Long time #Hacker type. #Hippie and I care about the #planet, ask me about #solarpower and #EV. #
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Last Notes npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…l9z3 Let them know that despite there being plenty of anti-AI sentiment out in the world, it is not only NOT going away but it is up to the security community to fix it. Just like we did with PHP when that came out spawning hundreds of vulnerable websites from non-HTML programmers. Just like we did when we moved from server rooms to the cloud. Before HTTPS. And on and on. Whether we like it or not, security pros have to fix things. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…m9dz @nprofile…9nj5 I just make a monthly donation, auto-charged off of my card.But I get it, merch going overseas is going to cost you! npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Give. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…mdat “Foot” gun is dead on! When I want to really really REALLY challenge myself I code something in C. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Also note despite this knowledge you now have of me, I am not an 12 year old kid, but an actual adult. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad When you name your smart robot floor cleaner "SlutBot" and your combo washer/dryer "LaunderWhore", it is recommended you do not send alerts about their progress/status to the Home Assistant display in the living room when guests are present. And certainly not voice announcements. FYI. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad It’s just about 1pm here in TX and fairly hot already, should be lovely in couple more hours unless the slight chance of rain rolls in. For those not in F world but instead in C world, 104F is 40C as reference. The “feels like” is the kicker. Also note still took the dog for a walk around the block, she LOVES the heat! npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Boy I sure am glad my state of Texas isn't being too weird or anything... (checks newsfeed)... oh wait... npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Squirrels are going nuts, chasing each other around the backyard. They didn’t realize it was Dahlia’s territory, and like any sane dog she took in personally. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…mdat Convincing people to take /dev/urandom vs "something we thought of" gets back into that PEBKAC scenario... 😉 npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…mdat Well, of course. And actual real random number generation is hard to do, at least at the level of say a three letter agency requires. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…6sy6 If they are security friends, it is of course #SecuriTea regardless of time of day. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…dceh @nprofile…7e9f As soon as I have time I'll give this a listen. Thanks! npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…dceh @nprofile…gsm3 Hmm this interests me on multiple levels, I may be in touch about this. My employer #gitlab is already a 1Password customer, this is quite interesting for me. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Ok for some reason when I mentioned non-human identities and tracking them, a number of people assumed aliens or something, or just AI agents. What I am looking for are some insights into authentication actions on computer systems - using tokens, APIs, stored secrets, and so on - where a human is not directly involved in the interaction. Yes, AI could be involved, think MCP especially. I know there are tools out there to manage this, just wondering. Think using Okta SSO etc but not human users at all. Thoughts? Opinions? To me this is the next step in zero trust, in that one should have the same principles in place between any and all systems be they human or automated in that are they who or what they claim to be and are they authorized to do go forward and do what they are trying to do. #infosec #security #zerotrust npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Any recommendations on solutions for controlling, managing, and tracking non-human identities? I've explored some solutions, but would love to get some quick recommendations on what people are thinking. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Hmmm, curious what steps #Proton takes next. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…665q Yeah my only metal choice was hair metal, I'd prefer prog technical death metal for sure! npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…7vet That's the plan. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad So, back problems, lumbar region, nerves being pinched. Specialist yesterday said MRI. Had annual physical today which went well. I called to schedule the MRI and said a spot opened up today so I took it. Asked for metal to be played on those headphones they put on you, so listened to hair metal and the loud MRI machine for 30min. Was hoping for some #ozzy ( #rip ) but alas other old bands only. Trippy and relaxing somehow, actually really enjoyed it, I’m very non-claustrophobic so it was very comfy. Even wished it had lasted longer. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Here’s the thing. Telling people to not use AI and it’s bad and everything is not going to prevent it’s “spread” and certainly won’t fix the problems we ( #infosec ) are seeing with it. So who is going to fix it? Well, we’re going to have to. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad I've at this point received multiple - MULTIPLE - takedown notices from Google regarding my blog. All the complaints are the result of someone's OnlyFans having porn pics downloaded and propagated onto dozens if not a few hundred porn sites (the complaint has the list) and my domain with my offending URL being a blog post about something odd like EDC or going to a conference, without pictures of naked people - in fact without pictures of people at all. I always respond that my material is original and mine and not of people anyway, and after a few days Google replies back with the equiv of "no worries, dude" and that's it. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad It's the ultimate encryption implementation! Did I write it myself? Yes. Should one write their own crypto? Probably not. Am I going to use it? Well... npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad As a hacker, the fact that AI can generate code that is insecure and that people actually run is a reason not to use AI. But also, as a hacker, the fact that AI can generate code that is insecure makes me want to drive as deep into AI as possible. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…97xp If my milk only had 5G the numbers could more than double! npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Last encounter - a young man who I think was on drugs of some kind was arguing with another individual who simply was ignoring him, mainly because the ignoring person wasn't there. The druggie turned to me (walking my dog) and said "Can you believe this guy?" I replied that sometimes some people just don't listen and he should walk away and pointed him in a direction away from where my car was parked. I told him to have a nice day and to head to the picnic area because it was going to rain. He thanked me, said a few kind words, and was on his way. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad At Whole Foods in the pseudo cafeteria area there was a man explaining to I think his family about how the earth was flat. He even had on a flat earth t-shirt. His perhaps wife or sister was seated next to him frown smiling and slowly shaking her head "no" to the two people across from them who were being mansplained flat earth "facts". npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Crazy person weekend. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Years ago, I remember a fireworks battle between myself and several others. We were armed with Roman candles, but to make it more interesting we each had to carry an open can of beer in one hand the entire time. The goal was to hit the others as many times as possible with the firework as it went off. We played this late at night in front of the houses and between the cars of unsuspecting neighbors. Surprisingly no one called the police. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad I recently had this nearly exact conversation with an AI "skeptic" friend. I think the thoughts here are spot on with what I am seeing. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…ktud Yup. If it works, it works, and bad actors with *any* motive will exploit it. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Good, thoughtful #ai article, especially for the #infosec crowd. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Catching up on news, from a few days ago. CAO recommends apps like #signal over #WhatsApp. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…d2ln With all of the new tech - especially including AI - what are your thoughts on the overall environmental impact in a climate-change-impacted world? Should the new (and old) tech makers be taking this into consideration instead of the mad money grab they often seem to be on? npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Wow, my heat pump washer dryer combo unit used less energy washing two loads of clothes than my refrigerator does in a day simply being a refrigerator. And both are easily covered power-wise by the #solar panels as far as power goes. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Not one but two #solstice gatherings this weekend. This was from last night’s dinner where we also did some crafts. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Well, fuck. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…4yg8 Not pictured, my clipboard. 😉 Yes it is amazing how very little people notice the person dressed this way. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad “Have you ever dressed up specifically to bypass physical security or blend in where you shouldn’t be?” npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Obvious sign you work in #infosec and #security - when your auto correct suggests “got hacked” when you’re typing in “gotcha”. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad This older blog post has seen a recent spike in views, I'm guessing it seems like it might be relevant for some reason. It's a few years old, but most of it still applies - especially considering today's political climate. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad My god I love this time of year. Sitting outside with a cool drink, watching the sunset, and listening to cicadas. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Maybe if someone reminds Trump he won't be able to get a decent weather report before he fucks off for the day to play golf on his golf course, he might decide weather prediction and NOAA etc need their funding increased instead of decreased. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Meteorologists are starting to worry about their ability to predict the weather. I personally was already concerned that simply due to #climatechange many older prediction models might be "under predicting" weather impacts, and it requires more realtime data to get accurate weather prediction happening. The federal govt cuts are eliminating that ability as well. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad A part of the argument against AI is that LLMs are somewhat less than accurate (colloquially, "shitty"), but in limited use cases they are fine. How do you judge an LLM? Well, I tried to answer that myself. Warning, the test is tailored more to myself and hacker friends than the world, but it should give you an idea of a direction to head on your own path. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad I will assume that when the weather alert sirens went off yesterday evening it was for the golfball sized hail, and not because some GOP person saw a rainbow first day of #pridemonth (although I am in Texas….) npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad There *is* an i in teiam if you’re clever. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad There are a few cool things that happen in Texas, especially where I live. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Noisy at the casa today as I work, lawn folk are here with a riding mower, push mower, and weed eating all going at once, plus local helicopter company is apparently doing test flights over the neighborhood ("test" flights over populated areas, sounds safe to me, right?) and they've all converged. A bit hard to focus on tasks at hand, taking a #tea break. Hopefully only last 5-10 minutes. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…tx7v We were scheduling a follow-up meeting and June 19th was suggested, and I said "I can't that day, US Holiday" and they said "Oh nice, what's the holiday?" and I answered the question, which prompted more questions on their part. The ultimate response was in the flavor of "oh wow, that's dark." Really killed the mood on that one. