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@lojikil.bsky.social
Brains in the "trying to be a good dad despite having a bad dad" gang. ☦️|Father|Philosopher|Offensive Security|PLT
I work in security at a decent sized firm, but my research interests are actually around Multics, ML dialects, &c
I work in security at a decent sized firm, but my research interests are actually around Multics, ML dialects, &c
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Excellent. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world | Eleanor Drage
Titans like Musk would love us to believe innovation means top-down solutions that only enrich the wealthy. In fact, we all have the power, says Eleanor Drage, research fellow at Cambridge University
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Excellent. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a @badthingsdaily.bsky.social entry for “your most senior advisors have invited a journalist to a signal chat they’re not supposed to have”
March 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We need a @badthingsdaily.bsky.social entry for “your most senior advisors have invited a journalist to a signal chat they’re not supposed to have”
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LATE from me: You know you've done some weird stuff when *everyone* in the nuclear weapons field is upset.
There are a few paths forward with a diminished DOE + NNSA, but none of them properly support an build-up, the status quo, *or* reductions. Another massive own-goal no matter your priors.
There are a few paths forward with a diminished DOE + NNSA, but none of them properly support an build-up, the status quo, *or* reductions. Another massive own-goal no matter your priors.
Cutting the Nuclear Weapons Enterprise Serves No Strategy - The Council on Strategic Risks
Weakening the enterprise benefits neither a build-up or build-down approach and potentially ties the hands of negotiators.
councilonstrategicrisks.org
February 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
LATE from me: You know you've done some weird stuff when *everyone* in the nuclear weapons field is upset.
There are a few paths forward with a diminished DOE + NNSA, but none of them properly support an build-up, the status quo, *or* reductions. Another massive own-goal no matter your priors.
There are a few paths forward with a diminished DOE + NNSA, but none of them properly support an build-up, the status quo, *or* reductions. Another massive own-goal no matter your priors.
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Two comments:
First, item (a)(iii) would be financially ruinous for us—even if it can be made to work—not least because we would constantly have to maintain vast numbers of space-based interceptors in orbit to ensure enough are always on station high above Russia, China, North Korea, all ...
First, item (a)(iii) would be financially ruinous for us—even if it can be made to work—not least because we would constantly have to maintain vast numbers of space-based interceptors in orbit to ensure enough are always on station high above Russia, China, North Korea, all ...
Another day, another EO, this time for an Iron Dome over America!
And unless I'm mistaken, it contains a "Rods from God" subsection? Or maybe a thousand space lasers I suppose...
And unless I'm mistaken, it contains a "Rods from God" subsection? Or maybe a thousand space lasers I suppose...
January 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Two comments:
First, item (a)(iii) would be financially ruinous for us—even if it can be made to work—not least because we would constantly have to maintain vast numbers of space-based interceptors in orbit to ensure enough are always on station high above Russia, China, North Korea, all ...
First, item (a)(iii) would be financially ruinous for us—even if it can be made to work—not least because we would constantly have to maintain vast numbers of space-based interceptors in orbit to ensure enough are always on station high above Russia, China, North Korea, all ...
I hope @edzitron.com writes more about this, but the assumption that lighting the earth on fire for some sort of NOBUS AI capability that China/Russia can’t have is tied to not understanding the tech or not understanding great powers competition or both (likely with an aperitif of jingoism)
January 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I hope @edzitron.com writes more about this, but the assumption that lighting the earth on fire for some sort of NOBUS AI capability that China/Russia can’t have is tied to not understanding the tech or not understanding great powers competition or both (likely with an aperitif of jingoism)
I wish the US did this, especially if it were at the Caucus level
It’s kinda obvious but I still think few ppl do this because it takes time and effort*, so: reading the party election manifestos is genuinely insightful.
Am going through all of them atm and it really helps to get a sense of what parties want and stand for.
*would I, if this wasn’t my job?
Am going through all of them atm and it really helps to get a sense of what parties want and stand for.
