ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

The German word "wählen" can mean
- to pick, to choose
- to elect
- to dial
The German word "Null" can mean
- zero
- loser, jerk

So, someone saying "Ich habe die Null gewählt" either means
- "I've dialed zero."
Or
- "I voted for that idiot."

Enjoy our language!

#TheGermanWord

This one cuts deep:
The modern condition is mostly trying to do things on your own that people have historically achieved with a large support network and wondering why you're tired all the time.

Went back to the ice caves up the mountain from our field site! This one is much less extensive than it was last year, but it's still WOW.

Latest video from the Iceland eruption. Yeah buddy, that’s close enough.

https://youtu.be/_mOIv4W3Go4

#Iceland #volcano

Looks like there's a new WebKit zero-day under active exploitation targeting iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. Apple rolled out a Rapid Security Response patch today.

CVE: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213823

I also wrote about these real-time rapid security updates last year, in case you want a backgrounder: https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/07/apple-introduces-real-time-security-updates-for-ios-and-macos/

Digital sundial

Some days you kick the server's ass.... some days the server kicks yours....

Today it's the former 🥳 🙌

The Intel 8086 processor (1978) started the x86 architecture still used today. This chip only had 40 pins, so the address pins needed to be reused for data or status. (The pins are connected to the pads around the edge.) It took some tricky circuitry to make this work. 🧵

Via @decolonialatlas "Each 8th of July, at 11:15 UTC, 99% of the world's population is experiencing daylight. This day should have a name, and it should be a holiday." Original source: https://www.timeanddate.com/news/astronomy/99-percent-sunlight

Everyone knows “#backend” is a disaster, even backend devs.

How about this guy today? Backing up from a BOG performance last week… everywhere again today and a tackling machine…

At the half:

🦁 10.8.68
🦅 2.2.14

#AFL #AFLLionsEagles #AllIn

https://curves.xargs.org is a neat explanation of elliptic-curve-based key agreement, using only high school algebra (and even if you don’t remember your high school algebra, you can still get 90% of it by looking at the animated graphs).

If you ever wanted a visual to explain how binary in works.

Microsoft puts out Outlook fire, says everything's fine with Teams malware flaw https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/07/06/microsoft_outlook_teams_flaws/

adult #ADHD, a tragedy in ∞ acts:

1. attempt to work on critical but boring task
a. task does not produce sufficiently potent neurotransmitters so you can't
b. try to do higher-salience task to kickstart your brain

2. higher-salience thing produces desired neurochemical reactions
a. said reactions make you happy

3. remember the boring task exists
a. you're not working on it
b. therefore you're a bad person
c. therefore you should not be happy
d. GOTO 1