Breeze Wolf 🐺Feb 25
Soatok Dreamseeker

Y'know what's funny?

I spend a lot of time thinking about and working on technology to make it easier for folks to have privacy in their comms,

But most of my chats are like:

"awawawawawa"

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"why are compilers, man?"

Feb 25 at 2:42amWeb
Show threadTryst 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪  Feb 25
@soatok Any discussion on compilers always reminds me of the creeping horror that is Ken Thompson's "On Trusting Trust"
Show threadSoatok DreamseekerFeb 25

@tryst Someone finally asked him for his exploit code recently

https://research.swtch.com/nih

research!rsc: Running the “Reflections on Trusting Trust” Compiler

Show threadTryst 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪  Feb 25
@soatok I'd always assumed that it was a thought experiment! Yikes X3
Show threadDrikanisFeb 25
@soatok e2ee awawawas
Show threadMatilda LoveFeb 25

@soatok

if chat privacy were only for chats that need it, using privacy would be a giveaway

Show threadMatilda LoveFeb 25

@soatok

my mother literally sends me shopping lists on signal

Show threadSoatok DreamseekerFeb 25

@matildalove Yes exactly

If anyone ever hacks my Signal account they will be bored to tears

(unless they also awoo)

Show threadMatilda LoveFeb 25
@soatok awawawa awa 
Show threadLuna LacteaFeb 25
@soatok @matildalove "This is so boring! Where's the good stuff? Why is there nothing worth blackmailing with here? All these layers of encryption for this? It must be a red herring. His real important communications must be hidden somewhere else, hidden in plain sight,, somewhere no one would ever suspect sensitive things to be hidden… MATRIX!!!"
Show threadObtuseRecluseFeb 25
@jackemled @soatok @matildalove quick! Take every capital letter and put every third letter together sequentially! Wait! This makes no sense!… we're working with a master of disguise..
Show threadZeiros LionFeb 25
@soatok
awawawawa
Show threadExindivFeb 25
@zeiroslion @soatok
awawawawawa
Show threadAvery (She/Her)Feb 25

@soatok

"why are compilers, man?"hardware fucking weird. assembly very fucking weird, and the only people who want to think about it are the types of fetishists who design compilers so the rest of us don't have to.

Show threadAvery (She/Her)Feb 25
@soatok at least that's my understanding from my comp systems class.
Show threadSoatok DreamseekerFeb 25
@shitpostalotl Compiler optimizations are the kind of black magic you only get if you combine potent autism with experienced kinkster
Show threadSoatok DreamseekerFeb 25

@shitpostalotl There is no heteronormative, vanilla, neurotypical explanation for this

https://furry.engineer/@soatok/116095613541803851

Show threadclang-enbyFeb 25

@soatok @shitpostalotl

Of course there is, you see, there is this branch of mathematics called Category Theory where you basically…
*so much later that GTA 6 is out*
…therefore this makes total sense and is completely logical.

Show threadAndrew ZonenbergFeb 25
@soatok @shitpostalotl and the stuff photolithography optimizer folks get up to is so far down the black magic rabbit hole it makes branch delay slot instruction reordering look like python
Show threadziviFeb 25
@soatok @shitpostalotl what about speculative execution
Show threadIrenes (many)Feb 25
@shitpostalotl @soatok no, yeah, this is a fair explanation of our personal interest in compilers
Show threadThe Orange ThemeFeb 25
@soatok My Grok-based AI FBI agent: "Why does this guy type ':3' so much?"
Me: ">:3c"
Show threadSoftwarewolfFeb 25

@soatok awawawa

Abolish ICE

nuzzles you uwu

Show threadKay Ohtie 🔜 FWAFeb 25

@soatok "why are compilers" is powerful Look Around You technology vibes.

"What _are_ compilers? We just don't know."

Show threadKay Ohtie 🔜 FWAFeb 25
@soatok (sorry for edit I hit ctrl+enter impulsively while my brain was still running oops)
Show threadWhyrlFeb 25
@KayOhtie @soatok see also: modern processor instruction pipelines
Show threadJohn CortexiphanFeb 25
@KayOhtie @soatok deterministic llm…
Show threadCritter (he/him)Feb 25
@KayOhtie @soatok "Have you worked out what we're looking for?"
"Correct, the answer is buffer overflows"
Show threadfunbreakerFeb 25
@KayOhtie @soatok Beware the Helvetica Scenario!
Show threadKay Ohtie 🔜 FWAFeb 25
@funbreaker @soatok I can't tell in this case if it'd be "Beware the tolling of Packard's Bell" or "The Borland Conundrum"
Show threadfunbreakerFeb 25
@KayOhtie @soatok I like the former
Show threadTursiaeFeb 25
@KayOhtie @soatok If I can offer an auditory shitpost in the same vein..
Show threadAlex, the Hearth FireFeb 25
@KayOhtie @soatok dragons
Show threadLuna LacteaFeb 25
@soatok Completely mundane things like this being well encrypted makes it more difficult for bad actors to distinguish between it & communications by someone they want to attack!
Show threadMoosely (FossFox)Feb 25
@soatok arararararararar
Show threadWhyrlFeb 25
@soatok "so we can have more furry stickers"
Show threadDaedalous ErosFeb 25
@soatok Ah yes! The sacred chant of our people: awawa!
Show threadconspicuous-nonlurker-99Feb 25
Absomewtely.   This is your essence.  Your soul must not be exposed to the prying eyes of the oppressors and manipulators.  To truly be private in your dialogue with another is to be safe in that dialogue.   This is mitigation of risk awawawawawa and if u think *I'm* crayz just look at the news  
Show thread0x4d6165 (Julie)Feb 25
@soatok that's what I was saying the other day lol
Show threadDavid Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)Feb 25

@soatok

"why are compilers, man?"

So toolchain engineers have a safe space to recover after working on linkers.

( @resistor )

Show threadOwen AndersonFeb 25
@david_chisnall @soatok Working on linkers is a great way to learn to appreciate unity builds
Show threadmg. kitFeb 25
@soatok and we love to see it
Show threadsarah tonin Feb 25
@soatok isn't that everyone