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Arkfile retweeted
i have been steadily banging the drum on domestic transformer production since 2023, and now, we have resolute grid. the last time an american company fully designed and built these was in the late 80s. so excited to see this come roaring back. incredible work!
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Make TVs Dumb Again
an update on the openai/codex ban:
i was curious about my tv, found a vuln (not with codex), popped a shell, and started poking around. the intrigue of my hobby project while i had the flu wasn't something i could've predicted.
to be clear: the ban almost certainly had nothing to do with using openai -specifically- for my samsung reverse engineering work. i have no reason to believe it did.
the real issue seems deeper. i talked to friends using astra/6.1 sol for both cyber work and normal software tasks. the ones who never hit daybreak (and weren't in the blue program) said they spend a while "warming it up", getting the agent into a flowstate with substitute words and roundabout explanations that jailbreak the context. once that's done, the agent starts talking the same way and skipping tokens.
if you do serious reverse engineering without those jailbreaks, daybreak's content-hidden tripwire looks at the prompt or output in isolation and sees something indistinguishable from malware development.
i think the better fix is making the system track intent across the whole context (and through compressions) instead of punishing blunt technical language.
i believe i got banned because i just used normal terms. talking about memory, trampoline hooks, encrypted/read-protected pages, even entirely locally, looks sinister out of context. once daybreak trips, it poisons the context cache. new conversations start failing too. eventually even normal tooling work and /goals would randomly trip it. arguing your case makes it worse.
the incentives here seem strange to me. people who obfuscate from the start never seem to have problems. people who just use the actual terminology get more and more refusals.
account's still closed. pretty sure it's just from tripping daybreak too many times (even on non-cyber work).
for now i'm moving to open weight models and locking down my own compute. if these tools are part of how you work now, it's worth thinking about how to keep reliable access.
please don't harass tibo, roon or other oai people. from their public comments it sounds like they already know and agree the current setup is too strict.
sorry for the interlude, brb, back to getting the report and a repo out to fix TVs.
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Arkfile retweeted
Some abandoned Cold War military objects are very interesting.
Communist Yugoslavia built secret submarine tunnels like this one on Croatian island of Vis.
Vis was Yugoslavia's most heavily militarized island in the Adriatic.
During the Cold War era such naval tunnels were kept secret, with camouflage designed to blend into the rocky coastline.
The main purpose of this particular secret tunnel on Vis called Jastog Tunnel was to be used as a shelter for torpedo boats during an air attack.
Vessels could enter the tunnel, remain hidden, and sortie when needed.
Vis Island was restricted to foreigners and largely closed as a military zone by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) from 1945 until 1989.
Today, the island has more than 30 abandoned military buildings from that era such as underground command centers and artillery bunkers, and around 20km of underground tunnels.
The abandoned military buildings on Vis like the Jastog Tunnel are open to the public and can be explored by visitors.
In my opinion, very interesting Cold War aesthetics. It looks like something out of a James Bond movie.
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Arkfile retweeted
Bill & Keonne are innocent.
They did not launder money.
They wrote code.
The charges were the most convenient legal path to silence brilliant developers.
And it still took hiding exculpatory evidence & swapping judges to pull off convictions.
#FreeSamourai
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rqlite: sqlite + raft (it floats!) ⛵
Twelve years of distributed SQLite.
philipotoole.com/twelve-year…
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Arkfile retweeted
Your ounce buys far more energy than it used to.
Priced in gold, oil lost about 80% from 1970 to April 2026.
Turning power into gold only pays because an ounce is worth so much power.
That's a vote for what your ounce is worth!
More on what gold is worth in energy below.
Last month, we demonstrated high-rate alchemy: turning mercury into real, stable gold, beating CERN’s record by a factor of 10.
Last week, we enriched isotopes in the world’s most powerful plasma centrifuge, beating the Soviet record that stood for 40 years.
Now, we’re building a fusion reactor in San Francisco to achieve record power density.
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Arkfile retweeted
Friday December 18th
@PubKey NYC
5-10 PM
We're back in town for our next Privacy meetup
Presentations and talks go from 5-7:30 pm
Then join us after at the bar for food and drinks 🌭 🍔 🍟 🍺 🍻
📅 👇
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Arkfile retweeted
Watch E005 · Free Samourai, premiering Tuesday, October 27 at 8:00 PM ET:
enemiesofthestate.net/episod…
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Please help determine the winner of this #FCMPcontest. $50 in XMR to the user who's submission gets the most likes and reposts. Click on the original post and vote there please. (All entries in chronological order below.)
Will check votes after 3 days to see who won.
FCMP++ Meme-Design Contest - Tell the story of Full Chain Membership Proofs in the medium of your choice, and win $50 in XMR if your submission is the best.
