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Olly 👾<p>:raspberrypi: [<a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/GarageMinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GarageMinder</span></a>] <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Automatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Automatic</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Garage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Garage</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Door" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Door</span></a></p><p>After getting a new car, [Solo Pilot] missed the automatic garage door opening &amp; closing system their old car had. So they set about building their own, called GarageMinder. On the project page you will find a bill of materials, schematics and some notes about the approach taken in various versions of the software.</p><p><a href="https://pejaver.com/Projects/GarageMinder.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pejaver.com/Projects/GarageMin</span><span class="invisible">der.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/zero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zero</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Olly 👾<p>:blobcatbigfan: 8 Bit Mechanical Computer built from K’nex.</p><p>Long before electricity was a common household utility, humanity had been building machines to do many tasks. Transportation, manufacturing, agriculture and essentially everything had non-electric analogs, and perhaps surprisingly, there were mechanical computers as well….</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/EtIJUwkOAwM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/EtIJUwkOAwM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/knex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knex</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/alu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alu</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/mechanical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mechanical</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
steve mookie kong<p>Remember: Behind every robot that turns evil, is an engineer who specifically installed red LEDs into the eyes just for this occasion.</p><p><a href="https://racingbunny.com/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robot</span></a> <a href="https://racingbunny.com/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robots</span></a> <a href="https://racingbunny.com/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a></p>
Olly 👾<p>[‼️BEWARE‼️] Mozilla warns of Phishing Attacks targeting Add-On Developers.</p><p>According to Mozilla's advisory, these phishing emails are impersonating the AMO [addons-mozilla-org] team and claim that the targeted developer accounts require updates to maintain access to development features.</p><p><a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2025/08/01/warning-phishing-campaign-detected/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.mozilla.org/addons/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">8/01/warning-phishing-campaign-detected/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/addon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>addon</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/developer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>developer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/phishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phishing</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/attacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>attacks</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/it" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>it</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Denzil Ferreira<p>We're expanding our R&amp;D team in Finland and we're looking for Android System Engineers. If you are interested in learning how to compile, change, and deploy your own Android OS, develop and ideate on system applications our customers will enjoy using worldwide and build future technologies from scratch, this is for you.</p><p>If you or, someone you know is interested on joining us at HMD, tag them, reach out to me.</p><p>PS: This position is Europe-based and you can work remotely from Europe. Most of the team is in Finland. </p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hmd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hmd</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/developer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>developer</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/aosp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aosp</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hired</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fedihire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedihire</span></a></p>
nemo™ 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/term" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>term</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/status" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>status</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/thread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thread</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/@nemo/114979601693559383" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mas.to/@nemo/114979601693559383</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>1/9</p><p>There are job descriptions with titles like "support engineer" or "helpdesk engineer" that, despite the use of "engineer," do not always involve traditional engineering tasks such as design, development, or system architecture. These roles focus on technical support, troubleshooting, and user assistance rather than core engineering.</p>
nemo™ 🇺🇦<p>1/5 In both the United States and Canada, the term "engineer" and related titles such as "professional engineer" (PE in the US, P.Eng. in Canada) are legally protected and regulated. Using these titles without proper licensure is generally prohibited to ensure public safety.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/term" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>term</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/status" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>status</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/thread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thread</span></a></p>