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…36ju Same on all counts. The other advantage is that I *rarely* get a cold or any other related airborne illness. I've thrown out cold meds purchase pre-lockdown that simply never got used and expired. On that count alone I will always mask up. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Oh good, touch pad works fine. I only accidentally boosted my own toot twice. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…c32g Yeah I went back and edited the post, you weren't the only one that was like, what?? npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…tq5v I understand that, however I do plan on surviving past that "event". I've been involved with AI (and mainly ML) for decades at this point - not 100% all the time for sure, but certainly it is nearly daily. At my current employer, definitely. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…665q Exactly. And I realize I am simply summarizing lightly. One could write a thesis or even a full book on the subject. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…2k59 Moving here to Texas in 1992 this by coincidence was one of the first facts I learned about Texas. Sadly, the second one was that the Klan started here. Sure, by some miracle we're a leader in renewables (ranked 1 or 2 between us and California), have become a tech bro place (SpaceX launches, Austin and Dallas hosting tech companies etc) and yes we did finally *start* Juneteenth, but damn. Very dark. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…c32g It is a celebration because even though slaves were technically freed in 1863, slave owners in Texas didn't let their slaves know about it until June 19th, 1865, giving themselves a couple more years to earn a profit from those slaves. That's not pretty. At all. The GOP certainly didn't make it a national holiday, Biden did in June 2021 after the racial justice protests. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…2k59 The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freed the slaves. In Texas due to the lack of Union troops to enforce it, slave owners purposely delayed letting the slaves know about this until June 19th 1865 when they finally learned the truth about their freedom. The Texas former slaves celebrated that day. Its celebration was not major for a long time and nearly ended but the racial tensions and general social uprising in the 1960s caused a resurgence of Juneteenth in Texas. It officially became a Texas state holiday in 1980. Slowly other states followed, and after the 2020 racial justice protests it grew more. In 2021 it became an official US federal holiday, marking the first new federal holiday since the establishment of Martin Luther King Jr Day in 1983. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad A few decades ago it was what was then the Soviet Union and the space race (in addition to that whole cold war thing). The Soviet Union lost that race, fell quite a bit as a world power, the Berlin wall fell, and they became Russia. China of course watched all of this and has been playing its cards accordingly. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Yuck. During a zoom call with an EU-based colleague I mentioned I would be off work on June 19th as that was Juneteenth (a combination of "June" and "nineteenth"). "Oh, what's that holiday?" Explaining that holiday to others that don't know is bad enough, but explaining it as a Texan is particularly sad. Actually said to me during this call, "You guys did what?!?" Yes. Yes, we did what. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad I'm probably not going to get to do this (as my late wife was going to film it) so I'll post the idea here. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Wow. Just learned that John Young passed away in March. A public disclosure pioneer and absolute free thinker. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Statistics don’t lie. Birds are bad. Totally not proof that some people manipulate statistics to prove a point. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…gqp6 My god that’s immature, you should be ashamed. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad If you look very close, you’ll see someone (well, me) has drawn an “I” between the N and S. Why? Because I’m at the urologist for an appointment. Also I’m not exactly known for being mature. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…zs4c @nprofile…vejh OMG it does! I have very few rules compared to what is available for that reason. Since my /29 is a business account there is _some_ blocking by the ISP, and a minimal amount of outer router blocking I’ve set up, but a reduced list of Suricata rules for sure. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad I love it when I get notified I'm being served a DMCA takedown request, and when you research it I discover it is me and about 100 porn sites. The porn sites were hosting content from some Only Fans person whose stage name is the same as my last name, and the reference to the picture in question from the law firm is a free picture of a landscape from Unsplash in a 6 year old blog post. It wasn't even a picture of a person, let alone porn. Oh well. Yes I did challenge it. Makes me wonder who put together this list and how much they charged this poor Only Fans person for the service. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…vejh No that isn't it. I've had dedicated IPs with active server up and op for over two decades, and seen some odd stuff over the years. Plus I've done my fair share of my own scanning and whatnot. What I am seeing are mainly the following: npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…nfkd They probably moved headquarters to a new building. I have vague memories of that kind of thing growing up in Oklahoma, where my mother would tell the kids that some number had been updated next to the phone for <reasons>. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad With #spring comes #springcleaning which has led to a slight remodeling of the old dryer area (replaced the washer and dryer with a smart heat pump combo unit), and this giant wall-mounted cabinet had to go. Built in 1970, these stickers were placed on the inside of the door by the first owner. This obviously pre-dated adoption of the 911 emergency system being fully adopted in Texas. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad New blog post, this one is about an odd trend I spotted a couple of years ago, which involves slow port scans potentially using botnets: npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad My son… classic… npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…esft Cool, pass it on! npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad This job just posted by my employer, and while GitLab is a remote only employer, this is strictly for a US-based employee. If I know you (and don't think you're a jerk 😉 ) let me know when you apply and I'll put in a good word for you. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…fyar @nprofile…3dcq Oh good lord. Former mayor, resigned in disgrace. Seems like a perfect fit. I wonder how many role models are speaking. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…fyar @nprofile…3dcq Good. Fuck Hadnagy. Fuck his stupid conference in November. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…lsa5 Probably not Virginia. Especially the Colonial Heights area. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Okay the world is being weird and unstable - on many levels. Here is a distraction: npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…2uzz Have them look over https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/all-jobs/ just in case there is something there that fits, although the vast majority of tech openings involve coding. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…psa7 I've always said to work in #infosec one needs to have a ready source of dead chickens, because it truly is needed for all the voodoo we must do.... npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad I was wanting to expand the solar panels while I still could despite tariffs and the potential for no tax credits, yet even in who-gives-a-shit-about-regulations Texas, there is massive paperwork hurdles to overcome. Outside of the fact I have secured inventory locking in availability and price, it is pure bureaucracy holding me back. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Overcast, spotty rain, distant rumbling thunder. Yes I think it’s time for some hot tea. This is the only way to get work done anyway - plenty of tea. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Living in a working class neighborhood with a lot of #hispanic families means many #CinoDeMayo parties are this weekend as most of the neighbors are working (most run busy small businesses). One day I will achieve my goal of getting the two closest neighbors to sync their music playlists in the hope of drowning out the third and fourth closest because the volumes are set perfectly for me to hear four different playlists simultaneously. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…dceh 🤘🏼 npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad I know that today is #starwars day being #maythe4th and all, but just remember that on this date in 1970 the National Guard opened fire on student anti-war protesters at Kent State college. 4 killed, 8 injured, 1 paralyzed, all of the impacted were students. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…36ju I got to play on one of those Enigma machines at Black Hat in 2000 (I think), I ran into lunch speaker Hal McConnell in a bar. Retired NSA and curator of the NSA museum he had an Enigma with him in a case. Great conversation and lovely gentleman. I did say the funniest thing was how former NSA personnel would visit and be shocked by the Enigmas - either for the same reason as Parsons or just surprised they were let out of the building. He passed in 2023 in his late 80s. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…mdat Gonna have a good time! Jeez I'm a metalhead, I shouldn't make that reference..... npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad You can tell when the baristas really like you. And no, I didn’t have to pay for this one. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad 80 years ago today, Hitler committed suicide, and shortly after that the Germans surrendered. For those that keep pointing out that these political/societal patterns run in roughly 80 year cycles give or take, I wonder how they feel about history possibly repeating itself in a few months or years. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad The local urban vulture committee was at four until a couple of years ago, now it’s down to two. Feeding on roadkill, spotted during a dog walk. No idea what it was, too much had been consumed already. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad The only thing that pisses _me_ off about the current political climate is everything. Other than that, it’s fine. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad The one fun side effect of poor sales at malls is that some of the malls in my area have installed EV chargers, and to encourage mall visits the malls make sure the charge is free. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…cew5 Deleted it from my phone, to get to it will require laptop access which will be occasionally. For now…. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad I’m making a serious conscious effect to stay off of Facebook as much as possible. I do have close family and friends there, but I cannot take the sheer amount of ads and having stuff I don’t “follow” being forced into my feed. The account remains for those fam and friends (for now) and new blog posts will get posted there, but damn. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…naem Bloodywood rulez 🤘🏼 npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad A mental reminder when I have a bit of a break from work I need to clean up a murder scene on my porch. It seems yesterday evening a rat was attacked and half eaten by a possum, and I need to remove the half eaten corpse. Spotted when getting a package off the porch. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Yes I run a mail server. Yes I see spammers/scammers trying to relay their crap email through the server. But it gets serious when they start using a botnet and they throw dictionaries at working accounts, trying to guess passwords. So naturally as a professional paranoid I have to react. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad Dahlia just wanted to talk to a couple of cottontail rabbits during the early morning walk, but they were not having it. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…zywa Most of the time, yes. But for example twice in this month alone it was possibly thunderstorms and instead there was a tornado outbreak. I know Ryan Hall (a YouTuber for christsake) is getting at least closer to reality, local weather here is hit and miss. npub1qnw9evsdw7l4cestcgz7e70sx276k5mjg8myewpkyj8mj2cmfnssel6d6v Simple Nomad @nprofile…hwaq Yeah and down here we’ve had less tornadoes compared to the east of here, as if the heart of tornado alley has shifted a 150-200 miles east. But everything is more intense. Still might be climate related, even in the PNW.
