@adrianlshaw.bsky.social
Hardware/firmware/OS security
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www.macrumors.com/2025/08/19/u... Strange times when British people have to rely on the US to protect their privacy rights.
UK Reportedly Withdraws Demand to Access Encrypted iCloud User Data
The British government has agreed to withdraw its controversial demand to access Apple users' encrypted iCloud data, according to the U.S....
www.macrumors.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
www.macrumors.com/2025/08/19/u... Strange times when British people have to rely on the US to protect their privacy rights.
“firmware is just software that's inconvenient to program”
August 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“firmware is just software that's inconvenient to program”
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August 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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So What Do We Know QC To Be Good For?
- Simulating quantum physics and chemistry
- Breaking current public-key encryption (RSA, DH, ECC)
- Eventually, modest (square-root) speedups from Grover
- We’ll have to get lucky for most other applications!
(The world has been systemically lied to about this)
- Simulating quantum physics and chemistry
- Breaking current public-key encryption (RSA, DH, ECC)
- Eventually, modest (square-root) speedups from Grover
- We’ll have to get lucky for most other applications!
(The world has been systemically lied to about this)
June 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
So What Do We Know QC To Be Good For?
- Simulating quantum physics and chemistry
- Breaking current public-key encryption (RSA, DH, ECC)
- Eventually, modest (square-root) speedups from Grover
- We’ll have to get lucky for most other applications!
(The world has been systemically lied to about this)
- Simulating quantum physics and chemistry
- Breaking current public-key encryption (RSA, DH, ECC)
- Eventually, modest (square-root) speedups from Grover
- We’ll have to get lucky for most other applications!
(The world has been systemically lied to about this)
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I found some *university course slides* that suggested this as a way to set breakpoints for debugging and I have to go lie down
May 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I found some *university course slides* that suggested this as a way to set breakpoints for debugging and I have to go lie down
Success comes from experience. Experience comes from failure.
March 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Success comes from experience. Experience comes from failure.
Vibe coding
February 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Vibe coding
Could this be a stepping stone towards Proton on macOS? www.pcworld.com/article/2465... #macOS #steam #SteamDeck #apple
ARM version of Steam Deck's Proton layer spotted
It looks like Valve is working on bringing the Steam Deck's "special sauce" for Windows games on Linux to Snapdragon and other ARM devices.
www.pcworld.com
January 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Could this be a stepping stone towards Proton on macOS? www.pcworld.com/article/2465... #macOS #steam #SteamDeck #apple
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Does anyone remember the episode of the Pokémon cartoon where Malamar uses mind control to brainwash all the trainers and then makes them build a radio transmitter that he uses to send a message to outer space? Because I would like to see that plot explored a bit more.
December 30, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Does anyone remember the episode of the Pokémon cartoon where Malamar uses mind control to brainwash all the trainers and then makes them build a radio transmitter that he uses to send a message to outer space? Because I would like to see that plot explored a bit more.
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You can use commands in ChatGPT to update and view its memory:
Add memory:
to=bio
List memory:
to=bio list
Remove a memory:
to=bio remove #N
Add memory:
to=bio
List memory:
to=bio list
Remove a memory:
to=bio remove #N
December 20, 2024 at 5:25 PM
You can use commands in ChatGPT to update and view its memory:
Add memory:
to=bio
List memory:
to=bio list
Remove a memory:
to=bio remove #N
Add memory:
to=bio
List memory:
to=bio list
Remove a memory:
to=bio remove #N
Business venture
December 7, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Business venture
A gift from a friend
December 6, 2024 at 7:13 PM
A gift from a friend
Lovely day at MIT
November 15, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Lovely day at MIT
I don’t think I’ve ever discovered a feature or API in Windows that made me say “Oh, this is cool”
June 20, 2024 at 12:33 PM
I don’t think I’ve ever discovered a feature or API in Windows that made me say “Oh, this is cool”
Silicon Graphics
June 8, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Silicon Graphics
Hummingbird cake is delicious
April 7, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Hummingbird cake is delicious
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paul maud’dib: “may thy knife chip and shatter”
feyd-rautha:
feyd-rautha:
March 6, 2024 at 2:54 PM
paul maud’dib: “may thy knife chip and shatter”
feyd-rautha:
feyd-rautha:
The EDSAC computer (1952) with 1024 17-bit words of memory (using temperature-stabilized mercury delay lines!!!)
February 7, 2024 at 11:10 PM
The EDSAC computer (1952) with 1024 17-bit words of memory (using temperature-stabilized mercury delay lines!!!)
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My first blog post shared here :) We are going back to basics. All the way back to one of your first lines of code, probably :)
satharus.me/tech/2023/10...
Enjoy!
satharus.me/tech/2023/10...
Enjoy!
Back to Basics: Why do we return 0? - Technoir - Blog of Satharus
There is a very high chance that if you read my blog, you’ve seen the line of code return 0; at some point. Specifically, you’ve probably seen it in a main()...
satharus.me
October 26, 2023 at 8:19 PM
My first blog post shared here :) We are going back to basics. All the way back to one of your first lines of code, probably :)
satharus.me/tech/2023/10...
Enjoy!
satharus.me/tech/2023/10...
Enjoy!
Well this is a new one... Having to delete literally everything in /boot in order in order to have enough space to upgrade my system... And no it can't re-partition easily when on an encrypted setup. #ubuntu
October 27, 2023 at 2:03 PM
Well this is a new one... Having to delete literally everything in /boot in order in order to have enough space to upgrade my system... And no it can't re-partition easily when on an encrypted setup. #ubuntu