Insecure object reference is a very common bug in online applications which most of the time leads to significant data breaches. In this episode I talk about one such vulnerability I discovered recently in a covid-related application.

LibreOffice is the premiere open source office suite, and with the major release of 7.0 continues to move forward. In this episode I look at some of the major features of this upgrade and why it matters.

Links

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/08/05/announcement-of-libreoffice-7-0/

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/01/21/odf-1-3-approved-as-oasis-committee-specification/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OASIS_(organization)

https://skia.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulkan_(API)

https://www.documentfoundation.org/governance/advisory-board/

https://www.redhat.com/en

https://www.collaboraoffice.com/

https://www.cib.de/en/home.html

https://www.ahuka.com/libreoffice-7-0-released/

Tcsh is a shell. It was popular once, I think. Anyway, I talk about why I sometimes use it, fondly, sometimes.

Observations and musings about game design, seen through the lens of MTG.

Selection Tools define the area that other tools will work within. For example, if you want to add color to an image, you probably want to add it to a specific area, not to the entire image. Selection Tools help you to pick the area precisely, and are useful for photo retouching purposes.

Links:

https://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/

https://www.ahuka.com/gimp/tools-selection/

The MIDI spec is available at MIDI.org

Sysex commands are listed at midi.org/specifications-old/item/table-4-universal-system-exclusive-messages

FLOSS Weekly: https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly

Kernel patches for Google Futex enhancements: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]

Google presentation on Futexes: http://pdxplumbers.osuosl.org/2013/ocw//system/presentations/1653/original/LPC%20-%20User%20Threading.pdf

Fuchsia Futexes: https://fuchsia.dev/fuchsia-src/reference/kernel_objects/futex

The show where Simon Phipps flips: https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/521

Perl 6 / Raku: https://raku.org

Flutter: https://flutter.dev

Dart: https://dart.dev

Mouse door opener day: https://www.wdrmaus.de/extras/tueren_auf.php5

Grumpy old coders: https://soundcloud.com/user-498377588/grumpy-old-coders-ep-1-fast-change

This is an update to my earlier shows to pull together what we know about the Coronavirus on this date, and what measures we can take. It focuses on the lack of solid information at this point and suggests a prudent course to stay safe. https://www.palain.com/health-topics/coronavirus-update-20200730/

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2768916

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome

https://www.axios.com/hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-scott-gottlieb-trump-a7b60575-91db-4239-8c86-59b993c55358.html

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/remdesivir-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-gilead

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2021436

https://news.yale.edu/2020/07/27/yale-lead-trial-potential-covid-19-treatment

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2577-1_reference.pdf

https://news.yale.edu/2020/07/27/yale-lead-trial-potential-covid-19-treatment

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c02278

https://helix.northwestern.edu/article/thalidomide-tragedy-lessons-drug-safety-and-regulation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/7-in-10-americans-would-be-likely-to-get-a-coronavirus-vaccine-a-post-abc-poll-finds/2020/06/01/4d1f8f68-a429-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/heres-the-latest-good-and-bad-news-about-covid-19.html

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

https://curiositystream.com/

https://www.nature.com/nature/articles?type=nature-podcast

https://www.youtube.com/user/thehealthcaretriage

https://www.palain.com/health-topics/the-hierarchy-of-evidence/

http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2870

https://www.youtube.com/scishow

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsNB4peY6C6IQediwz2GzMTNvm_dMzr47

Good day to all in HPR land, this is Tony Hughes coming to you again from Blackpool in the UK. To recap this is the 6th in a series of shows about my hobby of restoring Matchbox and other Die cast models. In the last show I went through the process I use to paint and prepare the casting for reassembly. In this episode I will discuss how I put back the wheels onto the base and reassemble the final model, before revealing in the show note pictures how the model came out.

So before putting back the plastic wheels onto the axles I polished the axles in my drill bit using a little bit of fine wet and dry emery paper.

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After selecting the best 4 of the plastic tyres from the models we originally dismantled I washed these in a little soapy water and after drying they these were fit for putting back on the restored model. The cleaned up axle is assembled on the base with the first tyre in place with the large dome end of the axle sat on a nail punch held in a vice. The second tyre is then placed on the axle and holding this all in place a small hammer is used to peen over the end of the axle by hitting it gently so the end is peened over but the axle does not bend. It is possible to do this stage in a drill press using another nail punch in the drill chuck, but I do not have a drill press at the moment, so have to do this the old school way, with a bit of brute force and ignorance.

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So we now have all the parts ready for reassembly. The base has the axles and wheels back on, the screen has been polished and the plastic seating given a clean in soapy water and dried, and the body is repainted and ready to go.

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So being careful not to damage the paint work the casting is placed with the base side up and the window unit is placed into it.

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Followed by the plastic interior, the eagle eyed among you will notice a colour change to the body work as I forgot to take a picture of this stage on the gold model. You have to ensure that the tab with the tow hitch (yes Matchbox put a tow hitch on a posh car) is fully over the retaining post or the base will not seat properly.

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The base is then placed back on the model by sliding it over the tab at the front and clicking it down over the rivet post.

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I then used some '5 second Fix' UV glue to glue around the post to hold it in place. You can also drill out the post with a 1.5mm drill and using an M2 tap then use a small M2 screw to hold the base in place, but in this case I was happy with the glue as it was for display and will not be handled frequently enough to require the more secure retention of a screw. With these small models there is a risk of damaging the post while drilling and tapping them so it is personal preference as to the method used to hold it all together at the end.

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Talk about Bluetooth...

We can put a man on the moon but we can't make a carseat that doesn't make me want to murder people when I try to move it ...

Sharpen those tweezers!

Waffffffffelz! YUM!