Posts by varx@cybersecurity.theater
(DIR) Post #AyRrbengw45agRfBwW by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-09-22T01:06:36Z
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@futurebird The next train to Alewifeis a ghost train.Please stand backfrom the yellow line.
(DIR) Post #AyVsMs3z1kkPTRGReK by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-09-23T23:11:48Z
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@cjd I don't think there's much reason to assume that he has any basis to say it other than, like... he had a thought and then it came out his mouth.He even just admits that he's making this stuff up and that it's not based on research: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/trump-kennedy-announcement-autism-tylenol-acetaminophen-parents/story?id=125812742
(DIR) Post #AyftigU6neHvT934xE by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-09-27T23:39:52Z
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@Cetraria @JellyTBeagle Flip phone crew represent. Mostly been a positive experience, including when I can say "oh, I can't install that" when someone tries to get me to use some bullshit app. 😆 All flip phones now on the market are apparently based on Android, but the lack of app store access and the shitty browser interface means I don't *use* it like a smartphone, which is really what matters to me.I did end up writing a map webapp that works with my phone: https://lab.brainonfire.net/classicmap/
(DIR) Post #AytqmdL2rM4xDiRKNM by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-10-05T13:09:17Z
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@futurebird What was your cue that such a dynamic was in place? Or was it just a hunch?
(DIR) Post #Az4K0n08ZRPDUiMUd6 by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-10-10T14:23:54Z
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@futurebird Just remembered I have a TI-89 from 25-30 years ago. It still works. I should *probably* give it to a kid. :-)
(DIR) Post #AzJdBk7YQtPKFMAOC8 by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-10-17T23:39:27Z
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@futurebird @amsomniac It would be pretty easy to derive a version of Buddhism that explicitly prohibits advertisements.Often, the marketing team at a company is internally called "Demand Generation" or similar. The idea is that not enough people *want* your product; the goal of demand gen is to *increase desire* for your product—convert people who were satisfied into people who are not!And according to Buddhism, which teaches that desire causes suffering, that's pretty fucking evil.
(DIR) Post #AzeQzbrcHh9RA9TLGa by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-10-28T00:31:41Z
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@futurebird It's wild that there have been so many sightings and yet we've only gotten like... one plausible video recording. Understandable (it's rare, unpredictable, and ephemeral!) but frustrating.I'm *dying* to know what causes it.
(DIR) Post #Azt4OlhXSk3bL1BWm8 by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-11-04T01:58:07Z
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@foone @whitequark I keep thinking about the really quite nice load balancer I wrote for a previous employer that got thrown away not long after I left.At least I got to write a blog post describing how it worked—but what I don't have are all the tuning parameters, and now I don't have a source of traffic to even run simulations with.
(DIR) Post #Azt4eSrRHJ7FXUIfnE by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-11-04T02:02:07Z
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@futurebird @idzie Many childhood memories of plucking apples and figs *very carefully*, first turning them around by the stem.Lots of times the other side had been hollowed out and there was a huge European hornet or two just chewing away.
(DIR) Post #B0RtAvNj9wFR0XRnBQ by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-11-20T21:08:25Z
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@discatte @NanoRaptor The one on the right looks like a fat-tail sheep...
(DIR) Post #B1Dvz8JcA2d1BeXy52 by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-12-14T01:26:01Z
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@futurebird I'm an only child, but I think I may have traumatized my spouse and child when it comes to pomegranates.(If left unchecked, I will simply eat them all. We now have rules, with the alternative being that I maintain a ready supply of pomegranates while they're in season.)
(DIR) Post #B1Fyp7IjlUhpKAyJTk by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-12-15T01:07:15Z
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@futurebird Having watched insects, I feel like they spend about half their time cleaning themselves anyhow.
(DIR) Post #B1FzBCeMYiRMHgcPke by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-12-15T01:11:15Z
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@futurebird I... hmm. I don't know if that would be as good[1] as the classic mix.[1] for very specific meaning of "good"
(DIR) Post #B1G8MMH60vLCuL86gi by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-12-15T02:54:05Z
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@futurebird On the other hand, I will generally prefer a piece of dark chocolate dipped in salted peanut butter to a Reese's peanut butter cup.
(DIR) Post #B1YPSUo0fkjbda4SVE by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-12-23T22:28:39Z
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@JoBlakely I'm confused about how this would happen.What kind of application and networking architecture would lead to *local* outages of a globally available app?I suspect this is mere coincidence, or perhaps (as one person suggested) a stunt on Grindr's part.
(DIR) Post #B1kQ6chT4VkhbNfFMe by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-12-29T17:29:20Z
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@NanoRaptor It's honestly hard to think of qualitatively worse things to make IoT than what we already have.At this point it's all just a matter of waiting for the bad vulns to show up.
(DIR) Post #B1mrAJzHfmjrnouCFk by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2025-12-30T21:46:54Z
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@futurebird I have to do 1, and it only works if I put on the right kind of music (or noise background) that will keep my ADHD-ass brain just the right level of activated (and also act as a context cue to remind me that I'm in "work mode").If I try 2, I end up not wanting to take a break because I'm in the groove. :-) I'm also worried I won't be able to get back into the task mindset. Should try it more often though.3 is bad for me because I often want a break every 30 seconds to 5 minutes.
(DIR) Post #B1rAodDgGM8cnLPixU by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2026-01-01T23:45:56Z
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@futurebird Interestingly, the Mastodon UI does not let me submit the poll with no boxes checked.
(DIR) Post #B21rULkIREChTI9zjk by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2026-01-07T03:31:11Z
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@futurebird @clayfoot I had to have "the cheese talk" with my kid the other day. She didn't know that pecorino romano (and similar) came in great honking wheels like this.
(DIR) Post #B21raW1t7HFl6TKRBw by varx@cybersecurity.theater
2026-01-07T03:32:12Z
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@futurebird It's this sort of forced admiration for "the big cheese" that led to today's centralization of power in the executive branch (or perhaps merely prefigured it, I can't really speak to the causation here).