Brian Beale

Self-documenting code monkey. I am currently working on a new programming language.

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

Somehow, I ended up creating a programming language...

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

@Jonathan_Blow @bunkseena13 @yuris "binary tree is the most fundamental data structure" is a wild thing to say. A linked list is about 1/3 simpler and a contiguous array 3x simpler... A graph is more fundamental in the abstract.
If someone asks me to invert a linked structure I'm going to laugh in their face.

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

@ShimazuSystems @GrowlerEnjooyer Whiteboxing window

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

Open Source Software is under attack.

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

‼️ UPDATE: Arch Linux has now disabled ALL pushes to the Arch User Repository (AUR) as it fights malware.

No AUR package can be updated while the team hunts malicious commits.

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

@Tech_girl Replace the word AI in your question with computers and you have the same answer. Some people make dramatically better use of tools than others. It's motivation plus skill issue.

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

@MarkusBaue15570 @elonmusk A lot of memes here, but the real answer is that you can disassemble the binary machine code and read the ops used to understand the program execution. There are many tools reverse engineers use for this. It's not what you want to have to do but it is certainly possible.

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

This tweet is a beautiful IQ test.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This is exactly right. Source code is on the verge of becoming like assembly.

The next step is getting rid of “source code” entirely and just making an efficient binary directly with AI.

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

@japan_nobunaga My mother has a rule for us to take pictures while we're away on trips. I did not understand the meaning behind scrapbooking when I was young. The matriarch weaves a story of the beauty they see in their family, and the only reasonable repayment is love.

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

@japan_nobunaga Rock, flag, and eagle

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

@omooretweets AI aversion psychosis

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

Fearmongering based on events before WW2... disappointing, divisive, dumb

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

The fact that the Ku Klux Klan could operate as openly and as brazenly as it did in 1920s Indiana, using the government as an arm of the so-called Invisible Empire without significant opposition, says a lot about what is possible in this country. https://t.co/WF4YjpHrMw

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

@will__mcevoy Government is a form of technology.

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

@tolutea2002 @Google Claude, ChatGPT, local models, basically anything else...

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

Mr. President, this is not how the Supreme Court works. As the President, you should probably understand the scope of your legal powers...
Kindly re-read the constitution or ask one of your aides to remind you how the judicial branch works.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Yesterday’s extreme Florida Supreme Court decision puts desperately needed medical care even further out of reach for millions of women in Florida and across the South.

It’s outrageous—and it was made possible by Trump ending Roe v. Wade.

[Deedy @deedydas]

Facebook bought Israeli VPN Onavo in 2013 for ~$200M, and used it to spy on activity in other apps in the man-in-the-middle attack (SSL bump) by impersonating a root cert :

Snapchat in 2016
YouTube in 2017
Amazon in 2018

For Meta, the ends always justify the means.

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

@Redisinc "In practice, nothing changes for the Redis developer community..."

This is a lie. The only reason to move away from your promise to remain open source is to change how the community uses Redis. It's the eat your cake and have it too license.

[Matteo Collina @matteocollina]

@Redisinc I’m incredibly disappointed by this change. When @antirez stepped back from the project, you stated that Redis would stay BSD licensed.

https://t.co/C7yqTVWFBu

[Mashable @mashable]

This building's exterior can completely transform in seconds

[Brian Beale @brianbeale]

@DanPriceSeattle Christmas does work like US capitalism

[Enzo2301 @enz_martin]

@travis_robert Meanwhile, rush hour in Utrecht. Netherlands.