Siguza

@siguza@infosec.space
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iOS hacker, security researcher, 0day enthusiast.
Sometimes RE tools / jailbreak / write-up author.
And accidental maintainer of ever more things I didn't ask for.

Contact in English or German.
PGP: https://siguza.net/pgp.asc

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thinkingoutside the box
Siguza2h ago
It looks like someone is relaying spam through gob.mx and gob.ve mail servers. That's... kinda bad.
Show threadSiguza3h ago

Thankfully if you abort the backup, it leaves a checkpoint whose blocks the next backup can use, but the checkpoint itself will get dropped on the next purge, and any blocks only referenced by it will be gone.

Also, data from /proc compresses pretty well, so it only took an additional ~60GB of disk space, not a full 3TB.

Siguza3h ago
Accidentally bind-mounting /proc into a chroot and having borg archive 3TB before I notice
Siguza5h ago
The VHS Wizard ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ“ผ๐Ÿง™12h ago
Cursed interfaces are a gift (as long as you're not the one trying to use it)
Siguza5h ago
Longhorn10h ago

> 2.11 You may not distribute or disclose to third parties the output of the Software where the output reveals functionality or performance data pertinent to NVIDIA hardware or software products, results of benchmarking, competitive analysis, or regression or performance data relating to the Software or NVIDIA GPUs without the prior written permission from NVIDIA.

BOOO

Siguza5h ago
NoFood4u1d ago
Torrent client but you can chat with your peers
Siguza5h ago
Show threadabadidea16h ago
it's especially funny/sobworthy that looking up the current time in various locations has worked perfectly well on google for years, because someone took the time to design, code and test a useful feature. but that's not Number Go Up enough so now we have the all-knowing video card that says 7:14 pm
Siguza20h ago
John Carlos Baez2d ago

China is carrying out the solar revolution at scale. Here panels float on a reservoir in northwest China. This is just one of many massive solar power plants. The photos look like something out of science fiction:

https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/07/photos-china-solar-power-energy/683488/

Meanwhile Trump is fighting solar and pushing coal. The Chinese call him ๅปบๅ›ฝๅŒๅฟ—, "Comrade Jianguo". Literally this means "Comrade Building the Nation". It's a joke about "Make America Great Again". It hints that Trump is actually helping China.

Siguza20h ago
Dare Obasanjo1d ago

Microsoft president Brad Smith acknowledged that the four rounds of layoffs this year are more about using the money saved to fund AI data centers and GPUs than workers being replaced by AI.

I think this is important for the media to get right versus making it seem like ChatGPT can replace a human worker.

Siguza20h ago
Jason Koebler20h ago

Media outlets can't pivot to AI to save themselves. It's not a business strategy and it's not going to work. The only path forward is for journalists to lean into their humanity, to do things AI can't, and to make clear they are writing for people, not algorithms:

https://www.404media.co/the-medias-pivot-to-ai-is-not-real-and-not-going-to-work/

The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work

AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.

404 Media
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Josh Sutphin6d ago
This rules so hard โค๏ธ
https://www.status.news/p/the-onion-ben-collins-interview
Show threadS Bodzin, Real American ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ6d ago
@joshsutphin it does, and that's why i'd love to read the whole thing. link?
Show threadlp0 on fire 6d ago
@stevenbodzin @joshsutphin, looks like it's this: https://www.status.news/p/the-onion-ben-collins-interview
Peeling Back The Onion

Ben Collins explains how The Onion is thriving by saying what others wonโ€™tโ€”and why human-created satire matters in a media landscape increasingly saturated by noise and A.I. slop.

Status
Show threadS Bodzin, Real American ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ6d ago

@lp0_on_fire @joshsutphin took me a while but i found it too

thank you

Show threadJosh Sutphin6d ago
@stevenbodzin @lp0_on_fire Thanks for catching this. I edited the OP. Apologies for the omission!
Show threadS Bodzin, Real American ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ6d ago
@joshsutphin @lp0_on_fire all good, it's a good habit to be in. Alt text and links, every time (and yes sometimes I skip them, because I am not always in best behavior)
Show threadThad6d ago

@joshsutphin When the buyout was announced my reaction was "The Onion has been bought out by people who actually like and understand it."

