Great write-up with lots of links and insights on your thought process. Thanks!
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atVelocet commented on SSD1306 display drivers and font rendering subalpinecircuits.com/ssd... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
There is also https://github.com/pioarduino/platform-espressif32 which allows one to use Arduino > 3.2 and IDF > 5.4. If you use PlatformIO put this into your platformio.ini
[espressif32] ; PLATFORM
platform = espressif32
board_build.embed_txtfiles = folder/file.ext ; embed null-terminated file(s)
What's more impressive is the creator of this started with zero programming knowledge, and learnt C in three days to start this project, and seemingly months learning the systems-level stuff to make this work. Insane.
Maybe the .cursor folder in the GitHub gives a hint on how he did it in such a short time span…
Communism wasn't an authoritarian movement back then, it was anti authoritarian. What is being opposed is authoritarianism.
China isn't really communist, and neither was the ussr. It's just a regressive authoritarian regime with different propaganda.
Authoritarianism is fundamentally right wing. Freedom for the right wing is fundamentally doublespeak for freedom for the oligarchs to gain power and oppress. Secondarily that freedom to acquire and impose power is granted to racists so the oligarchs have their foot soldiers.
> …Communism wasn't an authoritarian movement back then…
When and where was that?
atVelocet commented on German parliament votes as a Git contribution graph abstimmung.eu/git/2024... · Posted by u/mxschll
I'm not sure if they still buy the books, but I know from someone who worked as a judge in Germany, that they personally stopped buying the books only ~5-10 years ago, because they saw that the online availability was good enough now.
But my point is that, as far as I know, there is no official version of the final text. The official publications are made in the Bundesgesetzblatt (which had been privatized in the past, but that's another story). The publications might look like this:
1947: We hereby make the following text a law called Grundgesetz "Artikel I: Human dignity is inviolable"
2026: We hereby change the law called Grundgesetz by changing the first article to say "Human or Alien" instead of "Human".
Now there are a lot of entities that will consolidate these changes into a final text. But this consolidation isn't done officially. So, while in this example its easy to see, that in 2026 the law would read "Human and Alien dignity is inviolable", it becomes less clear when these changes are spread over 80 years and are only available as PDFs.
This wild and also has some cruel implications. Thank you for this info!
atVelocet commented on Generate autounattend.xml files for Windows 10/11 schneegans.de/windows/una... · Posted by u/nixass
Agreed with the "what does this achieve". In Corporate environments you would use SCCM or simply the Windows ADK plus WDS.
Installing a custom Firewall and Antivirus ist straight counteproductive, as ist disabling security features... obvisouly.
Downloading and installing group policies however is often required and a typical enterprise scenario.
Whenever I hear people praise these kind of things I know they don't really have any professional knowledge. It's fine to configure your own system, but suggesting these things SHOULD be done pisses me off to no end.
Seems i lack a lot of professional knowledge so please enlighten me on how you would do it.
Why use ADK or SCCM for a personal install?
The custom firewall is just a frontend for the builtin firewall.
GP reg keys are used by many third party tools to alter the system. So why use extra software if you can get this directly from the vendor?
And also a rant about anti virus: What do think is the first thing malware does? How does your system get infected if you are using an updated browser, open mails in it and use it for viewing attachments like PDF? Maybe there is even malware out there that does take advantage of high jacking the anti virus and its system priviliges? But who knows… it always depends on the user and the use case.
atVelocet commented on Generate autounattend.xml files for Windows 10/11 schneegans.de/windows/una... · Posted by u/nixass
Exactly what is this trying to achieve? Running a third party tool to modify the OS, disabling security features, using "downloaded" group policies (what policies?), and sending all your DNS traffic to a third party (when on PC it's possible to just modify the etc/hosts file) -- these aren't exactly the best security practices. The only reasonable suggestion is the IoT Windows version.
Make the system need way less ressouces and get way more raw compute power.
There‘s a reason i wrote a hint about the security. If you keep this in mind and know what you are doing (like take such a setup as a base for VMs) this totally fine.
I am also not aware of any Spectre/Meltdown exploits ever to be found in the wild. If you are not running on a shared system i don’t see a need for those mitigations.
Regarding the third party tool: NTlite uses `dism` under the hood with which you can achieve the same results. You are already sending your DNS to a third party (like your ISP).
You also should never ever alter the hosts file and abuse it for ad blocking and such.
Microsoft supplies the latest group policies for their software. Or how else do you handle those on a local system?
I never said my post was about security but on how to alter your local system in a „more correct“ way with a clear hint about security. If you don’t know what you are doing then you should think twice when touching your system.
Had the experience of poking at tracking dots recently for circumstances I won't share here.
Do y'allself a favor and get a blue LED flashlight and point it at a color print. It's shocking how many are printed. It looks like a spattering of sand across the entire page!
Are we talking about laser, color laser and/or ink printers?
atVelocet commented on Generate autounattend.xml files for Windows 10/11 schneegans.de/windows/una... · Posted by u/nixass
Since i‘ve been doing this sort of thing for many years here are some basic rules:
- Get LTSC (W10) or IoT/Enterprise (W11) images to begin with
- Get https://www.ntlite.com/ .. you won‘t find any other tool which does a better job at removing packages, adding drivers, etc. Worth every penny with great support.
- Use GroupPolicies to configure your system. Take the time and download them for Office, Edge, Chrome, Firefox and update those that come with Windows.
- Integrate drivers not only for the base image but also in the recovery and setup image.
- Install a firewall (binisoft is fine)
- Use NextDNS
- If you don’t mind the security implications: Disable Defender, SmartScreen, BootGuard and VBS (use bcdedit)
- Disable Microcode loading (delete the DLL)
- Disable Spectre/Meltdown mitigations
- If you need Office: Use the LTSC version
Most third party tools are outdated or do stupid stuff which isn’t needed. You can silence Windows with the right GroupPolicies quite easy.
Update the BIOS/UEFI which includes an updated microcode.
Via software at runtime after each reboot (Windows/*nix).