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The Network is Just an Abstraction Layer
Forever Foreclosing on Sub-prime Technical Debt™

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Network == Abstraction Layer 20h ago

Chris Petrilli 4d ago

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Network == Abstraction Layer 20h ago

Cory Doctorow 20h ago

More than a quarter-century ago, a group of hackers decided that, as a label, "free software" was a liability, and they set out to replace it with a different label, "open source," on the basis that "open source" was easier to understand and using it instead of "free software" would speed up adoption.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/14/pole-star/#gnus-not-utilitarian

Network == Abstraction Layer 20h ago

daniel:// stenberg://23h ago

Death by a thousand slops

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/14/death-by-a-thousand-slops/

#curl #AI #bugbounty

Death by a thousand slops

I have previously blogged about the relatively new trend of AI slop in vulnerability reports submitted to curl and how it hurts and exhausts us. This trend does not seem to slow down. On the contrary, it seems that we have recently not only received more AI slop but also more human slop. The latter … Continue reading Death by a thousand slops →

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Network == Abstraction Layer 1d ago

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO 2d ago

@emily_s I would expect something like IPFS (literally called Interplanetary FileSystem): replicable data with each node caching content and sharing it with other nodes.

https://ipfs.tech/

IPFS: Building blocks for a better web | IPFS

Open protocols to store, verify, and share data across distributed networks.

IPFS

Network == Abstraction Layer 1d ago

Dr. Cat Hicks 2d ago

This study includes ALL THE FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS ENROLLED IN SCHOOL IN FRANCE

"the gender gap increased with schooling rather than with age. These findings point to the first year of school as the time and place where a maths gender gap emerges in favour of boys"

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09126-4

Rapid emergence of a maths gender gap in first grade - Nature

Boys and girls exhibit very similar maths scores upon school entry, but a gender gap in favour of boys becomes highly significant after 4 months of schooling, which increases with years of schooling, independently of age.

Nature

Network == Abstraction Layer 1d ago

Poul-Henning Kamp 2d ago

I am a sucker for opto-electronics, so got this discarded kit (ex CNN's London studio?)

Each button has a 36x24 LCD display and red+green LEDS.

Well-designed hardware: ColdFire (=68k) CPU, plenty of RAM, plenty of FLASH, serial port, ethernet etc.

Firmware ? Not so impressive, but very easy to get rid of:

Anybody can flash new firmware from ethernet: No userid, no password, all you need to know is the IP# and how they botched their CRC-16 implementation.

Now it runs #MicroPython :-)

Network == Abstraction Layer 1d ago

Thomas Beagle 2d ago

Does anyone know of a detailed and well-referenced piece about the shortcomings of New Zealand's Privacy Act compared to the EU's GDPR and AI Act?

Most of the stuff I've found so far is so light weight that even an AI would be embarrassed to put its name to it.

Alternatively if anyone is working on that I'd like to hear from you.

Network == Abstraction Layer 1d ago

camwilson 2d ago

everyone talks about ai “assistants” like it’s some whipsmart loyal sidekick, but they’re actually this guy: a scheming, sycophant vizier who whispers delusions in your ear and is actually working for another master

Network == Abstraction Layer 1d ago

tiddy roosevelt 2d ago

Extremely specific query about neurophysiology but if any of you can point me to some kind of info on this I'd appreciate it because I have no idea what search terms it would require

Apparently there's a thing in spinal cord injuries where you can develop a sensitive spot above the site that can feel really nice, relaxing, or arousing.
I have one that makes me just instantly relax, it's like picking a kitten up by the scruff. Most calming thing on earth. And I'd like to know how/why it happens

Network == Abstraction Layer 1d ago

bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦2d ago

Europe appears to just have given up on doing anything technical. Perhaps we should hurry up & stop pretending we want to do anything ourselves, so we can speed up getting to our eventual destiny of a full time holiday destination for American, Chinese and Russian tourists. And mind you, that is the _best_ outcome I can see right now. https://therecord.media/spain-awards-contracts-huawei-intelligence-agency-wiretaps

Spain awards Huawei contracts to manage intelligence agency wiretaps

Huawei will manage and store judicially authorized wiretaps in Spain, under a contract that bucks the trend of Western governments restricting use of the Chinese tech company's products and services.

Poul-Henning Kamp 2d ago

I am a sucker for opto-electronics, so got this discarded kit (ex CNN's London studio?)

Each button has a 36x24 LCD display and red+green LEDS.

Well-designed hardware: ColdFire (=68k) CPU, plenty of RAM, plenty of FLASH, serial port, ethernet etc.

Firmware ? Not so impressive, but very easy to get rid of:

Anybody can flash new firmware from ethernet: No userid, no password, all you need to know is the IP# and how they botched their CRC-16 implementation.

Now it runs #MicroPython :-)

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coldclimate 1d ago

@bsdphk well this looks a delightful piece of kit

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Poul-Henning Kamp 1d ago

@coldclimate

It is 🙂

There are more preowned units for sale the usual places, some with fewer and some with even more buttons.

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Jeroen Massar 1d ago

@bsdphk from the text bottom right: https://evertz.com/products/CP-1040E mmm, that would be interesting as a monitoring output in a rack: all green == all happy, otherwise obvious that it is not red ;)

CP-1040E - Router Control Panels

The CP-1040E remote control panel features 40 full color dynamic LCD buttons in 1RU, all of which are fully programmable.

Evertz

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Poul-Henning Kamp 1d ago

@jeroen

One thing this project has taught me, is that video producers are suckers for buttons to press :-)

https://evertz.com/products/routers/control-panels/

Router Control Panels | Solutions by Product Type

Page dedicated to Router control panels and there various functionalities for many choices for different operator stations and applications.

Evertz

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Jeroen Massar 1d ago

@bsdphk yep, video and audio are way more into physical buttons than the computer/network folks. Though there are stream decks and LCD keyboards and apple briefly had the touch screen on their 2019 laptops which is great (guitar band and one gets a piano there); as somebody who dabbles a wee bit in audio... lots of fun toys they have: one of Korg Kronos or Expressive E Osmose are on the likely-toy list for a reason ;)

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Garrett Wollman 1d ago

@jeroen @bsdphk Go to the NAB show or an AES or whatever the European equivalents are (I guess EBU must sponsor a trade show?) and you'll see all the vendors of video switchers and mixing consoles. Typically they come with a factory demo mode that causes the lights and motorized faders to operate in patterns designed to attract engineers to the booth.

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Attila Kinali 1d ago

@bsdphk E3 manufactures and sells this type of button. If you ever need more of these.

https://www.e3-keys.com/

www.e3-keys.com

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Poul-Henning Kamp 1d ago

@attilakinali

I know.

But this was a cheap-ish way to get a bunch of them and even pre-mounted far better than I could ever do: The PCB carrying the buttons is 4-5mm thick.