@alex (Alex Neihaus) is an AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure architect. He's been working in the public cloud since 2010 and, well, technology in general floats his boat. He's especially interested in the process that medium and large enterprises have to go through to migrate systems to these cloud providers. Alex also loves cars...fast cars...travel, fine food and, especially, all three together.
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Last Notes npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Many of my non-technical friends are asking what happened in the global IT outage today. I like this article from CNN Business. It even (correctly) describes how the Windows kernel can be corrupted in simple language: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/19/business/recovery-global-crowdstrike-outage npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus #Apple has filed a patent for ”close proximity” communication (https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20240237094). Check out one reason the application gives for the feature: you won’t have to smell your stinky, nearby conversation partner. Ugh, those nasty “discharges.” https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/790/426/512/184/649/original/0bd25186fe794240.jpeg npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus You know how you can’t unsee the #Biden debate performance? Well, you can’t also unsee how badly the Secret Service screwed up security for #Trump at the rally. I’m a never-Trumper. I want him defeated at the polls, not dead. And I am horrified that the gunman handed MAGA exactly the issue it can and will exploit. https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-rally-shooting-is-the-secret-services-nightmare-1b35a7d6?st=dxkd4dugnmf5ies&reflink=article_copyURL_share npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I get it: it’s #politics. And the #WSJ is no friend of the #Biden administration. But the lack of historical context is breathtaking. What about Wilson? FDR? Aides insured that, until the very end when FDR was nearly, gone that nobody saw him in a wheelchair or on crutches. Yet historians routinely rank FDR as one of our greatest leaders. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/joe-biden-age-public-election-campaign-343a47bf?st=7hkulsjat5b0nl0&reflink=article_copyURL_share npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Bernie Sanders is 82. And while there’s a lot I disagree with in this interview, you can’t help but compare the fire in his belly with what you can’t un-see from the #Biden debate performance. What I saw in the debate wasn’t the halting speech or even an infirm mind — what I saw was an aging pol trying to hold on to power. Far from being infirm, Biden is being obstinate. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/sen-bernie-sanders-says-what-we-have-to-focus-on-now-is-policy-after-biden-age-questions/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus If anyone in the #Biden campaign is listening: #POTUS would be SO MUCH MORE compelling if he laid off foreign policy and leaned into his achievements in the US economy. We know he loves foreign policy and focused on it for decades in the Senate. But "it's the economy, stupid." US elections are won or lost on breadbasket issues, not #NATO expansion. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Went to a #BMW dealer today for an inspection sticker...they're just back online after CDK Global restored service after that massive ransomware attack. My car's history -- along with my PII -- had been restored and was used for the visit. I wonder: what's to prevent the criminals from taking the ransom AND selling the exfiltrated data on the dark web? My guess: nothing. nada. I hope a massive class-action suit sues the bejesus out of CDK for its (obvious) #cybersecurity #infosec failures. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus A #PowerShell function to display #Exchange Online email aliases. For people like me with dozens who forget them. https://yobyot.com/powershell/microsoft-365-exchange-email-aliases/2024/07/02/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Trump and Biden were both incomprehensible. Biden is both a big spender and competent. Trump is a demagogue and unfit. What a choice. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus #Trump: “We got the best dog”. I mean, really, how incoherent can one be? npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I'm always fascinated by what you can find in the access log. Here's #OpenAI crawling my blog -- and evidence it's doing it from #Azure. ``` 52.230.152.13 - - [23/Jun/2024:00:34:03 +0000] "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; GPTBot/1.2; +https://openai.com/gptbot)" # whois.arin.net NetRange: 52.224.0.0 - 52.255.255.255 CIDR: 52.224.0.0/11 Organization: Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) ``` npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Over and over and OVER again...I keep forgetting to empty the #Cloudflare cache for the smallish changes I'm making to my blog. And then you sit there, wondering why the change didn't "take." So you back it out...then hit yourself on the forehead, empty the cache, re-apply the change and then...rinse and repeat. Two small changes...in an hour. Anyway, let me know if I messed up the site for your device/browser. https://yobyot.com/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Sometimes, you just get blown away when you least expect it. We're moving, so I gave my stereo equipment to a friend. That left me (for now) with only an #Apple #Studio Display. I'd never really listened to it. Now, I'm using it daily with its "force cancelling woofer" -- which really means no bass at all. But OMFG, "Love Ain't for Keeping" from the 2022 #Dolby #Atmos remix streaming from Apple Music from "Who's Next" is astonishing. Now, gotta get me a stereo pair of #Sonos ERA 300s. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus In 2008, Charles Schwab sold me auction-rate securities. Unlike every other broker, #Schwab refused to make good when the market froze during the Great Recession. The NY state AG pursued a case which it eventually lost. During the case, I vented online as in the blog post below. To this day, Schwab is still sore at me and so today I’m reiterating what I said over 11 years ago: Schwab can’t be trusted. https://yobyot.com/charles-schwab/charles-schwab-ars-fraud-case-appeal/2013/02/06/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus If the #MBTA is just “treading water,” I hope it sinks. The T is a failed agency and only complete collapse will permit a new agency to replace it. After decades and decades of incompetence and mismanagement, #Boston and #Massachusetts should demand nothing less than a complete replacement, not endless expensive and missed promises. https://commonwealthbeacon.org/transportation/mbtas-next-budget-is-the- one-to-worry-about/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus What the AWS doc won't tell you if you want to backup SQL Server databases to S3 and your bucket isn't in us-east-1 https://yobyot.com/cloud/backup-and-restore-sql-server-2022-to-and-from-aws-s3/2024/06/11/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I’m taking a break from the non-stop hype (“best ever,” “great!”) of the #WWDC keynote to ask #Mastodon, does it matter if you hawk your product in the video inside or outside the Apple building? Oh, and which insurance company took the key man policy on Tim Cook when standing on the roof? npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Who needs to write documentation when #AI does a better job than you ever could? https://yobyot.com/cloud/find-your-ipv4-and-ipv6-addresses/2024/05/16/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I write four lines of #PowerShell code and #GitHub Copilot writes five paragraphs of documentation. My first 100% AI-generated blog post. Also, check out the hallucinating image from Dall-E https://yobyot.com/cloud/find-your-ipv4-and-ipv6-addresses/2024/05/16/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I argue that "certifications" promoted by vendors are, essentially, worthless. Instead: get your fingernails dirty as a hobbyist. https://yobyot.com/aws/self-hosting-in-aws-and-azure-enhances-your-it-career/2024/04/30/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Self-hosting apps and VMs in the Azure and AWS clouds is the best way to gain the experience employers want https://yobyot.com/aws/self-hosting-in-aws-and-azure-enhances-your-it-career/2024/04/30/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus The one line you need to add to enable PowerShell remoting from macOS to Windows https://www.yobyot.com/cloud/the-secret-to-ssh-powershell-remoting/2024/04/23/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus If you wanna know why people are leaving #Boston and #Massachusetts, here’re a few clues. Tolls at the border and “going after” people who should “give us money” while drivers crack wheels on potholes on the worst roads in New England and the T, esp. the commuter rail, remains revolting. Progressives don’t understand how ridiculous they sound. https://commonwealthbeacon.org/transportation/transportation-secretary-gives-unfiltered-take-on-challenges/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Why I self-host #Bitwarden. https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/lastpass-users-targeted-in-phishing-attacks-good-enough-to-trick-even-the-savvy/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Why working for yourself as an IT consultant beats being a corporate drone any day https://www.yobyot.com/general-musings/make-life-better-work-for-yourself-it-consultant/2024/04/17/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus From Hopkinton State Park in #Massachusetts at 15:30 EDT (92.3% of totality). I simply put the direct-solar-viewing glasses over the telephoto lens of my #iPhone 15 Pro Max. It replicates exactly what I -- and dozens of other at the park -- were seeing through our viewers. The photo is cropped but otherwise untouched. A photo that really is verisimilitude. Sorta of the anti-photo of the #eclipse, no? https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/237/460/783/675/494/original/37143eaaa75948ba.png npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus In the air to DEN, on my way to an old friend’s birthday bash, and the big news is I left all my Lightning cables at home. Yup, if you are 100% “current” (meaning you’ve done what you’re told by #Apple and are much poorer for complying), you can now travel USB-C only. Even the stinky #United A319 I’m on has USB-C power at the seat. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Unfortunately, many developers, especially, low-end devs working for out-sourcing vendors in a sweat-shop environment, don’t know or care about software supply chain attacks. I know how hard it is to get code to work — much less be secure and performant. But we’ve got to find some way to prevent supply chain poisoning — and it has to start with upping devs’ awareness and skills. https://arstechnica.com/?p=2013233 npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus My heart breaks for #Baltimore, home to my mother's first ancestors in this country. This tragedy isn't entirely unprecedented. Today, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge is a site to behold. I hope we build back better in Baltimore. https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/skyway-fishing-pier-state-park/history npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I was reading a #Comcast PR re: #DOCIS 4.0, claiming (finally) symmetrical speeds. Turns out #DOCIS 4.0 is still inferior to fiber to the premises: “DOCSIS 4.0 technology supports up to 10 Gbps speeds downstream capacity and up to 6 Gbps upstream capacity, easily allowing for multi-gigabit symmetric services…” Comcast continues to mislead subscribers. https://www.cablelabs.com/technologies/docsis-4-0-technology npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Page 57: “Ultimately, Apple chooses to make the iPhone private and secure when doing so benefits Apple; Apple chooses alternative courses when those courses help Apple protect its monopoly power.” npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Page 55: “There are no valid, procompetitive benefits of Apple's exclusionary conduct that would outweigh its anticompetitive effects. Apple's moat building has not resulted in lower prices, higher output, improved innovation, or a better user experience for smartphone users.” npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus You gotta read the first few pages of US v. #Apple. It reads like a non-fiction documentary. In addition to blasting Apple, it goes so far as to credit US v. #Microsoft for Apple’s foundational success with the #iPhone. This has got to be one of the worst days ever in Cupertino. I’m a fanboy but this has me re-thinking my loyalty. It won’t be quick, but the walled garden as we knew it is dead. https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/9765671b79f64ad9/6cfe3c6c-full.pdf npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus “An #Amazon spokeswoman said…staff ‘obsess over customers.’” Spare me! Can you believe this BS? This company is the poster child for enshitification. @npub1hyk…3p33 https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/amazons-new-focus-fending-off-rivals-temu-and-shein-5c6ac205?st=clt5ythz4d00dmx&reflink=article_copyURL_share npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus There are two things about controlling #Azure costs that I've learned over time: 1). Do _not_ restrict or buffer architects and devs from cost data. Otherwise, they will be profilgate. 2). Give each team a test subscription with a strict, never-allowed-to-exceed cost limit using Azure Cost Management. That way, people learn NOT to be profligate. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Buried in this story from @npub1l90…lzqk about a horrific assault on a young girl is the info that a woman has been living in the hotel where the rape took place since October 2021. I want to know two things: How is it that #Massachusetts ‘ “shelter” system puts people up for almost 2.5 years at taxpayers’ expense? And who owns this hotel which is really a boarding house…but not a boarding house? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/14/metro/man-arrested-rape-rockland/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus @npub1l90…lzqk Does the new app fix this mess in landscape mode on iPadOS? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/15/special-projects/coming-boston-globe-app-new-design-improved-experience/ https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/105/892/906/832/983/original/3c2bab8e92101a58.png npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Dear #Boston and #Massachusetts politicians: if you’re wondering why people are fleeing the state, here’s a poster child example. It’s not just high costs and expensive housing. It’s that programs like “restorative justice” don’t get laughed out of the room. Adding insult to injury, taxpayers are actually expected to fund this by creating — wait for it — yet another state bureaucracy. https://commonwealthbeacon.org/courts/courts-preparing-to-give-restorative-justice-a-try/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Breaker…breaker-one-nine! Soon, I’ll be able to hear my #Microsoft #Teams colleagues through my #iPhone…whether or not I want to. Maybe I should order a belt-loop case for the phone and a reflective vest to wear in my prison cell…uh, I mean, home office. https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?featureid=388486 npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus @npub1qe5…8ugl @npub1sa6…rmf7 Both can be true — and both are needed. I agree we need federal privacy legislation. And we also need to wrest control of a ubiquitous platform from an adversary. Conflating two different and pressing needs don’t make either one irrelevant. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Damn! President Biden is rippin’ MAGA a new one. Finally. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Go ahead, @npub1l90…lzqk, romanticize no-bid contracts and making people “comfortable” on #Massachusetts taxpayers’ account to the tune of nearly $1B. Does anyone there — anyone at all — care in the least about fiscal responsibility? Your editorial policy doesn’t see a single issue that can’t be fixed by spending more money. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/07/metro/massachusetts-migrant-shelters-local-business-contracts/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Go ahead, @npub1l90…lzqk, romanticize no-bid contracts and making people “comfortable” on #Massachusetts taxpayers’ account to the tune of nearly $1B. Does anyone there — anyone at all — care in the least about fiscal responsibility? Your editorial policy doesn’t a single issue that can’t be fixed by spending more money. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/07/metro/massachusetts-migrant-shelters-local-business-contracts/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus @npub1hyk…3p33 Isn’t there a stage of enshitification, say somewhere between stages two and three, when the company begins to treat employees as well as its customers like shit? Someone is the original instigator/enshitificator, most likely an exec running the place, starting the process. But the original employees who created success are likely to object to being enshitified, depart and therefore accelerate enshitification. IOW, it’s an internal process as well as external. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus A golden oldie from my blog (now in it's 20th year): I dis actors' attempts to sound like they're from #boston https://www.yobyot.com/general-musings/authentic-boston-accents-are-hard-to-imitate/2007/08/01/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus A design for #cloud based event-driven managed file transfer using #SFTP in #AWS https://www.yobyot.com/aws/managed-file-transfer-in-aws/2024/02/15/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Wow! But does one say, “su-DOH” or “su-DOO”? I say it like donut. And my ears hurt when people talk like doo-doo. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/windows-version-of-the-venerable-linux-sudo-command-shows-up-in-preview-build/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I enjoyed an #Apple #Vision #Pro demo today. Apple delivers a first-class in-store experience so you really have nothing to lose by trying it. Other impressions: => Man, is it HEAVY. => If you don't screw it on tight enough to produce lines on your forehead, light leaks in. => 3D video flickers and feels gimmicky. => The eye-tracking functionality is wicked fast. => It's right-handed (the crown is on the top right) All in all, an _amazing_ first release. Can't wait for V5. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus So, the #Senate #border bill will completely satisfy no one. Doesn’t that mean it’s the best compromise our #politics can produce? Shouldn’t it be made law precisely _because_ it’s a compromise? I just don’t get why #politicians prefer campaign soundbites and accusations to doing what we elect them to do. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/how-the-border-bill-would-shut-down-illegal-crossings-cd3e8515?st=xz3gx8q4xsi5noa npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus You know...I've decided #Microsoft #Edge isn't so terrible on #Windows 11 as long as you are logged into a "work or school" account (so you can eliminate some of the endless advertising) and it's the Win11 #ARM version. The ARM version of Edge is _sooo_ much faster than the x86 version of Chrome. And, if you're running Windows 11 ARM in a #Parallels VM on a #MacBook Pro with its killer display, Windows looks shockingly nice. Ironic, ain't it, that Macs are the best Windows laptops? https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/875/313/543/872/458/original/d7a8366309204aba.png npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Attention #Medicare beneficiaries! (I sound like a scammer on late-night digital secondary TV channels — except I’m not). You really have to read the #FAQ below from the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) about mega changes in Part D costs next year. This is part of the #Biden Inflation Reduction Act and I doubt many know about it. You really should, as it’s both important and complicated. https://www.cms.gov/files/document/medicare-prescription-payment-plan-fact-sheet.pdf npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus @npub1gtt…dvp6 A book I tried and tried to like. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Wow! #NSA confirms to #Senator #Wyden that it buys "commercial data," both INSIDE and outside the #USA. IOW, the agency tasked with signals intelligence of foreign users admits it spies on US citizens. It's positively Orwellian. Can you say #1984? https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/834/824/694/665/733/original/f95e658b71375825.png npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I just re-learned two important rules of #cloud services. 