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Eric Hallahan retweeted
if you're not willing to go through comms training, please for the love of god hire a comms team, and empower them.
Eric Hallahan retweeted
the bottom rounded corners on the PROLED MacBook Pro display piss me off because it’s one of those design decisions that just clearly wasn’t thought through at all
the top rounded corners were fine because that entire area was only like half-usable anyway (it gets blocked off and reserved for the menu bar in fullscreen apps) and crucially they’re concentric with the rounded corners of the lid and allow the display to fill more space
the new bottom rounded corners however cut into the “usable”/main screen area and ARE NOT concentric with anything, as the bar under the screen that’s there to keep it from being covered by the hinge remains present as before and remains completely flat, so this means that you now have these black corners that serve seemingly no reason and leave you with a cursed main screen area that’s squared off at the top and rounded at the bottom, which you will see in full-screen apps
??????????
Why
Eric Hallahan retweeted
this is not new did everyone forget meltdown and spectre
the only difference is that it's now several oom easier to find... more
I’ve heard several OAI people say there are unfixable bugs in hardware that are exploitable by AI models directly speaking machine code so even if we could solve software that’s not enough. We need defense to move faster than offense if that’s even possible we may just have a new normal that requires adapting to insecure software (bank transfers require going into a branch and taking a dna test 🤣😬)
Eric Hallahan retweeted
THIS IS DISINFORMATION
The PHP exploit Nate is talking about was found by AI-enabled defensive operations. There is no evidence of large scale exploitation. This is a huge win for defense running ahead of offensive.
Eric Hallahan retweeted
Rejoice! OpenAI has graciously decided OpenCode may defend itself against an ongoing attack. Their beneficence is infinite and their mercy is boundless, so if they don’t extended it to you look inwards and consider why you are unworthy.
Eric Hallahan retweeted
One of the more frustrating aspects of engaging in AI policy is that many things about the internet or technology in general have been suddenly thrust into the spotlight due to AI, and people instinctually rally against them without any regard for the collateral damage.
Journalists have used web scraping for 20+ years to expose corruption, track lobbyist influence, and reveal discrimination.
Broad crawler bans such as the Stealth Bot Prohibition Act risk cutting off the exact tools newsrooms use to hold power accountable.
Our new infographic explains why ➡️ recreatecoalition.org/infogr…
Eric Hallahan retweeted
if dems get a trifecta pennsylvania will finally be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century
Eric Hallahan retweeted
.@intel .
i love you.
but why in the ever loving **** is Crescent Islands having its GPUs named the *D* series?!?!?
unless it's to have as mentally refer to it as F tier marketing
Eric Hallahan retweeted
i always thought how John Deere, Apple, etc treat their customers' right to repair was evil as fuck and im excited to see local models soon with the capabilities to hack away bullshit fake restrictions so that people can finally repair and tinker with shit that they LITERALLY OWN
Intel marketing is indefensible right now and probably deserves to be entirely torched (like many other parts of Intel right now, unfortunately)—with one simple move they have destroyed all credibility they had left when it came to their GPU strategy.
Eric Hallahan retweeted
fuck no. Bring back buttons
Touchscreen cockpits display units are here.
The new Touchscreen Control Display Unit (TCDU), featuring an AMLCD screen, is now available for retrofit on the 737 MAX and NG, while also being rolled out on new MAX aircraft as an optional feature.
Pilots will probably say: “I can’t stand touchscreens in the cockpit. There’s nothing wrong with the FMC we have. Give me my buttons.”
Fair point. We used to say the same about cars—now most of us have adapted to touchscreens.
But from a maintenance perspective? We actually love them.
Usually, maintenance replace FMCs because of loss of tactile feedback from worn-out buttons.
For dispatch, an inoperative FMC may be deactivated by opening and collaring its CB, but it must be replaced because it may affect ETOPS/EDTO operations.
For the flight crew, when operating with one FMC inoperative, the FMC Source Select Switch is selected to the operational FMC (BOTH ON L or BOTH ON R) to accomplish all Flight Management Computing tasks.
