European governments: 3.000 tracking sites, 1.000 phpMyAdmins, and 99% poorly
On May 13, 2026, the website SecurityBaseline.eu was launched. It is a spin-off from the Dutch “Basisbeveiliging”, which has monitored baseline security for over a decade and is part of governmental policy. Three months ago we sent tens of thousands of e-mails to European governments indicating the new site would launch, giving them time to […]
Deterministic Fully-Static Whole-Binary Translation Without Heuristics
Abstract:We present Elevator, the first binary translator that statically translates entire x86-64 executables to AArch64 without debug information, source code, or assumptions about code layout. Unlike existing systems, which rely on heuristics or runtime fallbacks to handle code-versus-data decoding errors, Elevator considers all possible interpretations of every byte and produces a separate translation for each […]
My graduation cap runs Rust
May 12, 2026 I’ve never graduated before. I mean, from college. So all the cap and gown stuff is new to me. Fun fact #1: you rent your cap and gown in the US. You have to return them. And they’re expensive, too! I paid $94 just for the privilege of renting mine, which is […]
Kraftwerk’s radical 1976 track
Kraftwerk’s entire catalogue is a kind of extraordinary circuit board, connecting to unlimited musical styles: hip-hop; electro; ambient; new wave; synth pop; industrial rock; Detroit techno; contemporary classical. Radio-Activity particularly seized the spirit of sound and vision. The original artwork was designed by long-time collaborator Emil Schult, while the music was presented in increasingly ambitious […]
Tell NYT, Atlantic, USA Today to Keep Wayback Machine
The news isn’t getting preserved in the Wayback Machine anymore because major media outlets are blocking it. This petition is a demand for them to stop. Thanks for signing the petition! Please consider sharing this page with your friends and family. Read more Petition Text Dear leaders of major media outlets, The freedom of journalists […]
Restore full BambuNetwork support for Bambu Lab printers
This version of OrcaSlicer restores full BambuNetwork support for Bambu Lab printers. You are not limited to LAN only.It works over the internet just like before, through BambuNetwork, with full functionality for normal use and printing. Installation Windows requires WSL 2. Before first launch, open Command Prompt or PowerShell as Administrator and run: dism.exe /online […]
How to make your text look futuristic (2016)
We’ve already seen how Eurostile Bold Extended is spectacularly effective at establishing a movie’s timeframe. But if Eurostile isn’t enough, there’s more you can do to clarify your movie’s timeframe. I’d like to introduce you to six easy rules that are pretty much guaranteed to position your text firmly in the FUTURE. We’ll start with some simple sans-serif text, such as this […]
Snowflake Postgres, Lakebase, HorizonDB: Picking the Lock-In You Want
In the last twelve months, three of the biggest data-platform companies have shipped a Postgres-flavored database with a custom storage layer and a “scale-out compute, shared storage” architecture. Snowflake Postgres is GA, built on the Crunchy Data team’s work, with pg_lake as the lakehouse hook. Databricks Lakebase is GA on AWS, public preview on Azure, […]
The Rise of the Bullshittery
A few thoughts on how the modern economy has stopped rewarding people who know what they are doing, and started rewarding people who know how to look like they do. Disclaimer: This is an opinion piece and it is the result of years of watching the same pattern play out in different industries, and sort […]
CERT is releasing six CVEs for serious security vulnerabilities in dnsmasq
[Dnsmasq-discuss] Security – IMPORTANT Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk Mon May 11 17:18:25 UTC 2026 Today, 11th May 2026 CERT is releasing a set of six CVEs for serious security vulnerabilities in dnsmasq. These are all long-standing bugs which apply to pretty much all non-ancient versions. The CVE has been pre-disclosed to vendors, so hopefully […]