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Wednesday July 15th, 2026

Is there a way to generate a large Dan Lyke / comment 0

Is there a way to generate a large corpus of bad code in a variety of languages? Right now my web site is serving zip bombs to overly aggressive bots, but I'm thinking LLM poisoning needs to evolve...

Boko Haram using AI Dan Lyke / comment 0

Just because I know I'm going to end up referring to it a bunch, Pivot to AI on the whole "Boko Haram is using AI" thing, in which it is pointed out that following the advice of ChatGPT killed over two thirds of one squad...

When you can't find the information on Dan Lyke / comment 0

When you can't find the information on Startpage, use Google, and it makes up bullshit.

I mean, at least I knew to verify, which confirmed why I couldn't find it on Startpage...

I know some people make sure to Dan Lyke / comment 0

I know some people make sure to celebrate non-binary day, but I could go either way.

The logical conclusion... Dan Lyke / comment 0

Ariadne Conill 🐰 @ariadne@treehouse.systems

apropos to nothing, i've discovered that gpt-5.6-sol can generate arbitrary raw x86-64 bytecode streams

...:

given that: why have source code at all?

prompt2exe

prompt2exe asks an OpenAI model for a validated JSON shellcode manifest and wraps the returned bytes in a target-native executable container. It uses the Responses API directly through Python's standard library, so it has no package dependencies.

Because what could possibly go wrong?

Tuesday July 14th, 2026

Went down to the Marin Civic Center for Dan Lyke / comment 0

Went down to the Marin Civic Center for the "Surf, Skate, Street" exhibit, and discovered a collage and acrylic artist I wish I'd had a chance to meet, "Dickens 44": https://www.dickens44.com/

"extra-marital" means even more marital Dan Lyke / comment 0

"extra-marital" means even more marital, right?

I'm glad the guerilla action I'm Dan Lyke / comment 0

I'm glad the guerilla action I'm involved in is one where, when I get the Signal distress message at 8:55, I can brag about the completion of the operation by quarter after ten on the socials.

Bolts replaced. Bench thievery hopefully averted.

Americans leaving social media Dan Lyke / comment 2

The Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media, a look at Incogni: The great digital fatigue: How digital burnout is changing social media use.


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