isubasinghe

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I am Isitha, I like Distributed Systems, Programming Languages / Compilers and I have some interests in verifiable systems as well.

I used to be a researcher at the Trustworthy Systems group at UNSW, you might've heard of seL4.

I now write code at Pipekit.

https://isub.dev

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Comment · 5 months ago
I do indeed, how do I send it over? Sorry about the late response!
Comment · 5 months ago
Comment · 5 months ago
Creusot works on functionalisation if I recall correctly. It translates to coma (https://coma.paulpatault.fr/language/program.html).

Verus encodes directly to SMT.

Creusot may gain some more automation perhaps from this approach.

Comment · 6 months ago
Oh hey I worked on this :)
Comment · 6 months ago
Hmm, this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_shootdowns_an...

indicates what the author said is true.

The majority of these losses are on the ground.

Comment · 1 year ago
Makes perfect sense, if the excess fuel costs outweigh the commission costs
Comment · 1 year ago
There is always a specification, the question is "was this issue found against a version of seL4 that had been fully specified or not?".

I worked at the lab, I wasn't aware of any bug/issue on the fully specified kernel, that is why I am unsure if this counts or not.

I would need to have a look at the source code and proofs to confirm.

Comment · 1 year ago
I believe only certain versions and on certain architectures is seL4 verified for. There are no bugs found at the C source code level for these builds of seL4.
Comment · 2 years ago
Was at UNSW recently, can confirm that apple doing special L4 stuff right now.
Comment · 2 years ago
This is silly, it assumes people will purchase instead. I pirate stuff because I am bored and just want to watch something, my order of priorities are: Pirate, not watch, purchase.
Comment · 3 years ago
Nah trains >>> planes, not even a comparison.

Especially since the cheaper plane flights in Europe are absolutely painful, dropping you off 2 hours away from the city centre into some minor airport.

Taking the TGV from Paris to Zuerich in comparison is such a relief.

Comment · 3 years ago
meh apart from the Deutsche Bahn, I never had to wait around in Europe and I lived there for a year.

In a lot of ways, I understand why Deutsche Bahn sucks, a lot of politics ruined the company.

Comment · 3 years ago
Al Jazeera (international) itself doesn't have any incentive to be biased, bias may obviously occur via journalist's opinions etc that creep in.

But as I understand, Al Jazeera is run as an means to show Qatar's importance/relevance.

Comment · 3 years ago
That is a huge claim, almost screams red flag.

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