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Last Notes

2026-11-01 17:40:59 GMT

I got a letter from my life insurance company this morning. Normally, I would just throw it away, but they actually sent three, so I was confused and curious. I opened them up and hey, free money! Glad I didn't just toss them; hopefully this doesn't set a precedent.

2026-11-01 17:05:14 GMT

How do you even offload $6B of stolen crypto assets?

2026-10-28 20:57:32 GMT

Umm, I need help.
I'm replacing a dishwasher and also adding a disposal while everything is opened up. This comes up from the basement (armored cable), splits off in a junction box to countertop outlets and the dishwasher. The dishwasher and outlets were fine on this (until the dishwasher died of course), but it feels really gross.
The plan is to go breaker -> existing junction -> new GFCI -> same junction from LOAD -> countertop outlets, but this armored cable only seems to have a (now very short) aluminum ground wire. Aluminum ground wire sounds scary; am I right to be worried?
What are my options? Can I just throw it in a twistie rocket ship with the copper ground? Is the sheathing grounded? Do I blow my 25ft (and probably more) of romex to replace the whole line? Make sure I have fire insurance and take a vacation?
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/520/519/802/589/477/original/e72e3553963d6654.jpg
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/520/525/337/450/158/original/b458392d688fa64b.jpg

2026-10-27 12:34:55 GMT

I think an issue with the discourse about #OpenSource software accepting or not accepting #AI code is that it's not hard to get code that's passable as human-written - more so if you consider the quality of human-written code that projects sometimes received before #LLM s got reasonably effective. Whether a project accepts AI code or not, it's near inevitable for AI-written code to be submitted and merged.
What do we do about that? I don't know. It feels like projects would need to start requiring license agreements for patches that effectively absolve them of any infringement claims and put it on the (potentially anonymous, otherwise) submitter or something.
I have no idea what I'm going to do with my own small projects (which have no PRs). It's something I've been thinking about though. I hope other projects are too.

2026-10-25 20:49:51 GMT

Would janitorial staff at a company have pretty high physical access? It seems like they would have to.
Asking for a friend, in Minecraft, hypothetically.

2026-10-23 22:54:36 GMT

My domain ended up in another testsuite, this time Mastodon! https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/41287/changes
Apparently the issue (https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/32333) with linking to my fuckey domains is fixed in an update. No idea which versions yet, but...

2026-10-21 15:42:45 GMT

Four how long will 4 be a meme?

2026-10-16 13:24:33 GMT

If you boost your own post after 12 hours, you get to double-dip on other continents.

2026-10-16 11:19:17 GMT

In the U.S., why have so many companies moved to payroll happening every two weeks instead of the 1st and 15th?

2026-10-05 02:00:05 GMT

Yeah don't even bother trying to move when the rope is starting to constrict.
#Monsterdon

2026-09-28 15:52:50 GMT

It's awesome to see somebody like Zach get recognized on a large media network - in this case by MS NOW.
#nevent1q…uj3w

2026-09-26 15:34:41 GMT

Why don't we use blast processing anymore?

2026-09-25 17:16:10 GMT

Please? Any manufacturer?
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/332/799/196/958/484/original/9098fca89743bafc.png

2026-09-25 16:24:45 GMT

There's this parking garage I use, which lets you scan your ticket and pay on your phone. At the end, it gives you a barcode for the scanner to scan. All's good.
One day, I hadn''t managed to get my phone out the window to let it get scanned before the arm opened. Weird, must be a pretty good scanner. That happened another time or two, pretty convenient, nobody likes to have to stretch way out of their car to scan a barcode.
The next week, I pulled up and before taking my phone off the mount, I turned back to tell my kid something, and...the arm opened. Wow, that's a great scanner.
The week after that, I decided to hold my phone in such a way that it couldn't be seen, and slowly lifted it up, but before my phone was visible to the scanner, the arm opened.
Another week, another barcode. This time, I left my phone on the mount. The arm opened.
Yet another week, I turned my phone away from the scanner before getting to the gate. I pull up and the arm opened.
Finally it hit me. I made it so that the scanner couldn't possibly see my phone. The arm opened.
My best guess is that when you visit the website, it grabs your Bluetooth and when you get to the gate, it sees that address and opens the arm.
I just checked the site and there are no Bluetooth permissions. I guess you don't need anything special for that? As with many things, you lose a bit of privacy for a bit of convenience. I don't know if I can even opt out of this (as per custom).

