musings and one liners

Category: Technology

Crypto is not easy

Don’t trust, verify – especially when apps make incredibly claims. This time about encrypted messaging.

Testing a new encrypted messaging app’s extraordinary claims

May 22, 2023
Knuth about Chat GPT

Donald Knuth, Computer Science legend, looked into Chat GPT and concluded: I shall devote my time to developing concepts that are authentic and trustworthy. And I hope you do the same

https://cs.stanford.edu/~knuth/chatGPT20.txt

May 22, 2023
The Dark Side of Technology

The Dark Side of Technology:

I’m going to disrupt the Silicon Valley script. You know the one. Every talk or article coming out of Silicon Valley follows the prescribed template: start with a dazzling description of awesome new digital technologies and then proceed to explore all the wonderful benefits and opportunities that these technologies will bring to us.… Continued

January 25, 2014
Hadoop 2013 – Performance, Projects, Platforms, Players

I earmarked this series for writing about it, just wanted to wait for part four to be published… and somehow totally missed it in my feed, until I remembered and decided to check back today… so without further ado, here you go!

Hadoop 2013 – Part One: Performance

Hadoop 2013 – Part Two: Projects

Hadoop 2013 – Part Three: Platforms

Hadoop 2013 – Part Four: Players

May 28, 2013
The Google Cloud Platform Q&A

GCE explained quick and dirty: The Google Cloud Platform Q&A:

While the bulk of the attention at Google I/O last week, at least in terms of keynote airtime, was devoted to improvements to user-facing projects like Android and Chrome, the Cloud team had announcements of their own.… Continued

May 27, 2013
Interview With A Blackhat

Fascinating interview with a (former) blackhat:

One ‘blackhat,’ who asked to be called Adam, that I have spoken to a lot has recently says he’s decided to go legit. During this life-changing transition, he offered to give an interview so that the rest of the security community could learn from his point of view.… Continued

May 25, 2013
Big Data and the Bright Future of Applied Statistics

I couldn’t help but think of these two together, because I happened to read them within hours.

The bright future of applied statistics:

I think that the data revolution is just getting started. Datasets are currently being, or have already been, collected that contain, hidden in their complexity, important truths waiting to be discovered.… Continued

May 16, 2013
People are lazy, and Finding Your Flow and Motivation

People are lazy. Here’s how I get shit done.:

I am lazy. If there is a shortcut I will take it. I love feeling accomplished, but I don’t always love the hard work it takes to get there.

Finding Your Flow and Motivation:

In the past the hurricane days were exception. … Continued

May 6, 2013
EMC and the 7 Dwarves

Good wrap up of the big iron storage industry.

EMC and the 7 dwarves – part 1 and EMC and the 7 dwarves – pt 2:

EMC has been gaining marketshare over the last several years. The world’s largest data storage company is getting larger. […] EMC’s position is analogous to IBM’s in the 70s: EMC has the most successful scale-up OLTP arrays; offers better support; and keeps adding useful features.… Continued

May 5, 2013