Olly 👾<p>Post SMTP Plugin Flaw exposes 200K WordPress Sites to Hijacking Attacks.</p><p>The security issue affects all versions of Post SMTP up to 3.2.0 and is due to a broken access control mechanism in the plugin’s REST API endpoints, which only verified if a user was logged in, without checking their permission level….</p><p><a href="https://patchstack.com/articles/account-takeover-vulnerability-affecting-over-400k-installations-patched-in-post-smtp-plugin" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">patchstack.com/articles/accoun</span><span class="invisible">t-takeover-vulnerability-affecting-over-400k-installations-patched-in-post-smtp-plugin</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/wordpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordpress</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/it" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>it</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Olly 👾<p>🇺🇦LameHug Malware uses AI LLM to craft Windows Data-Theft Commands in Real-Time.</p><p>LameHug was discovered by Ukraine’s national cyber incident response team [CERT-UA] and attributed the attacks to Russian state-backed threat group APT28 [a.k.a. Sednit, Sofacy, Pawn Storm, Fancy Bear, STRONTIUM, Tsar Team, Forest Blizzard].</p><p><a href="https://cert.gov.ua/article/6284730" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cert.gov.ua/article/6284730</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/certua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>certua</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/lamehug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lamehug</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/it" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>it</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NVIDIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NVIDIA</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Engineer</span></a> Now Co-Maintainer Of "NOVA" <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> Rust <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPU</span></a> Driver<br>NOVA opensource NVIDIA GPU effort the past year and 1/2 has been led by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RedHat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedHat</span></a> engineer <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DaniloKrummrich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DaniloKrummrich</span></a> as the main NOVA-Core driver maintainer for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> code that continues being built out piece-by-piece for mainline tree.<br>Now joining him as a co-maintainer is NVIDIA engineer, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AlexandreCourbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlexandreCourbot</span></a>. Name may ring a bell as he started out in 2011 working on Tegra graphics driver support for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/NOVA-Core-Co-Maintainer" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/news/NOVA-Core-Co</span><span class="invisible">-Maintainer</span></a></p>
Olly 👾<p>Building a <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Stirling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stirling</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Engine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Engine</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bike</span></a>.</p><p>A Stirling Engine is a heat engine, powered by the expansion and contraction of a working fluid [such as air] which is heated and cooled in a cycle. In the video [Tom Stanton] begins by demonstrating the Stirling Engine with some model engines and explains the role of the displacer piston. His target power output for his bike engine is 150 watts [about 0.2 horsepower]….</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/zB3lrLjqIh4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/zB3lrLjqIh4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maker</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“There’s a common misconception that state-of-the-art technology has to be expensive, energy consumptive and hard to engineer. That’s because we have been persuaded to believe that <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/InnovativeTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InnovativeTechnology</span></a> is whatever bombastic billionaires claim it is, whether that’s commercial <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/spacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacecraft</span></a> or the endless iterations of generative <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AItools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AItools</span></a>.</p><p>As the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technologist</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/UrsulaFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrsulaFranklin</span></a> once said, fantasies of technology would have it that innovation is always “investment-driven, shiny, lab-born, experimental, exciting”. But more often than not, in the real world, it is “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NeedsDriven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeedsDriven</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/scrappy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scrappy</span></a>, on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/location" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>location</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/iterative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iterative</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/practical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>practical</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/mundane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mundane</span></a>”. </p><p>The real pioneering <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technologies</span></a> of today are genuinely useful <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systems</span></a> I like to call “frugal tech”, and they are brought to life not by eccentric billionaires but by people doing more with less. They don’t impose <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TopDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TopDown</span></a> “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/solutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solutions</span></a>” that seem to complicate our lives while making a few people very rich. It turns out that genuinely <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/innovative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovative</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> really can set people free.” — Eleanor Drage</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpEd</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EleanorDrage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EleanorDrage</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FrugalTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrugalTech</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LeverhulmeCentre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeverhulmeCentre</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FutureOfIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FutureOfIntelligence</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/02/billionaire-big-tech-frugal-elon-musk-innovation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/aug/02/billionaire-big-tech-frugal-elon-musk-innovation</span></a>&gt;</p>
