draeath

Systems Engineer / Solutions Architect.

I glue badly written software to other badly written software, in an attempt to get it to do something useful. Sometimes it even works!

Lemmy: https://lemmy.sdf.org/u/draeath

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draeath_at_infosec.exchange@momostr.pink

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2026-05-15 12:59:20 UTC

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woa... what's the story with that human/horse/doll profile picture thing?

2026-03-25 21:36:21 UTC

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got the same. Important extra bit:
> If you previously opted out of the setting allowing GitHub to collect this data for product improvements, your preference has been retained— your choice is preserved, and your data will not be used for training unless you opt in.
It's still stinky, but less so than you made it seem.
I can confirm my opt-out was still in-effect, for what that's worth.

2026-01-20 22:41:03 UTC

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I thought we already had those a-la https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuity_of_government
But I guess the shitgibbon wants his own private one.

2025-11-02 11:53:02 UTC

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I seem to recall reading that the wealth gap is actually wider now than it was before the Great Guillotining.

2025-10-27 17:25:45 UTC

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the anti-dei stance taken by the US government that this decision is relating to isn't trying to fix what you have observed, it's in service of trying to move us to an apartheid system. They're misusing and redefining words to this end.
Your words here are a good example of why that tactic is used - it works.

2025-10-10 18:33:56 UTC

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"trillion" isn't really a useful unit as far as data rate goes. Why not use the standard prefixes for data rates?

2025-08-21 18:24:26 UTC

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what sim do you use?

2025-07-09 16:50:58 UTC

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I always thought this was about absinthe, AKA "the green lady?"
Is there an association between the two at play, here?

2025-06-12 20:03:15 UTC

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did, uh, you include the right image?

2025-06-06 14:35:54 UTC

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a little hard to visualize the planes as-is, since planes aren't lines. :(

2025-05-30 13:09:30 UTC

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fun as it is, don't answer these even like this. All it does is confirm your number is a live person for further attacks (which may not be as obvious).

2025-05-25 14:28:48 UTC

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be very cautious about using cheap or free VPNs. If you choose poorly, you'll sacrifice even more privacy (while at least narrowing who gets the juicy details). They are not silver bullets.

2025-05-06 14:27:14 UTC

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for clarity re: Firefox
It can actually do this if you want it to, but the default is, I believe, to try https first and quietly fall back unless the user specified http.
This is new behavior and seems like a sane way to do it, too.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/https-first

2025-05-06 14:22:40 UTC

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monkeys paw: here's a CRC!
(better than nothing, I guess)

2025-04-22 13:39:47 UTC

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"dumb" has a bit of a complex etymology. Only about half of it comes from being mute (Norse/Gothic), the other origins (German/Dutch) literally come from words meaning "stupid."
For what it's worth, in my nearly 40 years I don't think I have ever heard or seen it being used as an ablist insult, and only rarely used in the "unable to speak" meaning (mostly as "dumbstruck" but sometimes as a neutral descriptor). Edit: this would also be my first time seeing the claim it was ablist language. Literally my first.
I'd be interested to know of contrary experiences - I'm not trying to say you're wrong, but I'm doubtful enough about it that I feel the need to speak up because of your tone, there. I think you're being unfair.

2025-04-16 17:25:37 UTC

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could that just be a dodgy PTR, does it watch and associate DNS queries for follow-up connections?

2025-04-02 03:16:48 UTC

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"can never happen obviously again" is what she *meant* to say, I'd bet...
One transposition, and it fits their patterns much better 🤣😅🥹😭

2025-03-24 20:06:32 UTC

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when all you know is Python and you try to pick up Rust...
https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/219/200/238/984/443/original/c60d3fa08ae153cc.mp4

2025-03-18 13:52:39 UTC

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at that point, though, you might as well buy hardware and do it yourself locally. Then, at least, you get to keep it until it's too old to trust.
While you have to pay for space and power, those are orders of magnitude less expensive than the ongoing costs of using cloud resources... once you have paid for the hardware anyway.
The only real benefit to using cloud services that remains after taking both the expertise and cost factors out is geographical diversity - something you can still handle yourself.

2025-03-16 20:35:58 UTC

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DuPont wires?

2025-01-27 21:32:55 UTC

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*chuckles in AACS*
I don't think we've had that since VHS/Betamax, if you accept what the industry had/has to say about things.

2025-01-26 17:31:46 UTC

#fediblock this one turns into a complete asshole about alt text (and it's in their profile bio too): @npub1fc4…nrvd
"I don't do Alt text - don't ask me to. If you want to do it for me, that's your prerogative. I don't print my posts in Braille either"
Quoted this to someone they were rude to and called it a shit take, got a rude remake back and a block.

2025-01-23 18:06:01 UTC

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the same thing that makes them good for AI makes them good for other parallel problems.
Think particle simulation, protein folding, etc.
They won't be useless, just not useful in the home / home-lab.

2024-12-26 23:37:13 UTC

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what's the one on the left mean/say?

2024-12-01 16:53:20 UTC

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one of the few reasons a consumer might have for getting nitrogen - much more stable in this regard.

2024-11-08 19:50:35 UTC

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even better, they can apparently communicate and propagate this grudge to other crows, if I recall correctly!

2024-11-08 16:50:56 UTC

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what do those bracelets signify?

2024-11-01 20:00:42 UTC

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I wonder if we're seeing the real ramifications of all that tetraethyl-lead gasoline decades back...