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21 changes: 19 additions & 2 deletions Writerside/topics/Bookmark.md
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# Bookmark

In no particular order, some things I've found interesting or that i simply enjoy.
In no particular order, some things I've found interesting or that I simply enjoy.

## Because I like it

- [Universe Today](https://www.universetoday.com/) website about space and astronomy
- [Universe Today YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@frasercain) (same as above but in video/podcast format)
- [On being a Hydra with, and without, a nervous system: what do neurons add?](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-023-01816-8)
- [Apollo Guidance Computer Restoration](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-_93BVApb59FWrLZfdlisi_x7-Ut_-w7) (YouTube playlist from CuriousMarc)
- [Mechanical calculators](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-_93BVApb58cdHy3Z2sUWtd6q2LsmO2Z) (YouTube playlist from CuriousMarc again) and, yes, I own a few of them.

## Artificial Intelligence

- [The Surprising Creativity of Digital Evolution: A Collection of Anecdotes from the Evolutionary Computation and Artificial Life Research Communities](https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.03453)
- [Self-Consuming Generative Models Go MAD](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.01850)

## Windows

I always get lost in MSDN.

- [Microsoft C Runtime library (CRT) reference](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/c-run-time-library-reference?view=msvc-170)
- [FlareVM](https://github.com/mandiant/flare-vm) (Windows-based security distribution for malware analysis, incident response, penetration testing, etc.)
- [FlareVM](https://github.com/mandiant/flare-vm) (Windows-based security distribution for malware analysis, incident response, penetration testing, etc.)
- [Direct2D API](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/_direct2d/)
- [Windows Graphics](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/learnwin32/module-3---windows-graphics)

## Things I shouldn't share

- [Kongsberg Norcontrol Neptune Simulator - MC90-V](https://seatracker.ru/viewtopic.php?t=4512)
- [Mangadex](https://mangadex.org/)
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- Dear Diary, today I'm starting a diary
- Dear Diary, I started you.
- I'm watching youtube video about Fuzzing & Buffer Overflow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCIfWTAtPr0
- I'm watching YouTube video about Fuzzing & Buffer Overflow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCIfWTAtPr0
- the video is too beginner oriented, I'll give a try to part 4 (finding the offset) anyway.
Part 5 is about EIP.
- Not really useful to me (a priori), but the videos are very short so it's cool.
- I'm planning to give a try to sstic challenge 2021, it start this weekend : https://www.sstic.org/2021/news/
- I'm planning to give a try to sstic challenge 2021, it starts this weekend : https://www.sstic.org/2021/news/
- I did some ARM64 disassembly stuff this morning while drinking my first coffee of the day, using hopper disasm.
Turn out it's much easier when the source code isn't written in swift(c)(r)(tm)

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> According to GitHub copilot:
>
> it's a "person who deprograms", which is not really helpful.
> (yes, I just used github copilot to write this and it called me a "deprogrammer" so I'm a deprogrammer now)
> (yes, I just used GitHub copilot to write this and it called me a "deprogrammer" so I'm a deprogrammer now)
> It also suggest "deprogrammer" is a synonym of "deprogrammable", which is not really helpful either.
> Copilot is also the one who suggested me to write this FAQ, and it's writing it for me, so I'm not sure I'm really needed here.
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I don't know, you tell me. Open an issue on GitHub ?
I'm not expecting any contribution, but if you have something to say, say it. (or rap it, code it, draw it, ...)

I don't think i even have any readers and I don't think it would be a good idea to accept contributions.
I don't think I even have any readers and I don't think it would be a good idea to accept contributions.
Perhaps some kind of guest writer section ? you tell me.

## Isn't a FAQ supposed to be about frequently asked questions ?
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# IsProcessorFeaturePresent

Just because i always have trouble finding it.
Just because I always have trouble finding it.

| Enum | Value | Meaning |
|------------------------|--|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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The public don't understand the insane ecological and economical cost of running a LLM.
It really is a shame to use a LLM for simple requests like "what is the weather today ?" or "what is the capital of France ?".

And yes, i'm aware of how ironic it is to use a LLM to write about the ecological cost of using a LLM.
And yes, I'm aware of how ironic it is to use a LLM to write about the ecological cost of using a LLM.
I'm not sure if it's funny or sad.

