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This is the home server of [mailto:dank@qemfd.net Nick Black] aka Nick tfm Black aka dankamongmen aka the dankest aka Admiral Diggities, located at [[LOC record|33°77′N, 84°38′W]] in the heart of Midtown Atlanta, GA. This wiki is primarily for my personal use, but open to public viewing in case anything generally helpful emerges (and to fight the search engine presence of the hated nick black band, who're very much on the enemy list). I make no guarantees concerning correctness, relevance, or timeliness of the information contained herein. I've started this project only recently (February 2008), and while it is growing quickly, most articles are by necessity stub links. If you are stalking me, you'd do better consulting my [http://dankamongmen.livejournal.com blog at LiveJournal], or my [http://www.myspace.com/dankamongmen MySpace] / [http://git.facebook.com/profile.php?id=690107717 Facebook]. Sometimes I edit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sosodank Wikipedia] articles, as well, and I love to review books on [http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/655723 GoodReads]. I'm pondering a new, strictly technical blog over at [http://moneycachehoes.blogspot.com Money. Cache. Hoes.].
=='''rien n'est simple, mais tout est facile'''==
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[[File:LookForAnswers.jpg|right|thumb|link=https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/images/5/5b/LookForAnswers.jpg|i like to stay up late on the computer, looking for answers.]]
Seriously: I primarily write these entries to evaluate my own understanding, and remember things (a ''few'' entries are actually semi-authoritative). Assume I wrote them all whilst stoned out of my gourd. I'm just a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner disreputable Mariner] on your way to the Wedding. '''If you derive use from this wiki, consider yourself lucky, and please get confirmation before relying on my writeups to perform surgery, design planes, determine whether a graph G is a [[Aanderaa–Rosenberg_Conjecture|scorpion]], or feed your pet rhinoceros.'''
this is the wiki of [mailto:dankamongmen@gmail.com nick black] (aka [[User:Dank|dank]]), located at [[LOC record|33°46′44.4"N, 84°23'2.4"W (33.779, 85.384)]] in the heart of [[Atlanta|midtown atlanta]]. dankwiki's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2tukPoF2ww rollin' wit' you], though i make no guarantees of its correctness, relevance, nor timeliness. track changes using the [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] page. i've revived [[dankblog|DANKBLOG]], this wiki and [[Grad_school|grad school]] having not satisfied ye olde ''furor scribendi''.
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==qemfd.net==
hack the planet! don't mistake my kindness for weakness.
* qemfd: quod erat motherfuckin' demonstrandum! ■ ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q.E.D. wikipedia], [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/QED.html wolfram])
 
* [http://dank.qemfd.net/phpsysinfo/ phpsysinfo], [http://dank.qemfd.net/qemfcacti cacti], [http://dank.qemfd.net/oldindex.html old main page] (including directions + contact info)
i primarily write to force my own understanding, and remember things (a ''few'' entries are actually semi-authoritative). i'm just a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner disreputable Mariner] on your way to the Wedding. '''if you derive use from this wiki, consider yourself lucky, and please get confirmation before relying on my writeups to perform surgery, design spacecraft, determine whether a graph ''G'' is an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aanderaa%E2%80%93Karp%E2%80%93Rosenberg_conjecture#Deterministic_query_complexity Aanderaa–Rosenberg scorpion], or feed your pet rhinoceros.''' do not proceed if allergic to linux, postmodern literature, nuclear physics, or cartoonish supervillainy. ■
* [http://dank.qemfd.net/bugzilla/ bugzilla] for projects like [[libdank]]
 
