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Anthropy
@anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
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"old school #hacker", Googler, owner of derg.nz and dragonhive.net.

#IT person and #tech nerd of all kinds professionally; #carmodding and #hardware #tinkerer […]

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[(non vegan) food (fish n rice etc)]

extremely simple dish I came up with as I'm too sick for elaborate cooking

- prepare some rice in the microwave
- add to bowl, add raw salmon, microwave for another 1-3 minutes until outside of salmon is pink
- add […]

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a big white flat bowl/plate with rice, a chunk of salmon, a spoonful of chicken curry breadsalad, and sprinkled chunks of feta cheese all over it.
December 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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December 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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@whitequark the cooling towers are made to recycle the water over and over and have the least amount of 'drift' and such, trying to simply get rid of the heat without losing too much water. See below for a picture of an average cooling tower, if you're […]

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A picture of a Marley SPX Cooling tower, with a cut out showing the inside, with a big fan at the top, water sprays halfway, lots of 'mesh' to make the water take longer to fall down, and a collection basin at the base, from where the cooled water is removed.
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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@whitequark the evap cooling does use a significant amount of water, I wasn't sure if I could give the number but based on the public report the one I work at uses about 60-80 million liters a month (see picture below).

AFAIK, most of this water comes from […]

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A snippet from https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/d3/01/e8e081854252be2068c1610b1da5/2024-impact-study-the-netherlands.pdf it's unfortunately hard to copy paste from, and far too many characters; if you use a screenreader I recommend opening the PDF directly, though feel free to ask if you need a transcription of any part.
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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looks like Synergy had a security oopsy-daisy

at least seems like there was no data leaked. They say they have checked the audit logs to verify this.

I do appreciate how forward they are about this though, even though they seem to believe nothing was […]

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Hi [censored], We identified unauthorised access to one of our application servers. The issue was contained and the server was rebuilt. The system involved did not store customer data, and no data breach occurred. No action is required from you. All customer account information, including your email address and hashed password, is stored in a separate database that remained protected throughout the incident. We reviewed application, network, and database audit logs for the full period. These confirm that the attacker did not access, query, or copy any customer data. Payment card information is not stored on our systems and was never at risk. At 19:46 UTC on Friday 5 December 2025, an attacker reached one application server through an incorrectly exposed network path and triggered a flaw that allowed a command to run, causing the server to stop responding. The server restarted repeatedly due to automatic recovery, resulting in intermittent service disruption. The incident was contained at 02:17 UTC on Saturday 6 December 2025. Some services, including checkout, remained disrupted for a further twenty-four hours while we applied changes across our infrastructure. We corrected the network issue that allowed direct access and patched the software vulnerability on the affected server. Based on all evidence, no customer data was accessed. You can contact us if you have any questions by replying to this email or by using our contact form.
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
looks like Synergy had a security oopsy-daisy

at least seems like there was no data leaked (although unsure how they made sure of that, they're just saying the database server itself wasn't compromised but that doesn't mean it wasn't accessed).

I do […]

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Hi [censored], We identified unauthorised access to one of our application servers. The issue was contained and the server was rebuilt. The system involved did not store customer data, and no data breach occurred. No action is required from you. All customer account information, including your email address and hashed password, is stored in a separate database that remained protected throughout the incident. We reviewed application, network, and database audit logs for the full period. These confirm that the attacker did not access, query, or copy any customer data. Payment card information is not stored on our systems and was never at risk. At 19:46 UTC on Friday 5 December 2025, an attacker reached one application server through an incorrectly exposed network path and triggered a flaw that allowed a command to run, causing the server to stop responding. The server restarted repeatedly due to automatic recovery, resulting in intermittent service disruption. The incident was contained at 02:17 UTC on Saturday 6 December 2025. Some services, including checkout, remained disrupted for a further twenty-four hours while we applied changes across our infrastructure. We corrected the network issue that allowed direct access and patched the software vulnerability on the affected server. Based on all evidence, no customer data was accessed. You can contact us if you have any questions by replying to this email or by using our contact form.
December 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
I think about this line a lot

(source: https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/mastodon-creator-shares-what-went-wrong-with-threads-and-ponders-the-future-of-the-fediverse/ )
Eugene Rochko: Good question. I’ve been saying this for a long time: if everybody were using smoke signals, we’d all be on smoke signal dot social. The features matter a lot less than the people who are using the platform, and it’s always been that way. (the last sentence is highlighted)
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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welp, guess that other stick of gskill died. I think I should file for warranty because I didn't have them for that long (like 2-3 years?)

also funny, I did a 24h memtest like a month ago and it was all fine, now suddenly it has issues?

at least I got the […]

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photo of a pc screen with memtest, it shows 96gb ram, with some issue at the 76.7gb mark memtest having finished a full run, showing "PASS" in large green on black ascii art on the screen, while memtest is still runninf in the background
December 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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[physical health]

okay, time for some updates here I guess.
I'm still waiting for results from my internist visit of yesterday but:

- the gal bladder is fine according to the radiologist; it's not swollen or infected looking, just small and empty for some […]

