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Alex Gantman
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peisert.bsky.social
The 2025 @ieeesecdev Cybersecurity Award for Practice nominations are now OPEN! The award recognizes transformative cybersecurity achievements. Nominations are due by May 30. For more information and submission instructions, visit secdev.ieee.org/2025/awards/ #IEEESecDev
2025 awards - IEEE Secure Development Conference
secdev.ieee.org
May 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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April 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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April 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
againsthimself.bsky.social
Ha! So much for all the "years of lead" predictions. US is a net importer of lead, with China, Canada, and Mexico among the top countries of origin. Can't have years of lead if lead is unaffordable.
February 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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The 2025 Qualcomm Product Security Summit will take place May 7-9, 2025, in San Diego, CA.
www.qualcomm.com/security-sum...

If you are interested in presenting your work or moderating a workshop, please send an abstract to: [email protected] by February 11th.
Product Security Summit
www.qualcomm.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
againsthimself.bsky.social
In this week's installment of "No New Problems Under The Sun": If you've ever thought about modern software developers being spoiled by cheap hardware, I give you capitalism ruined architecture. 1/
January 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
againsthimself.bsky.social
TIL: INUS - Insufficient, but Necessary part of an Unnecessary but Sufficient condition.
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/INUS_co...
INUS condition - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
simple.wikipedia.org
January 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
againsthimself.bsky.social
Looking forward to reading some good retrospectives over the next decade on the degradation of usability, dilution of brand image, and the sheer wastefulness of business resources from all the seasonal icon/UX redesigns.
January 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
againsthimself.bsky.social
Wonderfully elegant term for exploit development from 1980: "Synthetic Programming"

literature.hpcalc.org/items/1718
even when an HP-41C user has learned everything the Owner's Handbook can teach him, he is in for another treat: the list of HP-41C functions and programming capability is not limited to the properties catalogued in that Handbook. There exists, in fact, a whole class of functions and programming applications that can be used to enhance greatly the power of the calculator, even though the new functions cannot, at first, be executed or programmed with normal, simple keystrokes. The new functions, which are 'synthesized' by creating new combinations of normal program bytes, are called 'synthetic functions'; their appli- cation in programs gives rise to the expression 'synthetic programming'
December 20, 2024 at 4:36 AM
againsthimself.bsky.social
"There is a well-known generalization [...] that is verbally so neat that we would be reluctant to give it up even if the facts did not support it"
December 19, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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🚨In Science🚨
Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, ya?
WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20%!
-Lasts over 2mo
-Works on entrenched beliefs
-Tailored AI response rebuts specific evidence offered by believers
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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December 16, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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Poland authorizes a release from its strategic butter reserve. notesfrompoland.com/2024/12/17/p...
Polish government releases strategic butter reserves
The decision was made in response to rising prices, which have become a major political talking point.
notesfrompoland.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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This must have been a fun cross. Drugs found are suppressed.
www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf...
December 17, 2024 at 8:22 PM
againsthimself.bsky.social
Reading a paper so old, it refers to hardware as "ironmongery."
December 16, 2024 at 11:41 PM
againsthimself.bsky.social
Sunday jog
Railroad tracks in a narrow rut on top of a sandy ridge. Cacti laden with prickly pears on one side. Ocean on the horizon.
December 15, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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How do transistors work, anyway?

lcamtuf.substack.com/p/how-do-tra...
How do transistors work, anyway?
A look at one of the most important and mysterious discrete electronic components. No hydraulic analogies involved.
lcamtuf.substack.com
December 15, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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"Forgetting that planets exist" is a recurring problem for people spooked by the sky
In early February 1945, the captain of the USS New York was playing golf when he spotted a strange object pursuing the battleship. The radio-silent ship was en route from Pearl Harbor to Eniwetok Atoll, a waypoint before its ultimate destination of bombarding Iwo Jima. After investigating the "luminous metallic balloon" through binoculars, he ordered the ship's gunner to mark the range of the threat, and then had marines and gunners take aim at what they assumed was a Japanese secret weapon a mere 800 yards away. The ship even signaled for the destroy escort to join the salvo. "Finally, the navigator, who'd been asleep, came topside, rubbing his eyes," William McGuire and Mark Murphy write in the regimental history of the battleship: He put his hands down, looked around, and said, "What the hell you shooting at? That's Venus, a damn planet." "That's what Venus looked like out there," the yeoman concluded, "a Japanese secret weapon. The gunnery officer said he guessed he was pretty short on that range."
December 15, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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My wife: "If it wasn't for me you would just stay indoors, never speak to anyone, and eat the same thing every day".

Me: "and despite all of that I love you very much".
December 14, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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I'm seeking a museum or otherwise public collection involving smart phones. I have a collection of android prototypes, and unreleased phones that needs a good home.
December 14, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
sitcom idea: with the Russian state increasingly financially strapped, Edward Snowden has a new set of roommates - the wacky Assad family.
December 13, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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orinkerr.bsky.social
IT'S KINDLE DAY: I'm very pleased to announce that the Kindle version of my new book, "The Digital Fourth Amendment," is now available for purchase! The print version comes out January 10th, but you can get it on Kindle now.
www.amazon.com/Digital-Four...
The Digital Fourth Amendment: Privacy and Policing in Our Online World
Buy The Digital Fourth Amendment: Privacy and Policing in Our Online World: Read Kindle Store Reviews - Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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ddz.bsky.social
Hot off the presses! Our 2nd blog post on how we do app-layer encryption in our back-end services for Cash App:

code.cash.app/encryption-u...
Encryption using data-specific keys
Associating encryption keys with the data they protect
code.cash.app
December 12, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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There should be a sports bar that only shows obscure sports. I want to see ice football, professional marbles, Highland Games highlights, goat racing, etc.
lukeknox.me Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · Dec 12
watching German ice football highlights, I’ve never felt more alive
December 12, 2024 at 4:07 PM