@saminiir

UNIX, Networking, Self-Improvement.

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Joined January 2013
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Just released v0.1 of my Linux userspace TCP/IP stack! saminiir.com/lets-code-tcp-i…

Let's code a TCP/IP stack, 1: Ethernet & ARP

Writing your own TCP/IP stack may seem like a daunting task. Indeed, TCP has accumulated many specifications over its lifetime of more than thirty years. The core specification, however, is seemingly...

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Also your periodic reminder that Dwarf Fortress has the best patch notes ever: pcgamer.com/the-most-ridicul…
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After steady progress, v0.5 of my TCP/IP stack is ready! Featuring TCP Retransmissions and Firefox support. saminiir.com/lets-code-tcp-i…

Let's code a TCP/IP stack, 5: TCP Retransmission

At this point we have a TCP/IP stack that is able to communicate to other hosts in the Internet. The implementation so far has been fairly straight-forward, but missing a major feature: Reliability....

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"So there I was, implementing a one element ring buffer." - snellman.net/blog/archive/20…

I've been writing ring buffers wrong all these years

So there I was, implementing a one element ring buffer. Which, I'm sure you'll agree, is a perfectly reasonable data structure.

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My TCP stack just phoned home: Let's code a TCP/IP stack, 4: TCP Data Flow & Socket API saminiir.com/lets-code-tcp-i…

Let's code a TCP/IP stack, 4: TCP Data Flow & Socket API

In this post, we will look into TCP data communication and how it is managed. Additionally, we will provide an interface from the networking stack that applications can use for network communication....

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This code looks pretty old, I wonder if I can delete th.... what the...
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Reaktor
@ReaktorNow29 Aug 2016
Tech-heavy post by @PetkaAntonov about optimization techniques used in the #Bluebird library ow.ly/evUQ303G5n4
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@bcrypt27 Aug 2016
last night someone explained meditation to me as cache invalidation for your mind
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Joe Armstrong@joeerl21 Aug 2016
Write a JavaScript to Erlang cross compiler xitter.cf/cmeik/status/767204409…
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Windows users with bash. Linux users with PowerShell. FreeBSD users with WiFi. It's been a crazy year.
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Bear Attack. mrlovenstein.com/comic/699
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Joe Armstrong - Erlang and other things joearms.github.com/2016/08/0… ... and some Chopin
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majek04@majek0412 Aug 2016
New blog post - another war story about unexpected BSD Sockets API behaviour causing plenty of trouble. xitter.cf/CloudFlare/status/7640…
Cloudflare
@Cloudflare12 Aug 2016
This is strictly a violation of the TCP specification: blog.cloudflare.com/this-is-…
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Luka Gerzić@gerzic7 Aug 2016
.@lcamtuf look what I have found browsing thru some very old email archives :) #rootshell #pine #oldschool
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Job well done, now off to the pub. xitter.cf/windyoona/status/76073…
windytan@windyoona3 Aug 2016
I’ve done it now - removed one too many kernels to free up space in /boot :)
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@ReaktorNow3 Aug 2016
Adam reminisces about his interviewing experiences and how he ended up in magical fairy land reaktor.com/blog/magical_fai…
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@jfbastien3 Aug 2016
Amused by headline "Wat is WebAssembly" until I realized it was Dutch. computerworld.nl/development…
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EFF
@EFF18 Jul 2016
And now, a message from renowned security technologist and author Bruce Schneier. eff.org/ssr.s
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“You need the willingness to fail all the time” - John Backus, American computer scientist.
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This mom's post about #PokemonGO helping her autistic son had me in my feelings.
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How cyberweapons helped crush the coup in Turkey. A quick analysis of events and cyberpower (with videos!) medium.com/@thegrugq/cyberpo…

Cyberpower Crushes Coup

Rewriting the rulebook on coups, time to add cyberpower

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