ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

To all Mastodon-admins: seems like there's an attack on all instances by troll accounts. Servers get slow because of it.
They use thousands of subdomains of activitypub-troll.cf. My 'pull' queues skyrocketed.

I now blocked the domain activitypub-troll.cf and all is back to normal. Please check if you're hit too.
#mastoadmin #fediblock

Tell the truth — wouldn’t you like your city better if it had more streets like this one in Amsterdam?
#cities #Dutch #Amsterdam #streets

Is there *any* 13 year old tweet that has aged this well?

Here is an email I once sent to my realo telling them to fuck off.

If you’re having realo trouble let me know. I will help you tell them to fuck off.

I asked the chat bot from OpenAI to explain the TCP handshake via haiku…
———
Three-way dance begins
SYN SYN-ACK ACK and we're in
Connection established

@hacks4pancakes @ghusk @hdm Reitinger's law is that the damage from breaches increases every year by multiplying the prior figure by the number of #Infosec professionals who say "cyber wake-up call."

There's misinformation floating around about Mastodon. Clarifying things:

1. Mastodon doesn't rely on volunteers. It's a registered non-profit that employs people. Kind of like how Wikipedia and Mozilla are non-profits that employs people.
2. Many instances are run by volunteers but not all.
3. Mastodon is just one part of the Fediverse. Benefits of decentralization is that anyone can build on open protocols.
4. Mastodon is big, but Flickr and Tumbler are bigger -- they're joining the Fediverse

I feel bad when I go to delete an app from my iPhone because they all start shaking with fear wondering which one is about to die.

Google has released Chrome 108.0.5359.94/.95 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users to address a single high-severity security flaw, the ninth Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild patched since the start of the year.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-chrome-emergency-update-fixes-9th-zero-day-of-the-year/

This week, LastPass, and its parent company GoTo, both published blog posts about their recent data breach: http://tcrn.ch/3ucMvBx

But if you search for GoTo's blog post in Google, you won't find it, because GoTo hid its breach notice from search engines using "noindex" code.

The cloud is just someone else's computer, power, cooling system, underwater sea cables, networking equipment, data center and the land it sits on, control plane with support for Terraform, insurance policies, roadmaps, and a whole lot of people to build, secure, monitor, and support all of the software that runs on top.

Not sure how I feel about this year's Spotify Wrapped

This old Garfunkel and Oates bit is so good.
https://youtu.be/0RMdwA8GWB8

"The plan is to add Telegram, RCS, Signal, Line, Slack, Discord, and Instagram down the road."

Ha ha ha. Good luck adding RCS to your client...
https://www.droid-life.com/2022/12/02/sunbird-imessage-android-download-beta/

Match these Shuttle missions, all launched on Dec. 2! Answers in alt text.

1. STS-27
2. STS-35
3. STS-53
4. STS-61

A. 1st Hubble servicing mission
B. The 3rd classified DoD mission
C. NASA's Associate Administrator Bob Cabana was the pilot
D. Devoted to astronomical observation
#NASAhistory

“I know you think you’re being funny, but honestly Dave, it’s just hurtful.”

Do it for your health.
Do it for your happiness.
Do it for your social life.
Do it for your pocket-book.
Do it for your creativity & productivity.
Do it for all our public costs & taxes.
Do it for the #ClimateCrisis.
Do it for a better community and future for everyone.

Do what?
Walk.

#walkablecities #urbanism #cities #walking #transportation #mobility

I've been using this #tool for years, but I think more people should know about it.

It makes it easy to find a #LaTeX symbol in a few seconds!

#TeXLaTeX

🔗 https://detexify.kirelabs.org

My partner surprised me with an advent calendar and I can't stop laughing 😂