kernelmethod
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Sysadmin of last resort
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Sysadmin of last resort
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UPDATE: NSO just hired former Trump ambassador to Israel.
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
UPDATE: NSO just hired former Trump ambassador to Israel.
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
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explaining lossless compression to an american
November 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
explaining lossless compression to an american
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absolutely shameful that the university has embraced the administration’s demand that it discriminate against its students. this is the board of visitors telling UVA students that if they aren’t white and cisgendered then they don’t belong.
The University of Virginia has capitulated to Trump on transgender and race (affirmative action) issues.
The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
absolutely shameful that the university has embraced the administration’s demand that it discriminate against its students. this is the board of visitors telling UVA students that if they aren’t white and cisgendered then they don’t belong.
aw man, what a loss bsky.app/profile/ches...
Tragic news as Daniel Naroditsky, the popular U.S. grandmaster, commentator, creator, educator, and author, unexpectedly passed away on Sunday at the age of only 29. www.chess.com/news/view/gr...
Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky Passes Away At 29
GM Daniel Naroditsky, the popular U.S. grandmaster, commentator, creator, educator and author, tragically passed away on Sunday at the age of only 29.
www.chess.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
aw man, what a loss bsky.app/profile/ches...
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This is all old news. What's new is this:
There is now a first draft reference implementation of the Public Key Directory specification, written in Go.
github.com/fedi-e2ee/pk...
There is now a first draft reference implementation of the Public Key Directory specification, written in Go.
github.com/fedi-e2ee/pk...
GitHub - fedi-e2ee/pkd-server-go: Reference implementation - server-side software for the Fediverse Public Key Directory Specification
Reference implementation - server-side software for the Fediverse Public Key Directory Specification - fedi-e2ee/pkd-server-go
github.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is all old news. What's new is this:
There is now a first draft reference implementation of the Public Key Directory specification, written in Go.
github.com/fedi-e2ee/pk...
There is now a first draft reference implementation of the Public Key Directory specification, written in Go.
github.com/fedi-e2ee/pk...
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Now, the worst thing you can do when it comes to cryptography is to start with programming.
No, bad. Stop it. Don't make me get the spray bottle.
You want to start with a Specification first, and then implement the spec when you're sure it's a good one.
So, I did that! github.com/fedi-e2ee/pu...
No, bad. Stop it. Don't make me get the spray bottle.
You want to start with a Specification first, and then implement the spec when you're sure it's a good one.
So, I did that! github.com/fedi-e2ee/pu...
GitHub - fedi-e2ee/public-key-directory-specification: Specification for a Fediverse Directory Server for Public Keys
Specification for a Fediverse Directory Server for Public Keys - fedi-e2ee/public-key-directory-specification
github.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Now, the worst thing you can do when it comes to cryptography is to start with programming.
No, bad. Stop it. Don't make me get the spray bottle.
You want to start with a Specification first, and then implement the spec when you're sure it's a good one.
So, I did that! github.com/fedi-e2ee/pu...
No, bad. Stop it. Don't make me get the spray bottle.
You want to start with a Specification first, and then implement the spec when you're sure it's a good one.
So, I did that! github.com/fedi-e2ee/pu...
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Okay, so.
I've got something to share with y'all.
This is some straight up #cryptography nerd shit, but it might be of mild significance someday, so please at least bookmark it for later.
Maybe boost it if you think it's cool? No pressure of course.
I've got something to share with y'all.
This is some straight up #cryptography nerd shit, but it might be of mild significance someday, so please at least bookmark it for later.
Maybe boost it if you think it's cool? No pressure of course.
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Okay, so.
I've got something to share with y'all.
This is some straight up #cryptography nerd shit, but it might be of mild significance someday, so please at least bookmark it for later.
Maybe boost it if you think it's cool? No pressure of course.
I've got something to share with y'all.
This is some straight up #cryptography nerd shit, but it might be of mild significance someday, so please at least bookmark it for later.
Maybe boost it if you think it's cool? No pressure of course.
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Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.
October 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.
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We did not tell LLMs, “implement addition using this algorithm.” It learned the algorithm upstream of next-token prediction
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We did not tell LLMs, “implement addition using this algorithm.” It learned the algorithm upstream of next-token prediction
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Bring back inscrutable security posters
October 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Bring back inscrutable security posters
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"there are no atheists in foxholes" is a terrible expression. sure, the things that foxes worship do not resemble our "gods". that does not mean that they are atheists
March 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"there are no atheists in foxholes" is a terrible expression. sure, the things that foxes worship do not resemble our "gods". that does not mean that they are atheists
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Yeah the analogy seems right to me re someone who spends a lot of time gleefully simulating torture of a barbie doll and, like, I think I wanna avoid that person and not because I am confused about whether or not the barbie is actually feeling pain.
i don’t think it should be very controversial to think that LLMs are not conscious beings while simultaneously thinking that people who prompt them in hateful or abusive ways are likely hateful and abusive people and it is very strange to me that people actively choose either far end of this
October 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Yeah the analogy seems right to me re someone who spends a lot of time gleefully simulating torture of a barbie doll and, like, I think I wanna avoid that person and not because I am confused about whether or not the barbie is actually feeling pain.
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slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross
having an epiphany and realizing that all of the winning Fat Bear Week bears are given vaguely Teixcalaanli names (32 Chunk, 128 Grazer)
October 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
having an epiphany and realizing that all of the winning Fat Bear Week bears are given vaguely Teixcalaanli names (32 Chunk, 128 Grazer)
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have you seen the new python package? it's on pypi. you can literally install it with pip. set up a venv. grab it with poetry. you just use rye. run it with pipx. you can install it with uv. install uv right now. go to uv. dive into uv. you can uv it. it's on uv. uv has it for you. uv has it for you
September 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
have you seen the new python package? it's on pypi. you can literally install it with pip. set up a venv. grab it with poetry. you just use rye. run it with pipx. you can install it with uv. install uv right now. go to uv. dive into uv. you can uv it. it's on uv. uv has it for you. uv has it for you
reading an article on Gen Z fashion trends that linked through to a page on “dark academia”, only to get jumpscared by my exact fall aesthetic
September 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
reading an article on Gen Z fashion trends that linked through to a page on “dark academia”, only to get jumpscared by my exact fall aesthetic
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IMSI catchers, on the other hand, have to be set up in advance, often require a probable cause warrant, can disrupt legitimate service, and can (sometimes) be detected by targets. They're designed to be used (along with highly directional antennas) to identify and locate specific individuals as […]
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federate.social
September 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
IMSI catchers, on the other hand, have to be set up in advance, often require a probable cause warrant, can disrupt legitimate service, and can (sometimes) be detected by targets. They're designed to be used (along with highly directional antennas) to identify and locate specific individuals as […]