Joel Michael

WiFi whacker, network noodler, IoT idiot, Linux licker, and security spooner. Geek for hire - if you’ve got a cool project let me know!

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NIP-05 Address

jpm_at_aus.social@mostr.pub

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2024-08-09 07:56:29

Balsamic vinegar? You mean Italian sweet and sour sauce?

2024-08-08 04:28:34

Oh, remember those USB-rechargeable 9V batteries I bought a while ago?
Yeah, definitely DO NOT use them in a smoke alarm. They go from 9V to 0V as soon as the internal cell’s under-voltage cutoff is hit. A real 9V battery slowly loses voltage as it discharges, the smoke alarm monitors this and makes annoying beeping noises when the battery voltage goes under a threshold.
⚠️ Going from 9V straight to 0V gives you a dead smoke alarm with no warning ⚠️

2024-08-03 23:51:30

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@npub1rv4…ft5j … is that a USB header with V+ tied directly to the battery?

2024-08-03 23:45:31

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@npub1rv4…ft5j is… is that a STAPLE?

2024-07-27 00:40:04

Manna from heaven
https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/855/665/959/246/501/original/d1f52ec18af79fe5.jpeg

2024-07-20 10:56:13

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@npub17lg…9uux watch customers flee without understanding what they’re fleeing from: https://aus.social/@jpm/112812079293445696

2024-07-19 06:56:45

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@npub1fuh…3kut lol not really - at a guess DownDetector themselves are affected because they’re showing AWS offline too

2024-07-19 05:58:55

Broke: you won’t get hacked if you run an antivirus!
Woke: you won’t get hacked if you run a gigantic corporate IT security software suite!
Bespoke: you won’t get hacked if your computer can’t start up because your gigantic corporate IT security software suite deployed a bad update!

2024-07-18 23:45:53

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@npub1fuh…3kut DO IT YOU COWARDS

2024-07-17 02:51:06

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@npub1fuh…3kut I would personally prefer not to have it, but my employer insists on it. Feel free to take it off me if you like

2024-07-12 04:32:11

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@npub1kr5…nwzy can confirm. Some of them have supporting legs on the shield that sucks up all the heat that go through holes on the board, and I’ve heard of one single socket that’s entirely through-hole connections - 20 or so pins

2024-07-02 04:40:56

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@npub1fuh…3kut is this another made-up thing by a USA-American company’s fucking useless ITsec department that can’t even get 2FA rolled out?
$DAYJOB is claiming “smishing” isn’t something they just made up

2024-06-29 22:22:26

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@npub1fuh…3kut if they keep feeding him massive amounts of amphetamines, the problem will take care of itself sooner rather than later

2024-06-26 03:41:08

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@npub1fuh…3kut does it include the suburban V/Locity and loco sets?

2024-06-20 04:07:00

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@npub1fuh…3kut oh it’s another marketing stunt?

2024-06-18 02:15:31

PSA for #electronics folks: the tiny USB-C hotplate that does a great job for SMD rework is on sale for quite cheap right now - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007009784987.html

2024-06-15 09:15:38

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@npub1fuh…3kut eh, Linux is not UNIX. It started out looking vaguely a bit like one, but yeahnah it’s definitely not.

2024-06-11 06:31:37

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@npub1fuh…3kut oh, the VPN that conveniently ignores the existence of IPv6 and doesn’t bother doing any fuckenating with that traffic? That’d be GlobalProtect…

2024-06-11 06:07:27

Well, at least they remembered to disable Windows Defender on the new work craptop. Unfortunately there’s still Sophos and FireEye fighting over who’s regex engine will take all available CPU cycles

2024-06-11 05:50:34

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@npub1fuh…3kut hey I used to work in that building, but IBM = I’ve Been Moved

2024-06-10 03:22:51

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@npub1fuh…3kut your kink is not my kink, but your kink is ok if it’s all consensual

2024-05-23 05:55:13

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@npub1fuh…3kut why? Is it because there’s nothing actually wrong, they just should never ever be online?

2024-05-22 11:54:18

Anyway, as a little treat, please look at this completely brain-munted cat. We still love him though. #CatsOfMastodon
https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/484/604/646/707/400/original/672b7f5b70fb220d.jpeg

2024-05-19 07:43:56

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Influenza infection: 1 star, not generally recommended. The hallucinations and fever dreams are interesting, definitely don’t like my legs feeling like they’ve been beaten with a sack of doorknobs.

2024-05-18 05:58:35

Well fuck. Just before I had my flu shot too.
https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/460/556/696/382/414/original/3d550ed3c0729ce2.jpeg

2024-05-15 06:44:04

Ok that’s fucking it. I’m done with these “digital marketing” fuckheads infesting my email inbox which they scraped from LinkedIn.
Any unsolicited email from them will be responded to with a suggestion to stick their face in a woodchipper so they can finally be useful.

2024-05-14 06:54:07

Missing: 2 Yubikeys
Last seen somewhere on my desk
No reward

2024-05-12 11:17:52

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@npub1fuh…3kut my personal policy is anything that requires Docker is an automatic get fucked I’m not going to bother

2024-05-10 04:21:01

I *thought* that tyre looked low, turns out it was at 115kPa. It’s supposed to be 240.

2024-05-09 12:16:07

A 600dB truck horn, for when you need to deafen God from across the universe https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006139224416.html

2024-05-09 10:15:43

Hey @npub1fuh…3kut was it you looking for the 8x2.5G + 2x10G switches? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006615185733.html