Even though it’s open source, people might not want to install additional applications when you can just use a 5KB OpenVPN profile for that. Basically you just need a way to “trick” the Riseup server to give you the correct data (CA certificate, client certificate and private key) so an OpenVPN profile can be generated, and for that we’ll be using this excellent tool by nitrohorse. You can also use Postman or wget/curl to retrieve the certificates and private key.

Caveat: The generated OpenVPN profile must be re-created every 60 days, the RiseupVPN client does that transparently, but you can use cron, or whatever automation tool you fancy, to re-create the profile when needed.

I was debating whether I should publish this, Allah knows I hate to give tips to the feds and Interpol, but I noticed someone on Twitter already figured it out, so why not. Here we go!

There is a new-ish (since May 2023) ransomware group called Rhysida and they leaked some stuff from various companies and the French territorial colectivity of Martinique (why Martinique). All good for now, except they made a simple mistake, they forgot to disable (or it’s enabled on purpose, hello honeypot) the Apache server status page. I can’t remember whether the status page is enabled or disabled by default (and I CBA to check the manual, I’m cranky today) because we pros are way past the goth Apache phase and we’re converting packets straight into Morse code now.

Over the years I’ve tried a bunch of writing apps, and in this article I’m going to talk a bit about my writing workflow. To begin with, I write in Markdown and I’ve been writing in Markdown for a few years now. Using a plain text format makes it easy to use pretty much any application, whether on macOS, Linux or Windows, an I prefer Markdown to writing HTML by hand, but I can write HTML if I need a feature not implemented in Markdown.

My preferred Markdown editor is iA Writer for longer, distraction-free writing and if I’m writing short notes (like the so.cl section which is basically micro-blogging) I will probably use Sublime Text, since it’s always open on my computer(s), anyway.

In an effort to make everyone focus on the one thing they do best, we created a society of children who are experts in things that interest them and clueless in most other things; as soon as the economy loses its ability to ensure all the human rights, infrastructure and conveniences these require, there will only be a minority of people who can clearly judge the value of certain things - those who didn’t have them for granted. An utopia where nobody has to struggle to feed or house themselves would completely forget the value of food and housing and would collapse on itself when supply runs low, as everyone would oppose spending resources on food and housing (it being a given) and would instead start a campaign to find who is to blame.

Calling the west the most corrupt system might sound ungrateful at first, but if you look deeper into it you’ll see that our so-called “freedom” is really nothing more than just a smokescreen. In most dictatorships you usually know what to expect.

This will be a long article with lots of information compiled from various sources as well as my experience tinkering with the StarFive VisionFive 2. This SBC is a RISC-V (in)development board, and if you’re looking for a one-click solution to play Cyberpunk 2077 and brag to your Discord friends, this ain’t it, homey.

Very important note: this article is work in progress!

Overview

RISC-V architecture

RISC-V is an open standard instruction set architecture (ISA) based on established reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles. Unlike most other ISA designs, RISC-V is provided under royalty-free open-source licenses. A number of companies are offering or have announced RISC-V hardware, open source operating systems with RISC-V support are available, and the instruction set is supported in several popular software toolchains.