Geoff Greer · X (formerly Twitter)

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Vancouver, WA

Joined December 2007

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    AIs are finding all kinds of interesting software vulnerabilities, but at least those can be patched. It's going to be rough whenever they discover a new hardware issue like rowhammer, spectre, or meltdown.

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    “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”

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    I had no idea meteorites were so expensive. If launch costs halved, it would be profitable to make artificial meteorites by launching iron ore & recovering it. Though the market would get saturated pretty quickly. My guess is that moon rocks would be a better business.

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    Another 3D printing project: The light on my headboard was too bright & blue, so I designed some frames to hold orange gels. Now it's much more pleasant at night. The gap was 90mm so I made them 91mm for a friction fit, & added a bit of tape to ensure they don't dislodge.

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    If you zoom in on Google's IPv6 statistics, you can see how covid increased adoption. Corporate networks tend to be slower to roll out IPv6, so the increase in remote work changed the balance of traffic. google.com/intl/en/ipv6/s…

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