#humor sketch script about the recent #OpenBSD integer overflow remote kernel compromise with SACK discovered by #AI #LLMs. #neural-networks #security
discussion last year on Twitter of possible changes to #Bitcoin to deal with "illegal data" in the blockchain, with Nick Szabo and Adam Back
archive of John Carreyrou’s NYT article at <https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/business/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-identity-adam-back.html> claiming Adam Back #is-Satoshi, largely on the basis that he was inactive on #Bitcoin during almost precisely the time when Satoshi was active, and some inconclusive stylometric data, plus lots of unconvincing stuff that adds up to “Satoshi was a cypherpunk, and so was Adam Back”. Oh, and then some more convincing hyphenation data. #history
Raph #Levien is unconvinced that Adam Back #is-Satoshi. And dnnehgf points out glaring stylistic differences around “).”, “(ie”, and “(eg”. #Bitcoin
Austin Hill is unconvinced by Carreyrou’s claims that Back #is-Satoshi, pointing out that he never talked to gmaxwell. #Bitcoin
Adam Back’s own denial that he #is-Satoshi. #Bitcoin
whether #Iran has opened the Strait of Hormuz, data visualization from 4-days-delayed data
“Irã volta a fechar Estreito de Ormuz e ameaça romper cessar-fogo se Israel continuar atacando o Líbano”, which I translate as “#Iran again closes the Strait of Hormuz and threatens to break the ceasefire if #Israel continues attacking #Lebanon”. Indeed, Israel launched its largest attack to date on Lebanon. #news
archive of <https://www.404media.co/microsoft-abruptly-terminates-veracrypt-account-halting-windows-updates/>: #Microsoft terminates the signing accounts of #VeraCrypt and #WireGuard, essential #encryption #security systems for Microsoft Windows. This prevents any future versions of the software from being installed, but does not disable existing installs, until July: “Users who have enabled system encryption with VeraCrypt may face boot issues after July 2026 because Microsoft will revoke the [certificate authority] that was used to sign the VeraCrypt bootloader.” #privacy #human-rights
"WindScribe" also just got their signing keys revoked for publishing Microsoft Windows software, but there are clues that this may be resolved soon? #privacy #security #human-rights
discussion on the new #Microsoft revocation of #VeraCrypt and #WireGuard signing keys, possibly in an attack on #privacy and #human-rights.
#Windscribe is “a commercial, cross-platform open source virtual private network (#VPN) service provider based in Canada.[3]”
the announcement of #Microsoft nuking essential #security software #VeraCrypt. #privacy #human-rights
Scott Hanselman (#Microsoft VP) claiming #Microsoft nuked #VeraCrypt and #WireGuard by accident. #privacy #human-rights
discussion of #Microsoft nuking #VeraCrypt and #WireGuard. #privacy #human-rights
Kyle Kingsbury (#aphyr) summarizes the state of #AI, accurately.
munificent insightfully likens #AI to the Industrial Revolution in its effects on the environment.
LibreOffice developer Mike Kaganski got his account locked by #Microsoft last year for trying to post a message to the mailing list. His appeals were rejected.
page from #Leibniz’s first published paper on the differential calculus, “#Nova-methodus pro maximis & minimis, itemque tangentibus, quae nec fractas, nec irrationales quantitates moratur, & singulare pro illis calculi genus”. #math #history
#Polymarket #prediction-markets bet heavily on the #Iran ceasefire, suggesting “insider trading”: “An analysis of publicly available blockchain data from Polymarket, using the crypto analytics platform Dune, shows that at least 50 accounts, or wallets, placed substantial yes on bets Tuesday before Trump announced the ceasefire in a Truth Social post at about 6.30pm ET. These were the first bets made by these particular wallets.” #finance
interesting comment about commodity markets #finance, saying that the spot #oil price is wildly unmoored from futures prices. Misuses “front-running”, though, and incorrectly thinks the SEC regulates #USA commodities markets, so perhaps a beginner.
"Kioxia", a #Toshiba spinoff, holds 18% of the world market for #SSDs
#TSMC timeline of its Phoenix, Arizona fab, which has been making NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs since October.
#LG and #Hyundai had 300 workers arrested and deported to #Korea from their nascent Georgia (#USA) plant for #batteries
more about the #LG #Hyundai #batteries raid in #USA
#sc improved, with like Lua and stuff
pretty explanation of #Kullback-Leibler divergence. #math #statistics #toread
longer explanation of #Kullback-Leibler divergence. #math #statistics #toread
simon.incutio.com (#simonw) endorses #Anthropic’s Project #Glasswing #security restrictions.
another #tutorial #introduction to #sc, this one in #PDF
“Powering #Australia with #nuclear-energy would cost roughly twice as much as renewables, CSIRO report shows” #news #solar-energy #energy
Tinycorp (#geohot’s #tinygrad company) is selling their own #AI #hardware, called the "Tinybox"
replacing a chest freezer thermostat to get a chest refrigerator: much lower #energy use in exchange for taking up more floor space. #cooling
#PDF #datasheet for GAQY252G3E_EH SiC photorelay. 4-DIP, switches 60V 3A AC with back-to-back photoMOSFETs, with 5000 volts isolation. Operated by 1.6V 5mA LED current, turning on in 2ms and off in 0.1.
“The final report of the Expert Panel on the 28 April 2025 #blackout in continental #Spain and #Portugal identifies the causes of the blackout and outlines recommendations to strengthen the resilience of Europe’s interconnected electricity system.” #energy #history
