Finally submitted a CL that's been pending for 9 years (some simple Guice memory/performance tweaks)
Cleaned up all my citc clients. Down to 8 from over 100.
Ben, thanks for allowing yourself to be vulnerable and share you story of grief. You're not only mourning the loss of your mother, but also all of the other sacrifices you've made along the way. It's difficult and as they say not a linear process.
I found this article covers a lot of what I'd say about the journey and perspective.
https://www.katherineschafler.com/blog/the-one-thing-no-one-ever-says-about-grieving
Be well.
Worlds Collide
That time the LinkedIn SF Office and the How Weird festival intersected...
September 2021 reminder that I'm not a German Politician!
If I was I'd be way more in line with @dielinke
cc: @Lance78W @Glossa_Austria @ThomasSigmund @chris_breu @loves_Nina @FrauMeyer1 @wegeheld @DavidSittler @HartmutVoigt @LostinEU @tantepiep
If you want to do something about the situation in Texas, folks on the ground seem to be suggesting donating to @TEAFund http://teafund.org
Circus Bella!
The Circus Bella preview show in West Oakland was a joyous fun time! Many chances to see them, check https://www.circusbella.org/humorous for future shows.
Sunday Sunday Sunday
Did you know you can get into the https://museumca.org/ for free with your Google Badge?
Join me and 1 other Googler today (August 22nd 2021) and we'll tour https://museumca.org/exhibit/mothership-voyage-afrofuturism
text me at 415 425 1601 if you want to join in on this group!
Real Life Story of the 1st Mainframe Container Breakout
It's like a kubes/mainframe buddy movie. :-D Enjoy this talk from some fun folks from Minnesota.
You're Doing IOT RNG
Saw this talk live. Well done! TLDR badly seeded pseudo-random number generators can be used to find the next random number in sequence.
https://labs.bishopfox.com/tech-blog/youre-doing-iot-rng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuqw0-jZh9Y
0xide
Some perspective for this Perf season...
https://oxide.computer/blog/compensation-as-a-reflection-of-values
My neighbor works for these guys.
Afrofuturism Exhibit
Anyone want to go to Oakland Museum a week from Sunday? With me and some other interesting folks? Pop into this twitter thread..
@setlinger ah, not a problem. Next Sunday it is. I'll gather interested folks and we can coordinate a time. Maybe @aarcher510 can get their badge by then too!
@setlinger Sunday is perfect. Since you have a group already just name your time and I'll be there! And who knows maybe an impromptu fairness discussion will emerge? Lots to talk about post-DEFCON!
@alexhanna also really looking forward to seeing this exhibit! Would @aarcher510 @setlinger or anyone else be up for a group outing? I'd love to get fresh perspectives.
Eyes to the sky
Found the darkness, the shooting stars, and peace in the wee hours.
Cyberpunk
Your period reminder of what we thought technology was going to give us...
AI Fairness Exploits
Here's the video of the winners of the Twitter bug bounty/CTF for algorithmic fairness. It's a judo trick to get AI failures recognized in the same way as insecure code.
Background
https://hackerone.com/twitter-algorithmic-bias?type=team
https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/10/22617972/twitter-photo-cropping-algorithm-ai-bias-bug-bounty-resu...
https://github.com/twitter-research/image-crop-analysis
Recasting Algorithmic bias as security vulnerabilities with specific harms and a bug bounty is brilliant! Now I want a "Project Zero" team to go out and find these.
https://hackerone.com/twitter-algorithmic-bias
I love this. Google should offer similar bounties. And can we please spin up a Project Zero for AI Bias while we're at it?!
https://hackerone.com/twitter-algorithmic-bias?type=team
DEFCON
I'm going. Just to be there for this:
https://aivillage.org/events/2020/8/4/ai-village-def-con-28-safe-mode-w6wsl
A bunch of it will be online too. But I evaluated the covid risks vs rewards and decided to go.
Live with Purpose
I reconnected with my purpose yesterday at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis.
I paid my respects and formed bonds with the community so we can work towards common goals. So uplifting because collective action starts with individual connections.
The List is still going in the year 2021. Amazing.
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13830408/going-strong-since-1990-this-low-budget-newsletter-is-a-punk-inst...
People of Hackers.Town, are you going to in-person DEFCON this year? [Yes] [No] [Maybe]
I'm worried about the Delta variant despite the measures taken by the conference. Vegas is known for high-risk behavior and there are reports of vaccinated people coming down with Covid.
Thoughts?
@jrbinks what were you looking for? It's likely that it's tucked away somewhere not readily apparent.
See you at IRL Cyberdelia in September.
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2021/09-17.html
Archive.org turns 25
I did a video version of the blog post I did for them a while back about Love, Loss and Archives.
http://anniversary.archive.org/
Consider donating and signing up for the 25th anniversary webcast, they do so much with such a small budget. Funny thing is that Google started out as a Library project. In some ways I wish we could go back to that simpler time.
Disneyland
Saw the flying cars ride at Disneyland this week. We sure go that whole future wrong.... https://thebaffler.com/salvos/of-flying-cars-and-the-declining-rate-of-profit
Scale
With Covid (hopefully continuing) to decline there are some once in a lifetime opportunities to attend events at smaller scale.
I was just at the 30% capacity Disneyland last weekend. 16 rides in one day and just.. relaxed despite 40k steps walked.
I bought DEF-CON tickets.
I might go to the renegade Burning Man this year.
Socially distanced outdoor events mean I can bring my dog and dance.
Looking into doing a set of federated Decentralized Web camps.
Regional events instead of global ones.
Rethinking how things work...
@daviss A travesty. The community needs to reclaim.
I had a chance to hear Jeanelle Austin and Robin Worlobah speak about how the community managed the intersection. It was inspiring.
cc: @robin4mpls @jeanelleaustin
https://twitter.com/daviss/status/1400415066076364800
Great opportunity to hear Nathan Schneider talk about the intersection of cooperatives and technology at the Decentralized Web Meetup this Wednesday.
https://blog.archive.org/2021/05/27/distribute-commons-not-commodities/
cc @ntnsndr @internetarchive
It really feels like we're waking from the liminal dream state now. So much latent energy, ready to rush forth, ready for new possibilities.
https://twitter.com/NoraBateson/status/1244628138342125571
Spring Spark Drive Thru
Flames! Lights! Action! Well worth the drive to the Sacramento Spark Drive Thru. Loads of Burning Man art, music and spectacle!
Read all about it at https://www.svspark.org/spring-spark-drive-thru-2021/
Until next time Phoenix!
Thanks to Juan and Ryan at Dark Hall Coffee and the fine folks at The Coronado for welcoming me. I'll be back!
@darkhallcoffee @thecoronadophx
Remember when @amazon Delivered Dance and DJ
This email from 9-9-99 by @mikemcgonigal is nothing like what you'd see today. I remember @ezrakilty mentioning that he worked with @djkevincole in those early days!
https://1500wordmtu.com/pages/amazoncom-delivers-dance-and-dj
moot
That time I almost quit Google...
In retrospect it put me on a more thoughtful relationship with Google the company and where I put my efforts, both inside/outside the company.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/22/4chan-founder-chris-poole-moot-has-left-google.html
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Much thanks to the fine folks on /r/LongBeach
It's the internet doing what it does best.
https://www.reddit.com/r/longbeach/comments/mqme14/looking_for_help_identifying_the_building_near/
Another trip around the Sun.
A year of transition and adventure. A year of beauty and joy within our pandemic struggle.
view from Haleakalā Observatory, Maui Hawaii, 2012