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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

I hope you're able to get used to the sound of gibbering from your state capitols and the federal government.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/04/10/the-republican-descent-into-insanity-continues/

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• the gibbering mouther, a D&D monster and portrait of the Republican party (remote)

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

Then I threw the lines into Photoshop, applied the bucket tool, and ... good enough!

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• A stopped-in-time physical simulation of xkcd 2347 collapsing due to removal of the critical dependency.

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

And simulated...

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• 608fe17380b1e854.png

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

Dan Bernstein, Nadia Heninger, Paul Lou and Luke Valenta's paper on Post-Quantum RSA remains the funniest I've ever read. The first time I read it many years ago, I literally fell out of my chair I was laughing so hard. https://cr.yp.to/papers/pqrsa-20170419.pdf

Reblogged by nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi"):

cryspen@ioc.exchange ("Cryspen") wrote:

With advancements in quantum computing, securing communications requires transitioning to post-quantum cryptography. Our most recent post dives into designs for post-quantum secure protocols designed for end-to-end encrypted messaging.

https://cryspen.com/post/pq-mls/

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

It's Eid, so evidently I loaded up 3D rendering software from 1997 on my Windows 98 VM in order to make this Eid greeting photo, which will now be on its way to family and friends

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• c3d8745b3d451595.png (remote)

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

yaakov@cloudisland.nz ("Yaakov") wrote:

DNS Dental: now open your mouth wide and say AAAA

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• A storefront with the banner “DNS DENTAL” (remote)

Reblogged by nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi"):

infosecrodney@infosec.exchange ("Infosec Rodney Dangerfield") wrote:

In the world of cryptography, I'm known as a man of mystery. Mostly because even I don't understand my own code.

Reblogged by nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi"):

infosecrodney@infosec.exchange ("Infosec Rodney Dangerfield") wrote:

This paper talks about preventing errors in programming like I talk about preventing errors in my life—too late and after everyone’s already laughed!

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

ia@mastodon.online ("iA") wrote:

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• Quote from Gustave Flaubert: “The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” (remote)

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

That stupid little diamond/star/sparkle ✨ icon that's come to represent AI is my absolute least favorite thing to see in any UI now. I have a viscerally negative reaction to it. I actively *look* for ways to make it go away forever.

Just so you know what your actual users think.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Eagerly awaiting film scans from my NYC trip to arrive...

Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):

researchfairy@scholar.social ("The research fairy") wrote:

"An artificial intelligence smarter than humans" doesn't even make sense as a concept unless you're literally a character in a sci-fi

Ah yes, "intelligence," that extremely uhh well-defined attribute of a person's psyche that can certainly be captured along a single linear scale

Imagine they took some other ill-defined cluster of personal attributes and said that a computer would outdo humans at it

"In one year, computers will be more spiritual than humans"

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab") wrote:

the fediverse isn't a bunch of web servers and a shared protocol. that's just the mechanism through which the fediverse expresses itself.

the fediverse is me. it's you. it's the space carved out of the void by our volition and our desire to connect with each other, on our terms, for as long as we choose to do so.

you have as much say in what the fediverse will be as website boy or me or Zuckerberg. don't settle for less than what we want it to be. don't give up and kowtow to inevitability that is anything but.

fuck the corporate net. fuck their enablers and their cheerleaders and their taskmasters.

we make the fediverse what it is. we don't need their shit.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

New York Attorney General Announces Settlement With 2020 Robocall Perpetrators  - Democracy Docket

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/new-york-attorney-general-announces-settlement-with-2020-robocall-perpetrators/?utm_source=Democracy+Docket+Newsletters&utm_campaign=95a34fff6f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_03_15_08_46_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-2029d74fb4-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=95a34fff6f&mc_eid=5c53c3b9ff

rust@social.rust-lang.org ("Rust Language") wrote:

Rust 1.77.2 is now available: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/04/09/Rust-1.77.2.html

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

This is such fantastic, unbelievably great music. I'm going to just come out and say that anyone who is serious about melody and instrumentation should just take five minutes out of their day to listen carefully to this track. It's pure genius. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ZdOcIo490

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

It is on this basis, ladies and gentlemen, that I proclaim myself an expert in applied cryptography

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• d4bfce7caa746352.png (remote)

Reblogged by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):

ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

What an Oxide and Friends last night! @bcantrill and I were joined by the one and only @AndresFreundTec to talk about his discovery of the xz backdoor. It’s an incredible story… so great to get into the details with Andres. Definitely check it out (or on the pod tomorrow).

https://youtu.be/jg5F9UupL6I

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

a certain sign of Spring

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• d08c668608775bc1.jpeg (remote)

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

Some matadors fight using inquiries.

