Alex Gantman

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Today I learned that x86 has a floating point version of the `nop` instruction, called `fnop`. It does nothing, but unlike the regular `nop` it uses the floating point unit to do nothing.
This meeting should have been a duel.
The plural of regex is regrets 😂

“In everyone’s pocket right now is a computer far more powerful than the one we flew on Voyager. I don’t mean your cell phone — I mean the key fob that unlocks your car.”

— Rich Terrile, JPL scientist and member of the Voyager imaging team

#space

Apropos of a conversation I had with my mother just last night:
@regehr @shriramk @phf @sree or maximizing 😈
"sunk cost tautology"
Reflections on (somewhat inevitable) dysfunction, or how security teams fail: https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/blog/secfail/?3
How security teams fail

When it comes to infosec, there are certain mistakes that most companies are more or less bound to make.

I Tasted Honda's Spicy Rodent-Repelling Tape

And I will do it again unless someone stops me.

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