2026-09-24 21:20:42 GMT

How, after many, many decades, has somebody still not made an open source printer -- or just one that isn't complete anti-user trash?

2026-09-23 04:20:39 GMT

Just got a document to sign from my bank today. I am now a cybersecurity engine.
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/318/430/515/218/416/original/a79e65527e72bac2.png

2026-09-03 22:44:17 GMT

Crosswalks in my area usually repeat "wait, wait, wait". I just walked up to one that was repeating "change password". Huh?

2026-08-26 15:57:44 GMT

Found on the way to my kid's school. There need to be more things like this stuck to poles and other such places.
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/162/609/729/649/065/original/7e8d048d83755631.jpg
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/162/610/215/955/597/original/a0eed6cee09abbe7.jpg

2026-08-24 06:14:26 GMT

If anybody out there happens to be musically-inclined...
I'm learning an instrument and I need a tuner. I got irritated when I found out that there are no tuner apps on the Play Store that don't have either in app purchases or ads, so I said fuck it and wrote my own. It's got a couple of features that I find useful, but some of it is likely wrong (in particular the very newly-added metronome).
I'd love to hear people's thoughts on it, good or (in particular) bad, features, improvements, etc. https://p.jeltz.org
Needless to say, this will remain ad free forever.
P.S. I am obscenely good at Pitch Placement - ~= 0.5 cents reliably.

2026-08-21 23:00:52 GMT

@nprofile…cy5p Any idea what type of lock this is? It's from an instrument case (its contents are pre-1910, but the case itself has other origins).
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/135/959/271/644/814/original/f3fbbef2621eba4a.jpg

2026-08-20 12:35:18 GMT

I've got an ignorant question. Data centers use water, presumably for cooling, I get that, but what is it that happens that uses the water and makes unusable or whatever?

2026-07-26 01:18:24 GMT

I meant to write good lord, but what I actually typed was hood lord, and I like mine way better.

2026-07-22 01:52:58 GMT

"I wouldn't have gotten my business degree if I went to school with people getting their business degree" -my wife

2026-07-17 15:48:12 GMT

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@nprofile…dyu0 my worst nightmare

2026-07-16 16:53:40 GMT

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@nprofile…vdqp I heard a Nokia ringtone the other day, and this has put that into a different light

2026-07-08 23:07:19 GMT

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@nprofile…dey5 that pet sitting app I wrote about the other day

2026-07-08 22:12:09 GMT

This is shady as fuck, right?
"To ensure the trust and safety of all parties on the platform, the details of the incident cannot be discussed over email."

2026-07-05 15:07:42 GMT

cursed idea: a power outlet that only works if something is plugged in to the one next to it

2026-07-04 18:22:46 GMT

Have you ever seen a series of posts so bigoted, stupid, and backtracked when called out, that you aren't even sure which one to point at? This is such an easy defederation situation (@nprofile…nrmm you're usually really good about this stuff, what's up?). If this is what the admin is, the entire instance is unsalvageable.
I never talk about it, but I will here, because it matters. Sex work is real work, straight, gay, or otherwise.
(But y'all, he took six weeks of moderation training at Meta!)
#nevent1q…xqfc

2026-07-04 00:04:51 GMT

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@nprofile…44dh @nprofile…8qcv not sure I follow?

2026-07-03 22:47:54 GMT

I wonder if I could make an Android #Fediverse server. That sounds like a good idea.

2026-07-02 16:29:18 GMT

Cursed English: The coffee he had had had had no sugar.

2026-07-01 16:29:03 GMT

What do favo[u]rite and boost mean to you? Is it a progression from the former to the latter? Do you ever boost without favo[u]riting?

2026-06-27 18:45:07 GMT

@nprofile…0a0c trying to gaslight the #Fediverse about "free speech" and fascism, and posting the same obviously PR-approved response to multiple negative posts about their co-CEO / co-founder donating money to fascists sure is a choice.
Barbara Streisand must be rolling in her grave.

2026-06-26 12:11:56 GMT

🪿 + 💲???

2026-06-17 19:16:36 GMT

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@nprofile…5y0h should've been an extra cyan

2026-06-17 19:16:04 GMT

I hate the term "starter pack". There, I said it.

