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A software engineer, a malware enthusiast and most importantly, a weird tall creature. I poke tech and act surprised when it breaks. 💖 350K+ subs on YouTube
Aug 30 29 tweets 7 min read
Don't worry, Brazilians, we, and our Chinese colleagues have got your back. There have been a lot of anti-censorship advancements in the past couple of years. There are solutions superior to a simple VPN. Let's get ready to connect in the upcoming fragmented world! 🧵 1. No VPN necessary! State restrictions are commonly implemented via DPI (Deep Packet Inspection). The software on the ISP's routing devices filters out packets based on certain conditions, and most of the time they are hardcoded. Which means there's room to contest it.
Jun 2 10 tweets 2 min read
My thoughts about MrBeast 🧵
(warning: reality check) Jimmy's videos are pretty obviously fake. His secondary channels are a cheap clickbait content farm. However, he does seem to actually help people out. I'm yet to see a random person from his video celebrate their huge win online, though.
Apr 21 6 tweets 2 min read
⚠️ IMPORTANT SCAM PSA ⚠️

There's a new scam going around that's not very obvious and can be easy to fall for! If you see an implication, do NOT infer the reverse.

(more info in thread 🧵) p, q, p → q / q → p Do NOT let the tiny p overshadow a complex n. n, p, n ∧ ¬p → q / q
Mar 25 6 tweets 2 min read
⚠️ Stardock scams their customers!

The «lifetime license» scam.🧵
An invalid product key was entered. Please try again or click here to have your key emailed to you.
«Start11 v1» product key
Way back in February 2022 I purchased a «lifetime» 1 PC license for Start11. Back then, the product was called Start11 and I had a lifetime license for it.

Turns out, not too long ago they bumped the version number up and made it into a «separate» product.
Feb 24 20 tweets 5 min read
🧵 A collection of my favorite pieces from the Windows XP source code.

\windows\core\ntgdi\test\teff\poo.txt poo.txt — shit \com\published\idlole\oleext\oleext.idl oleext.idl — Keep random shit OUT of this subdirectory, or die.