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Why machine learning struggles with causality
Machine learning systems thrive on finding and exploiting statistical regularities. This is why they can't do causal reasoning.
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This Blog is now hosted on a GPS/LTE modem
Ethical Hacking and Cybersecurity Blog
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Summary of C/C++ integer rules
This is my own collection of hard-earned knowledge about how integers work in C/C++, and how to use them carefully and correctly. In this article, I try to strike a balance between brevity (easing the reader) and completeness (providing absolute correctness and extensive detail).
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Tmux lets you select and copy text with your keyboard
never leave the comfort of your home row again
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Zero click vulnerability in Apple’s macOS Mail
Zero-Click Zip TL;DR
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Software development is a loser’s game
Great code doesn’t save you, but bad code will kill you #HoskWisdom
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1983: Suspended
A young writer crosses paths with the designer of Zork, sparking a surprisingly experimental game where you experience reality from six unique perspectives.
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Game Engine: How I Implemented Skeletal Animation
In 2020, I started writing a 3D game engine from scratch in C++. This is a post about how I added skeletal animation to it. Drake is in it, so buckle up.
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Commoditize your complements (2002)
When I was in college I took two intro economics courses: macroeconomics and microeconomics. Macro was full of theories like “low unemployment causes inflation” that never quite stood u…
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Don’t use environment variables for configuration
Suppose you need to create a function for adding two numbers together in plain C. How would you write it? What sort of an API would it have?...
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Clubhouse clones are coming
One thing is for sure: tech companies are willing to fill the “live audio seats” as soon as possible.
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Fighting cryptojacking and doing good things with content security policies
If you've landed on this page because you saw a strange message on a completely different website then followed a link to here, drop a note to the site owner and let them know what happened. If, on the other hand, you're on this page because you're
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Apple doesn't care about album cover art
Album covers have never been smaller.
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TLA+ Action Properties
There’s not a whole lot on TLA+ technique out there: all the resources are either introductions or case studies. Good for people starting out, bad for people past that. I think we need to write more intermediate-level stuff, what Ben Kuhn calls Blub studies. Here’s an attempt at that. Most TLA+ properties are…
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Psychology of Human Misjudgment (Transcript) by Charlie Munger
In The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, Charlie Munger explains why we behave the way we do. This is a transcript of the fully updated talk.
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Inside a viral website
Peeling back the curtain of running a viral meme website for 5 days. More details than you could ever hope for.
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Spreadsheet is a software development paradigm
Some pros and cons of using Excel for software development compared to the traditional approach of using a programming language
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Signed Char Lotte
“signed char lotte” is a computer program written by Brian Westley and the winner of the “Best Layout” award in the 1990 International Obfuscated C Code Contest. The cleverness of the text is staggering. Superficially it reads as an epistolary exchange between two (possibly former) lovers, Charlotte and Charlie. At…
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The curious history of NovaMin toothpaste (2018)
I buy my toothpaste from overseas through eBay. Wonder why?
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Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments
Over the past few years, Apple seems increasingly willing to cooperate with authoritarian governments, uninterested in protecting its own users, and unwillin...
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Raspberry Pi Floppy Controller Board
If there’s one criticism I hear more often than any other about the pi, it’s “ I wish my Raspberry Pi had a floppy drive “. It’s really shocking that the pi doesn’t have the ubiquitous 34-pin floppy header that we all know and love. How else are you supposed to interface your Tandon TM100-2A or your Teac FD-55BR or…
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Whistleblower: Ubiquiti Breach “Catastrophic”
Last year, I posted a series of articles about a purported “breach” at Ubiquiti. My sole source for that reporting was the person who has since been indicted by federal prosecutors for his alleged wrongdoing – which includes providing false information to the press.
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Overnight Pizza and the Consistent Unreliability of Expert Guidelines
Author disclaimer: As always, keep in mind that I am at best some random guy on the internet.
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Golang: Know Your 'Nil'
In Golang, nil is an interesting value. You may be familiar with Go’s philosophy of making the “zero value” meaningful.