2026-05-25 15:13:46 GMT

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@nprofile…dyu0 I, for one, like having you here.

2026-05-13 19:38:17 GMT

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I don't think I've ever said that in public. I doubt that the several former bosses and co-workers who follow me here ever knew.

2026-05-13 19:08:14 GMT

My ex-wife just sent me a picture of my son holding his brand new BS degree in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance.
I don't ever talk about this¹, but I never graduated high school. I guess I didn't fuck up too badly as a parent, did I?
¹ I've always been embarrassed by it...

2026-05-13 18:41:18 GMT

New fedi rule¹²: You aren't allowed to change your profile image until you make at least 3 announcements on at least 3 consecutive days.
¹ that I just made up right now
² I have zero authority

2026-05-08 15:51:49 GMT

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@nprofile…h0ux I think this might be worthy of summoning Dan to see if he had any problems when doing this. It would definitely be a good idea to create a test account over there and also check the raw json that it outputs from the .well-known endpoints (whose names I cannot currently recall).
@nprofile…awjm Did you run into many issues with this? How are you handling it? Do your other platforms support it? Are they able to tag each other across platforms?
See parent post, but context: Unicode handles.

2026-05-03 18:28:14 GMT

At a large chain amusement park, saw this at the entrance to a ride. That's pretty awesome.
#AltText4Me #ActuallyAutistic
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/116/512/054/503/159/527/original/979c07425c65cc27.jpg

2026-04-23 19:51:42 GMT

Is your company looking into starting to use #AI?
I'd like to offer my services. I can be confidently wrong and I can type pretty quickly. Just send a DM and we can negotiate pricing.

2026-04-20 12:14:36 GMT

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@nprofile…h0ux and this is why we don't concentrate the majority of users, on the distributed platform we're on, to one instance

2026-04-14 18:56:38 GMT

My brother, the smartest idiot I know, is something of a fuckup. He got in some trouble in AZ and has since moved out of state.
Somebody from the county he had trouble in sent me a message on Facebook (which I never use) to try to get ahold of him. I checked them out and it turns out to be his probation officer. One, Denny FAFOed, but two ACAB. I ain't sayin' shit.

2026-04-13 19:06:28 GMT

My boss just referred to 3:30 as the bottom of the hour. Is that a thing? I always thought it was X:00. Though top of the hour would also be X:00, so now I'm confused.

2026-04-11 23:09:06 GMT

On the fediverse, there are lots of people who post about doing active or interesting things. You've got the bicyclists, the photographers, the birdwatchers and the scientists, the doctors, and the educators.
I woke up at 1pm today.

2026-04-11 02:36:31 GMT

You ever been sitting at your desktop multiple times per day, staring at Mastodon, and pull out your phone to check out Mastodon?

2026-04-06 22:59:44 GMT

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@nprofile…y4qv wishing I had quote boosts on this instance

2026-04-05 06:17:36 GMT

Web log was a way better name.

2026-04-01 22:46:35 GMT

So like, are they just going to check if the moon is still there, or...
#Artemis

2026-03-31 12:38:23 GMT

Can we all agree that April Fool's day is cancelled for the foreseeable future? We already can't trust our eyes and ears.

2026-03-29 13:21:22 GMT

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@nprofile…f33n See also: Bluesnarfing

2026-03-27 23:59:58 GMT

If you boost a post, you should be able to see who favo[u]rites the post (and potentially get notifications and stuff, as though it were your own post) -- while they're viewing that specific boosted instance of it.

2026-03-22 16:55:43 GMT

What's a good (e.g. won't go boom) place to get 18650s these days?

2026-03-21 03:17:55 GMT

My emotional support virtual machine!
I say that as a joke, but I mean it sincerely. When my Mastodon instance got corrupt recently, that's exactly what it felt like I lost.

2026-02-27 16:21:50 GMT

Browser extension idea. Any time you go to access a URL with utm_source, it replaces it with utm_source=fediverse.
Feel free to steal that and make it real.

2026-02-13 21:17:46 GMT

Idea: Release software with version numbers that exclusively include special characters, like ' or \r\n.

