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@johndmcmaster.bsky.social

IC reverse engineering, #mtvre, CTO @LabsmoreLLC https://siliconprawn.org http://patreon.com/JohnDMcMaster

543 Followers  |  32 Following  |  211 Posts  |  Joined: 07.07.2023  |  1.5837

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I'm going to bring the ASML Innovation quest if you want to give it a try!

11.02.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup tonight 7:00 pm at Wagon Wheel BBQ! Social / no talks scheduled

11.02.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been having a lot of DDoS issues with siliconprawn.org recently. Not just me / maybe there is a general rise in DDoS recently?

07.02.2026 02:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mingle, Wed, Feb 11, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup The main event starts at 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ in Mountain View. We have the room reserved starting at 6:30. No talks are currently planned, but going to check in with a

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04.02.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup Wed Feb 11th, 7:00 PM at Wagon Wheel BBQ! Social / no talks planned right now

04.02.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Its essentially a dirty joke (as in a site hosting risque chip images, but defeating spam filters by saying "pr0n"). Academics didn't like this and I wasn't that tied to the name. So the compromise was something that was pronounced the same but spelled differently

03.02.2026 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It was discussed on the discord server for a long time. The short version is that I've worked with more academics the last couple of years who have more traditional values than the more cyberpunk crowd I've traditionally ran with

03.02.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I've had to re-enable "under attack" mode for siliconprawn.org as attacks appear to be persisting through cloudflare with it off

03.02.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Until the next McMaster lab
YouTube video by John McMaster Until the next McMaster lab

www.youtube.com/shorts/HS9K8...

And the lab goes silent

25.01.2026 06:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Talks and mingle, Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup The main event starts at 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ in Mountain View. We have the room reserved starting at 6:30. Talks: * Rotem B on "Hacking highly encrypted apps" (20 min

Event link: www.meetup.com/mountain-vie...

15.01.2026 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup tonight 7:00 PM at Wagon Wheel BBQ! Talks:
- Rotem B on "Hacking highly encrypted apps" (20 minutes)
- Tom V on β€œRestoring a DOS based Rohde & Schwarz vector IQ signal generator” (20 minutes)

15.01.2026 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Talks updated:
- Rotem B on "Hacking highly encrypted apps" (20 minutes)
- Tom V on β€œRestoring a DOS based Rohde & Schwarz vector IQ signal generator” (20 minutes)

12.01.2026 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Talks and mingle, Wed, Jan 14, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup The main event starts at 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ in Mountain View. We have the room reserved starting at 6:30. Talks: * Rotem Bar on "Hacking highly encrypted apps" (20 m

www.meetup.com/mountain-vie...

12.01.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup Wed, 7:00 PM at Wagon Wheel BBQ! Talks:
-Rotem Bar on "Hacking highly encrypted apps" (20 minutes)
-Second one possibly / TBD

12.01.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

siliconprawn.org is experiencing a DDoS. As smaller mitigations have failed, I'm experimenting with putting it behind cloudflare

12.01.2026 06:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gift Exchange!!, Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup Gift exchange and mingle! 
If you would like to participate in the gift exchange, bring something reverse engineering-related that you have not got around to using. It can

www.meetup.com/mountain-vie...

11.12.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) white elephant gift exchange tonight! Make your junk^H^H^H^Htreasure someone else's problem. 7:00 PM at Wagon Wheel BBQ

11.12.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gift Exchange!!, Wed, Dec 10, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup Gift exchange and mingle! 
If you would like to participate in the gift exchange, bring something reverse engineering-related that you have not got around to using. It can

www.meetup.com/mountain-vie...

09.12.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) white elephant gift exchange tomorrow! Make your junk^H^H^H^Htreasure someone else's problem. 7:00 PM at Wagon Wheel BBQ

09.12.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
How a Microchip works
YouTube video by WVW How a Microchip works

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvi0...

30.11.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mingle, Wed, Nov 12, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup The main event starts at 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ in Mountain View. We have the room reserved starting at 6:30. Talks: * Ford on "The Wildest Way to Distribute a C Compile

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13.11.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mountain View Reverse Engineering meetup (mtvre) tonight, 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ. See you there!

Ford on "The Wildest Way to Distribute a C Compiler" (15 min) + maybe demo

13.11.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Add: Ford on "The Wildest Way to Distribute a C Compiler" (15 min) + maybe demo

31.10.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mingle, Wed, Nov 12, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup The main event starts at 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ in Mountain View. We have the room reserved starting at 6:30. No talks currently scheduled but there was some potential in

For more info: www.meetup.com/mountain-vie...

31.10.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mountain View Reverse Engineering meetup (mtvre) Wed Nov 12, 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ. See you there!

31.10.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Free stuff: quantity 4 of 60 kV pulse capacitors (3 kJ each, 160 lb each) and Rorze RR303L200 SCARA arm (slightly disassembled since picture but all parts should be there). Pick up in Santa Clara, DM if interested

10.10.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The first buyer fell through, hit me up if you might be interested!

10.10.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mingle, Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup The main event starts at 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ in Mountain View. We have the room reserved starting at 6:30. No talks currently scheduled but there was some potential in

www.meetup.com/mountain-vie...

05.10.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mountain View Reverse Engineering (mtvre) meetup on Wed, 7:00 at Wagon Wheel BBQ. See you there!

05.10.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'll be on the Maker Faire "How to do Hard Stuff in Your Garage" panel at 3:30, Foundry Stage. Hope to see you there!

28.09.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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