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fedops

@fedops@fosstodon.org

Self-confessed hermit misanthrope. #childfree, #foss, #privacy, #selfhosting, #hiking, #gardening, #nature #conservancy, #EV. My background is 30 years of Unix and Linux sysadmin, 10 in industrial OT security. I'm also a forest smallholder.

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"When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new." - The Dalai Lama

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RL_Dane, to random
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Ok guys...

  1. I'm back $HOME, so @charadon can stop giving me the hairy eyeball ;)

  2. Yep, the Valley of Hinnom is unseasonably frosty right about now, @fedops ;)

fedops,
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@benjaminhollon @RL_Dane also @dnkl is here and super helpful. 👍

slothrop, to random
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    fedops,
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    @slothrop swallowed a lot of water then? 😄

    RL_Dane, to random
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    I'm wondering if it's about time for this clean-shaven to switch to . 🤔

    It seems X11 is really coming to a crossroads and turning into maintenance-mode software.
    At this point, it runs fine even on my 12th-Gen intel machine, but if I ever get newer hardware (not anytime soon, obvs.), I might need to make the switch. :/

    fedops,
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    @RL_Dane hell is freezing over. This is not a drill. Message repeats. Hell is freezing over.

    jerry, to random

    It’s fascinating how some people effectively want to boil the internet back down to the AOL walled garden model where the entire internet exists within Facebook

    fedops,
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    @jerry it's as if people cannot differentiate between protocols and platforms. 🤕

    jerry, to random

    I have some bad news everyone: the fediverse isn’t working out. Guess we should pack it up and move back to Facebook.
    https://www.wired.com/story/the-hidden-dangers-of-the-decentralized-web/

    fedops,
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    @jerry of course, it had to happen. Decentralized == block chain == crypto pyramid scheme.

    Plastic journalism at its best.

    reiver, to programming
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    "BASIC used to be on every computer a child touched -- but today there's no easy way for kids to get hooked on programming."

    "Why Johnny can't code" (2006)
    https://www.salon.com/2006/09/14/basic_2/

    fedops,
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    @reiver I disagree. There are free compilers, interpreters, and even IDEs available for every language. There are billions of pages of free documentation, plus web trainings and YouTube videos.

    Back in the day you had to buy everything you needed except for the "free" included Basic interpreter which severely limited your choice. Even a lowly C64 was a good chunk of money whereas today a cheap Raspberry Pi will do nicely.

    The problem is that nobody wants to program anymore.

    fedops,
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    @opendna yes. Why not? Maybe help them install it and then go for it.

    No it's not satire. Have you tried hiring young people recently?
    @reiver

    fedops,
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    @peturdainn not saying that doesn't happen. But why did you buy the computer? Was it to learn or to game? I think nobody buys their first computer to game anymore (other than hardcore gamers, and then it's usually not their first one), they get a top-spec phone, tablet, or a console.
    @reiver

    fitheach, to random
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    Been away for the weekend. Had a wonderful time. Came home to find the house had been burgled. Not yet sure what is missing. Place is in a mess.

    The feeling of elation has quickly taken a downturn.

    fedops,
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    @fitheach rats! Hope nothing irreplaceable is gone.

    thewk, to random German
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    A friend of mine is a realtor and she currently has a flat listed in Innsbruck. The flat is to sell at 1.7 million euros! Who the hell would pay that much for a flat????
    I haven’t paid even half for my house 🤦🏼‍♂️

    fedops,
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    @thewk prices are through the roof everywhere, especially in metro areas.

    fedops,
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    @thewk yeah, I certainly wouldn't even think about that if I could afford it. Never liked the concept of buying part of a building anyway.

    fedops,
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    @thewk that's the problem. There's always a committee that needs to be appeased for everything. Plus it's just too close to other people for comfort.

    jerry, to random

    ok, ok, I figured out how to watch from the US.

