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elfin

@elfin@mstdn.social

I make things, I fix things, and quite often break things. A Silicon Valley refugee living in the Pacific North West.

Three decades in the world of computers and most of it developing the Internet (largely as a Web Thing, but not really).

#Carbs #Salt #Sugar #Caffeine #SysAdmin #Dogs #Outdoors #Food #WestCoast #Seattle #SiliconValley #SantaCruz #UNIX #OpenSource #SelfHosting #UrbanWalking #WiFi #CafeComputing #Geekosterone

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malwaretech, to random

My thoughts on how Generative AI threatens to bring about the end of the free and open internet.

https://marcushutchins.com/blog/tech/opinions/the-end-of-the-free-internet.html

elfin,
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@snipe What cracks me up is that Snipe-It's masthead has more Critters than People.

signaltap, to random
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This was the only way we were able to access any email for the whole blizzard in Texas in 2021 because the rare signal that came through was so weak... This is a legit asset during disasters that is getting mothballed for what I assume is pretty marginal money, and probably has negative impacts in people in less wealthy nations too
https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/25/gmail_basic_html_discontinued/

elfin,
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@juliewebgirl @jernej__s @jason @tommertron @signaltap No SHIT? BRB. I need one of our accounts, and the other three GThings would be...nice I suppose.

And yes, to Google, K9 isn't Securing their ability to get all nosy in your business (tho, it actually is ... they can still collect data just as well as I can on when someone logs in, when they DL mail, attachments, etc, etc, etc.).

Mozilla/ThunderBird buying K9 probably scared them vis-a-vis Anti-Trust.

elfin,
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@juliewebgirl @jernej__s @jason @tommertron @signaltap Since they're letting K9 in, makes me wonder about TBird.

I'll try that too.

You'll be getting alerts. :D

elfin,
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@jernej__s @juliewebgirl @jason @tommertron @signaltap A few years back they killed it for being "Insecure" with our GSuite account, and our client accounts. It's been a pain in the arse.

elfin, to random
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I'm all for Trump owning a firearm. The likelyhood of doing something stupid and injuring himself is about 95%. This gives me joy.

*Also he still has SecService and doesn't Need a firearm.

elfin,
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@kkeller I have this vision of the A-Team movie where some dumbass is going to eliminate the Antagonist.

Antagonist: "Please don't let him shoot me, that's just insulting." while dumbass is looking down the barrel trying to screw on a supressor.

I actually found that scene valid.

GottaLaff, (edited ) to Canada
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Fall in
🇨🇦

This was after a day of rain, right outside our back gate. Gorgeous. 1/...

elfin,
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@GottaLaff I Love my trails around here. The County is upgrading stuff and I Thank them Profusely for Building/Fixing/Upgrading the trails.

Dunno what I would do if I couldn't go for a walk when I get stuck on something and need to walk it off.

elfin,
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@GottaLaff So on my side of town they're putting in a Light Rail. BUT! They cut a hole under the freeway and built a bridge across the creek! It opens in three weeks!!! They're repaving the lot for bicyclists to park and tearing out the trashy wooden fence things (they're rotted). That's just this Week!

And they're cutting out the invasive blackberries.

I really do love these people, and I'm not shy about letting them know how much they make (the/my) world better.

itnewsbot, to retrocomputing
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RP2040 Emulator Brings the Voice of the 80s Back to Life - You may not have heard, but there’s a chip shortage out there. And it’s not just t... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/22/rp2040-emulator-brings-the-voice-of-the-80s-back-to-life/

elfin,
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@itnewsbot Heh! That's cool.

inquiline, to random
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Can't wait to see what NYC does to this cop robot.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/nyregion/police-robot-times-square-nyc.html

Tho the bar is high after Philly destroyed the hitchhiking robot

elfin,
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@inquiline It has the ED-209 problem with Stairs I see.

stux, to random
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Tomorrow I’ll update all our instances with the latest version👌🏻♥️ unfortunately backups are taking too long to complete this today

All instance have the security patch so that’s taken care of :ablobcatnomcookie:

elfin,
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@stux Gotta weigh them things when you're SysOp.

Patches is good!

elfin, to random
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What the fuck is wrong with people that stop right in front of a door, and spend the next minute and a half texting?

