@apicultor@hachyderm.io
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apicultor

@apicultor@hachyderm.io

In a sense, I am a beekeeper, hence the username.

I work in the rail industry trying to secure all the things: tons of legacy infrastructure which is now being networked.

Never forget: there is no cloud, there is only other people's computers.

I break shit for fun. Sometimes I even fix it afterwards!

They say that "life is what happens while we're busy making other plans", and they're right; tot i que la vida m'ha allunyat de Catalunya, tinc moltes ganes de tornar a casa.

Geek. Aspie. Poly.

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gsuberland, to random
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a thing I never considered until now: if you're outdoors and fill a gas tank to its rated pressure, then put it in the back of a vehicle, you're very likely creating a dangerous situation because vans and cars tend to trap a lot of heat, which will increase the gas pressure beyond the rated maximum for the container.

apicultor,
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@gsuberland Do you really think there isn't a significant safety margin? If it's a pressure vessel (LNG, propane, etc) it will be especially generous.

apicultor,
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@gsuberland The pressure spec is equally valid in Anchorage in winter as it is in Dubai in summer.

apicultor, to random
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@ChrisPirillo It's neat to cross paths with you again.

(Disk is cheap, as they say.)

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    apicultor,
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    @0x00string I disagree.

    Good homemade pie destroys anything store-bought.

    However, it is 2x-5x better for 20x the work.

    Ain't no shame in store-bought pie.

    0x00string, to random

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    apicultor,
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    @0x00string Name and shame please

    gsuberland, to random
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    I saw a stat from September 2023 saying that IE retains a 2.15% market share worldwide, which seemed absurdly high to me, so I did some digging and it seems like there must be one country that's a huge outlier in terms of numbers.

    Here are the demographics for IE in October 2023:

    US: 0.12%
    Europe (avg): 0.12%
    UK: 0.09%
    France: 0.14%
    Germany: 0.12%
    NL: 0.15%
    Aus: 0.07%
    Japan: 0.45%
    India: 0.55%
    China: 0.87%
    Russia: 0.21%

    I wondered if it was SK but they dropped the gov stuff and have <0.1% now

    apicultor,
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    @tdp_org @gsuberland WTF is Value, in the number three spot?

    apicultor,
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    @gsuberland @f4grx Do you have a good link re the change in SK?

    apicultor,
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    @gsuberland @f4grx Progress... but what about the INISAFE, TouchEn, Veraport, etc nonsense?

    https://palant.info/2023/01/02/south-koreas-online-security-dead-end/

    https://palant.info/2023/03/06/veraport-inside-koreas-dysfunctional-application-management/

    apicultor,
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    @f4grx @gsuberland Like, fan death? Srsly? Wow.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Ummm you would go to jail...

    apicultor,
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    @Sh4d0w_H34rt @RickiTarr The French got this right with laïcité:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism_in_France

    They are quite serious about keeping religion out of public schools:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_law_on_secularity_and_conspicuous_religious_symbols_in_schools

    I believe this is a model for how things should be done.

    patrick, to random
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    @jon @smveerman . Wondering how Amsterdam-Copenhagen would work? Wonder no longer, as GoVolt/FlyWise has just requested it.

    apicultor,
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    @patrick @smveerman @jon Why is this a day train? You lose the entire day.

    Run it at night instead.

    apicultor,
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    @smveerman @jon @patrick Getting on a train at 8 AM and not getting where you're going until 7 PM, just in time for dinner and bed, is not a great way to spend one full day out of your holiday.

    Avoiding the first night's cost of that hotel room is also a pretty great way to travel on a budget.

    apicultor,
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    @titia @smveerman @jon @patrick If you try booking that combination, and you arrive late, you miss your night train AND need a hotel AND are stuck 24h until the next night train (which you'd hope they'd rebook you on under CIV rules but good luck with that lol).

    apicultor,
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    @titia @smveerman @jon @patrick >I also don't know why anyone in their right mind would neglect to do that.

    Because of the lack of through ticketing.

    If your flight arrives late and you miss your connection, you will be rebooked onto the next flight, maybe with a different itinerary, to get you where you need to go — at no cost to yourself.

    apicultor,
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    @titia @smveerman @jon @patrick If my night train gets in late and I miss my connection, I cannot count on the folks behind the counter honouring the CIV rules and rebooking me — and that only covers international travel, and only the next connection.

    So, we need to do stupid shit like @jon had to do today.

    Ticketing needs to be fixed. Now.

    jon, to random
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    Damn I am having one of those days on German railways

    Dear DB please do tell me how this connection is supposed to work? I arrive after my connecting train will have departed, and that connection does not serve the station I need 😂

    apicultor,
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    @greenback @jon

    >Many times, the info on the platform is more up to date than the app, or vice versa. Why aren't they both great?

    Multiple sources of truth.

    arstechnica, to random
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    Nothing’s iMessage app was a security catastrophe, taken down in 24 hours

    Nothing promised end-to-end encryption, then stored texts publicly in plain text.

