DefectiveWings

@DefectiveWings@infosec.exchange

"Simplistic lifestyle with lots of technology added."

Former pilot, electrical engineer. Switched to computers back in 2009 and have found myself in charge of all things IT related at a small company.

Posts are my own.

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CelloMomOnCars, to random
@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social avatar

The skin of your laundry pods dissolve in the washing machine, right?

They dissolve into microplastic.
And wastewater treatment systems have no way to filter that out so the microplastics go straight into streams and the ocean.

Just pour your laundry soap out of a box or bottle.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-08/new-york-city-considers-banning-laundry-dishwasher-pods?

DefectiveWings,

@jinnijoon
How does the plastic dissolve? I always thought they were some sort of dried out soap on the outside.
@CelloMomOnCars

Edent, to metaverse
@Edent@mastodon.social avatar

🆕 blog! “VR Game Review: Labyrinth deLux – A Crusoe Quest”

I love single player VR puzzle games. Especially ones with no timers, baddies, or jump-scares. I just want to play against myself. Labyrinth deLux is brilliant. The puzzle is simple enough - point lasers at mirrors, then align mirrors until they point at the target. You've almost certainly played…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/02/vr-game-review-labyrinth-delux-a-crusoe-quest/
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DefectiveWings,

@Edent
A Fisherman's Tale is another slower paced puzzle VR game that you might enjoy

SwiftOnSecurity, to random

Reacher Season 1 on Amazon Prime Video is actually shocking good? No joke. Go check it out. It knows exactly what it is and that is joyous. It’s a show entirely how all your problems are solved by being tall.

DefectiveWings,

@SwiftOnSecurity
They did a great job of bringing the book to TV. I hope they keep making more.

jerry, to random

Eevee is helping with post processing

DefectiveWings,

@jerry
Pair programming is rough when you have to carry your partner.

jerry, (edited ) to random

Which Linux shell should i be using and why?

DefectiveWings,

@jerry
I've enjoyed the zsh shell when installed along with ohmyzsh. I like the jonathan theme, personally.

Image preview of the theme:

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/49100982/108254860-8c594780-716c-11eb-8f8b-be04d4943216.jpg

steamdeckhq, to Steamdeck
@steamdeckhq@mastodon.world avatar

Even with some amazing bundles and sales available, free games are always welcome, and this week, we have some great ones for your and ROG Ally, including Deathloop!

https://steamdeckhq.com/news/free-games-for-steam-deck-rog-ally-12-15-23/

DefectiveWings,

@steamdeckhq You should remove Styx. Game is no longer available for free.

khalidabuhakmeh, to IndianaJones
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.social avatar

I just realized that the end of and the Holy Grail is one big scheme. At least, that's how I feel every time I need to log into an account these days.

Indiana Jones bridge
Indiana Jones looking at the Grail
You chose… wisely

DefectiveWings,

@khalidabuhakmeh

Something you are (penitent man)
Something you have (faith)
Something you know (which cup is it)

lcamtuf, (edited ) to random

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    DefectiveWings,

    @lcamtuf
    And people don't like it when your job makes their life harder.

    darth, to Steamdeck
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    DefectiveWings,

    @darth Not yet, but ask me after tomorrow when my dock arrives. 😎​

    jerry, to random

    It is hard to describe, in words, the level of not being ready to go back to work tomorrow morning after a four-day weekend

    DefectiveWings,

    @jerry That's why I made it a 5 day weekend.

    Ask me tomorrow about how I'm feeling, though.

    s31bz, to Steamdeck
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    DefectiveWings,

    @s31bz I might have to do this. The perpetual resinstallation of certain packages is getting annoying on the default install of SteamOS.

    Rajiv, to random

    Time for some upgrades. I need to add a dedicated ssd for video clips as well as upgrade cpu from 3700x to 5900x.
    3700x will go into spare parts bin. I have another mobo,case,psu,ram & now cpu to build another computer. All I need now is a gpu & storage. Then I will be able to start playing with proxmox.

    DefectiveWings,

    @Rajiv Have you had much success with pass-through GPU-ing with proxmox?

    Edent, to DoctorWho
    @Edent@mastodon.social avatar

    I AM OVEREXCITED FOR !

    DefectiveWings,

    @Edent
    I just picked up seasons 1-10 for $50 at a local store. Looking forward to rewatching

    Edent, to android
    @Edent@mastodon.social avatar

    A question for my friends.

    Did you know that you can turn off auto-update in the Google Play appstore?

    It allows you to keep old versions if an update contains something you don't like.

    How many apps do you have frozen in time?

    DefectiveWings,

    @Edent
    I hate how turning it off for one app seems to stop updates for all apps.

    matt, to security
    @matt@oslo.town avatar

    So, if I use PASSWORD-MANAGER to store all my passwords, but said P-M can also store 2FA codes and passkeys...

    Isn't it a security risk to store it all in the same PASSWORD-MANAGER?

    Right now, I use one app for my passwords and a second completely different app for 2FA codes. But if I used the same app and that Master Password was compromised, then they have access to both my password and 2FA, right?

    DefectiveWings,

    @matt It depends on your risk tolerance/ model.

    If the goal is to prevent someone from gaining access to your accounts from a password dump of Online Service A, then saving the MFA token in your password manager is just fine.

    If your risk model needs to address full machine compromise and/or rubber hose & wrench attacks, then further separation of those authentication methods is probably best.

    neurovagrant, to random
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    DefectiveWings,

    @neurovagrant I hate those PEBKAC errors. I get them all the time...typically exposed right after I ask someone else.

    mattblaze, to random
    @mattblaze@federate.social avatar

    The thing I don't get: if I'm such a naive idiot, why the hell are you following me?

    DefectiveWings,

    @mattblaze
    "Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?" - some man, great at getting people into trouble

    reyjrar, to random

    I can't help but notice the new Apple laptops rate "Video Playback 22 hours, Web Browsing 15 hours" under battery life.

    Congratulations web developers everywhere, it's now more computationally intense to render a webpage than video playback!

    DefectiveWings,

    @reyjrar
    So what you're saying is, my website should just be a video?

    DefectiveWings,

    @Haste Overload [1] is a great modern remake of the game. Plays great on the , too.

    [1] https://www.gog.com/en/game/overload

    SwiftOnSecurity, to random

    Nobody before or after this has culture. Your mind has never existed on a precipice of infinity. To know actual, true awe in beholding a thing produced at the same speed of your perception, that has never existed. That was impossible. You are empty because you have never felt joy.

    DefectiveWings,

    @SwiftOnSecurity
    Wintergatten YouTube channel gets close:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q

    DefectiveWings, to sysadmin

    Looking for a backup solution for both Windows and Linux targets (about 20/80% respectively). We're building a new backup server (Currently using BackupPC), and figured this was a good time to start researching other options.

    I'd prefer a solution that's on-prem (e.g.no cloud solutions).

    Any ideas?

    DefectiveWings,

    @visone

    Rsync is an option, but crude.

    BackupPC is basically a glorified rsync backup, with the added benefit of partial and full backups and GUI tools.

    It's a bit slow, and for the 200ish machines I have, it tends to not keep up as well as I'd like

    DefectiveWings,

    @borgmatic

    It's on my shortlist to look into! Thanks.

    hacks4pancakes, (edited ) to random

    Polling y'all IT and security people for my own amusement and frustration -

    The very worst tech sales pitch you got this week:

    DefectiveWings,

    @hacks4pancakes

    Picked the scheduling option as it was the closest one.

    "We noticed you haven't used us to shred your confidential information for nearly three years. We know you'd like to set this up for every two years (oh really?). When can we come out to work with you again?"

    Like, dude. I'll tell you what I told the last sales rep. That multi-hundred hard drive dump you got from us was nearing a decade in the making. I don't go through that many harddrives. I don't need to pay the onsite fee just to shred the ten drives I have currently have locked up in the closet.

    SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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    DefectiveWings,

    @SmudgeTheInsultCat

    Spared no expense on that

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