Colin Steinmann metaColin

Due to so many misinformation, false claims and confusion that goes around the web I've decided to make this quick comparison of all most known backup enabling tools, hackable vita firmwares and which one you should be using and why.
Date of last update: 13.01.2020

NoNpDRM Rips vs Dumps

	NoNpDRM Rips	Vitamin / MaiDumpTool Dumps
All original files untouched	✅	❌
Support Retail DLCs	✅	❌
Support Ripped (NoNpDRM) DLCs	✅	❌
Support Dumped (Vitamin/Mai) DLCs	✅¹	✅

On 7/29/2017, all hacked Vitas on 3.60 spoofing the latest firmware (3.65) were blocked from console activation. This is particularly odd because the PSN passphrase did not change in 3.65. Additionally with the release of ensō added to the confusion of what happened. Here is the result of a preliminary investigation of the situation.

Upon game activation, the Vita displays an dialog that shows the error number E-80558325. This error number is used in SceNpKdc, which is found in vs0:external/np_kdc.suprx. The error code itself is created when the activation response is received:

v5 = v45 | 0x80558300;

Here, v5 is the return code and v45 is the string error code from the server converted to a number. The request made to Sony's server looks like the following

Headless Ethminer (nVidia) Setup Guide

Cian Johnston, July 2017

WARNING: THESE WORDS ARE OLD AND MAY NOT WORK FOR YOU IN THESE NEW AND INTERESTING TIMES.

A couple of weeks ago, I decided I should put my gaming rig to work crypto mining. I did not expect to make any significant profit on this, it was more of a fun project to set up. However, there were a large number of tutorials and guides already out there, and many were more than a year out of date.

This guide assumes the reader already has a crypto wallet set up, is comfortable with Linux and the command line, and knows how to use Google if they run into problems.

The end result is an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS headless server running CUDA ethminer via systemd.

Video game rom codes

You wouldn't download a car...

Primary rom codes

Probably what you're looking for

[a] Alternate (alternate version of the game, usually trying a different output method)
[p] Pirate

Essential JavaScript Links

A curated list by Eric Elliott and friends. Suggest links in the comments below.

This is a very exclusive collection of only must-have JavaScript links. I'm only listing my favorite links. Nothing else makes the cut. Feel free to suggest links if you think they're good enough to make this list. The really curious should feel free to browse the comments to find other links. I can't guarantee the quality of links in the comments.

Full Disclosure

Some of these links are affiliate links, meaning that if you make a purchase, I might earn a little money. This has absolutely no bearing on whether or not links make the list. None, whatsoever. However, it does allow me more resources to fight poverty with code. Every little bit counts.

CSS Layout Debugger

A tweet-sized debugger for visualizing your CSS layouts. Outlines every DOM element on your page a random (valid) CSS hex color.

One-line version to paste in your DevTools

Use $$ if your browser aliases it:

~ 108 byte version

	/*
	* SEP firmware split tool
	*
	* Copyright (c) 2017 xerub
	*/

	#include <fcntl.h>
	#include <stddef.h>
	#include <stdio.h>
	#include <stdlib.h>

	add_filter( 'envira_gallery_post_type_args', 'filter_envira_search' );
	function filter_envira_search( $args ) {
	$args['exclude_from_search'] = true;
	return $args;
	}

	#!/bin/bash
	set -e

	# IMPORTANT! First install ffmpeg with encoders enabled, i.e. like this:
	# brew install ffmpeg --with-libvpx --with-libvorbis --with-theora

	# Will not re-encode files, if output file exists.
	# Quality settings are configured in encoders' command line parameters below, sorry about that.

	if [ -z "$1" ]; then