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🔞 Half-fox, half-wolf, half-engineer. Into electronics, radio & software. (Very) amateur radio operator. Aspiring TETRA V+D nerd. Talks about NSFW stuff sometimes. Runs (NSFW) https://isthisyiff.net

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avon_deer, to random
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It is important that people know this COULD happen

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@philpem @Sorvall @avon_deer I’m terrified either way. Braverman is going to become leader if Sunak tanks.

siderea, (edited ) to random

IF YOU ARE HIDING A CELL PHONE OR OTHER CELLULAR DEVICE

TODAY, WED OCT 4 (2023) IT'S GOING TO SOUND AN ALARM STARTING at 2:20pm EDT (11:20am PDT), maybe coming as late as a half an hour after that.

IT WILL MAKE A LOUD NOISE THAT WILL REVEAL ITS EXISTENCE TO ANYONE IN EARSHOT. EVEN IF IT'S IN AIRPLANE MODE. EVEN IF IT'S SET TO SILENT.

(continued)

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@siderea My understanding of how this was done in the UK was that it used LTE Cell Broadcast. 2G and 3G-only devices didn't receive it. There was/is no "message queueing" to speak of.

HOWEVER - it was anything but a synchronous event. Some networks/areas aired the cell broadcast much later than others, indeed myself and my partner received ours a good 45 minutes after the scheduled time. Some people reported an hour or more delay. I'd say wait many hours after the scheduled time before turning back on to be safe.

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    @cazabon @Lockdownyourlife On iOS you can disable all emergency alerts. Settings → Notifications → Scroll all the way to the very bottom → Emergency & Severe alerts off.

    I'd still a) Turn the phone off to be doubly sure, and b) Keep the phone off for at least a few hours after the and before the scheduled time. Our test in the UK was... very unsynchronised across networks & areas.

    ret, to random
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    Dunno how I feel about the whole "discord is going to start using signed links to stop you hotlinking stuff" scare.

    Firstly, why shouldn't they? End of the day, their CDN is there to support media posted in Discord channels, not to act as general purpose arbitrary object storage & distribution. Why anyone had any expectation to the contrary, I don't know...

    Also that word has been kinda forgotten by the current generation of Internet users - hotlinking. Back in the day, you'd get a snarky alternative message served up if you sent a request for an image hosted on a forum without Referrer: set to an acceptable value. "Don't steal our bandwidth!".

    This isn't new. Yes, there are enshitificatory phenomena affecting Discord right now, as there are other platforms, but I don't really feel this is one of them.

    ret, to random
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    More ThinkPad upgrades done. Glass trackpad (from an X1 Carbon) and extra little NVMe SSD in the WWAN M.2 slot.

    bloor, to random
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    Divide by zero error.

    ret,
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    @tony @bloor I expect it's just "truss was good for my interests, sunak is bad". These people are all gamblers, grifters and cheats simply astroturfing in their chosen rags.

    Nothing they write is what they actually believe, it's simply what they want people to read.

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    ret, to random
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    Attempting to relax.

    ret,
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    @kiwa it’s a banger for sure. Data link layer got nothin’ on it.

    Ninji, to random
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    thinking about this wall in the new part of the Trafford Centre. I guess they ran out of budget for another gaudy statue, so they just printed one instead

    a creepily empty walkway has patterned stone tiles on the floor, marble columns (with a sign pointing towards the toilets), and two walls with printed-on graphics to make it look like there’s a stone sculptures and plants there
    a close-up of me touching one of the fake plants in the art that’s printed on the wall; it’s visibly pixelated

    ret,
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    @Ninji Far less risk of this falling on someone too. Think of the insurance savings.

    ret, to random
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    [Dragon] furries at every level of the tech stack, for all time.

    The boot screen for this piece of equipment. For some reason, there is a large dragon.

    ret, to random
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    This is a project a friend and I worked on for a year or so. The friend I was working with sadly passed away last year and it didn't feel right to continue since they were very much the driver behind this. I think about this project a lot and I wanted to share it here.

