Ian Preston
@ianopolous.bsky.social
Mathematician/particle physicist turned privacy researcher. Java Rockstar #Oxford Building a better web - private, self-sovereign identity, p2p, social - with @peergos.org. Public social media undermines democracy. #covidisairborne #maskswork #cleantheair
There is evidence now that, at least in the UK, this is by design.
December 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
There is evidence now that, at least in the UK, this is by design.
When I return to Melbourne from UK I flip into destination time once I'm on the flight. So I try and sleep according to the destination. Never had a problem with jet lag.
December 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
When I return to Melbourne from UK I flip into destination time once I'm on the flight. So I try and sleep according to the destination. Never had a problem with jet lag.
Dietrich for CEO!
December 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Dietrich for CEO!
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Our full wish list is here:
discuss.ipfs.tech/t/browsers-s...
discuss.ipfs.tech/t/browsers-s...
Browsers & Standards Work 2026: Call for Community Input
Project: Peergos Use case: sandboxed (exfiltration proof, in its own OS process) serverless apps Features we want in priority order are: webrtc CSP flag: Content Security Policy Level 3 The abilit...
discuss.ipfs.tech
December 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Our full wish list is here:
discuss.ipfs.tech/t/browsers-s...
discuss.ipfs.tech/t/browsers-s...
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I would expect that not to matter for the large inputs like 1 MiB, unless it has to copy the array or something?
December 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I would expect that not to matter for the large inputs like 1 MiB, unless it has to copy the array or something?
Very interesting. Looks like there's still some optimisations to be found. Any idea why native blake3 is slower than sha256? Is that just sha256 using a sha256 cpu instruction?
December 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Very interesting. Looks like there's still some optimisations to be found. Any idea why native blake3 is slower than sha256? Is that just sha256 using a sha256 cpu instruction?
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update: 5 of 6 candidates generate the right test vectors. full source of the 6 candidates and test vectors results in here: github.com/zooko/potent...
GitHub - zooko/potential-guacamole: BLAKE3 JavaScript bake-off
BLAKE3 JavaScript bake-off. Contribute to zooko/potential-guacamole development by creating an account on GitHub.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
update: 5 of 6 candidates generate the right test vectors. full source of the 6 candidates and test vectors results in here: github.com/zooko/potent...
Hopefully they are public?
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hopefully they are public?
That will never change.
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
That will never change.