Yousaf

The more I know, the more I realize I know nothing - Plato

[AI at AMD @AIatAMD]

.@realGeorgeHotz doesn’t follow the script.

From jailbreaking the iPhone at 17 and reverse-engineering the PS3 to building open-source self-driving technology at @comma_ai, he's consistently pushed the boundaries of what's possible.

Now, as founder of @__tinygrad__, he’s focused on opening up the AI compute stack.

He’s also one of the most candid voices on AI and how to get the most out of AMD solutions.

That’s exactly why he’s joining the Advancing AI Developer Track.

Register: https://t.co/bILVcMveFL

#AdvancingAI #AMDevs

[Tavis Ormandy @taviso]

It's the 20th anniversary of my favorite Linux tradition, the question was just posted again! 👻
https://t.co/sJcQ7sYHpI

[Yousaf @safbur]

@___Harald___ As someone dipping his toes into programming through C, you guys at Comma are a real inspiration. The datacenter blog was great Herald.

I hope I get to be cool enough to join you guys one day😅

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

I admire Fabrice Bellard. He is almost certainly a better overall programmer than I am.

[Yousaf @safbur]

@carlrichell Glad to see how far the UI has come for Linux distros. Who would have imagined such clean interfaces about a decade ago?

[Harald Schäfer @___Harald___]

The magic of iteration!

[comma @comma_ai]

Who needs systemd?

Next release, comma four boots 2x faster, with just 250 lines of bash replacing systemd.

[Valve @valvesoftware]

Steam Controller ran out faster than we anticipated, and we hate that not everyone who wanted one was able to get it. We’re working on getting more in stock and will have an update on expected timeline soon.

[Yousaf @safbur]

@___Harald___ @FrameworkPuter I also had a similar experience playing Portal and Half-Life 1 on Fedora.

Funnily enough the Proton version for Portal 1 worked better than the native linux build lol.

Proton is making serious improvements. 10 years ago, even the thought of Linux gaming felt far-fetched.

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

Marty at Id did ask for a video from me, but there was a miscommunication about when he needed it, so I didn’t get it done by the actual anniversary…

[Harald Schäfer @___Harald___]

open-source software development may be the most positive-sum industry that's ever existed.

Linux, git, python, pypi, numpy, pytorch, tensorflow, nginx, redis, docker, ... have created trillions in value with only a few billion in funding.

[BSides Pakistan @BSidesPakistan]

✨ Karachi and Lahore set the bar high, it’s Islamabad’s turn!

Following our successful meetups across the country, we are thrilled to announce the next in-person in Islamabad

📌 Area: Saddar, Rawalpindi
⏲️ Time: 5:00 PM
📅 Date: 13th Feb

👉 RSVP here: https://t.co/kLOiSMYpdF

[Yousaf @safbur]

While everyone's shoving their 2-year VPN plans, Glad to know @windscribecom not only offers a reasonable free plan but allows people on X to farm for more data lol

[Harald Schäfer @___Harald___]

We've been discussing this @comma_ai recently.

We've been at the cutting-edge of end-to-end autonomy for several years. We have phases where we philosophize about the theory, and phases where we quickly try many things. Breakthroughs are overwhelmingly made during the latter.

[FFmpeg @FFmpeg]

Today marks 25 years since the first commit to FFmpeg by Fabrice Bellard

FFmpeg was made to play DVDs, DivX and other video files for free, and continues to be developed by enthusiasts

FFmpeg changed the world, powering all online video

Happy 25th Birthday FFmpeg! 🎉🎁🎂

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

I have also run this fun thought experiment! More of the world than many might imagine could run on outdated hardware if software optimization was truly a priority, and market price signals on scarce compute would make it happen. Rebuild all the interpreted microservice based products into monolithic native codebases! Innovative new products would get much rarer without super cheap and scalable compute, of course.

[Yousaf @safbur]

@vxunderground @ddd1ms gib laptop plox

[LaurieWired @lauriewired]

Ring 0 is a highly-privileged state on CPUs.

Negative Ring Levels have even *higher* privilege. You just haven’t heard of them.

For X86, Ring -1 is Hardware Virtualization, Ring -2 is System Management Mode, Ring -3 is Intel ME / AMD PSP.

Arm get's even weirder:

[BSides Pakistan @BSidesPakistan]

🔥 It's time for the second in-person BsidesPK meetup in Lahore.

🔗 To join, RSVP here: https://t.co/EWFOfT0dGz

Meetup Details:
📌 Location: Gulberg, Lahore
⏲️ Timings: 4:30 - 6:30 PM PKT
📅 Date: 21, June 2025

Note: Further details are also provided in the attached form.

[BSides Pakistan @BSidesPakistan]

It's time for another 🗣️ GupShup talk, this time around the guest is Abdullah Bin Yasin.

He's a Senior Defensive Content Engineer at HackTheBox and he also works as a DFIR Analyst.

The talk will take place on June 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM PKT

🔗 To join: https://t.co/Zvu9ZyoSL9