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kyle

@kyle@kylerank.in

Linux security & infrastructure professional, FOSS advocate, public speaker, author of How To Write A Tech Book, Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks and many other books, ex-Linux Journal columnist, weaver.

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kyle, to foss
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Burnout in the FOSS community is real, and I'm glad that it's something that is being talked about more in blogs and conferences. There is a different flavor of burnout and emotional toll when you are sacrificing for a cause you believe in (especially in FOSS where people are often working for free or at below market rate). Working for a cause you believe in brings the highest highs when things are going well, but the lowest lows when they go badly.

kyle, to Banjo
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Tendonitis caused me to put aside the banjo for six months. That six months turned into a year, and then the intimidation of relearning everything again became too much and here we are a few years later.

I inherited a (quite fancy I must say) banjo from a neighbor who passed away recently and that was the extra push I needed to get back into it.

Muscle memory is an amazing thing. After picking through tablature of familiar songs a couple times muscle memory seems to take over.

kyle, to random
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Today's antique faire finds: a Stahly vibrating safety razor and... I actually don't know what the other thing is, but I bought it anyway.

There are no brand markings on it, only "Patented Feb 9 1915" on the bottom. The bottom twists like the Stahly blade and it seems like the top might rotate. There is a sharp round circle at the top and the dealer seemed to think it was for sharpening blades, but he wasn't sure. Any ideas? Time to do some research.

#antique #shaving

kyle,
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Update: Apparently the mystery item is a wind up Collins safety razor. I guess it has circular blades and when you wind it up the blades rotate? I've never seen something like this before.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1915-wind-up-rotary-blade-collins-shaving-safety

kyle,
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Action shot of the Collins wind-up safety razor. Would you shave with this? It's a moot point since unlike the ubiquitous double-edged razor blades that work in almost any safety razor, they used proprietary, round razor blades that are no longer in production.

#antique #shaving

A video of an antique Collins wind-up safety razor in action. The circular blade is rotating clockwise.

kyle, to random
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It looks like Framework is going to expand their product line beyond laptops. With a new $18M investment, my hunch is a phone (that number sounds about right for a solid attempt), but my hope (for their sake) is a tablet.

While it would be nice for Fairphone to see some competition, phones are such a complex product that you can easily go down an expensive rabbit hole that's hard to emerge from.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/23/24138475/framework-laptop-product-categories-new

kyle, to random
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When I was 15 I spent a month one summer riding with my dad in his big rig across the country. We started in Washington State, got as far east as Pennsylvania and trucked up and down the east coast and the South. Living aboard his truck for a month cemented a love of road trips I've carried with me ever since.

I think about him, and that summer, every time I take a major road trip. If he were still alive, think he'd be as fascinated and excited about with my new security job as I am.

kyle, to privacy
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I never realized Amazon's automated checkout technology was just an outsourced, creepy, Mechanical Turk:

"Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts. The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped."

https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116

kyle, to Electronics
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This looks like a fun laptop project to begin with, and the Geocities-era website styling puts it over the top: https://crafty.moe/pinkpad.htm

kyle, to knitting
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I am so happy with how my talk came out! I suspected we had a lot of knitters in the SCALE audience and it was great to meet all of you and talk about fiber arts and electronics.

kyle, to random
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I'm excited about my @socallinuxexpo talk today, A Stitch in Time, but I just realized that I've told countless people yesterday that it was at 1pm, when the second talk slot of the day (including my talk) starts at 12:30. I'm going to have to try to find everyone I told!

https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/presentations/stitch-time-my-linux-powered-knitting-clock

jonobie, to FiberArts
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    kyle,
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    @jonobie @weaving I have a 32" Kromski Harp Forte that I got at that width because at the time I wasn't planning to get a floor loom and figured I had the most flexibility. While I've done full-width rugs on it, for the most part I only use it for smaller, simpler projects and leave the rest for my floor loom.

    If I had to do it over, I'd probably get a 24" or smaller, as the 32" wide loom is a bit awkward on your lap.

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    @jonobie They are nice looms! I admit I've never actually used the warping board on the back, because my floor loom came with one, and on the rigid heddle I tend to warp the easy way.

