Alyssa the Kate
@alyssa.codes
Formerly Rust firmware security at the big G 🦀 | opinions are her own | makes code smol *and* sound | probably a parody account | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
http://alyssa.codes
http://alyssa.codes
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1. DNS lookups for both URLs to see if they resolve to the same IP
2. If either DNS lookup fails, do a case-insensitive textual comparison of the URLs
3. If that fails, check if they're both null
4. If that fails, then they're not equal.
2. If either DNS lookup fails, do a case-insensitive textual comparison of the URLs
3. If that fails, check if they're both null
4. If that fails, then they're not equal.
If you want a real laugh, look at how Java checks urls for equality.
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
1. DNS lookups for both URLs to see if they resolve to the same IP
2. If either DNS lookup fails, do a case-insensitive textual comparison of the URLs
3. If that fails, check if they're both null
4. If that fails, then they're not equal.
2. If either DNS lookup fails, do a case-insensitive textual comparison of the URLs
3. If that fails, check if they're both null
4. If that fails, then they're not equal.
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Lawgeeks, check out this amicus brief in the upcoming SCOTUS case about state bans on trans women athletes.
It directly challenges the nutso "ascertainability at birth" argument that Justice Barrett nodded to in Skrmetti and that the 6th Cir. has adopted.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
It directly challenges the nutso "ascertainability at birth" argument that Justice Barrett nodded to in Skrmetti and that the 6th Cir. has adopted.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Lawgeeks, check out this amicus brief in the upcoming SCOTUS case about state bans on trans women athletes.
It directly challenges the nutso "ascertainability at birth" argument that Justice Barrett nodded to in Skrmetti and that the 6th Cir. has adopted.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
It directly challenges the nutso "ascertainability at birth" argument that Justice Barrett nodded to in Skrmetti and that the 6th Cir. has adopted.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
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happy cloudflare outage day to all who celebrate
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
happy cloudflare outage day to all who celebrate
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This article is not hard to write... interview a bunch of trans dudes with full beards and ask them how much trouble they have when their documents say female. And then force the proponents of this policy why these dudes deserve extra harassment from the TSA.
I really disliked this piece on trans passports by Amy Harmon of the New York Times. It is, admittedly, an "old" New York Times story, one that makes a reasonable effort to cloak its biases and present itself as seeking both sides of a story ("new" NYT stories don't bother).
Here's a gift link:
Here's a gift link:
New Passport Rule Sends Blunt and Sweeping Message to Trans Americans
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This article is not hard to write... interview a bunch of trans dudes with full beards and ask them how much trouble they have when their documents say female. And then force the proponents of this policy why these dudes deserve extra harassment from the TSA.
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The 2025 State of Rust Survey: Which unimplemented (or nightly only) features are you looking for to be stabilized?
Me: YES
www.surveyhero.com/c/state-of-r...
Me: YES
www.surveyhero.com/c/state-of-r...
2025 State of Rust Survey
www.surveyhero.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The 2025 State of Rust Survey: Which unimplemented (or nightly only) features are you looking for to be stabilized?
Me: YES
www.surveyhero.com/c/state-of-r...
Me: YES
www.surveyhero.com/c/state-of-r...
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A new NYT piece on Trump’s bigoted anti-trans passport edict leans heavily on the notion that polling supports his gender ideology. That’s a simplistic and largely unsupported reading of scarce polling. Read this analysis of polling by @alysbrooks.bsky.social
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Polls on Trans Issues Ignite a Debate That Ignores Their Many Limitations — Assigned
The surveys, and the political stances pundits build from them, lack essential context on how firmly Americans hold their beliefs and how knowledgeable they are.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A new NYT piece on Trump’s bigoted anti-trans passport edict leans heavily on the notion that polling supports his gender ideology. That’s a simplistic and largely unsupported reading of scarce polling. Read this analysis of polling by @alysbrooks.bsky.social
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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everyone who wants Democrats to focus on throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus needs to explain why this is not going to be the end result
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
everyone who wants Democrats to focus on throwing immigrants and trans people under the bus needs to explain why this is not going to be the end result
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Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
yeah on one hand they say "we can't stop follows by design of the protocol, it's an open read 🤷" but then add a system that restricts comments to followers and some "impossible" functionality that requires client-side respect (like blocking quote posts)
no reason bsky can't add this
no reason bsky can't add this
BlueSky desperately needs soft block
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
yeah on one hand they say "we can't stop follows by design of the protocol, it's an open read 🤷" but then add a system that restricts comments to followers and some "impossible" functionality that requires client-side respect (like blocking quote posts)
no reason bsky can't add this
no reason bsky can't add this
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yep. this is, notably, the case wrt to the "brain isn't fully developed until age 25" myth. Brains do not stop developing and there is nothing notable that happens to them at age 25. There's just a development study that stopped following up at that age.
