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Mostly bad puns. It's pronounced "joe-way". Happy to explain jokes.
he/him, opinions are my own. https://zhuoweizhang.net
Mastodon: https://notnow.dev/zhuowei
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Waking up in a Las Vegas hotel room with no memory of what happened in 2009 that caused all movies/books/TV shows to begin with the protagonist waking up with no memory of what happened.

If I wanted in medias res I would just skip your book and read the sequel.
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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"com/facebook/wearable/datax/JniHell.class"
Me too, Meta, me too
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
zhuowei.notnow.dev
I wrote a blog post on CVE-2025-48593, an issue patched in Android's November Security Bulletin that only affected devices which act as Bluetooth headphones, such as smartwatches, smart glasses, and cars.
I examined the patch and wrote a proof-of-concept:
worthdoingbadly.com/bluetooth/
Proof-of-concept for CVE-2025-48593: No, this Android Bluetooth issue does NOT affect your phone or tablet
CVE-2025-48593, patched in November’s Android Security Bulletin, only affects devices that support acting as Bluetooth headphones / speakers, such as some smartwatches, smart glasses, and cars.
worthdoingbadly.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
zhuowei.notnow.dev
Amazing floats in the Macy Thanksgiving Parade yesterday:
-0.0, 1.1920929e-7, even 1.3211836e19!
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Petition to replace "ARC Raiders"’s AI voice with Morshu
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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I wrote a proof-of-concept and writeup for CVE-2025-48593, an Android Bluetooth issue that only seems to affect devices that act as Bluetooth headsets / speakers.
(i.e. NOT phones, only smartwatches/wearables/cars. And only after pairing. So you can stop worrying.)

github.com/zhuowei/blue...
GitHub - zhuowei/blueshrimp: Maybe a proof-of-concept for CVE-2025-48593
Maybe a proof-of-concept for CVE-2025-48593. Contribute to zhuowei/blueshrimp development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Valve: Steam Machine
Microsoft: Teams Machine
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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“You are all inside 'Half-Life 3',” Gabe Newell announces to horrified Americans as massive “Steam Frame” VR dome envelops nation
theonion.com/you-are-all-...
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Apple launches cross-body sock_seqpacket
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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What's the least bad static site generator these days? Hugo? Docusaurus? Mdbook? Jekyll?
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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I still have no idea how CVE-2025-48593 (the Bluetooth headphone issue) works, but now I know how to connect to the Bluetooth headphone service with Bumble, so I got that going for me, which is nice.
github.com/zhuowei/blue...
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Debian GNU/kFreeDOS
November 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Connecting Android Emulator's Bluetooth to a Linux computer, using Bumble (google.github.io/bumble/apps_...)

```
sudo modprobe hci_vhci
sudo chmod 666 /dev/vhci

python3 -m venv bumble_env
. bumble_env/bin/activate
pip3 install bumble
bumble-hci-bridge android-netsim vhci
```

for a local emulator.
HCI Bridge - Bumble
google.github.io
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Android November Security Bulletin's out:
source.android.com/docs/securit...

CVE-2025-48593 seems to be a Bluetooth headphone issue: android.googlesource.com/platform/pac...

CVE-2025-48581 seems to be in apexd: nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/...
cs.android.com/android/_/an...
Android Security Bulletin—November 2025  |  Android Open Source Project
source.android.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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I got a pair of Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, and I've been trying to run its firmware in the Android Emulator:

Currently, in the emulator, the homescreen opens, just like the real device. However, most features tell me to pair with the Meta AI app, which I haven't gotten working yet.

#MetaRayban
November 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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I'm trying to boot the Meta Ray-Ban Display's firmware in an Android Emulator.

Firmware:
drive.google.com/file/d/1Wd-A...

I got to this screen, which Android shows if you're mixing vendor and system partitions.

I just get a blank screen after this.

My script is github.com/zhuowei/meta... .
Android Emulator showing "Android System: There's an internal problem with your device. Contact your device manufacturer for more details."
November 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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I captured the firmware update for my Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses:
drive.google.com/file/d/1Wd-A...

#MetaRayban
greatwhite_54940170441600080.zip
drive.google.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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What's the best way to bridge Mastodon to Bluesky these days?
I'm trying Skymoth, but it doesn't handle deletes.
Setting up a self-hosted Bridgy Fed seems like too much work.
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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When crossposting from Mastodon to Bluesky, what's the best way to handle long messages over Bluesky's 300 character limit?

Skymoth, the crossposter I'm using, splits long messages into several posts, but this wouldn't make sense for my really long-form 1000-character posts.
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The only Turing test that AI still can't pass is "compute SHA-256 checksums under the watchful eyes of an anime girl"
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM