xan || roguesys
@hackd.net
offensive security attaché
rogue systems enthusiast
former 0x90 optimization expert
rogue systems enthusiast
former 0x90 optimization expert
Wrote some notes on self-hosting an Atuin sync server and getting to it via Tailscale hackd.net/posts/atuin-...
June 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Wrote some notes on self-hosting an Atuin sync server and getting to it via Tailscale hackd.net/posts/atuin-...
This is such a garbage design pattern, Microsoft.
April 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is such a garbage design pattern, Microsoft.
We're really cooked when Klarna starts partnering with One Medical and your local healthcare providers.
March 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
We're really cooked when Klarna starts partnering with One Medical and your local healthcare providers.
Didn't realize "🫡" was an Italian phrase!
March 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Didn't realize "🫡" was an Italian phrase!
Is TurboTax getting a kickback from all these CAPTCHAs we gotta solve? 🤔 Like damn seems like there's one every other click.
March 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Is TurboTax getting a kickback from all these CAPTCHAs we gotta solve? 🤔 Like damn seems like there's one every other click.
How many ===== is JavaScript up to these days?
March 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
How many ===== is JavaScript up to these days?
There's a kind of cutthroat efficiency that's often applied to various kinds of systems which in turn makes them eminently exposed to black swan risk.
Absent significant skin in the game, the cost of failure is an externality not borne by the system designers/owners.
(See: Incerto, Infinite games)
Absent significant skin in the game, the cost of failure is an externality not borne by the system designers/owners.
(See: Incerto, Infinite games)
February 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
There's a kind of cutthroat efficiency that's often applied to various kinds of systems which in turn makes them eminently exposed to black swan risk.
Absent significant skin in the game, the cost of failure is an externality not borne by the system designers/owners.
(See: Incerto, Infinite games)
Absent significant skin in the game, the cost of failure is an externality not borne by the system designers/owners.
(See: Incerto, Infinite games)
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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We're just going to leave this here…
Here’s how to share sensitive leaks with the press
Thinking about securely leaking information to news organizations? This guide will show you how.
freedom.press
January 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We're just going to leave this here…
Someone is getting fired and someone is getting promoted.
Nothing to see here www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Amazon Sues to Block Records Request From Jeff Bezos-Owned Washington Post
The lawsuit seeks to prevent the imminent release of records to the outlet. Amazon maintains that some of the information shouldn't be handed over because it contains trade secrets.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Someone is getting fired and someone is getting promoted.
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Fun fact! When the Nazis were looking for templates for their horrible fucking laws, guess where they went looking! Yes! That's right! The US Jim Crow laws!
So, yes. Fucking Jim Crow, yes.
So, yes. Fucking Jim Crow, yes.
I just wish #yall would signal boost the Black people who are telling you this is Jim Crow more than you signal boost the non-black people who are saying it's Nazi Germany.
I know why you won't though. . .
I know why you won't though. . .
January 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Fun fact! When the Nazis were looking for templates for their horrible fucking laws, guess where they went looking! Yes! That's right! The US Jim Crow laws!
So, yes. Fucking Jim Crow, yes.
So, yes. Fucking Jim Crow, yes.
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If moving your newsletter from Substack seems overwhelming, both Buttondown and Ghost have processes AND people to help with it.
buttondown.com/features/con...
ghost.org/docs/migrati...
buttondown.com/features/con...
ghost.org/docs/migrati...
Substack comes out in favor of Elon. read.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
The fight for free speech in 2025 and beyond
On Substack’s ongoing commitment to freedom of the press
read.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If moving your newsletter from Substack seems overwhelming, both Buttondown and Ghost have processes AND people to help with it.
buttondown.com/features/con...
ghost.org/docs/migrati...
buttondown.com/features/con...
ghost.org/docs/migrati...
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1. I'm NOT the sort of SF/F nerd who thinks everyone needs to read a "canon" of older works in genre like they're homework before they get to call themselves a fan, nevertheless the book I'm always mildly surprised when people say they haven't read it is "Snow Crash," which to me is era-defining...
January 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
1. I'm NOT the sort of SF/F nerd who thinks everyone needs to read a "canon" of older works in genre like they're homework before they get to call themselves a fan, nevertheless the book I'm always mildly surprised when people say they haven't read it is "Snow Crash," which to me is era-defining...
How are people in the US keeping up with health-related information regarding existing or developing situations, nowadays? E.g., COVID-19 rates, new and exciting pathogens and their spread, etc.?
January 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
How are people in the US keeping up with health-related information regarding existing or developing situations, nowadays? E.g., COVID-19 rates, new and exciting pathogens and their spread, etc.?
I’ve always actually preferred using “X”, to mark its “bag of shit” era.
The fact it also works for “American History X” was the unfortunate bonus we didn’t need.
The fact it also works for “American History X” was the unfortunate bonus we didn’t need.
Someone on CNBC just said "X or Twitter or whatever it's called" and you know it's been a successful rebrand when people are still saying that almost two years later.
January 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I’ve always actually preferred using “X”, to mark its “bag of shit” era.
The fact it also works for “American History X” was the unfortunate bonus we didn’t need.
The fact it also works for “American History X” was the unfortunate bonus we didn’t need.
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What the hell is this?!
January 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
What the hell is this?!
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Some advice on How to Weather the Storm, including “create something lovely for yourself or others”, “moderate your exposure to the bullshit”, “find the people who are already doing the work, and follow their lead”, and “join something”. [kottke.org]
How to Weather the Storm
Without really meaning to, this week I’ve posted a few related articles around the theme of how to survive the next four years of the new oligarchical, authoritarian regime here in the US. I thought it would be helpful t
kottke.org
January 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Some advice on How to Weather the Storm, including “create something lovely for yourself or others”, “moderate your exposure to the bullshit”, “find the people who are already doing the work, and follow their lead”, and “join something”. [kottke.org]
My keyboard is getting a little extra attention now that Severance S02 started up.
January 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
My keyboard is getting a little extra attention now that Severance S02 started up.
Social Networks, Not Social Media — Glass
Clubs, connections, and community.
glass.photo
January 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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i’m glad the lonely sunfish now has cardboard company www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/a...
Japanese aquarium cheers up lonely sunfish with cardboard cutouts of people | CNN
How do you perk up a lonely fish? This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it was a very real challenge faced by staff at a Japanese aquarium when they noticed their sunfish was...
www.cnn.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
i’m glad the lonely sunfish now has cardboard company www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/a...
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An experiment I recommend (maybe for a Sunday morning):
* get good coffe in a style you like (e.g., light roast Ethiopian)
* find suitably appealing music for your Sunday morning, and play it
* select 3 (ideally), or any number N>1 coffee preparation methods (e.g., French press, pour over, siphon)
* get good coffe in a style you like (e.g., light roast Ethiopian)
* find suitably appealing music for your Sunday morning, and play it
* select 3 (ideally), or any number N>1 coffee preparation methods (e.g., French press, pour over, siphon)
January 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
An experiment I recommend (maybe for a Sunday morning):
* get good coffe in a style you like (e.g., light roast Ethiopian)
* find suitably appealing music for your Sunday morning, and play it
* select 3 (ideally), or any number N>1 coffee preparation methods (e.g., French press, pour over, siphon)
* get good coffe in a style you like (e.g., light roast Ethiopian)
* find suitably appealing music for your Sunday morning, and play it
* select 3 (ideally), or any number N>1 coffee preparation methods (e.g., French press, pour over, siphon)