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simplenomad

@simplenomad@rigor-mortis.nmrc.org

Long time #Hacker type. #Hippie and I care about the #planet, ask me about #solarpower and #EV.

RemoteWork since 1999, you know, since last century.

Been here since April 2022 and on this instance since Nov 2022.

Work is :gitlab: #GitLab. Former ghost hunter and storm chaser. Survivor of #cancer and a #widower. Links in the About. He/Him.

#Infosec #hacker

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simplenomad, to infosec
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Hey and various old school types out there. Ages ago I read a tale about a print server that was the source of an intrusion into some system that the author of this tale was trying to secure. In other words, the print server (at some ISP in Australia) had been popped and from there the attacker was getting into other systems. If you were around in the last century and involved in tech and security you might have read this in some zine or blog. A pointer to a copy of this tale would be appreciated, and you will be rewarded in a large quantity of Zorkmids. And if you get the Zorkmids reference, surely you might recall this tale. Boosts appreciated.

simplenomad, to random
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If you're wondering if the days are longer, they are, due to changes in the Earth's rotation. Scientists have tracked this down, and it is apparently because of Nikola Tesla spinning in his grave.

mattferrell, to random
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/JPGMBbBt9s8 Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/1bad8d75 Sean and I talk about old designs, new designs, and the coincidences linking them. Wind turbine design goes back centuries, but are they actually linked to newer designs?

simplenomad,
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@mattferrell Sean needs to update his wardrobe for YouTube if you're going to continue to show him up with high quality merch. Just sayin'

simplenomad, to random
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In case you were wondering, I flipped off Kid Rock while out getting takeout. Or at least his tour bus, as it turned to head up to the stadium near my house. Don’t worry right wingers, I also flipped off Taylor Swift heading to the same stadium on her last tour so I spread the angst around.

I really need to pay attention to the stadium schedule to avoid getting pissed off by sports teams, musical acts, and whatever the fuck that idiot Kid Rock is.

simplenomad, to tea
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That thing, where it is early in the morning, you've fixed your breakfast of a single packet of instant oatmeal and dry wheat toast, you've added the boiling water to the oatmeal, poured a mug of water with Earl Grey to steep, you eat the toast to allow the hot water in the oatmeal to expand a bit, you start eating the oatmeal, and then BAM. You didn't stir the oatmeal enough so halfway through you get all of the sugar added to the packet in one bite and your world is UPSIDE DOWN.

That will wake you up much quicker than the Earl Grey could ever hope for.

pluralistic, to ai
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The big news in search this week is that Google is continuing its transition to "AI search" - instead of typing in search terms and getting links to websites, you'll ask Google a question and an AI will compose an answer based on things it finds on the web:

https://blog.google/products/search/generative-ai-google-search-may-2024/

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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/2024/05/15/they-trust-me-dumb-fucks/#ai-search

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simplenomad,
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@pluralistic This new offering of an AI search engine reminds me of the radio receiver on board with the crew on Hitchhiker's Guide, used for listening to music, news, and entertainment, where it had become so unusable that they've just throw something in the direction of the sensitive and elaborate frequency tuning mechanism, hoping the tuning dial would land on something listenable.

simplenomad, to infosec
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I recently deployed Wireguard, and have a blog post about it. It's more of a "real world" blog post than instructional, but I do enclose details about what I did and how I did it.

https://www.markloveless.net/blog/2024/5/14/installing-wireguard

simplenomad, to random
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Outside of GPS on certain tractors that impacted farming (at least here in North American), were there other impacts to our technological world? Other than the slightly increased load to social media involving posts? Curious...

https://www.404media.co/solar-storm-knocks-out-tractor-gps-systems-during-peak-planting-season/

simplenomad, to random
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No pics of a rare (for this region) aurora light display due to clouds. And a long day, so I’m tired and not going to wait and hope for a break in the cloud cover….

simplenomad, to random
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Every once in a while you realize how weird the Internet is in an unusual way. For my blog site I got a report showing the most popular page landings based upon search terms. Last month the number one blog post was a review I did of my HP Dev One. In the blog post I had a picture of the inside captioned "nerd porn". The popular search term that generated all those hits was "porn hp" aka HP Porn. Let me just say if you're a Harry Potter fan in a weird way, feel free to search for that term.

