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<rant>
- bcrypt is not Blowfish
- sha512crypt is not SHA-512
- sha256crypt is not SHA-256
- md5crypt is not MD5
</rant>
@tychotithonus Right now, I'm irritated with Python's crypt library:
>>> print(*crypt.methods, sep="\n")
<crypt.METHOD_SHA512>
<crypt.METHOD_SHA256>
<crypt.METHOD_BLOWFISH>
<crypt.METHOD_MD5>
<crypt.METHOD_CRYPT>
I learned today via a mainframe group I'm part of that Lynn Conway has passed away at age 86.
She was an absolute legend in computing, and led an inspiring, authentic life.
The average global temperature for the 12-month period to the end of May was 1.63C (2.9F) above the pre-industrial average โ making it the hottest such period since record-keeping began in 1940, the service added.
โIt is shocking but not surprising that we have reached this 12-month streak,โ said Carlo Buontempo, director of C3S, which is backed by the European Union.
In 1968, at 30 years old, Lynn Conway transitioned. In doing so she lost her wife, her children, and her job at IBM. She continued on, living authentically as her true self and continued her career as an electral engineer. In 1978 she became an associate professor at MIT and taught a course in VLSI (very large scale integration) that became the basis of the Mead-Conway VLSI Design Methodology, changing how we design integrated circuits. In 1985 she became a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan, and later the associate dean of engineering.
32 years after transitioning, Conway came out publicly as a transgender woman. Since than she has been a advocate for transgender people in the tech sector. In 2020 IBM formally apologized for firing Conway for being trans, over 50 years after the fact. Just a bit of #transHistory I learned today.
I just checked out her Wikipedia bio and WOW those are some amazing accomplishments in computer science.
Convenience link for anyone who wants it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway
Crimes are defined by power relationships. Something becomes a crime when someone is powerful enough to enforce a law on someone even over a harmless act.
Because of our racist, legalistic society, there's a law making almost everything illegal if you stretch the rules enough, and the powerful are always able to do that with the people they don't like.
Legalisms, practically speaking, don't protect anyone unless they already have the power to protect themselves.
That's why the rich and corporations can elide the law so effectively -- they can grind the process out indefinitely until it's a waste of time.
And "white collar" crimes are hardly considered crimes by a society laser focused on oppressing the poor and marginalized so it can "legally" exploit them in other ways.
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Reading up on Lynn Conway, this woman is unbelievable.
Specifically, she (in order):
1. Worked at IBM and invented superscaler CPU architecture (ie, the thing that intel lives by for modern performance)
2. Transitioned and started over in 1968, when it was stealth or death
3. Joined Xerox PARC, where she invented VLSI and modern silicon design
Modern chips exist because of her.
With a curious heart and sharp instincts, the fox is sure that every step through the underbrush shows it the right path, no matter how tangled they look, lead to a clearing.
A traditional piece that may look very simple but it has a lot of meaning to me, represents personal peace of mind. I was working on this piece while hanging with some friends, we were talking about our dreams, and I told them once I got to dream myself as a fox, and it was a feeling of indescribable freedom.
Very small canvas of 10 x 10 centimetres (4 x 4 inches)
Acrylics.
It will be exhibited at the Anthrocon's Art Show.
Some tum in the sun this #TummyTuesday.
How about we share a meal under the sunset?
๐ท @ShadowRK9 & me
#furry #fursuit #FursuitPhoto #FursuitPhotography #FoxFursuit #FoxFurry #LupeSuits #AustralianFurry #OutdoorFursuiting #belly #BellyFur #CuteFursuit
Female elephants address one another with individualized rumblesMarta Zaraska (Scientific American)
Quote of the day...
"Everything looks like a conspiracy if you don't understand how anything works."
Christ.
Capitalism laid bare.
Unnecessary consumption and excess waste, all leading to environmental destruction, all for the sake of profit.
All for the same reason so much "work" these days is ultimately pointless: our collective needs can be met by just a few people, but capitalism says no one can live without money, which means they must work. So work must be made for them to do. Everyone must have something to sell (to an employer or to others) or starve, even if society doesn't actually need anything more from them.
When I first started reading this I thought you were referring to crypto or AI, since they both also meet the criteria of โunnecessary consumption and excess waste, all leading to environmental destruction, all for the sake of profit.โ
I'm selling my donkey fursuit! It's cute, clean and I've only worn it a handful of times.
https://www.thedealersden.com/listing/donkey-fursuit/278365
Cute toony donkey partial fursuit in excellent condition. Includes, head, removable mane, hooves, paws, arms & tail.www.thedealersden.com
There is a big difference between tech as augmentation versus automation. Augmentation (think Excel and accountants) benefits workers while automation (think traffic lights versus traffic wardens) benefits capital.
LLMs are controversial because the tech is best at augmentation but is being sold by lots of vendors as automation.
"Former senior Tory MP and doctor quits job as NHS chair in disgust at government health cuts"
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/sarah-wollaston-tory-mp-quits-nhs-b2560399.html
โNo point promising the unachievable, especially if only achievable with unacceptable consequencesโ says Dr Sarah WollastonRebecca Thomas (The Independent)
I just rewatched Spider-Man: Homecoming and was reminded that for some reason I just don't like it much. I mean, I like most of the *parts* of it, but as a whole it just leaves me very "meh", much like most of the MCU films. I kept looking at stuff on my phone instead of watching.
I've never really read much of the comic books, but I tend to feel I'm more a comic book Spidey fan, not really a film Spidey fan. Or maybe I just like the character and not the stories, I dunno. It's very hard to tell.
Fast bois! Commission for SpaceHuskyNick and Zabivodka
#furry #furryart #anthro #furries #furryfandom #illustration
I'm tearing up watching this video. Guy helps out at a dog shelter and this wee girl has been in the shelter three days, she's absolutely petrified, won't eat... In fifteen minutes he's got her eating out of his hand, in twenty she's sat in his lap.
Let's help this little Ashley and the shelter. They need kibble so feel free to pick some dog (or cat) food from their Amazon wish list that goes straight to...YouTube
I have a box full of WEEE in the garage I'd like to get rid of ... checked the local council website.
"Access to recycling centres is prohibited on foot: you must bring a vehicle."
"Any commercial vehicle is prohibited, defined as: any vehicle with Taxi or Hackney plates. Any vehicle with a trailer. Vans, pick-up trucks. Any car with more than 5 seats. Any vehicle whose registered keeper lives outside of the area."
It's like they want people to fly-tip.
Once upon a time, a friend was moving and we decided to recycle the old CRTs we had collected. Thanks to the move, we had a rental van so we loaded it up.
Between two of us, we had something like 15 CRTs of various sizes, from 14" to 24" monsters. I had one so large and heavy, it could have been operated as a black hole.
We had a massive row with the site operators, they insisted we were trade, we insisted we were geeks.
Podcast: Why was a potentially deadly gas released at an IRL meeting of โa particularly nice and earnestโ online community?Fiona McCann (The Irish Times)
