Priit Piipuu

“Hold it right there, Charles! ... Not on our first date, you don’t!”

“Hold it right there, Charles! ... Not on our first date, you don’t!”

From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface | 1Password The same capabilities that make OpenClaw a groundbreaking tool also make it an urgent security risk. This blog contains confirmed examples of agent skills being used as malware vectors, and advice on ...

1Password not mincing words here:

"If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop."

"If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately."

1password.com/blog/from-ma...

This is surreal in so many levels. From people giving AI bot access to their private data, to bots creating a parody of human social networks with shared fictional context.

Oh, and how do you monetize the bot social network? By selling ads to the bots and by occasional prompt injection attack?

Just the Browser - Just the Browser Remove AI features, telemetry data reporting, sponsored content, product integrations, and other annoyances from web browsers.

I'm excited to release Just the Browser! It helps you remove AI features, ads, shopping integrations, and other annoyances from desktop web browsers.

This project includes configuration files, a simple setup script, and guides for manual installation. It supports Chrome, Firefox, and MS Edge.

Oh my...
docs.oracle.com/en/database/...

Automatic fetch size tuning in Oracle 23c/26ai JDBC driver The default fetch size for the Oracle JDBC driver is 10 rows per network roundtrip. For the queries returning a larger number of rows, this is often inadequate. On the other hand, getting developer…

The default fetch size in the Oracle JDBC driver is 10 rows

This is too small when reading large data sets

=> looooong query processing times

To avoid this, the 26ai driver can automatically increase the fetch size when getting many rows

@ppiipuu.bsky.social demos

Although troubled as a child, Zorro, as is well known, ultimately found his niche in history.

Although troubled as a child, Zorro, as is well known, ultimately found his niche in history.

“Play him, Sidney! Play him! … Oooooooweeeee! … It’s gonna be fresh burgers tonight!”

“Play him, Sidney! Play him! … Oooooooweeeee! … It’s gonna be fresh burgers tonight!”

Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale

Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools

A much-liked post by Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com with the titles “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student” and the caption “They don’t want to get blamed again“

A joke for the history buffs:

Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“

Estonian sci-fi classic Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel to screen at Berlinale Classics Grigori Kromanov’s 1979 sci-fi film Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel will screen at Berlinale Classics, a rare honour for Estonian cinema.

estonianworld.com/culture/esto... but it’s the soundtrack that still defines the Estonian electronic music scene

Trump to hit Europe with 10% tariffs until Greenland deal is agreed US president said levies against eight nations would rise to 25% unless they support his acquisition of the island

Ok, this is now official, we have achieved the peak stupid

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Big news this week, we have crossed the 1000-member line!

Congratulations to all ACEs for being part of this amazing community!

Shoe Lacing Comparison Feature by feature comparison of the many different shoe lacing methods.

That is such an amazing website
www.fieggen.com/shoelace/lac...
Shoe laces!

Wondering if I should go to Greenland and Taiwan while it is still possible...

“Thank God, Sylvia! We’re alive!”

“Thank God, Sylvia! We’re alive!”

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaa! Earl! … We’ve got a poultrygeist!”

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaa! Earl! … We’ve got a poultrygeist!”

Databases in 2025: A Year in Review The world tried to kill Andy off but he had to stay alive to to talk about what happened with databases in 2025.

I've posted my latest recap of the world of databases: www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/...

All the hot topics from the last year:
• More Postgres action!
• MCP for everyone!
• MongoDB gets litigious with FerretDB!
• File formats!
• Market movements!
• The richest person in the history of the world!

Microsoft's CEO wants us to stop calling AI garbage Slop.

I agree!

Instead of Slop, we should call it Nadella, to show him our appreciation of all he's done for us!

Software quality – Grok and my friend’s boat You might be wondering how a friend’s boat has any relation to the topic of software quality, but bear with me – we’ll get there in a second. But first, if you’ve got a Twit…

"It doesn't matter if AI spoke to an Agent which spoke to your Uncle Mike whose used his iPad to inscribe COBOL onto a parchment that was attached to a carrier pigeon...It is still your code"

connor-mcdonald.com/2026/01/04/s...

Strangely Mette Frederiksen, Ali Khamenei and Miguel Díaz-Canel suddenly all have one thing in common.

“Hey! They’re edible! … This changes everything!”

“Hey! They’re edible! … This changes everything!”

“C’mon, Sylvia … where’s your spirit of adventure?”

“C’mon, Sylvia … where’s your spirit of adventure?”

Automatic fetch size tuning in Oracle 23c/26ai JDBC driver The default fetch size for the Oracle JDBC driver is 10 rows per network roundtrip. For the queries returning a larger number of rows, this is often inadequate. On the other hand, getting developer…

Oracle 23c JDBC driver introduced automatic fetch size tuning. I felt like figuring out what kind of heuristics does it use.

priitp.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/a...

Garden with a light snow cover

Winter has arrived and ofc I didn't take my snow-proof running gear with me. Coming days will be challenging

SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION:

"The Regicide Report", the last book in the Laundry Files, is out on January 27th!

British/EU edition: https://store.orbit-books.co.uk/products/the-regicide-report

US/Canada edition: https://torpublishinggroup.com/the-regicide-report/?isbn=9781250373861&format=hardback

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation External Inbox Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org> 5:43 AM (4 hours ago) to me Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village) IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.

Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.

Just fuck you. Fuck you all.

I can't remember the last time I was this angry.

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