No, we were taught about HTTP, the fundamentals of hypertext and how it gets rendered, how embedded code (Flash at the time; yes, I’m old) runs in the browser, and the concept of the digital footprint. The cybersecurity implications were obvious.

Actually, I have to correct myself. Some of this was taught in the 7th or 8th year of primary school, around ages 12-14. I was fortunate to be born in a country, at the right time, where the public education system was still worth something. My heart bleeds when I hear of what goes on across the ocean.

Not me. Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer organic.

Caged and bound A-10: voted #1 best close air support by Scimitar tank crews. Safe word: POPOV. Any drop of piss that lands within the general area of the bathroom is considered “in the bowl”. Mostly sits in the cuck chair while the F-15 and F-111 do air-to-ground.

Literally none of that should be surprising for people who have a basic understanding of how the WWW works.

Which, I’m starting to realize, is a depressively low fraction of the general population. I was taught this in middle school, for fuck’s sake.

Blue check mark means the user already drank the kool-aid. No reason to assume they wouldn’t go back for a refill.

We’re 305 days into Sea of Sorrow, though.

Tomorrow for sure.

Not the same photo, but I have this from 2016: https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/03/14/cheltenham-festival-harris-tweed-suit-horse-racing

I threw away a sturdy cardboard box just days before I needed it. The neurospicy person was right all along.

Don’t forget the “real men wear diapers” thing!

They removed almost every basic networking feature with a firmware update. Even in “expert mode”, all I can do is set up the wifi and pick a single /24 network from 192.168.0.0/16. I can’t even pick a goddamn DNS server. Unfortunately the other ISPs that serve my area are at least twice as expensive.

One obstacle you might encounter is carrier-grade NAT or CGNAT. Some ISPs put residential subscribers behind an additional layer of IPv4 NAT, which makes your public address inaccessible from the internet. In that case, you’ll either need Tailscale or a similar service, or a VPS to act as a relay.

Then there’s Vodafone who have unilaterally removed both the port-forward feature and bridge mode from their residential cable modems, and I hate them, and wish them a hammer to balls.

It’ll completely fuck up your joints, though.

Source: am fat, lifelong cyclist, starting to get knee pains.

Bro. Stop. It’s called mockery. A joke at the expense of others. A denigrating remark to the detriment of a person or entity, often (but not necessarily) based on real observations.

Obviously, global shortcuts probably won’t leak personal data, I’m not a fucking moron. But Discord has had several high-profile massive data leaks, with some, frankly, bullshit official responses. It’s fun to mock them by assuming there will be another.

I guess I’m sorry that your life is bereft of whimsy.

Can’t wait to see how this will result in another massive leak of personal data that they totally don’t retain.

I’ve got links. Do you have two and a half hours and enough alcohol to numb the pain?

About the person: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU8xmhI5WjA

About his disgusting atrocity of a novel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoOnElCEliA

It’s actually a new project called BSD Secure. The entire root filesystem is encrypted using TLS, and you need both a domain and a valid certificate to boot. Better not let them expire!

Tim has been on the sauce for a while. He basically does the opposite of everything Valve does. Valve banned blockchain-based games, Epic opened the platform to scams with asset flip “games” attached. Valve regulated AI and required disclosure, Epic is now a safe haven for shovelware and Tim is screaming into the void that publishers should be allowed to hide AI usage.

Sweeney is like the Shadiversity of gaming. Massively overcompensating for his inferiority complex and forever doomed to live in the shadow of his more successful brother.

I already had zero interest or compulsion to buy anything Microsoft… but this is so violently repulsive, at this point, I feel like they owe me money.

I wince with pain every time I want to exit a Windows terminal and only end up typing a ^D character.

I’ve successfully used two methods to defeat this.

1. If you get a burst of energy at the most useless time, use it to remove obstacles you might face tomorrow. Prepare your outfit for the next day. Prepare your meal. Load the dishwasher, or clean your coffee cup before you need it if you’re a pig like me.

2. Force yourself to do a long task (cleaning, gardening) for 30 minutes, then allow yourself to stop. It’s not as daunting as having to complete the entire task in one go, but it’s enough to probably pick up the momentum and compelte the entire thing. And if it doesn’t work, you’ll still be 30 minutes ahead.