bss03
@bss03@infosec.pub
I’m also on Mastodon as hachyderm.io/@BoydStephenSmithJr .
- Comment on Ok, thanks... 1 day ago:
I was about to downvote the AI slop, but your reply gave it enough context that Imma leave it alone.
- Comment on Ok, thanks... 1 day ago:
Alpha, the one after Gen Z, which is after Millennials, which is after Gen X, which was named that not because it was the 24th, but because they didn’t have a good name so they used X as a placeholder for an unknown name.
Generations are slightly bullshit tho. Birthdate definitely matters, but it more of a continuum / spectrum than discrete generations.
- Comment on 'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know 1 day ago:
Don’t they make all their money on hats?
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 1 week ago:
I reverses the natural flow of the conversation.
Why is top-posting so bad?
Top-posting.
What’s the worst thing I can do when writing a reply to the mailing list?
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 1 week ago:
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No, we can test groksponk without flibbertygibbet. But, when rolling to production, flubbertygibbet will need to be in place before grokspunk due to how the gonksponk end-user documentation is written (at least, for now).
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Oh, sorry, “doohicky” is how me and my team call them. They are actually <link to ISO specification for purchase>, specifically chapter 4, section 2 (in my 2012 copy it is titled “Hippydip Operations and Serialization”). Hopefully that connects well with the existing goober documentation, but let me know if you need further details/clarification.
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- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 1 week ago:
On average a communication has more readers than writers, so it is better for writer(s) to use effort in order to save effort on the behalf of the reader(s).
This was especially true in the days of mailing lists and me having to beat TOFU users about the head with a clue-by-4. But, it remains true today. The median communication might be 1 to 1, but it’s much more frequent for additional readers to be added that additional writers, so maximum effort with writing is still true.
But, man, it is annoys the heck out of me when I compose informative, contexual email/SMS with several open-ended questions and get back: “yes”.
- Comment on I lost 6 to 10 years of my retirement last week! 1 week ago:
I’m kinda in the middle. I think so far my balance is about the same as it was 1 year ago, so I lost at least a year worth of progress. The slide is probably not over, yet, tho.
- Comment on Tron: Ares - Official Poster 1 week ago:
I enjoyed legacy. It wasn’t the movie I was expecting, and it has rough parts, but overall I found it fun, particularly the action scenes and the sound track.
I will also plan to see this one.
- Comment on p r e s s u r e 1 week ago:
Are you saying that under enough social pressure anyone will revert to the gender binary? (j/k)
- Comment on Let me be *perfectly* clear... 3 weeks ago:
CW: Visible notochord.
- Comment on sussvival instinct 3 weeks ago:
ISTR you can do the sieve thing with true living sponges, too. Life on earth is wild. I wonder if it will be considered mild once we find some interesting life off-planet.
- Comment on Anon is smarter than a genius 5 weeks ago:
Toes untouch the overpass soon he’s water-bound. Eyes locked shut but peek to see the view from halfway down.
A little wind, a summer sun a river rich and regal. A flood of fond endorphins brings a calm that knows no equal.
You’re flying now, you see things much more clear than from the ground. It’s all okay, or it would be were you not now halfway down.
Thrash to break from gravity what now could slow the drop? All I’d give for toes to touch the safety back at top.
But this is it, the deed is done silence drowns the sound. Before I leaped I should’ve seen the view from halfway down.
I really should’ve thought about the view from halfway down. I wish I could’ve known about the view from halfway down—
– “The view from halfway down” by Alison Tafel (excerpted)
- Comment on Anon is smarter than a genius 5 weeks ago:
Ramanujan did pretty good, just died young.
- Comment on You guys have to end it 5 weeks ago:
Eh, I had to take my Saturn (previous vehicle) to the dealer several times. The car before that was ruined by a “shade-tree” mechanic, so when I lived in the same city as the dealer I preferred that.
I’m with you on right-to-reapir tho. It would have been better if the diagnostic methods and parts were available from other than the dealer (and maybe they were and the local guy just didn’t want to mess with it, doesn’t do a lot of EVs at his shop). But my experience with cars is mostly that dealers have that advantage whether you go electric or not, and I prefer electric.
Still let me know if I can do something to improve right to repair for me or others.
