Hacker News with Generative AI: Verification

Bluesky launches blue check verification (techcrunch.com)
Bluesky announced on Monday that it is rolling out blue check verification, confirming previous rumors that this feature was on its way to the platform.
A new form of verification on Bluesky (bsky.social)
Trust is everything. Social media has connected us in powerful ways, but it hasn’t always given us the tools to know who we’re interacting with or why we should trust them.
Verus: Verified Rust for low-level systems code (github.com/secure-foundations)
Verus is a tool for verifying the correctness of code written in Rust.
Bluesky may soon add blue check verification (techcrunch.com)
Bluesky may soon get a new blue checkmark verification system, according to changes to the app’s public GitHub repository spotted Friday by reverse engineer alice.mosphere.at.
Angry users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system (neowin.net)
Bluesky recently added longer video uploads and introduced custom feeds for vertical videos. Now, the platform is getting another update that could bring a familiar, yet different, blue check verification system to the platform.
Ask HN: How much employee resume verification is done in practice? (ycombinator.com)
We all know that it's commonplace to 'put your best foot forward' on resumes as an employee, and sometimes this can lead into bending the truth a little bit.
A mechanically verified garbage collector for OCaml [pdf] (kcsrk.info)
Long division verified via Hoare logic (cofault.com)
Let's formally verify the venerable long-division algorithm.
YouTube asks channel owner to verify phone, permanently overwrites personal info (reddit.com)
Hello Reddit. My name is Ebi. I'm an independent VTuber from the UK, and I really need your help. 🙇‍♀️
Verifying FPGA using Free OS tools and frameworks (hackster.io)
When working with FPGA, before we put the design on hardware we need to be able to verify it lets take a look at how we can do this.
Elon Musk criticizes Twitch streamer and removes their verification over dispute (twitter.com)
Python Logic Simulation Library (github.com/cjdrake)
SeqiLog (pronounced seh-kwi-log) is a Python library for logic design and verification.
Crux, a Precise Verifier for Rust and Other Languages (arxiv.org)
We present Crux, a cross-language verification tool for Rust and C/LLVM.
Google Scholar has a "verified email" for Sir Isaac Newton (bleepingcomputer.com)
It's true: Google Scholar profile of the renowned former physicist and polymath, Sir Isaac Newton bears a "verified email" note.
Formally verifying tiny bits of QEMU using Frama-C, Richard W.M. Jones, 2020 [video] (youtube.com)
We verify the correctness of a spreadsheet engine (rowzero.io)
Spreadsheets are a really interesting software domain, because they have a ton of overlapping features.
Trust, but Verify (wikipedia.org)
Formally verifying security properties of CHERI processors (cheriot.org)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Logical Verification [pdf] (2023) (browncs1951x.github.io)
Prover-Verifier Games improve legibility of language model outputs (openai.com)
EU officials say X's paid-for blue check deceives users and breaks law (theregister.com)
EU charges X with deceiving users via blue checkmark, draws Musk's ire (reuters.com)
Reverse Engineering the Verification QR Code on My Diploma (obrhubr.org)
CBMC: C bounded model checker (2021) (cprover.org)
Dafny is a verification-aware programming language (github.com/dafny-lang)
X won't let users hide their blue checks anymore (engadget.com)
X's Premium users can no longer hide their blue checks (theverge.com)