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witch_of_winter

@witch_of_winter@hachyderm.io

Working @ SoundCloud!
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Senior Security Engineer
CISSP/GCP Certified Architect
Former Institute of Contemporary Art

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mekkaokereke, to random
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Again for people (racists), complaining about falling birth rates:

The birth rate for women over 40 is not falling. The birth rate for women over 30 is not falling.

What's happening, is girls 15 to 17 are having fewer babies. Kids are having fewer kids.

Also, this is an interesting way of saying that "Teen pregnancy is down, due to sex education and contraception."

In 1991 25% of 15 year olds gave birth before they turned 21. That's bad. Now it's 6%. That's better.

https://npr.org/2023/01/08/1147737247/teen-pregnancy-rates-have-declined-significantly

witch_of_winter,
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@mekkaokereke but Mekka that's not the point they only need more births because they want more worker drones for the factory. Why give the drones expensive things like health, housing and education. When all you need to do is remove their access to birth control and abortion. Force them to have children then workers are plentiful and easy to replace when they die due to awful conditions.

chiefgyk3d, to DEFCON
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Well shit, I may have to buy a new iPod Classic before my next DEFCON. Not looking forward to dropping another $250 total to build another one though I may purchase a pre mod one this time as I am planning for the Tangara but won't be available until after this summer.

Looks like the hold button on the iPod stopped working and it may be an issue at the motherboard. Still can listen to music and such, but just annoying having it hit buttons on accident sometimes.

witch_of_winter,
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@chiefgyk3d out of curiosity I was planning on bringing an old phone setup as a burner to use for media, music, sms would you recommend against that? It'll be my first defcon

GottaLaff, to random
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Decision Desk HQ projects Wisconsin Ballot Question 2 passes.
DecisionMade: 9:20pm EST

Question 2 would “prohibit individuals from performing tasks related to an election unless they are an “election official designated by law.”

Question 2 would require elections to be administered by election officials designated by law. The other proposed amendment, Question 1, would prohibit any private funding for administering elections.

witch_of_winter,
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@GottaLaff https://www.wpr.org/news/private-funds-elections-what-voters-need-know-april-2-referendums

This is insanity and I hope it gets struck for being purposely vague.

mekkaokereke, to random
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🤡Hey United Airlines fans, I want to warn you that Delta Airlines has the worst service! And so many of their flight attendants and pilots are Black! It's like "Atlanta, but in the air!" The worst!

What I'm saying is, please stop switching over to Delta Airlines, making flights full, taking up all the exit row seats, and making ticket prices more expensive! Enjoy those United Airlines low low prices! Stay on that side! Fly United direct from LAX to NYC! No need to connect through ATL via Delta!

witch_of_winter,
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@mekkaokereke Delta was my default until I moved to chicago where United dominates and getting a delta flight is next to impossible... I hate united.

witch_of_winter, to soundcloud
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SoundCloud is hiring for a bunch of Engineering (backend, networking, cloud, ect), and Legal roles. DM me if you want a reference! Also don't worry about the locals listed most managers don't care if you're US or EU based. https://careers.soundcloud.com/#open_roles

ajsadauskas, (edited ) to climate
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If you care about the planet, please make sure you sit down before you start reading this post about ExxonMobil.

So.

The CEO of ExxonMobil just said this in an interview: "We’ve waited too long to open the aperture on the solution sets in terms of what we need, as a society, to start reducing emissions."

https://fortune.com/2024/02/27/exxon-ceo-darren-woods-interview-pay-the-price-for-net-zero/

Who's the most influential voice on climate change? Who's to blame for inaction on climate change?

According to the CEO of ExxonMobil, it's environmental activists.

No, really:

"Frankly, society, and the activist—the dominant voice in this discussion—has tried to exclude the industry that has the most capacity and the highest potential for helping with some of the technologies."

Oh, and the CEO of ExxonMobil also apparently thinks consumers are to blame for climate inaction:

"Today we have opportunities to make fuels with lower carbon, but people aren’t willing to spend the money to do that."

Gets better.

