If you aren’t taking Ethereum seriously yet, I suggest seeking more historical insight of the Internet & of how blockchains work. Real deal.

New Research Note: AI Identity and the Megapolitics of the Mind re.alisa.sh/notes/ai-identit…

Love how @SandroNivola can’t keep Pollux Troy contained even after all these years

Big skill drop from @trailofbits today! Here are 10 new skills we publicly released from our internal repository: 🧵

Remembering memories with my friend Felix ‘FX’ Lindner @41414141, hacker extraordinaire with a huge heart, who passed away last week. Whether in Berlin, San Francisco, or Sao Paulo, hanging out with FX was never dull. FX was prophiled in @phrack #68 phrack.org/issues/68/2

bizarre how otherwise successful/intelligent people are still being tricked into buying poorly-cut gems and tasteless jewelry from the big houses, not realizing there is a different level of rarity and quality to be had for a fraction of the price from independent lapidaries

analyzing my log archives from the EFnet programming channels I was actively fielding questions in. the other misc stuff we were apparently doing: abusing the word grok, exploring and making sqlite tools, debating XML. aside, reminded java channels were the grumpiest

Been waiting to see OpenAI's Super Bowl spot before expressing this: Very understandable and predictable to me that Anthropic in particular would fall into the trap of using its air time in the satirical manner it did. That traditional format/style/posture is a bit outdated, and misaligned for a company still very much in its first-impression phase. Especially with the audience it's trying to capture. This all further reflects my opinions of Anthropic. OpenAI instead managed to toe the emotional wonder and nostalgia line well. The most effective Super Bowl ads either fully commit to emotion (when earned by long incumbency) or confidently project optimism in value. OpenAI landed closer to the sweet spot and reflected positive light on curiosity, creation, and the future. That aside, too much implicit knowledge required with Anthropic's ads- should have instead focused on features/value. It only lands with those already in the know, and even then it's not really meaningful or lasting...even by an AI week's end! Surprised I haven't seen @lulumeservey break this down more succinctly yet. In any case, good for @sama @OpenAI for maintaining composure in the face of constant bullying and trusting @kate_rouch & team instead of doing what most do in these situations: weaken their image by allowing others to control their emotion, leading to tilt and typical unnecessarily overly-assertive response. They could have gone into a last-minute adjustment disaster. Last semi-related thought- OpenAI's focus on Codex for this particular placement/spot drives home something I've been communicating to private groups lately: Anthropic's Claude Code approach made clear that a rigid dev-first focus (arguably necessary) without the flexible foundation and urgency to quickly segue to "enable the people to be creators" leaves an opening that OpenAI is likely already ahead of. Like I said in my last post, they are more effectively planning the multi-pronged approach and executing on it very well, whereas it is apparent (by direct accounts) that Claude Code was winged into play. My overarching opinion is that we are going to revert to classic MDI-style experiences for design, creation, orchestration (and much more!) in a manner that is appealing to even the new user, and that OpenAI might already be laying the tracks for that. Think: workshop portals.

This has been the long-time ethical ick of SF/SV tech. Sadly, nothing new. Either too cowardly or too out of touch.

X is the most important record of those who routinely distort well-documented reality- whether through incompetence (Rabois), malice (DHS/Noem), convenient contradiction of stance, weak emotional control, poor critical thinking, or deliberately misleading partial reporting (Nawfal). It's maddening, but at least it's now more overt than ever before. The record will judge us all.

You're either a Ralph Wiggum or Edge of Tomorrow coder

It was pretty obvious to me that yacine was just regurgitating much of The Math Sorcer's (YT) content last year, particularly around learning things quickly, but I do agree. I often remind people to not be intimidated by the overwhelming nature of getting into the new complex thing, whether that's a problem/challenge or entirely new field of interest. Time and time again, you will be surprised at how quickly your perspective changes as more context/awareness of all elements involved is developed (funny enough, I also used the 2 week timeline throughout the decades of advising people this), allowing you to derive/arrive at conclusions with logical confidence that would've seemed impossible previously.

chatting as re-confirmation of legitimate life-long issues (weaknesses, indeed, contrary to its final statement) chatgpt.com/share/69613dbb-4…

good day for a re-watch of the excellent Big Fish (2003)

listening to Jason Isbell tonight and for whatever reason during Cover Me Up, I thought about DistroKid. and that in turn flashed a visual of @pud's converse crossing my field of view while looking at the floor, bored, in AdBrite's early office...lobby. IIRC, a drum set was already there

noticed a tablet-like object used by ants during re-watch of A Bug's Life with my friends/their kids. wanted to see how they would like it today. first time re-watching since its release. IIRC, Jobs didn't begin thinking about a tablet until a few years later, but cool anyway