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Pete Brady

@jpeterbrady.bsky.social
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Postdoc Research Assistant and Lecturer in Computer Science at Dartmouth College, researching computer security. I also follow many car people and talk cars as I've been a motorhead my whole life. Any opinions here are mine.

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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yesterday, I saw a Merc G550 with a Ferrari NY license plate surround and a vanity license plate with a Ferrari model number. Talk about mixed messages.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The last three were approximations. Lucky again. www.maptap.gg September 5 100🎯 99🎯 96🔥 93🏆 92🏆 Final score: 946
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Fairly good day with the map. The last one was really tough, right country but wrong side of that country. www.maptap.gg September 4 90👑 97🔥 98🎯 98🎯 85🎓 Final score: 932
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Exceptionally lucky today with the maps. Two of those were guesses, as I knew the country but not the exact position. I guess I knew more than I realized! www.maptap.gg September 3 100🎯 97🔥 99🎯 99🎯 98🎯 Final score: 986
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A pretty good day with the map. The first three I knew but the last was a bit of a guess. www.maptap.gg September 2 100🎯 99🎯 99🎯 91🏆 93🏆 Final score: 949
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The first three were fire. The fourth... got my provinces mixed up, oops. The fifth, I was close enough. www.maptap.gg September 1 100🎯 100🤯 90👑 84😁 88🎉 Final score: 896
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Crud. The last one I inadvertently clicked while moving the globe. My first three were great too. www.maptap.gg August 31 99🎯 97🔥 100🎯 90👑 63🫢 Final score: 855
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
After a day or two off, a bit better today. www.maptap.gg August 30 92🏆 98🔥 92🏆 96🔥 88🎉 Final score: 926
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Last one was an oops www.maptap.gg August 26 99🎯 91👑 96🔥 94🏅 78👏 Final score: 898
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Oops on the second and especially the last one. www.maptap.gg August 20 97🔥 78👏 93🏆 91👑 76🤗 Final score: 862
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The second one was embarrassing. I was more off than I thought. www.maptap.gg August 16 95🏅 84😁 89🎉 95🏅 94🏅 Final score: 924
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I just tried this for the first time. I did ok but I could do better. www.maptap.gg August 15 91👑 96🔥 98🎯 99🎯 87🎉 Final score: 941
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I’ve seen a few Hyundai Insters running around Bodø, and they seem like a cool car. Of course we’ll never see it in the US.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I saw this happy little survivor in the Bodø area. I haven’t seen one in a long time.
A parked Nissan Micra in a gold color.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Not doing my bit to get pictures of survivor cars, but I did see a first gen Polo and a first gen Ka yesterday. I did see a new R5 in yellow. I liked it but we’ll never see it in the States.
A new yellow Renault R5 on the street in Oslo.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We enjoyed our time in Oslo. We’re flying up the Bodø today for the rest of this week. I’d never been to Norway and am really liking it.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
In Oslo today. 130mph max VY train from the airport to downtown. It was clean, comfortable, and had places for bikes, strollers, etc. I thought of @victoriascott.bsky.social first as she would love this. Why can’t we have nice things?
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
One more shot from SFMOMA last Friday. It is OOC, shot on an iPhone 17 Pro using the Leica Lux app. I'm working on getting my "eye" back after not shooting photos for a while. I'll be in Norway in a week or so and will be taking at least one of my cameras; I haven't decided which one yet.
Sixth floor of SFMOMA in black and white. MATTER MEMORY MATTER MEMORY inscribed on far left wall.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I was at SFMOMA last Friday, and these are a few pictures I shot. I have more, but didn't want to run afoul of copyrighted works. All are OOC, shot on an iPhone 17 Pro using the Leica Lux app.
SFMOMA stairs to the closed 7th floor. Black and white.A tree grows on a roof. Seen from the terrace at SFMOMA.Walls and textures of buildings in black and white, seen from SFMOMA terrace.The side of the SFMOMA building in the sun, taken from the terrace. The photo is in black and white.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Flight boards at 0535. I got to the terminal at 0355. Sitting at the gate by 0406. I have Clear and Pre-check so I missed the fairly long regular line. The day I’m late to the airport will probably be the day I’m late to the gate. 😂
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I just saw a facelift Tesla with the license plate 163MPH. Please don’t.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
If I wanted to see a certain Star Wars movie this week in a theatre in San Francisco or Oakland, where should I go? I’m staying in the Embarcadero area.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I’m amused to be put on an “Attie haters” list. I spend my time with security research, mostly looking at ways to harden existing programs. While I’d agree there may be roles for tightly-focused LLMs, I believe general agentic systems like Attie are a dead end. One person’s opinion, anyway.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
An optical illusion made me see something that wasn’t there on the first guess. Cardle 3/5 Streak 12🔥 🟢 🔴 🔴 🟢 🟢 🔴 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.playcardle.com
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Good day for playing. I owned a version of this exact car. Cardle 1/5 Streak 1🔥 Total Score 15 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.playcardle.com
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
When you block your robotic vacuum from sending data, and the company bricks your vacuum. The owner rewrites code to let it work offline.
codetiger.github.io
The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me
Would you allow a stranger to drive a camera-equipped computer around your living room? You might have already done so without even realizing it. The Beginning: A Curious Experiment It all started ...
