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Seasoned developer working with data, infrastructure and cloud technologies. Avid gamer, enthusiastic amateur musician, viking reenactor and nature lover.
Joined Aug 2018
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lol university of minnesota had to issue a formal apology to the linux kernel project. absolute clown shoes shit
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i mean the main argument for VMs used to be that you could just easily port the VM instead of having to write assembly code for each platform, but now that you can just port LLVM and get all the benefits of AOT compilation...
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fucking with police tech
Ok, so cops have this tool called Cellbrite they use to automate collecting data off of cell phones that they physically posses and are unlocked.
Turns out, Cellbrite has shite security, which means that you can drop an otherwise-inert file somewhere in your phone's system that, if scanned, will inject itself and allow arbitrary code execution on their Cellbrite device. I.E, you can make their hardware do literally anything you want, including compromising any data the device collects.
And in what they describe as unrelated news, Signal will start occasionally and randomly stashing some inert files in installations on established accounts.
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Linux Kernel dev bans University of Minnesota for sending malicious patches - UPDATED, see the bottom https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/04/linux-kernel-dev-bans-university-of-minnesota-for-sending-malicious-patches
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It's finally here: my second album, Dream Longer, is out today on bandcamp! You can listen to it and download it for free, or pay however much you like.
https://samaleums.bandcamp.com/album/dream-longer
I've put a lot of work into his project and I am very proud of the result. I'm overjoyed to share it with you, and I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks again to @jaye for the lovely art
I harbour no great love for the european herring gull.
Nesting season has begun. 🙃
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Initiative to ban mass biometric surveillance in EU
European citizens campaign to prohibit biometric mass surveillance practices
https://reclaimyourface.eu/
This is one of the few posts I put publicly and I ask for a Boost!
If you are from EU or you know EU people, it could be interesting.
This is not an usual random web petition, this is an official ECI (European citizens initiative)
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I think the biggest thing that bosses and capitalists can't understand that totally breaks their worldview is the idea that people can and often are self-motivated and want to make something good.
I see this a lot in the game development space where devs run mandatory crunch periods and other terrible things because they can't visualize a world where people work on things they are passionate about.
This assumption that workers are always lazy or aren't motivated to do more than the bare minimum is the greatest lie in our society.
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when a video on your page or site should be set to auto play
never
The brass band I'm in is having its first practice session together in 2021 today.
The covid restrctions are such that we're allowed to practice together outdoors, and the weather is fine.
I'm so excited I'm vibrating.
exercise
Steadily increasing the load of my HIIT on the exercise bike. 🚴♂️
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#Bitcoin runs on green energy, they said ;)
#Bitcoin is decentralised and globally distributed, they said.
https://twitter.com/doveywan/status/1382912887535005701?s=21
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Smbc on AI again
http://smbc-comics.com/comic/agi
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Last night’s makerspace project was a laser cut insert to organise my portable soldering kit with Pinecil and SuperTank USB-C battery. #tinkering
Seasoned developer working with data, infrastructure and cloud technologies. Avid gamer, enthusiastic amateur musician, viking reenactor and nature lover.
Joined Aug 2018
