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mikey

@mikey@friendsofdesoto.social

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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dangillmor, to random
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On a multi-person video call this morning, we were asked what podcasts we listen to.

I didn't get a chance to chime in but here's my answer:

None regularly. I don't have the time, even at fast playback, to listen to something linear that I could scan much more quickly if it was text.

Podcasters, please post transcripts.

mikey,
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@dangillmor Funny. I find myself in the opposite position. I am tending towards consuming more audio media, as I can do that while working on other things, while I'm having to confine my written word consumption to short form like news articles and short papers for lack of time.

jeffedsell, to random
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Actions/Consequences

Sad dog getting a bath

mikey,
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@jeffedsell Oh noes...

Jamie, to tmbg
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@Anneheathen @mikey @howiecohen oh no, Dr. Worm!

mikey,
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@Jamie @Anneheathen @howiecohen Must have gotten too into twirling the stick.

kmmfoo, to interesting
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the thing that’s both and about home heating systems is that the heat and/or cooling only works in 2 degrees increments

mikey,
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@kmmfoo This depends on the particular system. Some HVACs have configurable deadbands and sways for heating and cooling. They don't recommend narrowing them both for efficiency and for the sake of the equipment, but some smart hardware can have deadbands of a degree or two and sway of 0.5 degrees.

mikey,
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@kmmfoo I fiddle a lot with this; I have a home assistant server and smart thermostats. I've tinkered with the dead bands and with supplemental heat sources, trying to manage them with the same system and different temp settings.

NickGates, to random
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Wesley is now brave enough around The Boy to be in The Boy's room voluntarily

mikey,
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@NickGates Dunno. He still looks pretty uneasy about this situation...

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.

NickGates, to random
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Today, on , my one year old touched his index finger to our cat, Tusky, and proclaimed, quite clearly, CAT.

And look yes most people know how to say CAT but it's extra special when it's your young firstborn

mikey,
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@NickGates He gets his cat identification badge. Definitely a good start.

muiren, to random
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It can sound like clickbait, and still be true.

Andrew Tate and Conservative Men now say it is GAY to Like Women


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlh4H4il4WE

mikey,
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@muiren Bold stance...

rooster, to random
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    mikey,
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    @rooster Knees. Ankles. Back....

    NoraReed, to mastodon
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    do any of you use a #mastodon #selfhosting company that has a MOBILE FRIENDLY administration/moderation interface? it's gotta be one of the ones where you pay for it and they keep it updated for you, i don't want to fiddle with it too much, but i need to be able to do the admin/mod stuff that keeps it going FROM MY PHONE. i use android. it doesn't have to be mastodon specifically just something that hooks into the microblogging fediverse or whatever

    mikey,
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    @NoraReed I don't personally use them, as I do most of the server work myself, but I've heard lots of good things about Masto Host:
    https://masto.host/

    mikey,
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    @NoraReed I'm not sure what all you would need to login to their site to manage. I know they do the upgrades and server management. I can tell you the admin portions of the Mastodon web interface are accessible using a phone browser. So you can do moderation, account management, federation management, etc. from your phone. Does take a little getting used to.

    mikey,
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    @NoraReed No problem!

    vagina_museum, to random
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    IMPORTANT LOST PROPERTY QUESTION! Did anyone visiting the Vagina Museum yesterday lose a little dalek?

    mikey,
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    @vagina_museum Reading a thread on possible issues with weeping angel/ dalek hybrids or mementos looking like them being left at the Vagina Museum is possibly the best reason to be on Mastodon.

    shoq, to random
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    Ok nerds who understand Windows Partitions.

