Kai Mast @cskama

Doing stuff with distributed systems, blockchains, and Rust. (More active on Bluesky @kaimast.com) kaimast.com San Francisco, CA Joined November 2008

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Kai Mast @cskama

9 months ago

#Apple folks: Does it make sense to buy a MacBook in 2024 with only 16GB of RAM?

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We get to take electrified Caltrain service because our leaders worked across the aisle to get federal funding while Trump was POTUS. Transit projects on the West Coast also create jobs in red and swing states. That's the inroad. It isn’t over for transit 🚂⚡️

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Kai Mast @cskama

10 months ago

Climate change seems to have completely disappeared as a primary issue in US politics, according to this NBC poll.

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Kai Mast @cskama

11 months ago

C++ should really include a "fn" keyword (or similar). Trailing return types with `auto`, e.g., `auto main() -> int`, look confusing.

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Kai Mast @cskama

11 months ago

What's a good paper/resource to introduce people to SGX or TEEs in general these days? Back in my day, we read Intel's developer guide, but that was no fun.

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Kai Mast @cskama

11 months ago

"Cat 6" is trending, and I thought people were excited about networking...

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Kai Mast @cskama

12 months ago

Sounds like someone messed with the catenary wires or power lines. 😳

Caltrain @Caltrain

12 months ago

Sounds like someone messed with the catenary wires or power lines. 😳

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Kai Mast @cskama

12 months ago

Do I know someone here who works at @gradescope ? I ran into a bug in the autograder and support is MIA.

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Clint Gibler @clintgibler

12 months ago

I died a little inside when I learned this: > When developers remove their projects from the PyPI repository, the associated package names immediately become available for registration by any other user. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ @jfrog researchers found that >22K packages could be hijacked in…

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Kai Mast @cskama

a year ago

I switched back to Windows so I can use a better presentation software, and I got this.

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Kai Mast @cskama

a year ago

New Blog Post: "Automation of Systems Experiments with Wickie" kaimast.com/notes/wickie/

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Aishwarya Ganesan @AishwaryaGanlat

a year ago

Submit your work in progress in systems to SysDW colocated with SOSP 24! You can also submit a research statement and get feedback if you are going on the job market soon.

Sudarsun @SudarsunKannan

a year ago

Submit your work in progress in systems to SysDW colocated with SOSP 24! You can also submit a research statement and get feedback if you are going on the job market soon.

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Kai Mast @cskama

a year ago

I'm on an electric @Caltrain train. This is not a drill!

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Kai Mast @cskama

a year ago

Sometimes I perceive reading/writing emails as very inconvenient, but then someone sends me a voice message and I remember how much worse online communication can be.