*would I, if this wasn’t my job?
January 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I wish the US did this, especially if it were at the Caucus level
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Part of the overall project with these systems in addition to eliminating critical thinking, is to water down anything transformative or radical.
Schools Using AI Emulation of Anne Frank That Urges Kids Not to Blame Anyone for Holocaust
A Utah-based startup has graced us with an AI-powered Anne Frank chatbot, and it's very eager to forgive and forget.
futurism.com
January 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Part of the overall project with these systems in addition to eliminating critical thinking, is to water down anything transformative or radical.
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Some notes on Barthes’ “The Death of the Author,” the false authority of LLMs, and why you can’t argue that the author is dead if you’re using AI to reanimate the corpse. mail.cyberneticforests.com/data-prior-t...
Data Prior to Language
If the author is dead, why isn't the LLM?
mail.cyberneticforests.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Some notes on Barthes’ “The Death of the Author,” the false authority of LLMs, and why you can’t argue that the author is dead if you’re using AI to reanimate the corpse. mail.cyberneticforests.com/data-prior-t...
Arguing with a toddler as to who is delirious at 0540 when he has been up and down for two hours is fun.
Me: go to sleep bud you’re delirious
Him: nO yOu ArE dElIrIoUs
Me: go to sleep bud you’re delirious
Him: nO yOu ArE dElIrIoUs
January 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Arguing with a toddler as to who is delirious at 0540 when he has been up and down for two hours is fun.
Me: go to sleep bud you’re delirious
Him: nO yOu ArE dElIrIoUs
Me: go to sleep bud you’re delirious
Him: nO yOu ArE dElIrIoUs
It’s pretty amazing to me that any sort of remote management is allowed that could reach into these sorts of systems. Not surprising per se, but still amazing
New, by me: CISA said Monday that there is “no indication” any other U.S. federal agency was hacked during a recent cyberattack at the U.S. Treasury in December.
The breach was linked to BeyondTrust's incident, disclosed on December 8.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/06/c...
The breach was linked to BeyondTrust's incident, disclosed on December 8.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/06/c...
CISA says 'no indication' of wider government hack beyond Treasury | TechCrunch
U.S. Treasury officials confirmed a cyberattack on its systems in early December 2024.
techcrunch.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It’s pretty amazing to me that any sort of remote management is allowed that could reach into these sorts of systems. Not surprising per se, but still amazing
I definitely didn’t expect Santa vs Ded Moroz dueling propaganda wars…
Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service has apparently released a response to the Russian propaganda video showing ole Kris Kringle getting blown out of the sky over Moscow. It turns out that Santa made it to the Ukrainian border and returned to the air.
December 30, 2024 at 10:38 PM
I definitely didn’t expect Santa vs Ded Moroz dueling propaganda wars…
A game I had installed on my iPad just asked if I would agree to arbitration; in light of Disney, I’d be curious how far and wide such agreements will eventually cover.
December 28, 2024 at 4:55 PM
A game I had installed on my iPad just asked if I would agree to arbitration; in light of Disney, I’d be curious how far and wide such agreements will eventually cover.
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A brutal regime falls. But there’s a problem: the UN and several countries say the victorious rebels are terrorists. What to do? There’s no playbook for Islamist insurgents faced with the challenges of running a country. But there is a precedent, in Afghanistan. 1/
December 9, 2024 at 12:02 PM
A brutal regime falls. But there’s a problem: the UN and several countries say the victorious rebels are terrorists. What to do? There’s no playbook for Islamist insurgents faced with the challenges of running a country. But there is a precedent, in Afghanistan. 1/
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Just before the holiday, we broke the story this weekend of how a longtime Exxon lobbyist has been investigated by the FBI over a sweeping cyberespionage campaign targeting hundreds of environmentalists across the United States.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Exclusive: Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say
The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter.
www.reuters.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Just before the holiday, we broke the story this weekend of how a longtime Exxon lobbyist has been investigated by the FBI over a sweeping cyberespionage campaign targeting hundreds of environmentalists across the United States.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
NVD’s API is… sorta back up? It’s been down since like 2024-NOV-21 or so, which is wild to me.
