Rairii :win3_progman: :win3:
rairii.labyrinth.zone.ap.brid.gy
Rairii :win3_progman: :win3:
@rairii.labyrinth.zone.ap.brid.gy
Reversing (malware and otherwise); appsec and websec; embedded security; exploit dev; software preservationist; knows how not to use cryptography […]

[bridged from https://labyrinth.zone/users/Rairii on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
the xbox controller port to usb adapters arrived, now i just need a controller lol
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
hacked up a display driver (i know reactos has one, i want my own one, i want to support more modes in the future) and
January 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
wow, this actually gets this far? (after patching the bootloader in the debugger because of kbc stuff)

i guess the fact that xemu doesn't emulate most of the pci bus weirdness probably helps
January 16, 2026 at 4:01 PM
the caps are fine in my og xbox, and it powers on fine

i'm missing a controller though, it came with some madcatz wireless controller and i can't find the receiver
January 16, 2026 at 3:34 PM
presented without comment
January 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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there are five hand problems in software development:

1 naming things
3 absolute ordering
2 cache in5 concurrencyvalidation
́4 exactly-once delivery
6 off by one errors
4 exactly-once delivery
January 14, 2026 at 8:52 AM
the rng gods gifted me with table number 67
January 14, 2026 at 11:25 AM
the real beauty of the fediverse is a gts user who thinks they're using mastodon and creates an issue on the mastodon repo
January 14, 2026 at 9:16 AM
seabios running on (emulated) og xbox after a few hours work
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
"Sorry, 007, but you've been made redundant. These are your replacements: 6502, 8051, and 68000"
January 13, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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hacker that age regresses into a script kiddie
January 12, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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OH: "bgp stands for border geopolitics"
January 8, 2026 at 10:17 AM
sam altman, probably: "home pcs are killing the ai industry"
January 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
ah, WPBT acpi table

expected usecase: automatic execution of software “absolutely critical for the execution of Windows” that cannot be distributed any other way (source: WPBT spec)

actual usecase: a mix of actual malware (absolute computrace) and potentially unwanted programs (oem crapware) […]
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January 6, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Microsoft Office rebranding into Microsoft 365 Copilot was a great way for it to nearly be accidentally uninstalled
January 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
:SearchPeople: 6502 instruction tier list
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
yay, more qemu emulation inaccuracy when emulating NT MIPS + wx86 on R4000

a bunch of FPU instructions are gated on `check_cp1_64bitmode`, the bit checked here is CP0 Status bit 26 (FR) - on R4000 this is only supposed to enable 16 additional FP registers when set.
January 2, 2026 at 10:33 PM
VMwareDnD? I cast magic missile on this VM.
January 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
OH: what happens in middle-earth stays in middle-earth
January 1, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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:newLeft: new :newRight: year
January 1, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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January 1, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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"PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY" IN NAME ONLY, FOR IT IS NEITHER
December 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM
looked at the early win95 easter egg hashes in build 420-431 (at least)

these builds use a different hash algorithm encoding the string length, and also only hashes the new folder name (not the old folder name concatenated with the new folder name)

doing a […]

[Original post on labyrinth.zone]
December 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
happy new years adam to all those who celebrate
December 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM