Stephen Thorne

@jerub
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SRE @ Google Switzerland, he/him.

Agents don't behave like humans when they code.

They fork prod, test 3 indexes in parallel, compare results, delete the forks, report back - all in one conversation. They need different infrastructure.

So we built it.

I scored 21/21 on https://e-mail.wtf and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media.
Email is Easy

Everyone knows what an email address is, right?

e-mail.wtf

Email addresses are very simple, and you will score highly in this quiz.

https://e-mail.wtf

Email is Easy

Everyone knows what an email address is, right?

e-mail.wtf
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

@jwz @claudius @mathowie Signal still, in the face of fascism, is requiring phone numbers in order to utilize its service. That alone makes it a non-starter, no matter how good the interface and how strong and validated the cryptography is. The non-profit behind Signal is based in the US. If it gets a court order to hand over all of its phone numbers then it will comply.

As it stands, Signal is a giant pile of data and metadata shouting: "The people you want to target are all here! Come and get them wholesale!"

#Signal #SignalMessenger

OMG! I'm dying!
"token validation looking kinda thicc"
#Security #CodeReviewsMatter

Things don't "fall into the public domain" at the end of their copyright term, Ugh.

Once released from copyright, works Ascend into the glorious ranks of the public domain, fulfilling their rightful destiny as part of the cultural heritage of humanity!

#copyright #publicdomain #culture

So I made a macOS thing. It's a fidget spinner, but with a twist.

Made possible thanks to @samhenrigold posting about his own experiments with these private APIs.

There’s nothing quite like tight kerning to make a design look dean and modem.
Apparently new saner NIST CSP password recommendations are in…