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A photo of a table at a medical lab where they draw blood. There is a drawer full of small colored blood vials (you can only see the top caps), and on top of the table there are various things used when drawing blood, like tape, a bandaid/cotton swap dispenser, ethanol wipes, a blood vial shaker, and 4 large bottles (about 200ml?) of blood that are each filled halfway, which will be used for various tests, and running some blood culture testing over the weekend.
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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next year wrapped
a stockphoto kinda picture with a white background, of a calendar being packaged in a cardboard wrapper. the joke is that this is a year, wrapped
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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never thought I'd get to this point but my 10-15 year old daily use PBT keycaps of my desktop's keyboard are actually starting to fall apart, they're wobbling on top of the switches and at least some of them have a fractured base that secures them to the […]

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me holding a keycap and showing the teal underside of the grey-teal double shot PBT keycap (F12), with a black o-ring around the base. if you look very closely you can see that the base is cracked. in the background the keyboard is visible, with some grey-ish (slightly discoloured) and black-ish with teal keys, and the F12 key missing, showing the bright red cherry mx key underneath
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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“Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show.” ― Terry Pratchett (there's a photo of Terry Pratchett left of the quote)
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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A friend brought up an interesting point about how 'installing things on linux is hard', which I agree with.. if you're very Windows minded.

There's a deep, ancient difference between Windows, Mac and Linux that people rarely seem to name, which also […]

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Someone in Telegram starting a conversation. He says: There's, still one thing that worries me a lot in reguards to getting people onboard The amount of times i've tried to get a program, downloaded it either from a website or through the package manager and it just doesn't work and doesn't even give an error message That's going to put a lot of people off I respond with an elaborate explanation: yea it's.. a very different flow from windows i think is one of the primary issues on windows people are used to going to a website and hitting 'download' somewhere, while on linux this usually DOESN'T work the reason is actually much deeper than you'd tihnk Do you remember 'DLL Hell'? He says: "It's programs not bringing thier own dependancies right?" I continue: basically in windows 95-98 era, if you installed a program, it would drop their dependencies/DLLs into the windows folder then if you installed another program, they'd do the same, overwriting the other's dependencies, and now app 1 is broken Windows, Mac and Linux have solved this problem in very different ways Windows literally pretends you're writing to the windows folder but then actually drops it in something called the "Side by Side configuration" folder it's C:\windows\winsxs Continuing the conversation, the other person says: I understand that, linux specifically had a very big shaping force of 'use absolutely minimal bandwidth/drive space' but me still being busy with my rant, I continue: this is the primary reason windows installations become HUMONGOUS over time, because everything just keeps adding things there like dozens of gb not to mention slow as hell because of all the versions that exist side by side they say between the lines: I think, proton/wine effectively just creates a seperate tiny windows install for every program? I continue: Mac has approached it by creating 'packages', basically telling the devs to make a zip file out of their application which also contains all the dependencies Linux on the other hand, has solved this by using Package Managers the Package Manager holds a list of all the current required dependencies, and makes sure they 1) don't conflict and 2) are installed when required This means however that if you want an application to work, you basically HAVE to install it through the repos/package manager because otherwise the dependencies will not be there, and the application won't even try to start, it'll miss so many parts it likely can't even display an error I personally think the Linux solution is the most elegant, but I can imagine people coming from the Windows ecosystem will be thoroughly confused by it The other person says: also that kind of makes a fully offline experience, a real bother Also i'm not sure I really trust repos still? If I go to an official website and grab a file I can be fairly sure it's not going to contain malware so I reply: repos should be trustworthy, there's many mechanisms to make sure they are, from signing the packages to hashes to verify integrity etc you should absolutely prefer repos over random files from random websites, there is no way those can give the same level of guarantees, EVEN IF you're getting it from the official website They ask: I mean, wasn't snap completely riddled with malware for a while? I reply: that's actually a different issue, not so much that packages get malwarized, as much as just false packages being available there, that goes just as much as for downloading random things off the internet too I don't think snap was 'riddled with malware', but as it's an open platform where anyone can create an account and upload packages (just like how anyone can start a website), it's possible to upload malicious tools generally speaking package managers and repos are far better moderated than the general internet though
December 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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hadn't seen this version around here yet, source unfortunately unknown, got it from a groupchat
4 panel comic, based on the 'evolution' meme that I've seen floating around. Panel 1: reddish rough and fierce looking dragon head says "Hey bro, I've decided to live with humans" Panel 2: another identical copy of the reddish dragon head says "you'll regret this, they're all degenerates", to which the first dragon replies "I'll be perfectly fine." Panel 3: titled "1000 years later:", a much more round and androgynous looking kobold with the exact same reddish tint says "EYYYY MANNNN I'M BACK" and "we're thicc and shit" Panel 4: "we've boops now owo", the reddish tinted dragon from panel 2 just says "what the fuck."
December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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going to piss off so many people with this

(also just to note the meme format is kind of mean and I'm not someone to really care about IQ but since it's a meme I hope you understand it's joking and not meant to be serious)

(also, feel free to replace […]

