The Doctor

Living 20 minutes into the future. Eccentric weirdo. Virtual Adept. Time traveler. Burnout. Thelemite. Technomage. Hacker on main. APT 3319. BOFH. Not human. 30% software and implants. H+ - 0.4 on the Berram-7 scale. Furry adjacent. Pan/poly. Cyberpunk. Making the Net /<-r4d again. Code 4GH. Sburb speedrunner. XKCD 705. Did not turn out 'all right.' Fuck cancer. Certified moopsy handler. Lil alurl velve zhah lil velkyn uss. Magneto was right.

(Avatar by Avery Liell-Kok.)

Website: https://drwho.virtadpt.net
Pronouns: he/she/they/it (I answer to them all)
Area codes: 412/724/301/703/415/510
Fediverse webring enthusiast: https://fediverse-webring-enthusiasts.glitch.me/profiles/drwho_hackers.town/index.html

Public Key

npub168lg7zmdknp55m49w4w0e6p0uapjw325a3gr93mrkcgwcjj532cq4jh066

NIP-05 Address

drwho_at_hackers.town@momostr.pink

Profile Code

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Last Notes

2024-06-19 02:01:14

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Where did you find this?

2024-06-18 16:43:16

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Can I quote you on that?

2024-06-18 00:52:16

That's not good, is it?
https://hackers.town/system/media_attachments/files/112/634/876/284/474/103/original/2d4003eec3d6a3c0.jpg

2024-06-17 16:07:40

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I need to implement this in my weather station software.

2024-06-15 20:52:41

Privacy of messages 💾 🐴 is happening again.
<sigh>
Why does anybody think there will be anything like privacy out there unless they build it themselves?
This has been the case for going on 40 years.

2024-06-14 16:56:16

Son of a bitch! Somebody stole the wheels off my car again! And left the fucking wheel locks behind!

2024-06-12 23:54:04

https://hackers.town/system/media_attachments/files/112/606/343/192/243/195/original/af135f51a7837884.png

2024-06-12 20:19:38

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The last week or so.

2024-06-12 19:04:39

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Pspspsps...

2024-06-12 03:22:16

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Can I quote you on that?

2024-06-12 01:56:23

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Kitteh.

2024-06-11 16:25:59

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Yep..

2024-06-10 17:26:54

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One thing that folks don't seem to realize: This is exactly what the right does, which is why they're so effective.
Is it because the left looks at it and won't do it just because the right does? I've often wondered that.

2024-06-03 01:56:15

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Is there an API?

2024-05-24 16:58:29

"I just left Google last month. The “AI Projects” I was working on were poorly motivated and driven by this panic that as long as it had “AI” in it, it would be great. This myopia is NOT something driven by a user need. It is a stone cold panic that they are getting left behind.
"The vision is that there will be a Tony Stark like Jarvis assistant in your phone that locks you into their ecosystem so hard that you’ll never leave. That vision is pure catnip. The fear is that they can’t afford to let someone else get there first."
— Scott Jenson
https://simonwillison.net/2024/May/24/scott-jenson/

2024-05-22 19:53:42

With the (perfectly reasonable) discourse around folks working in tech who are on board with baking surveillance into everything, I guess I need to tell the story of the psychiatrist who didn't understand why someone wouldn't do that.
A couple of years back I was hospitalized for 24x7 monitoring while they were trying to figure out what was causing my seizures. This involved a certain amount of poking, prodding, and talking to specialists, including psychiatrists.
(I have two psychiatrist stories from this hospitalization, this is just the first one.)
Anyway, the psychiatrist in question was asking me about my career and what I do (because I live in the Bay Area, and the hospital in question is right in the middle of Silicon Valley). I was talking about what I did, and why, and I happened to mention that there are things that I won't work on, which has impacted my career over the years (and which I regret not in the slightest). This included telling recruiters for Palantir to go away, and not developing certain kinds of bots for my exocortex because there are ethical concerns.
Basically, the psychiatrist kept asking me questions because she couldn't figure out why someone she thought was a pretty standard Silicon Valley techbro would refuse to work on surveillance or tracking technologies. Absolutely couldn't wrap her head around it. Why would someone care about second- and third-order impacts? Why would I care about abusive realtionships?
She might've been prodding me to see how I'd react (which would make sense as a diagnostic technique), but I'm pretty sure she didn't know I was listening in on her talking with a colleague in the hallway about me (hey, she's not talking about anybody not me, I can do that) about why I'd be so preoccupied with not wanting to hurt other people.
This lead to another couple of consultations with another group of psychiatrists, which I think very nearly got me 5150'd as delusional.
But. The point I'm trying to make is this: When it comes to Silicon Valley, thinking that any of the surveillance stuff going on right now - Palantir, drone tracking, privacy, all the way down to stuff along the lines of Microsoft Recall - is harmful and probably shouldn't be done is considered deeply weird. Possibly pathologically weird.
I don't know. That's just a couple of data points. Back to work.

2024-05-22 17:44:42

Miniguns are like grappling hooks:
They're usually not the answer, but when they are, they're the only answer.

2024-05-21 22:03:27

People are still freaking out over neofetch getting archived?
I guess if that's the worst thing you've got going in your life right now you're doing pretty well, all things considered.