## The future
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# On using AI to write about writing

One thing is for sure, i'm using GitHub Copilot and it's massively helpful.
One thing is for sure, I'm using GitHub Copilot and it's massively helpful.
But it's kind of weird as well as it influence the way I write.

It make me write thing
It makes me write thing

![write_thing.png](write_thing.png)

But it also write things i would have written anyway. Which is even weirder.
But it also writes things i would have written anyway. Which is even weirder.
Am i that predictable ? Or is it just that good ?

![predicatable.png](predicatable.png)

Am i predictable because i'm using it and it's influencing the way I write ?
Am I predictable because i'm using it and it's influencing the way I write ?
It is, of course, "that good" and i'm not worried about this.
I'm more worried about the fact that it's influencing the way I write.

![worthy.png](worthy.png)

Talk about weird. [It's like a feedback loop.](Web-Enshitification.md)
Am i enshitifying myself ?
Am I enshitifying myself ?

![enshitifying.png](enshitifying.png)

No i'm not... i hope so.
- i don't have to accept every suggestion.
- i can influence its suggestions by writing what i want. (and it's just completing it)
No i'm not... I hope so.
- I don't have to accept every suggestion.
- I can influence its suggestions by writing what I want. (and it's just completing it)

## On influencing the AI

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> (GitHub Copilot chat)

Ha yes, sometime i forget that it's specialized in code.
Ha yes, sometime I forget that it's specialized in code.

Let's ask bard.ai then.

![influence_bard.png](influence_bard.png)

(Well, nope, i wasn't asking you copilot, but thanks for the suggestion)
(Well, nope, I wasn't asking you copilot, but thanks for the suggestion)

> There are several ways to influence the AI so it writes what you want it to write:
>
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~~Haaa yes, it's a search engine. So it tell me how to search better ...~~

I'm not sure what i was expecting.
I'm not sure what I was expecting.

Let follow the advice of the AI and ask Copilot Chat again.

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I didn't try Jetbrains AI Assistant. [It doesn't work in WriterSide](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WRS-3806/Add-AI-assistant).

Then, perhaps, i shouldn't worry that much about it. As soon as i filter out the suggestions that are not relevant, it's not that bad.
Then, perhaps, I shouldn't worry that much about it. As soon as I filter out the suggestions that are not relevant, it's not that bad.
It is simply finishing my sentences. It's not writing for me.

## Here come Mixtral
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It ran, albeit very slowly, on my cheap HP Laptop with 16GB of RAM and no GPU.
gg !

In order to run it i used [LM Studio](https://lmstudio.ai/) and the Mixtral Instruct Q2 Model ("Extreme loss of quality").
In order to run it I used [LM Studio](https://lmstudio.ai/) and the Mixtral Instruct Q2 Model ("Extreme loss of quality").
I am sincerely impressed by the quality of the text generated by this model considering it's the "Extreme loss of quality" version.

I need to try the Q4 model, as well the "Doplhin Mixtral" model which is "unfiltered" (whatever that means).
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# SOMe unnamed software

There is "this software" that I very much enjoy in its free version.
I don't feel the need to "unlock" the full version, but i like to understand what i'm using, right ?
I don't feel the need to "unlock" the full version, but I like to understand what I'm using, right ?
And the software is kind enough to have a LicenceManager.exe (not the real name) that may or may be not obfuscated.

Reinstall Ghidra, add some clickety-click, and here we go.

> I'll obfuscate the name of the software,
> i'm not doing anything illegal here but i don't want to provide some kind of "how to crack this software" guide.
> (or if i do, i won't tell you which software it is)
> I'm not doing anything illegal here but I don't want to provide some kind of "how to crack this software" guide.
> (or if I do, I won't tell you which software it is)
## The LicenceManager.exe

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#endif
```

I'm not done yet. But i need some beer.
I'm not done yet. But I need some beer.
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## Reference

I wrote the text above yesterday, and today i find a paper on the same topic : [Self-Consuming Generative Models Go MAD](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.01850).
I wrote the text above yesterday, and today I find a paper on the same topic : [Self-Consuming Generative Models Go MAD](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.01850).

I [Bookmarked it as well](Bookmark.md)

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