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Rustacean, lecturer, Linux/Mac nerd, passenger rail advocate
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MalwareDB
5 days ago
#MalwareDB
v0.3.6 is out! This introduces anonymous mode, which isn't yet finished from the client-side, but allows for unauthenticated users to interact with MalwareDB. Not all packages were published from GHA due to the
crates.io
bug fixed in Rust 1.96.1.
github.com/malwaredb/ma...
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Release v0.3.6 · malwaredb/malwaredb-rs
What's New egui-version of the admin GUI improvements Anonymous mode Dependency updates Notice: CI failed to upload all of the crates to crates.io, so some will be manually published. Possibly c...
https://github.com/malwaredb/malwaredb-rs/releases/tag/v0.3.6
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Shmoo and not a moose in sight.
#shmoocon
@gdead.bsky.social
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Otto English
18 days ago
Such good news. Human beings are capable of magical and wonderful things.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c621z28z138o
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Post-
#Quantum
#cryptography
for the blockchain via POOP:
medium.com/@oraclethaac...
#PQC
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POOP: Post-quantum Signatures That Are 13.5x
POOP is a post-quantum signature scheme that produces ~580-byte signatures instead of SPHINCS+’s ~7,856 bytes, verifies ~53x faster, and…
https://medium.com/@oraclethaacat/poop-post-quantum-signatures-that-are-13-5x-855d68734789
24 days ago
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MalwareDB
about 1 month ago
#MalwareDB
v0.3.5 is out!
github.com/malwaredb/ma...
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Release v0.3.5 · malwaredb/malwaredb-rs
What's New Started work on admin gui re-write with egui. Admin feature to re-write files, which allows changes in compression and crypto configuration to be applied to the files. Client on *Nix wr...
https://github.com/malwaredb/malwaredb-rs/releases/tag/v0.3.5
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#Rust
backend for writing
#CUDA
kernels as you'd write them in C.
github.com/NVlabs/cuda-...
@jmac-ai.bsky.social
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GitHub - NVlabs/cuda-oxide: cuda-oxide is an experimental Rust-to-CUDA compiler that lets you write (SIMT) GPU kernels in safe(ish), idiomatic Rust. It compiles standard Rust code directly to PTX — no...
cuda-oxide is an experimental Rust-to-CUDA compiler that lets you write (SIMT) GPU kernels in safe(ish), idiomatic Rust. It compiles standard Rust code directly to PTX — no DSLs, no foreign languag...
https://github.com/NVlabs/cuda-oxide
about 2 months ago
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3 months ago
Hobocon 2 is looking for speakers 🚂 We are taking a train from Kansas City to Chicago and filling it with talks, demos, and hacker chaos. If you have: • a talk • a tool • a weird idea • a story you should submit. 📍 KC ⇄ CHI 📅 July 17–18, 2026 Submit
hobocon.com
#infosec
#cybersecurity
#hackers
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MalwareDB
5 months ago
#MalwareDB
v0.3.0 is out, which provides
#Yara
search and a GitHub-hosted Docker container. Unfortunately something happened where GitHub's download action couldn't download the GHA-built Python modules, so those were published to PyPi manually.
github.com/malwaredb/ma...
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Release v0.3.0 · malwaredb/malwaredb-rs
What's new: BREAKING: SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512 hashes are now stored in Postges as bytea. BREAKING: MD5, Import Hash are now stored in Postgres as uuid. EXPERIMENTAL: To help with the brea...
https://github.com/malwaredb/malwaredb-rs/releases/tag/v0.3.0
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I really miss
#Shmoocon
, and I am very grateful that
@districtcon.bsky.social
exists and that I've been able to attend both years. It's a great conference and I met some wonderful people, caught up with friends, and learned new things! Thank you! Can't wait for Year 2!
5 months ago
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Substitution Cipher Based on The Voynich Manuscript
#Cryptography
www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
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Substitution Cipher Based on The Voynich Manuscript - Schneier on Security
Here’s a fun paper: “The Naibbe cipher: a substitution cipher that encrypts Latin and Italian as Voynich Manuscript-like ciphertext“: Abstract: In this article, I investigate the hypothesis that the V...
