haui @lemmy.giftedmc.com Gifted Autistic Sysadmin, Anti-Corporate activist
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dont worry. Soon you will be able to do it again.
Indeed. But you have been f*cked from the start with your extremist 2 party system.
Spacemit kx107 (riscv) board config (dts) for uboot needed
Hi there! I'm still trying to build alternative OSs on the DC-ROMA PAD II and I have successfully built spacemit's u-boot but the board used in the ROMA PAD does not seem to be supported. I asked deepcomputing about it but since people might already have that config somewhere I thought I'd ask.
Hi there. Thanks for commenting on this. I did find "kind of" a solution. I wrote a script which directly replaced the files I changed in the target directly instead of going over the installation process again and again.
This is not how its supposed to be of course. I should have opened an issue but rn I dont have the time. Hope this helps.
Well, nowhere have I seen such a claim but cpuinfo suggests this be the case.
Is it true that the Spacemit K1 X60 does not actually comply with RVA22 as advertised?
Spacemit advertises their K1 soc as compliant with the RVA22 but this table suggests it might not be: https://mastodon.giftedmc.com/@haui/113372897786006093
What am I missing?
Quick update on this: Deepcomputing provided a video mere 19 hrs ago at this point, showing how to download and reflash an ubuntu image.
The scarcity of information around the product is kind of sad from their side but I appreciate the effort.
Some more information: The cpu registers as spacemit X60 on /proc/cpuinfo but as spacemit k1-x kx107 board in neofetch's host info.
From a lot of reading, I gathered that the cores seem to be X60, the soc being the K1 but dont quote me on that.
My DC-ROMA PAD II arrived today and I already bricked it multiple times. :D
Hi folks! I got my order of the now out of stock RISCV tablet DC-ROMA PAD II today.
Hardware It is decently manufactured, about 11 inches in size, has wifi, a small keyboard (ordered on top), headphone jack, 8 cores spacemit cpu, usbc connector and sd card slot (and maybe sim but unsure).
Operating System The device comes with ubuntu 24.04 on the internal storage and a micro sd card with debian. Both run decent oob but what comes next is rather peculiar
What happened so far The devices run patched everything as far as I can see. upgrading ubuntu bricked gnome shell so that it permanently maxxes out one core and makes the device unusable. Maybe I should have made a backup first but I didnt think it would go unusable asap. Pretty much the same happened to the debian system, which I did backup before updating. The real issue is that there are barely any riscv images out there and building them is quite the endeavor.
So for now I'll use the backup of the debian system until I have familiarized myself with the hardware enough to know what I can and cant do.
Fair warning To those thinking of purchasing this device, be careful. It is marketed as a developer device and even as a dev, it is very rough to use at this point. there is an online manual with 7 pages which explains how to turn the device on, thats it. no info about debugging tools AT ALL. You have been warned.
Future Of course I'm not done with it and will attempt to port postmarketOS to it as well as learn how to make reproducible images for other OSs. Let me know if you have any questions. Feel free to give advice if you are experienced. This is my first riscv device.
i can see your point. i for example did buy from amazon once so far this year. it was because the product I needed was expensive and part of a business calculation where i dont have the luxury to waste money.
however, I bought more than a hundred smaller products off of local sellers which are more expensive but i was able to afford it.
thats all I'm asking. that folks make a concious effort to prefer local sellers if they can, not some one dimensional exclusivity that will not work anyway.
My stance is that most people have poor reading comprehension. Thanks for making my point.
I said „without necessity“. Having no other comparable options qualifies as necessity in my book.
Activism is great but the moment people shun others for not ruining themselves for the cause they become radicals.
So no, thats not my stance.
And no, I havent been born privileged in the typical western way. But I have the privilege of being pretty smart which enabled me to escape the prison of an uneducated, violent household.
And yes, I hold people accountable for not giving a shit about others. Deal with it.
And more condescension. Its as if more of the same thing will do different things.
Maybe add some racism or climate denial to the mix. Just for some seasoning.
You have exactly the attitude of someone able to work for a monster like amazon. Unnecessary aggressive and condescending.
Thanks for making my point.
I think people working at amazon and shopping at amazon, both without clear necessity, are part of the problem.
What part do you feel is horrible? I enjoyed playing it a lot.
