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Karl

@karl@infosec.exchange
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Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me.

Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG.

Will toot terrible puns in either English or French.

Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Joined November 02, 2022
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In the weights:
No stable person surfaced. This result was weightless aka weak af.

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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Aug 04, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Aug 03, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Very happy to see how much the gear train spins backwards. Until the indirect seconds hand complication is added, that is. Damn this J80 movement is cool. I really hope I end up fixing it. Keyless works is next (tomorrow I hope), and then the balance (scary!). Fingers crossed!
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 27, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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The shit show never ends. @arstechnica@mastodon.social https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116993887661140995
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Ars Technica: "Epic diarrhea outbreak has 40% of Americans avoid…" - Mastodon

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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 26, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @AlbertBorneo@framapiaf.org
@AlbertBorneo@framapiaf.org Hey, comment ça se profile pour vous ? Punaise quel enfer. D'abord moi, puis toi…
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 23, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @fourmiune@friendica.mesnumeriques.fr
@fourmiune Il n'y a pas de lien de causalité mesuré, ni d'ailleurs de corrélation constatée. Si les départs de feu de forêt étaient à proximité des aéroports (qui, je le rappelle, stockent des quantités importantes de carburant), cela fait longtemps qu'on le saurait. Ce qui peut être affirmé sans preuve peut être nié sans preuve. À vous de fournir des sources tangibles qui expliquent que les aéroports sont la cause des feux de forêt actuels.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 23, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @fourmiune@friendica.mesnumeriques.fr
@fourmiune Il n'y a absolument aucune base scientifique derrière l'idée que les aéroports favorisent les incendies, c'est juste absurde. Ce sont des hypothèses renforcées par des arguments pseudoscientifiques. @AlbertBorneo@framapiaf.org
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 23, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @fourmiune@friendica.mesnumeriques.fr
@fourmiune @AlbertBorneo@framapiaf.org (Oui, ça c'est totalement conspirationniste, si les réacteurs des avions étaient source d'incendie cela se saurait. Bonne journée.)
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 23, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @AlbertBorneo@framapiaf.org
@AlbertBorneo@framapiaf.org Bon courage. :(
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 22, 2026
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@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @cpages@piaille.fr
@cpages@piaille.fr Ah oui c'est pas pareil si tu essuies un refus de Jupiter tu t'exposes à son ire.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 22, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @cpages@piaille.fr
@cpages@piaille.fr Je ne comprends pas la question. En général, quand tu refuses la démission de quelqu'un c'est parce que tu proposes de travailler avec cette personne pour résoudre les problèmes qui font qu'elle s'en vont. Une autre tactique c'est de refuser la lettre de démission en main propre pour forcer l'employé à l'envoyer par lettre avec AR, ce qui retarde un peu son départ légal.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 12, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @AlbertBorneo@framapiaf.org
@AlbertBorneo@framapiaf.org C'est à cinq kilomètres de ma maison.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 12, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Educating myself on aerial firefighting for absolutely no particular reason. There may be a significant fire close to my home.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 08, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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I claim to have almost 25 years of XP.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 08, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems
@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems I did not know that. Dabbling in watch repair, this is yet another excuse to get a good microscope.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 07, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @rfr@tilde.zone
@rfr@tilde.zone That's another pie chart sadly.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 07, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Here's a free pie chart for those who need it. #dataviz #datavisualization #engineering #science
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 07, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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RTO to boost productivity, they said. This is our open space.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 06, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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My company (EU-based cloud provider) is interested in sponsoring OSS that would need cloud credits for $PURPOSE. I'm not in charge of this so no guarantees, but I can relay some ideas, if you have any (I already suggested curl, but Daniel declined as they already have this kind of resources provided to them).
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jul 02, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@da_667/116850806990941776 How can a cybersecurity blog be taken seriously if they're not using poorly photoshopped catte memes?
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da_667 @da_667@infosec.exchange
please stop using dogshit AI generated images for your cybersecurity blog posts and research. Thank you.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jun 30, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Pro-tip: it doesn't matter if pride month is over. You are still allowed to tell bigots to fuck off.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jun 27, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @karl@infosec.exchange
FUCK YOU GNOME DO NOT CHANGE DEFAULTS LIKE THAT. Fuck you.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jun 27, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-enable-primary-paste true FUCK YOU GNOME.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jun 27, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Wait basshunter has released a song this year? Huh?
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jun 21, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @nini@oldbytes.space
@nini@oldbytes.space @dibi58@this.mouse.rocks I would like to see research supporting such an assertion. I dislike LLMs very much, which I why I don't want to make unsubstantiated claims that can be debunked by LLM supporters, which would discredit any other concern, however valid, that I have with LLMs.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jun 21, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @nini@oldbytes.space
@nini@oldbytes.space @dibi58@this.mouse.rocks there's an in-between where you still train an LLM but it's more focused, but in essence, yes.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jun 20, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @sherbang@chaos.social
@sherbang@chaos.social @Hex@kolektiva.social @orange_lux@eldritch.cafe @saxnot@chaos.social @dibi58@this.mouse.rocks I work at a cloud provider and can confirm that running ai isn't as cheap as it sounds. My take is that most models are so general purpose that they're very inefficient (versatile, yes, but inefficient). Think "sorting an array through a bogo sort" inefficient. LLMs trained for a specific purpose may be more cost-effective to run long term, but that's not the norm.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jun 18, 2026
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@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jun 16, 2026
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@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @nixCraft@mastodon.social
@nixCraft@mastodon.social How desensitized have we become to even discuss a flip phone sold half a grand?
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jun 15, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @bagder@mastodon.social
@bagder@mastodon.social This is the way.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jun 13, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @skyblitz@kanoa.de
@skyblitz@kanoa.de it is not
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jun 13, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @AeonCypher@lgbtqia.space
@AeonCypher@lgbtqia.space we've been known to hire English speakers, but speaking French doesn't hurt
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jun 13, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @misty@digipres.club
@misty@digipres.club I honestly have never cared for the cloud. But I've been recently hired by a French cloud provider and this definitely is a factor in making be believe my work there is important and matters.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Jun 12, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @AeonCypher@lgbtqia.space
@AeonCypher@lgbtqia.space If you speak French, perhaps you can shoot a spontaneous application to Scaleway. There's an AI department here and your pedigree may be relevant for them to consider your resume, It's not the worst © company to work for in these times.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · May 10, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @jbmformateur@social.sciences.re
@jbmformateur@social.sciences.re Cisco (Villeurbanne) fait de la cyber industrielle.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · May 09, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems
@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems (quite a bit)
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · May 06, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place
@aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place TIL. I thought the x stood for extreme.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · May 05, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @iris_meredith@mastodon.social
@iris_meredith@mastodon.social This post matches my anecdotical observations. The only way to wield LLMs with great results is through a thorough understanding of the system you're building. Essentially it boils down to Kernighan's Law, doesn't it? Don't try to get an LLM to write something you could not grasp yourself, it won't be able to fix its shortcomings and nor will you. That being said, deep understanding of systems (at least for me) takes time. Time saved by LLMs is rarely invested in more expertise, it's rushed into the "next thing" that needs to be built; and this is how the foundations of the knowledge of the system become shallower.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · May 05, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @mattblaze@federate.social
@mattblaze@federate.social As long as the watch is enjoyable to look at, I mean... 🤭
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karl
Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · May 04, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @da_667@infosec.exchange
@da_667 I have always been in favor of responsible disclosure, not because it works but because it's the *right* thing to do. However, in the current day and age of LLMs, should I find evidence of vibe-coded shit in whatever the next broken thing is, I wouldn't mind FD.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · May 02, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems
@whitequark I agree, which is why some would have liked them to return the money they already had received. I don't have strong opinions myself about this because I lack context (I don't know for instance if that has been considered, and perhaps technicalities would have made it a logistical nightmare), but I can understand their point.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · May 02, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @whitequark@social.treehouse.systems
@whitequark Some would have preferred if they turned down the money period, but it's something. :)
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karl
Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Apr 30, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @reverseics@infosec.exchange
@reverseics classic ics devices
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Apr 29, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @fuzztech@infosec.exchange

