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danielcornell

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Entrepreneur, developer, security professional, advisor, and investor. Slow ultra-marathoner, mediocre powerlifter. He/him

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danielcornell, to bookstodon
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Just finished Biology the Whole Story by Lindsay Turnbull https://www.amazon.com/Biology-The-Whole-Story/dp/1788451937/ref=sr_1_1 Wow - what a great read! This was the perfect biology refresher for someone who took biology ... thirty-ish years ago? Steps through all the major topics - DNA, evolution, energy systems, animals, plants, and so on. Was great to dig back into some concepts I hadn't thought about in a long time

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This EV builder has given a Land Rover Defender four electric hub motors

BEDEO and Protean have been converting commercial vans to hybrid power for some time.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/this-ev-builder-has-given-a-land-rover-defender-four-electric-hub-motors/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Having owned a 1997 Land Rover Defender 90 and having suffered the slings and arrows of the abysmal electrical system in that vehicle, the idea of adding more electronics to a Defender gives me hives

That said, it was a super-fun car (when it was running) and I might fall for buying something like this because I'm an idiot and I kinda miss my Defender...

danielcornell, to random
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This chicken showed up on our fence last night so apparently we have a chicken now? Anybody out there know what kind of chicken this is?

Really need to figure out where this chicken belongs because my dogs are -not- happy about this visitor

White chicken nestled into some ivy

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@hrbrmstr Ah yeah thanks - this guy does seem to have a Polish chicken head

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@hrbrmstr My wife is - as you can see - very appreciative of your insights 😜

Well, at the very least -I- am appreciative...

danielcornell,
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@hrbrmstr Yeah I've been trying to get a chicken coop set up but the wife is afraid that won't mix with the dogs. I'm not sure today's events are helping my cause

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Hi. Quick break from the posting for a serious PSA.

Please have a bottle of aspirin in your home. Make sure the tablets can be chewed as well as just swallowed. Make sure you remove any fiddly foil seal and such. Don't use this aspirin for regular pain relief, just keep it around and know where it is.

Hopefully, you'll never need it and will just feel silly for having it. But if a bad time comes for you someday, being able to chew aspirin when emergency services tells you may save your life.

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@danderson Curious - could that also help in the case of a stroke?

danielcornell, to random
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It is great seeing the San Antonio chapter get spun back up (and even better that I can just show up as an attendee!)

John Dickson presented today talking about LLM security

nervous_jessica, to random
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Testing the ubiquiti nanostation loco 5ac to beam internet from the office to the house. Figured we test it out before drilling holes into building

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@nervous_jessica In addition to absolutely loving the sculpture stuff you all do, I'm avidly following your attempt to get this Internet access thing sorted because I'm about to have to solve the same problem

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@nervous_jessica Thanks!

danielcornell, to random
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Reminder to all folks - especially consultants - writing secure code is harder than telling people to write secure code

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If two restaurants were going to date, who would date each other?

danielcornell,
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@RickiTarr Well we've already got Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC in a thruple...

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Has everyone seen enough boosts today? 'Cause your 'eepy girl here kinda needs a nap to recharge those curation batteries. 🥱

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@while1malloc0 @lisamelton You gotta take the power back!

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@lisamelton @while1malloc0 That has to be one of the top three memes I've seen in my life... It just does such a tremendous job of capturing an observation and distilling it down to its essentials

danielcornell, to bookstodon
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Finished The Bully in Your Pocket by Lorenzo Gomez https://www.amazon.com/Bully-Your-Pocket-Playbook-Defeat/dp/B0CN2HJDS7/ref=sr_1_1

The language can be a little flowery, but he cuts deep into the challenges of dealing with online trolls as a public figure and as a leader

From being in the San Antonio tech community, I'm familiar with all-too-many of the situations he describes in the book and Lorenzo's approach to getting things back under control are worth studying and learning from

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danielcornell, to bookstodon
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Finished The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Weather-Friend-Dean-Koontz/dp/1662500491/ref=sr_1_1

This was a goofy book. All the characters had wacky names and wacky backstories and did wacky stuff when thrust into crazy circumstances. I guess it was all right but it read more like YA fiction than the old school (Watchers, Strangers) Dean Koontz I was raised on

I've got the Koontz nostalgia so I'll order the next one, but I hope this isn't how things are trending

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@mvilain @bookstodon I definitely feel like there is a change in the writing style. It feels like it has drifted from Stephen King to Stephenie Meyer (Twilight) There might be some changes in the editing, but I those are less significant than the style changes from what I've read

That said, most of the Koontz I've read was from the late 80s with a book or two I've picked up in airports since then

I've read some Heinlein, but don't know enough about the history to weigh in

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my wife been sticking post notes with things she loves about each of our kids written on em on their doors every morning this month because shes cute as hell, so i been writing notes for her too. i'on know where most of em are, but two of em are stuck in the middle of the most used kitchen cabinet at her eye level lmao.

