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  • Sounds like all you need is an Ext4 USB drive with a LUKS key on it. Then add kernel parameters like

    rd.luks.key=UUID=/.keys/TheKey:LABEL=KEYS rd.luks.options=discard,keyfile-timeout=10s

    in GRUB and it’ll autoboot.

    Pull the key and power down and you’re back to normal. I use it in a low threat model environment so I can hit reboot and go get a coffee and come back to a DE.

    ETA: sorry, got the timeout format wrong, I don’t use it.




  • Its a little bit like having a really competent security researcher go deep through your complete codebase just really fast and with improved recall.

    I doubt that, more of a force multiplier for security researchers at this stage (perhaps always for LLMs without an architecture leap) IMO. Otherwise I generally agree. It’s responsible to take this approach perhaps, but mostly marketing. Still let’s not kid ourselves it isn’t happening at scale already. Plenty of open weights models can also force multiply a competent security researcher, either black or white hat. Mythos isn’t a quantum leap or anything, just 4.7.

    Anybody working with software knows marketing people promise the world and understand nothing. Pretty sure they just heard “black magic” and ran with it.

    Heh, yup.















  • Devs are reverse centaurs now.

    Lines of code was never a good metric, but it looks like productivity to the C-suite. This will bite them (and everyone who uses the code) in the ass. After some spectacular fails it will be judgement that a Dev is most prized for, meanwhile, this.

    Still, eight to ten productive hours a day in any sustained fashion is bullshit, more like 3-4 with a bunch of meetings, learning, deciphering etc. filling out the day.


  • I’d argue that most things that are currently in the crosshairs for exclusion under age verification are also harmful to at least a third of the adult population and to society in general.

    Actually maybe that’s just for profit algorithm based social media and / or mass scale surveillance and personal information gathering and advertising.

    The point being, if you’re going to make a case for something being harmful to kids, you need to also make a case for it’s being OK for adults or maybe it just needs banning outright for the good of society, see also smoking. Personally I’m in favor of leaving this in the hands of the individual and parents, and perhaps making easy tools for less technically adept parents to use.

    TLDR: If Facebook is bad for kids, why isn’t it bad for adults?


  • Seems pretty plausible, not 3-2-1 yet, but on the way, and should get the habits established well enough. Just having an offline backup is a huge step up from most. Consider a waterproof box (perhaps buried) in the back yard instead of just another room (in case of fire / flood).

    If you have a friend with a similar setup, or who perhaps wants one, you can sync over internet and both get your offsite without the expense of online backups or the inconvenience of lugging HDDs around.