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@smist08.bsky.social

SAR, FPGAs, RISC-V, Assembly Language, writer, mountain biker, runner, amateur radio.

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Dutch defense chief: F-35s can be jailbroken like iPhones : No worries if the US doesn't want to be friends with Europe anymore

I guess this is good news if Canada goes with the F-35 rather than the Gripen. Still perhaps would be good to go with a plane that didnโ€™t require hacking? www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/j...

18.02.2026 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think he has a racist toxic generative AI writing these for him.

14.02.2026 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bias and Toxicity in Generative AI Introduction There has been quite an explosion of Generative AI programs recently including OpenAIโ€™s ChatGPT, Facebookโ€™s Llama, Googleโ€™s Gemini, Microsoftโ€™s Copilot, Anthropicโ€™s Claude, and xAIโ€™s Gโ€ฆ

Blogged on bias and toxicity in generative AI models like ChatGPT.

smist08.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/b...

13.02.2026 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Started using these a few months ago and all good. Upgraded to the unlimited version to support their good work.

13.02.2026 00:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pretty nice here in BC.

09.02.2026 01:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Me too.

07.02.2026 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Generative AI Race Introduction Over the past couple of days Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta have seen their stocks plummet when they released generally good earnings, but gigantic plans to each spend about $200 bโ€ฆ

Blogged on the race for the next generation of Generative AI. smist08.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/t...

06.02.2026 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

It was the robo-pen.

06.02.2026 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My favourite of the best picture nominees that Iโ€™ve seen.

01.02.2026 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I like Proton Drive which is Swiss, anything but American.

28.01.2026 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think it will be like BC, the membership will endorse him then the MPs will give him the boot a couple months later.

27.01.2026 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Could like the BC Cons who affirmed Runstad at the leadership review then dumped him a couple of months later.

27.01.2026 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Canadian Tech Resiliency Introduction Iโ€™m with the Sunshine Coast Amateur Radio Club Society and one of the goals of this club is to offer communications resiliency. What happens if during an earthquake, forest fire โ€ฆ

smist08.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/c...

24.01.2026 05:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Canadian Tech Resiliency Introduction Iโ€™m with the Sunshine Coast Amateur Radio Club Society and one of the goals of this club is to offer communications resiliency. What happens if during an earthquake, forest fire โ€ฆ

Blogged on building some Canadian tech resiliency: smist08.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/c...

22.01.2026 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Fix Or Repair Daily.

22.01.2026 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Review of Science Under Siege Introduction I recently finished reading โ€œScience Under Siegeโ€ by Michael Mann and Peter Hotez. Michael Mann is a climate scientist who writes extensively about global warming and hence has been atโ€ฆ

Blogged a review of "Science Under Siege".

smist08.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/r...

16.01.2026 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The e-book of the 2nd edition of RP2040 Assembly Language Programming is now available at link.springer.com/book/10.1007.... Get 20% off with this code: APAUT.

13.01.2026 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Destination dupes: Where to go instead of the US Big skies, bold cities and iconic prison islands: these destinations offer a familiar feel with a global twist.

Some good alternatives to visiting Trumpland: www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

09.01.2026 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Review of Taming Silicon Valley Introduction I recently read the book: Taming Silicon Valley: How We Can Ensure That AI Works for Us by Gary F. Marcus. This is a quick review of the book along with some thoughts on how things havโ€ฆ

Blogged a review of โ€œTaming Silicon Valleyโ€ by Gary Marcus.

smist08.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/r...

09.01.2026 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2026 Another Year Avoiding the USA Introduction The USA continues to threaten Canadaโ€™s sovereignty with both invasion and trade bullying. We arenโ€™t alone in this as the USA is also threatening Greenland, Venezuela, Panama, Nigeria aโ€ฆ

Blogged on 2026 being another year of boycotting the USA. smist08.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/2...

02.01.2026 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

What the f?

31.12.2025 03:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rather he did that than pretty much anything else.

24.12.2025 00:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think VPNs are a necessity these days. You probably donโ€™t want the government knowing you viewed this either.

23.12.2025 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Replacing Google Search and Chrome Introduction Last time we looked at replacing GMail and Google Apps with equivalents from Proton. However, Googleโ€™s main source of revenue is advertising, mostly driven by Google Search. In this arโ€ฆ

Blogged on replacing Google Search and Google Chrome with DuckDuckGo and the Duck browser. smist08.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/r...

19.12.2025 23:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wouldnโ€™t it just mean all the companies would have to leave the USA, with no physical presence. Like many porn and torrent companies already have done.

18.12.2025 23:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Proton Mail is what email should be, and you can experience it right now Looking for a secure email option? Proton Mail prioritizes privacy with its encrypted, feature-filled application.

www.howtogeek.com/proton-mail-...

18.12.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Review of Proton Apps Introduction Last time, I was looking at alternatives to US tech companies. Iโ€™ve subscribed to Proton with their unlimited subscription which replaces quite a few Google services plus adds a โ€ฆ

Migrating from Google to Proton. Here's a review: smist08.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/a...

17.12.2025 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Maintaining Privacy and Avoiding the USA Introduction The USA has started requiring social media history and other personal information for travellers entering the USA. Although this doesnโ€™t currently apply to Canadian citizens, border agโ€ฆ

Blogged on some of the problems with US Tech, surveillance and privacy. smist08.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/m...

12.12.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pilot

01.12.2025 03:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Patches

01.12.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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