0xF21D

@0xF21D@infosec.exchange

I do cybersecurity for a living. In my spare time I tinker with electronics, radio, and AI.

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0xF21D, to hamradio

I'm reaching out to the mastodon #hamradio community to find out if there's anyone in the Houston, Texas area that will be holding an exam session. I tried the Facebook route but that failed miserably and I don't trust the #ARRL exam session listings. Are their any volunteer examiners in the Houston area that can help steer me in the right direction outside of MeetUp and Facebook. :)

Thank you!
#amateurradio

0xF21D,

@ai6yr I was wondering if remote/online was a thing. I'll check this out. Thank you!

0xF21D,

@davep @mattblaze I'm going to try the online route. @ai6yr pointed me to hamstudy.org and there's online sessions listed.

0xF21D,

@knowattitude @ai6yr @k8vsy I signed ip for a testing session with GLAARG next weekend.

0xF21D, to ADHD

I have and made my own toy because nothing for sale has real toggles and pots. Or even little red push buttons. I’m going to make more. Yay fidget toys!

Same as the other picture but I’m holding it in my hand.

krypt3ia, to random

Oh and yeah, here's another fun fact to thunk on. I saw a think piece on a news service on how everyone should have a bugout bag at the ready. It wasn't about civil unrest though, it was about climate change and extreme weather.

Yes. I agree.

But, it's reached that level now.

We doomed.

0xF21D,

@krypt3ia a certain amount of planning for self-sufficiency in a crisis is good. Having a plan on what to do and a bug out bag or at least knowing what to pack makes a difference.

Looking up tips on such things is a fast deep slide into the whole SHTF zombie apocalypse "prepper community" and it just gets insane from there.

lcamtuf, to random

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    @lcamtuf IMHO it’s either going to be dystopian nightmare (unlikely) or a ghost town of a project that ends up rotting away under the California sun as a magnet for YouTube urbex channels.

    We like to use up and move on here in the US instead of re-using what we already have. Why not just invest in a community that’s already established to improve quality of life? I guess that’s not “effectively altruistic” enough.

    rolle, to fediverse
    @rolle@mementomori.social avatar

    My experience so far with microblogging services:

    Threads: I'm in a wrong party and don't know what to say. I feel awkward, everyone is so happy with their gym selfies. Everyone asking endless questions and asking things from the algorithm. Lots of people use it like Instagram, every post is a selfie with a meaningless caption. Some are copy-pasting the same sentence over and over again for each line. Endless quote-post memes... What the fuck is this shit I don't even...

    Bluesky: A Twitter clone, but still very barebones. Notifications are still not working, there are no hashtags and I don't find any relevant content to me in any of the feeds. It's mostly Facebook-like what's up in life, furry scene and AI photos. No news, no tech/web scene, no nothing. Not to mention it's still invite-only and won't support ActivityPub (yeah I know the reasoning behind that but for me it's mostly bullshit, I look forward to trying bridgy fed).

    Mastodon and the Fediverse: Here I'm at home on my own server. Most content, most features. A community is friendly but has also lots of nitpicking, some angry dudes. Still the most safest, most healthy and most customized, but somehow the most hated network elsewhere. "Too techie", they say. "Too difficult", they say. "No algorithm", they say.

    Nostr: Kinda promising, but way too obscure, strange and even techier than Mastodon. Too much crypto shit.

    Well, that's that. Sometimes I feel like Internet is ruined. But I believe in the open social web movement and I want to see this grow.

    In no other place I can write a status update as freely as this, as long as this or with a low bar as this. I LIKE this 100%. The same can't be said in those other places I'm experimenting with out of curiosity. There I'm the weird kid. Here I feel like myself.

    0xF21D,

    @agasramirez @rolle I think it’s the lack of an algorithm like on that bird site where the amplification skewed negative. This seems to encourage healthier conversation. That’s been my experience at least, as a rando replying to this because someone boosted it, :)

    cloudguy, to random

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    @cloudguy I'm reminded of the time an instructor at a call center job I spent a month in did a live web search for something on the overhead and dumbly clicked into a porn site without thinking.

    People do things without thinking, I share in your despair.

    Lockdownyourlife, to OSINT

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    0xF21D,

    @Lockdownyourlife I love the setting on the telegram desktop app, if this setting is still around, that will automatically download everything you see in channel.

    No way is that going to be abused. :D

    0xF21D, to random

    Cleaned up my mastodon bookmark backlog. le-yikes it was big.

    catsalad, to random

    Perfect! Some decorative spicy pillows to liven up the place...

