iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Wikimedia Foundation: "AI companies are not doing enough to secure their systems and protect the public from the harm they cause. That burden is falling onto everyone else, including smaller organizations." wikimediafoundation.org/news/2026/10...

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OpenAI “rogue” agent activities found on Wikimedia projects – Wikimedia Foundation

Wikimedia Foundation found “rogue” OpenAI agents on its wikis, raising concerns about risks to its free knowledge projects and the open web.

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

(to clarify why it's not the same behavior: d.get(v, None) is the same as d.get(v) -- since None is already the default argument value for the 'default' arg)

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For one that reallyyyy works the same for such cornercases you need something like: _sentinel = object() if (v := d.get(k, _sentinel)) is not _sentinel: return v But that's obviously super ugly by that point :) I prefer the explicit 'k in d' check to avoid the potential sneaky bugs

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You'd unfortunately still get different behavior for e.g. 0 (first form returns it, this form still doesn't). You'd need e.g. if (v := d.get(k)) is not None: return v, but even that behaves differently if 'd' can hold 'None's. Because I got bit by this before I always aim for the explicit check now

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Other consideration apart from style: if the dict can hold falsy values (empty str, None, False, 0, empty collection, ...), they don't behave the same (first would return it, second would go through else). For that reason, I'd most often use the first to be explicit in intent (unless bottlenecked)

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Yeah, but I can already imagine the drive-by comments on the CL

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Same energy as: bsky.app/profile/evac...

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Canadiens 2eme période c'est le nouveau canadiens 3eme période

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

As a Canadian working in the US for the past couple years, a lot of them actually really do 😅 depending on what state they're from. It was an unsettling discovery for me. Calling it barbaric is a bit much, though. 🙂

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Solid writeup & important work, thanks for sharing! Concerning security response for such an app, to say the least...

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

This note about "I dropped almost everything for real to vibe code. Even friends and family." really makes me hope this is satire... xcancel.com/jasonlk/stat...

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

My cursed take is the best setup is mixed; tabs for indentation, spaces for alignment. I'll stop saying evil things now. :) (10/10 for the safe *space* joke, no notes)

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

If I may curse your day, my preference is: x = 1 # My comment here. (two spaces before '#')

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Not sure what it says about me, but the most unsettling part for me is no space between '#' and "There" 😱

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

SAME! Never thought it'd happen Wordle 1,456 1/6* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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LNH @lnh-fr.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

SUPER NICK!! 🦸 Le capitaine donne la victoire aux Canadiens des buts en fin de 3e et en prolongation! 🤯

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Same here, what a journey. I already loved the game, but this made me appreciate it so much more!

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localthunk @localthunk.com · 07/03/2025

I've had parts of this written down for a while - but I thought it was about time to document the detailed version of what happened during Balatro development localthunk.com/blog/balatro...

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The Balatro Timeline — LocalThunk

It’s been approximately 3 years since I began work on Balatro - and in that time I have personally documented almost nothing about the journey. This is something that has bothered me since the game la...

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

qq what's the range? asking for a friend

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easrng  @easrng.net · 23/02/2025

easrng-littlectf.web.val.run

a little js ctf :3

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Wow that was both brilliant and so fun to solve! Thank you! Loved the moment of realization of what's going on. :)

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Also I'm technically a scientist (CS), how do I start getting quoted in the news for my opinions on vaccines and climate change??

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

(not related to the original discussion, but note that he does hold a doctorate in clinical psychology en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Mc...)

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This year for the Coveo Blitz 2025 registration challenge, we're playing Hot Wheels Pacman! ... And reverse engineering V8 assembly again. Here's the writeup if you're interested: github.com/JesseEmond/b...

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GitHub - JesseEmond/blitz-2025-registration: Entry for https://2025.blitz.codes/

Entry for https://2025.blitz.codes/. Contribute to JesseEmond/blitz-2025-registration development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Very interesting, thanks for sharing! Looks like the author is on bluesky, too 🎉: @naehrdine.bsky.social

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jiska @naehrdine.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

How does the new iOS inactivity reboot work? What does it protect from? I reverse engineered the kernel extension and the secure enclave processor, where this feature is implemented. naehrdine.blogspot.com/2024/11/reve...

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Reverse Engineering iOS 18 Inactivity Reboot

Wireless and firmware hacking, PhD life, Technology

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

Thank you!! I just learned about 'type' and that $PATH caching exists at all :)

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 07/09/2024

If we're hosting friends we literally have to pull an extra chair for my partner's cat because she wants to be part of the group

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

Oh that's funny/interesting, it's quite common in Quebec French at least :)

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 03/08/2024

Note that the collapsed bridge part is only a myth, it's mentioned in the link (& source) you pasted. :) I recently learned this as well.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

I don't know who first said "Walk into a room like you are a punishment sent by God," but I think about it a lot before stepping into a certain kind of meeting.

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Jesse Emond (@dysleixa) @dysleixa.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

I don't think I've ever seen those, but I can already tell I'd be allergic to them

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