Olly 👾<p>:linux: New Koske Linux Malware hides in cute Panda Images.</p><p>Researchers from IT-Security Company AquaSec analyzed Koske and described it as "a sophhisticated Linux threat." Based on the observed adaptive behavior, the researchers believe that the malware was developed using large language models or automation frameworks.</p><p><a href="https://www.aquasec.com/blog/ai-generated-malware-in-panda-image-hides-persistent-linux-threat/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aquasec.com/blog/ai-generated-</span><span class="invisible">malware-in-panda-image-hides-persistent-linux-threat/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/it" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>it</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Ivi Choc<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shortbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shortbreak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shorts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shorts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/garbage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>garbage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/litter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>litter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/automating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>automating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trashcan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trashcan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> </p><p>=D Best procrastination project! <br>(just a hint: what if you simply stop buying so much packaged crap?!)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PL0cR-C2wkg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/PL0cR-C2wkg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Olly 👾<p>PerfektBlue Bluetooth Flaws impact <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Mercedes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mercedes</span></a>, <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Volkswagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Volkswagen</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Skoda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Skoda</span></a> Cars.</p><p>Four vulnerabilities dubbed <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/PerfektBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PerfektBlue</span></a> and affecting the <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/BlueSDK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSDK</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Bluetooth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluetooth</span></a> stack from <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/OpenSynergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSynergy</span></a>. The company confirmed the flaws last year in June and released patches to customers in September 2024 but many automakers have yet to push the corrective firmware updates….</p><p><a href="https://pcacybersecurity.com/resources/advisory/perfekt-blue" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pcacybersecurity.com/resources</span><span class="invisible">/advisory/perfekt-blue</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>car</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/infotainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infotainment</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/it" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>it</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Olly 👾<p>:apple: Programming Like It’s 1986, For Fun and Zero Profit.</p><p>Some people slander <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> as an old man’s game, just because most of those involved are more ancient than the hardware they’re playing with. But there are veritable children involved too — take the [ComputerSmith], who is recreating Conway’s game of life on a Macintosh Plus that could very well be as old as his parents.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/P4QYKMXJ108" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/P4QYKMXJ108</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macintosh</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/plus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plus</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“This is the biography of an extraordinary family, an impossible sea and an engineering miracle”</p><p>Bella Bathurst’s THE LIGHTHOUSE STEVENSONS tells the story of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ancestors – four generations who designed &amp; built the great lights around Scotland. They were lifesavers &amp; pioneers, &amp; their lives were as full of drama &amp; adventure as anything RLS wrote.</p><p>Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 1999</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://bellabathurst.com/books/the-lighthouse-stevensons/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bellabathurst.com/books/the-li</span><span class="invisible">ghthouse-stevensons/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lighthouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lighthouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“When the lights come out at sundown along the shores of Scotland, I am proud to think they burn more brightly for the genius of my father.”<br>—from MEMOIRS OF HIMSELF, Robert Louis Stevenson’s uncompleted (indeed, barely begun) autobiography</p><p>Thomas Stevenson (1818–1887), lighthouse engineer &amp; father of Robert Louis Stevenson, was born <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 22 July </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Victorian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/19thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>19thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lighthouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lighthouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertLouisStevenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobertLouisStevenson</span></a></p>
C.<p>My freelance quote for your software project.</p><p>50 - if you tell me what you want, I confirm the requirements, and I build it for you<br>100 - if I have to pry a description of what you want out of you like pulling a tooth<br>250 - if I have to build it on a "company laptop" you supply<br>350 - if I have to regularly video call with you for no particular reason<br>400 - if I have to use JIRA<br>450 - if I have to use Github<br>500 - if I have to use Zoom<br>750 - if I have to use Teams<br>1,250 - if you ever want to "watch me work" by sharing my desktop<br>1,500 - if the project is fixing something your employees built for you<br>1,800 - if it's fixing something a previous contractor built<br>2,500 - if it's fixing / completing a project a previous, cheaper freelancer failed to complete<br>19,500 - if it's fixing something created with "AI"</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systems</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/fix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fix</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/project" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>project</span></a></p>
Yiorgos Adamopoulos<p>In <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ThoughtLeadering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThoughtLeadering</span></a> mode for the next three minutes:</p><p>It has been said for years that an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Engineer</span></a> (of any discipline) should be a T or a TT Engineer (very few bright ones can add one or two more Ts over the course of decades). Current LLMs generate the illusion of α <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/haircomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haircomb</span></a> (TTTTTTT) Engineer, where in fact they generate a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/flatliner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flatliner</span></a>.</p><p>Thank you for attending my TEDx talk</p>
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