It's a delight every month to see the big white envelope in my mailbox.

Show threadJosh Sutphin6d ago
@Thad I somehow missed all of that. I'd been aware of The Onion of course, but never followed it closely, nor subscribed; that may be about to change though!
Show threadThad6d ago

@joshsutphin Here are a couple of good articles from last year:

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/the-onion-sold-global-tetrahedron-1235982383/

https://www.theverge.com/24225592/the-onion-new-owners-print-newspaper-digital-media-gawker-ben-collins-decoder-interview

The Onion Sold to Global Tetrahedron, Owned by Twilio's Jeff Lawson

The Onion was sold to "Global Tetrahedron," owned by Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson and led by CEO Ben Collins, former NBC News internet reporter.

Variety
Show threadJosh Sutphin6d ago

@Thad Oh, this is like *recent*.

(I mean, okay, it's at least six major epochs in Internet Time, and even in meatspace time last year feels like a decade ago, but still.)

Getting them out from under private equity is real good. This news makes me happy.

Show threadThad6d ago
@joshsutphin AV Club seems to be doing okay too, though they got bought out by a different company and aren't part of the Onion anymore.
Show threadmarmarta6d ago
@joshsutphin what a lovely piece. I wish we-as-society normalized having companies that have as a goal "do a neat thing in a way that allows the people doing the thing to live normal, decent lives". Not accumulate more and more wealth, just: do a neat thing. Have a liveable wage.
Show threadJosh Sutphin6d ago
@marmarta I also really appreciate his point about letting the people who do the thing, *do the thing*. Too many companies' upper leadership constantly interfere, instead of letting the experts they hired actually apply their expertise. Applying one's expertise gives joy and fulfillment and self-worth! All of this is (or can be) a virtuous cycle!
Show threadrf6d ago
@joshsutphin something i greatly value is the many years my work ran as a small company as a reference point for how that way of doing things absolutely can work (and profitably!)
Show threadJosh Sutphin6d ago

@rf My whole game dev career before 2020 was at small(ish) studios, and they were *so much better* than the big corporate studio I worked for afterward.

My wife and I are running a small press now to get back to this kind of vibe. The corporate world is a mess.

Show threadlemgandi6d ago
@joshsutphin Aright, I am convinced. Just kicked $99 for a hard-copy subscription.
Show threadRobin Barton6d ago
@joshsutphin Very perceptive stance and one I find I support
Show threadnantucketlit6d ago
@joshsutphin My mom had a copy of an Onion omnibus at home when I was a kid. Looking back, I learned a lot about critical thinking and media literacy from reading The Onion. Same goes with Mad Magazine.
Show threadDavid Palk#RejoinEU ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐ŸคŽ๐Ÿ•Š6d ago
@nantucketebooks @joshsutphin O the halcyon days of MAD . We were all so innocent back then. โœŠ ๐Ÿ˜Ž
Show threadHey Gus6d ago
@joshsutphin we are approaching the farmerโ€™s market era of tech and I ainโ€™t sad about it.
Show threadDarren Meyer 6d ago

@joshsutphin this, louder for the folks in the back.

Make good stuff that people actually want and love. You can make money this way.

Show threadPatrick Hogenboom6d ago
@joshsutphin Thanks so much for pointing this out! Subscribed :D
Show threadfeld6d ago
@joshsutphin my first good tech job was at a small ISP where my manager was previously a managing editor(?) at The Onion. Dude was great to work for, very funny too.
Show threadHot Dog Water Moccasin6d ago

@joshsutphin

Does everyone cry when they get hired? It would seem appropriate.

Show threadJ. "Henry" Waugh6d ago

@joshsutphin there was also a great podcast segment about The Onion and their process that I'll never forget:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/426/tough-room-2011/act-one-1

Make 'em Laff - This American Life

Host Ira Glass spends time in perhaps the toughest room on earth, the editorial meeting at the satirical newspaper, The Onion, where there's one laugh for every 100 jokes.

This American Life
Show thread6DoF Motion3d ago
@joshsutphin This popped for me, RE business, and in my case software development: "You actually can do this, you know. You can just try to highlight the beauty of things you like and not try to vampirically extract value at every step."