Posts by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
(DIR) Post #AXQ08eThVLhjpkIUzI by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2023-07-05T23:13:57Z
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Hit <ctrl-t> in a #linux terminal today and sighed loudly enough that my coworker thought I was in physical not spiritual pain. #freebsd
(DIR) Post #AYs31DGUgCrDXWjPYe by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2023-08-18T21:51:07Z
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Found this in my #retrocomputing lot today. Its super dirty right now and is soaking in a bath. I might hit it with a LIGHT peroxide bath as the weird squishy plastics have some amount of yellowing (this is a picture from https://www.atarimagazines.com/st-log/issue27/109_1_ST_NEWS_STOP_SUFFERING_FROM_PAC-MAN_BLISTERS.php)
(DIR) Post #AYs3FDmlXcQFCyVRMu by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2023-08-18T23:44:36Z
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@paradroyd it’s so nice and clicks too. Tomorrow I’ll give it a short bath.
(DIR) Post #AYsOwMZaqL6zx4l21I by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2023-08-18T17:54:37Z
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Found a late 80s c64 collection with manuals, boxes and magazines still intact. Years of RUN, COMPUTE! and Compute's Gazette to enjoy and read. 3 lonely computer shoppers appeared at the bottom of the boxes from 86/87. @textfiles do you need Sep 86, May 87 and June 87?
(DIR) Post #AZ8Mad4Jk1t7MUzoum by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2023-08-26T01:15:30Z
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Great save on this one from Noel https://youtu.be/strRITHlpxo?si=1Ia5QC0dc9pLNgtY #retrocomputing
(DIR) Post #AZja0iGbIBfjOyxLCS by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2023-09-13T19:24:58Z
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TIL that synthetic caffeine can be made from urea. https://foodinsight.org/natural-vs-added-caffeine-whats-the-difference/
(DIR) Post #AamE95AO9rkTFsFbTU by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2023-10-15T00:02:02Z
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I mean … is #coffee happiness? It’s gotta be adjacent to happiness at a minimum.
(DIR) Post #AdCtqfXPVHXDQ02YKm by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2023-12-26T16:34:03Z
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🤫 it’s totally ok to have pie for breakfast. 🥧
(DIR) Post #Adc1oySLu6JGrGuB72 by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2024-01-07T16:43:05Z
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Looking for a #retrocomputing recommendation for a small home office "dust filter" for the air here. During winter in #newmexico the lack of ANY humidity really lets the dust buildup and its getting out of hand. My central air system filter is swapped out every 3 months but for my home office I think I need a bit more filtration.Using online recommendations via Amazon, eBay and Google is pretty much useless and full of ads so am looking for a recommendation from actual factual humans. As far as I am aware, ChatGPT doesn't need to breathe clean air.
(DIR) Post #AdcSK8iSPE82SnxY9I by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2024-01-08T00:23:24Z
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Huh ... Is the Groucho Emoji not actually a default for everyone and its only on my iPhone? I just tried to find it to post something and I couldn't find it. 🥸 Had to go copy paste it from an external website.
(DIR) Post #AdcSdAf3OkXdzxRUfY by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2024-01-08T00:32:50Z
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@feld Does it appear in the default web interface or in a client?
(DIR) Post #AdcTGVRa3vyXkStfmq by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2024-01-08T00:38:41Z
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@feld Interesting, in Firefox on Linux its not there. I thought these emoji came from the server side?
(DIR) Post #AdggMujyhCoBdDQvDM by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2024-01-10T01:21:07Z
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@textfiles thank you.
(DIR) Post #AlUaPq7XpWFuX3MHiq by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2024-08-30T12:01:33Z
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Somehow I hallucinated that UNAME_r variables and friends was available on #Linux this week trying to hack around a vendor package. I was dissapointed that it hadn't made it over from #FreeBSD land.https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uname&sektion=3&n=1
(DIR) Post #Aqao7fjaobh4uMqjCa by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2025-01-30T01:39:29Z
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I finally realized why the madness of LLM output always makes me look sideways at it: their behavior is basically the same as Friend @Computer down in Alpha Complex. It never occurred to me that an RPG would have inoculated me against so ouch raging nonsense.
(DIR) Post #AujyZ3VmU9RWeQWrbM by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2025-06-03T02:59:17Z
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Ereaders and PDF files just don’t give you the satisfaction of knowing that there was a lineage of people for decades that held this book in their hand and skimmed the pages for knowledge. #libraries
(DIR) Post #Aw2YAqs0UjsyRmNay0 by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2025-07-12T00:11:21Z
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I have been “out retro’s” by a beautiful Oberheim synth.
(DIR) Post #B0FMNR8idjrPMnPIpM by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2025-11-14T18:36:06Z
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In the "filesystems and I/O" portion of my Operating Systems course in college today. Brought some floppy disks in to help understanding storage system history and the archaic methods for data organization: tracks, sectors, partitions, etc.I was surprised at how much the disks were investigated and examined by the students and how much curiosity was expressed. We almost had to suppress questions to get to the course material.I think this is instructive. I'll try and incorporate some kind of tactile thing this spring when I'm teaching.#retrocomputing #teaching
(DIR) Post #B0FMNWpnT0I11qbHAO by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2025-11-14T18:39:06Z
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Explaining: load "*",8,1 to students I think broke their brains.Showing them the printed out directory listing that came with one disk, priceless.Explaining read-write notches and flipping disks over to gain a "Free" disk.#retrocomputing
(DIR) Post #B0ozPNKYOr3ECBC1Tc by seanwbruno@infosec.exchange
2025-12-02T00:34:20Z
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If I completely misconfigure a self-signed SSL certificate enough for a mail server, only I can login to send email. That's #secure right? Am I doing #infosec right? :mail_smirk: