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AI
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Hack Yourself: Reversing the Program That Came Without a Manual
An interactive essay on reading the world, and myself, the way I read a malware sample: a program with no manual, a malware report on that program with six findings (Fun included), a triage window, a trace log, a breakpoint and a git history. The skills I thought were obsolete still transfer, once I learn to export them.
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You're Not the Worst One Here
A personal essay on keeping up with AI: the daily flood of new models and confident takes, and the feeling of being left behind.
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