I wrestle penguins and spiky fishes for a living. Very cranky old *nix geek with a beard. You know the type. (now, get off my lawn!). "I support transgender rights. Trans rights = human rights."
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Last Notes npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1xm9β¦26zl You are onto something with that idea... π€ With a little bit of luck, we could even ask them to finance their space ejection... npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π So, what have we learned today, boys and girls? - Using Windows for mission-critical systems is NOT a good idea. - Use Windows anywhere in your infrastructure, you will get hacked. It's not a matter of "if", it's a matter of "when". - Getting your Windows crashed & BSOD'd by a "security" software is a self own I honestly did not have on my bingo card. - That a lot of people live very well outside of the Windows ecosystem, & that it may be time to join them. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π I have faith in politicians, in the sense that, if you give them bad, very bad, and absolutely bad solutions, they will somehow manage to find an even worst 4th solution. Yes, this is a post about the recent elections in the UK, France, and soon the United States. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1jfuβ¦3ckw Oui, mais tout Γ§a pour dire : qui a brisΓ© le vase de Soissons ? Hein ? C'est dans le courrier ou pas ? npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1t7dβ¦pqpp π Yes, please! npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π And if you liked what I just posted, @npub1wajβ¦c4zf has a great book, that makes a lot of sense and you should go and buy it: https://ko-fi.com/s/7675cbc83a It's only 10 bucks! π npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Always remember that life does not make sense, the Universe does not make sense. But your love for all things is the one thing that gives meaning to your life and makes existence bearable for others. And that's enough Sunday devotional from me. Stop making sense and stop taking everything so seriously. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1t7dβ¦pqpp You win some, you lose some. π npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1t7dβ¦pqpp A little knowledge can be a great source of problems... npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π And if you needed any more motivation, here are some CW screenshots for ya! https://mastodon.sdf.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/331/906/439/619/794/original/8aeca76733e9c777.png https://mastodon.sdf.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/331/906/544/581/111/original/7be73a8352132710.png npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Free Speech Extremist = Fascist Speech Exclusively. Remember these guys? Seriously, though, they just created a secondary instance called "fsebugoutzone.org" so they can continue spewing their hate all over the place. Recommendation: everyone block and defederate fsebugoutzone.org ASAP. #MastodonModeration #fediblock Boost for reach please. π npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Another two hours of a meeting that should have been an email. But vacation starts tonight, so I have got that going for me, which is nice. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1q75β¦n6e5 More proof that Lieutenant Uhura was ahead of her time. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Today, in great dialogues at work: - Me: you can't use 'federation' for everything! These things are different! - Them (pointing at cloud federation): federation - Me: OK... - Them (pointing at IAM): federation - Me: No! - Them (pointing at S3): federation - Me: Aaaaaarrararagggh! - Them (pointing at Terraform): federation - Them (pointing at containers): federation - Them (pointing at Kubernetes): federation - Them (pointing at Windows and O365): federation - Me: I give up. π€¦ββοΈ npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Wait, I probably need to update all my #NetBSD VMs to 10.0 now that it has been officially released... π€ :netbsd: npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π For those few #slackware heads out there, please note the important updates to Linux coreutils and util-linux packages. coreutils: http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2024&m=slackware-security.360703 util-linux: http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2024&m=slackware-security.356318 npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π I have to note that Marc Espie (a Frenchman) wrote a tool named "proot" (ports chroot builder) for #openbsd and I can't stop laughing. For reasons best left unexplained to non French speakers. https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-7.4/man1/proot.1 npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub19y8β¦wxgj Uh? npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Many issues today can be solved by refusing fake duality. There are not just two "genders": gender is a scale, with various shades. There is no duality between gay and straight: sexuality is also a scale. There are a lot more solutions to an issue than just "good" or "bad" - there is scale between "best" (usually unattainable) and "worst" (usually fairly obvious). There are no "good" or "bad" people: we are all capable of the absolute worst. And so on and so forth. Refuse duality. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π It is 6.10pm where I live. I am lying down on the couch at home. The work day is over. In about 10 minutes, I will have to stand up and open the work laptop again, because my job is a complete dumpster fire and they need a grown up to manage those flaming dumpsters. And the grown-up is me. Or I could stay on the couch, switch on the TV and see if Netflix is finally going to give me a dose of the 3 body problem. I think Netflix is going to win! π npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1t7dβ¦pqpp Somebody got a letter from their client, asking what their security level was... "Oh yeah, remember that old server we store everything on?" npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Sick. Slept 6 hours last night, between bouts of coughing. Woke up and my eyes were so full of gunk it took me a couple minutes to clean them to the point I could finally open them. Slept 5 more hours on the sofa this morning. Going back to the sofa in a few minutes. Appointment with doctor tomorrow. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub182sβ¦q6t5 Well, π©. That sucks. @npub15xlβ¦dj0q npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1te6β¦zc4l What's intereting is that most of the search results I get through startpage.com, duckduckgo or qwant are still relevant and exploitable... Google, not so much. