Is half the food you eat illegal in Europe?
I randomly picked up several food products off the shelf in Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s to see if those foods would be banned in Europe. This is way harder than you might think, and you wont believe the results. …
Google and Apple's updated default search agreement
United States v. Google, No. 20-cv-3010 (APM) (D.D.C. Aug. 5, 2024). …
2024-09-15#technology#business#game-theory
Package manager package manager package manager
Let’s pretend I’ve decided to manage my JavaScript projects with package managers. …
2024-09-08#humor#programming
Firefox zero-day: You can't leave this page (2)
This a 0-day announcement showing web pages can prevent visitors from navigating back away from their website. …
Hey Are you open to working on projects right now?
Sharing my experience here with a spearphishing campaign where somebody approached me as a potential client. But their intention was to have me run software on my computer. The goal was assumedly to steal any cryptocurrency I have access to. …
2024-05-05#scam
How to fully spend AmEx gift cards on Amazon in 2025
Great news! You just got an American Express gift card! …
2024-02-20#how-to
Numerology for 1 to 10,000 things
Have you ever been staring at a list of things for sale. And they are serial numbered between 1 and 10,000, inclusive, and you wonder which one to buy? …
2023-12-27#how-to
How to connect Roku to Xfinity Wi-Fi
Connecting your Roku device to Xfinity Wi-Fi can be tricky, especially since Roku devices do not come with any built-in browser. This limitation makes the standard login process through a web page impossible. However, there’s an effective workaround using a computer to spoof your Roku’s MAC address, allowing you to authenticate on the Xfinity Wi-Fi network. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to do it, specifically tested and confirmed for the Roku 4K version. …
2023-12-18#how-to
Open letter to American Airlines about also-known-as name policy
Here is an open letter to American Airlines about multiple system failures we found on a recent trip. I hope this letter is helpful, fun and… actionable! Please let’s work together to make flying better in the 21st century. I still have a lot of the world left to see!!! …
2023-10-19#my-life
IRS proposed regulation for crypto
The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed regulations for how taxes and transaction reporting will apply to crypto and other digital assets. …
2023-10-16#blockchain
You can break into these dApp admin accounts today
Alternate title: how to properly implement logins with a public-key system …
2023-09-13#blockchain
What is the worst thing that could happen if I sign a bad message?
Did you ever quickly sign a message and not know what it was? …
2023-08-13#blockchain#security
RainbowMask, use random accounts to login to Web3
Introducing RainbowMask, login to any Web3 website without making an account …
2023-07-11#blockchain#dumb-business-ideas
The case for war against Canada
I trained a neural network using war-is-always-the-answer articles from Bill Kristol. …
2023-06-29#neural-networks
Which campaign is from a neural network?
In politics, the mechanics of winning relies on getting broad messages delivered in very specific ways to excite people enough to go vote. …
2023-06-13#neural-networks
The European Data Act and regulating calculator.exe
The European Data Act codifies requirements for smart contracts. …
2023-05-31#blockchain
Quasi fungible token and MiCA
This week, Europe passed legislation regulating markets for crypto tokens. This is the markets in crypto-assets (MiCA) regulation. There’s a few ways to read regulation: …
2023-05-19#blockchain
What is money, and how is Bitcoin/tokens different?
How well do you kow what money is? We will explore a few intuitive things that money is, break them down, and then see how Bitcoin and tokens on blockchain are so much different. …
2023-05-15#blockchain
Moon dust: auditable, versioned databases
Blockchain people have been to “the moon” and back down to Earth. We brought back moon dust. …
2023-04-23#blockchain
OpenSea cooperated transaction with SDN sanctioned entity
This article is a review of facts and is not an allegation of any crime. …
2023-04-11#nft
FYI, some of my older blogs posts are hosted at privacy log (vulnerability disclosures) and Life but I am migrating them to here one by one.