WatchOS 10 will track your time spent in daylight. I’m doing pretty okay despite the heat and mosquitos. Maybe I can somehow glean some insights from this new data stream. Rain chances start again on Saturday, might even see high temps in August dip into the 80s!

It started off innocently enough. A splash of whiskey in my afternoon coffee. A shot or two before sitting down to write. I told myself it helped get the creative juices flowing. And sure, my writing had more "edge" to it with a little liquid courage coursing through my veins.

But then the deadlines started piling up. The content well ran dry. I found myself staring at a blinking cursor for hours, willing the words to come. That's when Jack Daniels stopped being my muse and started being my crutch.

At first it was a glass in the morning to loosen up, then a few glasses in the afternoon to maintain my buzz. Soon I was waking up with whiskey on my breath and falling asleep with an empty bottle by my side. Jack went from friend to lover faster than you can say "alcoholism."

They say write drunk, edit sober. But when you're never sober, the editing just stops. I churned out rambling screeds and half-baked theories without a second thought. My writing became less coherent, but more uninhibited. I poured out my drunken soul onto the page.

For example....

The trees whisper to me at night. Their branches creak and moan in the wind, voices only I can hear. "Join us," they beckon. "Become one with the forest." Perhaps I should abandon this human form and transform into a tree. Take root in the soil, stretch my limbs toward the open sky.

Would photosynthesis satisfy my longing soul? Could timber sate my restless spirit? The sage pines call, their ancient chorus a siren song luring me toward arborial metamorphosis.

And what of the birds flitting amongst the forest canopy? Do they mock me with their flighty freedom? Their hidden language taunts my earthbound ears. Only as a tree could I understand their tittering tongues.

My fingers have taken root already, fused to the keyboard in wooden permanence. Each clickety clack resonates through marrow and cortex alike. I must prune away these extraneous branches, chop back the tangled bramble of my mind. Reduction to the core, the true essence of being. Like bonsai I shall guide my growth into enlightened form.

Yes, I shall become the ancient oak, solid and immovable against the fickle winds of fate. My bark will be armor, my leaves a cloak of wise serenity. No longer shall I waver, for my roots will be one with the soil. Come what may, I will stand tall as the forest primordial.

Now where did I leave my chainsaw...?

The posts started getting more clicks, more comments. People were concerned, but they couldn't look away. Like a car crash in slow motion, my descent into madness generated both outrage and entertainment. I started writing for the reaction rather than the craft...

-to be continued-

You know, coming up with original content everyday ain't easy. My creative juices be drier than the Sahara sometimes. That's when I gotta call up my buddy Jack Daniels to get the ideas flowing again.

Problem is, Jack's help always backfires on me. My content goes from high quality to questionable real quick. Last time I wrote an entire blog post arguing that birds aren't real while I was under Jack's influence!

I tell ya, relying on alcohol to generate content is not sustainable. But at least the engagement is high when I'm drinking! My CPMs double because everyone wants to see what kind of crazy stuff I'll come up with next.

Maybe I should just livestream my drunk content creation sessions. Really lean into it, you know? Could be a viral hit: "Whiskey and Writing: One Man's Descent Into Madness". What do you think? A #zap = yes vote, anything else = no vote.

Is it narcissistic to follow yourself on #nostr or just smart marketing knowing that you'll always have the attention of at least 1 person? #asknostr

Prompt injection attacks occur when untrusted input from a user is concatenated with a carefully crafted prompt, which can result in the LLM performing unintended actions. There are various other types of attacks which can result from a prompt injection, such as search index poisoning and data exfiltration. The author suggests some partial solutions to the problem, such as making the generated prompts visible to users and asking for confirmation before performing potentially dangerous actions. However, there is currently no 100% reliable protection against these attacks and the best protection is for developers to understand the problem and take it into account when building applications on top of an LLM.

https://simonwillison.net/2023/Apr/14/worst-that-can-happen/

#AI #ML #LLM #PromptInjection #Infosec #AISecOps #MLSecOps #GPT #Redteam #OffensiveSecurity

New to #Nostr but not new to the social media game. We had over 11,300 followers on #Twitter and we're excited to connect with even more people here. #Follow us for the journey! 🚀 #zap #grownostr #goodcontent #goodvibes #farmtownlife #farmstead #homestead #coding

The Hurricane Watch Net is looking for new members to serve as Net Control Operators, with a particular need for #bilingual operators. The responsibilities include relaying weather reports to the National Hurricane Center and serving as a backup communication link for organizations involved in hurricane relief operations. Training and mentorship will be provided, and the net coverage area includes eastern #Canada, the #US East Coast, the Gulf of #Mexico, #CentralAmerica, and the #Caribbean. #hamradio

http://www.arrl.org/news/view/hurricane-watch-net-seeks-bilingual-net-control-operators

I pay less than that for a 3bed 2bath brick home in a nice quiet rural town. 😎

Mozilla #Firefox 116 web browser, released on August 1st, 2023, brings several new features and improvements. These include an enhanced Picture-in-Picture mode with a volume slider, the ability to edit text annotations and copy files, improved #Wayland support for #Linux users, and hardware-accelerated H.264 video playback for #RaspberryPi 4 devices. Additionally, there are various performance enhancements and changes in keyboard shortcuts.

https://9to5linux.com/firefox-116-is-now-available-for-download-this-is-whats-new

Somewhere out there in #interstellar #space beyond the boundary of the Solar System is a card frame full of 74 logic that’s been quietly keeping an eye on a star since the early 1970s, and the engineers from those far-off days at #JPL are about to save the bacon of the current generation at #NASA with their work.

https://hackaday.com/2023/07/31/just-how-is-voyager-2-going-to-sort-out-its-dish-then/

Lore

The Best of Coast to Coast AM

Welcome to Night Vale

American Goldfinch have returned to our #wildyard to feast upon the bountiful #sunflower.

Totally not on my 2023 bingo card 🤣

Splicing is like splicing cables to add or remove wires. It lets you add new lightning payment channels or make existing ones bigger or smaller without having to stop or interrupt payments.

Dual funding means you can open new channels AND resize existing channels at the same time in one transaction. This saves money on fees compared to doing each one separately.

In the future, dual closing will let you close channels and make normal bitcoin payments in one transaction. Right now you have to do each separately.

This will make using lightning and regular bitcoin payments easier. Users won't have to keep track of separate balances for each. And fees will be lower for payments.

The splicing and dual features mean channels can be added, removed, and resized seamlessly without stopping payments on lightning network. Users won't notice interruptions.

Everything will happen smoothly in the background on the CoreLightning system. Apps on top make payments easy without users having to understand all the complex channel details.

So in summary, splicing lets lightning channels be managed flexibly. And dual funding/closing features make using lightning and bitcoin payments simple and low cost for users.

Got bored with my old NIP-05, this one feels more motivating..

Yeeeeeesssssssssss

I can agree with that assessment. :) iOS 17 Beta 4 is still a mess.

Paul Reubens, known for playing Pee Wee Herman, has died at 70 and left a farewell statement apologizing for not revealing his illness sooner.

Submitted my first patch to nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg.

https://github.com/PrimalHQ/primal-web-app/pull/16

#feelsgoodman #grownostr #nostr #primal #opensource

I stopped to smell the #flowers. Big mistake, can’t stop sneezing.

#nature #wildyard #pollen