The blog post in question for the curious: https://www.markloveless.net/blog/2023/3/10/my-hp-dev-one

simplenomad, to random
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My main use for Amazon is to find products. Once I've found what I want, I look up the seller directly and see if I can get them some other way - usually simply getting it direct from them. It is usually about the same price but as they are not giving a chunk of it to Amazon they are making more money. Yes, I rarely get free shipping or whatever, but it helps support what it often a small business. I encourage all of you to do the same.

simplenomad, to ubuntu
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Here's your every 24th month reminder that do-release-upgrade will not work until the .1 LTS release is out.

simplenomad, to solar
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Two things I want from a cloudy day when it comes to my solar panels and various batteries I want them charging - the house batteries get charged, and the EV gets charged. The latter has happened today, the former should be there with an hour or two. This is important during storm season here in Texas. Since the EV is fine for several days, I'll leave it unplugged for a few days so I can prioritize the house batteries with any excess being sold back to the grid.

simplenomad, to random
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Yes I am mature. Why do you ask?

mattferrell, to solar
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Latest follow-up podcast is out! YouTube: https://youtu.be/m0GfWX5sT4o Audio version: https://share.transistor.fm/s/ce9cce2d Sean and I talk about whether or not the distrust in sustainable tech, like home solar panels, is based on fact or fiction.

simplenomad,
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@mattferrell Let Sean know since he referenced a human ear growing on a rat I was 1) immediately reminded of a character Ear Man from the David Cronenberg film “Crimes of the Future” (I did not see it, just saw stills from the movie), and 2) also immediately kept mentally seeing Sean as Ear Man trying to do the podcast. Very distracting, I kept giggling like an 11 year old. Otherwise, great podcast.

For reference: https://www.gq.com/story/ear-man-crimes-of-the-future

simplenomad, to tea
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I might have enough tea to get me through the morning.

simplenomad, to infosec
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I sort of have opinions about TikTok and the ban, but not like everyone else...

https://www.markloveless.net/blog/2024/4/25/the-tiktok-implications

simplenomad, to random
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Across the street from the car dealership where I’m currently at is this fine establishment.

simplenomad, to infosec
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Question for fam and friends. I am looking at replacing my old Sony "smart" TV with something less "phone home" and less broken from a software standpoint. Something that doesn't require its own VLAN and is the number one blocked device by PiHole in the house. I'm considering something using Linux, something using a Mac, or an Apple TV+ (for ease-of-use interface). Any thoughts, advice, or "if I could do it over" stories are welcome.

As an FYI, the old television's app system is increasingly buggy, especially after upgrades to the Android OS and/or individual streaming apps, to the point of madness.

simplenomad, to tech
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If you're looking for a way to irritate other , particularly nerds, just say "What's the big deal about Al? Always in the headlines, who's Al anyway?" And don't say as in "ai" say Al like "Al Capone".

simplenomad,
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@WagesOf Shit. Guess what song is now stuck in my head?

mattferrell, to solar
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Did I get ripped off and scammed with my solar?

Check out our video on it, here: https://youtu.be/BD7aCkLwR7U

Or check out the page on our website, here: https://undecidedmf.com/top-5-reasons-were-getting-ripped-off-with-solar-or-are-we/

simplenomad,
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@mattferrell Yeah I caught a lot of this shit online from my blog post series on getting panels and batteries. Assuming the annual cost of electricity is the same as 2017 when I got the first "wave" done, with wave two and three done in 2019 and 2022 respectively, it will all be paid for in electric bill savings in about 2030. However since rates have slowly increased, that will be actually 2026.

Works fine on cloudy and winter days, can charge my EV for free, and my neighbors in this working class neighborhood are getting solar, despite the "cost".

Plus if the zombie apocalypse happens and the zombies attack the grid itself, I'll still be up and op, probably bitching online about zombies.

simplenomad,
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@adrianthorne @mattferrell Everyone knows that on a strict diet of human brains it just results in a lot of methane expulsion…

simplenomad, to ghost
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When I first heard was working on integrating with I naturally assumed it was the band Ghost. Just me? Still cool news.

https://activitypub.ghost.org/

simplenomad, to SmartHome
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After over 11cm (about 4.34 inches) of rain yesterday, area flooding in lower parts of the city, causing a few isolated and hard-to-repair-quickly power outages to small pockets of residents and businesses. There were a few "glitches" as power was re-routed to help restore things. Long story short, three power outages since yesterday afternoon, two of them overnight, and I only know this because my told me so via alerts. Fortunately with the batteries only the non-critical-load circuits were down briefly. Weird seeing all the neighbors' lights go off on the outside cameras, then come back on.

So glad to have and to keep things up and op as the gets increasingly intense each season.

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