2026-02-05 16:49:51 GMT

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@nprofile…44dh /GEMINI_API_KEY=AIzaSy[0-9a-z_-]+/
Also yours needs to add _ to the range.

2026-02-04 16:31:36 GMT

Why do we do percentage-based tips in the US? Somebody working at a place with $10 meals works just as hard as somebody working at a place with $200 meals.

2026-02-02 15:38:04 GMT

I started typing here to ask how stock price affects a company. I look at the screen down ⬇️ from this one, and see @nprofile…ugpy answering exactly that in one of his long threads.

2026-01-30 23:03:13 GMT

I so badly want to see this site to take off.
If you're #ActuallyAutistic, you know just how much of a problem these things can be. For me personally, having the information about lighting and how to get service in advance would be a huge help.
https://prepped.to/
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2026-01-16 14:18:44 GMT

You can end a sentence with a proposition as long as you have a parenthetical after it and before punctuation, right (not that I care either way)?

2026-01-12 22:28:24 GMT

ActivityPub over Fax

2026-01-10 14:53:03 GMT

OH: the patriarchy hates pockets

2025-12-30 15:59:09 GMT

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@nprofile…l8gu I'm going to start doing this as well.

2025-12-28 18:32:27 GMT

At a family gathering, watching adults try to correct the #ActuallyAutistic kid - with a special interest in #geography - who was claiming that Canada borders Denmark.
Wrong, get rek't adults. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Island
(and that's how I learned that Canada does, in fact, border Denmark)

2025-12-26 05:27:44 GMT

Tell me about your favo[u]rite #vegan dish? We have a vegan friend and most things we've had from/for them have been pretty good.

2025-12-21 23:26:41 GMT

I accidentally just typed #Monsterdom, and that feels like it should be it's own instance.

2025-12-11 16:23:22 GMT

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@nprofile…gn8g In case it disappears: https://web.archive.org/web/20251211162103/https://admin.executivebranch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Executive-Branch-Club-Bylaws-and-Rules-of-the-Club-version-August-19-2025-50910234-v10-1.pdf

2025-11-18 12:03:58 GMT

What if we just let it stay down this time?

2025-11-14 03:02:17 GMT

Every appliance is secure until someone remembers directories have parents.

2025-11-08 20:05:08 GMT

How do I know which size leash I need for my robot vacuum?

2025-10-27 13:48:38 GMT

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@nprofile…998y where can I buy that shirt though? I'd wear it often.

2025-10-21 13:43:27 GMT

AIGiYWaaS
AI Getting in Your Way as a Service

2025-10-21 12:43:09 GMT

What is the difference between a computer monitor and a TV?

2025-10-19 00:19:58 GMT

How in the fuck did Zoom win the whole COVID-times video meeting war? It has the absolute worst audio I have ever heard from any platform -- and I worked with analog phones for 20 years.

2025-10-14 13:26:12 GMT

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@nprofile…p7lw If a particular band - or more importantly a particular band used within a particular range - was used for unencrypted data, it seems like it would be pretty easy to inject your own data with a powerful enough dish, like used to be done with TV signal hijack events. You could probably even intercept all the incoming data and rebroadcast it, so that encrypted data still flows, and just inject the unencrypted data as needed (e.g. after an FTP handshake or in an HTTP response).
I'd be a little surprised if this isn't already being done today.

2025-09-30 20:01:13 GMT

How feasible would it be to have something like a job board app that runs on the fediverse¹? I know about the hashtags that are currently being used, but that's pretty ephemeral. Much or maybe all of the necessary functionality is already there, no?
¹ because fuck LinkedIn and all the rest

2025-08-16 17:51:03 GMT

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@nprofile…ax9v no, sorry I mean how long does the subscription last?

2025-08-09 02:14:50 GMT

I understand ginger ale, but why do so many people get tomato juice on airplanes?

2025-06-02 20:40:17 GMT

One of the seatbelts in my car have been stuck for months. I kept putting off going to get it fixed, because I figured it would cost quite a bit to do.
It turns out that seatbelts (and airbags) are required to be covered by a 10 year warranty, so when we went to get it fixed this week, we discovered that it was completely free.

2025-04-30 21:19:57 GMT

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Every fucking time.
https://xn--8r9a.com/system/media_attachments/files/114/429/000/328/644/679/original/1a6c0cf208a5201f.png

2025-04-30 20:57:57 GMT

There's something special about finding vulnerabilities in a commercial PCI scanning platform... Sadly, it isn't in the payment section of the site.

