Venkatesh-Prasad Ranganath
@orderwithchaos.bsky.social
Engineer + Researcher curious about software and computing. http://rvprasad.com
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Not reporting security bugs can harm users. That said, if companies care about the users of an app, then they could fund fixing these bugs, fix the bugs (using AI used to find the bug), or provide an alternative app.
Interesting clash b/w ML-based #security & #OSS.
thenewstack.io/ffmpeg-to-go...
Interesting clash b/w ML-based #security & #OSS.
thenewstack.io/ffmpeg-to-go...
FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs
A lively discussion about open source, security, and who pays the bills has erupted on Twitter.
thenewstack.io
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Not reporting security bugs can harm users. That said, if companies care about the users of an app, then they could fund fixing these bugs, fix the bugs (using AI used to find the bug), or provide an alternative app.
Interesting clash b/w ML-based #security & #OSS.
thenewstack.io/ffmpeg-to-go...
Interesting clash b/w ML-based #security & #OSS.
thenewstack.io/ffmpeg-to-go...
"...[AI] cannot abolish the connection between cost, value and customer need. Lasting value comes from providing genuine benefits to people.
The question now is whether AI’s real productivity gains will ultimately justify today’s valuations, as the internet, after a painful correction"
The question now is whether AI’s real productivity gains will ultimately justify today’s valuations, as the internet, after a painful correction"
The AI boom feels eerily similar to 2000’s dotcom crash – with some important differences #ai #genai #econsky
https://theconversation.com/the-ai-boom-feels-eerily-similar-to-2000s-dotcom-crash-with-some-important-differences-269472
https://theconversation.com/the-ai-boom-feels-eerily-similar-to-2000s-dotcom-crash-with-some-important-differences-269472
The AI boom feels eerily similar to 2000’s dotcom crash – with some important differences
With investor unease over AI stocks having just wiped a trillion dollars from markets, have we really learned the big lessons from 25 years ago?
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"...[AI] cannot abolish the connection between cost, value and customer need. Lasting value comes from providing genuine benefits to people.
The question now is whether AI’s real productivity gains will ultimately justify today’s valuations, as the internet, after a painful correction"
The question now is whether AI’s real productivity gains will ultimately justify today’s valuations, as the internet, after a painful correction"
Interesting development in EU in the context of privacy and AI.
#privacy #AI #security
noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
#privacy #AI #security
noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR
The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.
noyb.eu
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Interesting development in EU in the context of privacy and AI.
#privacy #AI #security
noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
#privacy #AI #security
noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
Will iRobot/Roomba be the first(?) case study of "what if the company behind your cloud-based consumer product disappears?"
#technology #consumer #product #cloud
#technology #consumer #product #cloud
iRobot’s revenue has tanked and it’s almost out of cash
iRobot’s revenue has tanked and it’s almost out of cash
What will this mean for your Roomba?
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Will iRobot/Roomba be the first(?) case study of "what if the company behind your cloud-based consumer product disappears?"
#technology #consumer #product #cloud
#technology #consumer #product #cloud
I think reproducible proof of vulnerability should be a basic requirement for vulnerability reports. Wherever possible, require an executable proof along with descriptive proof.
#security
#security
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I think reproducible proof of vulnerability should be a basic requirement for vulnerability reports. Wherever possible, require an executable proof along with descriptive proof.
#security
#security
Schrodinger's sandwich, a real world phenomenon and not a thought experiment 😜 🤦 Can we please get back to things that matter?
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Schrodinger's sandwich, a real world phenomenon and not a thought experiment 😜 🤦 Can we please get back to things that matter?
If Hollywood ever spoofs the #movie "A Few Good Men", these closing remarks (see the next post in the thread) should be in it 🤣🤣
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If Hollywood ever spoofs the #movie "A Few Good Men", these closing remarks (see the next post in the thread) should be in it 🤣🤣
This evening was fun 🎉🥳 Missed it a year ago 😐 Looking forward to it again in 26, 28, 30, .... 😃
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This evening was fun 🎉🥳 Missed it a year ago 😐 Looking forward to it again in 26, 28, 30, .... 😃
A story about how social media played a critical role in the recent revolution in Nepal. Also, a story about old guard vs new ways. Social media enabled transparency and anonymity, which is useful and tricky. Great presentation 👏👏 @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
The Inside Story of How Gen Z Toppled Nepal’s Leader and Chose a New One on Discord
The revolution started on social media. It ended with protests, violence, and an online poll to pick the new prime minister.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A story about how social media played a critical role in the recent revolution in Nepal. Also, a story about old guard vs new ways. Social media enabled transparency and anonymity, which is useful and tricky. Great presentation 👏👏 @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
How will #AI coding agent companies improve their agents if/when 1) every relevant #oss project switches to some form of closed source (e.g., authorized access to source) and 2) companies heavily rely on "AI" coding agents to write code?
darmstadt.social/@claudius/11...
#coding #agents #software
darmstadt.social/@claudius/11...
#coding #agents #software
Claudius 🎃 (@[email protected])
@[email protected] AI companies crawl our websites.
We ask that they stop by using the industry standard robots.txt
AI companies ignore those rules.
