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snorbleckon Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions

So basically, Edge, Brave and any other browser built on Chromium. Nice.

snorbleckon AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late

are they really "destroyed" if the original is preserved on some other medium though?

now bring back the original packetstorm :)

snorbleckon Writing by hand is good for your brain

not only writing, but drawing, art, putting a pen or pencil to paper/tablet and just flowing is great to keep the brain muscle active.

snorbleckon VulnHunter: Capital One's agentic AI code security tool

you can, but it's better to use a different model or higher effort level at the very least to do the verifying part. (haven't checked to see what it is they are doing exactly), but doing vulnerability validation with the same model and effort you used to find the vulnerabilities isn't going to be a true second set of eyes and the model will likely always just try and justify it was right in the first place. ime, it's better to start with a fresh, clean context and at the very least a higher effort level on the same model. pass the finding(s) to a model that hasn't seen it before and it will judge it with an unbiased perspective.

snorbleckon How to Use Claude Code: A Complete Beginner's Guide (2026)

WHAT IF, the author is the LLM?

snorbleckon Miller's Brain Waves' Analog Organization of Cortex

thoughts?

snorbleckon Claude Opus 4.6

you can access the site at C:\mywebsites\course\index.html

snorbleckon SoundCloud Data Breach Now on HaveIBeenPwned

making mountains out of mole hills. this type of panic is really common in the infosec world.

snorbleckon Super Monkey Ball ported to a website

so good!

snorbleckon A simulation where life unfolds in real time

Thanks! "Observe" (if used from the toolbar at the top), just means you're watching Blinkys (the player is observing). They might follow your cursor around and just get curious. If you observe too long, it results in neglect, which can reduce their overall health. Generally, it's better to be interacting with them. It's just a default player state when you're not Feeding, Petting, Teaching or Punishing.

When you enable the "Enable Observation", they observe your motion (through your webcam) and will react accordingly. There's a little more detail about the Webcam Observation in the manual :)

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Webcam Observation

Enabling webcam allows the Blinkys to "see" you through motion detection. They respond to your real-world movement:

Motion is detected by comparing video frames every 100ms

Significant motion (> 30%) triggers awareness in random Blinkys

If collective trust is low (< 0.4), your movement increases their fear

If trust is high, your presence may comfort them

The "THEY ARE WATCHING YOU" indicator appears when Blinkys are aware of your cursor.

The "CAMERA ACCESS GRANTED" warning appears when webcam is active

Privacy Note: Webcam data is processed entirely locally in your browser. No video is transmitted, stored, or sent anywhere. The Blinkys only receive a single motion intensity value (0-1), not actual images. You can disable the camera at any time.

snorbleckon A simulation where life unfolds in real time

love the UI. i made something along a similar concept recently: https://blinkys.entropicsystems.net/

snorbleckon Maze Algorithms (2017)

Hi there; NOT compatible or designed with mobile in mind unfortunately. Built more for desktop browser and keyboard (WASD-style movement controls) or trackpad. That, and the maze image generator in its current form requires static dimensions so the pieces can be placed within their chosen coordinates, meaning it displays better on full-sized browser :(

snorbleckon Maze Algorithms (2017)

Awesome resource. I recently (in the past week) created a maze game. I used Claude (sonnet 4.5) for the most part, but some things, like images, were created with ChatGPT. I may do a blog about it if anyone is interested in the inner-workings and my thought process from concept to vibecoded. I am by no means a game dev, was just curious about what it would take to create unique single solution mazes with some game-like components thrown in, and trying it with the assistance of AI. It turned out somewhat retro. Now go get lost!

https://lorelabyrinth.entropicsystems.net/weekly

snorbleckon Verizon outages reported across U.S.

it's always DNS

snorbleckon If you care about security you might want to move the iPhone Camera app

> Do most people keep a camera icon on their Home Screen? That would be baffling to me.

probably. it is a TikTok world after all. or, pretty sure it's on the home screen by default and no one probably bothers to move it.

snorbleckon A website to destroy all websites

unique has gone away. everything must fit into some cookie-cutter pre-formatted mold that everyone has to agree upon OR ELSE!

snorbleckon Astrophotography Target Planner: Discover Hidden Nebulas

very cool

snorbleckon AI Isn't Just Spying on You. It's Tricking You into Spending More

ahh yes. it's not just this, it's that.

snorbleckon Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges

Clearly a sign that AI is even taking the tradbots' jobs now.

snorbleckon Read Something Wonderful

not quite. it's random selections every visit to the site.

snorbleckon XKeyscore

store now... decrypt later...

snorbleckon Malware embedded into audio driver is silently recording from system mic

you'd think the whole "micmon.dll" reference would give it away...

snorbleckon Don't push AI down our throats

yeah, we're f&%^ed

snorbleckon Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world

Or, having been a fish once upon a time[1] might explain why we're pre-wired to swim or to just (figure it out)

1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15547790

snorbleckon An Homage to 90s –/Public_HTML Hosting

needs more blink tags ;)

snorbleckon ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web

This is amazing. My entire web browser session state for every private and personal website I sign onto every day will be used for training data. It's great! I love this. This is exactly the direction humans should be going in to not self-destruct. The future is looking bright, while the light in our brains dims to eventual darkness. Slowly. Tragically. And for what purpose exactly. So cool.

snorbleckon It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts

this is great.

snorbleckon LLMs can get "brain rot"

interesting, since trivial or unchallenging online content rots actual brains too!

snorbleckon China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten US Defense Supply Chains

maybe we just need a big rock half the size of Earth made entirely of rare earths from the cosmos to strike the planet. this would solve all of our rare earths problems. we would never need rare earths again.