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Dr. Hax
Dr.Hax@hax0rbana.org
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Cypherpunk. Infosec veteran of about 15 years (vulnerability research, exploit development and cryptography). Cypherpunks write code. :-) Signet maintainer. Self-custody your passwords... in hardware! https://hax0rbana.org/signet Want to see wider adoption so Bitcoin can be used as digital cash and not just an investment vehicle. XMR: 44RDkTFmTeSetwAprJXnfpRBNEJWKvA5dBH5ZVXA4DofgoZ9AgjyZdSa2fo7pMD3Qe3pdKga8X22y3Lyn1xYde5kPQPzVUu
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Dr. Hax 9 months ago
I'm more than a little skeptical about the quality of software that uses the lightning network. - I've already hit a bug in LND and added into to the existing ticket about it - Offered suggestion on lnbits for a confusing error message - Tried sending using Bluewallet -> LNDHub, failed - Tied adding a specific amount in the invoice, failed with a different error message "API error: undefined (undefined code)" - Tried doing the same with Zeus, claimed it was successful despite no money being transferred - Found LND mysteriously shut down again (no reason cited in the logs) - Tried sending money from LNBits, no error, no money transferred - Seeing messages in the lnbits logs that "This backend does nothing" but doesn't say which backend it thinks it's using. The web UI shows it's using LndRestWallet, not VoidWallet - Eventually I was able to get LNBits to give me an error saying I have insufficient funds to pay (I have 30K and was trying to pay 1K) And on top of all this NWC with Amethyst/CoinOS has been broken for weeks (yes, I reconnected and it's still broken). This is why people use custodial wallets instead of running their own node! It's almost as bad as having Zeus fail and force close Olympus channels that I paid for because they're "too old". It's not quite that bad, but close. Follow me for more random ranta about technology not working the way I want it to, or at all.
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Dr. Hax 10 months ago
Mulch sure does make things look amazing in short order. image I feel a little bad for covering the blue violets, but fortunately we have several beds with them sprinkled about.
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Dr. Hax 10 months ago
Does anyone make podcasts just because they like to? No sponsors. No trying to sell you something. Just "I find this topic interesting and want to share it with others" vibes.
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Dr. Hax 10 months ago
Proof of work #gardening #SelfReliance #exercise
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Dr. Hax 10 months ago
The sun is trying to kill me
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Dr. Hax 10 months ago
I just got 9 yd³ of mulch that needs moved, and I already had 1 yd³ of compost that also needs moved. I'm going to sleep well tonight! Or possibly this afternoon. #gardening #plants #vegetables #homestead #homesteading
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Dr. Hax 10 months ago
"Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will." -- Joseph Goebbels "The rank and file are usually much more primitive than we imagine. Propaganda must therefore always be essentially simple and repetitive." --Joseph Goebbels Take a moment to think about what this would look like in modern times.
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Dr. Hax 10 months ago
I try to see the positive things in the world. It takes effort in these times. Maybe this AI developed software will be a huge boost to open source projects. They will continue to be done by people who write software they use, not being done for profit. As a result, their real quality will not change, but their relative quality will improve as commercial software declines. Their privacy advantage might also become more important to people. Or maybe not. Time will tell. 🤷‍♂️
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Dr. Hax 10 months ago
Ouch. $31 in shipping, jiat from DFRobot alone. But it has begun. I'm ordering parts so I can make more 🔥 #meshtastic #solar nodes I think with the bulk discounts I might be able to still hit the $200/ea mark. It depends on of there's going to be some hidden fees for the import tarrifs. Oh well. #yolo These 6db outdoor antennas aren't cheap. In fact they are more than the electronics (LoRa radio + MCU)!
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Dr. Hax 10 months ago
Can someone who is an LND expert confirm I understand this correctly? I'm running a full bitcoin node and LND, as different UNIX users. The LND service has the keys for my bitcoin wallet. If my bitcoin node got compromised, the attacker woud NOT be able to immediately be able to drain any funds (because the bitcoin service account doesn't have access to move funds on chain, nor does it have the ability to read the macaroons needed to interact with the LND service). If the LND service get compromised, all funds are at risk. And obviously if the server gres rooted, the LND service is compromised. Did I get that all correct?
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Dr. Hax 10 months ago
Fun fact, live A/V can not be cryptographically verified in real time. You have you batch up 5-10 seconds of data and sign that. If you try to sign each frame/packet, your CPU won't be able to sign fast enough. This is why e2ee videoconferences are symmetrically encrypted and all content is unsigned. You know it came from someone in the conference, but you can't prove from whom (cryptograohically speaking). Maybe with custom encryption hardware this could be done fast enough that humans wouldn't notice the lag of the pipeline: capture frame -> hash -> sign -> encrypt -> tx -> rx -> decrypt -> verify -> play It'd still be tricky to get the data around to each component fast enough. Having an FPGA with an integrated NIC that would accept raw audio and video frames and deal with hashing, signing, encryoting, packing them up and shoving them over to the switch all in one device would be pretty slick. In a world of quality deepfakes made easy, this could be just the ticket to restoring faith that something is genuine.
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Dr. Hax 10 months ago
If you want a geek yo get in shape, buy them a couple meshtastic devices and a bicycle. Everything else will just fall place naturally.