We start blocking the companies themse...
darmstadt.social
November 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I miss speakers who would speak fluently (albeit slowly) without heavily leaning on fillers like "you know", "and stuff", "okay", etc. Using pauses while speaking seems to be a lost art (as is waiting one's turn to respond).
November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I miss speakers who would speak fluently (albeit slowly) without heavily leaning on fillers like "you know", "and stuff", "okay", etc. Using pauses while speaking seems to be a lost art (as is waiting one's turn to respond).
Reposted by Venkatesh-Prasad Ranganath
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
"We would expect people who are AI literate to not only be a bit better at interacting with AI systems, but also at judging their performance with those systems,” Welsch added, “but this was not the case.” 🤦🤦🤦
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Is Causing a Grim New Twist on the Dunning-Kruger Effect, New Research Finds
New research shows how AI tools is making a Dunning-Kruger specimen out of everyone that uses them, no matter how smart.
futurism.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"We would expect people who are AI literate to not only be a bit better at interacting with AI systems, but also at judging their performance with those systems,” Welsch added, “but this was not the case.” 🤦🤦🤦
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Is such a business model legal when we consider how ownership and IP laws apply to in-house processes and practices?
techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/h...
#business #laws
techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/h...
#business #laws
How AI labs use Mercor to get the data companies won’t share | TechCrunch
Mercor CEO Brendan Foody has built a $10 billion empire freeing up valuable data from legacy industries and making it available to AI labs.
techcrunch.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Is such a business model legal when we consider how ownership and IP laws apply to in-house processes and practices?
techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/h...
#business #laws
techcrunch.com/2025/10/29/h...
#business #laws
Great write-up about cloud vs bare metal. Detailed and balanced with hard numbers. The way it should be 👏👏👏
#cloud #software #computing
oneuptime.com/blog/post/20...
#cloud #software #computing
oneuptime.com/blog/post/20...
AWS to Bare Metal Two Years Later: Answering Your Toughest Questions About Leaving AWS
Two years after our AWS-to-bare-metal migration, we revisit the numbers, share what changed, and address the biggest questions from Hacker News and Reddit.
oneuptime.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Great write-up about cloud vs bare metal. Detailed and balanced with hard numbers. The way it should be 👏👏👏
#cloud #software #computing
oneuptime.com/blog/post/20...
#cloud #software #computing
oneuptime.com/blog/post/20...
Frou Frou's "Details" has a unique sound. The album seems to borrow and blend different musical styles/influences with electronic music. #music #musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvdz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvdz...
Let Go
YouTube video by Frou Frou - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Frou Frou's "Details" has a unique sound. The album seems to borrow and blend different musical styles/influences with electronic music. #music #musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvdz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvdz...
I am not a fan of the #Python language. Even so, I love the recent action of PSF. It takes spine to stick by one's values and PSF sure has both 👏🙌👏🙌
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
pyfound.blogspot.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I am not a fan of the #Python language. Even so, I love the recent action of PSF. It takes spine to stick by one's values and PSF sure has both 👏🙌👏🙌
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
Interesting point-of-view that the bursting of the AI bubble may serve a rich ground for nerds (:
www.wired.com/story/ai-nor...
www.wired.com/story/ai-nor...
The Argument for Letting AI Burn It All Down
When the AI bubble bursts, the nerds will do their best work.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Interesting point-of-view that the bursting of the AI bubble may serve a rich ground for nerds (:
www.wired.com/story/ai-nor...
www.wired.com/story/ai-nor...
'AI has all the hallmarks of a bubble. “There’s no question,” he says. “It hits all the right notes.” Uncertainty? Check. Pure plays? Check. Novice investors? Check. A great narrative? Check. On that 0-to-8 scale, Goldfarb says, it’s an 8.'
www.wired.com/story/ai-bub...
www.wired.com/story/ai-bub...
AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All
I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
'AI has all the hallmarks of a bubble. “There’s no question,” he says. “It hits all the right notes.” Uncertainty? Check. Pure plays? Check. Novice investors? Check. A great narrative? Check. On that 0-to-8 scale, Goldfarb says, it’s an 8.'
www.wired.com/story/ai-bub...
www.wired.com/story/ai-bub...
Reposted by Venkatesh-Prasad Ranganath
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Out of curiosity, can unused data centers be repurposed? If not, what happens to these data centers? And, who will foot the bill for these data centers when they are not needed, e.g., the AI bubble bursts?
#tech #investments #ai
#tech #investments #ai
Former US Sen. Kyrsten Sinema lobbies for data center developer at Chandler AZ Plan Commission. Says she's working "hand in glove" w Trump Admin & warns city to embrace DCs or face federal intervention. City Council vote on Sinema's DC scheduled for Nov. 13.
October 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Out of curiosity, can unused data centers be repurposed? If not, what happens to these data centers? And, who will foot the bill for these data centers when they are not needed, e.g., the AI bubble bursts?
#tech #investments #ai
#tech #investments #ai
At times, instead of thinking in terms of support/love and opposition/hate which involve engagement, we need to step back and think if we should engage. Indifference may be more apt and necessary.
October 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
At times, instead of thinking in terms of support/love and opposition/hate which involve engagement, we need to step back and think if we should engage. Indifference may be more apt and necessary.