Simple Nomad / is on Nostr

Long time #Hacker type. #Hippie and I care about the #planet, ask me about #solarpower and #EV.

# RemoteWork since 1999, you know, since last century.

Been here since April 2022 and on this instance since Nov 2022. 

Work is :gitlab: #GitLab. Former ghost hunter and storm chaser. Survivor of #cancer and a #widower. Links in the About. He/Him.

#Infosec #hacker

Last Notes

2024-07-14 00:04:14

Well fuck. The shit has hit the fan. Doesn’t matter where you stand, the next few days, weeks, months, and years are going to suck.

2024-03-20 18:40:40

So work has been interesting as of late. Have you ever been told your job is evolving/changing yet when you look over what you are going to be doing, you're *fundamentally* going to be doing the exact same thing? I think the only difference is that I will have slightly more freedom. Yes #infosec seemed like there is always going to be work and challenges, but if you like the work AND they give you more freedom, well that's awesome.

2023-10-13 19:38:57

Regardless of how realistic/accurate/reliable the assessment US government footage of UAV/UFO footage released in recent years actually is, I'd say the response from the public at large - which seemed to be "meh" - did surprise me. I figured it would get a bigger and stronger reaction.
#uav #ufo #meh #apathy

2023-09-18 03:57:40

I’ll assume there was a game tonight at AT&T Stadium as around sunset on the dog walk there was one private jet after another taking off from the local municipal airport (I live in between the stadium and the airport). What a waste of energy and careless contribution to the carbon footprint. It’s shit like this that causes me to wish for a complete ecological apocalypse just so those rich fucks get to see what they’ve help bring on. #ClimateCrisis #Sportsing #EatTheRich

2023-09-15 14:12:50

This one hits fairly close to home - literally. GM employs around 5000 people in Tarrant county where I live, and I have neighbors and friends that work there. The Arlington assembly plant is GM’s most profitable, and between that and GM Financial having a few office complexes in the area, the company has quite a local presence. I know several in UAW union 276 and wish them sincere good luck. Having to work 2 and 3 jobs to make ends meet (as some of them do) is not fun. Good luck.
#UAW #strike

2023-09-14 15:46:04

It is sooo good to be past the exceedingly high temperatures AND to be getting nice steady rain right now. We needed the break from the heat and with the drought conditions we really needed the rain.
#TexasWeather #climatechange

2023-09-11 14:50:36

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@npub166r…3fe3 You might be right!

2023-09-09 02:48:54

At the house today it reached 111.4F/44.1C, which was the hottest day of the year (hopefully the rest of the year is cooler). Actually it’s the hottest temp I’ve personally ever recorded here in #Texas. I’ve stopped arguing with #climate deniers over who’s to blame, and now just point out that reducing carbon emissions will help not make it worse. At least some are now listening. Wish they’d listened a couple of decades or even a decade ago.

2023-09-07 19:45:38

ICYMI, NIST wants to work out standards for NFTs. Yes this is a real link and not something pointing to a rickroll.
https://csrc.nist.gov/Pubs/ir/8472/ipd
#TheFutureIsWeird #infosec #nist #nft

2023-09-03 20:11:53

Genuinely curious as most of my followers are #infosec and somewhat logically minded (just *somewhat*) - how many of you have #solar panels, batteries, an #EV, or even gas/diesel generators at home? Or more than one? Curious.

2023-08-26 20:51:02

High temperature at the casa was 111F/44C with a “feels like” of 120F/49C. New high temperature record for the DFW area.
#jfc #ItsHot #TexasWeather #ClimateChange

2023-08-15 19:45:37

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@npub1yfw…d90d Very weird times indeed. I’ll be walking the dog tonight during daylight.

2023-08-15 19:23:55

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@npub1vvu…pj6u Microsoft HQ.

2023-08-07 04:24:36

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@npub14c2…umaq Ah fuck, I’m so sorry. My absolute deepest sympathies for you and your family. #fuckcancer

2023-08-06 22:07:47

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@npub1756…6gp2 Unfortunately I went slightly off script on the first go-around, and the mastodon user needs its password. Ah well, it’s working as evidence of me reading your reply and my ability to reply back (thank god)!

2023-08-06 21:24:24

Moved my mastodon instance to new hardware, a bit of a pain since I couldn't remember the postgresql password nor could figure out where I wrote it down if I in fact did (just manually copied over the entire db, 🤷 ), but it is actually working.

2023-08-04 15:33:53

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@npub1l2l…mv7r Great video as always, and wow, those puns. Do I blame you, or is your brother and his penchant for punnery simply rubbing off on you?