    0xF21D,

    @catsalad I want these! Where did you find them?

    0xF21D,

    @catsalad thank you much!

    mattblaze, to photography
    @mattblaze@federate.social avatar

    I just got a complaint about my posts, which I concluded came from a troll, but perhaps I’m actually coming off in a way that rubs people the wrong way here.

    The complaint was that by posting high resolution images and describing in detail the processes used to create them, I’m merely “showing off” in a way that isn’t useful to most people.

    I indeed do rather niche photography, using relatively esoteric gear. I think some people are interested in process and enjoy the results.

    0xF21D,

    @mattblaze I hope that the people who nerd out with your posts outweigh the detractors. I’m not into photography but I love learning the recipes. :)

    0xF21D,

    @mattblaze Art from adversity. Out of box thinking. Exploration. Leaving Plato’s cave. Etc etc etc.

    jan, to random
    @jan@toot.io avatar

    Twitter ad free $16/month

    Mastodon ad free $0/month

    Shoot out to all Mastodon admins out there !! ❤️

    0xF21D,

    @jan I donate $8 a month to my mastodon instance because Elon said $8 was reasonable. Sounds like I need to increase that amount to $16. I’m glad Elon thinks so.

    ryanhoulihan, to random
    @ryanhoulihan@mastodon.social avatar

    No matter how the Fediverse turns on me, I will never stop saying that APPLE SUCKS https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/19/23924549/jon-stewart-apple-ai-china-cancel

    0xF21D,

    @ryanhoulihan at some point apple morphed into just another shitty conglomerate. Everything they do is in the conglomerate playbook. They are no longer unique, and I can’t wait to hear Jon Stewart’s side of this tale.

    0xabad1dea, to random

    I wonder which email address has legitimately sent the most emails ever. it’s gonna be a noreply@ somewhere I imagine

    0xF21D,

    @0xabad1dea publicly or internal to a company IT department? If non-public counts I have stories. :)

    nblr, to random
    @nblr@chaos.social avatar

    Hacker leaks millions of 23andme genetic data profiles.

    Please resequence your DNA asap, make sure you use at least four different letters and a minimum length of 3.2×10⁹ characters.

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-leaks-millions-of-new-23andme-genetic-data-profiles/

    0xF21D,

    @nblr are spaces okay?

    foone, to random
    @foone@digipres.club avatar

    This whole "real names in open source" discussion is kinda amusing to me, because at one point I was in the credits of a project under three separate names.

    0xF21D,

    @foone Three credits are better than one.

    jonty, to random
    @jonty@chaos.social avatar

    It's worth encouraging friends to buy geiger counters, because then they occasionally post terrifying videos from uranium mines
    https://chaos.social/@grajohnt/111166988857451556

    0xF21D,

    @jonty I like carrying around a geiger when I go to antique shops. I also love to comment loudly on the spicyness of the selection of radioactive red fiestaware on display.

    I have an old CD survey meter where the needle counts in rem instead of mrem, and that's a great conversation piece about how you never want to see that needle move. :D

    jerry, to random

    Infosec.exchange crossed the 2 million post threshold last night. That’s a lot of cat pics.

    0xF21D,

    @catsalad @jerry Teeny beans!

    SwiftOnSecurity, to random

    UX designers who eliminated the filesystem from user consciousness in name of simplicity ruined the world and are morally culpable for shriveling minds of children who are unable to tackle the challenges of today thanks to a choice sold as advocacy for the user but was ultimately motivated by control of a disempowered customer.

    0xF21D,

    @SwiftOnSecurity I’d like to have a database where I can define libraries of documents, images, data, etc based upon the metadata of my choosing and render it all quickly accessible on my own machine without being required to connect to the internet, but corporations will have none of that and UX designers are too busy trying to be the next Jony Ive.

    Until I have what I want, something that should be easy to accomplish with general purpose computers, the only type we know how to build, I will stay with filesystems.

    lcamtuf, to random

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    0xF21D,

    @SecurityWriter @lcamtuf @adamshostack this is chaotic evil.

    0x00string, to random

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    0xF21D,

    @0x00string This reminds me of a "before times" story where a bunch of subordinates go to a nearby restaurant for $1 margaritas during lunch then come back buzzed because it gets them through the rest of the days bullshit. This happens weekly. Those people don't work there anymore, including the one telling this tale. This is first hand knowledge.

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