Turns out the saying "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" goes further than I thought… all the way to me cheering on John Bolton.
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Turns out the saying "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" goes further than I thought… all the way to me cheering on John Bolton.
A chart for quantum computers, of number of qubits versus error rate, on a logarithmic scale. Broadly it shows a large gap between current quantum computers in the bottom left, and a curve in the top right of the resources they need to break RSA.
An out-of-schedule update to my quantum landscape chart: sam-jaques.appspot.com/quantum_land..., prompted by
@craiggidney.bsky.social 's new paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.15917.
A startling jump (20x) in how easy quantum factoring can be!
Also: much improved web design!
Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about our VCS and savior, jujutsu?
Kingsley Wilson & @KingsleyCortes Proud to be an enemy of globalist Ukraine And thankful for fighters like @RepJimBanks who put AMERICA FIRST IM BANKS Congress of the Cinited States Douse of Representatibes Clasbington, 0E 20515-1403 June 12, 2024 Dear Mrs. Wilson, I'm writing to inform you that your name appears on a list of individuals and groups "in the U.S. impeding aid to Ukraine" published by a Ukrainian non-governmental organization (NGO) called the Data Journalism Agency (TEXTY), which has worked with the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). As you may be aware, other Ukrainian NGOs have published similar lists, which have published the personal information of those named in apparent attempts to intimidate them. I have enclosed a copy of a letter that I sent to Appropriations Committee Chairman Cole as well as State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Mario Diaz Balart, urging them to stop the State Department and USAID from partnering with any actors overseas who encourage the harassment of Americans. The Appropriations Committee's markup of its bill to fund the State Department and USAID during Fiscal Year 2025 is scheduled to take place tomorrow. I appreciate your attention to this serious matter. Sincerely,
This is the woman who just got promoted to press secretary for the Department of Defense
“Proud to be an enemy of globalist Ukraine”
Made a little web server to unlock and mount encrypted ZFS datasets using passkeys and age.
What's neat is that the password never touches the client! Attackers need to compromise *first* the server, and *then* the passkey.
It's delightfully little code. https://github.com/FiloSottile/mostly-harml
photo of a man in a cap and trenchcoat, smiling while handing over pirated amiga floppy disks to a man (censored face) handing him money from his wallet. caption text above: our reporter managed to catch the elusive dan on camera. he's luring unsuspecting amiga users into his web of illicit activity. sure, it looks glamourous and tempting, but once you start copying disks it's very nearly if not actually impossible to stop.
magazine photo & caption (1994) archive.org/details/the-...
Steve Ballmer standing (hyped up) before the Envoy and illumos logo's. AI Generated photo.
How much do you think this high-performance proxy on this advanced operating system is worth?! Wait just one second before you answer!
That's right, Envoy 1.30.11 is now available on illumos! Both debug and stripped binaries are available on github.com/siepkes/envo...
This April 1st, we're serious: Tailscale supports Plan 9 from Bell Labs!
Secure peer-to-peer networking on the OS that inspired it all ➡️ tailscale.com/blog/tailsca...
With some quotes by me. It appears @wired.com is on a roll lately! www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Some governments are attempting to procure new nuclear power plants, from the US even. This is not going well, and recently the Korean vendor withdrew from consideration here. Earlier I wrote on why you would/would not/or possibly would want to get new nuclear power: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Why does Canada have a commitment to buy 16? In the new world order you simply ignore agreements if they don't suit you, right?
I just released go-boot v0.1!
A TamaGo unikernel implementing a UEFI Shell and OS loader allowing secure, powerful, yet easy UEFI API interaction.
100% unencumbered Go in your pre-boot environment.
github.com/usbarmory/go...
A coalition of European tech leaders urges EU lawmakers to drastically reduce reliance on foreign-owned digital infrastructure and services, pushing for local procurement and investment to secure the bloc’s economic and security interests.
I'm posting what I see so (maybe) I don't go nuts.