    The back side of a 3D model of the WCC board. The silkscreen says "Wolfnet Costume Controller".
    Four prototype Wolfnet Costume Controllers on a desk. The second and fourth are upside down, revealing the logo.
    A very early drawing of the block diagram for the WCC. The ESP32 SoC is in the centre, with (clockwise order) a DC-DC boost converter to supply fans, two fan PWM outputs, a 3V3 linear regulator for LEDs, a 1-Wire interface, a CP2012n USB-UART bridge and USB port, flash storage and a 3.3V linear regulator supply. Many things were improved upon since this original diagram.

    neil, to random

    If you are tempted by a new iPhone but have a perfectly good existing iPhone, and really want something new, a new case or new wallpaper might do the trick.

    ret,
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    @neil or £40 for a new Li-Ion battery. That’s what I’m doing!

    bloor, to random
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    Just a few words too long…

    image/jpeg

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    @bloor It's funny how The Express is spinning this like some momentous victory.

    Like, you got us into this situation. None of this would be necessary if you hadn't sown misinformation for decades.

    ret, to random
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    After years of Mac ownership, I’ve finally escaped and discovered true gaming.

    ret, to random
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    Told you it was happening.

    philpem, to random
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    As opposed to what, elongated musk?

    ret,
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    @philpem intense musk

    Ninji, to random
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    my phone just decided to drop to 3G in the middle of Glasgow for several minutes, feels like i’m back in 2011

    i forgot that 3G was an actual, functional service and not just “the icon that shows up to give you false hope”

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    @Ninji it’ll be gone soon! 2G is here to stay though ^.^

    nysepho, to random

    LIVLIG doesn't get half the love BLÅHAJ does :blobfoxcry2:

    Photo of the IKEA LIVLIG siberian husky soft toy.

    ret,
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    @nysepho heck yeah

    A plushie husky sat at the top of a bookcase

    malwaretech, to random

    This article from the EFF seems naive at best. They argue that Tier 1 ISPs should not police speech, which is fair, but their proposed solution is to just let hate sites sit around and radicalize people, then have the law deal with the few who cross the line between protected speech and criminal harassment.

    Below is an extensive list of all the times 'just throw more cops at the problem' has solved anything:

    1. literally not once ever.
    2. See 1.

    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/isps-should-not-police-online-speech-no-matter-how-awful-it

    video/mp4

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    @malwaretech awful, awful straw man and false equivalence. Sorry but you missed the mark here. This is way more nuanced than that.

    kiwa, to random
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    Cancel wait

    ret,
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    @kiwa Oooh that takes me back. Some of my first online experiences were on PalmOS and Windows Mobile, either wardriving outside neighbours houses or using painfully slow GPRS over Bluetooth on my Motorola V500.

    ret,
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    @kiwa GPRS over IR! Now there's a thing!

    philpem, to random
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    The slides and code have appeared. Slide 14's quote from Brian Murgatroyd (Chairman, ETSI TC TETRA, 2023) is an absolute howler.

    Really looking forward to the @defcon presentation this weekend. Hope it's being streamed or recorded.

    https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/64a2900ed5e9bb672af9b2ed/64d430f4e17d98ba0e38996a_Presentations%20-%20US-23-Meijer-All-Cops-Are-Broadcasting.pdf

    https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/64a2900ed5e9bb672af9b2ed/64d42fcc2e3fdcf3d323f3d9_All_cops_are_broadcasting_TETRA_under_scrutiny.pdf

    https://github.com/MidnightBlueLabs/TETRA_crypto

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    @philpem @defcon blimey. What an embarrassing thing to be on the record saying.

    ret,
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    @philpem @defcon I feel like these orgs have a massive problem with long-serving higher-ups with stagnating attitudes and approaches. That might be unfair to say but crikey, this is totally orthogonal to contemporary security best practice.

    philpem, to random
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    Seems the UKCA mark is goneski... who didn't see that coming? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/01/uk-eu-safety-mark-brexit-climbdown

    ret,
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    @evi @philpem Created to satisfy the insane headbanger MPs that propped up the creation of this government, basically.

    Now that those people are no longer needed, a lot of this cruft is being quietly dropped it seems. Wasteful indeed, but indicative of a truly broken political system that isn't fit for purpose and serves nobody but itself.

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