He thinks unnamed 'people who generate emissions' should pay for it. (Rather than, say, major transnational oil companies.)

"People who are generating the emissions need to be aware of [it] and pay the price. That’s ultimately how you solve the problem."

https://fortune.com/2024/02/27/exxon-ceo-darren-woods-interview-pay-the-price-for-net-zero/

Worth including a quick reminder here that Exxon-Mobil made a US$36 billion profit in 2023: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exxon-beats-estimates-ends-2023-with-36-billion-profit-2024-02-02/#:~:text=HOUSTON%2C%20Feb%202%20(Reuters),higher%20oil%20and%20gas%20production.

Not gross revenue.

Profit.

So, remind me again. Who knew about climate change before most of the public?

"Exxon was aware of climate change, as early as 1977, 11 years before it became a public issue... This knowledge did not prevent the company (now ExxonMobil and the world’s largest oil and gas company) from spending decades refusing to publicly acknowledge climate change and even promoting climate misinformation."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/

And just who, exactly, stood in the way reducing emissions all these years?

"ExxonMobil executives privately sought to undermine climate science even after the oil and gas giant publicly acknowledged the link between fossil fuel emissions and climate change, according to previously unreported documents...

"The new revelations are based on previously unreported documents subpoenaed by New York’s attorney general as part of an investigation into the company announced in 2015. They add to a slew of documents that record a decades-long misinformation campaign waged by Exxon, which are cited in a growing number of state and municipal lawsuits against big oil."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/14/exxonmobil-documents-wall-street-journal-climate-science

@fuck_cars

witch_of_winter,
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@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars I agree with him people generating emissions should pay for it. Now let's see how many tons of CO2 does Exxon produce, from drilling oil, transporting crude, refining it, transporting it onwards to its final destination...

evacide, to random
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This "premiere AI" conference has 29 speakers on their speaker page, one of which is a woman. I thought there might be two women speaking, but it turns out that one of them is a robot.

https://www.superai.com/speakers

witch_of_winter,
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@evacide it's an actual woman this time so does that count as progress?...

patrickcmiller, to random

Clorox and Johnson Controls Reveal $76m Cyber-Attack Bill https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/clorox-johnson-controls-76m/

witch_of_winter,
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@patrickcmiller considering how large of an effect this has on them that seems much to low

Viss, to random
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so im betting theres gonna be a bunch of people quitting dell soon.

"you can work from home but youre never gonna get promoted" seems like corpo speak for "obey or we'll make you miserable enough to quit"

witch_of_winter,
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@Viss at first I said 'silent quitting' was bullshit corporate speak for work harder drone. But in reality it's that employers are quitting on you

GossiTheDog, to random
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    witch_of_winter,
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    @GossiTheDog they aren't wrong but I think it only applies to legislatures. We need to regulate this shit yesterday otherwise Americans are going to be getting bombarded by this shit daily by the end of the general election.

    Tarah, (edited ) to random

    PLEASE SHARE: I need your help with nerd puns.

    For the @eff 3rd Annual Defcon Benefit Poker Tournament, I am going to do decks of cards for the swag. So, the cards will have HTTP status codes on them.

    Obviously 418 will be the Joker.

    What are some other great ones? like, which card deserves to be 451?

    Big thanks to @kendraserra for the suggestion to use HTTP error codes on a deck of cards!

    witch_of_winter,
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    @Tarah @eff I feel like the 400 series should be the suit of hearts.

    hacks4pancakes, (edited ) to random

    Jeebus, Star Trek Shitposting, just stab me in the heart already this fine Sunday

    Credit:
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/StarTrekShitposting/permalink/3409753142662328/

    witch_of_winter,
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    @hacks4pancakes I live in Elgin and tell people that I live near Chicago, my coworkers in Berlin aren't going to know the burbs.

    GossiTheDog, to random
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    Microsoft filing with the SEC to say Russia SVR hacked the email accounts of its own cyber staff in November, they discovered this week: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312524011295/d708866dex991.htm

    witch_of_winter,
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    @GossiTheDog the overlapping products and massive web of complexity is really a big issue. We thought we were enforcing MFA but weren't because we didn't check on box in a sub menu under a different product that we're not even licensed for.

    mekkaokereke, to random
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    60% of Iowa GOP caucus goers believe that the election was stolen from Trump. But y'all wanna say "Ban TikTok because disinformation?" 🤡

    Y'all are not serious.

