Robert "Grip"
@x0d1.bsky.social
He/They. Ex-Big tech IT/Cloud Infrastructure expert. All things nerd, probably talking about cybersecurity, scifi, general social and black issues. But I honestly have no theme. I'm just here. Anarcho-leftie cypherpunk vibes.
My current biggest Arch peeve is that it's hostile to the Rustup toolchain. As in, use the official Rust install script and everything is fine, until some package needs Rust and despite it being there, it forces the rust repo package, then you get blindsided by conflicting fucky behavior.
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
My current biggest Arch peeve is that it's hostile to the Rustup toolchain. As in, use the official Rust install script and everything is fine, until some package needs Rust and despite it being there, it forces the rust repo package, then you get blindsided by conflicting fucky behavior.
It's funny how knowledgeable LLMs are about every subject except the ones I know well, where they're suddenly misinformed or hallucinating random things. Funny coincidence.
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It's funny how knowledgeable LLMs are about every subject except the ones I know well, where they're suddenly misinformed or hallucinating random things. Funny coincidence.
Unpaid internships are back bay-bee! I was just saying the other day how I miss being exploited for my youth.
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Unpaid internships are back bay-bee! I was just saying the other day how I miss being exploited for my youth.
I think it's funny how we all kept misplacing our keys and so we casually decided it's normal and right to have a global commercial surveillance system administered by strangers both corporate and individual and invented tile trackers and apple tags. And I still misplace my keys.
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I think it's funny how we all kept misplacing our keys and so we casually decided it's normal and right to have a global commercial surveillance system administered by strangers both corporate and individual and invented tile trackers and apple tags. And I still misplace my keys.
I'm just gonna come out and admit it... I don't actually understand Zettelkasten, but it would benefit me somehow...? I've watched some video tutorials and some guides and I'm still... *shrugs*
November 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I'm just gonna come out and admit it... I don't actually understand Zettelkasten, but it would benefit me somehow...? I've watched some video tutorials and some guides and I'm still... *shrugs*
Once again on this, the superior daylight savings, I ask that we just stop here and not increase my risk of heart attack in the spring? Please and thanks for your attention to this matter.
November 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Once again on this, the superior daylight savings, I ask that we just stop here and not increase my risk of heart attack in the spring? Please and thanks for your attention to this matter.
Cute chubby cheeks are often just (still) cute weak chins without the benefit of a beard.
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Cute chubby cheeks are often just (still) cute weak chins without the benefit of a beard.
What ever happened to those people trying to replace pi with tau? Were they ever taken seriously? I vaguely remember the movement but not the argument. Blast from the internet past.
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What ever happened to those people trying to replace pi with tau? Were they ever taken seriously? I vaguely remember the movement but not the argument. Blast from the internet past.
I don't care about nostalgia anymore. My best years are ahead of me.
October 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don't care about nostalgia anymore. My best years are ahead of me.
I’m so thoroughly bored with the internet that I might have to stop consuming and start writing again. Shake off a decade+ of cobwebs and just write random shit for my own gratification. I feel like I could maybe get into creative non-fiction this time. Or just whatever. I’ve come full circle.
October 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I’m so thoroughly bored with the internet that I might have to stop consuming and start writing again. Shake off a decade+ of cobwebs and just write random shit for my own gratification. I feel like I could maybe get into creative non-fiction this time. Or just whatever. I’ve come full circle.
Fun fact, my youtube account which was created in 2007 using an old gmail account established in 2006 (so literally 18 and 19 years old) has just been restricted because Google can't verify I'm not under age... Truly brilliant AI systems they have. Thankfully it's my trash account that I don't need.
October 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Fun fact, my youtube account which was created in 2007 using an old gmail account established in 2006 (so literally 18 and 19 years old) has just been restricted because Google can't verify I'm not under age... Truly brilliant AI systems they have. Thankfully it's my trash account that I don't need.
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If only we were all like this, problem solved overnight.
October 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
If only we were all like this, problem solved overnight.
Microsoft will never stop because you spew mad hate for every single version of Windows and then complain endlessly for every upgrade. From their standpoint you all just complain and then “love” the one going end of life. I remember the Windows 10 hate. Now y’all crying. Want them to change? Leave!
October 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Microsoft will never stop because you spew mad hate for every single version of Windows and then complain endlessly for every upgrade. From their standpoint you all just complain and then “love” the one going end of life. I remember the Windows 10 hate. Now y’all crying. Want them to change? Leave!
I think I regret choosing proxmox... I'm not sure yet. But I'm definitely not happy with the whole setup. Perhaps it's time to nuke it all and re-architect my home lab.
