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name_nick_sex_m··on Coldcard's $38M (so far) exploit shakes faith in self-custody
This article is bad because its adspam bullshit, and doesnt explain the vulnerability...

.. but this stupidest thing coinkite did was their dogshit design: Trying to inject their RNG logic into lower levels and hoping 3rd party libraries (through micropython) used them correctly... rather than just using their hardware dependencies directly. That design, and all bugs that came out of it, seems massively and avoidably stupid

name_nick_sex_m··on Coldcard's $38M (so far) exploit shakes faith in self-custody
Been saying it for years, default values are a bad idea!
name_nick_sex_m··on Coldcard's $38M (so far) exploit shakes faith in self-custody
And their source code isnt wide open for analysis
name_nick_sex_m··on Kafka is Fast – I'll use Postgres
Gotta make a living somehow
name_nick_sex_m··on Kafka is Fast – I'll use Postgres
Funnily enough, I was just designing a queue exactly this way, thanks for catching this. (chat GPT meanwhile was assuring me the approach was airtight)
name_nick_sex_m··on Kafka is Fast – I'll use Postgres
Does the additional read query cause concern? Or mostly this is ok? (i'm sure the answer depends on scale)
name_nick_sex_m··on Trump wins presidency for second time
I think it more likely this election was rigged in favor of trump
name_nick_sex_m··on Go is my hammer, and everything is a nail
You seem to be confusing defensiveness with sharing different perspectives
name_nick_sex_m··on Google Pixel 9 Pro
No there is not
name_nick_sex_m··on Moving Beyond Type Systems
This post needs to justify itself with a solid real example of how this additional effect system provides value
name_nick_sex_m··on Priced out of home ownership
"Problem is utilization"

AKA, not enough buildings / lack of building..

name_nick_sex_m··on How to Turn Off AI Overview in Google and Set "Web" as Default
The hierarchy is too strong. Subordinate Googlers cannot really challenge anyone in their leadership chain. That leaves Siblings to challenge each other, which doesn't really happen either. (VPs either can't check other VPs, or don't give a f** about doing so)
name_nick_sex_m··on Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum
Internally Google has a super pro-isreal constituency (i.e. jewglers), and seems to viciously retaliate against alternate viewpoints.

https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001460684#ut...

name_nick_sex_m··on Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum
As with any real way to take a stance. You will get fired/jailed.

Which is why we all continue to support our corporate overlords.

name_nick_sex_m··on Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum
And yet all countries are built on this anyway
name_nick_sex_m··on Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum
Agree, it was part of the culture, and now it is a trap. Googlers will learn pretty quick (with examples like these) that their freedom from the old days is gone.
name_nick_sex_m··on Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum
I don't think that consequence would have happened 10 years ago.

But I guess I'm that guy who still resents that since then Google has fully evolved into yet another mindless corporate greed machine.

name_nick_sex_m··on Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, shuts forum
Maybe because democracy is mostly a myth and an illusion.

All the resources you consume (food, land, money) are controlled by these various organizations which you must submit to, or suffer their consequences. And submitting to them empowers them further.

name_nick_sex_m··on Google's hidden AI diversity prompts lead to outcry over inaccurate images
ideals vs reality
name_nick_sex_m··on Jeff Dean: Trends in Machine Learning [video]
What tool do you use to summarize video?
name_nick_sex_m··on Beyond Meat’s Beyond Burger life cycle assessment (2018)
I disagree. While there will no doubt be friction, people should be confronted with the reality of their choices; long term we can't preserve their bubble of ignorance, might as well address it now