
PhD, Nanophotonics, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Chemistry/Mathematics, University of Idaho; Software Developer @YouGov; Author, https://xitter.cf/t.co/C4bWeIRL7D
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@ThePrimeagen let's do it, 60% off
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If you don't accept your 10% royalty tell me a charity and we'll donate it there
wtf is pillow
🛑 A filename is enough to trigger OS command execution in Python's widely used Pillow image library.
CVE-2026-112900 abuses how Pillow passes EPS filenames to Ghostscript.
What you need to know ↓ thehackernews.com/2026/10/cr…
Somebody tell the Zuck
Full details of a remotely exploitable vulnerability in the core engine of *all* PHP versions will be released tomorrow, October 21st. If your organization has internet facing PHP applications then you need to be ready to patch the minute the update is released or *strongly* consider taking the application offline until you can:
php.net/index.php#2026-10-20…
Ben Affleck after a day of writing Python:
Ben Affleck reveals he writes Python, understands convolutional neural networks, worked extensively with GPUs, and used his celebrity status to get private looks at Google and OpenAI’s video models
“I’ve always been kind of into computers since I was young. Then, when film started to move from analog film to digital, I became more interested in that aspect of it. The visual-effects workflow for many years has included machine learning, so I can write pretty shitty Python scripts and stuff like that.
“With convolutional neural networks, which were the precursors to what the transformer can do, which is much more computation simultaneously, you would do things like look at what’s called a tensor. That’s the numerical translation of a visual image in numbers, like the batch number, the frame number and the red, green and blue values of each pixel in each frame. It’s just that simple. That numeric is called a tensor.
“You’d use a convolutional neural network to identify patterns that reveal what’s called edge detection or feature extraction, which is identifying patterns well enough to know, this is where the window ledge is, so we can more easily take the green-screen image out and replace it with something.
“That was familiar to me early on because, prior to Artists Equity, I had a small visual-effects company. I’ve worked with GPUs a lot too. The visual-effects guys said, ‘Hey, you should see. There are a couple: Google and this other company, OpenAI, are doing really interesting stuff with transformers in video.’
“I’ve learned that I can actually just call up and go, ‘Hey, it’s Ben Affleck. Can I come see what you’re doing?’ Sometimes people say yes, to my astonishment.”
Call me old fashioned but I don’t think university should be about turning students into profit margins
Was recently in a neighborhood with a median home price of 1.5M.
Cars I saw in the driveways:
- Ford
- Chevy
- GMC
- Toyota
- Subaru
- Mini
- Porsche
Please understand most well off people are not driving luxury cars.
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yo @IanLandsman we are drafting in like 2 minutes
Flip was such a character, great banter and such fun
Gone, but not forgotten
Some very sad news
Our friend @FlipMediaProd has been struggling for the past year with medical issues, had an unexpected complication and has passed away. I know many of you knew him; with family's permission I asked to make this post. I'm beyond heartbroken. RIP lil bro





























