xtajv

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by xtajv 6d ago
Get the nanoseconds! :) (For the uninitiated: https://youtu.be/9eyFDBPk4Yw )
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by xtajv 6d ago
Good cryptosystem design with ubiquitous PKI support oughta do the trick. ("Make a problem that is ridiculously expensive unless you have a hint... in which case, it's a total breeze" is a foundational task in crypto)
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by xtajv 7d ago
Hopefully, this raises the bar then.
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by xtajv 7d ago
I was disappointed to see RSA corp discontinue their prime bounties. Glad to see this now :)
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by xtajv 7d ago
Get the CFAA.
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by xtajv 11d ago
https://tr.ee/ttp-read If it helps, ^^have a brochure explaining all of the ways folks are dramatically misunderstanding us right now. :(
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by xtajv 11d ago
If unsure, ask the House Un-American Activities Committee. (P.s. don't ask any questions that they don't like, that would be Un-American).
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by xtajv 15d ago
Yeah every other engineering discipline is licensed, bonded, insured, and (typically) unionized. Emphasis on "licensed" as in "you need to complete an ABET-accredited program and pass a licensure exam and complete continuing
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by xtajv 18d ago
This is a friendly reminder that for about 10 years, "sightwords" (rote memorization) displaced phonics in an attempt to show off a younger reading age. (Plot twist: You can get kindergarteners to "read" via sightwords,
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by xtajv 21d ago
Emacs can be configured to dump its litter into specific directories instead of in-situ with the files being edited. Please do.
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by xtajv 22d ago
We need 4 things: 1. Licensure 2. Bonding 3. Malpractice insurance 4. Unions Every single other respectable engineering specialty is licensed, bonded, and insured. Most have local unions as well. We are not going to stop dealing with the bo
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by xtajv 1mo ago
At risk of disclosing certain personal details about myself on the internet, I pinky-promise that the two aren't as different as folks without certain cognitive limitations might think. Use the royal "we" with caution, please
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by xtajv 1mo ago
I'm under the impression that "two is one and one is none" is old military slang.
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by xtajv 2mo ago
I consider them terrible for drawing but excellent for taking handwritten notes that will scan well.
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by xtajv 2mo ago
Storytime: Once upon a time, I was a young grasshopper at a small consulting firm at which every employee was issued a Windows machine, our source control system was "\Customers" on C: drive, and our deployment strategy was "
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by xtajv 2mo ago
Same. (Flash drive + busybox edition).
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by xtajv 2mo ago
This is a friendly reminder from a grouchy old fart that 1. You are the engineer of record on all of your commits. 2. As the engineer of record, you have a certain duty of care with regards to code quality. 3. If you are not signing your co
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by xtajv 2mo ago
This is a friendly reminder that although the RSA Factoring Challenge ended in 2007[0], there is still a cool million resting on each of the Millenium Prize Problems. LLMs have not changed the calculus there. [0] https://en.wikip
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by xtajv 2mo ago
I appreciate recent EU regulations choosing to penalize corporations on the basis of a percentage of revenue. It effectively mandates a lower-limit on spend for budgeting purposes. Sure, that money might be spent ineffectively... but corpor
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by xtajv 2mo ago
"They call them fines because if you can pay it, it's fine"
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by xtajv 2mo ago
Build a product worth purchasing.
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by xtajv 2mo ago
I am curious how this project compares to Qubes.
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by xtajv 2mo ago
I do not appreciate when authors use the royal "we" to speak for all software engineers when admitting to low quality-control standards. I suspect that it is an attempt to broach an uncomfortable topic through vulnerable self-disc
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by xtajv 2mo ago
I'm not saying that LLMs are like compilers. I'm saying that LLMs are like really bad compilers hehe.
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by xtajv 2mo ago
Oh dear, I should have clarified what I meant by "identity" here. By "attesting to ... the person who owns it", I mean to talk about "identity" in the precise sense of "identifying" the relative phy
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by xtajv 2mo ago
Not if it can lead to higher profit margins instead.
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by xtajv 2mo ago
I've toyed with the idea of issuing LTE IMEI-like identity numbers for digital cameras (and a LTE IMSI/SIM-like identity number to identify a paying accountholder who wishes to subscribe to an image-creator attestation service). E
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by xtajv 2mo ago
I'm reminded of the phrase "regulations are written in blood". I'm also tempted to point out that anybody can give high-voltage work a whirl.... once. --- But what do I know, I'm not a sparky, I'm one of them s
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by xtajv 2mo ago
"Learn what we believe to be the textbook-correct, fundamental, foundational theories for a topic; learn about the frontiers of new research in the topic; find a niche on that frontier where there's something new to try; try somet
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by xtajv 2mo ago
I think about LLMs in software today as attempting to provide a similar role as compilers in terms of translating high-level thoughts into low-level details. The only problem is that I actually trust compilers.

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