Alec :tux: 🇦🇺 👨💻
@alecthegeek.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
Old school software geek, atheist, and sexagenarian (because I'm sexy?).
Sometimes uses naughty words.
Be excellent to each other!
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Sometimes uses naughty words.
Be excellent to each other!
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So it seems to me that American First Nations people should start deporting white folks
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/elaine-miles-actor-ice-detained-id-fake
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/elaine-miles-actor-ice-detained-id-fake
Native American actor says she was detained by ICE officers who said tribal ID ‘looked fake’
Elaine Miles of Northern Exposure was stopped by four masked men in Seattle while walking to bus stop
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 AM
So it seems to me that American First Nations people should start deporting white folks
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/elaine-miles-actor-ice-detained-id-fake
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/elaine-miles-actor-ice-detained-id-fake
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With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year:
smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers, and other connected gadgets are all very popular gifts.
But before you give one, think twice about […]
smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers, and other connected gadgets are all very popular gifts.
But before you give one, think twice about […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
November 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year:
smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers, and other connected gadgets are all very popular gifts.
But before you give one, think twice about […]
smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers, and other connected gadgets are all very popular gifts.
But before you give one, think twice about […]
I'll be speaking @ @everythingopen 2026 conf on "Books As Code".
Topic: How I write & publish long form books with developer style workflows (Asciidoctor, Vale, ...) to ebook, paperbacks, and html; and what you need to learn about book publication […]
Topic: How I write & publish long form books with developer style workflows (Asciidoctor, Vale, ...) to ebook, paperbacks, and html; and what you need to learn about book publication […]
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mstdn.social
November 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I'll be speaking @ @everythingopen 2026 conf on "Books As Code".
Topic: How I write & publish long form books with developer style workflows (Asciidoctor, Vale, ...) to ebook, paperbacks, and html; and what you need to learn about book publication […]
Topic: How I write & publish long form books with developer style workflows (Asciidoctor, Vale, ...) to ebook, paperbacks, and html; and what you need to learn about book publication […]
Thing I discovered the name for today.
The Matilda Effect.
"... bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists and inventors, whose work is consequently attributed to their male colleagues. "
Let's have no more of this horseshit!
But of course we will because men are too […]
The Matilda Effect.
"... bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists and inventors, whose work is consequently attributed to their male colleagues. "
Let's have no more of this horseshit!
But of course we will because men are too […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thing I discovered the name for today.
The Matilda Effect.
"... bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists and inventors, whose work is consequently attributed to their male colleagues. "
Let's have no more of this horseshit!
But of course we will because men are too […]
The Matilda Effect.
"... bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists and inventors, whose work is consequently attributed to their male colleagues. "
Let's have no more of this horseshit!
But of course we will because men are too […]
I have started publishing a bi-monthly security newsletter for Australians on Substack.
Please note: It's designed for peeps with more limited technical experience than most folks here.
This is the latest.
https://open.substack.com/pub/alecthegeek/p/3rd-party-data-breaches-in-the-news
Please note: It's designed for peeps with more limited technical experience than most folks here.
This is the latest.
https://open.substack.com/pub/alecthegeek/p/3rd-party-data-breaches-in-the-news
3rd Party Data Breaches in the News Again!
What can you do to protect yourself?
alecthegeek.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I have started publishing a bi-monthly security newsletter for Australians on Substack.
Please note: It's designed for peeps with more limited technical experience than most folks here.
This is the latest.
https://open.substack.com/pub/alecthegeek/p/3rd-party-data-breaches-in-the-news
Please note: It's designed for peeps with more limited technical experience than most folks here.
This is the latest.
https://open.substack.com/pub/alecthegeek/p/3rd-party-data-breaches-in-the-news
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Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
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infosec.exchange
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
Fucking Spotify just suggested I listen to Christmas music.
