Posts by tek@freeradical.zone
(DIR) Post #AyPbbeHyqlT7VxswBE by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-09-20T20:25:14Z
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I loathe these ads trying to convince Californians not to all us to redistrict in response to extremist rightwing states. Yeah, let’s just sit here and let Texas and Missouri and friends totally rig all future elections while we sit here and smile smugly.Taking the high ground when the opposition is cheating is just another way to spell “losing”.
(DIR) Post #AyzI9nmXrjyGp7NH5k by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-10-08T03:01:11Z
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Today I got to see the face of a very intelligent, very knowledgeable colleague when they found out that MAC addresses aren’t guaranteed to be unique or static.Treasure these moments.
(DIR) Post #Az5ds6uBOK3ArPfwUi by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-10-11T05:00:00Z
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Alright, I've put the AI away for the night because I'm about to Learn Some Stuff, and using AI to avoid learning is like using robot fingers to play the piano for you. Nah, I'll do that myself, thanks.Now I'm building #VeilidChat.
(DIR) Post #AzBwzZHxKCFozjpAwq by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-10-13T04:15:45Z
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Find someone who looks at you like June Bug looks at this fuzzy blanket.
(DIR) Post #AzEquQHpLmMZNPo7X6 by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-09-24T13:57:24Z
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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevz13xkxproDon’t lose track of the idea that while we may live in tumultuous times, they are also full of miracles.
(DIR) Post #AzudbhDp7QSklR95rE by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-11-04T15:56:20Z
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“You call everyone a Nazi who doesn’t agree with you!”Meanwhile, in reality…And yes, I suspend these accounts the moment they pop up without waiting to hear what they have to say. WTF of interest could this jackwagon possibly have to offer? A nuanced take on Gaza? Thoughtful insights on immigration? LOL, fuck that guy. They can still speak if they wish, but they don’t have the right to make me spend the resources to hear them.
(DIR) Post #AzxJPFNBQ5THJ9BpJ2 by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-11-06T02:53:30Z
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We're having visitors in our office tonight, and the office manager reminded us to put away valuables, etc., and also to put away USB chargers so no one would be tempted to sneak over and top off their phone.If you borrow a random data cable from a desk of the security team, whatever happens next is on you.
(DIR) Post #B0L3QzXETzREjKc8xc by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-11-17T14:00:09Z
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I saw a news story about an $8000 “digital detox camp” for kids.And here we were taking kids on Scouting campouts for free, like suckers.
(DIR) Post #B0PqaguIdoP2nHAyQa by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-11-19T19:30:27Z
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I just installed @cadey's Anubis on one of my personal domains, because my little hobby website doesn't need to support 639K scraper requests per day.A million thanks, Xe!
(DIR) Post #B0PqahkPW45ROtYaeW by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-11-19T19:56:55Z
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Well, I don't know what I was expecting.
(DIR) Post #B0UlfVl6G6C8MDKj3Y by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-11-22T03:45:59Z
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Another new Let's Encrypt-secured website, another case of getting 82 hacking attempts in the first 30 seconds after it came online for the first time ever.Do. Not. Kid. Yourself. "Oh, I'll delete the config files once I get it working." "Eh, I'm just some nobody. Who's going to care?" Yeah, I'll tell you who: people who watch for new sites come online and then immediately slam them with hacking probes."I'll get to it soon" means you better do it within 3 seconds.https://honeypot.net/2024/05/16/i-am-not.html
(DIR) Post #B0p8Vti7p6IFwhP3R2 by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-12-02T02:10:11Z
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Our BART got stuck at West Oakland for a medical emergency. Some ass was yelling at the conductor: "are you going to get moving or not?" Finally, some other guy started shouting him down: "dude, someone might be fucking dying! Shut the fuck up and wait like the rest of us!" And yes, everyone clapped. I sure did.Dick.
(DIR) Post #B0qU39kTVYUbREA7tY by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-12-02T01:21:00Z
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I talked to my company today and told them how phishers use a sense of 1) danger, and 2) urgency, to push smart people to do rash things. I offered to be their personal, confidential fear consultant: “hey, I got this scary thing. Is it real?” Let me do the worrying for them.This, more than goofy phishing tests that make people feel dumb, is how we help our friends avoid scams.
(DIR) Post #B0qU3BtlVz726cWZea by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-12-02T17:51:26Z
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@dpreacher Yep. I told them all, in front of our CEO (who agreed with me), that no one will *ever* contact them about something important via SMS or email. We're a small company: if someone needs something, they can just ask in person. If it ever *did* happen that an exec got mad at an employee for ignoring phishy looking emails or texts, I'd stick up for them immediately. "We train them not to do this!"
(DIR) Post #B0vIVNGYcHZ7oJeo9Q by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-12-05T01:37:34Z
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Do not let a good crisis go to waste. If you ever tell management “this thing we talked about would have prevented that other thing”, and they say wow, you’re right, then you can infer you have permission to make that first thing happen. Go do it.“Why did you switch to working on that new stuff?” “So that p0 problem will never happen again.” “Oh, right! Cool.”
(DIR) Post #B1Bnmw40hNzRlT07ua by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-12-13T00:26:02Z
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My coworker Secret Santa gets me.
(DIR) Post #B1C4mH8KZiis2gIE1w by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-12-13T03:09:45Z
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Hey you.
(DIR) Post #B1HkppwolD2Ukc5Wy0 by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-12-15T21:23:43Z
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New .gov just dropped: https://americabydesign.govReal quotes:"We've been conditioned to accept that mediocre [sic] in government is normal.""This is President Trump going bigger than President Nixon."Your first day on the job is making this site less shitty.
(DIR) Post #B1kn26cQhmDLtJ7fIe by tek@freeradical.zone
2025-12-29T20:07:23Z
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I just tried Marmite for the first time, and I ask as a friend: what's wrong with you people? Is peanut butter illegal where you live or something? Was a famine involved? Dire times and zombies, perhaps?
(DIR) Post #B2LmfttBDl67wPCbyq by tek@freeradical.zone
2026-01-16T17:51:49Z
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Saw an older fella in a @2600 cap. Told him “like your hat”. He smiled and nodded back.This place is filled with my people.