@Dave Wilburn :donor:
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This modern obsession with using AI to increase code velocity is insane. Writing new code is the last piece that we should be optimizing.
This modern obsession with using AI to increase code velocity is insane. Writing new code is the last piece that we should be optimizing.
Threat intel and Cybersecurity research firms: if you're not providing RSS feeds to your blog, you're hurting your brand.
Whatever traffic you think you're driving to the site by preventing analysts ...
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Unfortunately, they know that the analysts/users aren't the ones writing the checks.
See also: the reason why business IT software is so universally awful.
Unfortunately, they know that the analysts/users aren't the ones writing the checks.
See also: the reason why business IT software is so universally awful.
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I don't really need to tell anyone here that technology this pervasive should not be shaped by the moral values of Catholic dogma.
https://religionnews.com/2026/05/22/why-anthropic-is-helping-unveil-...
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I think that Pope Leo is absolutely correct in his demand that technology serve humanity and respect human dignity, and I'm glad he's using his voice and influence in his encyclical to do so.
But yeah, the Catholic Church as an institution is only slightly more trustworthy in this space than the status quo: the TESCREAL AI techbros that currently control it and the neo-fascists in charge of our government.
At least the Pope is demanding an explicitly democratic approach rather than a demand that it be brought underneath Church control or abide by Catholic definitions of morality. Given the 19th century's infamous Syllabus of Errors and its condemnation of secular democracies still technically hasn't been rescinded, I suppose these sorts of baby steps are worthy of... well, maybe "praise" is too strong a word without the word "muted" in front of it.
I think that Pope Leo is absolutely correct in his demand that technology serve humanity and respect human dignity, and I'm glad he's using his voice and influence in his encyclical to do so.
But yeah, the Catholic Church as an institution is only slightly more trustworthy in this space than the status quo: the TESCREAL AI techbros that currently control it and the neo-fascists in charge of our government.
At least the Pope is demanding an explicitly democratic approach rather than a demand that it be brought underneath Church control or abide by Catholic definitions of morality. Given the 19th century's infamous Syllabus of Errors and its condemnation of secular democracies still technically hasn't been rescinded, I suppose these sorts of baby steps are worthy of... well, maybe "praise" is too strong a word without the word "muted" in front of it.
The Pope just issued an encyclical that, among other things, excoriates the dehumanizing effects of AI.
Our news headlines and courtrooms are filled with absurd demands for reasonable accommodations for religious reasons from the most unhinged cranks and bigots.
But what would happen if someone demanded a reasonable accommodation from their employer to avoid what they sincerely believe to be sinful uses of AI in the workplace?
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-xiv-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas-ai.html
#genai #catholic #religion #christianity #aislop
Our news headlines and courtrooms are filled with absurd demands for reasonable accommodations for religious reasons from the most unhinged cranks and bigots.
But what would happen if someone demanded a reasonable accommodation from their employer to avoid what they sincerely believe to be sinful uses of AI in the workplace?
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-xiv-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas-ai.html
#genai #catholic #religion #christianity #aislop
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TPM and hardware attestation is pretty darned flaky on a lot of platforms. That's es...
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It's also worth appreciating how all of these issues are cropping up at precisely the same time that all of our worst fears surrounding TPM and hardware attestation are coming true.
I remember when experts raised concerns about these approaches when they were first proposed and published a couple decades ago, and how they would likely increase the control of rabidly monopolistic companies at the expense of consumers and the privacy rights of the public. I remember how those experts were mocked and dismissed.
And now we're witnessing those same warned-about technologies being used to lock out alternative platforms and strip individuals of whatever tiny shreds of online privacy they might have left.
It's also worth appreciating how all of these issues are cropping up at precisely the same time that all of our worst fears surrounding TPM and hardware attestation are coming true.
I remember when experts raised concerns about these approaches when they were first proposed and published a couple decades ago, and how they would likely increase the control of rabidly monopolistic companies at the expense of consumers and the privacy rights of the public. I remember how those experts were mocked and dismissed.
And now we're witnessing those same warned-about technologies being used to lock out alternative platforms and strip individuals of whatever tiny shreds of online privacy they might have left.
TPMs: exist
Hardware attestation: exists
MFA: exists
Every package repo and cloud service: Yo let's put one-factor access credentials in plaintext inside our working folder.
We gotta start using th...
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TPM and hardware attestation is pretty darned flaky on a lot of platforms. That's especially true for anyone running unconventional OSes and/or jailbroken platforms outside of the strict control of the major oligopolies (MS, Google, Apple), and disproportionately the case for people most likely to be developers.
A lot of this stuff is also automated in a way that makes MFA fundamentally more difficult. Not impossible, just more difficult.
Do I think this is a valid excuse for maintaining the demonstrably unsustainable status quo through intentional neglect? Absolutely not. But the otherwise obvious solutions are pretty tricky for a lot of use cases.
TPM and hardware attestation is pretty darned flaky on a lot of platforms. That's especially true for anyone running unconventional OSes and/or jailbroken platforms outside of the strict control of the major oligopolies (MS, Google, Apple), and disproportionately the case for people most likely to be developers.
A lot of this stuff is also automated in a way that makes MFA fundamentally more difficult. Not impossible, just more difficult.
Do I think this is a valid excuse for maintaining the demonstrably unsustainable status quo through intentional neglect? Absolutely not. But the otherwise obvious solutions are pretty tricky for a lot of use cases.
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I believe @nprofile1q... and @nprofile1q... are working on it via their Ringspace project.
https://ringspace.taggartinstitute.org/
I believe @nprofile1q... and @nprofile1q... are working on it via their Ringspace project.
https://ringspace.taggartinstitute.org/
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It's all so disorienting and dehumanizing, which I suppose is the point.
Intellectually, I know that the answer is collective action through good governance to build and maintain a grid based on renewables that serves our community's collective interests.
But the bastards have broken our government, economy, and society so badly and so thoroughly that I keep feeling this need to withdraw into my own bubble, build an individual solution that might inefficiently and sparingly serve my own individual needs.
Anyway, I guess that's the story of how I've got another set of portable solar panels scheduled for delivery later today.
It's all so disorienting and dehumanizing, which I suppose is the point.
Intellectually, I know that the answer is collective action through good governance to build and maintain a grid based on renewables that serves our community's collective interests.
But the bastards have broken our government, economy, and society so badly and so thoroughly that I keep feeling this need to withdraw into my own bubble, build an individual solution that might inefficiently and sparingly serve my own individual needs.
Anyway, I guess that's the story of how I've got another set of portable solar panels scheduled for delivery later today.
It remains amazing to me that there's a breathless debate about the danger of GenAI in vulnerability discovery, yet crickets are chirping when it comes to dangerous common uses of GenAI in accelerating the creation of those vulnerabilities.