The Problem With Daniel Dennett’s Free Will
20
Apr
2025

The Problem With Daniel Dennett’s Free Will

Before going into my qualms with Daniel Dennett’s capability/evitibility-based free will, I want to point out that most supporters of…

Week in review: LLM package hallucinations harm supply chains, Nagios Log Server flaws fixed
20
Apr
2025

Week in review: LLM package hallucinations harm supply chains, Nagios Log Server flaws fixed

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Apple plugs zero-day holes used…

The Concept of Open Allocation
20
Apr
2025

The Concept of Open Allocation

When open allocation is in play, projects compete for engineers, and the result is better projects. When closed allocation is…

On Customer Service | Daniel Miessler
20
Apr
2025

On Customer Service | Daniel Miessler

I think a lot about customer service. Or, what I really mean is that I get angry a lot about…

This Essay Might Improve Your Life
20
Apr
2025

This Essay Might Improve Your Life

This is an essay about being productive to the world around you. Confused, you say, “How does any of that…

Building the Ideal 100-word Password List
20
Apr
2025

Building the Ideal 100-word Password List

There’s some phenomenal password research here from clarkson.edu that talks about common passwords found during Internet attacks. I’ve taken those…

GRAPELOADER Malware Targeting European Diplomats
20
Apr
2025

APT29 Deploys GRAPELOADER Malware Targeting European Diplomats Through Wine-Tasting Lures

The Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as APT29 has been linked to an advanced phishing campaign that’s targeting diplomatic entities…

Genetically There Are Only Three Types of People
20
Apr
2025

Genetically There Are Only Three Types of People

Or, at least according to 23andMe. When they show racial breakdowns they only show three categories: African, European, and Asian….

Human Memory Schema: is_real ; is_dream ; is_fantasy
20
Apr
2025

Human Memory Schema: is_real ; is_dream ; is_fantasy

A while back I posted about having experiences through books. I was thinking again about this today and was imagining…

More than 800 students and staff members across 504 schools in South Korea fell victim to deepfake sex crimes in just one month. Photo: Shutterstock
20
Apr
2025

South Korea confronts unseen scars of AI sex crimes: ‘the law didn’t protect me’

When Ruma*, a graduate student in South Korea, received sexually explicit doctored images of herself via Telegram in 2021, she…

Terror Defense Based on Resilience Rather than Avoidance
20
Apr
2025

Terror Defense Based on Resilience Rather than Avoidance

America is wide open and trusting. This shouldn’t change. The idea of stopping terrorist attacks from occurring is simply asinine…

Hitchens vs. Strunk and White
20
Apr
2025

Hitchens vs. Strunk and White

I am quite curious how top tier writers square the circle of Strunk and White’s demand for being concise and…