How to Hack the Breakthrough Prize (Ft. Session Confusion)
How to hack the Breakthrough Prize (ft. Session Confusion) 25 September, 2024 ← Back to varun.ch The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual, global science video competition for high-school students. It’s run by Breakthrough Initiatives, the same organization that runs the Breakthrough Prize events. In 2023, I discovered a critical vulnerability in the Breakthrough Challenge […]
Operator algebras and the substructure of space and time
John von Neumann came about as close as humanly possible to embodying the Platonic ideal of a genius. Conversant in ancient Greek by age 6, the Hungarian made significant mathematical advances in his teens. Then, as an adult, he invented game theory and helped design the atomic bomb and the modern computer. Along the way, […]
Timeshare Owner? The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You
The FBI is warning timeshare owners to be wary of a prevalent telemarketing scam involving a violent Mexican drug cartel that tries to trick people into believing someone wants to buy their property. This is the story of a couple who recently lost more than $50,000 to an ongoing timeshare scam that spans at least […]
Show HN: Fast and Exact Algorithm for Image Merging
{{ message }} This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository. You can’t perform that action at this time.
X11-Basic (1991-2020)
X11-Basic: BASIC for UNIX X11-Basic BASIC interpreter/compiler for UNIX (c) 1991-2020 Version 1.27 sources: codeberg github download: binaries android: sources X11-Basic is a dialect of the BASIC programming language with graphics, sound and more. The syntax is most similar to GFA-Basic on the ATARI-ST. It is a structured dialect with no line numbers. X11-Basic supports […]
Capstone Disassembler Framework
{{ message }} This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository. You can’t perform that action at this time.
Launch HN: Haystack (YC S24) – Visualize and edit code on an infinite canvas
{{ message }} This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository. You can’t perform that action at this time.
System Intiative is generally available
I’m incredibly proud to announce the general availability of System Initiative. It’s a revolutionary technology that is the future of how you will build DevOps automation. That’s a daunting sentence to write. As soon as I do – my brain immediately recoils. It says, “You shouldn’t say that. How can you be sure? Won’t it […]
Audio Masking
Audio masking Audio masking, or just masking, is a technique that is often used with covert listening devices, or bugs, for hiding the intelligence of the intercepted audio (e.g. human speech), from a casual or professional interceptor. In some cases, obscure modulation techniques are used that defeat any non-compatible surveillance receiver. Some of these masking […]
The Lost Language Extensions of MetaWare’s High C Compiler
The lost language extensions of MetaWare’s High C Compiler September 24, 2023 This book I got in a pile of FM TOWNS books turns out to be a lot more interesting that I was expecting an ’80s C compiler manual to be. For as long as C and its relatives have been in mainstream use, […]