    This is my laptop C: drive and its many partitions. It was created from an sysimage backup to a new replacement drive. I now want to dump the D: drive and recover its space on the C drive. Can this be done? If so, what is the precise sequence of delete, extend, etc.

    mikey,
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    @shoq You may want to grab a gparted boot disk and try doing the moves from there. Windows gets mad when you try yo fiddle with recovery partitions.

    mikey,
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    @shoq You grab a USB, an iso of gparted live and a copy of Rufus or Linux live boot creator. It will make a bootable USB out of the iso. Boot from the USB and then use the tool from the live disk to fix up your partitions.

    molly0xfff, to random

    "Infra stack: from AWS to on-prem. AWS was becoming too costly, so moved over to dedicated data centers and bare-metal machines."

    That's not something you read every day.

    https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky

    mikey,
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    @molly0xfff TBH they are just saying the quiet part out loud. Cloud hasn't been cheaper in a lot of scenarios for a while now. But most orgs eat the cost for convenience and because corporate budgets are just easier to work out that way.

    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.

    randahl, to random
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    Journalist @dangillmor, who used to have 43,500 followers at The Dead Bird's Graveyard, is now on Mastodon, where he is followed by 31,000.

    I have an idea: Let's beat his follower count at the old place!

    Please boost. 🚀

    mikey,
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    @randahl On the Ukraine note if you aren't following @kevinrothrock and @timkmak I highly recommend them.

    Bridgemakes, to random
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    I just had a splendid idea, if I do say so myself.

    How about if I take little mini breaks around the country over the coming year and visit various locations associated with famous books and authors.

    I mean like I've just picked up wuthering heights so perhaps a trip to Yorkshire is in order. I'm sure the Brontë sisters home is still up there.

    mikey,
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    @Bridgemakes @rmhogervorst @Anneheathen Actually.

    Yes.

    NickGates, to random
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    I had as many meetings with clients today as I did all last week

    mikey,
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    @NickGates Hey look at you. Finally getting to dispense some financial advice....

    GreatestTrek, to random
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    Hailing frequencies are open! In preparation for Enterprise, we’re taking FoD suggestions for new squares on the revamped Game Of Buttholes board.

    What’s your best idea for a new Enterprise inspired square?

    video/mp4

    mikey,
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    @GreatestTrek Long Road Square: Takes the place of the Caretaker square and drops you onto a random place on the board.

    Chef's Special: you have to do review dishes a la Factory Seconds during the ep.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    It insane to me how often women are not given pain management for gynecological procedures, because many many years ago a male doctor who's never had a vagina, cervix, or uterus decided that there weren't enough nerve endings up there to hurt significantly. I think it's time to put this fallacy to bed. It most definitely does hurt, and people who have literally no experience with female equipment don't get to decide this for me. Trust me docs, you don't want to taste your own medicine on this.

    mikey,
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    @RickiTarr It's pretty horrifying that white male doctors have spent the last few centuries just looking at women and BIPOC people in general and arbitrarily deciding " yeah I'm pretty sure they don't feel pain" all screams to the contrary...

    Jamie, to FamilyGuy
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    I hear great things about how well done the progressivism of #TheOrville is and that it’s a great show besides. I’d like to give it a chance, but I have some problems with #SethMacFarlane.

    #FamilyGuy, his most well known property, is riddled with racism misogyny, and the like that, for me, crosses the line. I personally cancelled him a long time ago.

    Help me though- has he gone on an “apology tour” (i.e. expressed regret)? Is modern Family Guy better? How can I forgive his past transgressions?

    mikey,
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    @Jamie TBH I never watched family guy so I can't speak to what he did on that show or what he's said about it or its themes.

    As far as Orville, it is progressive-ish is some ways. Though I will say at times it feel like it might be doing so almost in a way that is meant to poke fun? I don't know, I could never really tell where it was on that spectrum. I think it was meant to be a positive Star Trek like show, but you definitely have the aire of a comedy writer there. Show message unclear.

    Cassandra, to random
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    "Assigned" at birth is feeling a bit weak this morning. Imposed at, maybe.

    Imposed since?

    mikey,
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    @Cassandra @zaxxon Aw, thanks.

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