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π I have a news alert on Google that is configured to send me an email if someone mentioned #OpenBSD or #Slackware ... The last two alerts received obviously did not make any sense at all, so either Google Alert is useless (which it has been for a long time, to be honest) or AI sites are increasingly pushing nonsense content down the Googleplex throat. Or both. Methinks both. AI is going to be the end of the Internet as a useful tool. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1q75β¦n6e5 Lenovo: great idea! Transparent display! Everyone else: we don't want that. Lenovo: here it is! First laptop with a transparent display!!! Everyone else: ... π€¦π»ββοΈ npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π I finally understood what makes me feel uneasy with "Bridgerton", and it has nothing to do with the inane plot and posh upper-upper-class British accents. It has everything to do with white-washing centuries of colonisation, slavery, classism and institutionalized racism. Watch Bridgerton for 5 minutes and you realize what a freaking fantasy it is, when most British gentry in the 19th century (and perhaps up until today) would NEVER accept PoC in their midst. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1swxβ¦klf7 As a reminder the worst offenders are 'freespeech' instances that actually promise their 'users' that they allow ANY kind of content, including hate speech and CSAM. (Don't believe me? Just go to their front page) So, yeah, speaking as someone who is blocking accounts left, right and center: f* them. Defederate those MAGA idiots. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π The plan for today... - dnsmasq update on the #Slackware VM server - DONE - #NetBSD 10.0 RC4 - VM update - Update the house server to Slackware 15 - this one is going to be interesting. - Upgrade the VM server to 16GB of RAM. Decisions, decisions... π€ npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub182sβ¦q6t5 Don't forget a couple of beers and some chips to eat for dinner! Oh, and some more nudes. Seriously, though, I hope tomorrow will be better for you... npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1te6β¦zc4l @npub1wjeβ¦kd27 Yup, try this link, which should be the CEO of Threads: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@[email protected] npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Let us be honest: if Mastodon was not such a complete mess and so hard to setup and administrate, if anyone could install a full server (small instance, up to 10 users top) using a cheap second hand Linux PC and a couple of hours of work, Threads (Meta / Facebook) and others would have no power of the Fediverse. Think about that for a second. We are talking in reverential terms about Mastodon, but it should not be the only game in town. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π My 16 year old daughter just told me and my wife: " Dad is almost scary when you meet him for the first time, but he really is a giant gentle cuddly bear when you know him". And I'll just go to bed with this in mind. Good night everyone. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π So, tonight is going to be truffle tagliatelles, mustard + tarragon chicken and steamed veggies. Let's get this dinner started! npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Yo, wait! IT IS FRIDAY my dudes and dudettes! We made it to the best evening of the week! W00t!! npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1te6β¦zc4l Oh Lord............... π Β‘Maravillosa traducciΓ³n! npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π This is the most ABSOLUTE FAIL I have seen in translation so far. And in the first two lines of the text, no less! If this was done using Google translate, and it most certainly was, shame on you Amazon! (Explanation in alt text of the image) (Yeah, alt text for images are really great, you should use them all the time, you know?) https://mastodon.sdf.org/system/media_attachments/files/111/114/921/099/687/089/original/9627ecb04087bc07.jpg npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Your regular reminder NOT to take any of this too seriously, courtesy of Wednesday Addams, of course. https://mastodon.sdf.org/system/media_attachments/files/111/110/920/811/058/008/original/55b75b31c9003ac4.jpeg npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1t7dβ¦pqpp Do you need to transfer files back and forth? Go Android. Do you want Apple rich (but closed) ecosystem? Go iPhone. To me a phone is a work tool, I want the maximum configurability. Android. All the way. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1gf2β¦mfyc Please note that you have been reported by another user for using this picture. If it came from another user, please edit your post to give attribution to that other user. Not taking sides here, I have no idea where the picture came from. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1t7dβ¦pqpp That dog: "Stefano is here! The times of plenty are back!" πΆ npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Right here, we went from 14C and rainy during the day to 18C and super muggy at night. I think we will be back at 25C to 30C at the end of September. You read about it here first. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub1m50β¦86dr We do not allow advertisement on this instance. And we enforce that. An exception to this is made for artists advertising their art, book, music, etc. But corporate advertisement is really frowned upon. Since you are new around here, I'll let it slide, but please remember this "no advertisement" in the future. Thank you. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Once again, I am looking at Emacs with puppy-dog eyes. And the worst part is: I know where this is going. I'll try using it for couple of weeks until, in a fit of rage, I will Ctrl-X Ctrl-C out of it and go back to vim in disgust. npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Seriously, though, everything sounds better if you add, in as deep a voice as you can, "... Of Death" at the end. For example: "Spaghettis a la puttanesca..." "... Of Death". See? Easy! Go ahead, try it. Reply to this and post your best "... Of Death". npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π @npub182sβ¦q6t5 Happy birthday (24h in advance!) π One thing is sure: you should turn 48 tomorrow, here is to a great year for you and yours! π» npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Hilarious take on the current situation in the United States, especially in super hero movies: --- Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny - Blood Knife https://bloodknife.com/everyone-beautiful-no-one-horny/ npub17zvayk3afxhul83y564cf0nqmwzj93nkd8rnp5tqws4e3uggjqcstd8lvw Parade du Grotesque π Also: it's Friday, my dudes and dudettes! W00t!