Taylor Hornby
@defusesec.bsky.social
PLURR ❤️. Helping secure the Zcash ecosystem, learning music production at https://soundcloud.com/earthrise5, writing and other stuff at https://defuse.ca/, https://bqp.io/
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
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In case you aren't already aware of one of the nerdiest, nich-est online games: TeXnique, where the goal is to type LaTeX formulae as quickly as possible. texnique.xyz
It is "fun."
It is "fun."
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
In case you aren't already aware of one of the nerdiest, nich-est online games: TeXnique, where the goal is to type LaTeX formulae as quickly as possible. texnique.xyz
It is "fun."
It is "fun."
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Alberta: Please speak up against Bill 9 and the Notwithstanding Clause while the legislation is being debated in the Legislature.
Here's two initiatives that send messages to elected officials & will keep you informed of next steps:
transactionalberta.ca
savethecharter.ca
#ableg #abpoli #CanPoli
Here's two initiatives that send messages to elected officials & will keep you informed of next steps:
transactionalberta.ca
savethecharter.ca
#ableg #abpoli #CanPoli
URGENT: Stop Alberta's Government From Overriding Charter Rights of Trans Youth
Healthcare is a right, protected by evidence, compassion, and core Canadian values.
transactionalberta.ca
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Alberta: Please speak up against Bill 9 and the Notwithstanding Clause while the legislation is being debated in the Legislature.
Here's two initiatives that send messages to elected officials & will keep you informed of next steps:
transactionalberta.ca
savethecharter.ca
#ableg #abpoli #CanPoli
Here's two initiatives that send messages to elected officials & will keep you informed of next steps:
transactionalberta.ca
savethecharter.ca
#ableg #abpoli #CanPoli
If you like future-bass-ish electronic music, I just posted a new track! soundcloud.com/earthrise5/t...
The Brightest Light
Listen to The Brightest Light by Taylor Hornby #np on #SoundCloud
soundcloud.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If you like future-bass-ish electronic music, I just posted a new track! soundcloud.com/earthrise5/t...
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First drum lesson tonight. Haven’t taken a music lesson in uhhh… 20 years?? Looking forward to sucking at this.
As the saying goes, “Sucking at something is the first step toward being sorta good at something”-Jake the dog
As the saying goes, “Sucking at something is the first step toward being sorta good at something”-Jake the dog
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
First drum lesson tonight. Haven’t taken a music lesson in uhhh… 20 years?? Looking forward to sucking at this.
As the saying goes, “Sucking at something is the first step toward being sorta good at something”-Jake the dog
As the saying goes, “Sucking at something is the first step toward being sorta good at something”-Jake the dog
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If you ever wondered,
"What does it take to implement a base-256 <-> base-B codec in constant-time when B isn't a power of 2?"
Well, I have some oddly specific good news for you: codeberg.org/fediverse/fe...
"What does it take to implement a base-256 <-> base-B codec in constant-time when B isn't a power of 2?"
Well, I have some oddly specific good news for you: codeberg.org/fediverse/fe...
FEP-521a: Consider base-64-url, not base-58-btc, as the required codec
Converting to/from base-256 (raw "binary" octets) and base-N is easy to do in constant-time if N is a power of 2. See: RFC 4648 for power-of-2 codecs.
58 isn't a power of 2, which makes implementing ...
codeberg.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If you ever wondered,
"What does it take to implement a base-256 <-> base-B codec in constant-time when B isn't a power of 2?"
Well, I have some oddly specific good news for you: codeberg.org/fediverse/fe...
"What does it take to implement a base-256 <-> base-B codec in constant-time when B isn't a power of 2?"
Well, I have some oddly specific good news for you: codeberg.org/fediverse/fe...
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i hate it when something is described as "inscrutable." you have no idea the types of things im able to scrute
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
i hate it when something is described as "inscrutable." you have no idea the types of things im able to scrute
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> In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
Circuit missing a gate.
Circuit missing a gate.
Rolled my own crypto.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
> In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
Circuit missing a gate.
Circuit missing a gate.
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>ducted fans
>im a turbofan
>her: eww i want jet
>turbofans are jets
>i am a fucking jet aircraft
I will be alone forever
>im a turbofan
>her: eww i want jet
>turbofans are jets
>i am a fucking jet aircraft
I will be alone forever
October 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
>ducted fans
>im a turbofan
>her: eww i want jet
>turbofans are jets
>i am a fucking jet aircraft
I will be alone forever
>im a turbofan
>her: eww i want jet
>turbofans are jets
>i am a fucking jet aircraft
I will be alone forever
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These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.
