Stories by b-ryan

The Comforting Lie of SHA Pinning

Designing AI systems as governed control planes

Scientists Just Broke the Solar Power Limit Everyone Thought Was Absolute

Evaluation Gates: Releasing AI Systems Without Guesswork

Some thoughts on security after ten years of qmail 1.0 [pdf]

Where Is the Intelligence When One Needs It?

Why Quantum Computing will take another 50 years (2025)

Ask HN: Quick technical questions about LLMs

Operating Systems: Timeline and Family Tree

Great Ideas in Computer Architecture

Golden Sets: Regression Engineering for Probabilistic Systems

Generative AI Vegetarianism

Two-Key Writes: Preventing Accidental Autonomy in AI Systems

Many scientists now use AI but fail to disclose it, study finds

Data reveal a significant acceleration of global warming since 2015

Rocks and Sand (capacity planning on Postgres)

Freefall Science Fiction Webcomic

The Rise and Fall of Scala: A Love Letter to the Language That Broke My Heart

Big Tech Says Generative AI Will Save the Planet. It Doesn't Offer Much Proof

Artificial Intelligence and Magical Thinking

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