B Horn
@b.horn.uk
allegedly a software engineer / does some OSS / occasionally security things / former hackathon organizer / got a strcpy() CVE in 2025 / currently backpacking around asia
https://b.horn.uk/ / https://github.com/bahorn / https://hachyderm.io/@bah
https://b.horn.uk/ / https://github.com/bahorn / https://hachyderm.io/@bah
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B Horn
@b.horn.uk
· Jul 21
i have recuring nightmares of set covering problems,
they just keep turning up
everywhere. i turn around, set covering problem
they just keep turning up
everywhere. i turn around, set covering problem
Timor-Leste is awesome.
one of my best days of travelling and i haven't even been here for 24 hours yet
one of my best days of travelling and i haven't even been here for 24 hours yet
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Timor-Leste is awesome.
one of my best days of travelling and i haven't even been here for 24 hours yet
one of my best days of travelling and i haven't even been here for 24 hours yet
5 hours of layover left....
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
5 hours of layover left....
I wonder how many times i have to press the button on my powerbank that shows its charge status to run it down
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I wonder how many times i have to press the button on my powerbank that shows its charge status to run it down
A few days ago i went to this museum and they a had a bit on returning the artifacts from europe/america.
and of course a key guy involved in taking them to europe was of course british
Seems like brits yoinking artifacts is like a beaver building dams
and of course a key guy involved in taking them to europe was of course british
Seems like brits yoinking artifacts is like a beaver building dams
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
A few days ago i went to this museum and they a had a bit on returning the artifacts from europe/america.
and of course a key guy involved in taking them to europe was of course british
Seems like brits yoinking artifacts is like a beaver building dams
and of course a key guy involved in taking them to europe was of course british
Seems like brits yoinking artifacts is like a beaver building dams
I have found the first city in asia without a 24h laundrette
Generally wtf, i did not plan for this
Generally wtf, i did not plan for this
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I have found the first city in asia without a 24h laundrette
Generally wtf, i did not plan for this
Generally wtf, i did not plan for this
hrm i wonder why there are banner ads in town written in mandarin talking about gambling with crypto, thats not sus at all
November 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
hrm i wonder why there are banner ads in town written in mandarin talking about gambling with crypto, thats not sus at all
reading the kernel tree and thinking we might need to burn some of the authors of this macros as witches
November 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
reading the kernel tree and thinking we might need to burn some of the authors of this macros as witches
30 mins into my bus journey we already hit another bus lol (minor, continuing on now)
Do not think this bodes well for this border crossing...
Do not think this bodes well for this border crossing...
November 1, 2025 at 4:57 AM
30 mins into my bus journey we already hit another bus lol (minor, continuing on now)
Do not think this bodes well for this border crossing...
Do not think this bodes well for this border crossing...
sensepost.com/blog/2023/br...
oh cool, people rediscovered the technique i used in github.com/bahorn/obser... (and also apparently ITW expel.com/blog/cache-s...)
I gave up on supporting chrome at the time, looked painful, so nice strat to work around it.
oh cool, people rediscovered the technique i used in github.com/bahorn/obser... (and also apparently ITW expel.com/blog/cache-s...)
I gave up on supporting chrome at the time, looked painful, so nice strat to work around it.
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
sensepost.com/blog/2023/br...
oh cool, people rediscovered the technique i used in github.com/bahorn/obser... (and also apparently ITW expel.com/blog/cache-s...)
I gave up on supporting chrome at the time, looked painful, so nice strat to work around it.
oh cool, people rediscovered the technique i used in github.com/bahorn/obser... (and also apparently ITW expel.com/blog/cache-s...)
I gave up on supporting chrome at the time, looked painful, so nice strat to work around it.
So curl has variable expansion (everything.curl.dev/cmdline/vari...) which i just used to implement a xor lookup table
So i guess i can do circuit evaluation with curl now
So i guess i can do circuit evaluation with curl now
October 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So curl has variable expansion (everything.curl.dev/cmdline/vari...) which i just used to implement a xor lookup table
So i guess i can do circuit evaluation with curl now
So i guess i can do circuit evaluation with curl now
Booked my flights in/out of Timor-Leste, gonna spend 2 weeks there next month
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Booked my flights in/out of Timor-Leste, gonna spend 2 weeks there next month
fun.
not gonna sleep tonight and just gonna get the first bus out of town in the morning
not gonna sleep tonight and just gonna get the first bus out of town in the morning
October 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
fun.
not gonna sleep tonight and just gonna get the first bus out of town in the morning
not gonna sleep tonight and just gonna get the first bus out of town in the morning
gist.github.com/bahorn/4a0d8...
if for someone reason you wanted a self replicating curlrc it exists now
if for someone reason you wanted a self replicating curlrc it exists now
October 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
gist.github.com/bahorn/4a0d8...
if for someone reason you wanted a self replicating curlrc it exists now
if for someone reason you wanted a self replicating curlrc it exists now
Night bus dropped me off somewhere that was like a 30 cab ride away from where it was meant to.... but at least my hostel checked me in at 6am with only a reservation for tonight
October 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Night bus dropped me off somewhere that was like a 30 cab ride away from where it was meant to.... but at least my hostel checked me in at 6am with only a reservation for tonight
I discovered that if you pass a hostname that curl can't resolve it returns 6 (everything.curl.dev/cmdline/exit...)
do with this what you will #bggp6 :)
do with this what you will #bggp6 :)
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I discovered that if you pass a hostname that curl can't resolve it returns 6 (everything.curl.dev/cmdline/exit...)
do with this what you will #bggp6 :)
do with this what you will #bggp6 :)
Reposted by B Horn
us-east-1 down is the same kind of fun event as big boat stuck
why is it always us-east-1?
October 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
us-east-1 down is the same kind of fun event as big boat stuck
Reposted by B Horn
October 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Should i walk 22kn tomorrow to get to my next hostel? That sounds funny to do
October 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Should i walk 22kn tomorrow to get to my next hostel? That sounds funny to do
Committing code at the bar from my phone
October 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Committing code at the bar from my phone