In general you can safely assume that any claim about human bodies that says "this stops at a hard cutoff of [x] years" actually means "the studies on this ran out of funding at [x] years"
November 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
yep. this is, notably, the case wrt to the "brain isn't fully developed until age 25" myth. Brains do not stop developing and there is nothing notable that happens to them at age 25. There's just a development study that stopped following up at that age.
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{marketing meeting}
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
Let me just say that Valve really knows their audience by picking these two as poster children for the Steam Machine:
store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...
store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
{marketing meeting}
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
if you like a bsky deal it's legally binding ✔️
4 years for a few? Deal.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
if you like a bsky deal it's legally binding ✔️
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i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
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If you can’t trust Ningboyishuihanmaoyiyouxiangongsi, of China, doing business as WWUIUIWW Baby Store, who’s left?
CPSC issued a Notice of Violation to Ningboyishuihanmaoyiyouxiangongsi, of China, doing business as WWUIUIWW Baby Store. The firm has not agreed to recall the infant walkers or offer a remedy to consumers.
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If you can’t trust Ningboyishuihanmaoyiyouxiangongsi, of China, doing business as WWUIUIWW Baby Store, who’s left?
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"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
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An analysis of news pieces about Trump’s anti-trans decrees found that “70 percent did not include a quote from a single trans person. Instead, journalists turned to cisgender sources — mostly government officials — to speak about trans people, their lives, and how they would be affected.”
NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community.
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Corporate Media’s Queer Purge — Assigned
It’s no coincidence that historic assaults on trans and queer people’s rights have been accompanied by the mainstream media’s widespread dismissal of LGBTQ+ journalists and the elimination of beats de...
www.assignedmedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An analysis of news pieces about Trump’s anti-trans decrees found that “70 percent did not include a quote from a single trans person. Instead, journalists turned to cisgender sources — mostly government officials — to speak about trans people, their lives, and how they would be affected.”
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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1. Last week, we reported on WSU certifying an anti-trans SPLC-designated hate group to teach medicine.
Now, S. Baum has uncovered that the Michigan State Medical Society has certified anti-trans hate group Genspect to teach medical workers.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Now, S. Baum has uncovered that the Michigan State Medical Society has certified anti-trans hate group Genspect to teach medical workers.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Michigan State Medical Society Greenlights Anti-Trans Hate Group Genspect to Teach Trans Medicine
Anti-trans rhetoric—sponsored by Moms for Liberty, and brought to you by Genspect—could be coming to a clinician near you via CME.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
1. Last week, we reported on WSU certifying an anti-trans SPLC-designated hate group to teach medicine.
Now, S. Baum has uncovered that the Michigan State Medical Society has certified anti-trans hate group Genspect to teach medical workers.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Now, S. Baum has uncovered that the Michigan State Medical Society has certified anti-trans hate group Genspect to teach medical workers.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
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"Memory Safety for Skeptics," where I argue why memory safety is worthwhile to pursue amid competing priorities!
queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?i...
#rustlang
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#rustlang
Memory Safety for Skeptics - ACM Queue
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November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Memory Safety for Skeptics," where I argue why memory safety is worthwhile to pursue amid competing priorities!
queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?i...
#rustlang
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#rustlang
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This is the thing that drives me insane. Things aren't normal; this isn't politics as usual. And when you accurately describe everything this administration is doing, it's so lawless, radical, and authoritarian that *you* sound like a partisan extremist.
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is the thing that drives me insane. Things aren't normal; this isn't politics as usual. And when you accurately describe everything this administration is doing, it's so lawless, radical, and authoritarian that *you* sound like a partisan extremist.
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Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...