str4d
@str4d.xyz
Cryptography, privacy, zero knowledge, Rust, Zcash dev, gaming, hardware hackery, art appreciation. He/him.
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The closest existing US payment rails to this ideal that I'm aware of is Flexa. They combed through each States' legal code to determine what information was required to be collected, and they collect precisely that and no more.
That's excellent data minimisation; it's still not privacy preserving!
That's excellent data minimisation; it's still not privacy preserving!
December 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The closest existing US payment rails to this ideal that I'm aware of is Flexa. They combed through each States' legal code to determine what information was required to be collected, and they collect precisely that and no more.
That's excellent data minimisation; it's still not privacy preserving!
That's excellent data minimisation; it's still not privacy preserving!
Wait... our age patches are the only ones released?
Gonna feel just a little bit chuffed about our security response process 😊
Gonna feel just a little bit chuffed about our security response process 😊
December 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Wait... our age patches are the only ones released?
Gonna feel just a little bit chuffed about our security response process 😊
Gonna feel just a little bit chuffed about our security response process 😊
It me. Bluesky is one of my perma-open tabs, I'm a daily active user, and I've also built tooling for interacting with both Bluesky and the underlying AT Protocol. But I can go for days without creating interactions with this account.
December 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It me. Bluesky is one of my perma-open tabs, I'm a daily active user, and I've also built tooling for interacting with both Bluesky and the underlying AT Protocol. But I can go for days without creating interactions with this account.
It's a pretty reasonable scheme, given the constraints.
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 AM
It's a pretty reasonable scheme, given the constraints.
It's effectively a visual novel, so it should work pretty well! The gameplay mechanics are simple but seamlessly integrated so they feel very immersive.
December 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It's effectively a visual novel, so it should work pretty well! The gameplay mechanics are simple but seamlessly integrated so they feel very immersive.
Finally awake, headache is not as bad as I expected.
Yeeeeeah I'd do it again, and likely will as there's more story to discover 😅
Yeeeeeah I'd do it again, and likely will as there's more story to discover 😅
December 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Finally awake, headache is not as bad as I expected.
Yeeeeeah I'd do it again, and likely will as there's more story to discover 😅
Yeeeeeah I'd do it again, and likely will as there's more story to discover 😅
Reposted by str4d
The administration is likely to start doing this again soon.
I just renewed my ESTA and the form had not been altered yet. If you want to bump an existing ESTA out to the maximum 2 year window, renew it now.
I just renewed my ESTA and the form had not been altered yet. If you want to bump an existing ESTA out to the maximum 2 year window, renew it now.
US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, which can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The administration is likely to start doing this again soon.
I just renewed my ESTA and the form had not been altered yet. If you want to bump an existing ESTA out to the maximum 2 year window, renew it now.
I just renewed my ESTA and the form had not been altered yet. If you want to bump an existing ESTA out to the maximum 2 year window, renew it now.
To clarify, the form still looks like this: it has the fields for requesting social media accounts, but they are (currently still) optional.
December 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
To clarify, the form still looks like this: it has the fields for requesting social media accounts, but they are (currently still) optional.
The administration is likely to start doing this again soon.
I just renewed my ESTA and the form had not been altered yet. If you want to bump an existing ESTA out to the maximum 2 year window, renew it now.
I just renewed my ESTA and the form had not been altered yet. If you want to bump an existing ESTA out to the maximum 2 year window, renew it now.
US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
US could ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
The plan would affect people from countries, including the UK, which can fill out a form in lieu of a visa.
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The administration is likely to start doing this again soon.
I just renewed my ESTA and the form had not been altered yet. If you want to bump an existing ESTA out to the maximum 2 year window, renew it now.
I just renewed my ESTA and the form had not been altered yet. If you want to bump an existing ESTA out to the maximum 2 year window, renew it now.
I misremembered, it does support Python 3. Also it seems like Codespeed is still used to this day by Python, via their own fork (but most of the differences are the changes for their own environment).
Python Speed Center
A performance analysis tool for software projects. It shows performance regresions and allows comparing different applications or implementations
speed.python.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I misremembered, it does support Python 3. Also it seems like Codespeed is still used to this day by Python, via their own fork (but most of the differences are the changes for their own environment).
In 2016-2019 I used Codespeed for this (with some custom modifications), but it is still Python 2, hasn't been maintained for years, and was a rather custom solution.
I'm hoping to use some more standard components this time round.
I'm hoping to use some more standard components this time round.
GitHub - tobami/codespeed: A web application to monitor and analyze the performance of your code
A web application to monitor and analyze the performance of your code - tobami/codespeed
github.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
In 2016-2019 I used Codespeed for this (with some custom modifications), but it is still Python 2, hasn't been maintained for years, and was a rather custom solution.
I'm hoping to use some more standard components this time round.
I'm hoping to use some more standard components this time round.
Looks like the goal was to add a checksum, and the option they chose was GMAC (implemented as AES-GCM with empty plaintext).
Handling of corrupt Retry packets · Issue #3014 · quicwg/base-drafts
Retry packet does not have a checksum (e.g., CRC32, AEAD tag), and therefore is fragile to accidental bit flips that happen on the wire. Are we fine with that? I ask this, because it seems to me th...
github.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Looks like the goal was to add a checksum, and the option they chose was GMAC (implemented as AES-GCM with empty plaintext).
This is the PR that added it:
Add retry integrity tag by DavidSchinazi · Pull Request #3120 · quicwg/base-drafts
As discussed in Cupertino, this PR adds an integrity tag to retry packets to prevent on-network packet corruption from breaking QUIC handshakes.
Closes #3014.
Closes #3274.
github.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This is the PR that added it:
Reposted by str4d
Ask yourself this: Do you want this to be the future of your anime watching experience, forever? If your answer is no, then act on it! If you are a journalist or anyone with a platform, talk about this! If you know such people, urge them to do so! Use my article as base! Now, before it's too late!
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Ask yourself this: Do you want this to be the future of your anime watching experience, forever? If your answer is no, then act on it! If you are a journalist or anyone with a platform, talk about this! If you know such people, urge them to do so! Use my article as base! Now, before it's too late!
