Notes

I hear IBM offered to sell them some used punch card tabulating machines

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-collecting-immigrant-data-surveil-track/

"dada, the porsches are having a party"

I've started publishing semi-daily updates on my website of my hacking on the Pomera DM250 to try to get OpenBSD running on it. First up is getting u-boot updated and working enough to be able to boot OpenBSD's armv7 EFI loader, then I guess it's endless driver porting.

https://jcs.org/2025/03/14/dm250

currently using "level of coil whine" as a blind diagnostic tool before the uart is available

This pogo-pin probe clip from @adafruit.com made it so much easier to get at a uart than soldering temporary wires

https://www.adafruit.com/product/5433

I just had a reason to use __builtin_dump_struct, it's very handy

https://infosec.exchange/@jann/114241610482728821

they're gonna rewrite it in javascript, aren't they

Post from makena kelly:

SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me. The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI. www.wired.com/story/doge-r...

(for free)

Anyone want this thing?

MINIX (lol) Neo Z83-4 Intel Atom X5-Z8300 with 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMc, and a wireless keyboard and touchpad

If you were a console UART, where would you hide

what if ghidra was just a way for the NSA to get hacker dudes to keep installing java on all their computers

My next kid will be named ’

Or ' for short

Have you tried restoring from your backups lately?

v cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdeswJreJ98