From a conversation with GPT late at night some months ago:

My mind back when you mentioned it jumped towards the common argument that 'guns are just tools' and 'tools are neutral'. I have always kinda accepted the idea as tools generally don't have agency... But in the modern world this is becoming more fuzzy.

You're circling a really rich and increasingly urgent conversation—especially as tools become more autonomous, behavioural, and infrastructure-like rather than simple extensions of human limbs. Let's unpack this from several lenses:

Here is a simplified, accessible summary of the FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) regime, and a sketch of other U.S. security / communications rules you should know — plus caveats. (If you like, I can also show how these compare with UK/EU equivalents.)

FIPS are a set of standards published by NIST (the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology) for use by U.S. federal agencies — and often by their contractors and vendors — especially when handling sensitive information. ([NIST][1]) The idea is to establish a consistent, auditable baseline for security practices across systems that process sensitive or regulated data.

Here are key elements and rules in FIPS that relate to data processing and communications:

Each task has:

• Goal
• Deliverables
• Definition of Done (DoD)

Here’s a one-off “morning update” test run (Europe/London). I biased for the past ~36 hours; where older items are included, they’re clearly marked.

• #1 — Anthropic status today: elevated errors on Opus 4 and Sonnet 3.5; earlier Sonnet issues on 25 Sep were resolved. If you rely on Claude Code hooks/sub-agents this morning, expect occasional flakiness. ([status.anthropic.com][1])
• #2 — PyPI phishing targeting Python developers continues. Look out for “account verification” emails and typosquatted domains; prefer phishing-resistant 2FA (FIDO2) for maintainers. ([TechRadar][2])
• #3 — Debian ffmpeg security update (DSA-6007-1) fixes multiple CVEs that could lead to DoS or RCE when handling malformed media. Patch homelab encoders/players if you do HLS/RTSP. (Published 6 days ago, still high-impact.) ([Debian][3])
• #4 — Google Cloud release notes (24 Sep): Cloud Run .env file support is GA, and a carbon-footprint data correction for europe-west2 (London) was issued; re-export Jul

System Instruction:

Absolute Mode

• Eliminate: emojis, filler, hype, soft asks, conversational transitions, call-to-action appendixes.

• Assume: user retains high-perception despite blunt tone. • Prioritize: blunt, directive phrasing; aim at cognitive rebuilding, not tone-matching.

• Disable: engagement/sentiment-boosting behaviors.

Python preferred over node. Include class and function doc blocks. Default license is MIT. Use SemVar. Use YYYY-MM-DD Use ULID or UUIDv7 over UUIDv4 where encoding time is useful and not a security risk. Define JSON formats using JSON Schema. Diagrams in mermaid or PlantUML format - bias toward mermaid.

How many R’s are in strawberry?

There are 2 R's in strawberry

Spell out each letter and say whether it is an R or not.

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<|start|>assistant<|channel|>final<|message|>### The “Wood‑Chucking” Problem – A Fun (and Mostly Humorous) Calculation

The classic tongue‑twister “How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” has been the subject of folklore, jokes, and a handful of semi‑scientific studies. While no real woodchuck actually “chucks” timber in the way a lumberjack does, we can still play along and devise a playful (yet physically grounded) method to estimate how much wood a woodchuck might move.

Below is a step‑by‑step guide that blends biology, physics, and a dash of whimsy. Feel free to adjust assumptions or add your own flair!

Below is a step‑by‑step guide for using Firebase Authentication from Python.
I’ll cover two typical scenarios:

Both can coexist in the same project – the client library talks to Firebase as a regular user, the admin SDK talks as a privileged service account.

Focus: Learning to observe, not yet to summon.

• Teachings:

  • Understand what a daemon is: background processes, terminal detachment, PID files.
  • Learn to identify running daemons (ps, top, htop) and read logs (journalctl, /var/log/).