Philip Gladstone

Chief Architect at BitSight Technologies, weather hacker ( amateur radio guy ( and chicken farmer.

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

@wx1box From the Cranberry Bog in Carlisle looking west. Only just visible to naked eye. Moon a definite issue. Probably a dozen people hanging out in the cold.

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

Just saw Suzanne Vega @GrotonHillMusic -- great show in a beautiful location. First saw her in 1990 in Cambridge, UK. Next in Concord, NH in 2010, and now again in 2024. Never gets old.

@suzyv -- Thanks for the show! Really enjoyed it.

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

@constans @john_dough @ssteingraber1 To evaporate 20 gallons of water takes around 150MJ. It takes (say) 10 seconds for the query to complete, implying a power draw of 15MW for each individual query.

I knew that NVIDIA GPUs used a lot of power, but this is ridiculous (incorrect by ~4 orders of magnitude).

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

@marcorandazza I got my wife the wrong type of muffin just after she gave birth. I'm still being reminded of this sin a quarter of a century later.

About-to-be-fathers: Do what the man says 🡅

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

@Cryptoki What date was this generated? I get rather different answers with only 99 in the middle, but with rather more in the "3 cert store" ring (37). But yes, Microsoft is the outlier.

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

Visited @romanpalace today. Well worth it. Similar vibes to visiting the terracotta warriors.

Last visited Fishbourne in ~1970 as a young kid -- I appreciated it more today...

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

Safari 18 is broken when using #PSKReporter -- but I have now added a workaround. It turns out that the following line is the root cause:

ctx = canvasStoreInfo.canvas.getContext('2d', { willReadFrequently: true });

It is the willReadFrequently: true

Any comment @AppleSupport?

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

@matthew_d_green Something like this could be used to do a bit of prototyping -- 2 wireless lapel mics into a phone for under $5.

https://t.co/YCUMzLkKon

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

@timurkuran A related question is whether a president should be able to distinguish truth from fiction and how would they achieve that.

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

@Sharpe_Actuary @stephen_wolfram Will DVLC even issue licenses with overseas addresses?

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

@CrowdStrike I didn't see the elephant in the room being addressed:

Does Crowdstrike push any changes to production without testing them locally to ensure *correct* operation?

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

@NikonUSA I want to get the images on my Z6II geotagged (on the camera). The snapbridge app only transmits GPS data when it is in the foreground. This makes it useless. Appears that app does not request ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION permission: https://t.co/15Y1dU4hrL
Please fix!

[Pedro Umbelino @kripthor]

So... I was at it again at #bitsightTRACE, on everyone's currently favorite hot topic: CrowdStrike! But this time I'm afraid I have more questions than answers.
Take a dive at network analysis with me and tell me what you think!
https://t.co/y45XxrTQSv

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

@Scott_Helme And if you read the linked thread, you will discover that they lied -- item 1 about Air Traffic Control is untrue -- in fact that CA explicitly does not issue certificates for Aviation flight and control systems. https://t.co/hikv9TLT8L

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

I shouldn't have doubted them. I got my ballot form today! Unfortunately I don't have a time machine to get it back in time.

On the plus side, my vote wouldn't have made any difference!

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

I'm happy that the UK now allows me to vote in elections even though I don't reside in the UK any more. However, actually getting me a ballot in a timely fashion (or at all) seems beyond them! #GE2024

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

@barracuda You are blocking my access to https://t.co/WjcrfIDTOJ saying GEO_IP_BLOCK. How can I get this fixed (I'm in the US)?

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

@shaws Thanks for this. It implies that the unit price area is not a calculated field, but is entered separately. Wow!

It has always amused me that the unit price for air fresheners was in $ per gallon. I hope *never* to need a gallon of air freshener!

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

There are so many prices on this label and I don't understand how they relate to each other. $1.41 / $1.69 / $1.50 / $1.25 each? What is 38¢ the price difference between? @shaws

[Philip Gladstone @n1dq]

@shaws This was Groton, MA!