2024-05-20 18:34:42

https://www.the-reframe.com/lying-to-fascists/?ref=okdoomer.io

2024-05-20 01:59:10

Jegus fuck, this is the kind of thing that keeps me up at night.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/10/1197959049/zombie-second-mortgages-homeowners-foreclosure

2024-05-14 00:29:08

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Call me crazy, but if somebody did their Ph.D thesis on breaking Telegram's encryption, that speaks volumes to the service's insecurity.

2024-05-10 18:26:08

Hmm.
https://www.recordedfuture.com/russia-linked-copycop-uses-llms-to-weaponize-influence-content-at-scale

2024-05-10 01:39:02

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I think the group of "leaders" is somewhat skewed.

2024-05-09 03:43:51

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Going all Dirk Strider, I see.

2024-05-08 18:35:58

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It means the code of conduct is working.

2024-05-06 18:51:00

https://makezine.com/projects/harvest-disposable-vape-batteries/

2024-05-04 18:46:55

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How do you break off the tab without cracking the rest of the board?

2024-05-02 17:21:06

It amazes me that half of a good shave is the shaving cream you use.

2024-05-01 01:30:46

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Nicely done.

2024-04-30 16:11:14

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Is there anything we can do to help, Tinker?

2024-04-25 19:30:43

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They're trying to figure it out. Opiates alone aren't sufficient right now. We speculate that inflammation is causing more pain than tissue trauma because the nerves looked as okay as one could hope to see during surgery, so it's the nerves being pressed on causing them to short out.

2024-04-25 19:22:09

He came through spinal reconstruction as well as can be expected. Pain is still at 9/10.
Kinda nice, having another cyborg in the family.

2024-04-25 05:24:28

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Ye gods.

2024-04-21 20:39:26

I just saw somebody talk about going to a "goth music content event."
Concert. It's a concert.

2024-04-21 19:56:11

Hey, they're playing the Petshop Boys here.

2024-04-20 21:47:07

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Yes. At cruising speed (about 70 mph), four seconds long.

2024-04-20 21:12:02

I think we just passed a Hooverville along the highway.

2024-04-20 19:00:47

Hey, folks. I need some help.
One of my partners was in a car wreck a few days ago. They have a spinal fracture (T12 for certain, others unknown). They also have Ehlers-Dahlos syndrome.
So far the doctors are saying that a thoraco-lumbar fusion is going to be necessary. What they're not sure of is how well a spinal fusion is going to work while also being hypermobile.
Does anybody out there have experience with this? Any anecdotes? Data points? Papers to reference?

2024-04-19 18:50:08

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That's a walk down memory lane, no lie. Thanks for keeping it alive.

2024-04-19 17:42:01

I just want to say that "What the Timecube?" is possibly the finest turn of phrase I have ever see on fedi.

2024-04-19 02:47:32

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You've got my attention.

2024-04-11 20:17:34

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Thing is, it's just outbound e-mail. RSS updates from Huginn. logwatch. For the last decade. I'm not running a mail server, just sending messages to the usual suspects.

2024-04-11 18:21:04

To anybody who uses #DigitalOcean for their hosting:
Are you having trouble sending outbound e-mail today? In particular, to gmail.com or mail.protonmail.ch?
Early this morning my machines suddenly stopped being able to send outbound mail. Total cut-off, can't reach 25/tcp anywhere. Can't even use Sendgrid for outbound mail.
I have a support ticket open at DO but they're just copy-and-pasting internal handbook stuff.
(Yes, I have MX records, SPF, DKIM, etc - that's been in place for the last couple of years.)

2024-04-10 02:26:53

Is it me, or did the last three or four episodes seem really rushed, out of order, and generally... they didn't fit. Even with each other.

2024-04-07 07:13:34

You’ve Gotta See The Matrix Reloaded – Essential Cyberpunk Cinema https://www.cyberpunks.com/youve-gotta-see-the-matrix-reloaded-essential-cyberpunk-cinema/ #cyberpunk

2024-04-07 07:13:26

Boston Dynamics’ Spot Mini Robot Dog is Both Fascinating and Terrifying https://www.cyberpunks.com/boston-dynamics-spot-mini-robot-dog/ #cyberpunk

2024-04-07 03:32:03

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Get a haircut, too. Ask me how I know. :blobcathissing:

2024-04-05 21:24:05

What the actual fuck?
"Roku is exploring ways to show consumers ads on its TVs even when they are not using its streaming platform: The company has been looking into injecting ads into the video feeds of third-party devices connected to its TVs, according to a recent patent filing."
https://www.lowpass.cc/p/roku-hdmi-ad-insertion-patent

2024-03-31 20:26:04

I find myself wondering if sea of logic processors are vulnerable to the architectural bugs of the last fifteen years.

2024-03-26 01:01:05

https://hackers.town/system/media_attachments/files/112/159/284/475/925/761/original/210cf0a6b8bdaf4b.jpg

2024-03-25 19:37:25

Not my first goat rodeo.

2024-03-21 04:18:58

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https://drwho.virtadpt.net/

2024-03-19 18:19:41

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