October 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I think I regret choosing proxmox... I'm not sure yet. But I'm definitely not happy with the whole setup. Perhaps it's time to nuke it all and re-architect my home lab.
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Andrew Ng: "AI is the new electricity!"
Cory Doctorow: "AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations."
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...)
Cory Doctorow: "AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations."
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...)
September 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Andrew Ng: "AI is the new electricity!"
Cory Doctorow: "AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations."
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...)
Cory Doctorow: "AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations."
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...)
You know you’re reading litrpg when everything is “inexorable” and all will is “indomitable”. Like they’re all reading the same thesaurus. And they’re only using “inexorable” properly half the time.
September 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
You know you’re reading litrpg when everything is “inexorable” and all will is “indomitable”. Like they’re all reading the same thesaurus. And they’re only using “inexorable” properly half the time.
The Manly Naming Department of the Combat Forces of The Department of War!
That’s what you sound like with this shit.
"US Space Force Combat Forces Command"… because we are led by 11 year olds
That’s what you sound like with this shit.
"US Space Force Combat Forces Command"… because we are led by 11 year olds
September 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Manly Naming Department of the Combat Forces of The Department of War!
That’s what you sound like with this shit.
"US Space Force Combat Forces Command"… because we are led by 11 year olds
That’s what you sound like with this shit.
"US Space Force Combat Forces Command"… because we are led by 11 year olds
With google admitting the open web is rapidly in decline, I must once again implore everyone to carve out their own little corner of it. Learn to host your own little thing. Bring back blogs. Join decentralized and federated services. Revisit the old greats like irc. Pirate (but support creators).
September 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
With google admitting the open web is rapidly in decline, I must once again implore everyone to carve out their own little corner of it. Learn to host your own little thing. Bring back blogs. Join decentralized and federated services. Revisit the old greats like irc. Pirate (but support creators).
Ninjas would make poor bodyguards 🤷🏿♂️
August 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Ninjas would make poor bodyguards 🤷🏿♂️
Deceit is a legitimate tool of a statecraft, however unfortunate that may be. Or so I'm told.
August 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Deceit is a legitimate tool of a statecraft, however unfortunate that may be. Or so I'm told.
It’s okay to admit both that the members of the applied rationality movement have many useful tools you should adopt, and that they should be thrown off a cliff for everyone’s sake.
August 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It’s okay to admit both that the members of the applied rationality movement have many useful tools you should adopt, and that they should be thrown off a cliff for everyone’s sake.
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No. Look, I'll make a deal. If you remove the crypto and get-rich-quick scam ads and the literal malware, maybe I'll consider it. If you want people to not use adblock, moderate your fucking advertisements.
Until you do, no dice, the adblock is staying on.
Until you do, no dice, the adblock is staying on.
August 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
No. Look, I'll make a deal. If you remove the crypto and get-rich-quick scam ads and the literal malware, maybe I'll consider it. If you want people to not use adblock, moderate your fucking advertisements.
Until you do, no dice, the adblock is staying on.
Until you do, no dice, the adblock is staying on.
Bungie: "Damnit, we're not a one trick pony. We can't spend our whole lives making Halo."
Also Bungie: *proceeds to make Destiny for the rest of their lives*
Also Bungie: *proceeds to make Destiny for the rest of their lives*
August 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Bungie: "Damnit, we're not a one trick pony. We can't spend our whole lives making Halo."
Also Bungie: *proceeds to make Destiny for the rest of their lives*
Also Bungie: *proceeds to make Destiny for the rest of their lives*
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The lack of differentiation between trusted and untrusted state and input is endlessly devilish in trying to secure this technology. It completely violates all security paradigms we've tried to enforce for coming on half a century
NEW: In a likely first, security researchers have shown how generative AI agents can be hijacked to cause physical consequences.
They tricked Google's Gemini AI into turning off smart home lights, opening windows, and turning on a boiler.
They hid instructions to the AI in a *calendar invitation*
They tricked Google's Gemini AI into turning off smart home lights, opening windows, and turning on a boiler.
They hid instructions to the AI in a *calendar invitation*
Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home
For likely the first time ever, security researchers have shown how AI can be hacked to create real world havoc, allowing them to turn off lights, open smart shutters, and more.
www.wired.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The lack of differentiation between trusted and untrusted state and input is endlessly devilish in trying to secure this technology. It completely violates all security paradigms we've tried to enforce for coming on half a century
“…looked like a giant single-headed Hydra.” So… a dragon. Some authors do the most for no reason. (The fact that they gave no further description implies it looked like the classic image of a Hydra).
August 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“…looked like a giant single-headed Hydra.” So… a dragon. Some authors do the most for no reason. (The fact that they gave no further description implies it looked like the classic image of a Hydra).