    If you are careful with the tension they are sturdy enough to weave rugs, and with the addition of a pickup stick you can do krokbragd patterns. Here is a rug I wove on mine:

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    @jonobie Thank you! One of the things I like about krokbragd patterns is that it allows you to improvise while you are weaving (which is something a lot of patterns don't really allow for). It adds a lot more possibilities to a loom that may otherwise just do plain weave. Here's an example of a pillow I made my mother using the same yarn and technique as that rug.

    josh, to gardening
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    Dang. I've lost fescue to burrowing mammals before, but until now I didn't realize how much they can devastate even larger plants.

    Walking the garden in the sun this afternoon I noticed something had gotten to one of our mature geraniums. Chewed right through some thick branches 😬

    I can only hope they didn't utterly destroy the roots 🤞🏻

    kyle,
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    @josh Between the deer, voles, and gophers, you either have to have a suite of sacrificial plants, or set up an under- and above-ground fortress. We've had voles utterly destroy our garden before we put in raised beds, and afterwards they just moved to the remaining plants (and young trees!) that weren't in cages.

    kyle, to FiberArts
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    The stole is finished! Because the silk is reflecting a lot of light, I'm finding it hard to take a good picture that shows the colors accurately (a dark hunter green and a light felt green).

    This was a challenging project, but by the end I got into a good groove.

    A close-up of the undulating twill pattern.

    kyle, to FiberArts
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    While it's complicated, and slow going, I think this is my favorite weaving pattern to date.

    kyle, to 3DPrinting
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    If you have a reasonably well-calibrated 3D printer, this is a surprisingly satisfying-to-assemble and useful print. A screwdriver that switches between fast and slow-but-high-torque modes.

    https://www.printables.com/model/752423-revolver-2-speed-screwdriver

    kyle, to random
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    The Linux desktop is a house owned by an amateur DIY home improvement person. Floor boards squeak, the back door doesn't latch unless you close it a certain way, you have to jiggle the toilet lever, and there's tape on a light switch controlling an outlet that needs constant power.

    The homeowner doesn't fix these things, because they know to jiggle the lever, how to close the door. Working around these flaws has become second nature so they don't even realize they are doing it.

    1/2

    kyle,
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    It's not until they have someone visit and house sit that they become aware of the problems, as they explain all of the workarounds to use their house. The visitor is used to a modern house, kitchens with soft close drawers, and the homeowner angrily explains that's a waste of money when you can just close a drawer carefully.

    In the end, all those problems and workarounds remain, because the homeowner is so used to them.

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    kyle, to 3DPrinting
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    I was having a problem with my "Silk" PLA jamming in the middle of many prints. It turns out this is a pretty common issue due to heat creeping up the extruder more than with matte PLA. The fix seems to be as simple as printing at a cooler temperature. In my case I also reduced retraction a bit.

    kyle,
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    @Triffen This is an all-metal direct-drive hot-end that I upgraded on the Ender 5 Pro. It's certainly possible the fan could be having problems, however I'm not seeing this issue on the same brand PLA or PETG for that matter, only this silk pla.

    Viss, to random
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    wow this is .. not what i expected.
    i wonder what happened behind the scenes here

    kyle,
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    @Viss While I'd like to think it was from ethical concerns, I suspect it had more to do with layoffs in the division that handles incoming LE requests (see quote that references "devoting resources").

    kyle, to random
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    With search becoming increasingly unreliable, I'm revisiting some techniques I used to use during the late `90s when search results were similarly gamed.

    For instance, I've resumed my old habit of bookmarking pages I want to remember. Bookmarks may seem outdated, but they were necessary when you couldn't rely on a search engine to find a page you stumbled upon in the past.

    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/google-search-is-losing-the-fight-with-seo-spam-study-says/

    kyle, to security
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    I'm pleased to see how Framework handled the issue of a consulting partner getting phished and sharing customer data with an attacker. The emails to customers seems prompt, it explains the situation clearly with transparent timelines, and provides clear and reasonable steps for their partners and their customers.

    https://community.frame.work/t/framework-data-breach/43408

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