Posts by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
(DIR) Post #B06XcHHF9jwaVdjgPY by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-11-07T19:52:55Z
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@futurebird That's honestly one of the major factors in my decision to pursue tech instead of entomology. The only jobs of "economic significance" in entomology are generally geared towards their eradication.
(DIR) Post #B0DoE18mLLIoWgoPT6 by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-11-14T02:06:58Z
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@futurebird First you tell me I can't fight the gazebo, and now you're telling me I can't even seduce the fungi? What kind of fascist fantasy is this?
(DIR) Post #B0IlKI8Qk8gQtmkUUK by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-11-16T11:28:02Z
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@futurebird While I don't disagree that more could and should be done to make math more approachable by all audiences, I disagree that the innumeracy of Trump and his MAGA base is somehow the fault of math teachers.That particular phenomenon is more about their weak character, deep insecurities, and lack of integrity. The reason why they lie, and accept and repeat those lies, is because they don't place as much value in truth as they do in their identities and their place in the social hierarchy.It's a lot harder to teach people to be better humans if their reward structures and their character don't value virtue. And if they don't value virtue, then expecting them to value something as abstract as mathematics is futile.
(DIR) Post #B0eKKzdMWRfXqGBOue by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-11-26T15:54:47Z
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RE: https://wandering.shop/@aesthr/115615047169469231New OPSEC strategy unlocked: Litter your sensitive activity with taboo subject matter so the lazy surveillance state agents using ChatGPT to process the transcripts won't notice anything.
(DIR) Post #B0kFL1rSuHufvajk5Q by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-11-29T17:41:32Z
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@futurebird Ok, but hear me out:What about "islamofascist narco terrorism"?
(DIR) Post #B13g43Ty13GQnY7By4 by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-12-09T02:40:31Z
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@futurebird I get "free" fertilizer by the sackful from my family in the country with horses. Just gotta transport it yourself (with the windows down is advisable).
(DIR) Post #B13h0gMXcOB4B9b5Ye by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-12-09T02:51:08Z
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@futurebird the other fun bit is having to constantly weed it because horses aren't true ruminants, so some of the seeds still make their way through. Of course, that could also happen to inadequately fermented compost, too.
(DIR) Post #B1LagxtJdSN1s6Q9Dc by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-12-17T11:39:24Z
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@alberto_cottica I've been equally happy with LibreWolf (privacy oriented Firefox fork) and Ungoogled-Chromium (privacy oriented Chromium fork).My biggest concern with the Firefox forks is that I find it difficult to believe the various forks (e.g.,.LibreWolf, Zen) have the resources to maintain development of the full browser if Mozilla dies, and Mozilla is already in a difficult financial situation and has less room to make costly business mistakes than Google. I vaguely recall seeing a thread on Bluesky maybe a year ago suggesting that developing and maintaining a major browser costs on the order of $100M/year. Most of these browser fork projects just don't have those kinds of resources. They're mostly just customized builds from upstream and aren't in the business of maintaining the full browser.I hate monocultures, but my personal sense is that Chrome is in a healthier state from a business perspective. Google is a much bigger company with a lot more room to make mistakes. Additionally, other companies with deep pockets (Microsoft, Apple) have an interest in keeping Webkit/Blink-derived browsers alive, even if Google gets wobbly.Ungoogled-Chromium is a fork of Chromium that simply rips out the Google tracking, similar to what LibreWolf does for Firefox. It does have some issues. You have to jump through hoops to get extensions to work. But otherwise it seems to be a reasonable experience. Other folks that I trust love Vivaldi, in case you're looking for something more polished. I'm just personally reluctant to commit to anything that isn't open source.Android is a little trickier. I really like Firefox on Android because of its extension support. I don't believe Chrome for Android supports extensions yet.
(DIR) Post #B1TQAndP3ZpmzAR4ka by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-12-21T12:44:57Z
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@futurebird Well akshually, this letter of marque clearly makes me a "privateer", not a pirate.