2025-04-18 21:00:03 GMT

Where can I buy neon house paint?
Why is this not a regular thing? Do people not want it or is it a conspiracy by Big Paint?

2025-03-30 13:58:30 GMT

Is TMS bullshit? It definitely sounds like it is.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/transcranial-magnetic-stimulation/about/pac-20384625

2025-01-09 18:46:19 GMT

Lazy Google, why is grapefruit juice on the "no no list" for various mental health meds? Does it go beyond that?

2025-01-01 20:43:08 GMT

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@nprofile…gqp6 It didn't burn or anything. I'm pretty sure it shorted out my brain.

2025-01-01 20:42:08 GMT

Don't attach a TENS unit to your eyebrows.
I will not be taking questions at this time.

2024-11-26 03:39:09 GMT

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@nprofile…cgs9 but what if there were cartridges? 🤔

2024-11-24 16:39:26 GMT

There's been a lot of talk about ActivityPub and ActivityPub-as-Implemented. Are there any good specifications on the latter?
Edit: Code is not a specification.

2024-11-22 22:34:13 GMT

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@nprofile…eedx CT, so it'll be sizeable.

2024-11-22 22:28:21 GMT

Could somebody snowsplain to me? It's going to snow next week and I have literally no idea what I need to do. All I know is that I need a snow shovel, salt, and an ice scraper.
What kinds should I get? What else do I need? What even is a snowblower? Do I need one (can I just use a flamethrower)? What do I have to shovel? Do I just put the snow in the street? Do I do it before or after the plows come through? When do the plows come? Where do I put the salt? How much do I use? What about my roof? Do I turn on faucets on every floor if it's going to freeze? What the hell is winterization? Does my car need that?
In Georgia, we would just buy bread, milk, and eggs (I guess people really like French Toast?) and call it a weekend.
HALP

2024-11-12 00:23:49 GMT

What do people get if they search for @ north @ https.s3.amazonaws.com ? It should be this profile.

2024-11-09 15:25:46 GMT

I reported my #vulnerability in #Georgia's #voter registration platform to the Secretary of State 90 days ago. They've still done nothing (and deny that it's even exploitable).
It isn't enough of a vulnerability to cover the ~115,000 #vote difference in the Presidential #election, but it could be quite significant nonetheless, especially in smaller races.
Is there any good¹ reason I shouldn't just drop full details? It's extremely tempting and I'm not the only person to have discovered this (s/o @npub1u9z…2404 ²). The only thing that was really stopping me before was the likelihood of bullshit³ election challenges by the far right, but that's now moot.
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1) "Log in" to MyVoterPage (MVP) at https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/ with BurpSuite using name, date of birth, and county of residence.
2) Click "UPDATE VOTER INFORMATION", click "Edit".
3) Change any information in the attached image.
4) ???
5) Click "CONTINUE".
6) Enable packet Intercept.
7) Check the boxes, click "SUBMIT".
8) ???
9) Wait for the registrar to approve the change.
Congratulations, you've made it impossible for somebody to vote.
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¹ Aside from the whole retaliatory prosecution thing.
² Alison is new here; you should follow her!
³ Though potentially justified in this particular case?
#cybersecurity #infosec
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2024-11-09 03:57:20 GMT

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@npub1ph6…6qyn exactly

2024-10-01 13:16:59 GMT

Does Mastodon 4.3 no longer fetch remote comments?

2024-09-11 14:06:16 GMT

I called the support department of a vendor for a platform I found some vulns in (after emails to security@<domain> bounced and support@<domain> went ignored). I explained who I was and that I was trying to figure out how to report the vulns. They hung up on me. Twice.
Emails to the CISO, CEO, and legal dept have thus far gone ignored.
Fun.

2024-09-06 00:21:41 GMT

⁂ is a terrible symbol to use for the #Fediverse because it can't be used as a subdomain. You should be able to make ⁂.foo.social, just as you can mastodon.foo.social and pleroma.foo.social. People will definitely try it and it won't work out for them; they'll end up just seeing xn--kwg.foo.social, which is stupid.
(I think I'm safe to consider myself the authority on Unicode domain names.)