Universal local privilege escalation Proof-of-Concept exploit for CVE-2024-1086, working on most Linux kernels between v5.14 and v6.6, including Debian, Ubuntu, and KernelCTF. The success rate is 9...

The card networks would cap credit-card interchange fees for five years as part of a settlement with merchants.

Typically when you compile a Java program, it is first compiled into bytecode by a Java compiler. However, this bytecode is not optimized yet. In HotSpot (OpenJDK’s JVM) this instead happens at runtime, and is done by a JIT, a Just-In-Time compiler. This…

Telegram has introduced new feature that grants users a free premium sub in exchange for utilizing their phone number as a relay for OTPs.

Find books to read based on your mood (e.g., what to read when I'm tired). Suggested books have an average rating of 4.09/5 on Goodreads.

Why use numbers when you can leave them ... undefined?

Modernity meets insane extensibility. The future of organizing your life in Neovim. - nvim-neorg/neorg

The first-ever NixCon
in North America was co-located with
SCALE this year. The
event drew a mix of experienced
Nix users
and people new to the project.
I attended talks that covered using Nix to build Docker images, upcoming changes
to how NixOS performs…

Thoughts and more by Tom Lingham

A month ago, I flew from London to NYC, paid $3500 for a Vision Pro headset at Apple Fifth Avenue, and flew back home. I’ve been using it every day since — here’s what I think. My background, for context: I’ve been working in AR for many years. I built...

Almost all projects I've worked on have noscripts we wrote to automate a repetitive process. Consecutively, the majority of the noscripts became obsolete and unmaintainable after some weeks, because we either didn't need them anymore or they have become too complex…

WhatTheDuck is an open-source web application built on DuckDB. It allows users to upload CSV files, store them in tables, and perform SQL queries on the data. - GitHub - incentius-foss/WhatTheDuck...

This subject offers an interactive introduction to discrete mathematics oriented toward computer science and engineering.

Podman version 5.0.0 has been released! It is our first major release in two years and includes several new features and significant changes. Podman version 5.0.0 is a very important release for Po…

The closure of a Methodist chapel on Tyneside tells a story of England’s dwindling congregations – and highlights the loss of a vibrant community life that cannot be replaced.