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mkoek

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Als iemand beweert dat Madagascar in de Atlantische Oceaan ligt, doe dan geen moeite hem of haar terecht te wijzen; de ligging van Madagascar zal er niet door veranderen. (J.A. Deelder)

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jwildeboer, (edited ) to random
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Again the FOSS world has proven to be vigilant and proactive in finding bugs and backdoors, IMHO. The level of transparency is stellar, especially compared to proprietary software companies. What the FOSS world has accomplished in 24 hours after detection of the backdoor code in deserves a moment of humbleness. Instead we have flamewars and armchair experts shouting that we must change everything NOW. Which would introduce even more risks. Progress is made iteratively. Learn, adapt, repeat.

mkoek,
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@jwildeboer @jzb Definitely, but my point is: I'm not that confident that this is a demonstration of open source working to detect this stuff early. Yes in this case it's been caught early and not affecting many production systems yet. But, as the hero of this story himself says, it was a combination of coïncidences that led him to find the injection; each one of these circumstances not occuring would have resulted in this being missed.

mkoek,
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@jzb @jwildeboer In the comments on this page on LWN, the person who discovered the issue himself says that the discovery was quite accidental -- so we do have to face the uncomfortable possibility that such things exist that haven't been caught.

https://lwn.net/Articles/967180/

nixCraft, to random
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I think about this every time someone tries to get me into online arguments 😂 https://x.com/anammostarac/status/1709029600297414699

mkoek,
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@nixCraft in my bio is a Dutch poem which roughly translates as “if someone says that Madagascar is in the Atlantic, don’t bother correcting them - it will not affect the location of Madagascar”. I use it to remind myself that not responding is often the best option 🙂

GossiTheDog, to random
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Each year, around Christmas and New Year, I quietly set fire to ransomware groups that target hospitals and DDoS groups in my spare time - by doing things like collecting all the info and informing their ISPs.

This year is the first year I haven’t been able to get a single group taken offline. Why? All the ISPs have referred me to CERTs, law enforcement or threat intelligence companies rather than enforcing their terms of service.

There shouldn’t be an industry with incentives to just monitor.

mkoek,
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@GossiTheDog Agree. There are good people doing threat intel and it can definitely be useful to know bad guys’ “MO” but I’ve been feeling uncomfortable too about what seems to be a focus on info gathering (and storytelling) at the cost of actually doing anything about what’s happening. I get the feeling we’ve given up on protecting individual users and small companies in favour of corporate clients who can afford expensive red team/blue team setups.

GottaLaff, to random
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Don't forget this.

"The first time 's name was in the newspaper was in 1973 when the 'Trump company' was sued by the DOJ for discrimination, for refusing to rent to African Americans."--Eugene Robinson
on Trump's long history of legal missteps and racism

mkoek,
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@GottaLaff so Trump has been in trouble with the law for the same amount of time I’ve been alive, that’s quite impressive

jwildeboer, to random
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People sending me e-mails, me replying to them only to find out that their mailserver is blocking my mailserver for weird reasons, forcing me to reconfigure my mailserver so I can get through with their mailserver which immediately blocks me again for "abusive behaviour". Well, sorry, fan of my blog. You'll never get my reply I guess. Also dear mailbox.org: your laziness wrt throwing blacklists in your server config is excluding small servers. You are NOT helping with decentralising e-mail.

mkoek,
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@jwildeboer so… what is it that they think you’re doing wrong with IPv6?

mattblaze, to photography
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31-41 Union Square West, NYC, 2024.

All the pixels, each of which will be famous for 15 minutes, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53731622110

mkoek,
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@mattblaze oh man, was in Union Square at the Barnes & Noble last year, did not know that Warhol’s Factory was right there; now I’ll have to go back :)

mkoek, to random Dutch
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GossiTheDog, to random
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    mkoek,
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    @GossiTheDog decades back I investigated an incident on a really crucial UNIX server and we found that they’d been typing stuff like “dir C:\” in their root shell - company saved by cluelessness of intruders:)

    ErikJonker, to Israel Dutch
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    All attention on and is good for in . Russia will encourage and fuel protests in Europe against Israel where possible. At the same time it will support extreme right parties where possible. Maximizing divisions and polarisation. The Russian playbook is very clear if you want to see it.
    @geopolitics

    mkoek,
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    @ErikJonker @geopolitics very simple and very effective

    mkoek, to random Dutch
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    Een van de leukste dingen die je kan doen voor mensen in Oekraïne is Franky en Coen steunen, die gewoon met hun frietkar zo dicht mogelijk naar het front rijden en in steden en dorpen gratis friet en snacks uitdelen. https://www.frankyandcoen.nl/

    mkoek, to random Dutch
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    Vervangende auto vandaag. Benzine-auto met excuses van de garage. Goeiedag wat rijdt dat zwaar en clunky. Wil gewoon niet vooruit. Snap niet dat er geen positieve campagne voor elektrisch rijden is — je hoeft dat echt niet alleen vanuit milieubewustzijn te doen.

