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@carnage4life we're watching this fold out in realtime with ClawdBot/MoltBot/OpenClaw

OpenClaw ecosystem still suffering severe security issues

: Researchers disclose rapid exploit chain that let attackers run code via a single malicious web page

(www.theregister.com)

Spoiler: data breaches, high chance of future lawsuits.

@nixCraft does anyone have a credit for who is in this picture? I can't shake the feeling that I should recognize him, but my memory for names has never been good.

@mkb @Lana @futurebird yes. That feeling gets it me, as well.

I'm a fan of this effect in one weird specific way: I collect what I all "re-retro" devices - like the "NES Mini" - remakes of a nostalgic piece of technology, but replicated with newer technology.

I love all the little trade-off decisions each device has - between convenience and authenticity.

My favorite example is a Commodore 64 clone that shipped with a large metal plate inside - to make it weigh the correct amount, in spite of the electronics taking 1/10 th the space inside.

@mkb @Lana @futurebird @DrHyde

I'm going to have to just agree to disagree on that point.

I would still be rocking my Palm Pilot if I could, and I personally prefer Android and Linux portables.

But as a non-Apple-fan, I won't deny that the particular design and build of the iPhone, itself, had a huge impact on the direction of technology.

@mkb @Lana @futurebird Not to be disagreeable, but I giggled that your two (quite valid) examples both still feel forever young to me.

I still can't look at an Apple II with anything other than awe.

And of course the iPhone was revolutionary.

@nixCraft @radhitya what I saw from it was mostly write-ups about what was learned while building it.

But the NCSA article says it supported MPI, so I'm sure it got used for "small" batches of supercomputer research code, as well.

@nixCraft @tehstu here's NCSA's own article about the PS2 Beowulf cluster.

Playing the Supercomputer Game | NCSA | National Center for Supercomputing Applications | Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation | Illinois

(www.ncsa.illinois.edu)

#supercomputer

@nixCraft as a staff member shortly after this was built, a hilarious side-effect of this awesome build was that supposedly a bunch of the PS2s came with a branded keyboard and mouse, which of course went straight to University surplus.

So we would see some Playstation branded mouse and keyboard pairs around offices. And the rumor was you could go get an armload more from surplus if you needed them for a lab setup.