    The real, dangerous disinformation, is coming from traditional media channels and places like Twitter, and it is in service of white nationalism, and its primary victims are Black people. But we don't want to talk about that. We just want to yell "Ban TikTok!"

    witch_of_winter,
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    @paul_ipv6 @mekkaokereke tik-tok promotes misinformation and conspiracy theories as well, much like Russia China was a divided misinformed US populace.

    Given everything we know about Russia's misinformation campaigns it's outrageous to dismiss the fact that China could be doing the same thing utilizing the insanely popular and influential app that they have deep shares in.

    witch_of_winter,
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    @mekkaokereke @paul_ipv6 I think it all needs regulation, but I've first hand seen my parents and their friends moving further to the right and finding crazier and crazier conspiracies to rant about because of the app and the content it's driving to them.

    Personally I find it shocking how much TikTok their demographic is consuming.

    Malleus, to random
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    Happy solstice everyone! Many honors to the return of the solar disc! Praise the Eyes of Ra!

    witch_of_winter,
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    @Malleus my coworker is Zoroastrian and Yalda is his favorite holiday of the year

    molly0xfff, to random
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    lol the US Department of Justice broke their website

    witch_of_winter,
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    @molly0xfff I wonder if AlphaV is responsible

    LALegault, to random
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    Tel Aviv had erupted in spontaneous protest last night (israel time) after the deaths of the hostages. Israeli people want Netanyahu gone, now.

    witch_of_winter,
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    @Mary625 @LALegault its not a simple matter. Bibi should be in jail, the Israeli public recognizes and is infuriated by the brutality of the war.

    BUT hamas wants us dead they want to kill Israelis, they want to ignite worldwide violence against Jews and they are been successful.

    Should the level of violence continue NO, but if Israel just stops Hamas will continue to attack them and the rest of the hostages will die.

    Can they root out Hamas or otherwise stop terrorist attacks NO SHITS FUCKED

    hacks4pancakes, to random

    We took this photo of the burbsec crew today n it looks like we are starting a mafia

    witch_of_winter,
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    @hacks4pancakes I wonder how effective BurbSec would be at establishing a Union for Chicago infosec professionals

    InfoSecSherpa, to infosec

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    witch_of_winter,
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    @InfoSecSherpa is the free space China?

    witch_of_winter,
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    @InfoSecSherpa I don't think any of my relatives know what DNS is.

    maegul, to OpenAI
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    Can’t help but wonder if there’s some cognitive dissonance in those mocking openAI’s recent actions as incompetent/clownish while also being critics of how bad modern capitalism/corps are.

    Like, maybe kicking a bad CEO out despite the bad press and market/social-media reaction is what “ethical” capitalism looks like? Maybe a board willing to do so without any vested interest is a good thing?

    witch_of_winter,
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    @maegul the interim CEO is a sexist lunatic, there does not seem to be a reason to give them the benefit of the doubt here.

    witch_of_winter, to infosec
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    Does anyone sell resume review/writing services? Looking to get my resume optimized as I've not been getting many responses.

    molly0xfff, to random
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    there's nothing like reading my writing out loud for an audience to make me aware of which words i'm only 90% confident i'm pronouncing correctly

    witch_of_winter,
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    @molly0xfff oof right in the feels, I've done this at least 3 times this week. But I always flash back to a podcast I listened to by Adam Savage: 'Mispronouncing a word that you know just means you read and write at a higher level than your peer group and you should embrace an opportunity to change that.'

    zombierustpunk, to random
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    The Fourth Law of Robotics: “No robot may interrupt a human, or, through inaction, allow a human to become interrupted, so long as that doesn’t conflict with the previous laws.”

    witch_of_winter,
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    @zombierustpunk I apologize to my automated trash can I don't think I could live with this rule because my life and the robots would just come to a pause

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