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mikey

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Husband. Father. InfoSec and IT Nerd. #FoD. Star Trek geek. Guy who mostly worries about stuff but expresses it as bad jokes. My views are my own and probably not indicative of much.
#InfoSec #Cybersecurity #Security #PCI #IT #StarTrek #GreatestTrek #GreatestGen #Atheist #SecularHumanist #Humanist #DoctorWho #MST3K

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Kaiyalai, to random
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Squeak?

mikey,
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@Kaiyalai Indeed

RickiTarr, to random
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Where do you live and how do you feel about it?

Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.

I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.

Pros:

This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.

Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.

It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".

I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.

We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.

Cons:

Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.

While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.

We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.

mikey,
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@RickiTarr I live in Ohio.
Pros:
I like that we get a nice mix of weather, without the most dangerous extremes. Yes we get some cold, and storms but rarely anything that destroys a city.
Also cost of living is decently low.

Cons:
State has gone from swing to red over the course of my life. I know plenty of progressive minded people, but increasingly this feels like the wrong state for us.

Low cost of living is tied to a lot economic depression, caused by labor market shifts.

mikey,
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@RickiTarr Oh absolutely it does. Ohio is as it always has been a deep purple state. The problems are a combination of the gerrymandering, a lock on the government, deeply conservative policies, and a resulting flight of progressive people and those oppressed by those policies, causing the state to turn more red.

mikey,
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@RickiTarr For reference, my US House representative is Joyce, a Republican. If you look at his district its very carefully drawn to avoid the only large cities in the entire region...

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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Can you buy old aircraft carriers

mikey,
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@Adam_Cadmon1 I suspect the answer is no. Especially given most run on fission reactors, and the major powers are not quick to hand those out to people.

mikey, to random
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Hard to believe its been 4 years since we were headed into the hospital, in the height of the COVID lockdown, with snow on the ground because Ohio gotta Ohio... And yet here were are.

howiecohen, to random
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They call me Junior's worm Good morning, how are you? I'm Junior's worm I'm interested in brains I'm not a real Junior but I am a real worm I am an actual worm I eat brains like a worm

mikey,
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@howiecohen I haven't had time yet, but I just know there's a good nubbin bugs meme to be made our of this situation. I just need the right clip, and enough time to sit with it....

mikey, (edited ) to random
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Okay, who was the 's for this week's season finale of ?

Pick one or comment below to add your own.

howiecohen, to random
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Today was one of those terrible, horrible, no good very bad days (at work). Going out for an evening walk and some @GreatestTrek podcast to clear my head.

mikey,
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@howiecohen @GreatestTrek Sorry Howie. Hope the walk & the pod helped

NickGates, to random
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H*ck

mikey,
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@NickGates Frcking Hck!

mikey,
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@Bridgemakes @NickGates I think you're getting close with that last one

shoq, to random
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Is "fast fashion" just way the mass market apparel industry works now? Any chance it will fade away?

mikey,
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@shoq Not likely, unfortunately. Planned obsolescence works better for capitalism. More expensive clothes that lasted forever would suffer the fate of kneecapping their own growth.

virtualbri, to random
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Software locking the performance of your car is shitty. Especially if you only offer the upgrade much later.

mikey,
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@virtualbri Even better, as a subscription. You know, to the hardware they already gave you...

obeto, to random
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Another "Back in the Good Ole Days" ad.

mikey,
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@obeto Holy shit...

shoq, to random
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Good morning. I had a dream that Trump dropped out of the race, and J.D. Vance became the GOP nominee. I woke up sweating. We traded a completely incompetent scumbag for a marginally competent scumbag. It felt so real. It is something we’d do. You know I’m right. Be afraid.

mikey,
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@shoq The one thing I'll say is Trump is too much of a narcissist for this to be likely. He wouldn't drop out of the race, even if it meant his party as a whole had better odds. Because he really doesn't care about his party, or anyone else.

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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Are there any films or TV shows thay you found interesting but don't necessarily want to revisit?

mikey,
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@robotwig @Adam_Cadmon1 +1 Requiem for a Dream and Oldboy. I haven't gotten to the others but those two were both worth a viewing. Exactly. One. Viewing.

howiecohen, to random
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Hailing frequencies open: Hey - can anyone illuminate me on if the Voyager finale will be done in one episode or two? I watched the first half this morning but will hold off a week on the rest if the matching pod will as well. @GreatestTrek

mikey,
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@howiecohen @GreatestTrek If I understand the way its listed in I think they are going to do it as one ep. I'm prepared to be corrected though.

mikey, (edited ) to random
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Okay, who was the 's for this week's episode of

Pick one or comment below to add your own.

minnfinn, to random
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A miracle just happened at my house… the baby let me put her in the crib for her morning nap.

mikey,
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@minnfinn Every once in a while you can squeak out a small w like that. You take the wins where you can get em amirite?

mrpjevans, to random
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One for fellow software devs out there.

I thought 'Oh, a silly grammar cock-up that makes for a fun local news story'. Then I read the first line. I won't spoil the surprise but maybe make sure there's no-one close when you yell 'OH FOR FU...'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68942321

mikey,
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@mrpjevans Oh little Bobby Tables... At it again...

Alice, to random
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Which one of you jerks who won’t see this unfollowed me?

mikey,
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@Alice Twas not I...

Kaiyalai, to random
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Announcement:

Hello.

mikey,
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@Kaiyalai Oh hai

mikey,
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@Kaiyalai Wish I had something to offer here. My company is tiny, and TBH if we were hiring I'm not sure I'd be recruiting for us anyway. Not until we unf*cked some things.

Is there an industry you're trying to get into?

NickGates, to random
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Okay but would you rather have to face a bear

Or Gul Dukat

mikey,
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@NickGates I feel like I am not on the internet enough to have properly understood what was being asked when this came around...

eff, to random
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Using your face or thumbprint to unlock your phone is convenient, but courts may grant less legal protection to biometrics. EFF’s Andrew Crocker spoke to @Gizmodo about passwords and the Fifth Amendment. https://gizmodo.com/stop-using-your-face-or-thumb-to-unlock-your-phone-1851438205

mikey,
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@argv_minus_one Not a widespread option, but @GrapheneOS offers PIN scramble. Each time the PIN screen is offered the numbers are in different positions. Reeks havoc with muscle memory, but once you're used to it it's not that difficult.

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