The best time to improve your OpSec was a long time ago. The second best time is now.
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Last Notes npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling Interesting. Spam, then I'm blocked before I can report it. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling Much more detailed explainer here: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/15/strategic-petroleum-reserve-spr-oil-iran-war-caverns.html npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…lhzn some of that 198 has already been approved for release. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling My reading of that article is that most of the 172M barrels have already been released. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling Be dumb, do crimes. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling Been there, done that. One of my standard recommendations is: make sure you can make a change and see the effect - even if that change& effect is to make things even more broken. You just want to prove that the tool chain is working. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling Thereby disproving the existence of experts. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling I would love to agree. I used to agree. But I have had so many Jewish ppl tell me that support for Israel is an essential component of Jewishness. While others, would prefer not to discuss it. That I have come to believe that actual opposition to Zionism is a minority view among Jews. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling > Doubling the performance of something like an 8086 was easy npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling After big num years in corporate, I’ve seen a lot of things that make sense, but only once you have a missing piece of information. I have no idea what is happening here and I don’t know what I’m missing. @nprofile…3qha npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling The first thing that put me off Gaiman was when I noticed how often his female characters, however powerful they may be, exist only to sacrifice themselves for the frankly shitty and useless main male character. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling Taxing billionaires out of existence would immediately fix a lot of our problems, even if we did exactly nothing with the money, because billionaires are the source of a lot of our problems. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…ppe2 I do believe you're right. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…ppe2 Ah, here we are... npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…ppe2 Does it also show you the least followed? I can't find it immediately, but it's equally improbable. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling In fairness, most of them explicitly did not say that everyone was going to survive. @nprofile…w47d npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling For the buses, yes, this may just be the usual inevitable - if you can remotely update software, you can remotely brick the device. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling Not the first time “rogue devices, including cellular radios, were discovered in Chinese-made power inverters“ https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/what-is-chinese-kill-switch-found-in-equipment-at-us-solar-firms-trigger-national-security-fears-/amp_articleshow/121440168.cms @nprofile…dhsu npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…d2rl Thank you, Ambassador npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling If we don't have up to date documentation, then it doesn't seem reasonable to 100% claim anything, because as you say, it could move in either direction. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…fle4 I take it you've never spent half an hour trying to work out if two different companies are or are not talking about the same threat actor? npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…795r You've probably seen this but just in case: https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/1krttqo/my_new_hobby_watching_ai_slowly_drive_microsoft/ npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…5k2y It's not stupid, it's deeply sinister. They're redefining what the term means in real time, or trying to. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…d2rl I read this toot on its own and didn’t process that it was part of a thread and it still worked, but very differently. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…tmrr Need scare quotes around "reasons" npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…r0kn Either that or epsteined. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…p8tg That sounds right. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/339 npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…p8tg These are the last two edits. The 2nd last one is by the vandal. The one above it shows who did the rollback. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…p8tg Was that an automated rollback? At a glance, it looks like it was done by a human. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…j7m6 Yes, and the electrician really has two thumbs on their right hand. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…gqp6 It's only legal for some people tho. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling “I don’t understand the language this program is written in. Therefore I will rewrite it in a different language” npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…d2rl @nprofile…v6nv I've seen it done, but it has required intervention by a politician (this is Ireland) or knowing someone on the inside. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…gqp6 depending on where you, just plain getting the vaccine can be cheaper than getting tested to see how much you need the vaccine. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…qz4x @nprofile…2ez6 npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…r0kn easier. professional coaching helps, as crazy as it sounds to say that we need to be taught how to do something so fundamental as running. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…cl5w We found the mummy's tomb. And it's empty. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…36ma I've had that feeling. And then the support desk asked me if I'd rebooted my modem, and I had to admit that I hadn't, and I did, and the problem went away. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…tmrr It's almost as if being a Nazi's disqualifies you from having a sense of humour. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…d2rl The game is not on hard mode. The rules are different. You'll need to let go of some of your old strategies. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…5k2y possible that the conversation forces adults to reflect on their own phone addiction, and they don’t like that. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…98h0 @nprofile…lkdj @nprofile…d2rl if it’s any consolation, Australians banks are (to my surprise) relatively customer friendly npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…5k2y if you’re doing shady stuff, you want the best security advice you can get. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…z22s Technically, yes. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…d2rl It pains me to say this, but Australian banks are actually pretty good, well, relative to every other country I've had to deal with anyway. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @npub1wf4…94wn Give him a break, he's going through a lot at the moment. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @npub1tps…9rmt They will never admit they were fooled. They will however magically pivot to never having supported him. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @nprofile…u707 Chess went woke when they introduced the Queen. npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @npub126c…7zt6 wild guess, but if 1. Someone reported your message (who is this!) and 2. The account wasn’t old enough to have earned a +ve reputation, maybe you fell below a trustworthy threshold level npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @npub1mmf…eknq me: I will never see a more dystopian example of ‘this is who we are’ than the Apple crush your dreams advert npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @npub17lg…9uux @npub1jma…0as2 aren’t we all ? npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @npub1mmf…eknq would not surprise me. But do you have a link? npub1tx6sms50j455f7mv6xngpve7yq0al2ywud9s8pmpskvu9ajd79lqmp009z Ben Aveling @npub1dl0…49nf possibly by accident, and without having seen the details, I’m not sure it’s that bad. If electric car manufacturers can go direct, well, that’s all of them, real soon now. And given that manufactures like to push up prices, not down, is an inability to discriminate bad?
