Steve Battista
@mitresteve.bsky.social
Survivor of almost 35 years of the Cybersecurity game.
1. When you around long enough, everything is your fault.
2. Nothing beats a good backup.
1. When you around long enough, everything is your fault.
2. Nothing beats a good backup.
There is a game called universal paperclip about an out of control AI that convert the universe into paperclips. I'm currently using the comet browser to have an AI play the game. It's weird.
October 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
There is a game called universal paperclip about an out of control AI that convert the universe into paperclips. I'm currently using the comet browser to have an AI play the game. It's weird.
While I have no proof:
September 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
While I have no proof:
Me: I'm not a nerd.
Anyone else: So how do you keep lists of stuff that needs to be fixed at the house?
Me: I'm running my own GitLab container in Proxmox with a private OAuth server to log in and multi site backup. The items are issues under a project named home.
Anyone else: Exactly...
Anyone else: So how do you keep lists of stuff that needs to be fixed at the house?
Me: I'm running my own GitLab container in Proxmox with a private OAuth server to log in and multi site backup. The items are issues under a project named home.
Anyone else: Exactly...
September 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Me: I'm not a nerd.
Anyone else: So how do you keep lists of stuff that needs to be fixed at the house?
Me: I'm running my own GitLab container in Proxmox with a private OAuth server to log in and multi site backup. The items are issues under a project named home.
Anyone else: Exactly...
Anyone else: So how do you keep lists of stuff that needs to be fixed at the house?
Me: I'm running my own GitLab container in Proxmox with a private OAuth server to log in and multi site backup. The items are issues under a project named home.
Anyone else: Exactly...
Reposted by Steve Battista
Update your iPhones, iPads and Macs. A new Apple software update went out fixing a zero-day security flaw under attack.
"Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals."
support.apple.com/en-us/124925
"Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals."
support.apple.com/en-us/124925
August 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Update your iPhones, iPads and Macs. A new Apple software update went out fixing a zero-day security flaw under attack.
"Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals."
support.apple.com/en-us/124925
"Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals."
support.apple.com/en-us/124925
Bally Astrocade – 8 bits
OS/360 - 32 bits
VAX -16 bits
DOS - 16 bits
Windows 3.1 - 16 bits
Windows XP - 32 bits
BSD -32 bits
Win 8 or greater - 64 bits
Many. many Linux versions 32-64 bits
Now Debain 13 came out with no 32-bit support. It looks like 32-bit systems are on the way out.
OS/360 - 32 bits
VAX -16 bits
DOS - 16 bits
Windows 3.1 - 16 bits
Windows XP - 32 bits
BSD -32 bits
Win 8 or greater - 64 bits
Many. many Linux versions 32-64 bits
Now Debain 13 came out with no 32-bit support. It looks like 32-bit systems are on the way out.
August 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Bally Astrocade – 8 bits
OS/360 - 32 bits
VAX -16 bits
DOS - 16 bits
Windows 3.1 - 16 bits
Windows XP - 32 bits
BSD -32 bits
Win 8 or greater - 64 bits
Many. many Linux versions 32-64 bits
Now Debain 13 came out with no 32-bit support. It looks like 32-bit systems are on the way out.
OS/360 - 32 bits
VAX -16 bits
DOS - 16 bits
Windows 3.1 - 16 bits
Windows XP - 32 bits
BSD -32 bits
Win 8 or greater - 64 bits
Many. many Linux versions 32-64 bits
Now Debain 13 came out with no 32-bit support. It looks like 32-bit systems are on the way out.
It was the hardest thing to do. Not buy a desktop with a graphics card to run my own LLM. I succeeded this time.
August 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It was the hardest thing to do. Not buy a desktop with a graphics card to run my own LLM. I succeeded this time.
Paramount + Stopped working with my Roku. Looks like there is a ton of tracking that goes on that tracks the videos you see. Had to allow several sites though my PiHole.
August 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Paramount + Stopped working with my Roku. Looks like there is a ton of tracking that goes on that tracks the videos you see. Had to allow several sites though my PiHole.
It is amazing how I can go from:
"Wow the AI writes code well all I have to do is review it. It is so faster than my typing"
to
"Why am I waiting 3 min to make 100 changes to my code"
"Wow the AI writes code well all I have to do is review it. It is so faster than my typing"
to
"Why am I waiting 3 min to make 100 changes to my code"
July 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It is amazing how I can go from:
"Wow the AI writes code well all I have to do is review it. It is so faster than my typing"
to
"Why am I waiting 3 min to make 100 changes to my code"
"Wow the AI writes code well all I have to do is review it. It is so faster than my typing"
to
"Why am I waiting 3 min to make 100 changes to my code"
Why can't I save everyone? I know that's crazy talk. That is what I want to do. I know I can't. Doesn't mean I won't do my best to do so.
July 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Why can't I save everyone? I know that's crazy talk. That is what I want to do. I know I can't. Doesn't mean I won't do my best to do so.
I used to wait for a complier, now I wait for the LLM...
July 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I used to wait for a complier, now I wait for the LLM...
It is so satisfying to write something and have the time to build security controls into it so that it is sturdy. It is nice to develop hobby projects because you don’t have that viable minimum product pressure.