Here is my submission to begin. A movie poster. Surely you can beat me. :)
Here are the rules:
- Create your meme/design/video/audio/etc
- Submit it through Arkfile.net - create a free account, upload it, create a share link, DM the share link to me with the password
- Submissions must be received by next Monday, Oct 19th at 15:00 UTC
- I will sort through submissions and filter out any that are totally off-topic or NSFW
- I will post them here throughout the week as I receive them
- I will pick a top 3-5 submissions to present to the community, which will vote with likes and retweets
- Community's most liked/retweeted candidate will be the winner
- Winner can then DM me their monero address and I will send it. I would ask that the winner confirm on X they received their prize too. :)
Have fun!
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[YOU CAN STOP VOTING NOW]
Vote tallies (at last count)
1: 13
2: 7
3: 12
4: 13
5: 6
6: 4
7: 115
8: 103
9: 21
10: 33
11: 37
12: 3
13: 64
14: 40
Top Half:
1) #7: 115*
2) #8: 103*
3) #13: 64
4) #14: 40
5) #11: 37
6) #10: 33
7) #9: 21
ANALYSIS
Outliers:
#7 image "the ark has the whole fleet" - 115 likes/reposts - account has 78 followers [engagement seems artificial; image was somewhat patronizing; it was not supposed to be about arkfile]
#8 image "full chain movie poster derivative" - 103 likes/reposts - account has 50 followers [engagement seems artificial; post was a clear rip-off of my initial example]
(Consider I have ~320 followers, and rarely ever get those levels of engagement.)
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Non-outliers, statistically:
#13 video "whole chain is the shield rap" - 64 likes/reposts - account has 35 followers [engagement seems fairly organic; it was an actual rap video; fairly creative]
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Remaining top-ranked entries:
#14 image "robots 4-pane comic" - 40 likes/reposts - account has 600 followers [comic was decent, fairly creative and gets the point across about FCMP++]
#11 video "urban ultrasonic fcmp deploy" - 37 likes/reposts - account has 232 followers [good entry, engagement seems organic]
#10 image "is this the sender?" - 33 likes/reposts - account has 39 followers [good entry, creative]
#9 image "FCMP info poster" - 21 likes/reposts - account has 875 followers [engagement seems organic, on-topic]
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I neither want to encourage or reward fake engagement, nor do I want to go back on my word. But I am going to modify the reward distribution, because there were allegations of dead/illegal voters voting in this election...
I am going to reward $10 in XMR to any of these top 7 entrants, but they must EMAIL me at one of my arkfile email addresses on the site, and provide a statement about why they support and appreciate MONERO specifically and PRIVACY in general. (None of the top 7 accounts have EVER tweeted anything about monero or privacy, sadly... Maybe today is a good day for them to start!)
I would also like to offer $10 in free credits and a bump to 10 GB storage cap on arkfile.net, to any and all of the 14 entrants in the contest. (Just DM with your username and I will apply it for you.)
Thank you all for participating and engaging and bringing your creativity to the problem of how to best promote FCMP++/Monero. #FCMPcontest
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Arkfile retweeted
My favorite submissions from this contest. Content that effectively and creatively conveys the privacy benefits of FCMP++ on Monero. #FCMPcontest
Thanks to everyone who participated!
FCMP++ Meme-Design Contest - Tell the story of Full Chain Membership Proofs in the medium of your choice, and win $50 in XMR if your submission is the best.
Here is my submission to begin. A movie poster. Surely you can beat me. :)
Here are the rules:
- Create your meme/design/video/audio/etc
- Submit it through Arkfile.net - create a free account, upload it, create a share link, DM the share link to me with the password
- Submissions must be received by next Monday, Oct 19th at 15:00 UTC
- I will sort through submissions and filter out any that are totally off-topic or NSFW
- I will post them here throughout the week as I receive them
- I will pick a top 3-5 submissions to present to the community, which will vote with likes and retweets
- Community's most liked/retweeted candidate will be the winner
- Winner can then DM me their monero address and I will send it. I would ask that the winner confirm on X they received their prize too. :)
Have fun!
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New on PayPerQ: PII Redaction.
Names, emails, and IDs are stripped from your prompt before it reaches the big AI providers, then restored in the answer.
All inside a secure enclave neither PPQ nor our PII provider @TinfoilAI can see into.
Live free!
ppq.ai/blog/pii-redaction
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Arkfile retweeted
Guess I learned my lesson. Never run a meme/design contest where the winner is determined merely by likes/reposts..! #FCMPcontest
There were some good entries in the mix though, which was nice!
