Tech on Flying Upside Down

Decline of Makerbot

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 15:41:09 +0000

I have to say before reading this article I was one “…tech enthusiasts suffering from low information, that sees MakerBot as the Kleenex and Asprin of 3D printing.”

Though, honestly that didn’t mean much because I’ve had such a poor experience of 3D printers in general. Still, an interesting read, and sad to see a company backtrack so far from the open commitments they started with.

They deserve their reputation.

Toy model of the AI control problem: animated version

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:14:02 +0000

Amazing video that explains plainly a very (at least what seems like to me) complicated space of work.

Source: Toy model of the AI control problem: animated version

CCleaner malware outbreak is much worse than it first appeared

Wed, 04 Oct 2017 02:55:25 +0000

“The recent CCleaner malware outbreak is much worse than it initially appeared, according to newly unearthed evidence. That evidence shows that the CCleaner malware infected at least 20 computers from a carefully selected list of high-profile technology companies with a mysterious payload. (credit: Talos ) Previously, researchers found no evidence that any of the computers infected by the booby-trapped version of the widely used CCleaner utility had received a second-stage payload the backdoor was capable of delivering.”

The Story of Blue LEDs

Wed, 04 Oct 2017 01:03:06 +0000

Really interesting video on the history of the LED, and the blue LED.

[$] Antipatterns in IoT security

Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:23:46 +0000

Lots of interesting talk about the fundamentals of a secure system and it’s applications to computers.

Quote I liked (empahasis mine):

The most basic security antipattern is to “do nothing”. That means accepting any and all risk, though. Another is to “do it yourself”; that leads to thinking the system is secure because of custom elements, such as non-peer-reviewed cryptography algorithms or implementations and security through obscurity. “Hand-rolled” security systems have not fared well over the years—developers have learned that implementing stream ciphers, for example, should not be tackled in-house. But there is still a fair amount of security by obscurity, such as “super unguessable URLs”. If a product becomes successful, which is what you want, the unguessable will become all-too-guessable.