Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

View nickdowell's full-sized avatar

Nick Dowell nickdowell

42 followers · 11 following
  • United Kingdom
View GitHub Profile
@0xdevalias
0xdevalias / serum-changelog.md
Last active October 28, 2025 00:12
Xfer Records - Serum - Changelog / Release Notes

Xfer Records - Serum - Changelog / Release Notes

Note: This was originally extracted from the HTML returned from the https://xferrecords.com/api/update_check/serum API, converted to markdown, and then formatted manually / cleaned up a bit further. It probably won't be kept strictly up to date, but it should at least serve as a useful historical record.

Note: For releases that I had access to the *.exe/*.dmg/*.pkg files for, I have also included the SHA256 hashes of the official downloads; so that they can be used to verify the authenticity of any versions that you might come across. At time of writing, the first version below that includes the hashes is 1.36b8 (October 11 2023)

@0xdevalias
0xdevalias / generating-synth-patches-with-ai.md
Last active October 25, 2025 01:38
Some notes on generating software synthesizer patches with AI
@bpsib
bpsib / BBC-Radio-HLS.m3u
Last active October 15, 2025 08:37 — forked from stengland/BBC-Radio.m3u
BBC Radio Streams
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_01505109/live/ww/bbc_radio_one/bbc_radio_one.isml/bbc_radio_one-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1Xtra
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_92079267/live/ww/bbc_1xtra/bbc_1xtra.isml/bbc_1xtra-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1Dance
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_62063831/live/ww/bbc_radio_one_dance/bbc_radio_one_dance.isml/bbc_radio_one_dance-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1 Anthems (UK Only)
http://as-hls-uk-live.akamaized.net/pool_11351741/live/uk/bbc_radio_one_anthems/bbc_radio_one_anthems.isml/bbc_radio_one_anthems-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8
#EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 2
@AndrewBelt
AndrewBelt / Better Windows 10.md
Last active May 25, 2025 07:45

Configuring Windows 10 with better privacy, performance, control, and fewer annoyances

As a reasonable computer user, I expect my operating system to not:

  1. send telemetry without my consent. Windows sends Microsoft a massive amount of personal data. [1] [2] [3] [4]
  2. update without my consent. Auto-updating is equivalent to a third-party being able to execute code remotely on my machine where I store private data. Even if an update is not malicious, updates change functionality, and I only want software to change if I know what will change and decide that I want it.
  3. tell me what I can or can't run on my computer. Apple does this w
@cellularmitosis
cellularmitosis / README.md
Last active October 18, 2025 17:37
QEMU PowerPC G4 OS X Tiger (10.4) setup

Blog 2020/5/7

<- previous | index | next ->

QEMU PowerPC G4 OS X Tiger (10.4) setup

EDIT 2024/12/1: I updated a few of these commands to work with qemu 9.x.

@olilarkin
olilarkin / notes.md
Last active November 14, 2024 06:28
Plugin Dev Notes
@tclementdev
tclementdev / libdispatch-efficiency-tips.md
Last active October 25, 2025 06:01
Making efficient use of the libdispatch (GCD)

libdispatch efficiency tips

The libdispatch is one of the most misused API due to the way it was presented to us when it was introduced and for many years after that, and due to the confusing documentation and API. This page is a compilation of important things to know if you're going to use this library. Many references are available at the end of this document pointing to comments from Apple's very own libdispatch maintainer (Pierre Habouzit).

My take-aways are:

  • You should create very few, long-lived, well-defined queues. These queues should be seen as execution contexts in your program (gui, background work, ...) that benefit from executing in parallel. An important thing to note is that if these queues are all active at once, you will get as many threads running. In most apps, you probably do not need to create more than 3 or 4 queues.

  • Go serial first, and as you find performance bottle necks, measure why, and if concurrency helps, apply with care, always validating under system pressure. Reuse

@dannote
dannote / final-cut-pro-trial-reset.swift
Last active October 24, 2025 07:34
Final Cut Pro X trial reset
#!/usr/bin/swift
// DISCLAIMER
// This script modifies an unencrypted file associated with the trial version of Final Cut Pro.
// Under the DMCA (17 U.S.C. § 1201), this modification does not qualify as circumvention of a technological
// protection measure (TPM), as it does not involve bypassing encryption, authentication, or similar protections.
// Distributing this code is therefore legal under the DMCA.
// This script is intended for educational and research purposes, such as exploring trial-related file structures,
@bryanforbes
bryanforbes / email.md
Last active August 31, 2022 19:26

Postfix Hardening for MX Guarddog

For this guide, the following assumptions are made:

  • MX Guarddog is being used to filter spam
  • MX records have been set to MX Guarddog's servers
  • Postfix successfully receives and delivers mail from MX Guarddog's servers

After following the instructions at MX Guarddog for setting up the MX records, email addresses, email server, and quarantine reports, everything should Just Work™. Spam should slow to a trickle; MX Guarddog does a really good job of spam filtering! The only thing they can't protect against is spammers that ignore the MX records of a server and try to connect directly to the server. For that, some configuration will need to be done. In addition to this, we'll also prevent submitting email on port 25 and only allow it on the submission port (587).

@samdmarshall
samdmarshall / main.m
Last active February 17, 2022 14:48
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#include <objc/objc-api.h>
#include <objc/runtime.h>
#include <malloc/malloc.h>
#include <mach/mach.h>
@interface TEST : NSObject
@end
@implementation TEST