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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 6h

lmao cybertruck is the ultimate divorced guy vehicle

Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 11h

We wanted to know what it was like to own a Cybertruck. So @zoeschiffer.bsky.social went to the desert got this absolutely amazing quotes (and Michelle Groskopf took the pictures!) www.wired.com/story/owning...

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Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 15h

Well, now I feel less guilty about forking the codex CLI so it can spawn new sessions from an existing one hehe

Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 1d

Thank you!

Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 1d

Oh, waiting for it!

Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 1d

Well, Cummings words and the facts are often uncorrelated.

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Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 1d

Nerd Bluesky: is there a Rust (or C++/C) symbolic manipulation library implementing Gröbner basis? SymEngine doesn't.

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Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 1d

browsermcp is quite decent.

Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 1d

We need to start a petition for you to show up as a dead redshirt in The Orville.

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Gordon @gordon.bsky.social · 1d

Getting bullish on the Cryptographic Autonomy License. It's similar to AGPL plus it also guarantees users access to their *data*.

opensource.org/license/cal-....

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Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 1d

Yeah, I get that, I'm just more interested in how the side channel works and what are the ways to avoid the information leakage.

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Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 1d

Oh, I wouldn't know - I kinda can imagine what likely went wrong but I have no experience in such things.

I'm gladly they are actively moderating the tone, though.

How open is Bluesky to third party code contributions?

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Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 1d

I haven't really got into the exploit side of the world since I was 15 and smashing the stack hehe :-)

Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 1d

Sorry for the not so smart question, but what would be a hypothetical fix? Constant time the graphics operations like blur? I'm guessing that's the performance impact that causes no GPU manufacturer to commit fixing this?

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Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 1d

lol, those are funny bugs, you can imagine someone writing 'check if a word is within a certain distance of a slur list' as a feature, without checking without a set of known words first.

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LaurieWired @lauriewired.bsky.social · 2d

Check out the original paper here, it’s an interesting glimpse at how scientific GPU compute got some traction:
 graphics.stanford.edu/papers/brook...

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Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 2d

Wasn't the PS2 the one with the "Emotion Engine' for vector operations? I remember dabbling in a PS1 emulator source code but I was too young to make myself useful.

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Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 2d

Thank you for being sensible, some of the reactions in this thread are downright scary.

He could be charged with whatever collaboration crimes may exist in law but stripping people of citizenship is not the way to go.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks--you don't know the half of it!
screenrant.com/dont-look-up...

Don't Look Up: Who Leonardo DiCaprio Is Based On

Randall Mindy is a #SciComm cautionary tale

screenrant.com

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Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 2d

You are looking really badass in that picture, Professor Mann.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 2d

Truly, SS7 is the surveillance gift that keeps on giving: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

www.motherjones.com

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Alec Muffett @alecmuffett.bsky.social · 2d

Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement | Ars Technica
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117370
#EndToEndEncryption #PostQuantum #signal

Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement | Ars Technica

Happy to read this, not least because I’ve often seen the push for rapid adoption of PQ as coming from intelligence agencies seeking to sow confusion & discord; having a well researched h…

alecmuffett.com

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 4d

A quiet bombshell in Europe’s tech world

The Dutch government seems to have effectively frozen operations of Nexperia, the Chinese-owned chipmaker, citing national security, according to corporate filing today - via @zichenwanghere

Dutch govt accused of freezing operations of Chinese semiconductor giant's chipmaker Nexperia

Wingtech, the Shanghai-listed parent, denounces what it essentially calls a boardroom coup involving the Dutch government and local executives

open.substack.com

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Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 2d

So cool! I might add it to AUR later if you don't mind :-)

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 2d

New - Europe’s 3-body problem: collapsing global order sparks hunt for new trajectory

I got to write about one of my favourite Chinese sci-fi novels. Europe, realising it can’t fix systemic chaos, is instead trying to shift its own orbit.

Europe’s 3-body problem: collapsing global order sparks hunt for new trajectory

Some are sceptical the EU’s talk of ‘economic security’ can translate into action, but there are early signs that may be changing.

www.scmp.com

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Vitor Py @vitorpy.com · 3d

Pitch: ATproto + Slashdot style moderation/metamoderation.

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