bss03
@bss03@infosec.pub
I’m also on Mastodon as hachyderm.io/@BoydStephenSmithJr .
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 2 days 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? 2 days 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? 2 days 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! 3 days 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 A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy 3 days ago:
While I don’t doubt this, I’m also sure that tarrifs will also affect the pricing/availability of utility (non-status symbol) mobile devices.
We are going to have to deal with this for 4 years (unless some Rs will vote the remove in 2) and recovery won’t be immediate. I hope my current mobile lasts that long, but I usually only get about 3 years out of a battery. Replacement parts will be hit by tarrifs, too.
- Comment on AdNauseam is a uBlock fork that goes further: it actively attacks marketers by auto-clicking every ad before blocking 1 week ago:
I think that reveals you aren’t a “normal” request. Since “normal” user requests don’t have that exact list of fonts. I’m anonymous, but aberrant.
- Comment on AdNauseam is a uBlock fork that goes further: it actively attacks marketers by auto-clicking every ad before blocking 1 week ago:
“Just” remove a random 2.5% of the fonts, a different random set per request (context).
- Comment on Have I Been Pwned owner, pwned. 2 weeks ago:
You might like (or have already seen): www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPp-U4QonnM
- Comment on Why I recommend against Brave. 2 weeks ago:
I’m almost certain they mean Reddit, but there are a lot of sites that aren’t lemmy.dbzer0.com … like lemm.ee and infosec.pub … even some sites that aren’t Lemmy instances like infosec.exchance or hachyderm.io.
- Comment on Let me be *perfectly* clear... 2 weeks ago:
CW: Visible notochord.
- 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 Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals 5 weeks ago:
I see editability as generally an improvement, especially since the older versions are still visible with a couple of clicks. Reddit titles are not editable. Tweets used to be uneditable; toots are.
- Comment on YSK: Gas stoves cause cancer 1 month ago:
Having only cooked on radiant electric and gas, I gotta say I prefer the experience of cooking on gas, but not by enough to accept the documented risks, even if they are small. I hope at some point I’ll be able to have an electric range top as my primary.
- Comment on YSK: Gas stoves cause cancer 1 month ago:
Oh, my primary diet is beans, quinoa, nooch, and almond milk. Snacking is popcorn with, evoo, and Kernel Seasonings ™.
I still eat meat not infrequently, but not everyday, and I rarely prepare it for myself. Still, I should avoid it more. It’s unnecessary, and even just a couple of years ago, I ate it less of it.
The food I cook for my family does involve the maillard reaction for some of it (salmon patties, roasted veg, french fries, lasagna, pasta w/ meat sauce). I pressure cook the chicken and rice, so I think that mostly avoids maillard. I only eat on the family food to clean it out of the fridge when I don’t think it’s worth serving to anyone else.
Thank you for your concern.
- Comment on YSK: Gas stoves cause cancer 1 month ago:
Since the Maillard reaction and all its VOCs are the most likely source of meat-related cancer risk, I will gladly eat pink (but safely cooked) meat. In fact the center pink bits are my favorite parts a traditionally cooked steak / prime rib.
- Comment on YSK: Gas stoves cause cancer 1 month ago:
The information I have says sous vide is not as good as a “standard” reverse sear in an oven. But, I haven’t tried either.
My experience is that the “crust” on meat is entirely optional, and while I don’t aggressively avoid it, I don’t seek it out when I am preparing my own meat.
- Comment on YSK: Gas stoves cause cancer 1 month ago:
The few times I have prepared meat while trying to minimize the maillard reaction, it was still quite tasty.
That said, I agree that cancer risk is relative, and you can’t avoid all risk, even if you are happy to try.
I hear sous vide steak can be quite tasty.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Don’t boost it. If it violates your instance’s rules (e.g. it’s a scam), report it. Unfollow people that boost it. Mute/block the poster or their content.
I don’t might seeing it, and I don’t think it is a problem (yet).
Agree that caution is warranted for any request of funds, whatever the requestor wants to call it.
- Comment on Why don't Taco Trucks have a recognizable theme song and menu like Ice Cream Trucks? 1 month ago:
Mena, AR has two BBQ trucks and a Hibachi truck. It’s not all tacos.
- Comment on Google Chrome disables uBlock Origin for some in Manifest v3 rollout 1 month ago:
Makes me remember when I used Konqueror with FF as a fallback before Chrome existed.
- Comment on US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources. 1 month ago:
As an American, I’d like the boycott to be more targeted. But yes, every company that licks the boots of this obviously fascist regime should see no more sales. I don’t have a full list, but it includes at least Meta, Alphabet (Google), and Amazon.
- Comment on France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes 1 month ago:
TIL. That sucks.
- 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 DeepSeek Proves It: Open Source is the Secret to Dominating Tech Markets (and Wall Street has it wrong). 1 month ago:
Definitions are tricky, and especially for terms that are broadly considered virtuous/positive by the general public (cf. “organic”) but I tend to deny something is open source unless you can recreate any binaries/output AND it is presented in the “preferred form for modification” (i.e. the way the GPLv3 defines the “source form”).
A disassembled/decompiled binary might nominally be in some programming language–suitable input to a compiler for that langauge–but that doesn’t actually make it the source code for that binary because it is not in the form the entity most enabled to make a modified form of the binary (normally or original author) would prefer to make modifications.
- 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 REPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets 5 months ago:
KFC / Pizza Hut / Taco Bell – the only restaurant you need!