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(More active on Bluesky @kaimast.com)

Kai Mast

@cskama

Doing stuff with distributed systems, blockchains, and Rust. (More active on Bluesky @kaimast.com)

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#Apple folks: Does it make sense to buy a MacBook in 2024 with only 16GB of RAM?


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We get to take electrified Caltrain service because our leaders worked across the aisle to get federal funding while Trump was POTUS. Transit projects on the West Coast also create jobs in red and swing states. That's the inroad. It isn’t over for transit 🚂⚡️


Climate change seems to have completely disappeared as a primary issue in US politics, according to this NBC poll.

cskama's tweet image. Climate change seems to have completely disappeared as a primary issue in US politics, according to this NBC poll.

C++ should really include a "fn" keyword (or similar). Trailing return types with `auto`, e.g., `auto main() -> int`, look confusing.


What's a good paper/resource to introduce people to SGX or TEEs in general these days? Back in my day, we read Intel's developer guide, but that was no fun.


"Cat 6" is trending, and I thought people were excited about networking...


Sounds like someone messed with the catenary wires or power lines. 😳

Caltrain holds the safety of the public & its employees as its highest priority: it is both extremely dangerous to interfere with overhead wires & a felony in the state of California.



Do I know someone here who works at @gradescope ? I ran into a bug in the autograder and support is MIA.


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I died a little inside when I learned this: > When developers remove their projects from the PyPI repository, the associated package names immediately become available for registration by any other user. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ @jfrog researchers found that >22K packages could be hijacked in…


I switched back to Windows so I can use a better presentation software, and I got this.

cskama's tweet image. I switched back to Windows so I can use a better presentation software, and I got this.

Kai Mast reposted

Submit your work in progress in systems to SysDW colocated with SOSP 24! You can also submit a research statement and get feedback if you are going on the job market soon.

Hi everyone, Ramanathan Alagappan (UIUC), Stephanie Wang (UW), and I invite Ph.D. students to submit to the Systems Doctoral Workshop at SOSP '24 (SySDW'24). Workshop site: sysdw24.github.io Submission site: sysdw24.hotcrp.com Deadline: Tuesday, Sept 10, '24 AoE



I'm on an electric @Caltrain train. This is not a drill!


Sometimes I perceive reading/writing emails as very inconvenient, but then someone sends me a voice message and I remember how much worse online communication can be.


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