plonk
@plonk.bsky.social
Berlin. Does things with computers and phones.
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There is a lot of demand for digital privacy and security advice out there right now and lots of people are giving advice and writing guides. I beg them to do a few things:
1. Be explicit about the threat model your advice is meant for.
1. Be explicit about the threat model your advice is meant for.
September 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
There is a lot of demand for digital privacy and security advice out there right now and lots of people are giving advice and writing guides. I beg them to do a few things:
1. Be explicit about the threat model your advice is meant for.
1. Be explicit about the threat model your advice is meant for.
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rust isnt special. you know what else is memory safe. a beautiful forest stream
August 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
rust isnt special. you know what else is memory safe. a beautiful forest stream
The secret to good #vibe #coding is to add the following line to every prompt:
Good vibes ONLY.
You don't want bad vibes in "your" code.
#protip #goodvibesonly
Good vibes ONLY.
You don't want bad vibes in "your" code.
#protip #goodvibesonly
August 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The secret to good #vibe #coding is to add the following line to every prompt:
Good vibes ONLY.
You don't want bad vibes in "your" code.
#protip #goodvibesonly
Good vibes ONLY.
You don't want bad vibes in "your" code.
#protip #goodvibesonly
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One of my students sent me the latest quantum factorization record, and I have to admit: I’m shook. eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237
Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with an 8-bit Home Computer, an Abacus, and a Dog
This paper presents implementations that match and, where possible, exceed current quantum factorisation records using a VIC-20 8-bit home computer from 1981, an abacus, and a dog. We hope that this ...
eprint.iacr.org
July 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
One of my students sent me the latest quantum factorization record, and I have to admit: I’m shook. eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237
Mom, can I have some namespaces?
C: we have _Namespaces at home
C: we have _Namespaces at home
February 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Mom, can I have some namespaces?
C: we have _Namespaces at home
C: we have _Namespaces at home
Figured out that you can reverse any key derivation just by integrating instead.
Did I break crypto?
Did I break crypto?
February 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Figured out that you can reverse any key derivation just by integrating instead.
Did I break crypto?
Did I break crypto?
It's called doubleplusC these days. C++ is so oldspeak.
February 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It's called doubleplusC these days. C++ is so oldspeak.
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the “C” in “CPU” stands for the C Programming Language. CPUs are called that because they are a hardware implementation of the C Abstract Machine as specified by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22/WG 14.
January 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
the “C” in “CPU” stands for the C Programming Language. CPUs are called that because they are a hardware implementation of the C Abstract Machine as specified by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22/WG 14.
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hindenburg guy signing off with this and it just being a link to a DJ set in Bali rather than like, a Marc Andreesen speech is so good. I respect Hindenburg's hustle so much
hindenburgresearch.com/gratitude/
hindenburgresearch.com/gratitude/
January 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
hindenburg guy signing off with this and it just being a link to a DJ set in Bali rather than like, a Marc Andreesen speech is so good. I respect Hindenburg's hustle so much
hindenburgresearch.com/gratitude/
hindenburgresearch.com/gratitude/
What's Meta doing with the internal protest, censoring it on workchat or just adding "community engagement notes"?
‘It’s total chaos internally at Meta right now’: Employees protest Zuckerberg’s anti-LGBTQ changes
Meta's decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company.
🔗 www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
Meta's decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" has sparked widespread backlash at the company.
🔗 www.404media.co/its-total-ch...
January 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
What's Meta doing with the internal protest, censoring it on workchat or just adding "community engagement notes"?
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My new C programming book is slowly taking shape. If you want to learn along, let's start with the basics of control flow:
godbolt.org/z/3GerY3zEc
1/5
godbolt.org/z/3GerY3zEc
1/5
January 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My new C programming book is slowly taking shape. If you want to learn along, let's start with the basics of control flow:
godbolt.org/z/3GerY3zEc
1/5
godbolt.org/z/3GerY3zEc
1/5
This is not a place of honor.
No highly esteemed bytes are commemorated here.
No highly esteemed bytes are commemorated here.
January 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is not a place of honor.
No highly esteemed bytes are commemorated here.
No highly esteemed bytes are commemorated here.
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“Ah,’ said Arthur, who — for reasons which are unlikely to become clear — found himself in attendance at a C++ committee meeting, ‘this is obviously some strange usage of the word safe that I wasn’t previously aware of.”
January 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“Ah,’ said Arthur, who — for reasons which are unlikely to become clear — found himself in attendance at a C++ committee meeting, ‘this is obviously some strange usage of the word safe that I wasn’t previously aware of.”
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Apparently posting pizza on here is a thing.
December 12, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Apparently posting pizza on here is a thing.
Going to put all my signatures on a USB stick and call it the WARP Drive
WARP is Binary Ninja's new signature system. It's replacing sigkit and will also support server-based matching and cross-tool signatures! More info in the blog:
Binary Ninja - 4.2 Frogstar
Binary Ninja is a modern reverse engineering platform with a scriptable and extensible decompiler.
binary.ninja
December 12, 2024 at 6:43 AM
Going to put all my signatures on a USB stick and call it the WARP Drive
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I’ve never seen star wars
December 8, 2024 at 4:19 AM
I’ve never seen star wars
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The biggest mistake CS did historically is moving too close to the pure math department and forgetting that as an engineering discipline teaching everyone sound empirical science is important.
November 24, 2024 at 6:40 PM
The biggest mistake CS did historically is moving too close to the pure math department and forgetting that as an engineering discipline teaching everyone sound empirical science is important.
