@timbray @mpjgregoire As someone who speaks both Tamil and English, I'm not surprised. Tamil words have a finer resolution than English. There are four different words for "love" to use in different contexts, two different words for "hot" (taste vs temperature), two different words for 'sour' (lemony vs slightly numbing taste), many many words for different relationships which English collapses under a few words like uncle, aunt etc.
Vinoth (Datacenter security)
I am Vinoth, from San Diego. I currently work on Datacenter HW security at OpenAI. I used to lead the silicon security architecture and silicon security operations teams at #Google. Before that, I worked on mobile silicon security at #Qualcomm.
Much of my professional work so far has been about improving the security of #Pixel and other #Android devices. I will mostly talk about #mobilesecurity, #androidsecurity and #infosec.
I sometimes invest in seed stage start-ups, primarily technology companies. My portfolio includes Modumate, Akido Labs, kia.ai, Zendoc and Zeoauto. If you are building something cool, hit me up.
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I present: The HSM alignment chart
@lorenzofb Related gripe: You need to pay extra $100 for the Pro edition if you want to keep the BitLocker keys out of the cloud. Basic privacy should not be a "premium feature" that you pay extra for.
@feld @david_chisnall @paco David nails it. Also, encryption at rest makes it possible to retire storage devices after End-of-Life without having to worry about data theft after retirement.
Eulogy that makes me want to go back and read more of Scott Adams.
The Dilbert Afterlife - by Scott Alexander
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-dilbert-afterlife
RE: https://mas.to/@carnage4life/115845748626840201
Plot twist: The document is a genuine internal document. But it was AI generated.
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Say what you like about the NSA, at least they listen to you.
@hub Only 37. But 0x37.
@publicvoit ha ha. What am I? DOJ?
Happy birthday to all my privacy conscious, but lazy friends who chose Jan 1st as their birthday!🎉🎉🎉
Vinoth (Datacenter security) boosted:
@nelson I am blind. Seeing people who think I'm not worth the effort fill my timeline with AltBot generated AI stuff that isn't even accurate in lots of cases.
Human alt text is always better, because it doesn´t focus on ocular seeing. Seeing people think, and AltBot was designed around that notion, that blind people must compensate for missing "eye-seeing", but that's not the case. I am interested in the meaning of an image to you, its maker or publisher.
Again, human alt text is better, also because it strengthens reciprocity between seeing and blind people. AltBot doesn't but it makes seeing people believe they have done their bit for accessibility. In actuality, the reverse is often true.
!!!!!!!!!
There are lies, damn lies, and then there is "Beautify this slide".
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The effects of quantizing audio, in case you've ever wondered: https://vimeo.com/1147191599/c696f8479d
Article title: If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?
Me: We don't want a rebellion sparked by 'Taxation without representation'. Do we?
A very sensible take on when to use LLMs based on their current capabilities and limitations, by Bryan Cantrill:
https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576
Vinoth (Datacenter security) boosted:
Teachers 15 years ago: Kids, please don't try to cheat and use Wikipedia.
Teachers now: Kids, for the love of god, please just use Wikipedia.
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*At last, an entire light-day. That's a full 1/365th of a light-year. #spacetravel
Vinoth (Datacenter security) boosted:
if you are troubled by vice they've invented a device.
@interfluidity The nice thing about democracy is that the electorate always get what they deserve. Which also means that, on a long enough time horizon, democracy is self-correcting.
Vinoth (Datacenter security) boosted:
New podcast from me -
Destination Cyber
Episode 15: Lesley Carhart https://kbi.media/podcast/episode-15-lesley-carhart/
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