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Anyone else finding @NotionHQ support abysmally bad? The AI has a couple of goes - it’s clever, but unhelpful. When I get a human they can’t read pages on their own site to find things I’m referring to. Are they secretly also an AI?

@GergelyOrosz Given the API changes, thought about cross posting?

@ApprovedNews6 COMMENT: Because he’s in the pocket of Big Hog Fluid!

Shadow-Lord Biden Accused of Encouraging "Police Brutality" Against "Peaceful Protestorbs"

@ApprovedNews6 Misread this as Anti-Conjugation, which is a far more problematic position.

Anti-Conjuration League Protests "Degrading" Use of Sprites by Federal Thought Patrol

@danluu How are you (re)assessing? Say you were concerned they didn’t have the right system design skills - how are you going to decide that what they designed in their new job is any good? Blog post with examples?

Has anyone made even a cursory attempt at figuring out false positive / negative rates for interviews? I tracked down how well a number of people we rejected are doing in cases where I had some visibility into the rejection reason and the reason was wrong most of the time.

@strangecode @mikko @triskweline I could see that would be useful if trying to fully impersonate/frame someone, but for the purposes of capturing SMS 2FA wouldn’t that be overkill?

@insomniacity @mikko @triskweline I guess other devices don't let you spoof the IMEI registered for the SIM.

There’s still a strong aftermarket for Nokia 1100 phones, specifically for the RH-18 models made in 2003-2004 in the Bochum factory.

@strangecode @mikko @triskweline Ok, makes sense. But doesn’t quite seem to explain the market value of these devices? If I have victim’s SIM I can use any device anyway surely?

@insomniacity @mikko @triskweline As I understand, the bug in Nokia 1100 only allowed you to change IMEI and IMSI. In order to successfully authenticate to the network, the attacker still needs to have a copy of a victim's SIM card, which contains the ID and authentication key.

@strangecode @mikko @triskweline So that would then reduce the security to encryption provided by the SIM, right?

@insomniacity @mikko @triskweline The minimal amount of trust the network needs is to accept the authentication of the device. In this case, if I understand correctly, that's what's happening: the device is able to spoof its IMEI and receive messages meant for another device.

@mikko @triskweline Does this imply the networks are trusting the client more than they should (which is, not at all)? Otherwise how would a different firmware give this behaviour?

@triskweline «Due to a firmware flaw in a batch of phones that were manufactured in a plant in Bochum, Germany, the phone could supposedly be programmed to receive messages directed to a different phone number, thus receiving sensitive data such as online banking details»

@SwiftOnSecurity I wanted to tweak expiry for certs I get from an INTERNAL CA and people looked at me like I was from another planet.

"Yeah let's get a certificate that expires December 30th nothing could go wrong." Narrator: It did

@PajamaStew Closer to the truth than you realise - if you play with a simulator like Celestia you see that the stars in the constellations are at very different distances from us and form various spears!

As the spacecraft drifted further out into oblivion, the passengers looked back and saw the secret of the universe. What we call stars are actually the tips of swords dangling in the cosmos, each one moments from falling free and splitting the Earth in two like a green apple.

@kelseyhightower Now I’m disappointed in those who just used ROT13 @Twigathy

@GergelyOrosz Wouldn’t the worst case be the users discovering the consequences of those decisions?

Of course, this means that your most experienced software engineer - who is already advising dozens of teams - should NOT make the final call on stuff. They should advise. The builders decide. Worst case? Those builders will learn from the consequences of their own decisions.

Something trivial that needs to still be said: Your software architecture will be better for maintenance and reliability if the person making the architectural decisions is also a person who will write the code, and will be a person oncall when that code is deployed.

@Tim_Blumberg @tszzl +1 Salvation

@tszzl shocking to hear The Culture described as too cerebral. Nonetheless, I think you'd enjoy Peter F Hamilton's space operas, action packed with a detailed examination with how society would evolve with cheap wormhole casting tech: Pandora's Star/Judas Unchained Salvation series

need a sci-fi rec that’s a page turner, fun to read but not too stupid examples: altered carbon there is no antimemetics division project Hail Mary too cerebral for rn: the culture, greg egan, etc too dumb: the expanse, ready player one

@TomWhitwell @Twigathy @FRougieux @guynewey @ClemCowton Watching Andor, I’m reminded how most housing in Star Wars seems to have various boxes and control panels on the outside. So I would have some of that!

What if we ask famous artists to design heat pumps to make them more appealing to home owners? 🧵 starting with Hieronymus Bosch. ( Inspired by @FRougieux #heatpunks @guynewey @ClemCowton )

@NanoRaptor Or did they make you a very large pen and bill? 🤔

@syn Worth it though!

@TheDoorTHEDOOR “I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me” - Joshua Graham

@chaosprime You should check out Black Mirror S04E04!

Timeline zen @richard_littler @Scarfolk @tower727