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briankrebs, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

"If you’ve ever owned a domain name, the chances are good that at some point you’ve received a snail mail letter which appears to be a bill for a domain or website-related services. In reality, these misleading missives try to trick people into paying for useless services they never ordered, don’t need, and probably will never receive. Here’s a look at the most recent incarnation of this scam — #DomainNetworks — and some clues about who may be behind it."

This was more fun than I thought I'd have reporting it out.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/07/whos-behind-the-domainnetworks-snail-mail-scam/

endeavorance, 11 months ago to ADHD

For folks in the US with noise sensitivities, you should be aware that this year we’ve seen an apparent record breaking amount of firework purchases in the country. I’m sure you’re hearing it already (as I have been).

You may want to be proactive with noise cancellation if you have headphones or ear plugs or something.

Take care of yourself as best you can!

#fireworks #ADHD #PTSD #ASD

desarmada, 11 months ago to twitter

This is why Elon fucked up Twitter
#twitter #twitterdown #twittermigration

sam, 11 months ago to random

OTHER THINGS TO DO IF YOU ARE FROM TWITTER AND WANT TO REMAIN SANE

• Mute the word “refugee” for the next 24-48 hours because people will be having dumb arguments
• Mute the word “CW” and “content warning” for the next 24-48 hours because again people will be dumb
• FOLLOW AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN. Try to get 100-200. Check out my follower list for some recs (I’m working on making more lists).
• FOLLOW PEOPLE THAT BOOST A LOT OF COOL POSTS. THEN FOLLOW THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEM.

SwiftOnSecurity, 11 months ago to random

Oh no

dragfyre, 11 months ago to random

Another exodus? Another exodus.

Hello everyone.

anubiarts, 11 months ago to pixelart

A #PixelArt collection of some #Cats #Redraw I did in the past! #caturday

(ANoob was my old username, for those curious)

A pixel art of a cat in the bottom left corner, staring at the viewer, while there's multiple tiny cats combined into one at the pumpkin bed in the back. The void family welcomes you to join them.
A pixel art of a big cat staring at two, more tiny versions of themselves. Each cat has a heart on their back.
A pixel art of a kitty, sitting in loaf position at the floor and staring away from the viewer. You probably shouldn't talk to them, since they're angry.

emilyk, 11 months ago to random

Wait, what else happened with the Bird? There’s apparently another migration happening? But every two weeks I see someone share an article with the title “Why The #TwitterMigration Failed.” Huh, it’s almost as if this place isn’t supposed to be a replacement for Twitter so calling a migration a “failure” misses the point entirely.

msprout, 11 months ago to random

I guess I need to rephrase an old adage for the younger generations:

No, it is not 'cringe' to care about injustice. 'No cap, bruh', you should care about other people because reinforcing the social fabric is 'straight bussin.' I'm 'whole ass', y'all.

msprout, 11 months ago to random

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misty, 11 months ago to random

New blog post! I'm always seeing "first CD-ROM game" citations that are totally inconsistent, or which cite games like Myst, so I decided to put together a timeline of all the candidates - and ended up calling into question the point of "firsts" lists in the first place.

http://cdrom.ca/games/2023/06/29/first-cdrom-games.html

renatocan, 11 months ago to random

Amazon’s Ring doorbell was used to spy on customers, FTC says in privacy case https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/31/amazon-ring-doorbell-spying-ftc

btp, 11 months ago to random

Happy Friday to all who celebrate.

germ, 11 months ago to random

I will happily refuse to do business with Christians if this is the way it's going to be

jewwhohasitall, 11 months ago to random

Wishing my #Shinto friends and followers who are observing all the best this Nagoshi-no-Oharai! #chag #holiday #greeting

gameboycamera, 11 months ago to gameboy

My new Game Boy Mini Camera! I redesigned HDR’s camera flash cart PCB into a smaller size and incorporated the original sensor, modeled a new shell and lens holder. This uses an iPhone XR lens & lens cover.

#GameBoyCamera #GameBoy #GameBoyMod

A Game Boy Mini Camera in my hand with a beige background and plant leaves on the right side
The Game Boy Mini Camera in use

emilyk, 11 months ago to movies

Are you in the Philly/Delaware County area? Do you want to be in my friend's movie as an extra in a scene with everyone's favorite clerk, Brian O'Halloran?

Pledge $37 or more and show up to filming, and you're in. The film is a love letter to Delco and has been in the works for years now. I consider him a colleague (dare I say, friend?) and we've definitely worked in the same creative circles together. He's a stand-up dude.

#Moviedon #Movies #IndieFilm #Films #Delco #Philly

https://seedandspark.com/fund/delcothemovie#story

256, 11 months ago to random

desktop icon for Sonic CD (1996 PC port)

jpkmensah, 11 months ago to random

"I can't believe they've done this!" - Joe Biden, repeatedly

ernie, 11 months ago to random

I have waited three months to share this with y’all.

In the fall of 2022, literally thousands of computers flooded eBay, with a brand name few knew, at a rock-bottom price of $59.99 plus shipping. A YouTuber did a video about them and the machines—2,200 in all—went viral.

Where did they come from? Why were there so many? I spent the last few months determining this answer. And well, it’s a story.

For @Motherboard, the story of the NABU Network: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ak3k34/2200-forgotten-vintage-computers-are-being-liberated-from-a-barn-in-massachusetts

dyani, 11 months ago to random

Why was there a period of time when Disney & competitors made lots of depressing and stressful movies about cats and dogs?

Homeward Bound, The Fox and the Hound, Aristocats, All Dogs Go to Heaven

Probably more I'm forgetting. Some worse than others. I remember being sat down to watch them as a kid and being kinda traumatized

18+ lauren, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to google

***** Yes, #Google could destroy the best of the Internet *****

In an apparently leaked recording of an internal meeting now making the rounds, their CEO is saying "users don't want blue links", they just want answers.

See:
https://gizmodo.com/reddit-blackout-made-google-worse-1850580546#:~:text=Google%20CEO%20Sundar%20Pichai%20claimed,push%20more%20of%20that%20content.

But where does Google get the data to formulate those Generative AI answers?

MAINLY FROM WEBSITES! Websites that have freely permitted Google to scan their sites in exchange for the links and views and visitors who click those links. That's the bargain.

Google is now pushing to end that bargain. They want to take the data from sites and effectively give nothing in return -- unless perhaps you pay for ads, assuming you have a site that's actually selling something.

But even purely informational sites could be bled dry by Google's new approach. Why should anyone bother to visit the sites if Google just grabbed the data and bundled it up into an answer? It doesn't even matter if Google provides source links -- hardly anyone will bother to
click them.

Google could very easily kill the goose that laid the golden eggs, the best of the Internet itself.

You can't imagine how much it disturbs me and how sad it makes me to write this. -L

EgyptianAphorist, 11 months ago to islam

Wishing all Muslims who observe, a peaceful, joyous, blessed ✨Eid al-Adha✨as well as a portion of the great vision, trust & sacrifice that occasioned this Feast 🤲🏼

#Eid #EidAlAdha #Islam #Muslim #faith

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SecularJeffrey, 11 months ago to random

Shouldn't eyeglasses be called binocles?

mos_8502, 11 months ago to random