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SSH offers different forms of authentication, including passwords and public keys. Password authentication is still widely used, especially with network equipment. To avoid typing passwords for each connection, you can use a tool called sshpass, or its variant passh. However, this approach is a bit fragile and requires parsing the output of the ssh command. […]
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Parser mismatch vulnerabilities, also known as parser confusion or parser mismatch, have recently gained recognition in the cybersecurity community. These vulnerabilities occur when two code locations attempt to parse the same input but disagree on its meaning. This can lead to different behavior for malformed inputs, potentially creating a security risk. The author provides several […]
In a recent leak incident, the source code for Grand Theft Auto 5, along with data related to Bully 2 and the next GTA title, has been made public. The leak was confirmed by popular YouTuber SKizzle, who shared a screenshot of the leaked source code. The leaked data apparently originated from a Discord server, […]
The authors of this study introduce a tool called time vectors, which can be used to customize language models to specific time periods. By finetuning a language model on data from a single time period and subtracting the weights of the original pretrained model, a time vector is created. This time vector represents a direction […]
The web content provides credits and information about the Commodore PET 2001 emulator. The author, Norbert Landsteiner, has rewritten most parts of the emulator and added various features such as CPU emulation, audio and CRT emulation, keyboard implementation, file handling, and more. Users can run programs on the emulator by dragging and dropping files onto […]
Jared Westbrook has been working to resurrect the American chestnut, a tree that almost disappeared from the US a century ago. The American Chestnut Foundation, of which Westbrook is the director of science, has spent years genetically engineering chestnuts to withstand a deadly disease. However, during a visit to a chestnut field in Indiana, Westbrook […]
The author expresses frustration with the literature on attention and acknowledges their own lack of understanding of the topic. They highlight the need to understand attention in order to stay relevant in the field of AI. The author notes that the concept of attention in neural networks is essentially a form of kernel smoothing, a […]
This web content serves as a reference for University level assembly language and systems programming courses. It focuses on the x86-64 instruction set used by the popular x86-64 class of processors, and specifically applies to the Ubuntu 64-bit Operating System. The provided code and examples are designed to be compatible with any Linux-based 64-bit OS, […]
The author reflects on their personal experience navigating the American health care system on behalf of their mother with dementia. They observe that the system is fragmented, with little communication between institutions, leading to inefficiencies and unnecessary costs. The author highlights the lack of a systematic interface in health care organizations, contrasting it with the […]
The Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island is dedicated to preserving historic computers and promoting the history of computer development. Their main focus is restoring old computer systems to working condition. They serve as a users’ group for vintage computer enthusiasts, providing a platform for discussing and exchanging information about computer systems and software of historical […]