There is only one Xmas song that should be played at this time of year
https://youtu.be/csYnMGiB_5M?si=39rEqM-NpRzs0MtG
I feel sorry for Christians who had their important religious festival sacrificed on the altar of capitalism […]
There is only one Xmas song that should be played at this time of year
https://youtu.be/csYnMGiB_5M?si=39rEqM-NpRzs0MtG
I feel sorry for Christians who had their important religious festival sacrificed on the altar of capitalism […]
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mstdn.social
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Fucking Spotify just suggested I listen to Christmas music.
There is only one Xmas song that should be played at this time of year
https://youtu.be/csYnMGiB_5M?si=39rEqM-NpRzs0MtG
I feel sorry for Christians who had their important religious festival sacrificed on the altar of capitalism […]
There is only one Xmas song that should be played at this time of year
https://youtu.be/csYnMGiB_5M?si=39rEqM-NpRzs0MtG
I feel sorry for Christians who had their important religious festival sacrificed on the altar of capitalism […]
As a Brit initially educated in computer science in the late 1970's how come I've never heard of Dina St Johnston?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_St_Johnston
> Dina St Johnston (née Aldrina Nia Vaughan; 20 September 1930 – 30 June/1 July 2007) was a British computer programmer credited […]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_St_Johnston
> Dina St Johnston (née Aldrina Nia Vaughan; 20 September 1930 – 30 June/1 July 2007) was a British computer programmer credited […]
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mstdn.social
September 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
As a Brit initially educated in computer science in the late 1970's how come I've never heard of Dina St Johnston?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_St_Johnston
> Dina St Johnston (née Aldrina Nia Vaughan; 20 September 1930 – 30 June/1 July 2007) was a British computer programmer credited […]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_St_Johnston
> Dina St Johnston (née Aldrina Nia Vaughan; 20 September 1930 – 30 June/1 July 2007) was a British computer programmer credited […]
I think rhe M4 macro processor is the most underrated program in the last 40 years.
Anyone care to offer a counter example?
(image credit Imageflip)
Anyone care to offer a counter example?
(image credit Imageflip)
September 2, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I think rhe M4 macro processor is the most underrated program in the last 40 years.
Anyone care to offer a counter example?
(image credit Imageflip)
Anyone care to offer a counter example?
(image credit Imageflip)
I find this uplifting.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/639126/india-frankenstein-laptops
#RightToRepair #lowcoshardware #AccessForAll
https://www.theverge.com/tech/639126/india-frankenstein-laptops
#RightToRepair #lowcoshardware #AccessForAll
The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets
Technicians in India’s refurbished laptop shops give discarded electronics a new life.
www.theverge.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I have travelled more air miles than I care to remember and it never got this fun
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/22/ba-flight-attendant-on-us-london-route-found-naked-and-high-on-drugs-in-toilet
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/22/ba-flight-attendant-on-us-london-route-found-naked-and-high-on-drugs-in-toilet
BA flight attendant on US-London route found ‘naked and high on drugs’ in toilet
Haden Pentecost pleads guilty in magistrates court to performing an aviation function while impaired by drugs
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I have travelled more air miles than I care to remember and it never got this fun
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/22/ba-flight-attendant-on-us-london-route-found-naked-and-high-on-drugs-in-toilet
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/22/ba-flight-attendant-on-us-london-route-found-naked-and-high-on-drugs-in-toilet
I'm staying in a 5th floor flat and we just had a 5.3 earthquake 130km away.
Made things wobble a bit and me very nervous.
All before coffee
Made things wobble a bit and me very nervous.
All before coffee
August 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I'm staying in a 5th floor flat and we just had a 5.3 earthquake 130km away.
Made things wobble a bit and me very nervous.
All before coffee
Made things wobble a bit and me very nervous.
All before coffee
So after many months I've managed to get another post out on my technical blog. This one is about #tmux and the package manager.
https://alecthegeek.gitlab.io/blog/2025/08/xdg-and-tmux-plugins/
Ironic, I wrote it last year and no longer use Tmux.
https://alecthegeek.gitlab.io/blog/2025/08/xdg-and-tmux-plugins/
Ironic, I wrote it last year and no longer use Tmux.
