Links July 2026Links July 2026
Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders wrote a disturbing and informative article about the use of AI by the US government [1]. Bruce Schneier wrote an interesting blog post about[...]
Systemd LingerSystemd Linger
Killing Processes One of the features of systemd that is most controversial is the option to kill user processes when the user logs out. That initially killed screen/tmux/nohup processes too.[...]
Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen6 AgainThinkpad X1 Carbon Gen6 Again
My Current Thinkpad In 2018 I reviewed a Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen6 that was assigned to me for work [1]. In April last year I wrote about the failings of[...]
ECC and DDR5ECC and DDR5
Hamming Codes ECC RAM corrects errors that occur in memory before it gets to the CPU. The most common form of ECC is the Hamming Code [1] which when it[...]
libproc-processtable-perl in Debianlibproc-processtable-perl in Debian
I’ve just filed a Debian bug report about libproc-processtable-perl giving bad errors when SE Linux denies access to files under /proc [1]. Ran into unknown state (hex char: 0) at[...]
Links June 2026Links June 2026
This is amusing, a flaw in the crypto-currency Zcash allowed generating Zcash from nothing and there’s no way to know if anyone did that [1]. Cory Doctorow wrote an insightful[...]
Dirty Clone and SE LinuxDirty Clone and SE Linux
There is a new Linux kernel exploit out named Dirty Clone [1]. The first thing to do to exploit this is to create a container with a separate network namespace[...]
PlaudPlaud
While watching a YouTube video I saw an advert for the Plaud AI Note Taker [1]. The Plaud device looks pretty good for what it does, taking notes and managing[...]
Some GPU StuffSome GPU Stuff
After getting a HP Z4 G4 tower server/workstation to house my Intel Battlemage GPU [1] I’ve been playing around with some GPU stuff. For years I’ve been just buying GPUs[...]
HP Z4 G4HP Z4 G4
In what is hopefully the conclusion of my hunt for a cheap tower server supporting REBAR [1] I have just bought a HP Z4 G4 with W-2125 CPU for $320.[...]