Wore this “Drahve your hips” t-shirt to gym on Fri, Dec 12, 2025. which I Previously Got Made
AI
AI Security papers
- “Cross-Service Threat Intelligence in LLM Services Using Privacy-Preserving Fingerprints” (Gill et al., 2025) from Microsoft.
- “A Safety and Security Framework for Real-World Agentic Systems” (Ghosh et al., 2025) from NVIDIA.
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Oneshotted a python script (gist) using Claude to generate git commit message for the source code of this blog. Currently i have a short script that looks like this:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
./bin/blogindexupdate.py
git add .
git commit -am "stuff"
git push origin
cd ~/files.btbytes.com/; ./sync.shWill be replacing the stuff line with a call to bin/git_commit_ai.py
Books
After reading David Deutsch: The Enlightenment, ‘irrational memes’ and how Wikipedia turned woke, ordered David Deutsch’s “The Fabric of Reality”.
We got new bookshelf built from California Closet last week, and I stacked all the books that moved to India and back.
Music
Youtube recommended this Iranian Jazz - 1 Hour Persian Jazz – “Gole Sangam” (گل سنگم) | Lo-Fi Jazz Hayedeh, through which I learnt about the singer Hayedeh and the song “My stone flower (Gole Sangam)“
Misc
Video on how to choose fabrics, and layers for cold weather — The #1 Mistake Making You Colder at Work - YouTube. Important: Avoid Cotton. This video is focused on “work wear”, but instructional nonetheless. See also The Muppet mesh, aka “Alpha Fabric” and How to Stop Being Cold Outside
n-back - Wikipedia; “Dual n-back game” — Dual N-Back Brain Training - BrainScale.net is a way to improve your cognitive skills.
Programming
Using a library to write something useful in a domain that you understand is a good way to try out an unfamiliar langauge. This tutorial — YOCaml - Introduction — is a good way to learn ocaml.