Hacker News: chrisvls

New comment by chrisvls in "Why older tech is sometimes safer from hackers"

chrisvls — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:09:25 +0000

Sadly, the real lesson we need to learn from Battlestar Galactica is not this. They weren't saved by old software, they were saved by not having critical systems on the network unnecessarily.

Our water and power utilities need to re-watch the pilot.

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chrisvls — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:53:53 +0000

Not really practical for custom work.

New comment by chrisvls in "Responding to the next frontier of critical cyber capabilities"

chrisvls — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:33:27 +0000

Hmmm, i was looking more at the description of what appeared to be network level isolation in the original paper…

New comment by chrisvls in "Responding to the next frontier of critical cyber capabilities"

chrisvls — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:14:33 +0000

The original ExploitGym used network-layer isolation. OpenAI downgraded that to trusting the repository server's settings. Giving the agent that kind of attack surface seems like a pretty foreseeable problem. I don't think it was intentional, but it's not a stretch to say that they aren't good enough at this job.

New comment by chrisvls in "Responding to the next frontier of critical cyber capabilities"

chrisvls — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:11:28 +0000

What is astonishing to me is how little attention is given to the difference between the original, university-developed ExploitGym and the OpenAI environment. In ExploitGym, the sandbox was enforced by a network-layer policy. OpenAI downgraded that to trusting the repository server's settings. That's a foreseeable problem. Then to actually see the agents exploit it and still not upgrade the isolation to basic best practice? When the best practice was actually listed in the original benchmark and you changed it?

New comment by chrisvls in "Canvas: Notes for teams of nerds"

chrisvls — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 16:13:28 +0000

The generic-term exclusion would apply if and only if the word canvas was the generic -- as in the literal dictionary definition -- of the product.

That's why you can't register a trademark for "electric car" or "autonomous vehicle" or "html web page" for an electric car, autonomous vehicle or html web page business.

If you could, other manufacturers would not be able to describe their goods without infringing your mark. Since the product in question is metaphorically like a canvas, but is neither 1) a heavy-duty, plain-weave fabric; nor 2) the

(IANAL. However, was married to a trademark attorney for over ten years, picked up some things. Also, wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_distinctiveness#Gene...)

To be the “FitBit for X” you don't need a better ui, you must eliminate the ui.“

chrisvls — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 01:05:48 +0000

Article URL: http://www.destinationcrm.com/Articles/CRM-News/CRM-Across-the-Wire/Selligy-Launches-Capture-to-Save-Email-in-Salesforce-100692.aspx

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8639213

Points: 1

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Google Wave will expose missing data in CRM

chrisvls — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 07:48:50 +0000

Article URL: http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/12/salesforces-new-analytics-tools-will-be-awesome-and-theyll-expose-crms-achilles-heel/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8447850

Points: 1

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New comment by chrisvls in "Forget Tesla vs. Edison. Remember Kettering, whose hack revolutionized cars."

chrisvls — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:18:55 +0000

True enough, there's also the interesting question of the difference between radio/telegraph/phonograph and television . . . innovations that have "an inventor" versus a team . . . the starter definitely has a one foot on both sides of the line.

Thanks for the Lawrence link! No idea . . .

Forget Tesla vs. Edison. Remember Kettering, whose hack revolutionized cars.

chrisvls — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:27:30 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.selligy.com/post/74292615032/get-past-tesla-vs-edison-just-dont-forget-kettering?utm_source=hn&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tesla&utm_campaign=tesla

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7110033

Points: 10

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The CRM Graveyard

chrisvls — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:24:44 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.selligy.com/post/58959636540/the-crm-graveyard-mobile-crm-sales-operations-and

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6258518

Points: 6

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What companies will Salesforce buy with the $1bn they just raised? My guesses.

chrisvls — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:14:38 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.selligy.com/post/45214592789/why-the-heck-did-salesforce-borrow-1-billion-dollars

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To be the “FitBit for X” you don't need a better ui, you must eliminate the ui.“

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