    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/nothings-imessage-app-was-a-security-catastrophe-taken-down-in-24-hours/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    apicultor,
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    @arstechnica I wonder how the rest of their software development is. /s

    flanker, to random

    Finally get around to installing Sonoma, and on first reboot it’s great to see one of the new features immediately announce itself. Never seen it before “upgrading”.
    @atpfm @siracusa

    apicultor,
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    @flanker @atpfm @siracusa What the fuck is Discord doing? Sparkle.framework || GTFO.

    (I don't use Discord, so no experience with it, but apps that self-modify on macOS have been a headache for a very long time now.)

    apicultor, to random
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    https://www.railtech.com/all/2023/11/20/fs-introduces-new-night-train-like-hotel-from-rome-to-the-dolomites/

    jon, to random
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    Of course it's welcome that a bunch of MEPs, national politicians and some associations are saying they want to step up night trains in Europe, but I find this letter a bit wishy-washy, and a bit ill timed https://www.euractiv.com/section/railways/news/eu-commission-urged-to-support-europes-night-train-renaissance/

    There's no way Von Der Leyen and Valean will act on this now

    The best bet: take a step back, and make sure this is top of the agenda after the EP elections. And start with booking tickets and rolling stock

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    @jon Ticketing, you say?

    I just got done buying the last tickets needed for a Christmas tour: Vienna, Prague, Zurich, Paris... including not one, but two, night trains.

    I don't have words. It's done, and I got exactly what I wanted (deluxe cabins on both), but it involved all sorts of heroics.

    ai6yr, to random

    Thanks, Wyze camera AI, for recognizing the "pet" in the backyard.

    apicultor,
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    @ai6yr Wyze, you say?

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rce-exploit-for-wyze-cam-v3-publicly-released-patch-now/

    https://www.theverge.com/23003418/wyze-cam-v1-vulnerability-no-patch-bitdefender-responsible-disclosure

    https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/wyze-security-breach/

    Not just no, hell no.

    apicultor,
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    @ai6yr They can be used as pivot points into your network, regardless of whether they're installed indoors or outdoors.

    1br0wn, to apple
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    apicultor,
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    @1br0wn >they can’t discriminate against encrypted messages with their green bubbles

    RCS should absolutely be green bubbles since they are not E2EE in the vast majority of cases.

    theautisticcoach, to actuallyautistic

    The French State under Emmanuel Macron unveiled its new “plan” regarding and other humans yesterday.

    More of the same. That is to say, NOTHING.

    A huge 5 year plan about US, without any consultation, whatsoever, with US.

    Anyone who knows the French State knows the HUNDREDS, if not THOUSANDS of hours that went into useless meetings to create this plan. The involvement of THOUSANDS of bureaucrats and “consultants”.

    Yet, the result is more ableism. More silencing of autistic voices. More oppression.

    Where did the 500M+ euros go for the LAST 5 year plan? Nowhere. Into the hands of private companies who seek to profit via the oppression of autistic bodies.

    Where will the 600M+ go now?

    Shameful.

    The Republic has actual autistic advocates and experts living just steps from the Élysée Palace. Organizations that fight for our rights like
    @CLE_Autistes
    . None of us were consulted.

    Who was consulted? Parents groups. Autism groups led and run by non-autistic people. Companies which exist to earn money from the State and autistic people on our backs and commodifying our bodies.

    According to the “new and groundbreaking” plan, autistic adults will receive free support groups (weren’t we already meant to be getting support groups under the last plan?). Said groups are led by non-autistic people who actively promote the pathology paradigm of autism, which is rejected by the vast majority of autistic adults. Not an improvement.

    It will allow certain autistic adults currently institutionalized to live outside and go work. Cute. As if that is a progressive idea!

    What about support for those of us who want a career? A meaningful one? What about support for those of us who cannot work but also do not want to be institutionalized and removed from society, our friends, and families?

    What about support for those of us who do work with need help with day to day things? What about support during autistic burnout?

    Nothing.

    Oh, and the Marianne eugenics project continues on!

    France continues to show itself to be unserious and performative when it comes to the civil and human rights of autistic people. Our humanity today, as yesterday, has been denied by those who purport to support us.

    Shameful and disgraceful.

    @actuallyautistic @disabilityjustice

    https://informations.handicap.fr/a-strategie-tnd-2023-2027-enfin-devoilee-tous-mesures-35859.php

    apicultor,
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    @cadenza @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic @disabilityjustice >I said [in French] “Good for you, you old fart,”

    What's the best way to say this? Asking for a friend. 😉

    apicultor, to Cybersecurity
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    The third annual ERA/ENISA conference is underway in sunny Athens. Your correspondent is attending in person.

    Fingers crossed that UNIFE doesn't get their way! 🤞🏼

    https://www.era.europa.eu/content/3rd-era-enisa-conference-cybersecurity-railways

    (Pictures courtesy of ERA.)

    So many people. Sold out with a waiting list!
    ERA/ENISA Collaboration

    apicultor,
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    @Heuvinck @jon @PGLux But can you blame them? They represent the supply industry, who really doesn't want to be bothered with the hassle of actually designing with security in mind. No wonder they are demanding to be exempt from the Cyber Resilience Act!

    From personal observation, the rail industry in general cares about security ONLY if any of the following 3 conditions are met:

    1⃣ Required by regulation or contract
    2⃣ Shit already hit the fan
    3⃣ Affects the safety case

    Otherwise, forget it. 😔

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