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@0x00string My wife and I did something similar when her mother got remarried a couple years ago

Actually what we did was stashed condoms all over her house. Hid them in coat pockets, cupboards, etc. They're still finding them. Wife thought one 36-pack was sufficient, but I told her anything worth doing was worth overdoing so we went with two

Now they've retaliated and my house is full of hidden condoms

Don't know what the point of my story was, but that's a nice thing you did for your kids

danielcornell, to random
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Three mile ruck with 60 lbs

Happy Wednesday, everyone

Black rucksack with yellow reflectors and a velcro patch saying "FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT"

danielcornell,
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@0x00string Thanks! Yeah the folks' rucksacks are built like brick shithouses. Have a bunch of them for different purposes. That's a Rucker 1.0 (think they're up to 4.0 now)

0x00string, to random

i keep being put off by peoples responses to my describing my exercise regime.

i was telling my best friend that my therapist did an eye pop thing when i told him how much i was exercising, and i was like "but is it really that much?!" and he told me "yeah. it is. most people dont exercise at all." which i guess makes sense.

like... so i exercise more than the average person, okay, but i dont exercise as much as like a performer or something like that. it feels like a weird inbetween place where like... i feel like im not doing as much as i should, but everyone surrounding me feels like im doing too much.

as someone struggling to learn to find validation and sense of self within, this is challenging.

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@0x00string Lots of people are going to have lots of opinions and that's nice for them but at the end of the day you're the one who knows what your goals are and you're the one who has to do the work to get there. Assuming the rest of your life isn't falling apart because of your exercise routine and assuming you haven't strayed into eating disorder territory you do you

Get some!

danielcornell, to bookstodon
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Finished Same as Ever by Morgan Housel https://www.amazon.com/Same-Ever-Guide-Never-Changes/dp/B0C1HRH2RH/ref=sr_1_1

This was a good follow up to his Psychology of Money. Looks at many of the same themes, but expanded to look at how they've driven history - and will continue to do so. Some of it was a little fluffy, but it made me think about where I've seen these forces at work in my life

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danielcornell, to bookstodon
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Finished Open Source (Enhancement Series) by Anna L Davis https://www.amazon.com/Open-Source-Enhancement-Anna-Davis/dp/099678280X/ref=sr_1_1 Really enjoyed this one. Lots of relevance to current topics including Neuralink brain implants and using tooling like LLMs to boost productivity. Some of the story transitions were a bit abrupt, but not sure how that could have been handled differently without making the book crazy-long. Excited to see what else Anna L Davis does

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0x58, to crossfit

Hey any 'ers here?

Looking for a new pair of shoes for my daily workouts, any advice?

Been using Nano X for some time now. Thanks!

danielcornell,
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@0x58 I've had a couple pairs of LALO Maximus Grinders https://lalo.com/collections/bud-s-maximus-grinder-1 and loved them but it seems like they may be out of stock. It looks like the BUD/S Grinder Xs (who names these shoes?) https://lalo.com/collections/grinder-men/products/grinder-x have the same lowers with a softer upper

The folks make great rucks/clothing/gear
and have been making footwear for a while https://www.goruck.com/collections/footwear I love their MACV boots for rucking. Haven't tried their CrossFit shoes but may be worth a look

danielcornell, to bookstodon
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Finished Militia House by John Milas https://www.amazon.com/Militia-House-Novel-John-Milas/dp/1250857066/ref=sr_1_1

Horror novel set in Afghanistan written by a Marine veteran - first novel. Like Afghanistan isn't horrific enough on its own. Enjoyed it. Did a great job with the protagonist - not a square-jawed hero or a shithead. Just a Marine dealing with a dumb deployment trying to get his arms around newly being in a leadership position while bad stuff starts to happen around him

Looking forward to what he does next

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