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grajaganDev··on Origin of the Word "Crap"
Thank you for posting.

This is a classic tale that everyone should read.

grajaganDev··on Trump ends Fauci's security detail
Full title:

"Trump ends Fauci’s security detail and says he’d feel no responsibility if harm befell him"

Dr. Fauci is 84 years old.

grajaganDev··on European Medicines Agency Ditches Elon Musk's X in Favor of Bluesky
Great - Bluesky is much more appropriate for anything involving science, empiricism or rationality.
grajaganDev··on Andreessen Horowitz set to pull back from UK crypto investing
The archive.ph link never responds on my machine.
grajaganDev··on Andreessen Horowitz set to pull back from UK crypto investing
or https://archive.is/MqMqx
grajaganDev··on Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Not to mention advertisements.

Bluesky is ad free (for now).

grajaganDev··on All federal agencies ordered to terminate remote work–ideally within 30 days
I hope they have enough office space ready for this RTO.

Amazon did not and had to delay RTO and even some start dates for new hires.

grajaganDev··on The importance of favicons in website OSINT research
OSINT is not about exploits.

Favicons are very useful for spotting phishing sites and finding forgotten servers.

grajaganDev··on The importance of favicons in website OSINT research
Yes, Shodan searches for favicon hashes are a great way to find forgotten and vulnerable assests.
grajaganDev··on New FTC Chair Fighting DEI, Cuts Off Public Comments on Surveillance Pricing
Yes, we get the government that we deserve.

Great Mencken quote - can't believe I've never head that one.

grajaganDev··on Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
You can read Bluesky posts without an algorithm, just like the good old days.
grajaganDev··on Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Here is a big mathematics starter pack:

https://bsky.app/starter-pack/miniapeur.bsky.social/3lc4zmcf...

grajaganDev··on Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
I am a huge Taleb fan but how does this relate to the article?
grajaganDev··on Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Bluesky has a nuclear block which really helps.
grajaganDev··on Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
It is a matter of quality over quantity.

Disabling or limiting comments does not improve the quality of the comments.

grajaganDev··on AI is creating a generation of illiterate programmers
I predict that there will be a Security Engineer specialty in finding LLM written or influenced vulnerabilities.
grajaganDev··on AI is creating a generation of illiterate programmers
Leetcode has created a generation of illiterate programmers.
grajaganDev··on Curl Project and Go Security Teams Reject CVSS as Broken
I always take CVSS scores with a grain of salt and assume that they could be very wrong in either direction.
grajaganDev··on Curl Project and Go Security Teams Reject CVSS as Broken
Assigning severity to vulnerabilities is a very difficult problem.

This is exacerbated by the fact that most modern exploits are chains of multiple vulnerabilities.

I think a vulnerability should be scored based on the context where the most damage could be done.

grajaganDev··on Google won't comply with EU fact-checking law
Sounds like the EU needs to increase the fines.
grajaganDev··on New FTC Chair Fighting DEI, Cuts Off Public Comments on Surveillance Pricing
The people have spoken and indicated that they want to be screwed by large corporations.
grajaganDev··on The Year 2038 Problem
Now is the time to deal with this.

Let's not wait until it is too late.

grajaganDev··on How quickly will AI improve?
There is no reason to think that LLMs will improve at all. They may degrade to due lack of clean training data.
grajaganDev··on Ledger CEO and Wife Are Freed After Kidnapping
The kidnappers demanded a ransom from another founder of Ledger, to be paid using crypto.
grajaganDev··on Guitar Rig Diagrams
I do love the Joey Ramone rig.

Films of Pete Townshend from the mid-70's show him with no foot pedals playing an amazing range of tones and volume.

grajaganDev··on Trivy: The All-In-One Open Source Security Scanner
There are many, many scanners like this.

Does Trivy do anything the others do not?

grajaganDev··on Mississippi Legislature 'Contraception Begins at Erection Act'
Funny and deeply disturbing.
grajaganDev··on Mississippi Legislature 'Contraception Begins at Erection Act'
This is not The Onion.

"The bill, titled the "Contraception Begins at Erection Act," would make it unlawful for "a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo." It includes exceptions for sperm donation and using contraception to prevent fertilization.

The bill, introduced Monday, imposes fines of $1,000 for a first offense, $5,000 for a second offense and $10,000 for any subsequent offenses."

grajaganDev··on Opengrep – an Open Source fork of Semgrep
Awesome - great to see this.
grajaganDev··on You vs. a Billionaire: An Interactive Perspective on Wealth
Thank you - your correction furthers my point.
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