==Projects?==
==[[:Category:Projects|projects?]]==
* [[Hackery]]! The [[WORDHORDE]].
* Still growing! The world's largest(?) collection of [[computer science eponyms]].
* [[Grad school]] (NEW: [[CS GRE]] prep page)
* [[Notcurses]], a library for blingful TUIs and character graphics
* [[Elemental naming]] and good [[wordlist|words]]
* I created and taught CS4803UWS, "[[UNIX Weapons School]]", Summer 2013 at Georgia Tech.
* [[BlackBerry]] crap. Other peoples' [[repositories|projects]].
* [[Hackery]]! (projects and open source work). The [[Personal machines|machines]]. Matrix of [[large cases]] and [[Titanium_power_supplies|Titanium PSUs]].
* What does worldwide [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_(soft_drink) TaB®] consumption have to do with [[nuclear weapons]]?
* The [[WORDHORDE]]. Some [[book ideas|books]] I'd like to write. Too many [[morphisms]]!
==UNIX==
* An ambitious [[Decay_chart|chart of decays]].
* [[Power Management]]. [[Sound Software]], [[Using Unicode]].
* [[Grad school]] and [[CS GRE]] prep pages. You can't have grad school without [[LaTeX|XeLaTeX]]!
* [[Debian]], [[Xorg hell]], [[Consoles]] and [[Framebuffer|Framebuffers]]. Recent insanity: [[DBus]], [[HAL]], [[Avahi]].
* [[Elemental naming]] and good [[wordlist|words]]. Ramblings on [[Dankblog|DANKBLOG]].
* My [[MediaWiki]] notes. [[Core]] files happen when one dances fandango on [[core]]. Notes on [[subversion]].
* [[BlackBerry]] crap. F'n [[bookshelves]]. [[PC_Fans|Fans]] from [[Noctua]], of whom I am a fan.
* [[Linux on Dells]], [[SATA]], [[udev]], various linux-related [[hardware detritus]] (mainly random personal crap).
* What does worldwide [[TaB|TaB®]] consumption have to do with [[nuclear weapons]]?
==Things I wish I'd never learned, and very cool things, in a stub-dense pile==
* My grad school [[:Media:CS8803MCAPresentation.pdf|presentations]] tended to [[:Media:CS8803DCPresentationKlaiber.pdf|run slightly]], just a little, [[:Media:CS8803DCPresentationGschwind.pdf|unorthodox]]...
Can you guess which are which (sometimes it changes)?
** enjoy the ghastly background of my [[:Media:Libtorque-presentation.pdf|masters thesis]] presentation
* [[X Macros]], [[ISO C99]], [[rpaths]], [[GCC|gcc]] notes, [[GNU Make|gmake]] notes.
** ...yep, [[Trail of Frames|still weird]] (invited lecture for the opening of [https://wiki.freesideatlanta.org/fs/Info Freeside Atlanta])
** professionally weird! [[:Media:Public_LPC2015_-_Dynamic_iSCSI_at_Scale-_Remote_paging_at_Google.pdf|"Dynamic iSCSI at Scale"]] for Google ([https://blog.linuxplumbersconf.org/2015/ 2015 Linux Plumbers' Conference])
** [[:Media:Pwl09.pdf|"Miscompiling Programs with 'Benign' Data Races"]] for [https://www.meetup.com/Papers-We-Love-Atlanta/events/bhvjlpyxnbmb/ Papers We Love Atlanta #9] 2018-10-09
** [[:Media:Multire.pdf|"Efficiently Matching Multiple Regular Expressions"]] for BetterCloud 2013-12-06
** "[https://mdco2.mini.debconf.org/talks/6-notcurses-making-terminals-do-things-that-were-never-intended/ Making Terminals do Things Never Intended]" for [[Debian]] [https://mdco2.mini.debconf.org/ MiniDebConf #2] 2020-11-20
** "[https://nick-black.com/tabpower/notcurses-fosdem-2021.pdf Notcurses: Blingful TUIs and Character Graphics]" for [https://fosdem.org/2021/ FOSDEM 2021] 2021-02-06
** "[https://debconf21.debconf.org/talks/3-proposing-a-new-d-i-disk-preparation-tool-growlight/ Proposing a New D-I Disk Preparation Tool]" for [https://debconf21.debconf.org/ DebConf21] 2021-08-28
** "[[:Media:Black - Fast Linux Networking 2023.pdf|Fast Linux Networking: DPDK and XDP]]" for Microsoft Azure Orbital 2023-02-03
** "[[:Media:Self-publishing_and_nuclear_secrets.pdf|Self-publishing and nuclear secrets]]" 2024-01-27 release party for <i>[https://midnightssimulacra.com midnight's simulacra]</i>
* My video channel, [[DANKTECH]].
* Other people's [[repositories|projects]]. Other people's [[programming quotes]]. ■
 
==unix==
* Writing high-performance, scalable [[Fast UNIX Servers|UNIX system applications]] is my greatest passion.
* [[Linux APIs]], [[FreeBSD APIs]], [[ELF]] (which is not, in itself, an API).
* [[Power Management]]. [[Sound Software]], [[Using Unicode]]. Keeping FreeBSD [[Updating FreeBSD|up-to-date]]. Hacking [[CUDA]] on [[Debian]].
* [[Debian]], [[Xorg hell]], [[Consoles]] and [[Framebuffer|Framebuffers]]. [[Systemd]] and [[DBus]]. Making graphs with [[dot]].
* Notes on [[MediaWiki editing|editing]] and [[MediaWiki|running MediaWiki]]. [[Core]] files happen when one dances fandango on [[core]].
* Notes on [[subversion]], but my biggest note would be to use [[git]].
* [[Linux on Dells]], [[SMART]] and [[SATA]], [[udev]], various linux-related [[hardware detritus]] (mainly random personal crap).
 