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/substitution-cipher-based-on-the-voynich-manuscript.html
7 months ago
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DisplayPort > HDMI the HDMI Forum is run by idiots
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7 months ago
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Steve Klabnik
8 months ago
“We adopted
#rustlang
for its security and are seeing a 1000x reduction in memory safety vulnerability density ... with Rust changes having a 4x lower rollback rate and spending 25% less time in code review, the safer path is now also the faster one.”
security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust...
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Rust in Android: move fast and fix things
Posted by Jeff Vander Stoep, Android Last year, we wrote about why a memory safety strategy that focuses on vulnerability prevention in ...
https://security.googleblog.com/2025/11/rust-in-android-move-fast-fix-things.html?m=1
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Phoronix
8 months ago
Linux Kernel Ported To WebAssembly - Demo Lets You Run It In Your Web Browser -
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-WebAssembly
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Linux Kernel Ported To WebAssembly - Demo Lets You Run It In Your Web Browser
Open-source developer Joel Severin today announced his work on porting the Linux kernel to WebAssembly and has successffully gotten the kernel up and running within WASM-capable web browsers...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-WebAssembly
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9 months ago
TL;DR if you need help investigating Glassworm, feel free to use
@turngate.bsky.social
free trial to make sense of your Google calendar data. More here
www.linkedin.com/posts/gdead_...
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TL;DR if you need help investigating Glassworm, feel free to use Turngate's free trial to make sense of your Google calendar data. Longer form: Wow. The Koi writeup on Glassworm is something else...
TL;DR if you need help investigating Glassworm, feel free to use Turngate's free trial to make sense of your Google calendar data. Longer form: Wow. The Koi writeup on Glassworm is something else. Th...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gdead_tldr-if-you-need-help-investigating-glassworm-activity-7386435597034332160-SdUK?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAAiYdQBJ5QQdOMxpNoI0RmiMlrp9ncNwrc
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Announcing Ember 2024, our new dataset of benign and malicious samples.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.05074
The dataset brings an update of 3.2 million malicious and benign files first seen between Sep. 2023 and Dec. 2024.
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.05074
about 1 year ago
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I was able to visit the
#Railroad
Workers Memorial Museum in Altoona, PA today, which was an awesome experience. After seeing a GG1 in person, I was wondering about the details of how the
#NortheastCorridor
works, found original PRR technical docs
prr.railfan.net/ElectricTrac...
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PRR Electrification Plans
Thanks to George L. Pitz for starting this out by copying some plans from his collection.
http://prr.railfan.net/ElectricTraction.html
about 1 year ago
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Slashdot
about 1 year ago
'Who Needs Rust's Borrow-Checking Compiler Nanny? C++ Devs Aren't Helpless'
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/05/11/1759213/who-needs-rusts-borrow-checking-compiler-nanny-c-devs-arent-helpless?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
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'Who Needs Rust's Borrow-Checking Compiler Nanny? C++ Devs Aren't Helpless'
"When Rust developers think of us C++ folks, they picture a cursed bloodline," writes professional game developer Mamadou Babaei (also a *nix enthusiast who contributes to the FreeBSD Ports collection). "To them, every line of C++ we write is like playing Russian Roulette — except all six cha...
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/05/11/1759213/who-needs-rusts-borrow-checking-compiler-nanny-c-devs-arent-helpless?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
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Slashdot
about 1 year ago
Carmack: World Could Run on Older Hardware if Software Optimization Was Priority
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/13/1321259/carmack-world-could-run-on-older-hardware-if-software-optimization-was-priority?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
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Carmack: World Could Run on Older Hardware if Software Optimization Was Priority
Gaming pioneer John Carmack believes we're not nearly as dependent on cutting-edge silicon as most assume -- we just lack the economic incentive to prove it. Responding to a "CPU apocalypse" thought experiment on X, the id Software founder and former Oculus CTO suggested that software inefficiency, ...
