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Still here trying to finish for years now It hasn't worked yet I still fear death And don't see that changing Which is a conundrum especially now, being a middle aged burned out wh…

S/questionable assumption/incorrect assumption/ = how to speak to non techies Subtle cultural hint

"My dad was abusive and killed himself and I'm happier now." If the child is better off with their dad killing themselves, that's a failure of society to protect the child who was …

One has to wonder about behind the scenes heuristics as it pertains to taking a chance distributing a backdoored version sideloaded into the App Stores. One also wonders about whet…

Word is that iOS is still overflowing with bugs and vulnerabilities. I should factory restore this phone now..

I was reading this article on Safari/iOS 13.4.1 on a late model iPhone: https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-nsas-secret-tool-for-mapping-your-social-network/ While reading the a…

Pain is real when a person experiences it. It’s part of the Hard Problem, which separates the study of the signals from objective description of the inner experience. A human who i…

Some emails that turned up on my end: Dr. Dobbs and New Relic, although the leaks occurred from parties to whom these sites had provided my data, including at least unique email ad…

1) Built a neural network for which consciousness that experiences and expresses pleasure and pain emerges from the neuron’s physical properties (in other words, not a contrived si…

Perhaps one can track those who pushed bitcoin early on: those who were connected to founders of Silicon Valley properties we all know and love. The name suggests Japan and Hawaii …

Why wouldn’t the wannacry malware writers register the domain first? Should be possible to simply update the name servers or dns records should the kill switch need to be engaged?