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November 5, 2023

November 5, 2023

November 5, 2023

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Tech guys: we’re inventing the future Tech guys: we invented this brand new thing called theft. www.businessinsider.com/generative-a...

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Hey, I think I might’ve figured out why people are “pessimistic” about this business. This argument seems to be “but if we have to pay for raw materials, we can’t make as much money on our product.” Perhaps I oversimplify.


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“The report found that all four models tested (incl. GPT4) failed when asked to respond to medical questions about kidney function, lung capacity and skin thickness… they appeared to reinforce long-held false beliefs about biological differences between Black and white people…”


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A short research play in 4 acts. Act I: That would be useful for me to look at. Drat. Out of print. Act II: Online? Nope. Act III: I wonder if my library has it. Ah-ha, it does! Oh no, it’s checked out. Act IIII: Who could have checked that out? [Goes downstairs and looks at shelf.] Oh right.


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“If you’re angry about THIS, but not about THAT—“ Bro I’m gonna have to stop you there, I am angry about so many things all of the time, I have never in my life been angry about just one thing at a time, my capacity for “things to be angry about” is as wide and as deep as the sea


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Hello subversion, my old friend. 👀

The reason why subversion was so problematic was that it could mean anything to anyone, and sometimes moved to legitimate political activities.

Those grappling with it now face the same old problems as before.https://t.co/ashwYTXGmh

— Dr. Dan Lomas (@Sandbagger_01) November 4, 2023

Some things never change! 😂

The oldest known written customer complaint dates back almost 4,000 years!

An angry customer complains about delivery of the wrong product, a further delivery late and damaged, and on top of all that, rude customer service!

📷 Zunkir#Archaeology pic.twitter.com/ZSwLACqxfe

— Alison Fisk (@AlisonFisk) November 4, 2023

The memes are manifold and there’s a whole Reddit group devoted to this 😂 https://t.co/62xWwOUxn2 pic.twitter.com/b64FEKTBFC

— 🎃 Dr! Adelle Bricking is archae_delle on Threads (@archae_delle) November 4, 2023

https://www.reddit.com/r/ReallyShittyCopper/

Interesting story, also makes me miss Oliver Sacks.

"How “blue” and “green” appeared in a language that didn’t have words for them" https://t.co/mK9h7BaWev

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) November 5, 2023

When I lived in town it was a 5 minute walk to the bar. It was a 30 minute walk home. The difference was staggering.

— Uncle Bob 🍩 (@UncleBob56) May 3, 2020

Lateral movement as unprivileged user via Remote Registry now in Impacket https://t.co/D0JNHmFYCU https://t.co/WhvOGMPDZC

— Daniel (@0x64616e) November 4, 2023

Do you want to start the RemoteRegistry service without Admin privileges?
Just write into the "winreg" named pipe 👇 pic.twitter.com/1XkxK0FfbU

— Antonio Cocomazzi (@splinter_code) October 21, 2023


How the new✨ DCOM lateral movement technique leveraging Excel and ActivateMicrosoftApp works.#ThreatHunting #DFIR pic.twitter.com/QWzrzMULgu

— ACE Responder (@ACEResponder) November 4, 2023

3D printed laser zoetrope

[📹 Akinori Goto]pic.twitter.com/TGf6ZJRMPk

— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 4, 2023

Roughly 100 competitive daydreamers gathered in Tokyo yesterday for their first annual “Space-out Competition”

Heart rates were checked and anyone who laughs, talks or dozes off was eliminated during the 90 min competition.

pic.twitter.com/MtYyrI0bQ6

— Spoon & Tamago (@Johnny_suputama) November 4, 2023

These all sound hard to access.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-microsoft-exchange-zero-days-allow-rce-data-theft-attacks/

ZDI-23-1578 | Zero Day Initiative

(0Day) Microsoft Exchange ChainedSerializationBinder Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability


Skyview

[inhales helium from balloon] Your mom and I are getting a divorce


In the 50s and 60s, Yugoslav president Tito didn't want to import Soviet or American movies so instead he imported Mexican films. Everyone loved them so much that they started singing ranchera music and wearing sombreros pic.twitter.com/gonRMtdqiE

— depths of wikipedia (@depthsofwiki) November 4, 2023

This is the preview for The Exit 8, an upcoming PC game about being trapped in a Japanese metro station and having no idea how to find an exit:
"You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Take a good look around and find a way to escape." pic.twitter.com/9aXWOc6YYD

— Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 (@mrjeffu) November 4, 2023

🚨 Stepping into the world of Generative AI has been an eye-opening experience for me as a security researcher! ⚔️ If you have been curious about these topics, then this blog post is for you!

I go all the way from the basics to running experiments with @ProjectJupyter notebooks…

— Roberto Rodriguez 🇵🇪 (@Cyb3rWard0g) November 4, 2023

The Rabin-Scott theorem is one of the (philosophically) deepest mathematical results I know. When properly understood, I claim that it can't help but alter your view of reality in a fairly foundational way. Yet its typical textbook presentation obscures much of this depth. (1/8) pic.twitter.com/xH5njZDEuW

— Jonathan Gorard (@getjonwithit) November 4, 2023

Thread by @getjonwithit on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App

@getjonwithit: The Rabin-Scott theorem is one of the (philosophically) deepest mathematical results I know. When properly understood, I claim that it can't help but alter your view of reality in a fairly foundationa...…


'Corrupt' cop jailed for tipping off pal to EncroChat dragnet

Taking selfie with 'official sensitive' doc wasn't smartest idea, either

https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/04/corrupt_cop_encrochat/


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