Meanwhile Bert Hubert (@berthub.eu) is doing the actual brainwork of getting Europe to a sane cloud policy and some hope of future autonomy. He's a talented teacher and many of the links are other great articles of his.
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Two cats, sleeping. One cat is black and white (Mila) and the other one is orangt (Dikkie). One on my lap and the other in a small pet bed on my desk.
The first thing which comes to mind would be "Darkwing Duck".
This is going to look so bad if it's actually a Shakespeare quote...
"This week brought unanimous support for REARM Europe, an 800 billion package for defence. That is historic." Indeed it is. But will the European Commission be able to deal with what it is finding a bigger challenge: running its own email server under European control.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Ariane 6 second flight liftoff from Europe's Spaceport.
🚀 Liftoff for Ariane 6 from Europe's Spaceport!
Ariane 6 carries the CSO-3 satellite for DGA & CNES on behalf of the French Air and Space Force's Space Command.
Whose promotion packet are we looking at here?
This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
Under Trump 2.0, Europe's dependence on US clouds back under the spotlight - Technologist @berthubert.bsky.social tells The Reg Microsoft Outlook is a huge source of geopolitical risk (26 February 2025) www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/e...
24, 2025 VIA Email (ibaughman@BKBfirm.com) Jack Baughman Baughman Kroup Bosse PLLC One Liberty Plaza Floor 46 New York, NY, 10006 Re: In the Matter of Gemini Trust Company, LLC (P-2406) Dear Mr. Baughman: We have concluded the investigation as to Gemini Trust Company, LLC. Based on the information we have as of this date, we do not intend to recommend an enforcement action by the Commission against Gemini Trust Company, LLC. We are providing this notice under the guidelines set out in the final paragraph of Securities Act Kelease No. 5310, which states in part that the notice "must in no way be construed as indicating that the party has been exonerated or that no action may ultimately result from the staff's investigation." (The full text of Release No. 5310 can be found at: http://www.sec.gov/divisions/enforce/wells-release.pdf.) Sincerely, Brendan P. Mcglynn Brendan McGlynn Assistant Regional Director mcglynnb@sec.gov
The SEC has closed the investigation into the Gemini Crypto exchange, which is controlled by the Winklevoss twins.
There will be no enforcement action.
The Winklevoss twins are strong Trump supporters.
It is very hard to accept, but it is no longer safe to move EU governments & societies to US clouds. Not only is it dangerous to do so, it is also likely flat out illegal in the near feature. We're trading convenience for utter dependence on a mad king. It should stop.
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Nederlandse overheid te afhankelijk van Amerikaanse techbedrijven, waarschuwen experts: 'Donald Trump kan ons chanteren' - onderaan pagina filmpje met @kimvsparrentak.bsky.social, @bartgroothuis.bsky.social en mij! eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/item/nederla...
Er zit wel een heeeeel groot verschil tussen je data direct bij een Amerikaanse cloudprovider opgeslagen te hebben en je afvragen of Intel ME wel of niet ge-backdoored is door de NSA. Beetje raar om te insinueren dat dat uberhaupt van hetzelfde niveau is.
Het is heel moeilijk te accepteren, maar we moeten ophouden onszelf te foppen met rare juridische argumenten, technische trucs & "hoop". Amerika & hun clouds zijn geen veilige plek meer meer om onze maatschappij en overheid op te laten draaien:
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Not gonna lie: watching the baltics synchronize with UTCE is kinda cool. Having the mains frequency open on my second monitor for the last few hours. Kinda rare to see systems do that kind of thing. (Good reminder that modern infrastructure is amazing)
Is het legaal om alle communicatie & bestanden via de US cloud te laten lopen? Sinds Trump de US/EU privacy-rechtbank uitgeschakeld heeft is dat eigenlijk wel over. Je kunt nu niet meer met droge ogen tekenen voor de overgang naar de US cloud: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
made this little tool, govwayback.com. add “wayback.com” to “.gov” on any US gov website and it’ll redirect you to that page on @archive.org … from before January 20th 2025
