> This new form of riches [--finance--] is based on gambling. [97% of it literally is gambling.] What does it mean about us that we reward so generously this work which does so little? What kind of society are we really? And what does it mean that we think about this so little? […]

PSA: winter holidays start today, so don't forget to take the kids' lunch boxes out of their schoolbags, or be prepared to dispose of a level 3 bioweapon in two weeks 🫣 #parenting

TIL some AI data centres are literally boiling the ocean https://www.subseacloud.com/

I was reading https://www.techdirt.com/2020/06/23/hello-youve-been-referred-here-because-youre-wrong-about-section-230-communications-decency-act/ today (having followed @pluralistic 's linking to it yesterday). It made me wonder whether big tech companies have (or would in future) appealed to […]

Would I be crazy for including this review in my Teaching Dossier as evidence that my lectures actually provide value to students?

HEY CANADA. MP Elizabeth May is sponsoring a petition to get Electoral Reform back in front of Parliament. Could all of us who were utterly betrayed in 2016 when JT reneged on this please go put our electrons onto this one? yes, yes, the petitions don't mean a thing WILL happen, but there was […]

It seems an #introduction is in order. I am located in #Canada. I am a computer engineer by training, currently splitting my time between industry and research. My current technical work is mostly focused on OS security, but I also dabble in programming languages, proof systems, software […]