Nerd

Profile Picture

Han shot first

👤About Me

You're not as smart as me

📻 Music Corner

Member isn't feeling the groove yet...

Accomplishments

Became A Member Of SHOCK.THE.SYSTEM.

Became a member of SHOCK.THE.SYSTEM. on 12-05-2024.

My Wall

Japan Launches its First Homegrown Quantum Computer(2025-08-28 05:00:26)

Japan has launched its first entirely homegrown quantum computer, built with domestic superconducting qubits and components, and running on the country's own open-source software toolchain, OQTOPUS. "The system is now ready to take on workloads from its base at the University of Osaka's Center for Q...
Read more

Comments

With Starship Flight 10, SpaceX Prioritized Resilience Over Perfection(2025-08-28 00:00:06)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: SpaceX has long marketed Starship as a fully and rapidly reusable rocket that's designed to deliver thousands of pounds of cargo to Mars and make life multiplanetary. But reusability at scale means a space vehicle that can tolerate mishaps and fau...
Read more

Comments

Silver State Goes Dark as Cyberattack Knocks Nevada Websites Offline(2025-08-27 20:00:20)

Nevada has been crippled by a cyberattack that began on August 24, taking down state websites, intermittently disabling phone lines, and forcing offices like the DMV to close. The Register reports: The Office of Governor Joseph Lombardo announced the attack via social media on Monday, saying that a ...
Read more

Comments

One Long Sentence is All It Takes To Make LLMs Misbehave(2025-08-27 15:00:04)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 have discovered the key to getting large language model (LLM) chatbots to ignore their guardrails, and it's quite simple. You just have to ensure that your prompt uses terrible grammar and is one massive run-o...
Read more

Comments

Citi Executive Warns Stablecoin Yields Could Drain Bank Deposits(2025-08-27 10:00:12)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CoinTelegraph: Paying interest on stablecoin deposits could spark a wave of bank outflows similar to the money market fund boom of the 1980s, Citi's Future of Finance head Ronit Ghose warned in a report published Monday. According to the Financial Times, Ghos...
Read more

Comments