    Europe has very.... interesting... tastes in music and dance and costumes

    fedops,
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    @jerry no generalizations please. That thing is designed to polarize I think. Or run by a complete loonie bin. Or both.

    penguin42, to random
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    This old ruler is interesting; It is a 'Chesterman 891' folding ruler - they seem to be common; but everyone has advertising engraved on the back; this one has an advert for 'Roberts & Johansen' of Buenos Aires - I have no idea how he got that! I can't find much info about Roberts [&Y] Johansen; I'd love to know when they were at that address to be able to date it.
    (Oddly I found a Spanish advert for one of these rulers with a Manchester manufacturer on the back - but not the other way!)

    The back of the ruler engraved with an avert for 'Roberts & Johansen Calle Defens 383 Buenos Aires'

    fedops,
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    @penguin42 interesting. Why wouldn't not be ok for commercial use?

    fedops,
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    @penguin42 interesting. These folding types are standard over here, usually in 2m lengths, and craftsmen use them all the time. Tape rulers are really only used by people requiring lengths over >2m all the time.

    fedops,
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    @penguin42 it seems to have been an industrial supply company. Here's a 1930s catalog from them: https://todocoleccionismomdp.mercadoshops.com.ar/MLA-876326085-catalogo-herramientas-1930-roberts-johansen-_JM

    vwbusguy, to opensource
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    I'm continually amazed by the community, but admittedly having trouble processing a certain mistrust for right now in light of recent layoffs and comments from 's CEO about replacing people with AI. I'm legit angry about the harm done to Fedora and the world by some clearly out of touch suits and grieved by the human cost of those decisions on people who most certainly did not deserve it.

    fedops,
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    @vwbusguy agreed. I'm almost a little astonished it took IBM so long to screw it up, but there's little surprise about the trajectory they're on. They never learn.

    benjaminhollon, to random
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    It's my belief that if an electronic device needs replacing within four years—for any reason—it was defective from the beginning.

    fedops,
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    @RL_Dane GSM incl. GPRS is still supported by all mobile networks I know. Your carrier may choose to block your access, but there is no technical reason for it.

    Many remote IoT connections like vending machines, some public transport displays, and gazillions of remote sensing equipment still use GPRS as it's perfectly fine for the use case of sending a few bytes of data to home base.
    @sotolf @twizzay @benjaminhollon

    fedops,
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    @RL_Dane same here, but that doesn't include 2G. Otherwise your vending machines never get refilled. 😄

    I was actually surprised at the amount of 3G still running in Ireland. I've not seen any in continental (western) Europe in years. But then it is still a good technology in rural areas as cell sizes can be huge.
    @sotolf @twizzay @benjaminhollon

    fedops,
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    @RL_Dane yeah. OTOH you had CDPD way before we implemented GPRS starting in 1999. I worked in system verification at that time, and we were really envious. 😄
    @sotolf @twizzay @benjaminhollon

    fedops,
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    @RL_Dane interesting.

    I mean they have a point with 3G. Both spectrum use as well as energy requirements are really bad by today's standards. So getting rid of it makes sense. 2G is another matter, but as you say you never had much of it.
    @sotolf @twizzay @benjaminhollon

    fedops, to random
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    This is fine.

    fedops, to infosec
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    Read this and weep if you're tasked with protecting windows systems:

    https://www.fo-sec.com/articles/compromising-mdatp-endpoint

    It's 2023 and yet password hashes can be trivially dumped from memory and decoded since they use known-broken algorithms. And information exfiltration can defeat so-called endpoint protection by being fast enough. What?!

    Running any kind of business-critical process on windows systems is nothing but gross negligence. If you have a ransomware attack you're the problem, not the victim.

    GossiTheDog, to random
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    fedops,
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    @GossiTheDog more like "blows the covers off of the security theater".

    vwbusguy, to random
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    This is some pure gold. They went from Serverless to a simple container deployment and saved a ton of money and the "they" is !

    Every paragraph is zing after zing here - an Amazon engineer advises not using "serverless" in production!

    https://thestack.technology/amazon-prime-video-microservices-monolith/amp/
    "Prime Video service dumps microservices, cuts AWS bill 90%"

    fedops,
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    @vwbusguy amazingly enough, cloud gets expensive once you actually use it.

    It's cool for flexibility and scaling, but private metal is always going to be cheaper above 30% or so of actual usage.

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