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grumpybozo

@grumpybozo@toad.social

Dad, Husband, Sysadmin, Anti-Spammer, Disillusioned Radical Lefty|Old GenX-er|DREAD Pirate|
I'm fat and I have a headache|AntiFa Patriot|
BLACK LIVES MATTER!
Living on occupied land previously shared by many Anishnaabe peoples.

#Detroit #Michigan #USA #Sysadminnery #BadDad #ADHD #infosec #IWeepSixColors #Spam #ASF #SpamAssassin

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whitequark, to random
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in something like a day my headmate went from "this random spool of [natural, non-CF] nylon" to "able to produce nylon parts with fusion so good that my gf has spent the better part of a night bending the [flat] part over and over trying to break it with as much vigor and force as she could and she only got one tiny part of it to delaminate a little after literal hours and hours of it"

check out this surface finish. what the heck

grumpybozo,
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@whitequark Based solely on antique polymer chemistry and plastics molding knowledge, I would guess that the “sorcery” is the nylon. I would think that it would be the ideal material for that sort of application.

grumpybozo, (edited )
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@whitequark Like watch bearings…

mishellbaker, to random
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A lot of times when I talk about happiness to others it's as though we're speaking different languages, because so many people think of happiness as a mood, a transient reaction to a certain stimulus, instead of a default state.

Of course bad stuff makes us react badly, and good stuff makes us react with cheer. But when that passes, what's underneath it? What do you default to? And why?

grumpybozo,
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@mishellbaker Nature of existence…
“Happy” as a base state can’t drive “progress,” whatever that may mean in context. Happiness by default would lead to stasis. We are wired for vigilance, competition, and anticipation of risk, not for bliss.
(insert Buddhism here…)

SteveBellovin, to random
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Gee—today is my lucky day. I've been offered the opportunity to manage $150,000,000 by the Bezos Family Foundation, $50,000,000 from the Zuckerberg Foundation, and $100,000,000 from the Warren Buffet Foundation and the Musk Foundation, plus another $80,000,000 from a dying cancer patient. Of course, I have to use all of that money for philanthropic purposes. Any suggestions on worthy recipients?

grumpybozo,
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@SteveBellovin Internet Pioneers Retirement Fund?

(You’ll have to start it yourself.)

Daojoan, to random
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The way we write about and report on the wholesale slaughter of women in Australia has to change.

The “tragic reason” this man murdered his “beloved” wife?

He had secretly spent their savings and didn’t want to be found out.

We report on male violence from the assumption that they’re “good blokes”

Newsflash: Murdering your wife makes you not a fucking good bloke.

"He said that he came up with the idea to kill his wife to spare her from their financial problems and to avoid being embarrassed by him and his failings," Justice Weinstein said.

grumpybozo,
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@Daojoan Fundamental journalism fail. I.e. “He said” is not an objective basis for saying that a murderer’s motive was ‘tragic’ WHATEVER he actually said. As they are quoting a judge stating what a criminal defendant claimed, there MUST be more to that statement...
I’d guess that his real motive was banal and selfish: not wanting to face accountability for his failure. Hardly “tragic”

w7voa, to random
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Microsoft, after laying off human news editors, has been spotlighting false and bizarre stories.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/02/tech/microsoft-ai-news/index.html

grumpybozo,
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@w7voa @SwiftOnSecurity Did a human news editor write this?

mcc, to random
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Squinting at map Wait. Wait hold on. Ireland is technically to the north of Northern Ireland?

grumpybozo,
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@mcc Only a little bit
Their geographic centroids have the implied relationship…

mcc, to random
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Fascinating both for what it says about dev & what it says about statistics:

A gamedev realized Linux users were just 5.8% of their sales, but represented 38% of bug reports.

Then they looked at those numbers closer, and realized. Linux users were not experiencing more bugs. Almost none of the Linux-user bugs were Linux-related. Linux users were simply more likely to file bugs.

Their conclusion: A linux port pays for itself bc it nerdsnipes ppl into giving u free QA

https://techhub.social/@ozone89/111337250473454154

grumpybozo,
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@mcc
Lab rats in fact DO get cancer more than normal. There are tightly-inbred strains of mouse and rat bred for higher cancer susceptibility. For exactly the reason the Linux users are valued...

mcc, to random
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Warning messages for long term storage of ontological hazards, such as "This is not a place"

grumpybozo,
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@mcc Fairly certain that is isn’t possible for a warning about ontological hazards to exist.

BleepingComputer, to random

Mozi malware botnet activity faded away in August after a mysterious unknown party sent a payload on September 27, 2023, that triggered a kill switch to deactivate all bots.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozi-malware-botnet-goes-dark-after-mysterious-use-of-kill-switch/

grumpybozo,
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@BleepingComputer @lippard We have a causality/temporal linearity break here…

GossiTheDog, to random
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    grumpybozo,
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    @GossiTheDog Probably only worth whatever Matt Mullenweg is willing to pay for it…

    mcc, to random
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    Thinking about this juxtaposition (when they say people are "locked out" of their Pixels, it appears they can log into the Pixels, but not access their own storage)

    grumpybozo,
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    @mcc @0xabad1dea Approved peripherals programs are always primarily about preserving a revenue stream for the system vendor.

    seldo, to random
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    I keep legitimately forgetting the name of the prime minister between Boris and Sunak.

    grumpybozo,
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    @seldo Cabbage?

