EQ types Going to focus on parametric shelving low pass and high pass filters EQ allows us to have control over specific frequencies in a sound by changing their amplitudes This means we can change the character or timbre of a sound by altering the partials and harmonics or even fundamental. We can also use Read More …
How is this OK?
This rant is brought to you by Spotify. The creator of Spotify is now worth some of the best selling artists of all time combined. Stop for a second and think about that. He is not potentially worth 400 million more than the top 4 richest artist of all time, combined. He has made ‘0’ Read More …
What is an Electronic Press Kit or EPK
In the old days, physical press kits were paper-based and mailed old skool. Today, music artists can use digital media for promotion. This is known as an electronic press kit, or EPK. What is an EPK? An Electronic Press Kit is a digital resume for all audiences that is the promotional materials, giving everyone an Read More …
Quick Note :: Attribute Based Access
We then end up with two main classifications of access control: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). Define the role for the access to data, eg Policy = Subject (AND/OR) Role –> Permissions. Attribute-Based Access Control (ABCL). Define attributes eg Policy = User (role, nationality) AND/OR Resource (department, owner) AND/OR Action AND/OR Context (time, IP, location) -> Read More …
NOTES :: Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
A solution model pattern in how to leverage large language models. Systems that use LLM but on their own content. Start Large language models can be inconsistent. Sometimes they nail the answer to questions, other times they regurgitate random facts from their training data. If they occasionally sound like they have no idea what they’re Read More …
Backyard Chicken Jukebox – Day 139 – Burning Down the Chicken
https://youtu.be/aOVFo_PUvTk The 2 brown chickens have started laying eggs, and we have been enjoying them very much. So far between the 2 chickens, we get 10 eggs a week. The 3 baby chicks seemed to have stalled in their growth a bit, and are getting bullied by Dua Lipa often. Taylor Chick sometimes comes to Read More …
Hacker Video – Fyodor – Nmap: Scanning The Internet – Defcon 16
Oldie but one of my favorites The Nmap Security Scanner was built to efficiently scan large networks, but Nmap’s author Fyodor took this to a new level by scanning millions of Internet hosts as part of the World scan project. He presents the most interesting findings and empirical statistics from these scans, along with practical Read More …
Movie Review – The Painter
In one of my favorite scenes of ridiculousness. Let’s Escalate the scene by having a bunch of people. Act like they’re typing stuff into a computer. While the woman screams things into a walkies talkie. Add another point in the end, The agent whose switch sides and becomes the good guy Get shot in the Read More …
Backyard Chicken Jukebox – Day 133 – The Chicken from Ipanema
https://youtu.be/Xke2vX-6tnI The 2 brown chickens have started laying eggs, and we have been enjoying them very much. So far between the 2 chickens, we get 10 eggs a week. The 3 baby chicks seemed to have stalled in their growth a bit, and are getting bullied by Dua Lipa often. Taylor Chick sometimes comes to Read More …
Some fun AWS reads
Bucket Monopoly: Breaching AWS Accounts Through Shadow Resources https://www.aquasec.com/blog/bucket-monopoly-breaching-aws-accounts-through-shadow-resources/ Capturing Exposed AWS Keys During Dynamic Web Application Tests https://www.praetorian.com/blog/capturing-exposed-aws-keys-during-dynamic-web-application-tests/ AWS Network Firewall egress filtering can be easily bypassed https://canglad.com/blog/2023/aws-network-firewall-egress-filtering-can-be-easily-bypassed/