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LockEx

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We love teaching the joy of lockpicking and provide fun in-person and remote workshops.
https://lockpickextreme.com

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LockEx, to random
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Sadly, it's time for us to leave San Francisco. We got to see so many old and new friends at the #bsidessf Lockpick Village this weekend.
I was talking with one of the organizers and remarked how the attendees we so much kinder and patient than the public we've worked with at RSA, and they said it was almost like BSides was the "flip side" of RSA.

LockEx, to random
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Best sticker at #BSidesSF

LockEx, to random
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The carbon footprint of major travel methods (EU)

LockEx, to random
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Lockpick Extreme has partnered with the amazing jewelry artist, Batsheva Maisel to create a new series of Lockpick Earrings. Our first, limited release will be at BSides SF next weekend.

LockEx,
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@jamesbritt thanks James. For those interested, you can find details here:
https://www.lockpickextreme.com/is-lockpicking-legal/

pluralistic, to random
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All digital businesses have the technical capacity to enshittify: the ability to change the underlying functions of the business from moment to moment and user to user, allowing for the rapid transfer of value between business customers, end users and shareholders:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/twiddler/

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/naming-names/#prabhakar-raghavan

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LockEx,
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@keengrasp @pluralistic Reddy was not a good guy

mikemathia, to random
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LockEx,
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@mikemathia an exceptional case where this wasn't fatal https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2000/july/pilot/the-gimli-glider

mhoye, to random
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I have to admit that I periodically go looking for phones on Ali Express just to see what kind of madness is lurking on the periphery.

LockEx,
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@mhoye there's a magical world on AliExpress outside of their phone ads.

kfury, to random
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Still not king.

LockEx,
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@kfury not with that attitude

LockEx, to random
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I love the product writers and proof readers on Ali Express so much.

mikemathia, to random
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LockEx,
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@mikemathia oh, there's a pancake party, and you're invited.
@PancakeCon
https://pancakescon.com

RickiTarr, to random
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If it was possible to live forever, would you want to?

LockEx,
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@RickiTarr how would that play out if everyone was given the option to live forever? We are unsustainable as a species as is.

niconiconi, to Electronics

Fun fact: Just like microcontrollers, the fuse bits in desktop CPUs can occasionally get loose, causing single-bit flips. This is likely responsible for many strange CPUIDs in the wild, some reported cases include "GenuineIotel" CPUs [1] and a "Intel Core i4" CPU. [2]

[1] https://twitter.com/InstLatX64/status/1101230794364862464
[2] https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV13t4y127TX

LockEx,
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@niconiconi cosmic rays have been attributed to bit flipping in memory.
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2019/05/20/cosmic-rays-flipping-bits/

pluralistic, to random
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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: The real AI automation threat to workers; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/11/robots-stole-my-jerb/

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LockEx,
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@clarablackink @shrikant @pluralistic for those who haven't seen it
https://youtu.be/BkoplrKwKdo?si=DKrUuOdWWdY9QTSL

Free_Press, to news
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How To Be Norwegian

When you live in Norway, even just leaving the house is a challenge

The countries of Northern Europe, and in particular Norway , were hit by severe frosts and snowfalls. For the first time in recorded history, the temperature dropped to -31°C

video/mp4

LockEx,
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@LillyHerself @Free_Press the Sunset district of San Francisco was orginaly built amongst sand dunes. Building codes required doors to open inward to prevent being trapped by shifting sand dunes.

LockEx, to random
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I received a gift from a friend today. Opening this card starts playing "Never Gonna Give You Up". It doesn't stop playing. 1/3

LockEx,
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Replacing the tab between the triggering contacts does not stop the music. Grabbing jumpers connecting one side of the switch contacts with VDD finally stopped the Rickroll.
It was like a low risk bomb defused. 9 out of 10, would do it again without the glitter 3/3

pluralistic, to random
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All others pay cash

LockEx,
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@Zotmeister @pluralistic I had a rubber stamp made of this and would stamp this on bills with UV ink.

StillIRise1963, to random
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I don't think the candidates for president should get to pick their own doctors for exams. There should be an independent board of physicians.

LockEx,
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@StillIRise1963 when I'm getting drug tested at work, I sure don't get to pick MY doctor.

dannotdaniel, to random
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Ladies and Gents

in the red trunks
in the blue

ding ding ding

What an absolute clown show. My god. 🤦‍♂️

Bernie Sanders is the only winner here.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/markwayne-mullin-tries-fight-teamsters-boss-hearing-1234877824/

LockEx,
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@dannotdaniel you can't fight in here, this is the war room

simplenomad, to infosec
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How old am I? Gray enough (in both hat color and beard color) that when AT&T crashed on January 15, 1990 I (like many other hackers) initially wondered if I had done something to cause it.

https://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~jdalbey/SWE/Papers/att_collapse

LockEx,
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@simplenomad good times. The culprit was a bad and untested 4ESS congestion back off algorithm.

garius, to random
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I've been asked by a digital publication to do a regular column on forgotten or overlooked bits of tech and business history that changed stuff forever.

So what's your favourite weird nugget of obscure history or people in tech or business?

This is LITERALLY your chance to make me write about it 😄

LockEx,
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@garius bubble memory
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_memory

mikemathia, to random
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LockEx,
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@mikemathia would you use the mechanic or IT book rate for this?

stux, to random
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For people who have kids who play games like Angry Birds with advertisements, a little warning:

Not sure if it’s international but here in the Netherlands those app advertisements now show war propaganda, also to kids with images you don’t want them to see I think..

Just a little heads up!

That’s no way to win support.. :nkoFacepalm2:

LockEx, (edited )
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@stux have also seen this in the US on the mobile Words with Friends game

georgetakei, to random

This is what we've become.
https://www.comicsands.com/texas-man-shoots-grandson-wedding-2665855303.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

LockEx,
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@georgetakei this is why you don't have Yosemite Sam officiate your wedding.

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