    SwiftOnSecurity, to random

    Just FYI to newer journalists: You can define “cyber attacks” in ways to arrive at basically any number you want. I promise you these statistics are wholly literally meaningless. Your home internet router discards zillions of junk probe packets a day, too.
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-67228223

    grumpybozo,
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    @SwiftOnSecurity GAzillions if you have a fast link and an unprotective upstream.
    MEGAzillions if you’re a special target.

    grumpybozo,
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    @SwiftOnSecurity OK….

    But what if I really really really want more budget?

    mcc, to random
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    The speaker circus is over and the Republicans' selection is, as documented by TPM here, a thought leader in 2020 election denial/conspiracy theories. We're used to extremist Republicans but the third person in Presidential succession has openly opposed electing the President democratically, which is a new line crossed.

    Once again, what gets reported as "Republicans embarrassing themselves!" is the Republican far right being very very effective at achieving goals

    https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/brief-update-key-election-denier-likely-on-the-cusp-of-speakership

    grumpybozo,
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    @mcc : every eyeball in Canada reached by a US campaign ad reflects wasted resources.
    The Biden ads I see a lot of are all positive cheerleading about the IRA at this point rather than beating up on Republicans. Timing is strategic.

    arstechnica, to random
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    Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and a whole lot more

    iLeakage is practical and requires minimal resources. A patch isn't (yet) available.

    https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/hackers-can-force-ios-and-macos-browsers-to-divulge-passwords-and-a-whole-lot-more/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    grumpybozo,
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    @arstechnica Yet another reason to LOG OUT OF EVERYTHING YOU ARE NOT USING.
    And, of course, never use a password manager that autofills without user interaction.

    Combining those 2 isn't a perfect defense against that sort of attack, but it limits the impact for some target sites and mitigates risk from a broad class of possible attacks.

    gcluley, to random
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    I'm thinking of blocking access to content on my site to anyone not running an ad blocker.

    Thoughts?

    grumpybozo,
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    @gcluley Risks catching participants in the arms race who have successfully evaded anti-ad-block tactics.

    Karoli, to random
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    Lots of talk about Mark Meadows taking an immunity deal to testify for Jack Smith in his DC case. But what about the documents case? Cassidy Hutchinson had a lot to say about how Meadows handled documents.

    grumpybozo,
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    @Karoli Immunity does not imply deal.
    “Use immunity” is a last-ditch prosecutorial tactic used to compel testimony on particular issues.
    Smith may well have needed to know what Meadows would say at trial about Trump.

    grumpybozo,
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    @Karoli Which would still likely just be use immunity. I’m not sure I trust ABC’s anonymous sources to be precise about the details…
    Anything more extensive would probably require a comprehensive co-op and plea deal, which seems unlikely to exist, given how Meadows tried & failed to deal with the GA case. But everyone is pretty much guessing based on incomplete information.

    SteveBellovin, to random
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    Oh, my—news reports say that Jack Smith has granted Mark Meadows immunity (https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/24/politics/mark-meadows/index.html). He knows where all of the bodies are buried…

    grumpybozo,
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    @SteveBellovin I’d bet on it being a very limited “use immunity” to compel testimony on particularly critical issues.

    flexghost, (edited ) to random
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    Mark Meadows just flipped.

    Ex-Chief of staff Mark Meadows just flipped.

    Ex-Chief of staff Mark Meadows who exchanged texts with 34 members of congress to overthrow the government then later burned piles of evidence just flipped.

    He testified under oath at least three times already

    2x before the special counsel’s office
    1x to a grand jury

    Trump suspected Mark Meadows would flip on him

    Hey look, Trump was right about something!

    🇺🇸

    grumpybozo,
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    @flexghost I suspect he hasn’t ‘flipped’ but rather has been compelled to testify by being granted “use immunity” for what he tells the grand jury. Likely very limited.

    0xabad1dea, to random

    hello from Leiden

    (colors are not adjusted, this was exactly how it looked to the naked eye)

    late sunset over a canal full of boats, with intense blues

    grumpybozo,
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    @0xabad1dea TIL: Leiden comes in HDR.

    mcc, to random
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    Been noticing a phenomenon the last couple of days where if I get less sleep on a particular night, I am able to do fewer things the following day. Has anyone ever heard of this

    grumpybozo,
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    @mcc Only in the lies of Big Sleep…
    Surely, if I were meant to sleep 8 hours every night, I would be able to do so.

    SwiftOnSecurity, to random

    Change my mind: Mac’s are exclusively used by vagrant overpaid employees to subvert their employer and to act as an unmanaged proxy for attackers

    grumpybozo,
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    @SwiftOnSecurity Inconsistent with the fact that I’ve been in my current gig for 13 of the past 15 years, never using anything but Macs on my desk. And we’ve had zero serious security breaches in all that time (well, excluding my hiatus years…)

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