trip down memory lane trying to find a Dan Lyke / comment 0
A trip down memory lane trying to find a hobby shop of my childhood lead to finding mention of my dad leading a design of a sulfur hexafluoride gas-insulated transformer. And a neat history of an industry now gone.
https://ethw.org/Archives:Transformers_at_Pittsfield,_part_1
Sell being the middle-man Dan Lyke / comment 0
Today's "duh, of course": LR @lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place
that is an attack angle i hadn't even considered yet, which i just learned is actually happening:
1. be scammer
2. advertise claude API access
3. route user requests to cheaper model
4. extract secrets from logs
And just like that I have a new comic Dan Lyke / comment 0
And just like that I have a new comic to put on my regular rotation: https://www.freecheesecomix.com/comics/return-on-investment/
Superficial artifice Dan Lyke / comment 0
Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge@mathstodon.xyz
I think the sensible course is to meet halfway and call it superficial intelligence.
Gruber's call for a return to Twitter Dan Lyke / comment 0
There are some words that I, as a white guy, just cannot use comfortably, even quoting someone who is entitled to the word. jamelle @jamellebouie.net has a take on John Gruber/Daring Fireball's trolling around returning to X/Twitter that is one such.
Direct Action Dan Lyke / comment 0
⏩️︎VOTE⏪️︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce) @benroyce@mastodon.social
@meltedcheese
I find it rather funny we spend our time complaining about #AI #datacenters and #fossilFuel derived #climateChange, and #Ukraine is out there blowing up #oilRefineries and AI datacenters
Supporting Ukraine is a simple matter of understanding the principles and the stakes involved
But Ukraine sure makes a compelling argument for support on rather brutally direct terms rather than mere rhetoric
playstation Dan Lyke / comment 0
Charlotte @charlotte@akko.chir.rs
playboy: traditionally attractive women in lingerie
playgirl: traditionally attractive men in lingerie
playstation: traditionally attractive trains in lingerie
millions of chat bots suddenly cried out in terror Dan Lyke / comment 0
Michael Dexter @dexter@bsd.network
“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of chat bots suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something wonderful has happened."
Select all squares Dan Lyke / comment 0
Oh wow/ouch: Select all squares with enemy combatants.
A product of Darren Cullent at Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives.
USB-C cables with displays in them Dan Lyke / comment 0
ZDNet reviews the Ugreen Nexode 240W USB-C cable, which, first of all, 240 watts on USBC, but a full color display (for charge rates) in a USB-C cable end.
Yesterday we were helping neighbors put up some halloween decorations, and I was reminded that I live in the future by some of the built-in lighting and laser diodes in the inflatables, but a full color touch screen in your laptop charging cable is also living in the future.
Not necessarily a future I need or want, but a the future.
hardware supply chain attack on crypto wallets Dan Lyke / comment 0
A friend on a Slack channel posted Eric Parker: The most INSANE Hardware Supply Chain Compromise (YouTube video) which I'm letting play as I get my morning started. It's about a dedicated crypto ledger that's had a supply chain attack.
It's derived from a bunch of Twitter posts and Tibane: Ledger Nano X: the spy implant,
Lots of discussion about company acquisitions and whatnot about whether you can trust devices, but I think what's most fascinating is that in the end he comes down to the idea that individuals people shouldn't manage their own crypto wallets, and if you want to invest in cryptocurrencies you should buy into an ETF.
Also some interesting discussion about attack surfaces of phones vs dedicated cryptocurrency hardware, not that there was any real insight in the video, but interesting to ponder mass market devices which attackers are able to compromise some cross-section of, vs dedicated devices where an attack can be very specific.
Which both puts specific words to the lie of the original promises of cryptocurrencies, and... "if you want to invest in extortion and repressive regimes bypassing sanctions, this is your investment vehicle".
Another amazing episode of Trump Con Dan Lyke / comment 0
Another amazing episode of Trump Con Law, and I learned about Bird v. Holbrook (1825).