Bemused ramblings some dude says on the internet
It’s time to dust off the old blog and see how things go. I took a couple years off of writing (for myself), but I’ve been craving it daily. I’ve even written a book which I’m editing (and which will be completely divorced from my identity after an earlier article earned me a cyberstalker). That said, wanting to do something and it just being a fantasy are two entirely different concepts.… Read…
With the growth of more and more products leveraging technologies like ChatGPT, GPT-3, and other AIaaS (AI as a Service) platforms, we’re going to see a new security hole with prompt injection . Products using AIaaS take an existing platform (such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT ) and add a proprietary process to get specific results. The problem is, modern machine learning is smart in some ways, but…
I got a copy of Story Time Chess for my kid for Christmas. I took a bit of a gamble on it since I wasn’t how receptive she would be since she was on the lower end of the age range. She had played some games, but tended to lose interest quickly. Even classics like Candy Land and similar didn’t work.… Read the rest The post A Review of “Story Time Chess” appeared first on Some Dude Says .
Tech news is on fire with talks about how Microsoft plans to integrate ChatGPT into Bing . In response, Google has announced Bard . On the surface, these appear to be quite revolutionary and a step into the future of computing. Dig a little deeper and you unravel a different story. Let me clarify, I’m not a Luddite… I just expect this whole thing is going to turn into a nightmare (though not…
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess is a great introductory work to learn how to play chess and how to start studying chess. The book covers the basic rules such as how pieces move, en passant , castling, etc. but also gets into the strategy and tactics to win. It’s a great chess book early on in your learning of the game. En passant This is one of the first chess books in my chess library, but it was a…
SIEM and SOAR ( Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response ) are very similar ideas but are often compared in the security landscape. The principle difference between the two technologies is that a SOAR is active, and a SIEM is passive. It can get a lot more complicated than that for application in security though. SOAR and SIEM both have their place in security, though SOAR is the more…
Chess is the quintessential game of strategy. It pits 2 players against each other on a 64 square board with neither player having an advantage in pieces and without luck playing any role. Despite the simplicity of the game’s rules, it’s still one of the most studied games, and one of the hardest to truly master. While chess tactics and strategy can be divided into multiple levels (openings,…
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) is the post-security answer to traditional antivirus and response tools. EDR is the evolution and successor to traditional antivirus, anti-malware, anti-ransomware and similar solutions. It helps make the move from worrying about the origin or type of threat and worrying about what it can do to you economically. Hacking isn’t motivated by damage or exploration…
The front-end web development stack is made up of a number of tools that help you build the front-end of your application. This is what your end users see and interact with, and what they’ll (more often than not) judge you the harshest on. We’ll look at what (some of) these tools are, how they work together, and what you can expect to need as a front-end developer.… Read the rest The post How to…
The Windows Subsystem for Linux ( WSL ) is a powerful addition to Windows 10 and Windows 11. It allows you to run a full Linux distribution without the hassle of a traditional VM setup. For a lot of development tasks, it’s (almost) as good as running on bare metal. There are two versions of WSL, there’s WSL 1 which is the classic mode most people are used to, and WSL 2 which offers a host of…