@fuzztech@infosec.exchange wait until someone writes a skill file to author raw commits directly into the .git/

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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Apr 26, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange
@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange I mean, yeah but it doesn't matter. We're not the target audience, the idiots who got him through the ballots are, and they *will* fall for it.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Apr 10, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @mijndert@toot.community
@mijndert @thomasfuchs 782e, it is quite an old model.
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karl
Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Apr 10, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @mijndert@toot.community
@mijndert @thomasfuchs And this is why I bought a roomba that isn't connected. It doesn't care about servers shutting down because it doesn't know about the internet. Old tech is sadly sometimes more reliable.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Apr 07, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @lina@vt.social
@lina If it does not make you happy, and it sounds like that is the case, focusing on other things that will is sensible. We're all here for a short time, might as well make it an enjoyable one.
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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Apr 02, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Sigh. My laptop's keyboard is starting to misbehave. Some keys, sometimes, don't register. Notably, the space key and the enter key are flaky. I'll try to clean it a bit, but I don't have high hopes.

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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Apr 01, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Claude Code source being leaked was not on my April's Fool bingo card, but I have to admit it's a good one! 😄

Wait—

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Karl @karl@infosec.exchange · Mar 31, 2026
Karl
@karl@infosec.exchange

Engineer. Used to work on industrial cybersecurity for money. Now helping to build *that* someone else's computer. Interests include Unix, security, cryptography. I know enough about sand to not let it do the thinking for me. Non-technical interests are climbing, watchmaking, records, beer, and whisky. Oh, and MTG. Will toot terrible puns in either English or French. Trans rights are human rights. Fascists can rot in hell.

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Replying to @soatok@furry.engineer
@soatok@furry.engineer the question is why don't non-furry conventions offer those? This seems like a good idea regardless of fur levels.
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