Just setting up my newest Pi! These things feel so fast, I’m hoping I can get away with no fan. This is hooked up to my 706mkII

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My pick for today’s bandcamp bonanza:

Different Dimensions (The Quarantine Sessions) - EP

Some acoustic Brazilian prog rock

https://godsandpunks.bandcamp.com/album/different-dimensions-the-quarantine-sessions-ep

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I couldn’t get the latest beta of sslscan to build on macOS so I made a Dockerfile:

https://github.com/mattfoster/sslscan-docker

I used Debian unstable so I’d get chacha20 and friends and TLS 1.3.

#security #ssl #tls

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This satellite map is super cool: https://maps.esri.com/rc/sat2/index.html

You can click on each tiny dot (a satellite’s current location!) and view information on.

Found at https://github.com/simsieg/awesome-maps

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One of my colleagues (on a placement) is doing a survey on:

[the] Impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on the Mental Health of Working Adults - for a uni project.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGX0ds8-MuSEehVWL5q9BEYQthL3unhlbBiExCk–Rt83urw/viewform

If you have a few minutes to spare and wouldn’t mind filling it in that would be awesome!

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The digital edition of QEX is now available as part of a standard ARRL subscription ( http://www.arrl.org/news/the-may-june-digital-issues-of-qex-and-ncj-are-now-available). Pretty cool news!

#hamradio

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I hope everyone is keeping busy and entertained!

I posted a few links to some interesting radio things I found: https://hackerific.net/2020/04/15/radio-links-1-april-2020/

Things like this cool glowing mini antenna: https://circuitsalad.com/2020/02/13/simple-low-current-mini-whip-antenna/

#hamradio

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@DC7IA@chaos.social

Here’s a fun Dockerfile:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16296753/can-you-run-gui-applications-in-a-docker-container

Running GUI apps in a container using xvfb + vnc 👌

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Virtual Machines for iOS: https://getutm.app/ this could be awesome if it gets off the ground.

iSH is already fun and useful https://ish.app/ but it’ll be good to see what’s possible on locked down apple hardware.

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Hacking cheap GPS radios to make a long range mesh: https://www.meshtastic.org/

I hadn’t seen these ESP32 based GPS modules before: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000119152086.html

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