Post by @flyingpenguin@infosec.exchange

2026-11-12 10:51 UTC

I'm trying to drink my coffee and a young Polish couple are complaining that getting a PhD means working for an American defense contractor. "My advisor is so negative. He is not happy person. What is Golden Dome? Why do I have to work on it?" "Because you have to be US Citizen to work at SpaceX" "Really? So many Poles get their degrees and then go working in US defense." 🤢

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@flyingpenguin@infosec.exchange 2026-11-12 11:44

they said they are academics getting PhDs in AI safety. felt bad for them, gave them some wirken.ai stickers and they looked at me confused. "babbage machine? is that lovelace?" ah, i said, that's the Polish bomba kryptologiczna that Rejewski gifted to the British, to crack German Enigma. 😁 instant record scratch. "that can not be a real person. you are saying it wrong" Rajewski? "haha, your Polish is terrible, not even a name" Rajewski? "no, i will have to look it up because you speak bad" uh, ok Rajewski, i give up "wrong! you need to say Rejewski" ok, so clearly i'm not speaking in Polish, you know who he is? "never heard of him" wait until they look up golden dome 😢 https://www.flyingpenguin.com/polish-embassy-interviews-1st-person-to-crack-enigma-marian-rejewski/

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