(DIR) Post #B1gjraISwhPwFuEijw by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-12-27T22:56:49Z
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@futurebird @Nonya_Bidniss I wish they'd have the courtesy to close their blinds.
(DIR) Post #B1gkmDJF5LDHT2bPto by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-12-27T23:07:03Z
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@futurebird @Nonya_Bidniss Oh come on! I'm eating here!
(DIR) Post #B1jxcTz47HFbAIjckC by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-12-29T12:15:06Z
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@futurebird I think that's just MMA, and it already exists, and we're not better for it, and the men spectating and participating in it cannot be described as being "happy".
(DIR) Post #B1m1uyXe1weFHdu0uW by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-12-30T12:12:42Z
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@futurebird Closure rates for murder and other serious crimes heavily depend on the level of trust a law enforcement agency has with members of the public. Witnesses won't come forward if they think the police are a bunch of jerks.I don't know how Mamdani brings NYPD to heel. They're more inclined to let things turn to shit while standing around playing Candy Crush than cooperate, or even actively riot themselves as they did with Giuliani's help. And it's not like Mamdani could call up Trump's DOJ for help.
(DIR) Post #B1mF2MizocLriX4A2i by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2025-12-30T14:35:17Z
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@soatok @pemensik It is absolutely maddening that the answer to the question, "how do I send an encrypted email in 2025?" is, "you don't."And that when pressed further, the best workaround one can offer is, "just use Signal chat in lieu of email."But that's somehow where we are.Truly the worst and dumbest timeline.
(DIR) Post #B1yTOvk02LrjwahzVY by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2026-01-05T12:17:11Z
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@futurebird Right wing social norms strongly disincentivize confronting infidelity. Women who are cheated on find themselves without a support network if shameful behavior within their family group comes to light. Divorce is considered a sin, far worse than infidelity. Women are expected to tolerate and forgive endless bad behavior from their spouses, but forgiveness for the male in-group isn't extended towards the out-group, which is where divorced women and single mothers find themselves. And the role of women tends to be economically and socially dependent on their husbands.
(DIR) Post #B25bFS8jYrR0KBIyWm by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2026-01-08T22:48:04Z
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@futurebird I think Apple and some other handset manufacturers (same with recent Pixel designs) are so invested in their own unvalidated assumptions about good design and consumer needs that they just keep plowing forward under inertia.In practice, anyone walking around with a ~$1k cellphone without a protective case is insane, and the cases end up filling out the space such that any practical or aesthetic benefit from thinness disappears.We'd all be happier with slightly thicker devices with better batteries and resistance to damage, but we're cursed with this uncomfortably-thin-with-a-bump nonsense instead until we figure out how to convince tech bros to go outside and touch grass.
(DIR) Post #B25cNHPPRVzPJVOv2G by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2026-01-08T23:00:44Z
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@futurebird It's super weird that they've hyperfocused on decreasing the Z-axis while bloating the X- and Y-axes, and another example of their obsession with unvalidated assumptions about user needs. Everyone wants a mini, but they keep pushing phablets that don't fit in our hands or our pockets.
(DIR) Post #B2DCniL8tP58pC1qUK by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2026-01-12T14:51:48Z
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@futurebird @cstross I believe it is already covered as a criminal offense in the US under Title 18 Section 1466A.https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1466A
(DIR) Post #B2FiEMwI3QChAIVwIK by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2026-01-13T19:53:27Z
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@simplenomad It's amazing how much coal sucks, even when they're pushing on the scale as hard as they can.
(DIR) Post #B2imFgh7YyB3B9ElgP by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2026-01-27T20:22:00Z
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@nyanbinary A modest proposal: Put together a Matrix chat server advertised as a place to organize anti-ICE dissident activities, but everyone is just constantly posting the literal string "Unable to decrypt message" over and over again.