Chosensamurai
@chosensamurai.com
Cats, k8s, raspi, open source, security.
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People should be much more willing to help each other out cuz it’s called humankind not humanmean!!!!!
September 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
People should be much more willing to help each other out cuz it’s called humankind not humanmean!!!!!
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Online behavioral advertising has made surveillance the business model of the internet. By automatically blocking their trackers, @privacybadger.org makes it harder for Big Tech companies to profit from your personal information. You can download Privacy Badger at privacybadger.org.
August 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Online behavioral advertising has made surveillance the business model of the internet. By automatically blocking their trackers, @privacybadger.org makes it harder for Big Tech companies to profit from your personal information. You can download Privacy Badger at privacybadger.org.
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Fun fact: Linux allows file names to be any byte sequence except / and the null character. You can also mix character encodings in the same directory
#!/usr/bin/env bash
prefix="$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=128 count=1)"
touch “$(printf ‘%s\n%s’ “you can’t hurt me I’m already dead” “$prefix”)”
#!/usr/bin/env bash
prefix="$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=128 count=1)"
touch “$(printf ‘%s\n%s’ “you can’t hurt me I’m already dead” “$prefix”)”
I was reading the fish 4.0.2 release notes and I have to ask, which of you absolute degenerates is responsible for them needing to handle *literal newlines* in Mercurial working directories, what the fuck
August 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Fun fact: Linux allows file names to be any byte sequence except / and the null character. You can also mix character encodings in the same directory
#!/usr/bin/env bash
prefix="$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=128 count=1)"
touch “$(printf ‘%s\n%s’ “you can’t hurt me I’m already dead” “$prefix”)”
#!/usr/bin/env bash
prefix="$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=128 count=1)"
touch “$(printf ‘%s\n%s’ “you can’t hurt me I’m already dead” “$prefix”)”
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Whenever someone hits me with “well we’re just a bunch of pattern matching algorithms too”, I tend to agree. Not because it’s a remotely convincing philosophical argument for artificial intelligence, but because we both seem to be in agreement that they’re an NPC.
August 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Whenever someone hits me with “well we’re just a bunch of pattern matching algorithms too”, I tend to agree. Not because it’s a remotely convincing philosophical argument for artificial intelligence, but because we both seem to be in agreement that they’re an NPC.
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The price of being honest
August 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The price of being honest
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oh god this is the true curse of the millennial
August 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
oh god this is the true curse of the millennial
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End-to-end encryption for the contents of your communication are great, but never forget that metadata matters.
“WhatsApp is collecting user data, including location and communication tags, and sharing it with Israeli intelligence. Users are urged to delete the app from their phones.” - Iran’s IRIB Agency.
Welcome to our world.
Welcome to our world.
June 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
End-to-end encryption for the contents of your communication are great, but never forget that metadata matters.
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This is your regular reminder that government mandated backdoors for end-to-end encrypted comms are bullshit, make everyone less safe, and should be resisted at maximum volume.
Proposed bill in Sweden would require Signal/WhatsApp to store messages users send through the apps and provide a backdoor to gov/law enforcement to read the encrypted comms. Signal head @meredithmeredith.bsky.social says Signal will halt service for users in Sweden if this becomes a requirement
Signal lämnar Sverige om regeringens förslag på datalagring klubbas
Den krypterade meddelandeappen Signal växer – nu använder till och med Försvarsmakten appen. Men regeringen vill tvinga bolaget att införa en teknisk bakdörr åt Polisen och Säpo. – Om det blir verklig...
www.svt.se
February 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is your regular reminder that government mandated backdoors for end-to-end encrypted comms are bullshit, make everyone less safe, and should be resisted at maximum volume.
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I've chosen to avoid this wave of AI altogether. I'm not interested in becoming one with the machine. If they are willing to spend time and money training artificial intelligence, why wouldn't I do the same for the real thing.
February 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I've chosen to avoid this wave of AI altogether. I'm not interested in becoming one with the machine. If they are willing to spend time and money training artificial intelligence, why wouldn't I do the same for the real thing.
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Security tip for iPhone users: holding the side button and one of the volume buttons for two seconds will lock your phone and disables Face ID until you enter your password. Useful for situations where someone may try to unlock your phone without your consent.
January 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Security tip for iPhone users: holding the side button and one of the volume buttons for two seconds will lock your phone and disables Face ID until you enter your password. Useful for situations where someone may try to unlock your phone without your consent.
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The entire tech industry right now
January 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The entire tech industry right now
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VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional.
VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
In a landmark ruling, a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require a warrant. Congress sho...
www.eff.org
January 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional.
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1. Impact. How much revenue does my work protect or generate?
2. Quality. Does my work meet or exceed customer expectations?
3. Efficiency. Reward making the right buy versus build decision.
4. Reusability. How do others leverage my work?
5. Supportability. How much work do I create for others?
2. Quality. Does my work meet or exceed customer expectations?
3. Efficiency. Reward making the right buy versus build decision.
4. Reusability. How do others leverage my work?
5. Supportability. How much work do I create for others?
a question for the people who write code for money:
if you could wave a magic wand and have your performance/promotability measured on any 5 metrics of your choice, what would those metrics be?
if you could wave a magic wand and have your performance/promotability measured on any 5 metrics of your choice, what would those metrics be?
January 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
1. Impact. How much revenue does my work protect or generate?
2. Quality. Does my work meet or exceed customer expectations?
3. Efficiency. Reward making the right buy versus build decision.
4. Reusability. How do others leverage my work?
5. Supportability. How much work do I create for others?
2. Quality. Does my work meet or exceed customer expectations?
3. Efficiency. Reward making the right buy versus build decision.
4. Reusability. How do others leverage my work?
5. Supportability. How much work do I create for others?
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I probably won't buy another Bambu Lab printer: youtu.be/91kfolYkRNM
I probably won't buy another Bambu Lab printer
YouTube video by Level 2 Jeff
youtu.be
January 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I probably won't buy another Bambu Lab printer: youtu.be/91kfolYkRNM
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Grifters everywhere
January 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Grifters everywhere
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The user data mining is coming from inside the house
January 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The user data mining is coming from inside the house
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Vista was the sacrificial lamb whose blood flowed the channels of Windows 7.
Vista was actually pretty good. It had some major initial driver issues and required more resources (especially graphics to run aero) than were necessary because of OS X envy, but it set the stage for 7 to be a modern and secure OS, totally agree.
January 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Vista was the sacrificial lamb whose blood flowed the channels of Windows 7.
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What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.
January 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.
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Resharing my article on cryptocurrency "market caps", since you'll be hearing that phrase a lot.
blog.mollywhite.net/cryptocurren...
blog.mollywhite.net/cryptocurren...
Cryptocurrency 'market caps' and notional value
A naive equation works well when estimating the value of small quantities of popular crypto tokens, but it's also being used to estimate values of illiquid tokens and the market capitalization of all ...
blog.mollywhite.net
January 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Resharing my article on cryptocurrency "market caps", since you'll be hearing that phrase a lot.
blog.mollywhite.net/cryptocurren...
blog.mollywhite.net/cryptocurren...
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There was a time where online was not the real world. It was a plaything. Vulnerabilities were just something you try to address some day.
And now the real world does not exist.
It's just this.
And now the real world does not exist.
It's just this.
January 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There was a time where online was not the real world. It was a plaything. Vulnerabilities were just something you try to address some day.
And now the real world does not exist.
It's just this.
And now the real world does not exist.
It's just this.