VirtualTam's bookmarks

1. jwzhacks 2024-11-26

   tags: feed/rss, history, jwz, linux, network/http, programming/c, programming/perl, programming/php, unix

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   I have written a lot of software. I used to do it for fun. Then I started getting paid for it. Then it stopped being fun. Then I stopped getting paid for it. And now I write software sometimes for fun, but mostly in self-defense.

2. The Annotated Hacker Test | For those of us who didn't receive a case of beer with our computer. 2024-11-19

   tags: 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)
3. SSHFP - Secure SHell FingerPrint DNS Records 2024-10-27

   tags: cryptography/elliptic-curve, network/dns, network/dnssec, network/ssh

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   • IANA - DNS SSHFP Resource Record Parameters
   • ssh - How do I generate SSHFP records?
   • Oh SSH-it, What’s My Fingerprint? A Large-Scale Analysis of SSH Host Key Fingerprint Verification Records in the DNS
     • gehaxelt/sshfp-dns-measurement
     • APNIC - Improving SSH’s security with SSHFP DNS records

   RFCs:

   • RFC 4251 - The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Architecture
   • RFC 4255 - Using DNS to Securely Publish Secure Shell (SSH) Key Fingerprints
4. Rust in Illumos 2024-09-11

   tags: dependency, driver, programming/rust, solaris, unix

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5. Illumos - An open-source Unix operating system 2024-08-29

   tags: operating-system, solaris, unix

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   • What is illumos?
   • Distributions
   • oxidecomputer/helios - A distribution of illumos powering the Oxide Rack
6. Tips on Adding JSON Output to Your CLI App 2024-04-23

   tags: command-line, programming/json, programming/python, programming/shell, programming/yaml

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   • Bringing the Unix Philosophy to the 21st Century
   • kellyjonbrazil/jc - CLI tool and python library that converts the output of popular command-line tools, file-types, and common strings to JSON, YAML, or Dictionaries
7. The #! magic, details about the shebang/hash-bang mechanism on various Unix flavours 2024-03-25

   tags: bsd, linux, programming/shell, unix

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8. Cosmopolitan libc - Your build-once run-anywhere C library 2023-11-05

   tags: apple/macos, bsd, linux, microsoft/windows, programming/c, unix

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   • ape - αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε
   • Cosmopolitan Third Edition
   • jart/cosmopolitan
   • redbean - single-file distributable web server
9. regex - Removing ANSI color codes from text stream 2023-07-24

   tags: command-line, text, unix

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   1# GNU sed
   2sed -e 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g'
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   4# macOS
   5sed -e $'s/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g'
   

10. Cool, but obscure X11 tools 2023-07-22

    tags: desktop, graphics/2d, linux, unix, user-interface, x11

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11. The Dam - A slack clone in 5 lines of bash 2023-07-22

    tags: chat, command-line, gnu, instant-messaging, network/ssh, packaging/guix, programming/shell, unix

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    • edouardklein/suc - The Simple UNIX Chat
    • tildeverse.org - Public access UNIX systems
12. Go Toolchains 2023-06-24

    tags: command-line, programming/go, unix/path

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    • Go 1.21 will (probably) download newer toolchains on demand by default
13. Control, Escape, and Meta Tricks 2023-06-17

    tags: command-line, editor/vim, terminal, unix

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14. Mitogen for Ansible | A redesigned UNIX connection layer and module runtime for Ansible 2023-01-28

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, network/ssh, programming/python

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    • https://github.com/mitogen-hq/mitogen
    • https://mitogen.networkgenomics.com/howitworks.html
    • https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15355144
15. Audio-only YouTube player 2022-12-22

    tags: audio, command-line, google/youtube, video

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    • https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/298086/play-youtube-playlist-with-youtube-dl-with-shuffling-or-repeat
    • https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=10231
16. pv: Pipe Viewer - monitor the progress of data through a pipe 2022-12-14

    tags: command-line, linux, unix

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    • http://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml
17. SimCity, Cellular Automata, and Happy Tool for HyperLook (nee HyperNeWS (nee GoodNeWS)) | by Don Hopkins | Medium 2022-12-12

    tags: cellular-automaton, city, game, programming/postscript, unix, user-interface, x11

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    • https://donhopkins.medium.com/the-shape-of-psiber-space-october-1989-19e2dfa4d91e
18. How can I run ssh-add automatically, without a password prompt? 2022-06-28

    tags: command-line, network/ssh, security/authentication

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    • https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.2
    • https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/269121/openssh-have-ssh-add-keys-to-agent-as-needed

    Host blah
    AddKeysToAgent yes
    ForwardAgent   yes
    

19. What is the difference between /tmp and /var/tmp? 2022-02-02

    tags: linux, storage, tmp, unix

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    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard
    • /tmp - Directory for temporary files. Often not preserved between system reboots and may be severely size-restricted.
    • /var/tmp - Temporary files to be preserved between reboots.
20. Unix ASCII games | awesome-ttygames 2020-11-18

    tags: command-line, game, linux, terminal, text, text/ascii

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