VirtualTam's bookmarks

1. IO devices and latency - The history, functionality, and performance of non-volatile storage devices

   2025-06-02
   hardware/cpu storage/cache storage/disk storage/solid-state-drive storage/tape throughput time/latency visualization/animation

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   • The Real Failure Rate of EBS
2. What the Hell Is a Target Triple?

   2025-05-22
   compiler/gcc compiler/llvm hardware/cpu operating-system programming/rust programming/webassembly

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   Here we begin to see that target triples are not a neat system. They are hell.

   • Target Triplet (OSDev)
   • Unreal Mode (Wikipedia)
3. Mipmap selection in too much detail

   2025-05-15
   game-engine/unity graphics/3d hardware/gpu image/texture programming/c#

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   • Mipmap (Wikipedia)
   • Texture Filtering (Wikipedia)
   • Texel (Wikipedia)
   • Computer Graphics - Texture Filtering & Sampling Theory [PDF]
4. Permacomputing - Resilience and regenerativity in computer and network technology inspired by permaculture

   2025-04-29
   diy efficiency hardware recycle

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   • Principles
   • Projects
5. The USB ID Repository - A public repository of all known ID's used in USB devices: ID's of vendors, devices, subsystems and device classes

   2025-03-29
   hardware linux serial-communication/usb

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   • Debian - usb.ids
   • vcrhonek/hwdata - Hardware identification and configuration data, such as the pci.ids and usb.ids databases
6. Inigo Quilez - Computer graphics , methematics, shaders, fractals, demoscene

   2025-03-24
   graphics/2d graphics/3d graphics/voxel hardware/gpu image/texture mathematics

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7. Picotron Fantasy Workstation - A self-contained creative environment built for imaginary hardware

   2025-03-16
   art/pixel-art game programming/lua retro

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   • Picotron FAQ
   • Picotron
   • The Year of the Picotron Desktop
8. Real-Time Rendering - Tracking the latest developments in interactive rendering techniques

   2025-03-05
   game graphics/3d graphics/ray-tracing hardware/gpu

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   • Graphics Books
   • Resources
   • erich666/RealTimeRendering
9. cpufetch - Command-line tool to display CPU information

   2025-01-11
   command-line hardware/cpu programming/c

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10. pigg - GUI for remote control of Raspberry Pi GPIO hardware

    2024-12-04
    embedded programming/rust raspberry-pi user-interface/iced

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11. Qubes OS - A reasonably secure operating system

    2024-11-28
    linux security virtualization/xen

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    • Introduction
    • Certified Hardware
    • Why would one use Qubes OS?
12. Making USB devices - end to end guide to your first gadget

    2024-11-19
    electronics/pcb embedded microcontroller/st-microelectronics/stm32 programming/c serial-communication/usb

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    • Build own USB device on linux-based board!
    • What Are Differential Pairs?
    • How to route USB data lines on a PCB
    • Can You Route USB 2.0 on a 2-Layer Board?
    • KiCad STM32 Hardware Design - An Overview in 20 Minutes - Phil's Lab #15
    • STM32 Programming via USB (DFU) - Phil's Lab #72
    • How To: STM32F103C8T6 As An USB Device (Virtual Serial Port / CDC)
13. The Annotated Hacker Test | For those of us who didn't receive a case of beer with our computer.

    2024-11-19
    computer hardware/cpu hardware/ram history nerd programming/assembly programming/c programming/pascal unix

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    • Original plain text version from 1989
    • Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL (see: THE REAL PROGRAMMER'S NATURAL HABITAT)
14. Hacking the T2S+ Out of Fear: Get Lock-In Thermography for Free

    2024-11-03
    camera/thermal electronics hardware image/2d linux mobile/android opencv programming/c++ programming/java programming/python reverse-engineering serial-communication/usb

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    • netman69/inficam - Android app and C++ bindings for InfiRay cameras
    • stawel/ht301_hacklib - ht-301 thermal camera opencv lib
    • What is the occasional clicking sound made by the Tau2 camera? What is FFC?
    • diminDDL/IR-Py-Thermal - Python Thermal Camera Library
    • Lock-in IR-Thermography - a novel tool for material and device characterization (PDF)
15. CERN Open Hardware Licence

    2024-11-03
    diy electronics hardware license research

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    • CERN OHL version 2
16. Crowdsec - Curated Threat Intelligence Powered by the Crowd

    2024-05-29
    bsd linux/iptables network/firewall observability/logging programming/go

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    • crowdsecurity/crowdsec
    • Documentation
      • Docker / Podman Deployment
      • Data Sources
      • Parsers
      • Configuration
      • Observability / Prometheus
      • OpenAPI Specification
    • Blog
      • Building a Network for Small Businesses Part 1: Hardware
      • Building a Network for Small Businesses Part 2: Running Configurations
      • Building a Network for Small Businesses Part 3: Attack Scenarios
    • Discussion on HN (2020)
17. USENIX - FreeBSD on Firecracker

    2024-05-04
    algorithm bsd/freebsd hardware/acpi virtualization/firecracker virtualization/hypervisor

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    • FreeBSD can now boot in 25 milliseconds on AWS Firecracker
18. Tiny Undervalued Hardware Companions

    2024-04-19
    cable laptop network/ethernet serial-communication/usb

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19. *(char*)0 = 0; - What Does the C++ Programmer Intend With This Code?

    2024-03-12
    compiler hardware/cpu memory/cache programming/c programming/c++

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20. ANGLE - Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine

    2023-12-05
    graphics/opengl graphics/webgl internet/browser

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    Allow users of multiple operating systems to seamlessly run WebGL and other OpenGL ES content by translating OpenGL ES API calls to one of the hardware-supported APIs available for that platform