Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@jschauma" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jschauma</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ryanc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ryanc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span> yeah, the exhaustion problem would've been shoved back with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/64bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>64bit</span></a> or sufficiently delayed by a 40bit number.</p><p>Unless we also hate <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NAT</span></a> and expect every device to have a unique static <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> (which is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> nightmare at best that <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PrivacyExtensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyExtensions</span></a>"</em> barely fixed.) </p><ul><li>I mean they could've also gone the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DECnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DECnet</span></a> approach and use the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUI48" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUI48</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAC</span></a>-Address (or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUI64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUI64</span></a>) as static addressing system, but that would've made <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/vendors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vendors</span></a> and not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISPs</span></a> the powerful forces of allocation. (Similar to how technically the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ICCID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICCID</span></a> dictates <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GSM</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4G</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/5G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>5G</span></a> access and not the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IMEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IMEI</span></a> unless places like Australia ban imported devices.</li></ul> <p>I guess using a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/128bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>128bit</span></a> address space was inspired by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZFS</span></a> doing the same <em>before</em>, as the folks who designed both wanted to design a solution that clearly will outlive them (<em>way harder</em> than COBOL has outlived Grace Hopper)...</p><ul><li>Personally I've only had headaches with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6</span></a> because not only do I only have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4only" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4only</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> but my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISP</span></a> refuses to allocate even a singe /64 to me (but has no problem throwing in a free /29 of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4</span></a>'s in with my contract!)and stuff like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HurricaneElectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneElectric</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HEnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HEnet</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tunnelbroker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tunnelbroker</span></a> fail face first due to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Geoblocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geoblocking</span></a> and the fact that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASNs</span></a> get geolocated, not their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoPs</span></a>... </li></ul><p>If I was <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> I would've mandated <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DualStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DualStack</span></a> and banned <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CGNAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CGNAT</span></a> (or at least the use of CGNAT in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RFC1918" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFC1918</span></a> address spaces) as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DualStackLite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DualStackLite</span></a>!</p>
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Vingt Trois Seize 💎<p>Jag-Ware</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/console" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>console</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Jaguar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jaguar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Motorola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Motorola</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MC68000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MC68000</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RISCprocessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISCprocessors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/128bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>128bit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>90s</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/geek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geek</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lea.pet/@lea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lea</span></a></span> we'd still need to decide upon bit width (I'd recommend <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/128bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>128bit</span></a> to future-proof it!) and have like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JVM</span></a> as "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/rubtime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rubtime</span></a>"-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS</span></a>...</p><p>Granted, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sun</span></a> did that already - <em>sort-of</em>...</p><p>On Desktop:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Desktop_System" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Des</span><span class="invisible">ktop_System</span></a></p><p>And Server:<br><a href="https://wetdry.world/@amycatgirl/112491811180315156" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wetdry.world/@amycatgirl/11249</span><span class="invisible">1811180315156</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@HopelessDemigod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>HopelessDemigod</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.restless.systems/@ncommander" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ncommander</span></a></span> </p><p>That being said <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIX</span></a> and the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RS6000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RS6000</span></a> is as far away from a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a> as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/zArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zArchitecture</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DB2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DB2</span></a> and a lot of other <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> products...</p><p>After all <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Services</span></a> make <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a>, <br>Software makes <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Operating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Operating</span></a> Systems,<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OperatingSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperatingSystems</span></a> make <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a>. </p><p>Otherwise noone would deal with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AMD64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMD64</span></a> and everyone would've transitioned to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ARM64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARM64</span></a> or even <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RiscV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiscV</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/128Bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>128Bit</span></a> ages ago...<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzhCGSE7KKw&t=4017s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=XzhCGSE7KK</span><span class="invisible">w&t=4017s</span></a></p>
seanpm2001 🇺🇦️<p>Project of the day (day 9) 2023, Thursday, August 31st</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/uOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>uOffice</span></a> : <a href="https://github.com/seanpm2001/uOffice" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/seanpm2001/uOffice</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>uOffice (ultimate Office) is an <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/office" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>office</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/suite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>suite</span></a>. It was originally my first piece of proprietary software, which quickly went open source (it was never released as closed source luckily) it is an office suite that focuses on high <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/customization" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>customization</span></a>, high <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/compatibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>compatibility</span></a> (compatibility with as many formats and systems as possible) high speeds, and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/skeuomorphic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>skeuomorphic</span></a> design.</p><p>It supports an <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/experimental" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>experimental</span></a> office format known as <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/UDOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UDOC</span></a> which supports documents up to 16 exbibytes (2^60 bytes) in size. This was made to address my problems with the 512 megabyte limit in the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ODT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ODT</span></a> format, and to scale the technology towards the far future.</p><p>The software is <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/128bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>128bit</span></a>, but can run on <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/64bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>64bit</span></a> machines.</p><p>It is written in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Python</span></a>. It was originally written in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Java</span></a> and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/VBScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VBScript</span></a> where legacy use still remains. It is a highly <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/incomplete" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>incomplete</span></a> project.</p>
seanpm2001 🇺🇦️<p>Project of the day (day 8) 2023, Wednesday, August 30th</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/UCALC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UCALC</span></a> : <a href="https://github.com/seanpm2001/UCALC/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/seanpm2001/UCALC/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>UCALC is one of my first <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Python</span></a> projects, and is one of my most developed software pieces. It is functional, but currently only works via command line, and is missing a lot of planned features. It is a highly advanced <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/calculator" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>calculator</span></a>, with dozens of modes, and support for very complex <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mathematical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mathematical</span></a> jobs, such as <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/calculation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>calculation</span></a> beyond the computers <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/processor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>processor</span></a> type (eg: it can do <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/128bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>128bit</span></a> and higher calculations on a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/64bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>64bit</span></a> machine)</p><p>Recently, I learned about the new terms Ronnabyte and Quettabyte (along with the smaller units deca (10) and hecto (100) which I didn't add in originally) and I am hoping to update the calculator (and 2 other projects) to include these new units in the near future.</p><p>UCALC was originally tested on <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Windows</span></a> 10, but can work on any computer that has a functional Python interpreter. I hope to make it more functional, and eventually add a functional GUI.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ariadne</span></a></span> I hope <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/128bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>128bit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RISCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISCV</span></a> will fix that...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>b0rk</span></a></span> Personally, I want a native <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/128bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>128bit</span></a> architecture that doesn't do anything but 128bit...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://peoplemaking.games/@eniko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eniko</span></a></span> There is no <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/128bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>128bit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ix86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ix86</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a>, it's not even specified.</p><p>AFAIK only <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RISCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISCV</span></a> has an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a> for 128bit and even that is still in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/draft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>draft</span></a> and not finalized with 0 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASIC</span></a>'s produced that implement it.</p>
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