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2024-07-25 18:18:48

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@npub1pxy…htpa
Point taken. That said, I'm writing for a mainstream audience, not experts.

2024-07-25 17:06:00

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@npub1pxy…htpa
Link?

2024-07-25 16:43:29

For anyone who cares about Secure Boot: it's completely borked on hundreds of device models from some of the industry's biggest manufacturers. Some of the affected devices shipped as recently as this year. More details to come in a little more than an hour from now.

2024-03-12 16:26:19

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Thanks all. The syntax is:
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2024-03-12 16:23:02

I can't believe I'm asking this again, but I can never seem to find it on duckduckgo: how do I search a particular Mastodon user's posts for a specific search term?

2024-03-12 01:03:06

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Seriously, folks. When someone running for the highest office in the land says they admire dictators and intend to act like one on the first day of their term, you best believe them and vote accordingly.

2024-03-12 00:51:50

How much longer can left-of-center folks keep insisting there's no difference between Biden and TFG?

2024-01-22 17:56:59

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@npub143w…pykj
I'd like this too, please.

2024-01-10 17:22:06

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@npub1wf4…94wn
I miss the days when @npub1lsl…9c2x regularly posted to the fedi. Mike, please come back. We need you here.

2023-12-14 01:26:17

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@npub1kc8…j65c
Why are you telling me this? I want my posts to be searchable.

2023-12-13 20:32:54

I know some people don't want their public Mastodon posts to be searchable. This reminder isn't for them. It's for everyone else: Please take a minute to update your Mastodon preferences to make your public posts searchable. This ensures more people can easily find your public posts on a given topic. This makes Mastodon a more useful place for all of us and gives Mastodon holdouts more incentive to join the fediverse.
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2023-09-27 22:30:27

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@npub1vcl…k6t3
I'm concerned there are false positives here. I'm pretty sure, for instance, that Signal has also patched.
Can you tell me what caused you to think 1Password wasn't patched when it was? I wonder if whatever the cause was, it's skewing other results as well?
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2023-09-20 02:24:43

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@npub1lrv…tth9
Can you help me understand your rationale for small journalism staying on the dead bird site? Twitter isn't like electricity or water service that people can't live without. It seems like a copout to say you can't afford to leave the site be because of X, Y or Z. I suppose there probably are folks who might face true hardships if they leave, but even then, it seems like transitioning away could be a gradual process over no more than six months.
I just don't understand how all these Twitter users seem to think they are a victim of circumstance and have no choice.
What am I missing?

2023-09-20 02:14:39

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@npub1lrv…tth9
I agree that the magnitude of the imperative is directly proportional to the number of followers and amount of influence you have. That said, I think it's incredibly short cited for any journalist to embrace the platform. I remain almost despondent so many people in this field ( and in cybersecurity, for that matter) choose a short term gain at the cost of the long-term good.

2023-09-20 02:08:21

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@npub1lrv…tth9
I agree with everything you're saying except your use of the phrase "big journalism." It's equally in the interest litttle journalism too to stop giving comfort to a platform dedicated to spreading far-right extremism.