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I don't like the Amish, I don't trust the Amish. They smell like horses and sweat. They speak a foreign language. They espouse extremist views.
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tosapple··on ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for investigative use
The way I understand it, which may be dated: is that if it's automated or robotic it doesn't qualify as an "unreasonable search or seizure".
tosapple··on ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for investigative use
First it's your nationality, then your language. Next maybe you're church or your music.

Data is a liability, it's omnipresent. Permeating.

tosapple··on FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
This is the third person advocating button squeezing, as a reminder: IF a gun is on you the jig is up, you can be shot for resisting or reaching for a potential weapon. Wireless detonators do exist, don't f around please.
tosapple··on FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
Good idea, but this is why you image devices.
tosapple··on FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled
The 'extra users" method may not work in the face of a network investigation or typical file forensics.

Where CAs are concerned, not having the phone image 'cracked' still does not make it safe to use.

tosapple··on Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power construction
Exercise like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests...

Right?

tosapple··on Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power construction
Wait until you live through what Argentina or Brasil have then see how you feel about redress, petition and speech.
tosapple··on Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native
While they ditch Microsoft, Amazon and Oracle: we still use Linux, Sel4, ASML and ARM.

There's lots of interesting stuff to watch out for.

tosapple··on ICE tells legal observer, 'We have a database, now you're a domestic terrorist'
Just wait until they switch us to the deutchemark.

Bitcoin doesn't work properly without power or network access extending over days though.

tosapple··on Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
Again, not endoring any specific case just endorsing SPECIFICITY, COST, and "Collaterals".
tosapple··on Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
During WW2 both germany and the UK as example were carpet bombed to assail industry, does that help you to understand my position better?

Vietnam too.

tosapple··on Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
I wasn't commenting on any particular case. I was stating that flipping a switch is less costly to reverse than blowing up a dam.
tosapple··on Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
What I am starting to appreciate about these digital infrastructure attacks is that they may be reversible and or temporary. It can be a nice feature.
tosapple··on Disaster planning for regular folks (2015)
I think in the US legally they have to have a beacon while flying now, but my thought the other day was about them being parked/down.
tosapple··on Disaster planning for regular folks (2015)
I was thinking the other day that ALL drones SHOULD be considered LIVE explosives. It's probably never a good idea to handle one if you're not trained.
tosapple··on Nanolang: A tiny experimental language designed to be targeted by coding LLMs
An LLM could speak FPGA.

Good luck auditing that.

tosapple··on Nanolang: A tiny experimental language designed to be targeted by coding LLMs
for the sake of being downvoted: MASM.
tosapple··on Harvard legal scholars debate the state of the U.S. constitution (2025)
How is that all not part of the judicial branch, e.g. the "courts" ?
tosapple··on Harvard legal scholars debate the state of the U.S. constitution (2025)
If it was elitist we wouldn't have the right to assemble or bear arms.

Some of us can do both, at once!

tosapple··on The coming industrialisation of exploit generation with LLMs
Why did you edit out the third paragraph about finding a single exploit on target being slanted against having to secure a whole system?
tosapple··on The recurring dream of replacing developers
Also, smuggling a single binary out of a set of systems is likely far easier than targetting a source code repository or devbox directly.
tosapple··on The recurring dream of replacing developers
This is a good point but may be moot. Our consumer-facing LLMs speak C, Python, and JavaScript.

'Decompilers' are work in the machine code direction for human consumption, they can be improved by LLMs.

Militarily, you will want machine code and JS capable systems.

Machine code capablities cover both memory leaks and firmware dumps and negate the requirement of "source" comprehension.

I wanted to +1 you but I don't think I have the karma required.

tosapple··on Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why (2024)
Weapon of mass de-desertification.

You can spray it from anywhere, source it from god knows where. What flavor of snowcone do you want this week?

tosapple··on The recurring dream of replacing developers
For now, training these things on code and logic is the first step of building a technological singularity.
tosapple··on FOSS in times of war, scarcity and (adversarial) AI [video]
Define source, compile, and library.
tosapple··on EU-US relationship is 'disintegrating,' says Germany's vice chancellor
Maybe part of the problem is faith in the courts to sort this all out. Notoriously, they take forever.

I'm going to buy a NAAGGA hat.

tosapple··on Statement from Jerome Powell
The only option is to vote, if you block roads you will be labeled a domestic terrorist. Insurrection act? Things may get alot worse.

What are they going to do with all these holding cells when the immigrants are gone?

tosapple··on Bichon: A lightweight, high-performance Rust email archiver with WebUI
At this point in time you don't consider using an LLM to "vibe" code a "rat's nest"?
tosapple··on Gentoo Linux 2025 Review
SuSE slowroll is news to me, thanks.
tosapple··on Bichon: A lightweight, high-performance Rust email archiver with WebUI
I've got bichons, and they're great dogs.
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