I finally dipped into using ImHex when doing some reversing of the PS2 memory card format for https://ps2iodb.com.
The program is so good, and has enough of a reputation that I knew to reach for it even though I know nothing about reversing, and that was 3-4 years ago now! Also shoutout to the awesome GUI library is uses; https://github.com/ocornut/imgui
A few attempts using it over the years has usually resulted in frustration and giving up after determining it to be a non-starter.
Past attempts to use after downloading and running it natively have revealed it to be very crashy. Trying the browser-based demo today and doing the first thing that comes to mind (loading a ZIP) produces an error that the pattern language interpreter can't resolve the "import std.mem" line, for which there seem to be no hits on Google.
The poor font rendering is also not ideal, nor the fact that the "immediate mode" approach to the GUI (perversely favored by the kinds who tend to identify with software craftsmanship, including ostensible focus on performance, including opposition to bloat and unnecessary resource use) also means fans are constantly spinning up. Running these kinds of apps is basically the same as running a game...
I... can't say I experienced any of these issues. I also had no idea there was a browser demo. Just opened it up and opened a zip with no issues. Are you using some obscure OS & experimental browser combo?
My recommendation to everyone out there willing to put in the effort of writing an article; don't put a naff low effort AI generated image at the top of it (or anywhere in it..). It turns me off before I've even read the first word.
My Tailscale was broken for the past month and I only just fixed it yesterday, and today this patch is released that would have made it a non-issue.
Updating my BIOS caused the issue. The main problem was that Tailscale's behaviour was very poor in this case. It simply got stuck "Starting" and never provided any error information.
They're all hosted via on the Internet Archive and embedded into the page, I couldn't really put all the images inside my Git repository my blog is hosted from, and wanted permanent hosting. If it's slow I can't help that unfortunately sorry.
Hi everyone. Today I finished my latest project which was archving 1584 photos (+2 videos) of LAN parties in Tasmania ranging from 1996 to 2010.
Previously these photos were lost to time until I got in contact with the right people.
Looking through the photos is a great blast of nostalgia, I hope you get some enjoyment from looking through them too!
Then either download the ones you're interested in manually as packs, as IA makes that very easy. Or, search through GitHub to find one of the bunch of IA downloading tools available.
Nice work! I ran some LANs ("LANded NT") and went to lots more up in Darwin, Northern Territory between 1999-2002, largest being ~150 people but sadly I think all related media has been lost. Previous had website, and was forum chatter with some photos about the events, but these days can't find anything. Photos you've got hear reminded me of these events, good times!
Valorant (game using kernel anti-cheat) is made by Riot Games, which is owned by Tencent (since 2011) a Chinese company with heavy ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
[1] "According to a report by Sina Tech in October 2017, Tencent employed over 7,000 members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ... "With over 7,000 CCP members, accounting for approximately 23% of the total workforce, and more than 60% of whom are core technical personnel, the number of CCP members at Tencent is increasing by nearly a thousand every year."
[2] "The Tencent Party Member Activity Center has a dedicated CCP member activity area of more than 6,000 square meters. More than 1 million yuan is allocated for CCP activities per year."
As someone who plays games every day, with ~3000 hours in Counter Strike at a decently high level. I've only ever encountered blatant hackers maybe 3 times in the last 10 years. I definitely do not care enough to start allowing random companies Kernel level access to my machine.
The program is so good, and has enough of a reputation that I knew to reach for it even though I know nothing about reversing, and that was 3-4 years ago now! Also shoutout to the awesome GUI library is uses; https://github.com/ocornut/imgui