    stshank, to UI
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    In MacOS, I often take a screenshot, right-click on the thumbnail that pops up, then select "Save to Clipboard." I've been doing this for years but still have to parse the words carefully. Why oh why doesn't it just say "Copy"? So much easier at least for my brain to grok.

    mkoek,
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    @stshank I set “save to clipboard” by default in the Screenshot app, all I have to is hit Enter and paste where I need it

    extinctionrebellionnl, to random
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    Gisteren heeft de gemeente Amsterdam onze bewegingsvrijheid & ons demonstratierecht ernstig ingeperkt. 100-en rebellen werden op verschillende plekken ingesloten door de politie. Zelfs bruggen zijn opengezet om ons tegen te houden. [1/5]

    Een groep rebellen met een groot spandoek met daarop de tekst, ‘..ING, STOP FOSSIELE FINANCIERING’

    mkoek,
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    @extinctionrebellionnl zou het niet logischer zijn om te demonstreren bij ING zelf?

    jwildeboer, to random
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    Found something while cleaning. Long time no see, old friend :)

    The back of a German 1 mark coin from 1990, so after reunification.

    mkoek,
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    @mdosch @jwildeboer @morph no they are actually still writing paper checks and sending them by mail

    CatherineFlick, to random
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    Yeah not sure threads is moderating as well as we’d like to federate with it yet (and, I suspect, it won’t ever be)
    https://godforsaken.website/@Shrigglepuss/112345569332484976

    mkoek,
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    @CatherineFlick followed the link just now and it looks like a lot has been removed

    jwildeboer, (edited ) to random
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    Damn. No Pussy Riot for me this evening. Acute thrombosis at a very inconvenient place. Very painful. But not dangerous. Must stay in bed.

    mkoek,
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    @jwildeboer beterschap!

    ErikJonker, to geopolitics
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    Thinking in scenarios, what would europe / NATO do if Russia decided to damage /destroy most undersea cables which are essential for our internet and networking in Europe? They have the undersea capabilities, it would not trigger a nuclear war. What would/could we do in response ?
    @geopolitics

    mkoek,
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    @ErikJonker @muzzle @geopolitics Note that I don't prefer this option, I was replying to the hypothetical situation where Russia physically sabotaged the internet

    sjaakkeuvelaar, to random Dutch
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    Nee NOS, iemand beschuldigen van het goedpraten van genocide is GEEN antisemitisme.

    Wellicht dat er ook antisemitische leuzen zijn geklad, maar dit is er geen.

    mkoek,
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    @sjaakkeuvelaar iemand die “genocidegoedpraters” correct spelt als één woord…. Dat maakt de groep mogelijke verdachten in elk geval al een stúk kleiner, want weinig mensen kunnen dat nog ;)

    gsuberland, to random
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    the ereader dream: lightweight waterproof device that reads like paper

    the ereader reality: tediously battling with multi-second latency on every single interaction

    mkoek,
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    @gsuberland Good point. Maybe they're trying to be super low power to have a long battery life?

    ErikJonker, to Ukraine
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    Ewald Engelen is an opinionmaker who is willingly or unwillingly helping Putin. Quite ignorant in the field of international relations but still people listen to him too much. At least he has summarised his thoughts in an essay that can be discussed.
    There are many flaws in his reasoning, one striking is the ommission of any free will of Ukraine where people actually want to live in freedom.
    https://braveneweurope.com/ewald-engelen-sleepwalkers-redux
    @geopolitics

    mkoek,
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    @ErikJonker @geopolitics solid attempt to make Kremlin propaganda sound reasonable, have to give him that - but for me the question I’m stuck with is why on earth an intelligent person such as Engelen would, as it appears he does, prefer Putin over what he calls “US imperialism”

    mkoek,
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    @ErikJonker @geopolitics also, that typical far right demand to be debated respectfully, while himself calling the EU corrupt, the US imperialist etc etc, without any argument to support those qualifications, in the very same article

    bartgroothuis, to random Dutch
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    Intimidatie van gekozen volksvertegenwoordigers mag nooit succes hebben. Ayatollah Khamenei probeert mij de mond te snoeren met persoonlijke sancties, maar die hebben het tegenovergestelde effect. Vrijheid is het waard om voor te vechten

    video/mp4

    mkoek,
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    @bert_hubert @mkoek @bartgroothuis O, okee. Hoop dan wel dat de VVD geen pro-Poetin premier aan een meerderheid helpt in Nederland.

    ErikJonker, to random
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    Die verongelijktheid is tekenend voor Wilders, altijd boos en wijzend naar anderen.

    mkoek,
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    @ErikJonker evenals het verzinnen van eigen feiten, zoals dat de lijsttrekker van de grootste partij premier moet worden

    ErikJonker, to Podcast Dutch
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    Het luisteren waard deze podcast , klimaatbeleid en energietransitie is geen links/rechts beleid maar gewoon verstandig economisch beleid, ook een rijdende trein. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3GZEFDZCVLvzqENTHvy6Kv?si=Fuv360deTRaFPJ1gvQbTVg

    mkoek,
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    @ErikJonker belangrijke constatering- gevaarlijk om klimaatbeleid te claimen voor links (wat je veel ziet hier), er is niks links aan

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