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/13/1321259/carmack-world-could-run-on-older-hardware-if-software-optimization-was-priority?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
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Phoronix
about 1 year ago
Intel TDX Support For KVM Finally Expected To Debut In Mainline Linux 6.16 -
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-TDX-For-KVM-Linux-6.16
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Intel TDX Support For KVM Finally Expected To Debut In Mainline Linux 6.16
While the Linux 6.15 merge window ended just one week ago and there is a month and a half until it will debut as stable, a notable feature has already been queued into a "next" branch for the follow-on Linux 6.16 cycle. For those making use of modern Intel Xeon processors with virtualization, the Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) support for KVM virtualization looks like it will finally be mainlined...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-TDX-For-KVM-Linux-6.16
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My Own Private Binary: An Idiosyncratic Introduction to Linux Kernel Modules. Or how to make the Linux kernel run .com files in the quest for the smallest possible executable file ever. Practicality be damned.
www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/tx...
#Linux
#ExecutableFiles
#Kernel
#Fun
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My Own Private Binary: An Idiosyncratic Introduction to Linux Kernel Modules
https://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/txt/mopb.html
about 1 year ago
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Rail Passengers Association
about 1 year ago
Rail Passengers President & CEO Jim Mathews rides the rails after a successful two-week stay in DC for our
#RNDC
advocacy workshops and lays out five points on why privatizing Amtrak is still a real dumb idea.
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"Well, Actually" w/ Jim Mathews
YouTube video by Rail Passengers Association
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nKDpyIbjxw
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Send a message to Congress: keep
@amtrak.com
rolling! Support this vital public service.
action.railpassengers.org/Default.aspx...
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Rail Passengers Association
Rail Passengers Association is the leading voice for the more than 40 million rail passengers in the United States. We are a non-profit organization fighting for a modern and robust national rail netw...
https://action.railpassengers.org/Default.aspx?isid=2464
over 1 year ago
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Cool kickstarter project: color e-ink picture frame
www.kickstarter.com/projects/arp...
#eink
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BLOOMIN8 E-Ink Canvas-World's First Smart COLOUR E-Ink Frame
Display your images like paper - charge once, last for years. Cord-Free | iOS & Android | Local Home Assistant Integration | In-App AI
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arpobot/bloomin8-canvas-the-ai-powered-full-color-e-ink-art-frame?ref=2iu2pd&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0BMABhZGlkAFS4ArH7gw4Bpib2YrpB1PBDLpYg3PQGrviIf4erSaAMRhEQVptggVaEM3tvg2JvM2VhjQ_aem_7qlseR2Q1912SToB2suMTQ&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid&campaign_id=23846218359080798&ad_id=23846219737660798
over 1 year ago
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Rail Passengers Association
over 1 year ago
Putting together the "who's who" of the advocacy world. If you know of a state/regional account that we should add, let us know! Let's make our voice heard together!
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Californians for Electric Rail
over 1 year ago
The American Association of Railroads doesn't want you to know about this history.
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MacRumors.com
over 1 year ago
Amtrak's Redesigned iPhone App Offers Easier Access to Train Status, Tickets, and More
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Amtrak's Redesigned iPhone App Offers Easier Access to Train Status, Tickets, and More
Amtrak on Wednesday announced that it has redesigned its iOS and Android apps to provide more convenient access to train status, tickets, and more. Amtrak, the national passenger rail company in the U.S., operates more than 30 train routes throughout…
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/13/amtrak-redesigned-iphone-app/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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Phoronix
over 1 year ago
Haiku OS Wrapping Up Its New malloc & Various Performance Optimizations -
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-New-malloc-More-Perf
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Haiku OS Wrapping Up Its New malloc & Various Performance Optimizations
The BeOS-inspired Haiku open-source operating system project is out with a new monthly progress report to highlight its latest development accomplishments...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-New-malloc-More-Perf
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Ars Technica
over 1 year ago
For anyone other than people who absolutely need or require an operating system that isn't macOS, this is the default laptop.
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Apple M4 MacBook Air review: I have no notes
The only things missing from these Airs are some Pro-only bells and whistles.
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2025/03/apple-m4-macbook-air-review-i-have-no-notes/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_social-type=owned
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@districtcon.bsky.social
what is the National Malware Association? Not a ton of info on the website :)
nationalmalware.org
over 1 year ago
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Thomas Fuchs
over 1 year ago
trillion dollar industry that will revolutionize everything
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Scenes from
#Amtrak
: the Delaware Memorial bridge and what looks like the HMS Tetanus
over 1 year ago
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Hiding text with Unicode, including emojis.
paulbutler.org/2025/smuggli...
