Cromwell International
cromwell-intl.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2010
Cromwell International is a personal site with technical guides on Linux, BSD and hardware, plus travel pages and photos.
What HN saysHN links it for its pages on Manhattan telecom buildings, FreeBSD and TLS setup, and travel photos such as Knossos, which commenters cite as references.
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- 1William S. Burroughs in New York1 people · 20 points · first shared 2021 · 4 comments on HN
- 2Digital Cameras, Linux, and BSD1 people · 9 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 3FreeBSD on the Raspberry Pi1 people · 4 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 4Telecommunications Infrastructure in Manhattan1 people · 4 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 5Hardware and Firmware Vulnerabilities and Exploits1 people · 3 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 6Performance Tuning on Linux – NFS1 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 7How to build your own oscilloscope probes1 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 8Performance Tuning on Linux1 people · 2 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 9Exploring Sysfs and the PCI Buses1 people · 2 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 10Manhattan and Marvel Comics1 people · 1 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 11Random Data on Linux1 people · 1 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 12Setting Up FreeBSD on Google Compute Engine1 people · 1 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 13Pki failures1 people · first shared 2022
- 14School lunch menus1 people · first shared 2019
- 15375 pearl 007 049.jpg1 people · first shared 2025
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pseudolus · 2019-07-17
Perhaps an indirect way of tackling the problem is increasing the quality and diversity of school lunch programs in low-income areas susceptible to obesity. Compared to lunch programs in some European countries, especially France, US lunch programs are unlikely to inspire much appreciation for healthy eating [0]. In short, get them while they're young. Also, bring back home economics programs for both boys and girls with an emphasis on healthy food preparation. It's a great life skill.
[0] https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/school-lunch-menus/
https://qz.com/515148/a-typical-week-of-school-lunch-for-kids-in-paris…
fsckboy · 2025-07-19
there are several buildings like this in Manhattan. https://www.cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/new-york-internet/pictures/37…
yeah, it looks less basic than a concrete block, but it is just a big box. this small skyscraper could offer a nice view, but it has no windows.
they used to be filled with telephone switching equipment for all the phone lines, but electronic switching has shrunk those space needs a lot. I think they've turned them into hosting providers for financial companies but I'm not positive.
twic · 2023-04-19
Not only manuscripts. Arthur Evans uncovered the palace-city of Knossos, perhaps the oldest settlement in Europe, excavated it, then had a go at repairing it, with reinforced concrete:
https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/greece/crete/knossos/
webmaven · 2022-03-28
> Someone needs to solve online identity and reputation (in a privacy-preserving way) so that you can accumulate trust on one site/service and carry that over to another.
The problem is that most of the existing ways of transferring reputation (or the appearance of it) between contexts result in opportunities for arbitrage: celebrity endorsements, scientists supporting theories outside of their field, con artists leveraging social proof escalation, phishing, etc.
We've seen some of the strictest mechanisms of reputational transference leveraged for illicit purposes:
https://cromwell-intl.com/cybersecurity/pki-failures.html
Everything that makes reputation and trust transfers useful and convenient for users creates a huge attractive nuisance for illicit actors, from state level APTs on down to 419 scammers and everyone in between.
wtetzner · 2018-01-26
I think they do support ECC certificates: https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/google-freebsd-tls/tls-certifica…
sandGorgon · 2010-07-03
Also, TCP/IP stack hardening http://www.cromwell-intl.com/security/security-stack-hardening.html
superhuzza · 2020-04-30
> for simple actions there is no need for a touchscreen.
Ok, here's a simple action, that's often solved by touchscreens - Choose a destination from a ticket machine. Let's start with the button-first approach. Here's what the London Underground ticket machines used to look like:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B96DRJQIIAE_y1n?format=jpg&name=small
Impossible to sort, filter, search, translate, display updates...
Possibly very efficient for people who have memorized the exact locations of their stations. At least, until they have to lookup a new destination.
Virtually unusable for:
* Anyone looking for a new destination (huge search time)
* First time users (huge search time)
* Non-English speakers (Instructions are in English)
And it's:
* Terrifying
* Expensive to design/build
* Expensive to maintain
* Expensive to update
Compare that to the modern interface, and I know which I'd rather use:
https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/london-underground/pictures/tube-2…
Genuine question - Why do you think so many systems like these touchscreens?