@vees@epistolary.org
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vees

@vees@epistolary.org

Baltimore County, Maryland, USA. (he/him)

:baltco: :maryland: :react: :csharp: :bash: :radio_tower: :masonic: :vim: :BLM: :ally:

Work: Software Developer, System Architect.

Hobbies: #HamRadio Operator, #Freemasonry (PM AF&AM :maryland:), #Flashlights, #Scouts, #PTA, #RaspberryPi, #arduino.

Interested in: #React, #RubyOnRails, #Python, #DevOps, #ProjectManagement, #SocialJustice, #Equity, #LocalGovernment, #LocalSchools.

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hazelweakly, to random
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I love explaining complicated subjects in a quippy way that isn't necessarily wrong. For example:

Kubernetes is 20 while-true loops in a trench coat pretending to be a container orchestration platform.

What are your favorite quippy ways to explain a complicated topic? It could be anything! I'm just curious what y'all have :)

vees,
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@timbray @hazelweakly Wait, can OAuth 2 tokens deactivate previous tokens like hotel keycard systems can?

vees,
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@timbray @hazelweakly Yes but does OAuth 2 do that when you refresh your token? I wasn’t aware of functionality like that

vees,
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@timbray @hazelweakly I was at at least one hotel last year getting a replacement where they said “as soon as you use this key, your other two will not work” so I know it’s on a few systems. I suppose you could bolt on a max iat memory onto your OAuth system that would reject anything issued prior to the last one seen regardless of exp time

masukomi, to random
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Setting up DKIM and SPF DNS records for a new domain.

Why can't people just NOT be ass-holes? Everyone knows no-one wants spam, and thus sending it is bad. Everyone knows scamming people is bad.

There's just so much BS we have to jump through just to send email from a new effing domain name. All of it is to compensate for ass-holes who ruined things by doing things a kindergardener could understand was "bad".

Sick of having to think of "how could this be abused?" for everything I code.

vees,
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@masukomi Feeding your family for a month by scamming an American for their metaphorical pocket change is a pretty strong incentive to exploit insecure protocols without necessarily being an asshole

vees, to random
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If you've never plugged your phone into a gigabit ethernet adapter I highly recommend the experience.

thomasfuchs, (edited ) to random
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“But your mom will get scammed” isn’t the great argument for keeping walled garden platforms that you think it is.

It’s not only misogynistic and ageist, it’s also simply not true.

Guess what, people are getting successfully scammed, right now, every day, on the walled garden platforms you say prevent scams.

Why is this? Because technology can’t solve social problems (in this case, crime).

vees,
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@thomasfuchs Ban phones

vees, to random
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Elon Musk has come to the defense of alleged cartoonist Hans Kristian Graebener of Spring, Texas by proactively deleting any posts from Xitter which insinuate any connection between these two identities. It would be a shame if a Streisand effect outweighed all his efforts to conceal this information https://accollective.noblogs.org/post/2024/03/12/stonetoss-redpanels/

vees, to random
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I have media cache cleanup on my server set to 1 day but it doesn't seem to be working and my cache media storage directory continues to grow every day. Any time I run tootctl media remove its finding a whole bunch of items that didn't get removed. Where can I look to figure out how to make sure the scheduled actions are working properly?

vees, to random
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Just a little gem from Reddit. Took me a few sentences before I got it.

vees, to random
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Tree trimmers are out in the utility easement behind our house showing no mercy. Again noise-cancelling headphones are the only thing keeping me sane and (relatively) focused.

ernie, to random
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This is bad advice. https://gizmodo.com/unplug-your-laptop-now-it-will-stay-plugged-in-forever-1851320725

vees,
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@ernie Why?

vees,
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@ernie But the reasoning behind the advice isn't bad, batteries truly do work that way

hotdogsladies, to random
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I just emailed someone at the NYT and used neither the words “insofar,” “shibboleth,” nor “Hegelian.”

I took out all those words.

Because, while I would like to seem like I am smart, I would not like to seem like I’m nineteen and going to Brown.

vees,
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@hotdogsladies Have you considered using "epistolary" more often?

vees, to random
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PRO TIP: If you are in a "safe space" meeting where you can post anonymous points for group discussion but then all but one person in the meeting prefaces their comment with "I didn't write this but..." it was never a safe space to begin with. If you are in a situation like this and have the political capital to spare, consider strongly implying that an unpopular opinion is yours even if its not. You may help protect someone who might have strong reasons for not wanting to stick their neck out at that moment, and one day it might be you.

masukomi, to random
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/me grumbles about the US's obsession with imperial measurements.