June 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It is so satisfying to write something and have the time to build security controls into it so that it is sturdy. It is nice to develop hobby projects because you don’t have that viable minimum product pressure.
First experience with “vibe coding” definitely sped up my development. Needed to intervene for some of the more complicated areas. Still needed to understand and test code to make sure it worked as intended. Secure design and threat model had to be human. Documentation was easy
June 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
First experience with “vibe coding” definitely sped up my development. Needed to intervene for some of the more complicated areas. Still needed to understand and test code to make sure it worked as intended. Secure design and threat model had to be human. Documentation was easy
Me: I'm going to workout.
Brain: I have a great idea, we need to work on this now!
Me: ....
Brain: Come on...
Me: Stop bothering me. I'll get to it soon...
Brain: I have a great idea, we need to work on this now!
Me: ....
Brain: Come on...
Me: Stop bothering me. I'll get to it soon...
June 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Me: I'm going to workout.
Brain: I have a great idea, we need to work on this now!
Me: ....
Brain: Come on...
Me: Stop bothering me. I'll get to it soon...
Brain: I have a great idea, we need to work on this now!
Me: ....
Brain: Come on...
Me: Stop bothering me. I'll get to it soon...
Proud to share this from my co-workers.
MITRE sounds alarm on cyber war threats to critical infrastructure, presents five-step playbook
MITRE sounds alarm on cyber war threats to critical infrastructure, presents five-step playbook - Industrial Cyber
Non-profit organization MITRE sounds alarm on cyber war threats to critical infrastructure, presents five-step playbook for organizations.
buff.ly
June 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Proud to share this from my co-workers.
Finding purpose at work.
May 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Finding purpose at work.
Man, just watched the Dark Mirror episode on the brain implant. Dark stuff. This is why I don’t want to work for a company whose goal is just profit. If everyone just did that, humanity wouldn’t survive.
May 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Man, just watched the Dark Mirror episode on the brain implant. Dark stuff. This is why I don’t want to work for a company whose goal is just profit. If everyone just did that, humanity wouldn’t survive.
#rust So, I found what I think is a bug in Rust. When running on the command line, this code only returns up to 1020 files but it returns all files in a VScode terminal. How can I report this?
for entry in fs::read_dir(dir_path)?
for entry in fs::read_dir(dir_path)?
May 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
#rust So, I found what I think is a bug in Rust. When running on the command line, this code only returns up to 1020 files but it returns all files in a VScode terminal. How can I report this?
for entry in fs::read_dir(dir_path)?
for entry in fs::read_dir(dir_path)?
Caturday: Mockingbird scares my cat (wait until end)
May 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Caturday: Mockingbird scares my cat (wait until end)
Does this happen to you?
Me: Happily doing some home task.
My brain: You know when you added one to that number you can overflow that 128 bit unsigned int?
Me: what are the odds of that happening?
My brain: Never, but you’re going to have to fix it right now.
Me: Happily doing some home task.
My brain: You know when you added one to that number you can overflow that 128 bit unsigned int?
Me: what are the odds of that happening?
My brain: Never, but you’re going to have to fix it right now.
May 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Does this happen to you?
Me: Happily doing some home task.
My brain: You know when you added one to that number you can overflow that 128 bit unsigned int?
Me: what are the odds of that happening?
My brain: Never, but you’re going to have to fix it right now.
Me: Happily doing some home task.
My brain: You know when you added one to that number you can overflow that 128 bit unsigned int?
Me: what are the odds of that happening?
My brain: Never, but you’re going to have to fix it right now.
Overheard in the lab:
May 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Overheard in the lab:
Today's biggest threat to F-18 fighters is...
*Checks Notes*
The Red Sea.
Seriously, I'm glad no one was hurt.
On the other hand, new F-18 support package has dropped "water wings":
*Checks Notes*
The Red Sea.
Seriously, I'm glad no one was hurt.
On the other hand, new F-18 support package has dropped "water wings":
May 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Today's biggest threat to F-18 fighters is...
*Checks Notes*
The Red Sea.
Seriously, I'm glad no one was hurt.
On the other hand, new F-18 support package has dropped "water wings":
*Checks Notes*
The Red Sea.
Seriously, I'm glad no one was hurt.
On the other hand, new F-18 support package has dropped "water wings":
Me: I’ll just look up all of the subnets inside the CIDR I’m given.
Data: Here is 0.0.0.0/0
Data: next up is ::/0
Data: Here is 0.0.0.0/0
Data: next up is ::/0
a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face and saying huh .
ALT: a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face and saying huh .
media.tenor.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Me: I’ll just look up all of the subnets inside the CIDR I’m given.
Data: Here is 0.0.0.0/0
Data: next up is ::/0
Data: Here is 0.0.0.0/0
Data: next up is ::/0
#rustlang TFW you are starting to learn about async and realize that you should have used it rather than pure multi-threading for your application.
April 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
#rustlang TFW you are starting to learn about async and realize that you should have used it rather than pure multi-threading for your application.
Why do I have so much compassion? It would be so much easier if I just cared less. The good news is that it forces me to try everything to both meet objectives and take care of people.
April 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Why do I have so much compassion? It would be so much easier if I just cared less. The good news is that it forces me to try everything to both meet objectives and take care of people.