer demo video on youtube: https://youtu.be/fPXrVPKKeYM
hackaday.io page: https://hackaday.io/project/169129-megagrrl-desktop
world wide web site: https://kunoichilabs.dev/megagrrl_desktop.html

your nostalgia is to be sold back to you

What people seem to have trouble understanding about undefined behavior is that it's undefined. As in, not defined. Literally anything can happen, and there's no guarantee that the same thing will happen the next time.

You aren't supposed to rely on any behavior. No, it doesn't matter that this behavior makes sense. No, it doesn't matter that you can't imagine how anyone would actually implement it any other way. No, it doesn't matter that you think you've covered all the possible implementations. No, it doesn't matter that you've tested and verified all the historical implementations, and travelled into the future to test a few future implementations as well.

You just aren't supposed to rely on undefined behavior.

#programming #C #Gentoo #Python

Getting back in the mood to work on #PicoGUS by listening to some tracker music bangers on it. Just discovered this one, Pheno by Bay Tremore and Muffler

can we just go back to the days where PCs were cute toys your dad had in order to feel like he was going places in the world, and where people would enthusiastically play the second reality demo by future crew in order to show people that the $2000 386SX is still good enough to be in the game

Are you a Guix user or contributor? If so, could you spare a few minutes to fill out this survey and share your feedback about Guix? It only took me a few minutes to complete and the information will help the project prioritize future work.

https://guix.limesurvey.net/

#guix

"Krebbs was gone; but, before leaving, he had run up three-hundred-dollars worth of long-distance calls, set my couch on fire in five places, killed my cat and my avocado tree, and torn the door off my medicine cabinet."

Ugh, I know the type.