1). Don't let what don't know about stop you from experimenting. Light will eventually dawn on Marblehead. (A #Boston joke.) 2.) When you think you are at dead end, take a break. Go out, eat a meal, workout...whatever. You gotta let the problem brew in your head. These two rules helped me come up with a POC for a client using #AWS #Glue (no. 1) called from a State Machine Step Function (nos. 1 AND 2) npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus IJBOL: a plane runs into "unexpected flatulence": https://people.com/gassy-passenger-farted-removed-from-flight-airplane-8548108 npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus For the first time, #Google search has failed me. Over the last year, I've been trying and trying to remove old #Azure AD (now "Entra ID") work accounts from #Microsoft #Teams on #macos Every single hit talks about deleting this directory and removing that set of keys from Keychain. Nothing works. Somewhere on #Mac, Microsoft is storing all kinds of cross-app accounts (these oldies also appear in #OneDrive Does anyone know how to get actually get rid of ALL work/school accounts on Mac? npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus OMG!! The sky is falling…says the #nytimes. Here’s another in the increasingly frequent series they’ve published sounding the “alarm” on #DEI. But they neglect to consider how DEI angers the tens of millions of #Trump voters. The #Times is actively bringing about the black lash that leads to the very thing it is all hot-n-bothered about. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/22/business/diversity-backlash-fortune-500-companies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I saw the #Mac #SuperBowl commercial as it ran, in realtime, 40 years ago today. Gotta say, much as I love and use #Apple products today, Apple’s counter-culture cred is long gone. Apple has us as locked in as those poor “1984” schlubs in the video. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/forty-years-ago-the-mac-triggered-a-revolution-in-user-experience-180983623/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I’m oddly attracted to the endless stream of #financial radio talk shows peddling “advisory” services. These snake oil salesmen are simply buying airtime to generate leads (rubes) ready to be frightened for one reason or another into being separated from their money. My current favorite? The “Wall St. Sweeper” on #WBZ in #Boston. This guy, who offers “free reviews to the next five callers” is the an obvious charlatan and so, the most entertaining. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Would an expert in #politics please riddle me this: How can a #Trump victory in #Iowa, or #NewHampshire for that matter, be a “landslide” when the caucus vote for Trump in Iowa was 56,000 people in a small, rural state? (NH is different but also largely irrelevant.) Still the press labeled Iowa a major victory even though it represents 0.016% (!!) of the population. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus @npub1qe5…8ugl This is what, 3000 words — an ”exposé” — against DEI which the Times never once (anywhere, not just here) examines in a balanced manner? This is why the Old Gray Lady is so reviled among MAGA types. Its illiberalism is transparent and unquestioning. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Now watch #Biden ‘s poll numbers begin to improve. It’s the economy, stupid. The media’s endless infatuation (and agony) over #Trump will continue. As pocketbooks improve and people realize one old man is less flawed than the other, the age argument will fade. I’m in awe watching a master of timing in #politics. https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/americans-are-finally-feeling-better-about-the-economy-e964804f npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I can’t get over how much I enjoyed this work week’s task: creating a managed-file transfer environment on #AWS. As an old file-transfer guy from the #Ipswitch (!!) days — and thinking about the disastrous #MOVEit debacle of 2023 — there’re almost no superlatives adequate to describe the combination of Transfer Family, #Lambda and #S3. And all of it subject to granular lockdown via #IAM. The #MFT vendors must be shakin’ in their boots. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Is it just me...or are there others who really, REALLY hate the "new" #AWS #EC2 instance console launch dialogs? I mean, AFTER SO MANY YEARS of muscle memory, what on earth did #Amazon hope to accomplish? It's new to me because I mostly launch via #CloudFormation so I don't regularly use the console (and, BTWE, neither should you. IaC, baby). Old, trusty, concise UI, here I come. https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/744/016/171/410/285/original/87394ab79107b611.png npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Wow! Simply, WOW! If you think the #AI bubble is just that, take a look at the #VSCode screenshot below. I have a permissions problem in an #AWS #IAM policy (obviously). The #CloudWatch log response is in #JSON -- and a mess. So let me ask you: which view of that error would you prefer to work from? #GitHub #CoPilot is amazing. No need to plumb through #jq command line options or manually edit the file. Just ask the extension and VOILA! Sign me up... https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/726/743/854/146/727/original/5bebfbd027506a1a.png npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus @npub1dzv…5v2p @npub102c…225a But the DEA agent/stalker _committed suicide_! It's kinda of an extreme example to make a valid point and issue a warning. Not to dismiss run-of-the-mill whacko spouses who digitally torture their exes, but car-stalking is just a by-product of something else that's very, VERY wrong. Oh, and the auto OEMs are only too happy to a) monetize this invasion of privacy and b) make it impossible to opt-out. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus You know how you have that one #PowerShell module that really MUST run on a #Windows #x64 machine, one where #ARM just won't do? That's me tonight -- and to resolve these cases, I run #Win11 on #Proxmox. Nothing to see there...but I was astonished at how compatible Windows ssh is. Installing sshd is a single cmdlet. And ssh-copy-id worked the first time. From there, #VSCode instantly connects from #Mac to Windows. Amazingly, it's just as easy to ssh to Windows as it is to #Linux. https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/683/837/902/627/962/original/f18fdd541b4408d1.png npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus @npub12hr…5vh7 You get the last (uninformed) word. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus @npub12hr…5vh7 Disagree. Many suburbs inside 495 use septic systems. Let me tell you, if you are struggling financially, live in the metro area and have a failed septic system -- which you MUST by law replace at a cost of tens of thousands -- the tax break might mean more to you than a $40/week raise in the minimum wage. @bostonglobe simply wants to cover news that fits its illiberal tendencies. Property owners, wealthy or not, don't compute in the paper's endless quest for "equity." npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus @npub12hr…5vh7 Yup. The tax credit tripled. And that should enable owners to replace failing systems more easily, esp. on the Cape. IOW it’s a major environmental story, one @bostonglobe in its haste to push an agenda, missed. They’re not journalists; they’re advocates. And limited vision partisans at that. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Consider: in its story about #Massachusetts tax changes in #2024, @npub1l90…lzqk prints not a word about Title V tax credit changes, something of interest to the readers it purports to serve across the Commonwealth. Instead, it devotes several graphs to the lack of minimum wage increases, not-so-subtly upbraiding legislators for not delivering increases. It’s not news. It’s a political agenda. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/01/01/metro/new-laws-in-massachusetts-2024/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus In case you are too stupid to figure it out for yourself, here — courtesy of #TechRadar — are illustrated instructions, including “tools required,” on how to unplug and plug-in your #Amazon #Echo #Alexa device to restart it. Good thing we have these guys, no? https://www.techradar.com/home/smart-home/how-to-restart-alexa npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I can’t tell. Is it a good day or a bad day when #SocialSecurity (finally) sends you a letter agreeing to lower your #IRMAA payments after months of letters, calls, filing SSA-44s and wildly varying instructions from staff? #SSA claims that only 8% of #Medicare recipients pay any IRMAA. But there’s that dastardly two-year look back process that makes the first year a living hell. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I just subscribed to @npub1aj2…v3aj 's #ClubTWiT...and you should, too. #SecurityNow alone is worth $7/month (or about $1.75 per episode). It's the least expensive security education you'll ever get. And who can resist listening --AD FREE-- to @npub1qrq…jrm3 endlessly whining on #WindowsWeekly about #Microsoft 's inchoate service process...or how much you'd spend if you could on #MacBreakWeekly? It's back to the listener-supported future on #TWiT. They need your dollars now. https://twit.tv/clubtwit npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Mikey likes it! #powershell #pwsh #github #ai #copilot https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/603/742/253/900/701/original/38053bdb3b45e9ba.png npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus “The reality is that the [#NyTimes] is becoming the publication through which America’s progressive elite talks to itself about an America that does not really exist. Q.E.D. https://www.economist.com/1843/2023/12/14/when-the-new-york-times-lost-its-way npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I am BLOWN AWAY by #Tailscale in #pfSense I'm building two pfSense routers: one for each of my homes. One of the routers is actually a #Proxmox VM and "behind" that router is a completely different subnet on a PVE VM bridge. Tailscale overlays on ALL the subnets and routes them seamlessly. The "farthest" subnet (the one in a different state on the other router seamless accesses "hidden" subnet. You just add it to the list. Astonishing. Overlay networks are killer. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus THIS is why you should _never_, *ever* do business with a financial institution that offers to "save trees" (aka, reduce their costs) by forgoing paper statements. It could all disappear in a collision with a cosmic ray. #finance #banking #investments #fidelity #wallstreet https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/506/538/423/613/175/original/65858b178521f446.png npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I live in #MetroWest #Boston. Nothing — and I mean nothing at all — is gettin’ me off the couch today. People traveling today for #Thanksgiving have my sympathies. https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/455/345/450/912/697/original/0e06e75d34309339.png npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I had business in #Cambridge today. So, I took the #MBTA Red Line from Alewife to Harvard. The trip took 28 minutes for three stops. Slow zones make cars travel at walking speed. And I might have felt safer walking, too. The #T is beyond run down, more than embarrassing. It’s dangerous. The cars’ doors don’t work; concrete is crumbling wherever you look. Escalators and elevators? Ha! Somehow, we’ve managed to exceed the shabbiness one associates with late Soviet-era infrastructure. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Whoa! #macOS #Sonoma High Performance Screen Sharing is SO buggy! I'm sitting here with a #MacBookPro right next to a #MacStudio on the same LAN, wired in both cases and try as I might, I can't seem to make this work reliably. OG VNC connections are fine. I wonder if #Apple is going to fix this or abandon it as it's really just for geeks. One thing for sure: despite all the security issues over the last two years, #Windows RDP is better -- and faster. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus @npub1csw…t4yg @npub1f4d…42zv I don't have a Studio with M2 Max. But I do have a 14" MBP with M2 Max (I've spent far too much $$$ on Apple products in the last 18 months) and here is what I see for that machine. It tracks with what the M1 Max Studio is doing. Based on this (not very scientific look at three machines -- all on Sonoma 14.1.1) it really does seem like something is different in the way M3 Max handles memory. https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/399/265/091/822/634/original/2f29e53d78b457d0.png npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Has anyone noticed that a #MacBookPro with #M3 Max uses more memory just after boot than a #MacStudio with an #M1 Max? I wonder if this is how performance has been improved. The MBP is _really_ fast. But it may not be all due to the chip. Memory management may have changed, too. @npub1f4d…42zv https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/398/206/159/802/799/original/281349b4f7c1f44e.png npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Well, the new #MacBookPro #M3 Space Black ain't black. To my eye, it's a very dark gray. Here's a shot of the M3 Max on the left and the M2 Max laptop on the right. I really like the way the keyboard blends in. Thank goodness for the Migration Assistant. My dev machine transferred in 30 minutes using a #TimeMachine backup on a #USB drive. The transfer was almost perfect. https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/382/212/272/396/523/original/c0db5c5ea8c7f7d3.png npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Gee, I wonder how many other #TMobile customers (aka victims) are getting 465114 as their "security code" on successive attempts minutes apart when logging in to manage their accounts. No matter, the site is apparently down anyway -- probably just another breach in progress. https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/376/833/775/474/350/original/46476235b6894d59.png npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus I've been tooting lately about location #privacy and my #self-hosted implementation of @npub1hk5…xfvg to protect location data I need for tax residency reporting. So, this article from #ArsTechnica naturally caught my eye. Simply, got gotta read it if you care at all about privacy. Let's hope the #FTC wins its case. Be sure to follow the link to the amended complaint. What the #government alleges is astonishing. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/data-brokers-staggering-sale-of-sensitive-info-exposed-in-unsealed-ftc-filing/ Be sure to go npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus So, #Apple says the Studio Display has a great sound system. I poo-pooed this until today. After all, I thought, how could several small speakers produce great sound? The best they can do is so-so mid-range with no bass and no definition in the highs. But now...NOW...I get it. It's all about #Dolby #Atmos I just had a near-religious experience listening to #alt-J 's "The Actor". The effect is so stunning, you won't care about frequency response. https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-actor/1585877480?i=1585877486 npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Do you need to track your location for tax reasons? Are you a believer in self-hosting? If so, beware the companies that charge you ($99/month!!) to store your location and whose privacy policies permit almost any use. (Monaeo says it can use location data "...where we have a legitimate interest.") Instead, set up @npub1hk5…xfvg on that old PC you have lying about (or, better, in a #Proxmox VM). Works like a charm...and you own your data. It's all right there in the name. https://owntracks.org/booklet/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus After 2+ years of manufacturing a Biden-is-too-old movement, the media is finally doing the same thing to #Trump: “Trump, 77, has been showing signs of strain and age on the campaign trail…” It’s about time. (Pun intended.) #Biden ‘s achievements are based on experience. But our culture doesn’t respect age or wisdom. So, I say, tear ’em both up. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/nyregion/trump-test-witness-stand.