Josh Boyd @joshboyd

Joined December 2007

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Peter Kraft @petereliaskraft

a year ago

What happens if your CPU gets something wrong? If it wakes up one day and decides 2+2=5? Well, most of us will never have to worry about that. But if you work at a company the size of Google, you do, which is why this paper on "mercurial cores" is so fascinating. What the…

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SwiftOnSecurity @SwiftOnSecurity

a year ago

You think you need an app for this, but what you really need is to learn Excel.

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Josh Boyd @joshboyd

a year ago

Dude, you’re (I’m) getting a Dell! #rugged

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Josh Boyd @joshboyd

a year ago

Dell, Getac, or Toughbook for a rugged laptop?

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John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack

a year ago

@iandanforth @PalmerLuckey Do you think we should not have a military? Or just an ineffective one? It is a job to be done. Do it well.

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Kieran Snyder @KieranSnyder

a year ago

Exec hires fail within 18 months 50-70% of the time, whether they're promoted from within or hired externally. That’s a staggering percentage. So what goes wrong? >>

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Josh Boyd @joshboyd

2 years ago

Is there any good reason to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS given that Ubuntu Pro is free for personal use? The workloads I run don't seem to be bothered..

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vx-underground @vxunderground

2 years ago

The xz situation is absolutely insane and almost certainly state sponsored. This is an excellent example of a widely used software being maintained by basically one person. Read this web article and then frown and become sad. boehs.org/node/everythin…

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vx-underground @vxunderground

2 years ago

The xz backdoor was initially caught by a software engineer at Microsoft. He noticed 500ms lag and thought something was suspicious. This is the Silver Back Gorilla of nerds. The internet final boss.

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Matt Dursh @MattDursh

2 years ago

Bridge design for vessel collision. A🧵 The main span of the Francois Scott Key Bridge is 1300 ft. It also has 185 ft of clearance, making this a massive bridge. This type of bridge is considered complex. Baltimore is in for a long haul before replacement. Here is why. 1/x