nerdica.net seems to be running into some issues, can't seem to pull up my own profile or anybody else's. Not sure how long it's been going on since I'm not on social media a ton, and I'm also hesitant to sign back on the off chance it's some sort of mitm attack or something else. A little disappointing, it was my gateway to the fediverse and seemed like a cool place (and'll hopefully continue to be). Still a great chance to shoutout Nostr's flexibility, as well as Zot's Nomadic identities (that might be be implemented into Activity Pub).

Quick snap of the #eclipse, I'm no master photographer but I think it still captured some of the cool factor If you look closely you can even see two planets or stars to the right of the sun. Any #astronomers know what they'd be?

Local LLMs and AI Ethics (mine makes nukes)

Local LLMs and AI Ethics (mine makes nukes)

What you are reading now is the fourth iteration of this post, which has gone through multiple revisions and re-considerations. It might feel a bit...

A #blog post by me about #AI. It's split into two parts, the first part is about my experimentation running entirely #foss models locally. The second part is more of an essay/opinion piece walking through the conclusions I've reached on AI and it's ethics as well as predictions for the future.

There is a non-zero chance that somebody burnt a zero day to mess with a esports tournament just for fun

TechCrunch

Apex Legends hacker said he hacked tournament games 'for fun' | TechCrunch

The hacker declined to share details of the vulnerability with the game's maker and publisher because neither had a bug bounty.

#asknostr #plebchain What relays should be considered the "default" ones that a client should default to? I was thinking about working on my makeshift client one of these days, and changing up the default relays is on my to do list. I figure I'll stay around 5-10 for the defaults. It's post only rn so would best stick to only the big ones that accept posts from any account.

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Making Pickles and Sauerkraut (the lazy way)

I’ve made three long posts about decentralized social media, followed by making a client that works on decentralized social media, so I&rsquo...

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New #blog post, a bit of an anthology covering the python client I made, the realization that (according to tech crunch) #Nostr may have surpassed Mastodon, and my thoughts on #BlueSky / #AT opening up.

I made a client, Nostr surpassed Mastodon, and BlueSky is open?

So after two very long posts, one complaining about web browsers and one comparing the three big non-centralized social media protocols, I thought ...

I've got my makeshift #Python client finally to a sort-of-acceptable state. It can successfully post to #Nostr #ActivityPub (via the mastodon API) and #BlueSky. There's also a keyring version of it to keep your credentials properly managed by the OS instead of the script. Might be a bunch of spaghetti code, but it's my spaghetti code so I'm still excited to share it.

GitHub

GitHub - 0n4t3/nipy: A post only Python client for Nostr, Activity Pub, and BlueSky (AT)

A post only Python client for Nostr, Activity Pub, and BlueSky (AT) - 0n4t3/nipy

It still needs some work, but it's at least in a decent state now. I'd also welcome any contributions if anybody thought it was a worthy goal with an execution that needs some work still.

Just had a service not work in systemd so no problem I'll write my own entry into the systemd services ... and I've imploded everything 😆 back to the drawing board

#asknostr what's your favorite #tech conspiracy theories? I've been binging some icebergs lately, but nobody's made a tech conspiracies #iceberg to my knowledge so I thought I would try to make one. If you've got your own favorite conspiracy theory ideas I could use help filling mine out. Draft Image: Draft explanations/cheat sheet:

Lvl 1: Whacky but True

If you're unaware, an iceberg is a collection of facts and/or conspiracy theories that make up fun rabbit holes to research (or fun content to cons...

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Tom

BitLocker encryption broken in 43 seconds with sub-$10 Raspberry Pi Pico — key can be sniffed when using an external TPM

BitLocker

A bit of a fear of mine that the titan m2 TPM on my phone plus a short password could be counteracted and that the long pword on a dumb encrypted drive on my 🐧 PC is the only long game. I know the article covers a highly specific exploit on an old device, and I really only have encryption to prevent a stolen device from being accessed by a non-tech savvy thief, but still food for thought. #technology #cybersecurity #encryption #tpm

Somebody threw away my plastic bag earlier today I've been using to bring food to work. Might not be there right now, but I'm still a New Yorker at heart and plastic bags are to hot of a commodity to just throw somebody else's out without asking. 😆