Author: DaylightM
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Zero Trust
I like this idea. This combined with a 2 factor geographical test and IP for the ultimate in security posture. This combined with OSINT will be the future I can see myself doing along side being able to create AI agents that actually do things.
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First Inperson Classes
Well I was late this morning thanks to a snafu with the trains and not changing at the right station putting me behind by an hour and a half but I got here in the end and am all settled with my shiny new id card and can log into the computers and am on…
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First Day
Well first day of induction just happened and it went ok just burbling with lots of information that none of us took in no doubt but all useful stuff. Its an early start for me in the morning as am on the 5:54am train to Leeds then on to Manchester for about 8:45am. Classes start…
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Peer Groups
Well we had our fist induction to the university and what can I say between London, Birmingham and Manchester there were 30 students. From what I could ascertain there were maybe 3 members of the cohort who knew what they were getting themselves into and I feel that we are going to have 2 very…
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Read the Timetable
Remember to read the timetable properly and work out that you dont have to be in Manchester today, so I get to stay home and will be in Manchester on Tuesday now. I have an online induction session today using webex so hopefully will get my student email address and access to the student portal…
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Induction Day
Well its finally here, I start my cyber security degree tomorrow at Southampton Solent running out of the Manchester Campus. I cant wait to meet my fellow students and have some fun whilst learning. Lots of practice between now and when I finish in 4 years. Need to entertain myself on the train so I…
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The Grass is Greener
Yes I am guilty of the grass is greener on the other side of the fence…. We changed our broadband provider back in November to YouFibre and they were and are awesome but someone from EE came and knocked on the door and told us about EE broadband that was exactly the same as YouFibre…
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Enrollment
Well I actually enrolled a couple of weeks ago now, last week I did a few extra curricular activities like a reintroduction to numbers and a bit of algebra. Went OK am quite comfortable with that as it stands so no issue. Have got induction on campus on Thursday so its an early start on…
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Democratizing AI
How do we make AI available to everyone not just the privileged few? It would seem that the American tech bro fraternity are making models that are so expensive to use in any meaningful way that most people will be priced out of the market. Meta have plans for a 2.5GW data center the size…
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To AI or not to AI
I have been using llama 3 for a couple of months now but I want to upgrade it to a better model, have found a load of regularly updated models so am going to try and get some of those running locally before the Jenson Orin arrives next month. Looking through benchmarks and it looks…