Nick

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

enjoy yer sunday, wickie its back te work tomorrow

“Roughly” is doing some heavy lifting there

What do Canadian dog owners say to their dogs when they’re barking for no reason? “Please stop the unnecessary ruffing”

People already refuse to acknowledge that other people, or animals, are conscious. If we make an AI system that attains consciousness it’ll be the same, maybe with a higher percentage of people claiming a lack of consciousness.

Is anyone else terrified of an oddly specific number or is it just me? It doesn’t seem to have any special significance, it’s just a seemingly random two digit prime number.

YouTube video by badvertised Sneakers (1992): My Voice Is My Passport

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zVg... voice authentication? The thing they made a movie about breaking in the early 90s?

Current status: vibe coding a “safe” XML parser just to see how poorly this goes

This is where I post from

This is like Canadian kids speaking Franglais in school.

Nice work, love it!

Beautiful photo!

Is it worth the broken limbs? Maybe! That looks pretty fun.

I used to, but I fear I have lost the arcane knowledge necessary for it

First run of my marathon training for 2026 done. Feeling good!

Cream pony is sooo good. Doughnuts and chicken sandwiches? That is extremely my jam.

I feel guilty now. Sorry. 😞

I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.

A puffed up cat with its back arched looking with intensity at a paper cut out of a cat

People freaking out when chat gpt says it’s alive

Frustration with cybersecurity people and companies This anonymous survey if for people who are NOT working in cybersecurity and who had to contract people / buy services / buy products from companies in cybersecurity / use cybersecurity products / etc...

[Please share with people outside of cybersec]
Do you have a horror story when you had to deal with cybersecurity companies / people? This is your chance to vent! → forms.gle/9aX24HrfnEQm...
I'm running an anonymous survey to listen to stories and look into the disconnect we sometimes have.

A lotta guys post about being on the SomethingAwful forums like they were in 'Nam

Important: Not all dads are good dads. If your dad is not proud of you, just know that I am proud of you!

And some good dads have experienced loss, and many people have lost good dads. Today is difficult for many people.

There's no one right way to feel about today. However you feel, is right.

“you going to post that on BlueSky, Dad? get two likes?”

teenagers are brutal

Four panel comic with guy sharing a flask with cheddar broccoli soup

The introvert urge to stay up far too late because it's the only time you can be alone

Water loves to look at perfectly good metal and say "Rewrite it in Rust"

Today I learned that vulnerability disclosure is legally difficult here in Canada www.cyber.gc.ca/en/cyber-sec... (scroll all the way to the bottom)

Always remember this:

- I want things to be different - *smashes everything* - oh no

I think about this comic at least once a week