Steganographic Language Output Process encoding
In which I introduce SLOP-encoding
cryptography.dog
Latest posts
A probabilistic all-pay auction
In which I introduce raffle-auctions, a possibly-new type or family of auctions
Following up on Readily.news
Additional details about the latest service scraping the fediverse
What little I know about Readily.news
Summarizing everything I know about how readily.news is scraping the Fediverse
Responsible bot operation
A detailed guide to ensure your robot becomes a responsible member of society
Algorithmic Sabotage Debrief
#2 on hacker news and it wasn't quite as bad as I expected
AI scrapers request commented scripts
A new avenue for identifying greedy, badly-behaved bots
Diversifying your search engine portfolio
A somewhat long list of hyper-specific search engines for your amusement
Shouldn't we trust Google and other pertinent questions
Exactly why Google does not deserve your trust
Apply to Flu Conf 2025
Announcing the Call for Proposals of FluConf 2025
Supply chains and watering holes
On the apparently subtle distinction between supply chains and watering holes
Flu Conf 2025
Proposing an online alternative to a popular FOSS super-spreader event
A hole in NCD
An apparently newly discovered flaw in the Normalized Compression Distance algorithm
Solutionism volume zero
Positive Examples of Negative Results
Concerning the 2025 research budget of the European Commission
Why defunding the Next Generation Internet Initiative is a mistake