Mastodawn

This week I finally pulled one of my favorite cameras off the shelf. It still seems mechanically sound, and I'm excited to take it out today and tomorrow for a photowalk. But when I grabbed some rolls of film out of my fridge, I was shocked to see the prices.

On the left, pandemic-era film prices (rolls from my fridge). On the right, tariff-era film prices from a local shop here in Austin.

#believeinfilm despite the cost

Don Cruse 2d ago

Arthur Charpentier ⏚ 🇨🇦 🇯🇵2d ago

"If No One Pays for Proof, Everyone Will Pay for the Loss" https://freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/89367 (back on "AI still doesn’t work very well in business, businesses are faking it, and a reckoning is coming" https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/17/ai_businesses_faking_it_reckoning_coming_codestrap/)

If No One Pays for Proof, Everyone Will Pay for the Loss

This post was initially written in French, Si personne ne paie pour la preuve, tout le monde paiera pour le sinistre Let’s start with a truism. In ordinary life, just as in economic life, we have to make decisions without ever knowing everything. Every decision involves some uncertainty, and therefore some risk. Some risks are … Continue reading If No One Pays for Proof, Everyone Will Pay for the Loss →

Freakonometrics

Don Cruse Feb 17

hsarfaraz Feb 17

Third Eye Legal wishes everyone a Happy, Peaceful and Prosperous Chinese Lunar New Year of the Fire Horse: 2026. May passion, attraction and creativity guide you while navigating temptation and confusion this year.

Looking forward to collaborating and creating with progressive minds.

Third Eye Legal: Where Minds Meet
https://www.thirdeyelegal.com

#HappyChineseNewYear2026
#consultancy #law #cyber #privacy #Antitrust #ictsecurity #Peace #prosperity

Don Cruse Jan 27

@gruber Congratulations?!

(This is from the lawsuit filed today over continuity camera.)

Don Cruse Oct 20

Perrin42 Oct 20

If #NoKings was a state, it would be the 13th most populous, right between Virginia and Washington.

But they were "small" and "ineffective." Right.

#uspol

Don Cruse Aug 17, 2025

myrmepropagandist Aug 17, 2025

The very best craftmanship you will ever encounter is always the work of some person who doesn't charge enough, and then they decide to go spend some time in the woods and you can never find them again.

Don Cruse Jun 28, 2025

Violinknitter Jun 28, 2025

Out-of-context QOTD:

“my best tip for anyone trying to get back into reading is to remember that you can read books to avoid other responsibilities in ur life and it can become a vice if you play your cards right”

Don Cruse Apr 24, 2025

Sue Smith Apr 24, 2025

While I hesitate to encourage folk to run unnecessary queries, I do think the "made up phrase" + "meaning" google search is a great exercise in helping people understand what generative AI actually does.. I've found it hard to explain to folk outside tech that its purpose is literally just to generate text but this seems a more intuitive demo that might make them question the output.

Don Cruse Feb 19, 2025

Erin Kissane Feb 18, 2025

Ethan Marcotte, who is one of the most principled and thoughtful people I have ever known and also a dear friend, has resigned from his job at 18F after being asked to meet with shadowy gov-dismantlers. The whole post is worth reading.

https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/leaving-18f/

Apparently necessary: Do not be an asshole in my replies about something you’d didn’t even bother to read or understand, this is not Facebook.

Moving on from 18F. — ethanmarcotte.com

I had a wonderful job, until I didn’t. This is about what happened—and what is still happening.

Don Cruse Feb 12, 2025

Matthew Green Feb 12, 2025

I wrote a bit more about the UK’s recent move to allegedly demand backdoors in Apple encryption. https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/02/12/u-k-asks-to-backdoor-icloud-backup-encryption/

U.K. asks to backdoor iCloud Backup encryption

I’m supposed to be finishing a wonky series on proof systems (here and here) and I promise I will do that this week. In the midst of this I’ve been a bit distracted by world events. Las…

A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering