Lorenzo De Carli
@ldklinux.bsky.social
Assistant professor @UCalgary, Dept of Electrical & SW Engineering. Network/SW/usable security.
An update: I have been approved for promotion to Associate Professor with tenure!
It takes a village to raise a faculty though, and I could have not achieved this without the help of many. So I am grateful for the journey so far, both to the University of Calgary and all those who supported me.
It takes a village to raise a faculty though, and I could have not achieved this without the help of many. So I am grateful for the journey so far, both to the University of Calgary and all those who supported me.
March 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
An update: I have been approved for promotion to Associate Professor with tenure!
It takes a village to raise a faculty though, and I could have not achieved this without the help of many. So I am grateful for the journey so far, both to the University of Calgary and all those who supported me.
It takes a village to raise a faculty though, and I could have not achieved this without the help of many. So I am grateful for the journey so far, both to the University of Calgary and all those who supported me.
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Is everybody believing in the servers? If you don't believe in the servers they don't work
November 18, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Is everybody believing in the servers? If you don't believe in the servers they don't work
New milestone reached: first paper saved to my reading list from BlueSky
🔮 ACM TOSEM Perspective Paper on Software Security in 2030 (Invited).
📝 mpi-softsec.github.io/papers/TOSEM...
Collab w/ Eric Bodden, Tevfik Bultan, Cristian Cadar, Liu Yang, and Giuseppe Scanniello
📝 mpi-softsec.github.io/papers/TOSEM...
Collab w/ Eric Bodden, Tevfik Bultan, Cristian Cadar, Liu Yang, and Giuseppe Scanniello
November 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
New milestone reached: first paper saved to my reading list from BlueSky
My daughter is three years old and she is already reading the Dragon Book
November 16, 2024 at 8:41 PM
My daughter is three years old and she is already reading the Dragon Book
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Academia runs on contacting other academics out of the blue and saying HEY do you wanna do this COOL THING for essentially NO REWARD and equally certainly NO RECOGNITION from your employer and those people going OH MAN that sounds AWESOME sign me up for the COOL NO REWARD NO RECOGNITION EXPERIENCE.
November 15, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Academia runs on contacting other academics out of the blue and saying HEY do you wanna do this COOL THING for essentially NO REWARD and equally certainly NO RECOGNITION from your employer and those people going OH MAN that sounds AWESOME sign me up for the COOL NO REWARD NO RECOGNITION EXPERIENCE.
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The Onion should buy Elsevier next
November 14, 2024 at 8:28 PM
The Onion should buy Elsevier next
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Saw this in Newport, RI over the weekend and couldn’t not buy it
September 6, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Saw this in Newport, RI over the weekend and couldn’t not buy it
This is standard tech industry practice - build the user base, then charge them. This is also why I don’t buy smart products
How many times are people going to get burned after buying hardware that relies on an app connected to external servers for full functionality before we learn to collectively shun companies that sell them?
Your device WILL eventually be bricked or paywalled.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
Your device WILL eventually be bricked or paywalled.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app
“You’ve just lost a LONGTIME and very faithful customer."
arstechnica.com
August 22, 2024 at 1:07 AM
This is standard tech industry practice - build the user base, then charge them. This is also why I don’t buy smart products
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If you’re still wondering what to get someone for Christmas, I got you:
December 16, 2023 at 2:08 AM
If you’re still wondering what to get someone for Christmas, I got you:
USENIX reviews posted! 🎉 It is always fun when you wait until a week before the deadline to start, and then kids get sick
November 21, 2023 at 5:22 AM
USENIX reviews posted! 🎉 It is always fun when you wait until a week before the deadline to start, and then kids get sick
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How is the OpenAI board gonna fire Sam Altman just because he gave answers that sounded plausible but weren't actually accurate?
November 17, 2023 at 9:07 PM
How is the OpenAI board gonna fire Sam Altman just because he gave answers that sounded plausible but weren't actually accurate?
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October 30, 2023 at 8:33 PM
My kid is into “My little pony” and honestly the lore and worldbuilding are better than in most Fantasy stuff for grown-ups
October 26, 2023 at 2:06 AM
My kid is into “My little pony” and honestly the lore and worldbuilding are better than in most Fantasy stuff for grown-ups
46 years of software updates? This is amazing and also I want NASA to build my next phone.
Software updates just sent to 46 year old Voyagers. One patch is aimed at lengthening their lives, amid buildup in residue in thruster plumbing. www.space.com/voyager-prob...
October 25, 2023 at 3:51 AM
46 years of software updates? This is amazing and also I want NASA to build my next phone.
Somehow counterintuitively, I feel that the education system failed SBF in a spectacular way
I finally got hold of the government exhibit that SBF's lawyers worried prosecutors were using just to "show that he’s some sort of crazy person"
mollywhite.net/storage/sbf-...
mollywhite.net/storage/sbf-...
October 12, 2023 at 11:16 PM
Somehow counterintuitively, I feel that the education system failed SBF in a spectacular way
European researchers will randomly break into a conversation and say things like “This whole area of research is bull***t!”. I love it - I think it generates interesting exchanges
October 12, 2023 at 5:43 PM
European researchers will randomly break into a conversation and say things like “This whole area of research is bull***t!”. I love it - I think it generates interesting exchanges