Boot

elfin,
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@kkeller You mean like a Hockey Check "accidentally"?

elfin,
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@kkeller The other thing I hate is when people do the same thing at a stairwell.

> Also, it's well known I carry at least one blade so your advice is Bad.

skinnylatte, to random
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In talking to a lot of people about their food habits and preferences I’ve realized that I don’t really have any element of disgust for any foods. Not sure if it’s a function of my cultural upbringing or exposure. Everything is interesting to me, very few things are disgusting. I also feel I can be uninterested in eating something without being disgusted by it.

All to say, I will defend the Cheetos burrito at Aguachiles El Tamarindo, and the grasshopper tacos at La Oaxaqueña with my last breath

elfin,
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@juliewebgirl @skinnylatte Totally closing my laptop now. I will not engage tin his conversation.

elfin,
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@juliewebgirl @skinnylatte I can make exceptional vegan/vegetarian/carnivore meals, and I'm happy to do so. I don't like "political" vegans. They really make me grumpy. Manufactured Morality gets my undies in a bunch.

That's how I got thrown off Twitter a few years back and ended up here.

elfin,
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@juliewebgirl @skinnylatte I don't really eat much meat, veggies and CARBS. I run on rice and pasta (and bread) for the most part.

Mmmmm, pasta.

Everything else is toppings.

elfin,
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@skinnylatte @juliewebgirl Sigh Didn't see that coming.

I'm also Buddhist.

At least we're on the West Coast.

Isn't easy tho. I'm a middle aged white guy so folk make... assumptions.

My attitude is: Eat what makes YOU Feel Good. Your body will explain what it wants/needs and just listen.

Best I got. shrug

lowqualityfacts, to random
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The perfect plan.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

elfin,
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@lowqualityfacts This Tracks.

stevesilberman, to random
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An unusually nice selection of poet Allen Ginsberg's photos, including a couple I've never seen. https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2023/aug/30/beats-connection-allen-ginsberg-inner-circle-in-pictures

elfin,
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@stevesilberman You... Still one of the most embarrassing moments of my life introducing me to Mr. Ginsberg.

(Swears in five languages).

Great photo tho.

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

elfin,
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@malwaretech Marcus? You know I like and respect you ... that being said...

Tier 1 ISPs ARE Common Carriers and Have Zero right/privilege/responsibility to filter ANYTHING. I pay for 65,535 TCP ports and another set in UDP.

You're playing the Paul Vixie Blackhole DNS/Domains Spam Game and I vehemently disagree, because it's Dangerous.

Free_Press, to news
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There Are NO Words...

Tucker Carlson Claims U.S. Hates Russia Because It’s a ‘Christian’ Country, In Budapest Speech: ‘Dangerous and Insane’

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/tucker-carlson-claims-u-s-hates-russia-because-its-a-christian-country-in-budapest-speech-dangerous-and-insane/

elfin,
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@Free_Press Another candidate for the Thorazine Shuffle.

DrJackBrown, to random
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Who, in an effort to save their arse, is going to flip on Marjorie Taylor Greene?

elfin,
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@DrJackBrown According to what I've read this week, Herself?

noyovo, to random

Hey people who're still masking (or doing different shit if you can't) how are you coping with most people no longer giving a shit? (Are you coping?)

elfin,
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@Tinu @noyovo I', truly sorry.

My mom has lymphoma and...ll I can do is Rage WITH your post.

I dunno what to do anymore (vis-a-vis sane realization of masking) ... leaving a place I considered safe years ago but these petri-dish asshats are fucking my day over. And I can@juliewebgirl@mstdn.social

polychrome, to random

Oh my goodness I've just learned a thing about The Matrix that causes it to make a lot more sense: In the original script the humans were used as neural network compute clusters by the Machines and as a crucial component of The Matrix itself.

Which is why humans who were aware of the simulation could control aspects of The Matrix - their minds were part of its foundation.

Unfortunately the test audiences had trouble understanding this concept so the studio changed the human role to "batteries".

elfin,
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It's also the basic component of Neil Stephenson's "The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer"

People, were the compute stack and the sexual transmission of the "virus" that turned folk essentially into a BotNet.

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