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Re: Dusk use case: old partial PCs 2 years ago

From Shawn Nock to ~vdupras/duskos-discuss

On August 2, 2022 3:10:35 p.m. EDT, Virgil . > Maybe it's a lot
>more complicated than I think, but maybe it's not. Maybe it's as trivial as
>starting to poke COM1 ports.

Modifying or writing new bios sounds too hard and very system specific.

I think you're on the right track to poke PC serial console at the standard locations (io port 0x3f8 and similar) in DuskOS by default.

Any bios boot restrictions could be bypassed by shorting/removing the CMOS battery (old systems) or selectively erasing flash blocks w/ external programmer (for newer systems, collapse OS flash programmer ought to be a fun exercise).

Then boot DuskOS via USB, CD rom, network or whatever the default bios config allows (usually a lot).

No access to bios configuration, but working serial console on nearly all PCs.

[PATCH v4] Demonstrate that I can use git send-email 2 years ago

From Shawn Nock to ~sircmpwn/email-test-drive

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diff --git a/shawn b/shawn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fbef93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shawn
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
I have successfully used git send-email!
\ No newline at end of file
--
[message trimmed]

[PATCH v3] Demonstrate that I can use git send-email 2 years ago

From Shawn Nock to ~sircmpwn/email-test-drive

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 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 shawn

diff --git a/shawn b/shawn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a96fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shawn
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
I'm about to try git send-email!
\ No newline at end of file
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[message trimmed]

[PATCH v2] Demonstrate that I can use git send-email 2 years ago

From Shawn Nock to ~sircmpwn/email-test-drive

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diff --git a/shawn b/shawn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a956b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shawn
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
Trying out git send-email
-- 
2.36.1
[message trimmed]

[PATCH] Demonstrate that I can use git send-email 2 years ago

From Shawn Nock to ~sircmpwn/email-test-drive

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Woo!

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diff --git a/shawn b/shawn
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[message trimmed]

[PATCH] Adds a few regression tests for parseurl 4 years ago

From Shawn Nock to ~julienxx/castor9-devel

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I'm not certain this kind of contribution is wanted.  I wrote this when
I was isolating / fixing the mailto: parsing.

diff e099cb2cd012f13108efec70cce1ea1cfcdcd208 a39b12260659360290b7ace50ca28bc51fb607ab
--- a/mkfile	Thu Dec 17 14:25:08 2020
+++ b/mkfile	Thu Dec 17 15:53:12 2020
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 LIB=libpanel/libpanel.$O.a
 OFILES=url.$O util.$O castor.$O
 HFILES=castor.h libpanel/panel.h libpanel/rtext.h
+TESTS=testurl
 BIN=/$objtype/bin/

[PATCH] Fixes mailto: URI handling 4 years ago

From Shawn Nock to ~julienxx/castor9-devel

Allows URIs without a host segment, such as mailto: to be correctly
parsed.  Also passes only the path of mailto urls to the plumber to
match the default rule.


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diff 8a1c689188eee6aecb6ee28d1439a412a2437326 e099cb2cd012f13108efec70cce1ea1cfcdcd208
--- a/castor.c	Thu Dec 10 12:50:07 2020
+++ b/castor.c	Thu Dec 17 14:25:08 2020
@@ -127,7 +127,14 @@
 	fd = plumbopen("send", OWRITE|OCEXEC);
 	if(fd<0)
 		return;
-	plumbsendtext(fd, "castor9", nil, nil, u->raw);

Re: China 5 years ago

From Shawn Nock to ~sircmpwn/public-inbox

I've been racked with internal turmoil (guilt?) over my connections to what's going on in China and HK. In addition to owning many Chinese products... I am an EE / Embedded Systems consultant who works extensively with companies who do all their manufacturing in China.

I've come to know the Chinese as an amazing, resilient people whose history and culture have profoundly shaped Southeast Asia (and the world)... In the past I've tried to provide the 'nuanced' view of China to my network... as a push back against the racist (wun hung lo) or "red menace" level of dialog that has persisted in the West... but the actions of the CCP just aren't defensible. 

I am ready (although not entirely prepared) for disinvestment.

Thank you for writing this. 

S

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Shawn Nock <nock@nocko.se>