Danny the Cyber Guy

cyberguy.fyi

Builder of freedom tools, sup?

Your Fonts Can Run Doom

TrueType fonts contain a Turing-complete virtual machine that has been exploited to run everything from Doom to large language models, and your system has hundreds of these arbitrary code execution environments installed right now.

Cover image for Your Fonts Can Run Doom

The Masks We Wear

Everyone wears social masks, exhaustingly performing different versions of themselves across contexts. Pseudonymous online spaces offer rare opportunities for authentic expression without professional consequences. However, powerful interests push to eliminate these spaces, forcing constant performance everywhere, benefiting those who control social scripts while destroying genuine human connection.

Cover image for The Masks We Wear

Silver Spoon

"Silver Spoon" is an allegorical tale that critiques the evolution of governmental control and societal organization. The story contrasts an idealized past of voluntary cooperation and individual freedom with the gradual emergence of controlling systems, symbolized by magical utensils (Silver Spoon, Jade Chopsticks, Golden Fork, and Bronze Ladle). Through these symbols, it illustrates how authority structures establish themselves through initial benefits before expanding into oppressive control systems. The narrative explores themes of surveillance, monetary control, propaganda, and the loss of personal freedoms, while questioning how societies surrender autonomy in exchange for promised security and order.

Cover image for Silver Spoon