did autistic people design this software? BECAUSE I'M STARTING TO LOVE IT. ■
 
==remarks regarding computers &c==
* [[glibc]], other [[interesting libraries]], [[working with libraries]], some implementing interfaces like [[pthreads]].
* [[glibc]], other [[interesting libraries]], [[working with libraries]], some implementing interfaces like [[pthreads]].
* [[Linux APIs]], [[FreeBSD APIs]], [[ELF]] (which is not, in itself, an API).
* [[X Macros]], [[ISO C18]], [[rpaths]], [[GCC|gcc]] notes, [[GNU Make|gmake]] notes.
* a [[Book_list_for_streetfighting_computer_scientists|book list]] for streetfighting coders
* There's [[Buses and Ports]], of course, of course.
* Intel's [[Sandy Bridge]] and [[Nehalem]] x86 [[microarchitectures]].
** or, if you'd prefer, [[Transmeta|Transmeta's]] or [[Tilera|Tilera's]] processors.
** It's dangerous to go alone! Take [[microcode]].
* The [[cpuid]] instruction, [[SMP on x86]], [[Performance Counters]], [[simulators]].
* The [[cpuid]] instruction, [[SMP on x86]], [[Performance Counters]], [[simulators]].
** Simulators ought not be confused with the [[4000 Linux VT Solutions|4,000 Linux VT Solutions]]!
** Simulators ought not be confused with the [[4000 Linux VT Solutions|4,000 Linux VT Solutions]]!
* Getting into [[ARM]]. Getting into [[ACPI]]. Getting into [[Architecture]]. I want an MISD machine; until then, there's [[SIMD]].
* Getting into [[ARM]] (which is everywhere, including [[Raspberry Pi|Raspberry Pis]]).
* [[Lamport's Hash]], [[Lamport's Clock]], [[Skip Lists]], I will put thoughts about [[automata|automata here]], [[Dijkstran Method]].
* Getting into [[ACPI]]. Getting into [[Arduino]]. Getting into [[Architecture]].
** I want a (PIVT, middle-endian, 27-bit word) MISD machine; until then, there's [[SIMD]].
* [[Lamport's Hash]], [[Skip Lists]], I will put thoughts about [[automata|automata here]], [[Dijkstran Method]].
* [[ROS]] seems a pretty good way to write robots, and one day automate luvvvvv
* [[Flash]] sucks. Need get a handle on [[Compiler Design]] by tomorrow's midterm.
* [[Flash]] sucks. Need get a handle on [[Compiler Design]] by tomorrow's midterm.
** Now it's [[Programming Language Theory]] by tomorrow's final, heh.
* [[Trees]] for smoking and computing. [[Lock-free algorithms|lock- and wait-free]] algorithms. [[Cache-oblivious algorithms]]. [[RCU]].
* [[Trees]] for smoking and computing. [[Lock-free algorithms|lock- and wait-free]] algorithms. [[Cache-oblivious algorithms]]. [[RCU]].
* [[Allocators]] get us that free store, son (usually through a [[DRAM]]-backed VM)!
* [[Allocators]] get us that free store, son (usually through a [[DRAM]]-backed VM)!
** Said VM ''might'' implement [[transactional memory]], and ''almost certainly'' works on [[pages]].
** Said VM ''might'' implement [[transactional memory]], and ''almost certainly'' works on [[pages]].
* Via [[Grover's Algorithm]], we might be able to discover the monster at the end of this quantum book.
* Via [[Grover's Algorithm]], we might be able to discover the monster at the end of this quantum book.
* [[Jefferson's Time Warp]] algorithm, and while we're at it, [[timer wheels]] and even [[x86 timing]].
* While we're at it, [[timer wheels]] and even [[x86 timing]].
* Writing high-performance, scalable [[Fast UNIX Servers|UNIX system applications]] is a passion of mine.
* Let's get bipartite, bipartite...with [[bip buffers]].
* Let's get bipartite, bipartite...with [[bip buffers]].
* [[Ling adders]], [[Blum's axioms]], and [[Rice's Theorem]] are all named after people smarter than me...
* I don't much care for writing [[Gecko Addons]] (aka [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/upgrade.html FireFox plugins]).
** ...as are [[Chaitin's Constant]] and [[Kolmogorov complexity]], though not the [[Speed Prior]].
* [[Blum's axioms]] and [[Rice's Theorem]] are both named after people smarter than me...
* [[Questions|Questions?]]
** ...as are [[Chaitin's Constant]] and [[Kolmogorov complexity]], and [[Computer science eponyms|lots of other junk]]. ■
==Networking==
 
