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Comment · 7 months ago
Actual rate limiting costs nothing.

The login gate is intentionally a login gate.

Comment · 2 years ago
You created a brochure to harvest credentials.
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And on the policy side:

The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
> The most random coin flip on the internet

Gotta love quantum computing false fronts :)

> 2 Yes, I acknowledge that IBM’s current machines have queue times, your results might have been pre-calculated on a quantum machine and cached, and thus, still not perfectly random/unhackable. I’m making a point and a fun toy, not defending my dissertation here.

Comment · 2 years ago
An academic architecture almost always has the following basic characteristics:

1) It offers both superior control and convenience.

2) It is simple to comprehend and cheaper to operate.

3) Systems are connected to each other with drawn lines.

4) The architecture "Decouples" systems to make them simpler, not more complex.

5) Data structures map cleanly to each other, with no loss.

6) Data structures are 1-dimensional collections of "fields".

7) The architecture is not used in production. No organizations depend on it economically.

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On the other hand, a practical architecture can be distinguished by the following characteristics:

1) It is used in production. People rely on it daily.

2) It is expensive, and needs constant human attention to balance control and convenience.

3) It has no optimal state - only varying states of failure.

4) Its systems have myriad ways to connect. Some are incompatible with others.

5) Data structures are messy and arbitrary. Some are provably incorrect.

6) Unicode in particular is a problem.

7) It is not comprehensible by any single person.

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With apologies to Admiral Rickover :)

Comment · 2 years ago
Nope. Appears to be IP matching.
Comment · 3 years ago
https://eventcount.io

Served its initial purpose, but the domain will expire in 60 days. Not sure if worth the renewal.

Comment · 3 years ago
If you like SR-71 nerdery, clear your calendar for a few hours to read these:

https://authors.library.caltech.edu/105515/

"As flight testing increased to the higher Mach numbers, new problems arose. One, which today may be considered simple with our modern computer techniques, concerned the remote gearbox. The gearbox mounts started to exhibit heavy wear and cracks, and the long drive shaft between the engine and the gearbox started to show twisting and heavy spline wear. After much slide-ruling, we finally decided that the location of the gearbox relative to the engine was unknown during high Mach number transients. We resorted to the simple test of putting styluses on the engine and mounting a scratch plate on the gearbox. We found, to our astonishment, that the gearbox moved about 4 inches relative to the engine. This was much more than the shaft between the engine and the gearbox could take. The problem was solved by providing a new shaft containing a double universal joint."

Comment · 3 years ago
Looks like an email harvesting app :)

Let's see a link to an example!

Comment · 3 years ago
It applies for its own current job:

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to apply for the role of Terrible Cover Letter Generator at Tally.work. The job description caught my eye as I am passionate about artificial intelligence and its potential for transforming how we approach mundane tasks such as generating cover letters.

In my most recent experience I have been researching ways in which AI can be used to automate simple tasks such as data entry, formatting text and natural language processing. This has given me a broad understanding of the capabilities of AI and how it can be applied to other areas such as cover letter generation. In addition to this knowledge, I have strong coding skills in languages such as Java and Python which will be beneficial in the implementation of an AI-driven cover letter generator.

I understand that the role requires someone who is able to effectively validate models, fail at input field validation, and generate awful cover letters using AI.

If you feel that my skill set is suitable for the role then please don’t hesitate to contact me and arrange an interview where we can discuss further how my talents can help your team succeed with this project; or if you have any questions please contact me via email or telephone at your earliest convenience. Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to read my application!

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