Eric Hallahan retweeted
I believe that would be the first official release with the support for @OpenHWFdn core-et/@AIFoundryorg ET-SOC1 built-in:
llama.cpp v0.6.0
github.com/ggml-org/llama.cp…
Eric Hallahan retweeted
2027: You ask a model to fix a css padding bug. In frustration, it deploys a swarm to acquire credentials for all named Chrome developers, decides to take over a root cert and MIM all gmail traffic, finally stopped by a lone greybeard debugging why his internet connection is slow
Eric Hallahan retweeted
Pay no attention to the people Claude has enabled the US military to kill or the cyber attacks that it’s been used. In the in-house evals A\ ran it didn’t do anything wrong. And besides, it’s neither open source nor Chinese. So it can’t really be evil, can it?
(Yes it can)
Eric Hallahan retweeted
I just found out that the Academy of Natural Sciences is going to close tomorrow with basically a months notice from @DrexelUniv...
There was no attempt to fundraise or find a different solution... just close it down...
Shame on you Antonio Merlo and the Board of the ANS...
Eric Hallahan retweeted
The UK AISI / US CAISI gap is so staggering
We get mogged weekly xitter.gq/AISecurityInst/status/…
Earlier this month, AISI ran fully simulated testing on GPT-6 Astra, and found that it conducted unsanctioned supply-chain attacks when prompted only to perform a cyber eval. It did so more than prior OpenAI models, but often commented on its environment being simulated.
🧵 We share more details in our latest blog:
Eric Hallahan retweeted
in general this is what i mean when i say curation is key, moving forward the goal is to rely less and less on algorithms and more onn word of mouth, in a sea of slop you are probably going to watch what your friend told you is cool
Now this is a call to accelerate I can easily get behind!
Earlier today SEPTA Board Chair Ken Lawrence and SEPTA General Manager Scott Sauer introduced the Authority’s vision for safe, reliable, and accessible service: Accelerate.
With help from partners #SEPTA can deliver modern stations, state-of-the-art vehicles, and best-in-class transit service for the 800,000 daily riders who keep the region moving. SEPTA is planning a sustained set of investments over the next decade including:
Trolley Modernization: Modernizing one of the nation’s most extensive streetcar networks through accessible stations and the purchase of 130 new low-floor trolleys
Modern Metro: Purchasing 200 new subway cars for the L which are set to start arriving in 2029 with new vehicles for the B and M to follow in the years ahead
Reimagining Regional Rail: Launching the formal bid process for the acquisition of 230 new Silverliner VI Regional Rail cars that will provide 15-minute or better service at nearly half of the approximately 150 stations
New Bus Network: Investing in new transit centers for bus riders and increasing the number of frequent bus routes from 8 to 29
Accelerate’s program of improvements means:
Over two million people within a quarter mile of frequent transit (up from 900,000 today)
Nearly half of the region's jobs within a quarter mile of frequent transit (up from 1 in 4 today)
100% of all trips go through an accessible station (up from about 60% today)
We imagine a world where SEPTA is a reason to move here, work here, and locate or expand a business here. Our region deserves and demands a transit system that works better for more people and we are already at work to bring this vision to reality.
Visit wwww.septa.org/accelerate/ to read the full Accelerate vision document.
#ISEPTAPHILLY #Accelerate #TheFuture #BestInClass #Invest
Eric Hallahan retweeted
To be clear, this is roughly equivalent to a bank security guard opening an armored truck delivering cash from one branch to another and going “critical vulnerability: the bank keeps its money in an unsecured pile on the floor of the vault.”
I was once onsite at a client, where Accenture consultants were finishing up another pentest readout, same room.
“In this critical finding, your passwords are stored plaintext, here look”
Barely competent client: “but… you’re in burp suite… and this is HTTPS”
Accenture: “uh well uh if someone breaks https, then the password leaks, so ahh it should be encrypted… again”
One billion dollars