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Smuggling arbitrary data through an emoji
https://paulbutler.org/2025/smuggling-arbitrary-data-through-an-emoji/
over 1 year ago
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Randall Munroe
over 1 year ago
Incoming Asteroid
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This Mag Safe battery pack for iPhones is the first commercially available "solid state" battery I've seen. Is that correct? The battery seems remarkably safe if the claims are true.
kuxiu.co/products/kux...
#Apple
#iPhone
#SolidStateBattery
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KUXIU S1 5000mAh Magnetic Solid-State Power Bank
A New Revolution in Power Banks The KUXIU S1 introduces world-leading solid-state battery technology to the power bank industry for the first time, significantly enhancing battery efficiency and safet...
https://kuxiu.co/products/kuxiu-s1-power-bank
over 1 year ago
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Rob Joyce
over 1 year ago
Light wand challenge 1 is complete! @psifertex Jordan Wiens has successfully parsed captures to understand R/G/B values, checksum, and static values necessary to frame the transmission. GitHub documentation promised after cleanup.
#Shmoocon
Challenge 2, Flipper app is still unclaimed at this time
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Rob Joyce
over 1 year ago
Last weekend I got to talk about the light wands I use in my Christmas display and give a live demonstration at Shmoocon. Thanks Carson Zimmerman, official Shmoo photographer, for the awesome pics. You have to do the "we will rock you" soundtrack in your head!
www.scworld.com/perspective/...
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#Haiku
enthusiast has started working on porting it to
#Loongson
! Follow along at
discuss.haiku-os.org/t/my-haiku-l...
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My Haiku LoongArch (UEFI) port progress
Recently I am working on making Haiku LoongArch porting. It’s a really new arch for Haiku operating system, but I think it’s the time to begin. Our gcc toolchain is updated to 13.3, which supports l...
https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/my-haiku-loongarch-uefi-port-progress/16228
over 1 year ago
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Rest in Peace David Lynch.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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David Lynch, who brought surrealism into the cineplex, dies at 78
The renowned director mixed melodrama and horror in movies such as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive.” He helped trigger a TV revolution with “Twin Peaks.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/01/16/david-lynch-dead/
over 1 year ago
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Thank you
#Shmoocon
! 😢
over 1 year ago
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lintile
over 1 year ago
So long and thanks for all the moose,
@shmoocon.bsky.social
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Megan Gray
over 1 year ago
I ❤️ shmoocon
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ShmooCon
over 1 year ago
Thanks for joining us at ShmooCon 2025. Lead with kindness and continue achieving great things.
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Last night’s lobby con and paper airplane con was awesome. Someone managed to get a paper airplane to go through a plant leaf at 4am.
#Shmoocon
#LobbyCon
over 1 year ago
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Shawn Thomas Photography
over 1 year ago
Lots of new followers rolling in so it’s introduction time. I’m Shawn: -I work in tech and love photography -I shoot mostly wildlife and landscapes -My wife and 9 year old daughter are also photographers -I shoot Nikon and Leica cameras mostly
www.shawnthomas.art
for my high res work.
#photography
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#Shmoocon
Labs BBS by bluknight is live! telnet://shmooconbbs.dotorg.org
over 1 year ago
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I presented
#MalwareDB
at the last
#Shmoocon
firetalks.
github.com/rjzak/malwar...
over 1 year ago
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Phoronix
over 1 year ago
Rusticl OpenCL Driver Nearing Cross-Vendor Shared Virtual Memory Support -
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rusticl-Cross-Vendor-SVM
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Rusticl OpenCL Driver Nearing Cross-Vendor Shared Virtual Memory Support
Red Hat engineer Karol Herbst who continues persevering with the Rusticl Rust-based OpenCL driver for Mesa has an exciting late Christmas present on the way... He's been hacking on Shared Virtual Memory (SVM) support for Rusticl that works across GPU vendor drivers/hardware...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rusticl-Cross-Vendor-SVM
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Happy F5 day to everyone who celebrates.
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over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
Helping analysts with their reverse engineering work and finding similar functions is a problem. A lot of existing literature doesn't really work on real data. We can get better results by being dumber! @NeurIPSConf
#NeurIPS2024
@BoozAllen w/
@krismicinski.bsky.social
@rjzak.bsky.social
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