Linus Gasser

Hobby cryptographer with a tendency to prefer decentralized stuff like the internet, email, Mastodon, and of course blockchains in a way or another.

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2026-04-12 16:43:06 UTC

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@nprofile…nmr0 didn't the US Army fire on other vessels before, even though that was illegal?
Well, isn't this whole "special operation" illegal?
Why would _anybody_ vote for such a lunatic?

2026-03-23 13:06:53 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj you know what happens if you stop worrying about terrorist attacks: people start looking at what is actually going on, and asking to change things for the better of their lives.
Wouldn't want to have these woke people trying to improve live quality - that's so Swedish!

2026-03-05 16:23:54 UTC

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@nprofile…fu0r Very nice figure - first I was confused, but then it made sense :)

2026-01-20 07:45:52 UTC

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@nprofile…s8xx It's like going into a brothel to find people to test your latest app UI-wise...

2025-09-11 22:23:40 UTC

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@nprofile…args so do they know what
0.11b
Is in binary? I asked a room of 25 software engineers, and they didn't know!
I finally found one who did, in a software engineer conference of 250 people. But he was hard to find :)

2025-08-21 16:38:19 UTC

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@nprofile…0h8q @nprofile…3zky https://kpmg.com/ch/en/media/press-releases/2023/07/fraud-barometer.html

2025-07-14 12:03:56 UTC

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@nprofile…args He's using his bare hands to take out the frames! Then he grabs the queen, still with his bare hands.

2025-07-09 12:56:53 UTC

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@nprofile…vdjy
And I thought it's a shout-out to you!
https://social.epfl.ch/system/media_attachments/files/114/823/385/070/774/937/original/941e7ba30a337d8c.png

2025-05-28 05:37:35 UTC

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@nprofile…yw62 @nprofile…etkd Hmm - that's in fact a good point - I'll have to add script-loading from #danu itself! So it's all contained...
https://danu.li/#web/qrcode

2025-04-08 07:02:00 UTC

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@nprofile…5lc3 I was wondering how this compares year-to-year. But in fact this _is_ year-to-year, according to the article. In there they also discuss the possible effect of Easter, but then they compare US travellers with international travellers.
Verdict: US travel as before, international travel is down...
https://social.epfl.ch/system/media_attachments/files/114/301/057/069/348/321/original/3d98c6a6222195e2.png

2025-03-26 16:20:41 UTC

Very nice article about #AI-coding, what to look out for, and how to avoid some of the pitfalls.
I specifically like the categories for
- short-term impact (commit)
- mid-term impact (friction to team flow)
- long-term impact (maintainability of the code)
and suggestions how to overcome the challenges in each category.
https://martinfowler.com/articles/exploring-gen-ai.html

2025-03-08 08:12:03 UTC

The local timeline of social.epfl.ch now contains more toots which are not mine!
Mission achieved :)
#mastodon #epfl

2025-03-01 17:20:18 UTC

#winterkongress
"Es geht nicht um Desinformation an sich, sondern um die narrative des Wahlbetruges."
Martina Kessler
https://social.epfl.ch/system/media_attachments/files/114/088/308/341/787/717/original/40e9b94fc506c985.jpg

2025-03-01 15:58:13 UTC

#Winterkongress - I think I wrote this last year already. Go have a look at iBarry to spread the news about how to do Cybersecurity for non-IT users:
https://www.ibarry.ch/en/

2025-02-20 20:10:25 UTC

Interesting #LLM development in the EU: what will the #OpenEuroLLM bring? Will it be better than the upcoming #SwissLLM? Cheaper than the #DeepSeek? or any of the other LLMs fine-tuned for 40$?
https://openeurollm.eu/launch-press-release

2025-02-18 16:01:01 UTC

This is one of the coolest thing I saw in a while. I always wondered whether you could make the WiFi signals visible for us to see. But I never got around to assemble antennas, synchronizing them, and actually measure the signals.
These people did it, and I just love the image of the guy with his smartphone where you "see" the signal coming out of it.
https://espargos.net/

2025-02-18 13:53:42 UTC

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@nprofile…vdjy I'm still amazed how much you enjoy reading these bad comments on your posts :)
I just wrote a very positive comment on your signal series for our internal newsletter... I have to admit that I did only read 1/3 of it, though - but it's on my reading list :~|