* What's all this [[Zeroconf]] shit?
==networking==
* [[SSHFP]] and [[LOC record|LOC]] records
* Please adhere to the various [[Standards#Networking_standards|standards]] (even where [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#Variants_summary_table mutually contradictory])
* [[VoIP]] and telephony, NAPTR records
** As one judge said to another, '' 'Be just, and if you can't be just, be arbitrary.' ''
* [[SFP]], [[DomainKeys]], [[DNSSEC]]
* [[Topology Discovery]]. Online tools for [[Internet analytics]].
* Some [[TCP]] notes. [[Syncookies]].
* [[SSHFP]] and [[LOC record|LOC]] records. [[DNSSEC]]. The Sender Policy Framework ([[SPF]]). [[VoIP]] and telephony, NAPTR records.
* [http://dank.qemfd.net/faqicap.html The Working Man's Guide to ICAP], [[ICAP]] page
* Some [[TCP]] notes. [[Syncookies]]. Radio of the [[SDR|software-defined]] kind.
* [[SNMP]]
* [[ARP]] is no longer used in [[IPv6]], which more fully embraces [[Zeroconf|zero-configuration networking]].
* [http://dank.qemfd.net/BIginternet Mirror] of the BIg-Internet list from ftp://munnari.oz.au
* [[ICAP]] page. [[Tunneling]] (perhaps over [[VXLAN]]), [[SNMP]], [[NFS]]...
* [[Tunneling]]
* I don't drive, but when I do, I drive via reverse engineered [[CAN bus|CAN buses]].
* [[Van Jacobson Channels]] get everybody all hooting and hollaring every decade or so
* [[QMI]] replaces the venerable Hayes command set aka "AT commands" for modems
* [https://nick-black.com/BIginternet Mirror] of the BIg-Internet list from ftp://munnari.oz.au
* [[Van Jacobson Channels]] get everybody all [[DPDK|hooting]] and [[XDP|hollaring]] every decade or so. ■
 
==QEMFD! ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q.E.D. wikipedia], [http://mathworld.wolfram.com/QED.html wolfram]) also provides...==
* A page for our 2015 [https://nick-black.com/wedding/ hax0r wedding], the event of the century
** There is no page for our 2020 divorce, natch
* Documentation for [https://www.notcurses.com Notcurses], my poorly-named but always-rockin' console graphics library
* [https://www.dsscaw.com Dirty South Supercomputing], my [[WeWork|Tech Square consultancy]], launched 2019
* The [https://nick-black.com/processorzoo.html Processor Zoo], which has been wildly surpassed by [https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/WikiChip WikiChip]
* [https://www.sprezzos.com SprezzOS], my now-defunct but forever-beloved Linux distribution
 
still have any [[Questions|questions?]]
 
'''''quod erat motherfucking demonstrandum!''''' ■
 
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<div style="text-align: right;">"I have never known a greater monster nor miracle than myself." — Michel de Montaigne</div>
 
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Latest revision as of 20:42, 30 September 2024

rien n'est simple, mais tout est facile

i like to stay up late on the computer, looking for answers.

this is the wiki of nick black (aka dank), located at 33°46′44.4"N, 84°23'2.4"W (33.779, 85.384) in the heart of midtown atlanta. dankwiki's rollin' wit' you, though i make no guarantees of its correctness, relevance, nor timeliness. track changes using the recent changes page. i've revived DANKBLOG, this wiki and grad school having not satisfied ye olde furor scribendi.

hack the planet! don't mistake my kindness for weakness.

i primarily write to force my own understanding, and remember things (a few entries are actually semi-authoritative). i'm just a disreputable Mariner on your way to the Wedding. if you derive use from this wiki, consider yourself lucky, and please get confirmation before relying on my writeups to perform surgery, design spacecraft, determine whether a graph G is an Aanderaa–Rosenberg scorpion, or feed your pet rhinoceros. do not proceed if allergic to linux, postmodern literature, nuclear physics, or cartoonish supervillainy. ■

projects?

unix

did autistic people design this software? BECAUSE I'M STARTING TO LOVE IT. ■

remarks regarding computers &c

networking

QEMFD! (wikipedia, wolfram) also provides...

still have any questions?

quod erat motherfucking demonstrandum! ■

"I have never known a greater monster nor miracle than myself." — Michel de Montaigne


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