UsernameTaken
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Computer person, mostly interested in embedded, kernel and security things. Completely unqualified and figuring stuff out as I go
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Corporations are in the political driving seat.
November 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Corporations are in the political driving seat.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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A quick guide on "How to fall downstairs":
Step 1
Step 6
Step 8, 9, 10, 11.
Step 1
Step 6
Step 8, 9, 10, 11.
September 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
A quick guide on "How to fall downstairs":
Step 1
Step 6
Step 8, 9, 10, 11.
Step 1
Step 6
Step 8, 9, 10, 11.
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The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
Kamermeerderheid vindt Antifa terroristische organisatie
Een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer wil dat Nederland, in navolging van de Verenigde Staten, de extreemlinkse beweging Antifa aanmerkt als terroristische organisatie. Een motie daartoe van Lidewij de V...
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September 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
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for the people i know who are playing Fortnite for the XP:
September 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
for the people i know who are playing Fortnite for the XP:
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Head of Yemen's Houthi government and some ministers killed in Israeli strike, Houthi-run news agency says reut.rs/4oQCCoe
Head of Yemen's Houthi government and some ministers killed in Israeli strike, Houthi-run news agency says
The head of Yemen's Houthi government and a number of ministers were killed in an Israeli strike on Sanaa on Thursday, the news agency run by the group said on Saturday, citing a statement by Houthi leader Mahdi al-Mashat.
reut.rs
August 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Head of Yemen's Houthi government and some ministers killed in Israeli strike, Houthi-run news agency says reut.rs/4oQCCoe
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Suck a dick Google. If I wanted NOT to be able to install unsigned homebrew on my device I'd save up for an iPhone.
developer.android.com/developer-ve...
developer.android.com/developer-ve...
Android developer console | Android developer verification | Android Developers
Get started building your Android apps.
developer.android.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Suck a dick Google. If I wanted NOT to be able to install unsigned homebrew on my device I'd save up for an iPhone.
developer.android.com/developer-ve...
developer.android.com/developer-ve...
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At long last - Phrack 72 has been released online for your reading pleasure!
Check it out: phrack.org
Check it out: phrack.org
August 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
At long last - Phrack 72 has been released online for your reading pleasure!
Check it out: phrack.org
Check it out: phrack.org
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Remember: Every time you get a #HackerJeopardy networking question wrong, somewhere in the world, a router spontaneously reboots itself out of spite. #DFIU
August 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Remember: Every time you get a #HackerJeopardy networking question wrong, somewhere in the world, a router spontaneously reboots itself out of spite. #DFIU
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thepiratebay dot org
getting my phrenology checked by my laptop camera before I can listen to WAP, a future I always wanted www.404media.co/spotify-uk-a...
Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content
Submit to biometric face scanning or risk your account being deleted, Spotify says, following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act.
www.404media.co
July 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
thepiratebay dot org
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the DSM-6 is set to contain even more exciting and unfounded speculation about me
July 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
the DSM-6 is set to contain even more exciting and unfounded speculation about me
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after a very frustrating call with Visa (US+CAN), I was told that Visa would like inquiries relating to using their bargaining power to destroy adult media to be sent, via email, to
askvisa@visa.com
they asked. to be sent. emails. you know what to do.
askvisa@visa.com
they asked. to be sent. emails. you know what to do.
Maybe we could find out.
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Collective Shout, the group that took credit for bullying Mastercard into recently censoring more platforms, stated that apparently it took them ~1000 phonecalls to convince them to give them what they wanted?
We got like way more people than that don't we?
We got like way more people than that don't we?
July 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
after a very frustrating call with Visa (US+CAN), I was told that Visa would like inquiries relating to using their bargaining power to destroy adult media to be sent, via email, to
askvisa@visa.com
they asked. to be sent. emails. you know what to do.
askvisa@visa.com
they asked. to be sent. emails. you know what to do.
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Real security people would register their vulnerability announcement domains 7 days before go-live because real security people don't have DNS resolvers that pass recently registered domains...
July 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Real security people would register their vulnerability announcement domains 7 days before go-live because real security people don't have DNS resolvers that pass recently registered domains...
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Pros of using Linux:
- You can't play league of legends
- You can't play league of legends
February 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Pros of using Linux:
- You can't play league of legends
- You can't play league of legends
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People will really call themselves computer scientists without ever having killed a traveling salesman
June 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
People will really call themselves computer scientists without ever having killed a traveling salesman
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I'm actually pretty good at reading a room, as long as the room is full of books and I'm the only person involved.
June 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm actually pretty good at reading a room, as long as the room is full of books and I'm the only person involved.
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lol, youtube added a clickthrough warning modal to save people from getting rickrolled. afaict it's the only video that has it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
April 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
lol, youtube added a clickthrough warning modal to save people from getting rickrolled. afaict it's the only video that has it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
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There are presumably five states of ware. I’ve heard of hardware , software, and vaporware. There must be additional states where there’s so little energy put into the ware that it can’t even be sold, and so much energy put in that it dissociates into discrete criminally charged engineers.
April 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
There are presumably five states of ware. I’ve heard of hardware , software, and vaporware. There must be additional states where there’s so little energy put into the ware that it can’t even be sold, and so much energy put in that it dissociates into discrete criminally charged engineers.