I'm monitoring the cpu and ram and so far the server isnt utilizing it except short bursts which dont max out anything. i'll try and optimize the network first and then go for performance. i suppose its a multi stage issue by now. will update on the matter.
i can see how this would be an interesting function. sadly, we're, nowhere near an end user ready experience in any non corporate messenger. it very much still depends on how tech savvy the user and how good the admin is. until that changes I'm gonna unilaterally say no to reinventing any wheels and say fix the stuff we have before adding more functionality.
E3 1220v3 3.5 ghz
Xeon 4 core, 4 threads, 16 G DDR4 ram, onboard graphics.
Its not more open source. It is at all. Signal is dependent on the backend which is as proprietary as bluesky. You can absolutely not self host it which technically binds you to the next single point of failure.
Some use open source alternatives since signal still has the off switch to your communication. I personally use matrix for over a year and its pretty good. But its not polished so you need patience and a good admin.
Hmmm… that makes sense. I‘ll check. Thank you for the suggestion.
What happens is that I get rubberbanding (I go somewhere, build something, get set back like 30 seconds and my stuff is not built), loosing my connection like once every two hours or something. My wife plays with me and has similar issues.
The logs sometimes show „tick took longer than anticipated“ or something, which would indicate a performance issue but since the cpu and the ram arent even used properly, I assume it might be limited somehow.
Experiencing weird rubberbanding and disconnects on lan connection.
Hi there,
I'm hosting a dedicated server for satisfactory on my homeserver. It has 16 GB of ram which are 30% used WITH the game running and 4 cores which are barely touching 15% usage, also with the game running.
I checked my connection and it is fairly stable, both on lan and wifi otherwise. I switched to lan so I could debug the connection but it seems like a different problem then wifi.
The server is running in a container from this repo: https://github.com/wolveix/satisfactory-server.
My guess would be that I maybe have accidentally limited the server in terms of ram or cpu usage. Will check.
Let me know if anyone else has this issue. Have a good one. :)
Hi there! I see you‘re spitting thruth again.
I have since gone with the programme for a couple months and developed some foss software, helped make foss software and tested some foss software.
The general impression I got from it was: most of it is used without any reciprocity of any kind. The bigger projects get some donations and some also get code.
But stomping new projects out of the ground is pretty much impossible that way because you will have to invest 100s of hours to test and program. Nothing you can do in a reasonable timeframe while having a day job and a life.
So yes, I think especially for projects south of a certain size, companies should pay. Dual licensing was mentioned once. Something like agpl + commercial license if someone wants to use it closed source. I dont think it covers general profit seeking intent though.
Have a good one.
The concept of a "digital license" isn't new, but there's no pretending you didn't know about it anymore.
Ordered a dc roma 2 tablet from deepcomputing.
I'm not totally sure if I'm just hyped up but i wanted to share that I ordered a device and am (im)patiently awaiting the shipment.
does anyone already have the device? hows your experience? what do you do with it?
i might get around to make a video or just a post about it in detail.
have a good one
New Challenges with ipad3 on ios 9.3.6
I managed to solve the issue I had with sideloadly not working. the ipad is now jailbroken, some interesting facts I found:
- system partition on 16 GB ipad, is 3GB
- on 9.3.6 you only have 100 MB empty space
- there are attempts to offload files and programs to /var but it is dangerous since a reboot could brick a tethered device
- the stashing app for this purpose is not compatible with 9.3.6
- ios is based on darwinOS so it basically is bsd.
my plans for the future:
- try to find the sourcecode for the stashing app so I can port it
- try and find an untether for 9.3.6 or make one myself
- try to run postmarketos, maybe also changing the partitions
possible issues:
- the bootloader is closed afaik so the device might brick if rebooted
Currently having trouble with ipad 3 on ipadOS 9.3.6
geteilt von: https://lemmy.giftedmc.com/post/850522
> Hi folks, > I'm a tinkerer and like to hack old devices. Currently running postmarketOS on an old oneplus6. Now I want to try to repurpose my old ipad 3 with LTE. > > For that purpose I have tried: > - https://jailbreaks.app/legacy.html -> phoenix (Error: app could not be installed at this time) > - windows VM (I'm on linux) with usb connect, I can see the ipad in device manager and open the harddrive but neither itunes nor sideloadly will connect to it. impactor also wont recognize the device > - exchanging the cable for a different (newer) one, also no change > - resetting the ipad to factory settings to free up space, no change > - reinstalling itunes, icloud, sideloadly > - restarting between each step > > I'm kind of running out of ideas at this point. I generally have a debug device which I could try and use on the ipad but I struggle to find resources on lower level hardware hacking for the ipad. Let me know if you have any other ideas. > > Have a good one!
Currently having trouble with ipad 3 on ipadOS 9.3.6
edit: the solution presented itself. the vm didnt catch the itunes connection although it caught the device. leaving the device connected while rebooting it made the change. solved.
Hi folks, I'm a tinkerer and like to hack old devices. Currently running postmarketOS on an old oneplus6. Now I want to try to repurpose my old ipad 3 with LTE.
Edit: The problem might be the windows vm since an iphone 11 with linghtning cable also doesnt get recognized.
For that purpose I have tried:
- https://jailbreaks.app/legacy.html -> phoenix (Error: app could not be installed at this time)
- windows VM (I'm on linux) with usb connect, I can see the ipad in device manager and open the harddrive but neither itunes nor sideloadly will connect to it. impactor also wont recognize the device
- exchanging the cable for a different (newer) one, also no change
- resetting the ipad to factory settings to free up space, no change
- reinstalling itunes, icloud, sideloadly
- restarting between each step
I'm kind of running out of ideas at this point. I generally have a debug device which I could try and use on the ipad but I struggle to find resources on lower level hardware hacking for the ipad. Let me know if you have any other ideas.
Have a good one!
Element web/desktop is 90% there
Linux mobile is advancing fast but of course not everything works out of the box. Element for example needs to make these sidebars toggleable for small screens. touch control works, room changing works, just the sidebars need to "move it". Anyone up for the task?
Reverse engineering Yealink T41P firmware
Hi folks, not sure if this is the right place but so please lmk if there is a better place to put this:
I'm currently attempting to reverse engineer yealink t41p IP phone firmware since the device is out of support for some years and but works very well imo. For security reasons and keeping the devices out of the trash, I would like to provide open source firmware for it. I recently learned how the process with clean room reversing works but I'm stumbling at the first step already. Here is what I attempted so far: ``` haui@TowerPC:~/Downloads/t41p-firmware$ binwalk T41-36.83.0.160.rom
DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
haui@TowerPC:~/Downloads/t41p-firmware$ binwalk --signature T41-36.83.0.160.rom
DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
haui@TowerPC:~/Downloads/t41p-firmware$ binwalk -E T41-36.83.0.160.rom
DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL ENTROPY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16384 0x4000 Rising entropy edge (0.984980) 20480 0x5000 Falling entropy edge (0.783278) 32768 0x8000 Rising entropy edge (0.992664) 45056 0xB000 Falling entropy edge (0.601562) 65536 0x10000 Rising entropy edge (0.991434) 815104 0xC7000 Rising entropy edge (0.992069) 2945024 0x2CF000 Falling entropy edge (0.668870) 2949120 0x2D0000 Rising entropy edge (0.993514) 8155136 0x7C7000 Falling entropy edge (0.843171)
haui@TowerPC:~/Downloads/t41p-firmware$ binwalk -BE T41-36.83.0.160.rom
DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL ENTROPY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16384 0x4000 Rising entropy edge (0.984980) 20480 0x5000 Falling entropy edge (0.783278) 32768 0x8000 Rising entropy edge (0.992664) 45056 0xB000 Falling entropy edge (0.601562) 65536 0x10000 Rising entropy edge (0.991434) 815104 0xC7000 Rising entropy edge (0.992069) 2945024 0x2CF000 Falling entropy edge (0.668870) 2949120 0x2D0000 Rising entropy edge (0.993514) 8155136 0x7C7000 Falling entropy edge (0.843171)
haui@TowerPC:~/Downloads/t41p-firmware$ binwalk -y T41-36.83.0.160.rom haui@TowerPC:~/Downloads/t41p-firmware$ binwalk -e T41-36.83.0.160.rom
DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
haui@TowerPC:~/Downloads/t41p-firmware$ binwalk -I T41-36.83.0.160.rom
DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL DESCRIPTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12622 0x314E BFF volume entry, AIXv3, file name: "iX2jÅ
haui@TowerPC:~/Downloads/t41p-firmware$ binw^C
haui@TowerPC:~/Downloads/t41p-firmware$ binwalk -G T41-36.83.0.160.rom
DECIMAL HEXADECIMAL DESCRIPTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ```
In the second finding of the 2024 Tidelift state of the open source maintainer survey, we found that the more maintainers are paid, the more improvements they make to their projects.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1153465
> > In the second finding of the 2024 Tidelift state of the open source maintainer survey, we found that the more maintainers are paid, the more improvements they make to their projects. > > ... > > > In the previous finding, we reported that 60% of maintainers describe themselves as unpaid hobbyists, and 36% of maintainers describe themselves as paid (professional or semi-professional) maintainers, earning some or all of their income from their open source work. > > ... > > > When you break down the paid maintainers into professional (earning most or all of their income from their maintenance work) and semi-professional (earning some of their income from maintaining projects), it becomes clear that the amount of money a maintainer is making for their work has a large impact on the types of improvements they are able to make. Across nearly all major categories, professional maintainers are on average over 20 percentage points more likely to make key improvements to their projects than semi-professional maintainers. > > ... > > > In the previous study, 81% percent of professional maintainers earning most or all of their income from maintaining projects spend more than 20 hours a week maintaining their projects. This year, the percentage was nearly identical (82%). > > > Conversely, in last year’s survey, we found that the vast majority of unpaid hobbyists spend ten hours or less per week on their maintenance work (81%). This percentage also stayed consistent in this year’s survey, with 78% of unpaid hobbyist maintainers working ten hours or less per week. > > ... > > > We’ve heard from many maintainers that how they are paid for their work also matters. For many maintainers there is a huge difference between getting a one-time “airdrop” of money, perhaps right after a high profile incident where people are paying attention to their projects, compared to ongoing recurring income that they can count on. So this year for the first time we asked maintainers to tell us whether they would prefer to get predictable monthly income or a one-time lump payment. > > > An overwhelming majority of maintainers prefer to receive predictable monthly income, with 81% choosing that option.
A friend of mine shared this receipt from her local library which shows how much money she's saved by using it.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20072658
DEF CON 32 - Disenshittify or die! How hackers can seize the means of computation - Cory Doctorow
cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/10771034
> Personal review: > > A good recap of his previous writings and talks on the subject for the first third, but a bit long. Having paid attention to them for the past year or two, my attention started drifting a few times. I ended up being more impressed with how much he's managed to condense explaining "enshittification" from 45+ minutes down to around 15. > > As soon as he starts building off of that to work towards the core of his message for this talk, I was more-or-less glued to the screen. At first because it's not exactly clear where he's going, and there are (what felt like) many specific court rulings to keep up with. Thankfully, once he has laid enough groundwork he gets straight his point. I don't want to spoil or otherwise lessen the performance he gives, so I won't directly comment on what his point is in the body of this post - I think the comments are better suited for that anyways. > > I found the rest to be pretty compelling. He rides the fine line between directionless discontent and overenthusiastic activist-with-a-plan as he doubles down on his narrative by calling back to the various bits of groundwork he laid before - now that we're "in" on the idea, what felt like stumbling around in the dark turns into an illuminating path through some of the specifics of the last twenty to forty years of the dynamics of power between tech bosses and their employees. The rousing call to action was also great way to end and wrap it all up. > > I've become very biased towards Cory Doctorow's ideas, in part because they line up with a lot of the impressions I have from my few years working as a dev in a big-ish multinational tech company. This talk has done nothing to diminish that bias - on the contrary.
Profits are the surplus labor value stolen from the working class and the community they live in.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20410864
EU consumer groups slam 'manipulative' video game spending tactics.
European consumer groups on Thursday (12 September) accused the world's biggest video game companies of "purposefully tricking" consumers, including children, to push them to spend more.
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/2776160
Ex-Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president Chris Deering does not believe recent layoffs across the games industry…
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19624344
> Ex-Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president Chris Deering does not believe recent layoffs across the games industry have been a result of corporate greed. Instead, workers who have lost their jobs should "drive an Uber" or "go to the beach for a year" until employment settles. > > Deering was a guest on games writer Simon Parkin's podcast My Perfect Console, where the pair discussed games industry layoffs. > > "I don't think it's fair to say that the resulting layoffs have been greed," said Deering. "I always tried to minimise the speed with which we added staff because I always knew there would be a cycle and I didn't want to end up having the same problems that Sony did in Electronics."
Tax the rich: Petition (EU)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19519945
> Taux the rich: Petition (EU) > > Hi there, if you are from one of the EU countries that didn't reach the threshold (see on the page), please sign this petition. ECI (European Citizen Initiatives) are petitions that forces the EU to take a decision on the matter if they reach 1 000 000 signatures.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/41690098
> "workers remain on strike on Friday morning and have taken the keys to hundreds of vehicles".