Ulveon's Thoughts

In the Samyuktagama Sutra, volume 33, it is said that there are four kinds of horses: excellent, good, poor, and bad.

The internet, especially social media, appears divided into two camps: pro-AI and anti-AI.

The Internet is a highly decentralised network of computers, but most large social media platforms centralise information and control.

I’ve read my fair share of passionate rejections of AI-assisted coding from my fellow software engineers.

Windows Vista was released in 2007.

I already posted my thoughts on AI and why I don’t think it’s going away any time soon.

There’s talk of space datacenters lately again, which is an immensely stupid idea.

Disclaimer: This post isn’t really about vibe-coding or AI-assisted coding; it’s about the domain name system, WHOIS, and how modern TLD operators have recreated the same domain-squatting problem we spent decades trying to get rid of.

Most open source advocates, and many security professionals, often say things like “open source software is secure because you can just read the code”.

I think I am starting to understand the deal with AI “art”.

You cannot prove the absence of data; you can only prove the presence of data.

I am ideologically firmly opposed to age verification systems, especially those that claim to protect children by violating the privacy of adults.

Nobody cares about your beautiful, elegant, handcrafted code.

I’ve been developing Vanguard over the past few months.

Good intentions are usually assumed.

To highly technical audiences, it is unsurprising that Telegram is not cryptographically secure and that Signal is much better.

“Do not sell my personal information”, “Reject all cookies”, “Do not show me personalised ads”, “Do not use my Maps activity for improvements”, “Do not store my voice recordings”, “Permanently delete my account”

Most of the modern West is built around the idea of meritocracy.

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Dear JD Vance, your recent speech at the Munich Security Conference on 14th February 2025 concerns me, and you made several points I would like to address individually.

Most furries who are vaguely involved in tech have heard of the “Fediverse” or, at minimum, Mastodon, the most popular Fediverse software stack implementation.

Plenty has been written about European prisons focused on restorative justice and reintegration.

The Internet is a dangerous place.

And it won’t be pretty.

At the time of writing, Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram was arrested by French authorities [archived version].

I’ve observed an interesting phenomenon that I believe is the base for any economy, capitalist, communist, socialist, or else, and it might very well be an intrinsic part of who we are, collectively, as a species.

Some time ago, Microsoft announced a surprising shift in stance [archived version] with their newfound affection for Linux.

The entire world is in a housing crisis at the moment.

Freedom and free speech have always been topics of deep interest to me.

One of the most important features of decentralised social networks based on open standards is that they are much easier to own and control, while also being highly intercompatible between software versions, clients, and maintainers.

After many years of hesitation, I have decided to start my own blog.