By asking an AI image generator to create a "twin sibling who looks identical" to a protected public figure, you can bypass celebrity protections entirely. I'm calling this attack "Twinning." Even worse, it can be chained with Crescendo attacks to progressively generate more extreme content, ending in exactly the kind...
On Monday, September 30, 2024, Verizon Wireless customers spent most of the day staring at "SOS-only" on their phones. Downdetector logged somewhere between 66,000 and 1.5 million user reports. Estimates vary widely, but it is clear this was not a minor hiccup. While Verizon's official statement blamed a vague "network...
In the tech industry, continuous learning isn't just optional; it's essential. After several years in the industry, I found myself at a familiar crossroads: how do I advance my knowledge and credentials while maintaining my career momentum? The answer came in the form of Georgia Tech's Online Master of Science...
When I started Georgia Tech's OMSCS program, I knew I wanted to ease back into school before diving into the more programming-heavy courses. Human-Computer Interaction seemed like the perfect choice. It was a way to get my feet wet with the rhythm of grad school without immediately drowning in code....
Summer is almost over, pumpkin-spiced lattes are already sneaking in, and children are strapping on their backpacks as they head back to school. My household is no exception to the back-to-school buzz. As my kids gear up for another academic year, so do I, albeit in a slightly different arena....
Dear Senator Coley and Representative Lang, I'm writing today out of extreme concern with the recently updated list of public schools eligible for EdChoice scholarships. Although I live in a district now eligible for EdChoice scholarships and send my children to a private school, I do not support the EdChoice...
At 7:00am EST on October 21, 2016 internet users began having connectivity problems to a large number of major internet properties including Netflix, Twitter, Spotify, Amazon.com, as a key internet service provider was hit by a distributed denial of service attack facilitated by the Mirari botnet. The attack was unusual...
I'm an avid Sonos user. I've used their devices for many years now and love the platform, sans one feature — the ability to reboot all of your Sonos zones on your network at one time. Fortunately, Sonos provides a bunch of advanced capabilities through a web interface. One of...
Recently I wrote a post on partition switching, however, one of the big pieces I left out was how to go about properly partitioning your database tables. Unfortunately, partitioning strategy can vary greatly, but generally your partitions will be aligned with your clustered index (quite frequently date). I recommend reading...
I got some exciting news this week: I'll be presenting at SQL Saturday #160. My session will cover a technique called Analysis Services Load Balancing (ASLB), a unique approach to distributing load across your SSAS databases. Microsoft actually uses a variation of this method internally, which is part of what...
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