Nostr notes by Sumana Harihareswara

I hope everything goes as smoothly as possible.

2026-10-25T22:43:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…a2le
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I hope everything goes as smoothly as possible.

useful to understand this situation through that lens, yeah

2026-10-25T22:40:25Z

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useful to understand this situation through that lens, yeah

#Queens voters, you already knew Julie Milner was a Hiram ...

2026-10-24T20:54:25Z

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#Queens voters, you already knew Julie Milner was a Hiram Monserrate crony, but did you know she was literally on his campaign's payroll last year? Here's part of her judicial candidate financial disclosure form:

And my #endorsements for the judicial candidates in competitive ...

2026-10-24T17:38:59Z

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And my #endorsements for the judicial candidates in competitive races in the #NYC general #election: https://harihareswara.net/posts/2026/2026-nyc-general-election-judicial-candidates/

Covering 41 judge candidates across 11 races, but to be updated on Monday when at least one additional Bar Association (LGBT) releases its approvals/evaluations.

Plus some #GovernmentTransparency intrigue about candidate financial disclosures.

it's all so true

2026-10-24T00:36:08Z

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it's all so true

New blog post with my endorsements for the ballot proposals for ...

2026-10-23T20:27:06Z

New blog post with my endorsements for the ballot proposals for the #NYC general #election https://harihareswara.net/posts/2026/2026-nyc-election-ballot-proposals-endorsements/

1: “Streamline Process for Using Public Space for Uses like Ramps, Benches, and Cafes”: Yes

2: “Reform the Contracting Process to Improve Small Business and Nonprofit Opportunities to Work with the City”: Yes, but follow up

3: “Speed up Street Safety Projects, Office Leasing, and Activation of City Land”: No (fly-in-the-ointment)

4: "Simplify Building Permitting and Move Waterfront Permitting to Department of Buildings": Yes

5: "Set Contribution Targets for Rainy Day Fund to Promote Sufficient Budgetary Reserves": No

#elections #vote

YES

2026-10-23T00:12:43Z

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YES

now I'm curious too!

2026-10-22T17:50:09Z

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now I'm curious too!

Further and more detailed post about Chainguard's ...

2026-10-22T10:17:44Z

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Further and more detailed post about Chainguard's decisionmaking is now up on their LinkedIn

linked and discussed in https://cloudisland.nz/@ehashman/117480989650933308 and ensuing thread

'That night we were able to independently discover the same ...

2026-10-21T21:49:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…fyym
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'That night we were able to independently discover the same issue using our harness and a frontier model with a basic prompt of "find bad vulnerabilities in PHP".'

Could this be akin to the recent math research plagiarism situation, where the LLM could find it because other people had been using LLMs to do related research and their secret work went into the training data?

respect and thank you for your willingness to reconsider based on ...

2026-10-21T21:25:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…ayrl
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respect and thank you for your willingness to reconsider based on fresh data! one of the aspects of our subculture I particularly appreciate

Kunal Mehta (npub1kdw…7l5c)

Thanks! I will read that

2026-10-21T18:57:46Z

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Thanks! I will read that

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2026-10-21T18:32:21Z

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https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/activity:7518674893593550849 has Chainguard's announcement including

"Coordinated disclosure is hard, we appreciated everyone's help as we worked through this over the last several days."

(also on their Twitter at
/chainguard_dev/status/2112910754672185842 )

hey people who work at Chainguard, what's up with ...

2026-10-21T18:27:40Z

hey people who work at Chainguard, what's up with https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/10/21/todays-php-security-release-and-how-were-strengthening-php-security/ which says y'all unilaterally broke the embargo? Maybe you have another side of the story to share that gives nuance to that?

They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn ...

2026-10-21T18:13:44Z

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They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn

but without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn

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2026-10-20T18:46:27Z

https://otherwiseaward.org/2026/10/motherboard-seeking-new-members I'm the chair of the board for the Otherwise Award (npub1njl…hkfs) . We're seeking a couple more board members. It's a #volunteer gig. Some things that might appeal to you:

* You’ll get a behind-the-scenes understanding of forces and structures affecting #SpeculativeFiction #GenreFiction #scifi #ScienceFiction #fantasy #horror and more, such as publishing schedules, organizations’ budgets, publicity and fundraising dynamics, changes in career possibilities for authors, and competing access needs.
* If you have never been on the board of a nonprofit org before, this is a good one to start with. Pretty calm & friendly bunch, with a budget that's relatively small and easy to understand.
* Our board meetings are infrequent and productive, and they end on time.
* There is a small secret pleasure of knowing who the Award and Fellowship winners are before they do, and before the public finds out.

We're asking people to apply by December 1st. Please feel free to share.