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus @npub1hk5…xfvg says, "ocat has a daunting number of options.." Sounds like just the thing for my use case. But where is the man page? Detailed doc of the options? All I seems to be able to find is this: https://github.com/owntracks/recorder#ocat npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus When is one relieved that a government authority cashed a check? When it means they FINALLY received your documents. When you have been trying for OVER THREE MONTHS to get an application to the proper department in #Tallahassee from #Boston. First, #USPS to the PO Box on the form. Next, USPS to the street address ("priority mail" took two weeks and was delivered to a PO Box who knows where). Third: #FedEx to make sure you aren't ignored. After all that, I'm "happy" they took my fee. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Some days are just perfect for a Saturday afternoon max-geek session. That's today in #Boston. It's raining buckets, chores are done, and laundry's in the dryer. And now...it's time to settle into a long session of trying to get #WireGuard to talk to my #pfSense router over #IPv6. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Is the #Taxachusetts label no longer appropriate because of a recent tax "cut?" (The true middle-class in #Massachusetts gets very little from that bill, though Beacon Hill politicians are straining arms to pat themselves on the back for the head-fake.) Not so fast. As the @npub1l90…lzqk points out, what the legislature in #Boston gives, it takes right back. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/20/business/proposed-healey-real-estate-transaction-fee/ npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Oh...and...hello, Cloudflare? Would you PUH-leeze offer .llc registrations? C'mon, you know you should and we need it. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Painful... Moving domains from #Google Domains...uh..Squarespace to #CloudFlare. So much dross ends up in DNS records and housecleaning is risky. But once it's over, I'll be free of the "What did Google cancel/sell this week?" problem. And Cloudflare supports DynDNS for #IPv6 records from #pfSense. I'll never understand why Google had such a terrible DNS product -- or why I ever thought it was the right place for my domains. THAT'S the really painful think: I shoulda known better. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Two things. First, today’s weather is the reason people put up with #Boston and New England weather. A 10. There’s nowhere else like it on the planet. Second, my #iPhone 15 Pro Max isn’t a phone with a so-so camera. It’s a fantastic camera and radio-connected computer with a phone app. I just held it up, zoomed to the new 5X tele and punched the button. Perfect exposure and amazing detail. After decades of photography and Leica-lust, I’m ditching everything else. This thing is amazing. https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/263/913/667/619/745/original/197225f64a753834.jpeg npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Two things. First, today’s weather is the reason people put up with #Boston and New England weather. A 10. There nowhere else like it on the planet. Second, my #iPhone 15 Pro Max isn’t a phone with a so-so camera. It’s a fantastic camera and radio-connected computer with a phone app. I just held it up, zoomed to the new 5X tele and punched the button. Perfect exposure and amazing detail. After decades of photography and Leica-lust, I’m ditching everything else. This thing is amazing. https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/263/913/667/619/745/original/197225f64a753834.jpeg npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus Two things. First, today’s weather is the reason people put up with #Boston and New England weather. A 10. There nowhere else like it on the planet. Second, my #iPhone 15 Pro Max isn’t a phone with a so-so camera. It’s a fantastic camera and radio-connected computer with a phone app. I just held it up, zoomed to the new 5X tele and punched the button. Perfect exposure and amazing detail. After decades of photography and Lecia-lust, I’m ditching everything else. This thing is amazing. https://air11.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/263/913/667/619/745/original/197225f64a753834.jpeg npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus None too pleased with #Bitwarden today. I believe in supporting #OpenSource, so I bought a subscription for a family organization -- which I self-host. IOW, Bitwarden isn't incurring cost for my password manager. Come to discover that this subscription does NOT include an API key to access their public API. So, no #REST automation for me. This is dumb, dumb, dumb. Artificial packaging to eke out a few more enterprises licenses NEVER works. Just ask any #OSS vendor. npub1utrn3duez00n4wc6uhrh8er82rqc6vzzmhy76h6dtrn8wlg2exjqd2h5at Alex Neihaus The #GOP doesn't deserve to be one of only two major parties in the #USA. The world is on fire, with war and Europe and the Middle East. The government runs out of money in less than a month... ...and the #Republicans can only machinate for their own power. https://www.wsj.com/politics/gop-weighs-giving-patrick-mchenry-more-powers-as-jim-jordans-speaker-bid-fades-71f404d4?st=7lrlzys66ctlsgx&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink