evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net
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Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.
Joined Nov 2022
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Had writers block. Walked over the meadow and had a conversation with this cow. Now back at my desk. Words are coming.
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@GossiTheDog
Where's your mastodon instance?
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JLR parent Tata Motors somehow put their AWS secret keys on their own website
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“ok, i want you to take a look at this address. memorize it. you may need it when you’re on the ground, but you can’t take it with you - it’s where you’ll find our field agents who can assist you if you get into trouble.”
“but…but…this is an IPv6 address.”
“that’s right. like i say, memorize it. good luck, 007.”
@mattgrayyes it's a warning that not only can a swan break your arm, it now also has the means to cook you once it has done so.
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I always forget about my complete archive of UK government source code until I receive panicked emails asking me to delete things from it.
This time it was password hashes. A *lot* of password hashes.
@mattround acquired dependency. think about taking google away from your earlier techies in the 2010s
@jonty *weeps in "my little soda pop..." *
I don't know. I can highly recommend not purchasing the soundtrack for your offspring though. that would not help matters
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Who can also hear this image? 😄
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #apogee #shareware #msdos #dosgaming
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If you want your thing to last, and you can make your thing into a static website: You should.
Not because it's less infrastructure. Not because you love javascript. Not because self-hosting. Not because *offline*.
Because it can be archived and preserved for the future.
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WHO NEEDS FREE CURSORS? FREE CURSORS COME GET YOUR CURSORS PIXEL AND VECTOR ALL FREE COME GET YOUR CURSORS BEFORE THEY RUN OUT
https://kenney.nl/assets/cursor-pack
https://kenney.nl/assets/cursor-pixel-pack
@jonty "Wibble"
/Blackadder goes forth
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An exciting start to the day, rescuing a pigeon downed in our garden by (I think) a sparrowhawk. Took it to the vets, hopefully it'll make a full recovery.
@mattround while this does address the obvious reputational concerns, there are a fair few social media and website accounts which take over / steal retired/dead/dormant sites and accounts for this reason, so due dilligence and regular activity of the account/site is still needed, sadly
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I really wish people understood the value of a solid long-term internet footprint when approaching strangers about possible business deals. It’s not just about confidence that someone’s who they say they are, it really helps if there’s a sense that there’s a reputation out there to protect
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Tonight, take a look out the back window of your house. If your floodlight illuminates your neighbours' homes, there is a high probability they regard you as a twat.
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You can now order your new ThinkPad with Ubuntu or Fedora Linux pre installed directly from factory. This is the perfect out of the box laptop for your dev job or IT pros stuff. Say goodbye to the "Windows tax" and hello to a powerful, fully optimized, privacy and data safety ready Linux machine.. unless you specifically require a Win11 environment. I think it is fantastic news for developers & IT Pros and I hear you can even upgrade BIOS/firmware using Linux. So there is no more need for Win11😉
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Which brings us to the age-old question:
Has nobody done this before because it's hard?
Or because it's really fucking stupid?
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Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.
Joined Nov 2022