- Comment on You guys have to end it 5 weeks ago:
IME, (2019 Volt) maintenance costs are lower with a PHEV. I have needed to take it to a dealer to deal with a OBD2 code that neither I nor my local mechanic could resolve, but the replacement part and labor was reasonably priced.
- Comment on Anon plays a prank 1 month ago:
Yeah, one of the setbacks is that I have to spend more time at home with my disabled family member, so I couldn’t make it to the gym as frequently.
I have gotten stuck at some “plateaus” before, and this ~100kg is one I’ve been at before. It took me nearly 3 months of discipline to break through it last time. I have to quit cheating as often, and not give up again.
- Comment on Anon plays a prank 1 month ago:
My profile indirectly discloses that. I don’t think it matters much for the story, but I am a cis white male.
- Comment on Anon plays a prank 1 month ago:
Yeah, I’m still obese. I almost got down to overweight, I was within 3kg, but… I’ve had/been some setbacks. By height + BMI, I should be targeting 165lbs. / 75kg, but I’m still finding it impossible to stick to a diet that provides a calorie deficit. (I have in the past, but don’t seem to now.)
My physical health is better by basically any metric. I encourage anyone that is overweight to lose it.
- Comment on Anon plays a prank 1 month ago:
When I was 330 lbs. (150kg) it would take me 30 minutes to walk a mile, and I would be post-exercise dumb for at least 30 more. You don’t want to the post-exercise dumb for class (taking or teaching).
Now (225 lbs. [~102kg]), it would still take me about 15 minutes to walk it, tho at that pace my HR wouldn’t significantly increase, and I might decide to take the bus instead, if there’s any sort of weather.
- Comment on 1987 1 month ago:
I think we still have one of those plates in the cabinet. It’s not in normal rotation, tho.
- Comment on Anon sees a happy couple 1 month ago:
Many people share their home with others. They would still shower to the nice.
While a daily shower is overkill, and there are other ways to deal with it, most people need some sort of bathing routine as part of basic skin care: removing accumulated dust, dorr, sebumb, sweat, etc. from the skin, particularly joints/folds/crevices.
- Comment on Anon sees a happy couple 1 month ago:
Attempting to avoid triggering negative feelings (e.g. disgust) in the people around you is part of #1.
That generally requires #2, but might not depending other actions and niche situations.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
There are some of you out there that really can’t return the cart. Maybe it’s your own mobility issues; maybe it’s children, animals, or something else that you can’t lease unattendend in the vehicle; maybe you just ran out of spoons picking up your medical supplies; whatever reason–I got chu, fam.
When I turn around to return my cart, I always look for stragglers and bring them back. I’m forever alone, but healthy, so getting carts back to their “home” is the least I can do.
- Comment on A balanced diet is important 1 month ago:
(Sorry if the NSFW spoilers don’t work; I tried.)
::: NSFW My boyfriend seem to prefer eating pussy. ;)
(I don’t have a boyfriend or a supply of pussy.) :::
- Comment on Would this be a red or green flag? 2 months ago:
I vote red flag, since it’s sound like something I would do. (Definitely something I did in secondary school.)
- Comment on Trømp 2 months ago:
As a Berniecrat, I’m been advocating for making the US more like Denmark for decades.
A shame that it took an attempt to erase the sovereignty of Greenland to make this meme. 🤪
- Comment on This is in a small convenience store where you can buy food things and heat them up while in the store 3 months ago:
Never tried it myself. I did provide clean urine to a friend, but I think their plan was just to wear it in/near their crotch long enough for it to warm up.
I’d imagine microwaving might work, as long as you didn’t do it too long. But, I don’t know if there’s some ions or proteins in urine that are more sensitive to microwaves than other heating methods.
- Comment on This is in a small convenience store where you can buy food things and heat them up while in the store 3 months ago:
Someone probably tried to heat “clean” urine to pass a drug test.
The war on drugs killed my convenience store burritos.
- Comment on Why do games like Minecraft require a launcher? 3 months ago:
One executable updates the other and vice-versa. Like Robin Hood and Fryer Tuck defending one another.
That’s far from the only approach, too.
- Comment on Elon Musk Is a National Security Risk 3 months ago:
Trump is a National Security Risk, of course he brought a few with him.