[YOU CAN STOP VOTING NOW]
Vote tallies (at last count)
1: 13
2: 7
3: 12
4: 13
5: 6
6: 4
7: 115
8: 103
9: 21
10: 33
11: 37
12: 3
13: 64
14: 40
Top Half:
1) #7: 115*
2) #8: 103*
3) #13: 64
4) #14: 40
5) #11: 37
6) #10: 33
7) #9: 21
ANALYSIS
Outliers:
#7 image "the ark has the whole fleet" - 115 likes/reposts - account has 78 followers [engagement seems artificial; image was somewhat patronizing; it was not supposed to be about arkfile]
#8 image "full chain movie poster derivative" - 103 likes/reposts - account has 50 followers [engagement seems artificial; post was a clear rip-off of my initial example]
(Consider I have ~320 followers, and rarely ever get those levels of engagement.)
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Non-outliers, statistically:
#13 video "whole chain is the shield rap" - 64 likes/reposts - account has 35 followers [engagement seems fairly organic; it was an actual rap video; fairly creative]
---
Remaining top-ranked entries:
#14 image "robots 4-pane comic" - 40 likes/reposts - account has 600 followers [comic was decent, fairly creative and gets the point across about FCMP++]
#11 video "urban ultrasonic fcmp deploy" - 37 likes/reposts - account has 232 followers [good entry, engagement seems organic]
#10 image "is this the sender?" - 33 likes/reposts - account has 39 followers [good entry, creative]
#9 image "FCMP info poster" - 21 likes/reposts - account has 875 followers [engagement seems organic, on-topic]
---
I neither want to encourage or reward fake engagement, nor do I want to go back on my word. But I am going to modify the reward distribution, because there were allegations of dead/illegal voters voting in this election...
I am going to reward $10 in XMR to any of these top 7 entrants, but they must EMAIL me at one of my arkfile email addresses on the site, and provide a statement about why they support and appreciate MONERO specifically and PRIVACY in general. (None of the top 7 accounts have EVER tweeted anything about monero or privacy, sadly... Maybe today is a good day for them to start!)
I would also like to offer $10 in free credits and a bump to 10 GB storage cap on arkfile.net, to any and all of the 14 entrants in the contest. (Just DM with your username and I will apply it for you.)
Thank you all for participating and engaging and bringing your creativity to the problem of how to best promote FCMP++/Monero. #FCMPcontest
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Arkfile retweeted
[YOU CAN STOP VOTING NOW]
Vote tallies (at last count)
1: 13
2: 7
3: 12
4: 13
5: 6
6: 4
7: 115
8: 103
9: 21
10: 33
11: 37
12: 3
13: 64
14: 40
Top Half:
1) #7: 115*
2) #8: 103*
3) #13: 64
4) #14: 40
5) #11: 37
6) #10: 33
7) #9: 21
ANALYSIS
Outliers:
#7 image "the ark has the whole fleet" - 115 likes/reposts - account has 78 followers [engagement seems artificial; image was somewhat patronizing; it was not supposed to be about arkfile]
#8 image "full chain movie poster derivative" - 103 likes/reposts - account has 50 followers [engagement seems artificial; post was a clear rip-off of my initial example]
(Consider I have ~320 followers, and rarely ever get those levels of engagement.)
---
Non-outliers, statistically:
#13 video "whole chain is the shield rap" - 64 likes/reposts - account has 35 followers [engagement seems fairly organic; it was an actual rap video; fairly creative]
---
Remaining top-ranked entries:
#14 image "robots 4-pane comic" - 40 likes/reposts - account has 600 followers [comic was decent, fairly creative and gets the point across about FCMP++]
#11 video "urban ultrasonic fcmp deploy" - 37 likes/reposts - account has 232 followers [good entry, engagement seems organic]
#10 image "is this the sender?" - 33 likes/reposts - account has 39 followers [good entry, creative]
#9 image "FCMP info poster" - 21 likes/reposts - account has 875 followers [engagement seems organic, on-topic]
---
I neither want to encourage or reward fake engagement, nor do I want to go back on my word. But I am going to modify the reward distribution, because there were allegations of dead/illegal voters voting in this election...
I am going to reward $10 in XMR to any of these top 7 entrants, but they must EMAIL me at one of my arkfile email addresses on the site, and provide a statement about why they support and appreciate MONERO specifically and PRIVACY in general. (None of the top 7 accounts have EVER tweeted anything about monero or privacy, sadly... Maybe today is a good day for them to start!)
I would also like to offer $10 in free credits and a bump to 10 GB storage cap on arkfile.net, to any and all of the 14 entrants in the contest. (Just DM with your username and I will apply it for you.)
Thank you all for participating and engaging and bringing your creativity to the problem of how to best promote FCMP++/Monero. #FCMPcontest
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