Ryan Lackey
@octal.bsky.social
Cypherpunk and CSO at Evertas Insurance. Angel investor in crypto/security, Puerto Rico resident.
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> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
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the US if Tylenol actually caused autism
September 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
the US if Tylenol actually caused autism
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Japan's government says it has set a new record with nearly 100,000 people older than 100 years old
Japan sets new record with nearly 100,000 people aged over 100
The number of Japanese centenarians rose to 99,763 in September, with women making up 88% of the total.
www.bbc.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Japan's government says it has set a new record with nearly 100,000 people older than 100 years old
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Real Art has never been more alive ..
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Christie's Quietly Deletes Digital Art Department | Artnet News
Christie's has closed its digital art department after several years of shaping the growing market for the category.
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September 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Real Art has never been more alive ..
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JAL food is so good (I haven’t tried ANA First ever though; I’m sure it is great as well.). Also managed 7h of decent sleep on a 15h flight (HEL-HND the long way due to Russia airspace closure and the eastbound arctic route having high winds.). I love AA frequent flyer redemptions — 90k miles o/w.
September 13, 2025 at 6:17 AM
JAL food is so good (I haven’t tried ANA First ever though; I’m sure it is great as well.). Also managed 7h of decent sleep on a 15h flight (HEL-HND the long way due to Russia airspace closure and the eastbound arctic route having high winds.). I love AA frequent flyer redemptions — 90k miles o/w.
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Heh, the CACM version of "microscope and tweezers" is in libgen. (Not the IEEE S&P version, or the web version at www.mit.edu/people/eichi... ). *Personally* I'm more concerned that this is how the model learns to write code with buffer overflow security holes :-)
September 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Heh, the CACM version of "microscope and tweezers" is in libgen. (Not the IEEE S&P version, or the web version at www.mit.edu/people/eichi... ). *Personally* I'm more concerned that this is how the model learns to write code with buffer overflow security holes :-)
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people often (rightfully) talk about how humanities literacy changes and broadens your perspective
STEM also does this; you realize
1) the miniscule fraction of the universe we occupy
2) the miniscule fraction of available energy we use on earth
3) how far from optimal almost every system is
STEM also does this; you realize
1) the miniscule fraction of the universe we occupy
2) the miniscule fraction of available energy we use on earth
3) how far from optimal almost every system is
May 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
people often (rightfully) talk about how humanities literacy changes and broadens your perspective
STEM also does this; you realize
1) the miniscule fraction of the universe we occupy
2) the miniscule fraction of available energy we use on earth
3) how far from optimal almost every system is
STEM also does this; you realize
1) the miniscule fraction of the universe we occupy
2) the miniscule fraction of available energy we use on earth
3) how far from optimal almost every system is
Amazing watching how fast the OpenAI image generator stuff has taken over social media; creativity reduced to a short phrase prompt. e.g.
March 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Amazing watching how fast the OpenAI image generator stuff has taken over social media; creativity reduced to a short phrase prompt. e.g.
Went to Vail to ski for a bit after ETH Denver. Super fun (although definitely prefer Niseko), but very sore now. I love ibuprofen.
March 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Went to Vail to ski for a bit after ETH Denver. Super fun (although definitely prefer Niseko), but very sore now. I love ibuprofen.
This is such a beautiful city. Shanghai, on the Bund.
February 22, 2025 at 6:29 AM
This is such a beautiful city. Shanghai, on the Bund.
In Australia for the first time in my life (have to go to HK next week, and it was $700 in ff miles to fly business class to Australia first). Long trip -- SJU-JFK-LAX-BNE, which actually was operationally shortened by the airline (yay!) from SJU-ATL-MEX-LAX-BNE.
February 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
In Australia for the first time in my life (have to go to HK next week, and it was $700 in ff miles to fly business class to Australia first). Long trip -- SJU-JFK-LAX-BNE, which actually was operationally shortened by the airline (yay!) from SJU-ATL-MEX-LAX-BNE.
Spent the past week learning how to ski in Niseko, Japan (up in Hokkaido); beautiful place and lots of great people. Looking forward to some more ski trips in the near future!
February 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Spent the past week learning how to ski in Niseko, Japan (up in Hokkaido); beautiful place and lots of great people. Looking forward to some more ski trips in the near future!
Got to visit the center of the world for insurance yesterday (probably 60-70% of the high end part of the industry flows through here, with firms a few blocks away.)
January 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Got to visit the center of the world for insurance yesterday (probably 60-70% of the high end part of the industry flows through here, with firms a few blocks away.)
Enjoyed my time in Asia. Interesting seeing the contrast between Japan (“nice” but static) and China (fast development, better in some ways already, but still rough corners, but far fewer than before).
November 29, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Enjoyed my time in Asia. Interesting seeing the contrast between Japan (“nice” but static) and China (fast development, better in some ways already, but still rough corners, but far fewer than before).
Excited to see Shanghai tomorrow (going for 2 nights); haven’t been there since 2015.
November 19, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Excited to see Shanghai tomorrow (going for 2 nights); haven’t been there since 2015.
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Nice reverse engineering work to uncover the workings of iOS 18’s inactivity reboot. naehrdine.blogspot.com/2024/11/reve...
Reverse Engineering iOS 18 Inactivity Reboot
Wireless and firmware hacking, PhD life, Technology
naehrdine.blogspot.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Nice reverse engineering work to uncover the workings of iOS 18’s inactivity reboot. naehrdine.blogspot.com/2024/11/reve...
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10x more excited for Netflix Engineering’s postmortem writeup than I was for the fight itself.
November 16, 2024 at 5:38 PM
10x more excited for Netflix Engineering’s postmortem writeup than I was for the fight itself.
Wow. Such timing (entirely unrelated to the Trump media thing in PA), but wow. www.cnbc.com/2024/10/22/m...
McDonald's shares fall after CDC says E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounders
The CDC said an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers has led to 10 hospitalizations and one death.
www.cnbc.com
October 22, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Wow. Such timing (entirely unrelated to the Trump media thing in PA), but wow. www.cnbc.com/2024/10/22/m...
In awe of how well the SpaceX mission went this weekend. Pretty optimistic about the “launch unmanned Starship to Mars in 2 years” plan. Less so about manned in 4y, but even if it takes 6, 8, 10, or 12, still incredibly impressive. www.spacex.com/launches/mis...
SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.
www.spacex.com
October 14, 2024 at 3:40 AM
In awe of how well the SpaceX mission went this weekend. Pretty optimistic about the “launch unmanned Starship to Mars in 2 years” plan. Less so about manned in 4y, but even if it takes 6, 8, 10, or 12, still incredibly impressive. www.spacex.com/launches/mis...
At the Network State conference in Singapore — which is a great location, given Singapore’s history as one of the few states ejected from an existing state, and turned from third to first world based on one man’s vision and the effort of millions.
September 22, 2024 at 5:27 AM
At the Network State conference in Singapore — which is a great location, given Singapore’s history as one of the few states ejected from an existing state, and turned from third to first world based on one man’s vision and the effort of millions.
Lisbon is quite beautiful in the morning.
October 27, 2023 at 11:50 AM
Lisbon is quite beautiful in the morning.
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My cat opened a sake bar
September 30, 2023 at 5:11 AM
My cat opened a sake bar