aftbit

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https://alloscomp.com/ https://github.com/lachesis

Software developer in Ohio

I've worked at: 2009-12 L3 CE, 2012-14 Etegent, 2014-15 Dropbox, 2016-24 Zinc, 2025 Atomic Canyon

Email: ems@(my-username).com

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/aftbit; my proof: https://keybase.io/aftbit/sigs/-UWz7QJtEJD409eCqmyDiAP03IVBDKY-mKh5akhqi60 ]

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Comment · 6 hours ago
Perhaps - I know some of the Widevine keys are out in the wild, but I'm not sure that all of the L1 keys have been leaked. It seems like at least in theory, they could bake unique keys into the hardware and revoke them once they leak.
Comment · 6 hours ago
The analog hole remains a problem (or opportunity, depending on your mindset). Even if you don't solder wires to the device, you can mount it in a plotter frame that pokes the screen and uses vision models to understand the screen. That won't be closed until they figure out how to mount the attested devices in your brain (see NeuraLink).
Comment · 6 hours ago
Putting AI in space is a silly idea. How do you cool it reliably? How do you handle rad-hardness? How do you even get the gear up there? It's one of the most expensive places to put mass.

Using geothermal power or floating solar arrays in the ocean makes way more sense. It's much easier to access, you have water for a heat sink, and you're far away from anyone or anything that would really care.

More controversially, if geothermal or solar doesn't pan out, you could power it via nuclear microreactors (just what I want floating in my world's ocean) or gas that would otherwise be flared off from a deep sea oil well (CO2 non-withstanding).

Comment · 15 hours ago
Fast forward to the end? Okay - only validated devices running an attested secure boot chain with first-party Safari, Chrome, or MS Edge are allowed to connect to the web. Live ID verification is required for all account creation. Attested PassKeys are the only accepted login tool, and they must be bound to your device and stored in its TPM.
Comment · 16 hours ago
Sure, but the vary fact that a DevOps engineer had single-person access to a component that enabled them to submit unauthorized withdrawal transactions is likely already an unintended situation brought on by a misconfiguration in their system.
Comment · 16 hours ago
>“We are calling on Meta to immediately restore the page and provide an explanation for its removal,” she continued. “Voters deserve access to critical election information, especially in these final days.”

>Nixon reported that the account was back up an hour later.

Comment · 1 day ago
lambda.ai and cloud.lambda.ai give me a TLS connect error (unexpected eof) most of the time

status.lambda.ai is serving a namecheap parking page

lambdalabs.com is serving a redirect to lambda.ai

lambdacloud.com is serving a redirect to lambdalabs.com

Comment · 5 days ago
It's safe to upgrade with python 3.12.16 now:

  # docker run --rm --net=host --add-host=pypi.org:127.0.0.1 --add-host=files.pythonhosted.org:127.0.0.1 python:3.12.16-slim-trixie pip install six
  WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=4, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: certificate rejected (_ssl.c:1011)'))': /simple/six/
Comment · 5 days ago
Seems like your corp is mismanaging your device. Ad-blockers are one of the most important security improvements you can make to a modern web browser.
Comment · 5 days ago
Comment · 5 days ago
I would imagine you'd need at least FP16, if not a full FP32, to get the ultimate camera.
Comment · 5 days ago
Ah yes, the "all criticism is fake news" strategy.
Comment · 5 days ago
Seems to be missing all of the 6.0 and 6.1 models?
Comment · 6 days ago
What are the best static site generators for blogs these days?

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