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Keeping #Secrets Out of #Logs
https://allan.reyes.sh/posts/keeping-secrets-out-of-logs/

Non-participant externalities reshape the evolution of altruistic punishment
Zhao Song, Chen Shen, Valerio Capraro, The Anh Han
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08302 https://

Non-participant externalities reshape the evolution of altruistic punishment
While voluntary participation is a key mechanism that enables altruistic punishment to emerge, its explanatory power typically rests on the common assumption that non-participants have no impact on the public good. Yet, given the decentralized nature of voluntary participation, opting out does not necessarily preclude individuals from influencing the public good. Here, we revisit the role of voluntary participation by allowing non-participants to exert either positive or negative impacts on the…

Paraphrase of my #IOT hardware rant on slack (unsurprising, since I maintain https://github.com/unixorn/internet-of-trash/)
In a perfect world IOT hardware companies should:
- Have to escrow the firmware. And escrow the source code, not just the binary blob
- The firmware isn't allowed to use binary blobs as device drivers. Chip manufacturers will have to suck it up and document their chips or hardware companies won't be able to use them
- Have to escrow any keys required to update the firmware
- To be sold, have to have a local API, with at a minimum, functionality to update the firmware once the hardware company stops support. No "You have to use our crapware that only works on a phone/computer OS two major versions old, and it has to download firmware from our servers that got turned off when we went out of business / dropped the product's support
- Eighteen months with no updates causes release of the escrowed firmware and update keys. There are bound to be at least some security updates required in that time
- Have to have clearly labeled pads on the board for updating firmware and running diagnostics.
- Not be allowed to lock consumers out of reflashing the firmware. If someone flashes custom firmware before the escrowed firmware is released, and the custom firmware bricks the device, that's on the person who reflashed it, not the company.
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Good Morning #Canada
Before #WWII, Canada could still be considered a tiny nation in terms of our influence on world affairs. But after the conflict broke out, we contributed well beyond expectations and our navy was an example. The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) started the war with only 13 vessels, but when WWII ended, we had the 4th largest navy in the world. By 1945 the RCN had 450 ships in all, plus many smaller auxiliary units. This 1945 figure breaks down as follows: 2 cruisers, 17 destroyers, 68 frigates, 112 corvettes, 67 minesweepers, 12 escort ships, 75 Fairmile motor launches. During WWII, Canadian shipyards built a total of 4,047 naval vessels and 410 merchant ships for a grand total of 4,457 ships. The naval vessels included over 300 anti-submarine warships, as well as thousands of landing craft, escort ships, minesweepers, and tugs.
#CanadaIsAwesome #RemembranceDay
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Royal-Canadian-Navy/Second-World-War

Megan Lynch @…: "Cleveland State University's student-run alternative radio station WCSB was abruptly shut down Friday and replaced with a jazz station operated by Ideastream Public Media.
They broke the news over Zoom then called the cops to "escort" the students out." - mas.to
https://mas.to/@meganL/115317979725865498

#LB Eu tenho um amigo que diz que o formato do office é tão complicado que nem o próprio Office consegue abrir direito esses arquivos rs. E, de fato, ele vive reclamando que cada uma das diferentes versões do Office abre o mesmo arquivo de um forma diferente, introduzindo pequenas diferenças de formatação rs.

Ainda estou longe de estar 100%, mas decidi que jš estou bem o suficiente para retomar minha rotina (*) a partir de amanhã.
(*) Onde estš escrito "retomar minha rotina" leia-se "trabalhar praticamente durante todo o período do dia em que estou acordado" rs.