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
I started re-reading "The Secrets of Insects" by @richardkadrey.bsky.social on Halloween; it seemed like the perfect time for it. I recommend it if you haven't read it.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Eh. 50/50 choice at the third position, oops. Wordle 1,596 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛🟩🟨🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The third was a lucky guess, but I'll take it. Wordle 1,595 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
After yesterday's poor showing and a miss on Tuesday, I have redeemed myself. :) Wordle 1,594 2/6 ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I had a 50-50 chance on round 3, but chose... poorly. Wordle 1,593 4/6 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Does anyone have opinions on Land Rover Discovery models, particularly the latest version from 2018 on?
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Not everyone's cup of tea (Wordle posts), but I've gotten into a nice groove lately. Wordle 1,584 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
A three yesterday, and a three today. Wordle 1,583 3/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
As I've gotten older, I'd like to take some vehicle trips; I used to do a lot of solo moto rides when I was younger. I'd like to drive up to Quebec, through Labrador, then to Newfoundland, back to the Maritimes, then home to New Hampshire. 1/2
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
That was a fortunate selection. Wordle 1,581 2/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
I also play Wordle even though I've been remiss lately. Wordle 1,579 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
I saw a very nice ‘67 VW Fastback today while waiting at a light. It seems so small now compared to the behemoths we now drive. There were even period correct 1967 NH license plates on it.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I will be away for a couple of days and have to decide which camera to take. I'll either take the Leica Q or the Olympus OM-D E-M5 II. The Oly has a little more flexibility if I bring my zoom lens, but the Leica color is so darn good. The Q is lighter has well. Decisions, decisions.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Yesterday I drove the Mach-E Rally down from central NH to the MA/RI line to have dinner with my siblings. The maps said I’d use 50% of the battery each way and would need to charge on the return. Nope, got home with 28% of the battery, about 3.4kWh/mi. I was very impressed.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Finally got to play today. Another oops on the year. Cardle 2/5 Streak 2🔥 Total Score 25 🟢 🟢 🔴 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.playcardle.com
playcardle.com
Cardle
Guess the car in 5 tries. A new car is available each day.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Oops on the date. Cardle 2/5 Streak 3🔥 🟢 🟢 🔴 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.playcardle.com
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Cardle
Guess the car in 5 tries. A new car is available each day.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Less scary than I originally thought. Cardle 2/5 Streak 1🔥 🟢 🟢 🔴 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.playcardle.com
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Cardle
Guess the car in 5 tries. A new car is available each day.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Off by a year. It breaks my streak of getting the year correct first. Cardle 2/5 Streak 1🔥 Total Score 210 🟢 🟢 🔴 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.playcardle.com
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Another day of getting the year correct first, but once I figured the make, I knew I’d never get the model as I can’t keep the darn things straight. Cardle 5/5 Total Score 198 🔴 🔴 🟢 🟢 🔴 🟢 🟢 🔴 🟢 🟢 🔴 🟢 🟢 🔴 🟢 www.playcardle.com
playcardle.com
Cardle
Guess the car in 5 tries. A new car is available each day.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Mistakes were made. Cardle 3/5 Streak 1🔥 Total Score 148 🟢 🔴 🔴 🟢 🟢 🔴 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.playcardle.com
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Cardle
Guess the car in 5 tries. A new car is available each day.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
This is a nice bit of evaluation and reverse engineering work. www.wired.com/story/secura...
wired.com
Hackers Went Looking for a Backdoor in High-Security Safes—and Now Can Open Them in Seconds
Security researchers found two techniques to crack at least eight brands of electronic safes—used to secure everything from guns to narcotics—that are sold with Securam Prologic locks.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
I saw a car I’d never seen in person — a Toyota Cresta driving on the interstate yesterday. I wonder if they have air suspension because the tail was pretty low. Either that or they had a lot of stuff on board.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
So close on the year the first time, but incorrect. Cardle 2/5 Streak 5🔥 Total Score 60 🟢 🟢 🔴 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.playcardle.com
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Cardle
Guess the car in 5 tries. A new car is available each day.
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Pete Brady @jpeterbrady.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
After all the models of this car that I’ve owned, I’d have to turn in my card if I didn’t get this right. Cardle 1/5 Streak 4🔥 Total Score 48 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.playcardle.com
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Cardle
Guess the car in 5 tries. A new car is available each day.
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