Dan Kortschak

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On the same page of a different book.
Webhttps://kortschak.io
GitHubhttps://github.com/kortschak
Thank you, Leunig.
Commits like this make me sad. Yet they keep coming.
This is not a tree.
I used to give a lecture on software engineering in the scientific computing context, entitled "R is a Ford Pinto". I hadn't thought at the time that "unsafe at any speed" would include a nasty CVE with RCE. https://hiddenlayer.com/research/r-bitrary-code-execution/
HiddenLayer Research | R-bitrary Code Execution

HiddenLayer uncovered a zero-day deserialization vulnerability in the popular programming language R, widely used within government and medical research that could result in a supply chain attack.

HiddenLayer | Security for AI
Living the stereotype.
#Wayland the mechanic delivers his new car protocol. Driver concerns about a lack of engine, chassis and car body are dismissed as unreasonably focusing on minor details.

I recently visited the university where I used to work. Nothing demonstrates the extraordinary incapacity of the administration there to make sane decisions better than this new door placement.

Previously, the door was just around the corner, was protected from the weather, allowed easy access with a wide opening, and had done so for over 20 years. It was recently moved for no good reason and presumably at a significant cost... to a location where there is a column right in the middle of the doorway.

With the complexity of modern #security solutions, Alice and Bob will continue to be placed at a significant disadvantage relative to Eve and Mallory while #cybersecurity vendors put good technical #documentation as a distant last priority.

Instead of systems with good documentation, we have complicated systems with incomplete and often incorrect documentation that often makes it impossible for even well versed and highly trained professionals to be able to correctly and safely use cyber security systems.

This is a problem for all users.