<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ruby.social/@zenspider" class="u-url mention">@<span>zenspider</span></a></span> I only keep my account to avoid identity theft: so that someone else doesn&#39;t squat my identity and use it to harm others (or create a headache for me).</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> I love the fact that the students unit specifically offered to serve during exam month. Students are the same across the centuries ;)</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> IMO the pirates are still a valid reason to miss an exam today.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> ironic, given that rhode island began life as a pirate state</p>

<p>Today Brown students may TAKE exams in the Pyret programming language, but in 1863, pirates were a valid reason to MISS exams at Brown. Article from the Brown Alumni Mag.<br /><a href="https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2024-03-27/when-the-university-cadets-went-to-war" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">brownalumnimagazine.com/articl</span><span class="invisible">es/2024-03-27/when-the-university-cadets-went-to-war</span></a></p>

<p>Recently, the software world was rocked by the discovery of a backdoor in XZ Utils. The backdoor represents many stories, but behind all of them is the story of a single Postgres developer, vexed by a relatable problem: &quot;why is it taking so long to login?!&quot;</p><p>On the next Oxide and Friends, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ahl" class="u-url mention">@<span>ahl</span></a></span> and I are thrilled to be joined by that developer, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@AndresFreundTec" class="u-url mention">@<span>AndresFreundTec</span></a></span>, the discoverer of the XZ backdoor. Join us on April 8th at 5p Pacific to hear this extraordinary story!</p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/SAsE6G6W?event=1224880997762338856" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discord.gg/SAsE6G6W?event=1224</span><span class="invisible">880997762338856</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> sad thought</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> Battle for Endor or Caravan of Courage?</p>

@lis@mk.catgirlsfor.science @psistarpsiii@tacobelllabs.net Ah, that makes sense. And now I'm going to go rewatch the music video for Dethklok's Bloodrocuted.