One of the more common arguments you hear in contemporary computer security circles is about hardware trust and embedded controllers. Technologies like Intel ME, the ARM Secure Element, TPMs, etc, remind us that the architecture of the modern computer is … Read more
The last new version of Firefox for 2022 is out on Mozilla’s FTP server, with a more widespread release to follow soon. Mozilla has released Firefox version 108. Amusingly, for the first time since Mozilla sped up its release cycle … Read more
Most command line programs that offer line editing – like bash, Python, GDB, psql, sqlite and more – do so using GNU readline. Readline’s a powerful library that grants history, completion, movement and editing to programs that use it — … Read more
How to use. Key Input “a” is the ASCII code 0x61 ( 011000001 ).If you set it with the keyboard, it will look like this. Set the “a” ( HEX: 0x61, BIN: 01100001 ) key. Press the key button. “a” … Read more
The CharaChorder is a new kind of typing peripheral that promises to let people type at superhuman speeds. It’s so fast that the website Monkeytype, which lets users participate in typing challenges and maintains its own leaderboard, automatically flagged CharaChorder’s … Read more
See also the main Model M Page. Content created by John Szybowski, Sydney, AU (original HERE). Modified by Major Tom. These old IBM PS/2 keyboards have been a long-time favorite of mine. I really like the positive, mechanical feel of … Read more
If you look at “gaming” keyboards, a lot of them sell for $100 or more on the promise that they’re fast. Ad copy that you’ll see includes: Despite all of these claims, I can only find one person who’s publicly … Read more
We fixed this last week, and it wasn’t a lot of work. After seeing the Medium bug reports filed in, and having remembered once asking to change what happens when you press Ctrl+S, I figured it out without much trouble. … Read more
There are various problems with the current state of keyboard handling in terminals. They include: No way to use modifiers other than ctrl and alt No way to reliably use multiple modifier keys, other than, shift+alt and ctrl+alt. Many of … Read more
The keyboard you never wanted I have a friend, Josh. Josh is a literal superhero. He’s a boring, minivan-driving programmer by day, paramedic and firefighter by night. That’s already a much more plausible superhero premise than Batman (a billionaire who … Read more