Decomplexification - making #curl use simpler code
The more mental energy you expend parsing a programming language's syntax, the less you have available for parsing a program's logic—or creating it yourself. This is why core fluency is so important; it frees up your own compute cycles for more important work.
It's also another reason why "vibe coding" is so toxic. It robs you of the opportunity to gain that fluency.
Google’s search quality has declined, filled with spam and low-quality results, while it maintains dominance through default placements. Cory Doctorow highlights Kagi as a superior alternative, offering cleaner, more relevant search outcomes. Though it requires a subscription, Kagi provides a user-focused experience that recaptures the efficiency Google once had.
I personally HAPPILY pay for @kagihq.
#Kagi #enshittification #tech #privacy
https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/04/teach-me-how-to-shruggie/#kagi
Unfortunately the #OpenStreetMap wiki is very slow today. We are fighting an aggressive web scraper bot. 10,000 of IPs involved. Randomised User-Agent. Ignoring robots.txt #aibot #ddos
Update: Fixed. We've been able to mitigate the bot traffic. #fail2ban
You don't normally pay someone $300M for a "partnership." This is xAI buying access to Telegram's users because it sees their (purportedly secure and private) data and interactions as valuable. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxvr3n7wlxo
Delete it.
Looks like @bluehatil talks are online now, so here’s my talk for anyone who wanted to learn about the latest episode of KASLR and couldn’t make it: https://youtu.be/Dk2rLO2LC6I
It looks like Kerio Control was PWNed with a Pre auth RCE! We're going through the exploit now to see everything works like it should #TyphoonCon25