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Last Notes npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: I’ve just witnessed a horrific LinkedIn trend in person. There’s an increasing contingent of cultists saying: “We should refer to the field of IT as ‘AI’ because that’s what the future is” I’m not sure what podcast they heard it on, but some guy just said to me: “You work in AI, don’t you?” Um… no? Security and IT “Yeah, AI” Stop the planet, I’m disembarking. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Appreciate my cute new Daruma doll. https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/438/794/581/860/369/original/3f5ad63480e74341.jpeg npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…5876 @nprofile…5pam I wouldn’t want to add to that, and I am very supportive of your work. I will say, it gives off very mixed messages if a post on a public forum carries rules of which way is the acceptable way to reply to it, especially for neurodivergent folks. I’m used to this, but I could have worded my allegedly supportive message of your position better, maybe even braved a quote tweet. I’m not here to argue, and you leaving would be a significant loss. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: What are you guys using for Architecture-as-Code these days? npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: If Hunter Biden needs a substitute for his cage match with the Trump kids, I’ll reluctantly stand in. Honestly, it’s no problem at all. No really, I insist. Last minute injury, food poisoning, flu. I’m your guy, if I really have to be. Don’t forget I offered. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Boost for echo effect npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Louis Theroux’s ‘Inside the Manosphere’ was an exceptional demonstration in how someone humble and secure within themselves and their position can demolish someone’s twisted world view in seconds. Do your research and ask the right questions in the right way and without fear, and anything built on sand will crumble. Watching these ‘alpha males’ shrink sustains me. I think my favourite line is the ‘gotcha’ from one of the asshats “how’s your mate Jimmy Saville?” to which Theroux retorts “I helped expose him while he was still alive. He’s dead now”. Referring to the investigative journalism he did in 2000 around the claims of pedophilia, while Saville was *still employed* by the BBC. Claims that weren’t fully investigated until nearly 15 years later. Masterclass. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: How’s my echo chamber doing this fine evening? npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: We can all agree that the heat death of the universe is not conducive to life on Earth. Welcome to my echo chamber. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Ok this is interesting. The desktop app has no such restrictions, only mobile. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Valve: “We need a credit card on file to prove you’re 18” Me: “My account is 23 years old” Valve: “That just proves your account is old” Me: “A credit card just proves you know someone with a credit card” npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: oh we really are in good hands. https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/278/551/587/120/811/original/b142048f5fe60a96.png npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Oh. Hold on. The agent is typing. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: "The Best Conversational AI Platform for Business" We're in good hands. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: it's this dogshit - https://www.liveperson.com npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: I've been 'transferred' three times now. I am not entirely sure these people are actually people. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Stranger, still. I've not provided any identification information. So there's nothing the bot will be able to do anyway. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Very odd interaction with Nationwide Building Society today: Almost like the support staff have accidentally sent the message direct to me, instead of their AI agent. I hate this timeline. https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/278/477/246/040/830/original/8739ea1491537a24.png npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…rh4q new pics up if interested. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/198/426/195/335/994/original/bbaebde3f6bfe8d9.png https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/198/426/297/846/365/original/f589580e2d650748.png https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/198/426/560/703/743/original/b5d2b4223a9b17b8.png https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/198/426/719/779/211/original/957a1efbacc16947.png npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/198/423/185/891/532/original/5c1ee0be2bbf16db.png https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/198/423/352/899/982/original/2ae524d36c12c33d.png https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/198/423/457/543/595/original/3b77037b51986eba.png https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/198/423/559/521/682/original/c990870535187e33.png npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Let me share some of my adventures from the weekend with you. https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/198/418/639/475/321/original/f823f69fe9a2f0b4.png https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/198/418/819/308/282/original/ddb38dafc2b108d0.png https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/198/418/947/827/785/original/8b3affb67b46fe99.png https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/198/419/068/321/498/original/f3719c834863cd3d.png npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: In my defence, I can only see out of one eye npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…rh4q I’ll be back soon, ADHD is a wonderful drug. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Ok. I’m finally doing it. After years of false starts, and waiting for the game to be complete before starting it, I’m starting No Man’s Sky afresh. I now realise it may never be finished, and I’ll burn out before seeing all it has to offer, but it is a Herculean effort all round. Maybe I’ll get bored, but it’s worth a shot. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…sh63 ahah! Do you find it as responsive? I think that’s the real defining difference from the “we have that at home” implementations I’ve tried. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: I bought the Casio GW-M5610U last week. It’s truly is the only watch you’ll ever need. A great update of the original ‘tough watch’, and some welcome tweaks from the and 5610. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Linux brains… You know how MacOS creates a workspace when you make an app full screen, and you can gesture with three fingers between them… is there a Linux equivalent? It probably has a pretentious name, but I don’t store them in the ol’ melon. Windows’ implementation is terrible. So that’s the baseline. I’ve seen workspaces in Linux for decades now, but it’s been pretty clunky comparatively. I can’t tell you how productive this really simple interaction makes me. Some of it is likely down to the MacBook touchpads being the gold standard, but I do have a Lenovo one that isn’t terrible. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: God damn it. I spend the last two years vetting new cars to buy that come with real TPMS (not that rolling diameter shite) and this is found. It’s a reach, but a fun one. https://www.securityweek.com/researchers-uncover-method-to-track-cars-via-tire-sensors/ npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: That reminds me. Enterprise tech hack: If you look at your stack, you’ll probably see Dev, Test, QA, Pre-Prod environments. If you delete them, Prod will probably keep running, and you’ll save a shit ton of money. You’ll be promoted in no time. Maybe even knighted. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: What better way to end the week than a 7 hour meeting with complete fucking idiots. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: “But they can see them” Neither optical analysis, lidar or surface directed sonar is going to inform the system of a pothole under surface water or ice. The country is wet for 50% of the year. “They can avoid suspected road surfaces” Many roads in the UK are only wide enough for a single car, despite not being one-way. “They can avoid areas with reported potholes” Then you might as well walk. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: In a ditch or abandoned at the side of the road. Day 1. Depending on deployment numbers. Almost certainly by week 2. Just you wait. These people have no clue what car combat awaits an unattended car on UK roads. It’s bad enough in the US. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2drw12z51o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: IP stealing machine gets its IP stolen by IP stealing machine. Cries foul play. https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/anthropic-says-chinese-ai-firms-used-16.html npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Better hit the spin bike. See you 40km. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Up your CTI game by knowing the correct threat actor names for executive briefings. Security isn’t about being right, it’s about being accurate, after all: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/gayint-name-converter/ npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…tuen she’s back. ❤️ npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: “Today I’m definitely going to make time to play with Batocera” *Clicks download* *Website goes down and doesn’t come back up* npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: I like how Sony thought to put a weed compartment in the PS2. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Because there’s no data to suggest there’s a problem. As the article clearly says. There is however data to show significant road safety benefits to LED headlights. Except the new Ford Puma. Fuck that car and its skyward pointing headlights. https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/096/834/518/655/046/original/b182bc4aacd5fb28.png npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: They’ve arrested the nonce. I can’t stop laughing. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…44dh bold of you to assume we will be allowed/able to go to surface. Just wait for the people bringing you Patch Tuesday to start running nuclear power plants to MVP 😭 npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: If you’ve not played the Metro games. Their post-apocalyptic currency is bullets. Ours will be RAM. But not the fast stuff, that’s reserved for the things destroying the planet. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: No I won’t learn. I will not proof read my posts before publishing. I am cursed for eternity. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Shit. https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/074/103/285/341/018/original/19380abeedf23590.png npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Does anyone know how to view contents of a directory in Windows transparently, without folders? I just want to see all the files in a flat structure. I’d use smart folders or search on MacOS. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: I really hate this new feature in Apple News. Combining news sources and editorialising their headlines to form a narrative. I wonder if the outlets are aware. https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/045/160/774/172/253/original/a12cf561032d6f02.png npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Why is the PayPal app such an archaic piece of shit? Open > FaceID > Passkey > 2FA EVERY. GOD. DAMN. TIME. And 50% of the time it’ll reset the login process as I switch apps for the 2FA code. Just screams to me that their auth process is fucked somewhere, so they kill sessions to mitigate risk their side. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Wife couldn’t remember name of the Navy Seals and called them ‘American Water Animals’. Sorry guys, that’s your name now. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Imagine telling your then-self how bad things would get. You won’t own the game, and you can’t buy the whole game, you can’t play the game offline—or you can, but not for too long—the pedigree will be demolished and reviewers will still laud it The games will use 1000x the resources to run, have no optimisation, with poorer gameplay, worse art styles, and basic features will be overlooked. The games will have abusive gambling mechanics to keep you hooked, instead of being good, and you will need to buy cosmetics with actual money as they’re not unlockable. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Honestly I think SOCOM is one of the most under appreciated video games in the business. Not 4 and the other side characters, I’m talking 1, 2, 3. I think this is the increasingly apparent issue of games chasing realism over authenticity. SOCOM has aged *really* well, and the voice command implementation is not only one of the best, but also the least gimicky I’ve come across… and it works. The recognition is better than pretty much anything I’ve played since. But it’s deeper than that. Your teammates are *good* and they have your back. You don’t worry about getting shot in the back as you sweep rooms, and there’s nothing more satisfying (and efficient) than reeling off commands, seeing them executed, and doing your own piece while you’re at it. And there’s more little details too, like how your teammates won’t run into your arc of fire, or they’ll go prone if you’re crouched for a period. You can go in safety off, but they’ll still defend themselves in a bind or take action to avoid alerting other enemies. It’s such a well rounded package that it’s really sad to see more hasn’t been done with it since. It’s just honest in what it sets out to do. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Finally finished Attack on Titan. Lord, it was difficult. But I managed it. Lazily written. Heavy-handed metaphors and analogies. Unbearable characters. Lost, meandering plot lines. The most egregious exposition filler material I’ve ever encountered. The whole thing is saturated in pseudo-intellectual pretense and unnecessarily convoluted, yet predictable, twists. Save your “oh you didn’t understand the nuance” shtick. I fucking did. It was as subtle as a brick. I am exhausted. I do not know who this show was for. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: A timely reminder that if you have an iPhone (8+) and press the power button and either volume key (think: just squeeze your phone tightly) for a couple of seconds, the phone will vibrate in an unfamiliar way, STOP holding the buttons NOW. It will force you to input the PIN to continue using the phone. *CAUTION* continuing to hold WILL call emergency services. From this screen you can also leave it locked or power it off, or manually call emergency services, depending on your situation and time available to you. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Since reading The Hobbit as a child I’ve had this riddle ingrained in my brain. *Thirty white horses on a red hill* *First they champ* *Then they stamp* *Then they stand still* I never paid much attention to the detail, but last night it dawned on me. *Thirty teeth*. We don’t *have* 30 teeth. We have 32. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Why oh why is my WAN2 up and down like a yoyo? Why can’t you behave like WAN 1 and WAN 3? Why do you need to be like this? npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…6qy0 can’t say I’ve ever heard anyone say this except North Americans, oddly. Makes me twitch. I love the Swedes and Sweden. But then again, I’m just an Irishman living here. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: So secure in your authority you’re going on an immigration visit with a grenade launcher, plate carrier, and gorget. 👊 npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: And look, the Brits can measure some things but not others, so we’re arguably worse in that sense. But we can make tea. :blobeyes: https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/115/966/435/900/363/522/original/c786c7803cad71f6.png npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: I’ve been pretty scathing of US politics of late. That isn’t reflective of my views of my friends stateside. I have great friends, family, and colleagues there, and they’re as appalled as me. So the judgment isn’t on them. Sure, you can’t measure anything or make tea correctly, but I love you all the same.:blobheartcat: My issues are purely with the behaviours and attitudes on display for all to see. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Bet y’all didn’t know IKEA were selling Kallax cat bed inserts. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: *20s into opening a new app* “Why not take a moment to rate us on the App Store?” Because I’m not going to make hating your products my entire personality. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: “Are you enjoying this app?” I fucking was until you interrupted me. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…5qj3 the popup doesn’t communicate the risk, as it can’t understand what that looks like organisationally. The developer, in most cases, is not qualified to assess nor manage risk—especially security risk, and certainly wouldn’t be responsible or accountable for that decision… so it’s natural for the ability to make that decision to be removed from them. It’s not personal. The devs I work with can’t run anything locally, anything unsigned or non-inventoried as part of the pipeline SBoM which is checked via SCA, SAST, DAST etc. all pulled from a private repo of hardened containers and screened code. Nothing leaves the container or app that isn’t explicitly allowed. No extensions that dial out. It’s simple stuff. The devs aren’t doing anything differently from the other users. They’re doing their job within defined parameters and tolerances. Maybe if you’re doing low risk stuff or have a wide-open risk apetite, sure, have at it. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…5qj3 @nprofile…w700 @nprofile…ds0l is there a business need to run the full feature set? Has the risk been appropriately understood and managed? If the scripts and other code are known safe, in a private repo, I’d probably agree. But just downloading and executing anyone’s IDE custom jobs is madness. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…r02f it’s very strange whom it happens to. Sometimes I find people haven’t actually left fedi and are posting 2-3 times a day + replies on the same instance as me. I think I’m gonna try a different app again soon to see if anything improves, as it’s a relatively recent thing from when I switched apps (might not be related) npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…3qha I was just thinking “I wonder how Lesley is getting on” then realised for whatever reason your posts haven’t appeared in my feed for what feels like months. Anyway, just checking in. No obligation to reply. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…9yjc @nprofile…0xjm yeah I think if I were doing just 400km in a day, that would be fine, but on the very worst weeks I can be doing 800-1600km in a day, 5 or 6 days a week. That really, really adds up when you consider time charging, with winter being even worse as I sometimes need to camp in the car, and so use power for heat, boiling water etc. I haven’t really worked it out, but over a year, it’s a LOT. That article indicates a ~2.5% drop in range per year, if fully charged and discharged once a day. I don’t know what that would look like for 2-3 times a day. I’d be very interested in auxiliary charging tech, like photovoltaic roof etc. as when I’m not driving, the car could be stationary for a week or month. Like I say, my edge case is *very* edge case. And I’m excited about being able to make the jump when it’s viable (or I change jobs). npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…0xjm Agreed, and a good article too. Very reassuring. My main issue (and I’m currently in the market for a new car), is that I need to travel long distances frequently, moderately laden, and often in the cold (more frequently in the winter). I could afford a decent spec EV, but I couldn’t really justify it, and would prefer to have the spare income. I don’t pay for fuel, so it’s not that, it’s the hours added to journeys charging and the very real risk of being stranded tens (or a hundred in some cases) of miles from help. Some weeks could add 10-15 hours of charging for me, not including those while sleeping. We trialled one of the new mid range Kias in ‘long range’ configurations, and struggled to get even 50% of the advertised range in December. Obviously that’s down to traffic, load, road conditions, temperature, and the type of miles you’re doing (for me it’s motorway or very rural fast B roads) but it’s still hard to get a good read on advertised range. It also really wasn’t cheap. I know I’m probably an outlier, but it frustrates me as I’m environmentally conscious otherwise. Don’t drive much except for work, and I do drive a hybrid, and drive economically. I do carry auxiliary fuel tanks as even with a 400-450 mile range, it’s easy to get caught out between the UK and various sites over Europe. I’m excited for the new battery tech people are working on now, though. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…2mmh who am I kidding, of course they wouldn’t: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E7FU_mqhFGk npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…2mmh Justice would never… would you Justice? 😬 npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…2mmh noooooooooo! npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…2mmh oh no… what have Carpenter Brut done?? npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: I’m a big Resident Evil fan and I’m currently playing through all the games again (even the weird spinoffs) and reading all the books before RE9 drops. I felt that despite RE7 being a sublime horror showcase reigniting the genre, it didn’t feel very Resident Evil. I hadn’t got round to playing Village til now, despite it being in my backlog. It’s a very, very good game—but still a major departure for the series—though I think that it’s coming closer to what made 4 and earlier great. It’s also technically brilliant, as was Monster Hunter, all running on their own engine. I’m playing on 10 year old hardware, on max settings except for raytracing, and it’s easily pinned to 60fps. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…44dh make this an incremental game and I’d play it. *Proceeds to stave off overwhelming ADHD impulse to learn how to make this happen.* npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…44dh I forgot the damn partner program. For each new customer you refer to us, you get a 0.5% probability boost to your favoured outcomes* For an additional $325k/yr you can get a spotlight announcement and a seat on our board of directors with voting rights. *Annual quotas apply to maintain participation. Limited to maximum 120% probability per outcome. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…44dh Process Pachinko. Every ‘bucket’ has an outcome. The jackpot just gives you more balls. We could get some sweet animated dashboards, a Dynatrace integration which will show all green anyway, some sort of SIEM runbook which naturally make things worse, glossy exec reports. Stick some GenAI in there, so you can ask it to influence outcomes and it be utterly incapable of doing so. Add in premium modules for rate limiting, a rabbits foot, money paw, four leaf clover, ball credits (not getting the successes you need? Try more requests!) We can spin up a side hustle which allows betting on business outcomes, which definitely isn’t gambling, but ‘investing’. Honestly, we’ve just won the cloud. I was so wrong. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: The stop using non-deterministic technologies to do tasks requiring deterministic outputs challenge. Let’s try that. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: The obvious answer is to ask the drug dealers for a solution to the drug epidemic. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: *sigh* here we go again https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-expands-online-safety-act-to-mandate-preemptive-scanning npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Man, I’m getting old. I just overheard the words ‘viral kebabs’ and I had a physical reaction to it. Full on psychic damage. I know what both of those things are. In both contexts. I’m of the generation that spawned the popular use of it (though not partaking) and I’m one of the many people that built the things to enable it. I want it to stop now. What have we created? npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Tell me what you’re working on, or aren’t working on but should be! npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…phdr let me know what they are, I have just serviced all my guitars for the first time in 5 years. Playing with some ambient low gain doom metal type things Let me know what chords you found! And tuning :) npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: But what can happen, is that YOU can create zero background art. It doesn’t need to be good. It doesn’t need to make you money. It doesn’t even need to be shown to people. It needs to be done for the sake of doing. It needs to be human. And what a fucking momentous power you hold. Go make art you beautiful bastards. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: An identical song, book, or painting; one created by GenAI, one by artists and authors are not the same. One tells a story of people, culture, of sacrifice, emotion, human experience, and the connectedness of all things. The other is devoid of meaning or merit. A near-enough cacophony of ones and zeros, stolen from its nearest neighbour. And should always, always, be treated as such. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: When GenAI rolled along I was massively dissuaded from working on my creative endeavours and sharing them with people. Not because I desire agency over my IP above, but to deny the tech giants of it. I denied myself the most human of things to spite soulless corporations. Lately I’ve been picking up those creative pursuits again, because what I’ve noticed is that the people that actually matter want you output anyway, even when everything created by anyone, ever, is at their fingertips. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Sit down with your “but they could have been armed” pearl clutching. Yeah. We all could be. And even if they were, was it used? And even if it was, did they deserve to die? Give your head a wobble and put your Gadsden flags down. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: The summary execution of people in cars driving away from aggressors in unmarked vehicles and unofficial clothing shows everything wrong with the state of law enforcement over there. Poor training, poor discipline, poor vetting. It’s either incompetence or intentional. You don’t draw weapons on a vehicle stop for starters, and you don’t stop in a way they can easily drive at you. You especially don’t do it in a busy street with bystanders and colleagues nearby. This quote from one incident is really telling. Standing in front of scared civilians with weapons drawn and expecting a rational outcome. These people are scared of their own shadows. If your first instinct is to protect yourself (the implication of being ready to murder someone), and not the persons in the vehicle, or the general public, you’re in the wrong job. Intellectually immature without the emotional intelligence to de-escalate. Stop giving away badges and guns in cereal boxes. https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/115/865/271/633/088/769/original/c3e37282684e488a.png npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Unfortunate line breaks when custom formatting ebooks in Calibre. https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/115/856/372/555/697/224/original/b8001e4ed8c2ea87.png npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…hxgv I wish they would. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: It had an impact alright. #fuckcloudflare https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/115/856/096/384/607/724/original/ecd9c8d47e7da182.png npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Well, the good news it will probably fall over in a few months. https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/07/accenture_acquires_palantir_uk_rival_faculty/ npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…l9z3 is… is it not? Also… probably answering the questions too. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Insisting on customer managed keys ✅ Storing them in a key vault with platform managed keys ✅ npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: Insisting on customer managed keys ✅ Storing them in a key vault with platform managed keys ✅ npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…plp2 correct. My mistake. ADHD posting on the move! npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…gd6k not sure if it’s been used to before, but popped into my head and seemed apt! npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…nutk you’re absolutely right. I mean the former but both apply! npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: ‘Being Krebs’d’ is now my affectionate term for being unexpectedly boosted by the wonderful @nprofile…gu7x, my notifications exploding, and me panic-editing my lazy stream-of-consciousness posts. 😂 npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…4pwh as mentioned in other replies, there is a history of the US pursuing this legally, but was ultimately unsuccessful. I think the new tech reich, which lives in an online bubble with other billionaires, is seeing the misinfo being put down, and giving the president careless whispers. npub1879rpg6zvfj4ar4u93j2wpdz9vqwq6xwt0qtglw5adyy6tz3gq2q4aawd9 Security Writer :donor: @nprofile…v3r4 @nprofile…ap4w this largely rings true with my understanding of the history of it too. Good write-up. These things were happening in parallel, for sure.