Alec the Geek - XDG and Tmux Plugins
alecthegeek.gitlab.io
August 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
So after many months I've managed to get another post out on my technical blog. This one is about #tmux and the package manager.
https://alecthegeek.gitlab.io/blog/2025/08/xdg-and-tmux-plugins/
Ironic, I wrote it last year and no longer use Tmux.
https://alecthegeek.gitlab.io/blog/2025/08/xdg-and-tmux-plugins/
Ironic, I wrote it last year and no longer use Tmux.
Writing a book using #asciidoctor ?
This is how you switch off running headers on chapter title pages (only took me three weeks to work out!). NB Calling super 1st is important.
# https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/asciidoctor-pdf/Asciidoctor/PDF/Converter#ink_chapter_title-instance_method
class […]
This is how you switch off running headers on chapter title pages (only took me three weeks to work out!). NB Calling super 1st is important.
# https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/asciidoctor-pdf/Asciidoctor/PDF/Converter#ink_chapter_title-instance_method
class […]
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mstdn.social
July 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Writing a book using #asciidoctor ?
This is how you switch off running headers on chapter title pages (only took me three weeks to work out!). NB Calling super 1st is important.
# https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/asciidoctor-pdf/Asciidoctor/PDF/Converter#ink_chapter_title-instance_method
class […]
This is how you switch off running headers on chapter title pages (only took me three weeks to work out!). NB Calling super 1st is important.
# https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/asciidoctor-pdf/Asciidoctor/PDF/Converter#ink_chapter_title-instance_method
class […]
I've been using Addy.io as an anon email forwarder for some time. However it's a bit hard for my students (local seniors) to use,
Just discovered the Duck Duck "email protection" service, seems much simpler to use.
Any feedback?
#CyberSecurity #EmailSecurity #DuckDuckGo
Just discovered the Duck Duck "email protection" service, seems much simpler to use.
Any feedback?
#CyberSecurity #EmailSecurity #DuckDuckGo
July 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I've been using Addy.io as an anon email forwarder for some time. However it's a bit hard for my students (local seniors) to use,
Just discovered the Duck Duck "email protection" service, seems much simpler to use.
Any feedback?
#CyberSecurity #EmailSecurity #DuckDuckGo
Just discovered the Duck Duck "email protection" service, seems much simpler to use.
Any feedback?
#CyberSecurity #EmailSecurity #DuckDuckGo
#CyberSecurity
Fun Fact. You can change your DOB on your Google account to improve your personal security. (your accounts can be linked via your DOB).
Hurry up, because I am guessing that new AU "security" regulation this year will make it harder.
Remember to save the incorrect DOB in your […]
Fun Fact. You can change your DOB on your Google account to improve your personal security. (your accounts can be linked via your DOB).
Hurry up, because I am guessing that new AU "security" regulation this year will make it harder.
Remember to save the incorrect DOB in your […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
July 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
#CyberSecurity
Fun Fact. You can change your DOB on your Google account to improve your personal security. (your accounts can be linked via your DOB).
Hurry up, because I am guessing that new AU "security" regulation this year will make it harder.
Remember to save the incorrect DOB in your […]
Fun Fact. You can change your DOB on your Google account to improve your personal security. (your accounts can be linked via your DOB).
Hurry up, because I am guessing that new AU "security" regulation this year will make it harder.
Remember to save the incorrect DOB in your […]
I am trying to close my #QantasAirways account after recent data breach. They don't make it easy.
Plus the account security is very poor.The use SMS 2FA in some places and Auth App TOTP in others (if you enable it).
I struggled to set a new 4 digit PIN as the UX is so piss poor
And I can only […]
Plus the account security is very poor.The use SMS 2FA in some places and Auth App TOTP in others (if you enable it).
I struggled to set a new 4 digit PIN as the UX is so piss poor
And I can only […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
July 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I am trying to close my #QantasAirways account after recent data breach. They don't make it easy.
Plus the account security is very poor.The use SMS 2FA in some places and Auth App TOTP in others (if you enable it).
I struggled to set a new 4 digit PIN as the UX is so piss poor
And I can only […]
Plus the account security is very poor.The use SMS 2FA in some places and Auth App TOTP in others (if you enable it).
