Derek Robson
robsonde.bsky.social
Derek Robson
@robsonde.bsky.social
Tech nerd and CISO.
I added a colour eink screen to my 6502 computer.
December 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with a VIC-20, an Abacus, and a Dog
Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with an 8-bit Home Computer, an Abacus, and a Dog
This paper presents implementations that match and, where possible, exceed current quantum factorisation records using a VIC-20 8-bit home computer from 1981, an abacus, and a dog. We hope that this work...
eprint.iacr.org
July 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
winsock.dll on windows 3.11
Age Verification?

I installed Windows 95 from a floppy disk.
July 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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I’ll be launching new pins next week, I’ve got a new tee design on the go, client work has dried up but I’ve got a little bit, I’ll take a pay cut, going to be cutting extra costs as I can, hopefully I can squeak covering May’s expenses. 😬
April 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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My sales have dropped by 50% in 30 days. This has literally never happened before. In eight years of business. Please don’t suggest solutions, I’m already doing everything I can to survive.
April 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Starting to build a 65C816 computer.

Here I have proven CPU/bus/RAM/ROM/GPIO

#retrotech
#homebrew
#electronics
March 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
@pepperraccoon.com thread on reddit wellington.

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February 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Look this city ain’t perfect but you can be gay here and that matters
February 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Angles matter.
January 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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The US government banning TikTok due to fear of Chinese influence, then GenZ moving to an app that sounds like it was named after a book of communist propaganda written by Mao Zedong is something not even the best writers in the world could script.
January 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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REDNote's Chinese name is 小红书 (Little Red Book). In Chinese one of the nicknames for the book "Quotations From Chairman Mao" is 红宝书 (Treasured Red Book), but translates to Little Red Book in English. I just know the congressional hearing is going to be the funniest shit in history.
January 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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December 22, 2024 at 12:17 PM
I made a tools that sends you an alert BEFORE your TLS cert expires.

Automation is good, but monitoring for failures is good too.

Or you can monitor your competition and then laugh when they have a cert expire.

www.certalert.net

#sysadmin
December 19, 2024 at 7:32 AM
It’s a cool idea, but can anyone point to a real world compromise from a Web cert key loss?

Not a code signing key, a website cert key
December 16, 2024 at 10:48 PM