October 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.
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You have never been cyberd until you've been cyberd by a cyber security professional
October 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
You have never been cyberd until you've been cyberd by a cyber security professional
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Friend gave me a John O’Donohue book recently. It’s quite good.
“To Come Home To Yourself”
“To Come Home To Yourself”
October 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Friend gave me a John O’Donohue book recently. It’s quite good.
“To Come Home To Yourself”
“To Come Home To Yourself”
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Be the Mothman you wish to see in the world
October 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Be the Mothman you wish to see in the world
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I found more joy in life this way.
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I found more joy in life this way.
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Saturn, rising behind its largest moon Titan.
This scene is a composite of images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 31 March 2005. At the time, Cassini was 7,000 km from Titan and 1.2 million km from Saturn.
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Ian Regan/Val Klavans
This scene is a composite of images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 31 March 2005. At the time, Cassini was 7,000 km from Titan and 1.2 million km from Saturn.
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Ian Regan/Val Klavans
September 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Saturn, rising behind its largest moon Titan.
This scene is a composite of images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 31 March 2005. At the time, Cassini was 7,000 km from Titan and 1.2 million km from Saturn.
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Ian Regan/Val Klavans
This scene is a composite of images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on 31 March 2005. At the time, Cassini was 7,000 km from Titan and 1.2 million km from Saturn.
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Ian Regan/Val Klavans
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ChatGPT is probably the biggest honey pot of willingly-turned over highly confidential information that has ever been created in human history.
also, so many of these people are just taking company confidential, proprietary data and dumping it into public iterations of ChatGPT, which is so incredibly problematic on so many levels. Even on our internal approved tools I have to tell people to turn them off when discussing certain legal stuff!
August 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
ChatGPT is probably the biggest honey pot of willingly-turned over highly confidential information that has ever been created in human history.
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There are
* 0 valid JSON strings of length 0
* 10 valid JSON strings of length 1
* 183 valid JSON strings of length 2
* 1,116,690 valid JSON strings of length 3
* 1,241,178,737,201 valid JSON strings of length 4
* 1,382,769,886,828,373,987 valid JSON strings of length 5
* ...
I have up to N = 350
* 0 valid JSON strings of length 0
* 10 valid JSON strings of length 1
* 183 valid JSON strings of length 2
* 1,116,690 valid JSON strings of length 3
* 1,241,178,737,201 valid JSON strings of length 4
* 1,382,769,886,828,373,987 valid JSON strings of length 5
* ...
I have up to N = 350
September 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
There are
* 0 valid JSON strings of length 0
* 10 valid JSON strings of length 1
* 183 valid JSON strings of length 2
* 1,116,690 valid JSON strings of length 3
* 1,241,178,737,201 valid JSON strings of length 4
* 1,382,769,886,828,373,987 valid JSON strings of length 5
* ...
I have up to N = 350
* 0 valid JSON strings of length 0
* 10 valid JSON strings of length 1
* 183 valid JSON strings of length 2
* 1,116,690 valid JSON strings of length 3
* 1,241,178,737,201 valid JSON strings of length 4
* 1,382,769,886,828,373,987 valid JSON strings of length 5
* ...
I have up to N = 350
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I hate that I can’t use the emdash anymore. Thanks AI.
September 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I hate that I can’t use the emdash anymore. Thanks AI.
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The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the community and our stakeholders. Today we released our Q2 2025 report, highlighting our engineering work and other key activities from this quarter. zfnd.org/the-zcash-fo...
The Zcash Foundation’s Q2 2025 Report
The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q2 2025 report, which provides an overview of the work…
zfnd.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the community and our stakeholders. Today we released our Q2 2025 report, highlighting our engineering work and other key activities from this quarter. zfnd.org/the-zcash-fo...
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Oh look, the iOS vulnerability is yet another weird subcase of image decompression, who could possibly have predicted.
August 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh look, the iOS vulnerability is yet another weird subcase of image decompression, who could possibly have predicted.
If you need to test a subwoofer... soundcloud.com/earthrise5/e...
Excursion
Listen to Excursion by Taylor Hornby #np on #SoundCloud
soundcloud.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
If you need to test a subwoofer... soundcloud.com/earthrise5/e...