I struggled to set a new 4 digit PIN as the UX is so piss poor
And I can only […]
Just read this article on the AU Gov age verification trial for social media (laws coming in to keep under 16 off social media).
Scant on details and full of equivocation. I am not confident they can make this work.
I am also not happy about the excuse to collect even more info about me […]
Scant on details and full of equivocation. I am not confident they can make this work.
I am also not happy about the excuse to collect even more info about me […]
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mstdn.social
June 21, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Just read this article on the AU Gov age verification trial for social media (laws coming in to keep under 16 off social media).
Scant on details and full of equivocation. I am not confident they can make this work.
I am also not happy about the excuse to collect even more info about me […]
Scant on details and full of equivocation. I am not confident they can make this work.
I am also not happy about the excuse to collect even more info about me […]
"git commit -am "Many changes again"
Sometimes I scare myself
Sometimes I scare myself
June 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"git commit -am "Many changes again"
Sometimes I scare myself
Sometimes I scare myself
Over the last 12 months I have been helping local seniors with #CyberSecurity
It's shameful how hard *we have made it for everyone to be safe online.
I'm not even asking for privacy here, just basic financial and account security.
I feel ashamed.
* I mean us computer geeks
It's shameful how hard *we have made it for everyone to be safe online.
I'm not even asking for privacy here, just basic financial and account security.
I feel ashamed.
* I mean us computer geeks
June 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Over the last 12 months I have been helping local seniors with #CyberSecurity
It's shameful how hard *we have made it for everyone to be safe online.
I'm not even asking for privacy here, just basic financial and account security.
I feel ashamed.
* I mean us computer geeks
It's shameful how hard *we have made it for everyone to be safe online.
I'm not even asking for privacy here, just basic financial and account security.
I feel ashamed.
* I mean us computer geeks
This is worth a read if you work in the tech industry (or even just use their products as we all do)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/11/big-tech-muslim-workers-gaza-israel
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/11/big-tech-muslim-workers-gaza-israel
June 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is worth a read if you work in the tech industry (or even just use their products as we all do)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/11/big-tech-muslim-workers-gaza-israel
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/11/big-tech-muslim-workers-gaza-israel
As I get older I find I get worse at reading error messages.
Old age, or is everyone else getting lazy as well?
Old age, or is everyone else getting lazy as well?
May 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
As I get older I find I get worse at reading error messages.
Old age, or is everyone else getting lazy as well?
Old age, or is everyone else getting lazy as well?
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Why The Ultimate Chameleon Rebrand Is So Suspicious
#markzuckerberg #Meta #alien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxGpleOuQxE
#markzuckerberg #Meta #alien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxGpleOuQxE
May 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Why The Ultimate Chameleon Rebrand Is So Suspicious
#markzuckerberg #Meta #alien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxGpleOuQxE
#markzuckerberg #Meta #alien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxGpleOuQxE
Writing a "Cyber Security" book for my local seniors community and I am documenting Facebook privacy settings.
Can I just say how much I really, really, dislike Facebook?
It's just designed to screw the user.
#oldnews
PS -- if you want to share the free online draft (I think it's already […]
Can I just say how much I really, really, dislike Facebook?
It's just designed to screw the user.
#oldnews
PS -- if you want to share the free online draft (I think it's already […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
May 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Writing a "Cyber Security" book for my local seniors community and I am documenting Facebook privacy settings.
Can I just say how much I really, really, dislike Facebook?
It's just designed to screw the user.
#oldnews
PS -- if you want to share the free online draft (I think it's already […]
Can I just say how much I really, really, dislike Facebook?
It's just designed to screw the user.
#oldnews
PS -- if you want to share the free online draft (I think it's already […]
Reposted by Alec :tux: 🇦🇺 👨💻
The existence of a Chicago Pope implies the existence of an M.L.A. Pope and an A.P.A. Pope. #manualestylihabemus
May 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The existence of a Chicago Pope implies the existence of an M.L.A. Pope and an A.P.A. Pope. #manualestylihabemus