Security analysts aren't getting paid enough, from all the jobs I've looked at. It's an important SOC job that deserves better pay!
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Amethyst Basilisk
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Hacker with a focus on Windows binaries. Writing packers is fun. Lord help me if my posts represent my employer (they do not).
We are watching a playthrough of Double-D dinosaur on Twitch. We did a doubletake because the double D dino looks like my character. It's a funny dating sim.
Rereading the article I wrote for Phrack, I'm actually pretty proud of it. VX and good build practices in C. Read it here: https://phrack.org/issues/71/9_md#article
Just applied for an infosec teaching role. With my ATS-fighting fu, I hope to hear back. Fingers crossed!
Jesus, thank God for LLMs, I wouldn't know if my generated resume was passing ATS without it. Fuck ATS though, pissed all my applications were going into a black hole.
Finally saw Blackhat. I don't remember why hackers were salty about it, it was a solid hacker thriller!
Geoff š“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æIn case you missed it, new particle just dropped. The LHC has confirmed (and in ridiculous accuracy) the existence of a heavier version of the proton.
A proton is made of 3 quarks, up/up/down. This new particle is made of charm/charm/down, where the charm quark is basically the same as the up, just heavier.
So not groundbreaking like finding supersymmetric particles, but still cool. Further confirmation that the standard model of particle physics is reasonable.
https://home.cern/news/news/physics/lhcb-collaboration-discovers-new-proton-particle
A proton is made of 3 quarks, up/up/down. This new particle is made of charm/charm/down, where the charm quark is basically the same as the up, just heavier.
So not groundbreaking like finding supersymmetric particles, but still cool. Further confirmation that the standard model of particle physics is reasonable.
https://home.cern/news/news/physics/lhcb-collaboration-discovers-new-proton-particle
LHCb Collaboration discovers new proton-like particle
The LHCb experiment at CERNās Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has discovered a new particle consisting of two charm quarks and one down quark, a similar structure to the familiar proton, but with two heavy charm quarks replacing the two up quarks of the proton, thus quadrupling its mass. The discovery, presented at the ongoing Moriond conference, will help physicists better understand how the strong force binds protons, neutrons and other composite particles together. Quarks are fundamental building blocks of matter and come in six flavours: up, down, charm, strange, top and bottom. They usually combine in groups of twos and threes to form mesons and baryons, respectively. Unlike the stable proton, however, most of these mesons and baryons, which are collectively known as hadrons, are unstable and short-lived, making them a challenge to observe. Producing them requires smashing together high-energy particles in a machine such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). These unstable hadrons will quickly decay, but the more stable particles that are produced as a result of this decay can be detected and the properties of the original particle can therefore be deduced. Researchers have used this approach many times to find new hadrons, and the new particle just announced by the LHCb Collaboration brings the total number of hadrons discovered by LHC experiments up to 80. āThis is the first new particle identified after the upgrades to the LHCb detector that were completed in 2023, and only the second time a baryon with two heavy quarks has been observed, the first having being observed by LHCb almost 10 years ago,ā says LHCb Spokesperson Vincenzo Vagnoni. āThe result will help theorists test models of quantum chromodynamics, the theory of the strong force that binds quarks into not only conventional baryons and mesons but also more exotic hadrons such as tetraquarks and pentaquarks.ā In 2017, LHCb reported the discovery of a very similar particle, which consists of two charm quarks and one up quark. This up quark is the only difference between this particle and the new one, which has a down quark in its place. Despite the similarity, the new particle has a predicted lifetime that is up to six times shorter than its counterpart, due to complex quantum effects. This makes it even more challenging to observe. By analysing data from protonāproton collisions recorded by the LHCb detector during the third run of the LHC, the LHCb Collaboration observed the new baryon with a statistical significance of 7 sigma, well above the threshold of 5 sigma required to claim a discovery. āThis major result is a fantastic example of how LHCbās unique capabilities play a vital role in the success of the LHC,ā says Mark Thomson, CERN Director-General. āIt highlights how experimental upgrades at CERN directly lead to new discoveries, setting the stage for the transformative science we expect from the High-Luminosity LHC. These achievements are only possible thanks to the exceptional performance of CERNās accelerator complex and the teams who make it all work and to the commitment of the scientists on the LHCb experiment.ā Further information: LHCb presentation at Moriond is available here. LHCb news article.
Tim HergertPanicked OpenAI Execs Cutting Projects as Walls Close In
In 2025 alone, OpenAI released a controversial text-to-video generator, dubbed Sora, and an abysmally slow web browser called Atlas. It also announced top-secret hardware alongside former Apple exec Jony Ive, and signed a $200 million contract with the US Department of Defense.
Meanwhile, the company continues to burn through billions of dollars a month, astronomical losses that have executives there feeling agitated. The company recently announced that itās planning to spend a whopping $600 billion on AI infrastructure by 2030, an ungodly sum only beaten out by its original promise: $1.4 trillion, more than twice the revised figure.
Now, the company is coming to terms that it may have spread itself too thin, and is now looking to refocus its resources on its coding and enterprise users.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-cutting-projects
My partner is cooking corned beef in the crock pot and it smells like White Castle burgers. It's fucking with me.
The torrent tracker I use actually uploaded the RiffTrax-infamous Fungicide. Only 480p. I think they air it in higher quality on RiffTrax lol