But I think that technique is just questionable.

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

kottke@botsin.space ("kottke.org") wrote:

Thinking of a viral tweet. “Amanda, there is no audience.” https://kottke.org/24/04/amanda-there-is-no-audience

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

"Don't you want to make the social web more like email?" he typed in an email that went straight to the recipient's spam folder because he wasn't using one of the big four email providers.

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

tammy@webperf.social ("Tammy Everts") wrote:

The best time to set up performance budgets was years ago. The next best time is today.

If you're not using budgets to fight page speed regressions, you're missing a vital tool in your #webperf / #ux toolkit. Here's everything you need to get started.

https://www.speedcurve.com/blog/performance-budgets/

#sitespeed #pagespeed #webperformance

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

bobmonsour@indieweb.social ("Bob Monsour") wrote:

Issue 38 of the 11ty Bundle is out: Plugins, Virtual templates, Register for the 11ty conf, eleventeen starter update, 11feed, the Static Site Fan Club show, a redesign, a cool site...And 3 posts and 8 sites to see.

#11ty #eleventy #webdevelopment @eleventy @chriskirknielsen @rdela

https://11tybundle.dev/blog/11ty-bundle-38/

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

seraph@wetdry.world ("k") wrote:

this shit is so funny

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• This domain has been acquired to prevent its use for malicious purposes As of April 8, 2024, the iOS Twitter (now X) client automatically replaces the text "twitter.com" in posts with "x.com" as part of its functionality. Therefore, for example, a URL that appears to be "netflix.com" will actually redirect to "netflitwitter.com" when clicked. Please be aware that there is a potential for this feature to be exploited in the future, by acquiring domains containing "twitter.com" to lead users to malicious pages. This domain, "netflitwitter.com," has been acquired for protective purposes to prevent its use for such malicious activities. If there are any concerns, please contact the X account @yuyu0127_ . (remote)
• Are you serious, X Corp? Ahoy there, welcome to roblotwitter! I assure you, there's nothing fishy going on here, so feel free to read on. Yeah, it's a "honeypot". Sorry about that. I'm not trying to apologize and get away with it, though. But when you clicked on this link, you probably thought you were looking at something like "roblox.com". Simple URL substitution can cause this kind of thing to happen, so I made this site. So let's shout it out. "Are you serious, X Corp?" (remote)

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

lokigwyn@mastodon.art ("Loki Gwynbleidd 🏴🎨😷") wrote:

Did you know that? All cacti have exactly 1312 spines and love to get to the bottom of the Police (criticism). 🌵

New poster available to buy on
https://www.redbubble.com/fr/shop/ap/160150148

or as a free download from
https://partage.lokipropagand.art/download/collection-acab/

#FediArt #MastoArt #KritaArt #DigitalArt #Acab #Cactus #Police

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• Vintage-style digital poster showing a policeman startled after sitting on a cactus (while the sun is laughing at him). The text reads "All cacti are beautiful". (remote)

rust@social.rust-lang.org ("Rust Language") wrote:

Today, Rust 1.77.2 will be released with a critical security patch to the standard library for those on Windows using the Command API to invoke batch files with untrusted arguments. No other platform or use is affected.

See the announcement for details: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/04/09/cve-2024-24576.html

keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri") wrote:

I was today years old when I learned that by double tapping in the #android Taskbar square button move you back to the last app focused

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

ggus ("Gus") wrote:

Dear #Tor operators,

We have an anonymous survey about relay operators motivations and needs.

This survey will focus on you and your experiences as relay operators. Our aim to help build a better Tor network & improve community health & outreach.

The survey will take between 30 and 40 minutes.

https://survey.torproject.org/index.php/751125?lang=en (English)

https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-relays-tor-relay-operator-research/12121