Also,

  1. why is it so hard to find a metric tape measure in the US?!
  2. WTF is this cruel joke? 12ft / 3.6m it says, and then slathers the tape with imperial measurements and NO metric. In its defense, I do like that it actually notes the fractions.
vees,
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@masukomi Now that you mention it I'm not sure if I've ever seen a metric measuring tape in person

vees, to random
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My son is curious to know if this rock he has could be a . This seemed like the best place to ask.

A gray rock on a metal surface.

vees, to random
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Jacob Wysocki did a brief Alex Jones comedy imression on Game Changer and now I want to watch the whole thing.

vees, to random
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Fun scam just now:
Call from toll free 855 number
says in a rapid computer voice "We've detected an unauthorized purchase on your account, press 1 to continue."
I figure what the hell, press 1.
Instantly a text message appears from 58083 branded as Affirm.com and the automated call goes into a loop that just says "Please enter the six digit code we provided you by text"
I put in a random 6 digits and it says "This call is now being recorded" and hung up.
Checked out affirm.com and the new account process is literally add your number and get a six digit code to set up a new account, which I'm sure they would then be able to leverage for more scams.
Simple, but effective if you're not on your guard.

vees, to Facebook
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That disturbance in the force you feel is a few thousand fediverse instance admins around the world feeling pretty smug right now.

vees, to random
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Building on something @sundogplanets said, coupled with my own experience:

Imagine you are a (terrestrial) photography or digital imaging expert speaking to an astronomer a party. You can make golden hour appear any time of day and bring the oldest photograph from a dusty box back to pixel perfect clarity. They complain to you (wine in hand) that Starlink has really screwed up astro-photography.

Being helpful, you explain a dozen different ways they could use algorithms and sieves and processes and exposures to de-noise an image marred by Starlink or other LEO.

They respond: "Yes," and walk away.

Why? Because even driveway-level astro-photography requires a level of de-noising, CCD awareness, and post-processing sophistication to create anything more than a bean shaped smudge that all that stuff is in play BEFORE a sparkly satellite zooms through the viewfinder.

The point is not that they haven't tried or don't use all these technologies but that they do and the satellites are so close and so bright that it doesn't matter.

vees, to philadelphia
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My spouse is starting to post on social media about it generally, so I'll post here too. After 25 years in , our family will be moving to the suburbs of PA sometime this year to be closer to the rest of my family. Currently looking at , and other places around and open to any advice current locals might have for us.

CelloMomOnCars, to random
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The US, unable to build long-distance rail at home, is going to construct a 1200 mile rail line to cart minerals out of DR Congo and Zambia out to the coast of Angola.

I see.

If I were these countries I would insist on making the batteries and magnets locally, then getting the value added income. Why consent to be plundered, once again?


https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/28/lobito-corridor-angola-critical-minerals-us-china-infrastructure-investment/

vees,
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@CelloMomOnCars Oh awesome, a U.S. Belt and Road Initiative, what could go wrong?

CatherineFlick, to random
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OK internet memory, I'm remembering a meme/comic/something about guns shooting smaller guns. Probably from the early-mid 2000s. Anyone know what I'm talking about? I vaguely recall a line type drawing with fairly boxy looking "guns".

vees,
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@CatherineFlick This also sounds familiar to me, but I don't remember anything specific

rolle, (edited ) to random Finnish
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Kävin viimeksi äitini luona lokakuussa 2022. Olen erakkoluonne ja agorafoobikko, enkä juuri poistu kotoani. Vuodessa kertyy matkoja kotimaassa 1-2 kertaa, enkä juuri koskaan yövy missään. En voi sietää matkustelua ulkomaille ja vuonna 2023 en matkustanut kuin kerran Tampereelle.

Nyt menossa äitini luokse viikonlopunviettoon pitkästä aikaa ja psyykkaan itseäni, että pysyn järjissäni reilun 100 kilometrin matkan.

Minun agorafobiani ei ole suoraa julkisten paikkojen pelkoa, vaan ahdistusta siitä, että poispääsy vieraasta paikasta on epävarmaa ja hidasta. Minun on vaikea rauhoittua vieraassa paikassa tai viettää muualla pitkiä aikoja ilman tietoa siitä millä tavalla, milloin ja missä ajassa pääsen pois.

vees,
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@rolle I hope you have a pleasant trip regardless

thomasfuchs, to random
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I want a feature that warns me that a user profile contains stuff from a list of customizable terms I define (e.g. “maga”, “vegan”, “nafo”) when I open a post or when replying

vees,
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@thomasfuchs I could do just with a single numeric scoreboard showing me how many times I have favored a post by that person. Anything less than one and it’s not necessary to engage.

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