There are decent alternatives but none that are fantastic answers for FedRAMP
There are decent alternatives but none that are fantastic answers for FedRAMP
December 2, 2024 at 5:18 PM
NVD’s API is… sorta back up? It’s been down since like 2024-NOV-21 or so, which is wild to me.
There are decent alternatives but none that are fantastic answers for FedRAMP
There are decent alternatives but none that are fantastic answers for FedRAMP
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It's only right that my first post here is sharing Scotland's map of named ice gritters. You can follow where they all are in real-time.
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
November 20, 2024 at 11:42 AM
It's only right that my first post here is sharing Scotland's map of named ice gritters. You can follow where they all are in real-time.
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
I love how you pay for products such as Parallels and then their privacy policy is that they will Hoover anything and everything from the VM that they possibly can
November 7, 2024 at 4:46 PM
I love how you pay for products such as Parallels and then their privacy policy is that they will Hoover anything and everything from the VM that they possibly can
It’s amazing to me how many tools have poor models of the domains they operate in, and that we accept these for Serious Business™️. I’m not even touching on “slight spicier linear regression,” I mean just traditional tooling with just the worst modeling choices of their domain. We live like this?
October 11, 2024 at 9:25 AM
It’s amazing to me how many tools have poor models of the domains they operate in, and that we accept these for Serious Business™️. I’m not even touching on “slight spicier linear regression,” I mean just traditional tooling with just the worst modeling choices of their domain. We live like this?
Well now I know what paper I’m reading today
An interesting paper from @emeryberger.bsky.social et al., showing that, in contrast to prior work, (in my words) energy use across programming languages is a proxy for how long a program takes to execute, and that other factors don't meaningfully affect energy usage. arxiv.org/abs/2410.05460
October 10, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Well now I know what paper I’m reading today
[responds with screenshot texts with question…]
And chessbot died again ☹️…
September 9, 2024 at 1:51 PM
[responds with screenshot texts with question…]
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If you put needless mandatory text fields in forms, you’re wasting my time. I’ll waste yours right back with my usual placeholder text, “[ object Promise ]”.
May 24, 2024 at 8:39 PM
If you put needless mandatory text fields in forms, you’re wasting my time. I’ll waste yours right back with my usual placeholder text, “[ object Promise ]”.
@littleflyingrobots.bsky.social and @faineg.bsky.social did you see this: twitter.com/ilaffey2/sta...
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February 19, 2024 at 8:25 PM
@littleflyingrobots.bsky.social and @faineg.bsky.social did you see this: twitter.com/ilaffey2/sta...
MicroCoPilotHub reading this:
November 10, 2023 at 6:31 PM
MicroCoPilotHub reading this:
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My @citizenlab.ca colleague Siena Anstis on the digital surveillance of political exiles and the absence of international law to sanction this authoritarian practice.
Surveillance of dissidents is increasing, but international law lacks clear pathways to curb the practice.
bindinghook.com/articles-bin...
bindinghook.com/articles-bin...
November 7, 2023 at 12:20 PM
My @citizenlab.ca colleague Siena Anstis on the digital surveillance of political exiles and the absence of international law to sanction this authoritarian practice.
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In the first nine months of 2023, Russian state companies and agencies spent 1.06 billion rubles ($11.3 million) on safety guards against drone attacks, according to a new Agentstvo report. That’s 6x more than in 2022 and 49x more than in 2021.
Агентство. Новости
Российские госструктуры потратили на защиту от дронов более миллиарда рублей
За 10 месяцев второго года войн...
t.me
October 27, 2023 at 12:22 AM
In the first nine months of 2023, Russian state companies and agencies spent 1.06 billion rubles ($11.3 million) on safety guards against drone attacks, according to a new Agentstvo report. That’s 6x more than in 2022 and 49x more than in 2021.