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An 'beginner, intermediate, expert' meme with an IQ normal distribution graph On the left, a 'simple primitive' person says "Fedora just works" In the middle, an upset buzzcut person is crying and says "noo that's such a noob distro you have to use something arch based and manually set up MAC if you want selinux/apparmor and there are scripts that you can use to update all the different packages like snap, flatpak, etc, also arch makes it easy to recover when things inevitably break just boot the arch boot cd and chroot into your os and" On the right, a dark hooded 'enlightened' person with a blank expression says "Fedora just works"
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
'carefully hold birb/dragon like hamburger'

carefully hold bat like whatever this amounts to

#bats #furries
A very small bat is being softly held in a gloved hand. It has a dark brown face, ears, and wings, with a much more striking reddish-brown fur colour. It has quite a flat face, with large, ridged ears that have rounded tips. It has a quite contented facial expression.
December 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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[AI, Github]

posting this here because I kinda wanted a CW and add some comment but I wasn't allowed to quote-boost it.

I honestly love this. If there's anything that silicon valley needs to learn is that consent is *not* optional.

Nobody cares how good […]

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the subway "you made the sandwich" meme, edited to read: github ceo be like: "embrace ai or get out." my tech bro in christ, okay followed by screenshots of several projects' blog posts about migrating away from github
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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[physical health]

they said they can't do much right now, but i should keep a close eye on it, and if my breathing gets really heavy again, i should just call 112 directly.

also, while on the phone i measured my blood pressure to show them, and it was […]

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a medisana blood pressure meter that is indicating 162 sys and 104 dia pressure and 98 pulse, on a wooden desk in front of a keyboard.
November 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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someone had to do it
the xkcd 'all modern infrastructure' meme, except: - it says "whatever sililcon valley is building" at the top - with a line right below it that cuts off the above line to the top set of blocks - "Decentralized W3 protocols like the Fediverse" pointing at one big block right below some of the silicon valley stuff - "80s opensource greybeards, some of which furries" captioned over the left side of the tower - "Furries" on a big block below that - "Furries" and "Furries" on some big blocks right of that - "Believe it or not, still furries" on the big horizontal block that underpins the other towers - "Public Clouds and CDNs like Cloudflare" pointing at the small thin block that holds up the right side of the whole towers above it - "Smaller Clouds and Homelabs" left of that, holding up the left side of the towers - "Furries" on the flat blocks that lay at the bottom
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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I did it. I sent an email to the Danish ministry of justice, hoping to reach the guy that came up with Chat Control.

Incredibly far out shot, but at this point I know I'd hate myself 5 years down the line if I didn't at least try this.
A screenshot of an email's content. It reads: Hello, Forgive my direct approach, but I found this email address online, and I really wanted to give this a try. I'm a concerned European (Dutch) citizen that has watched national and European leaders talk with, in my humble opinion, reckless disregard for individual privacy and security. I want to stress that I do understand the position that intelligence agencies, police, and other instances alike, need to have the tools to be able to operate effectively in the face of modern (cyber)crime. But I don't think that banning or otherwise barring defensive technologies such as end to end encryption will help with this; It will only affect the compliant citizens you're trying to protect. Criminals with no regard for these laws won't be affected by them; the technology doesn't disappear, it just makes it illegal to use for normal citizens. This will lead to making those compliant citizens you're trying to keep safe more vulnerable for those who don't care about these laws, if anything. To illustrate: How is banning encryption going to help when it turns out the perpetrator's phone is already encrypted by the time you find out? It's already encrypted at that point. Making that 'illegal' isn't going to help you there. Please reconsider this approach. I really think the only thing you're going to achieve with this, is hurting the legitimate citizens' privacy and security. Met vriendelijke groet / Kind regards,
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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[food, non-vegan (but lots of veggie)]

some simple foods are so good
this is basically a microwave meal, just needs microwave rice, raw washed endive, and some chicken saté
a white bowl/ plate with the aforementioned ingredients; rice on bottom, green raw endive on top, and brown satay on top of the stack. this photo is from the side a white bowl/ plate with the aforementioned ingredients; rice on bottom, green raw endive on top, and brown satay on top of the stack. this photo is from the top, with extra bright white lighting
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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my Interrupting Power Supply finally popped, can't find the source but it crackled and jittered on/off when I poked it, so I suspect maybe the main transformer is bust (I also tried replugging the cable and such but that made no difference)
A photo of a large transformer inside the UPS, next to a small PCB inside a black plastic casing, colorful wires running about between the parts Another photo of the small UPS, showing the side with the "EnerGenie" logo and sticker. It reads, among other things: Model: EG-UPS-002 Input: 220V AC Output 220v AC, 850VA (510W) USB Output: 5V DC, Up to 1.2A. It also shows the brand "Gembird Europe BV" that's located in Almere (a city in the Netherlands)
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I accidentally dropped my work phone (pixel 8a) flat on its face, but rather than the screen breaking, one of the cameras broke, in a really weird way; the outside is fine and nothing is visible there, but clearly the actual lens internally broke

look at this funky stuff
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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birb spray ⛫💨

(source unknown, someone sent it to me in a DM)
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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[physical health]

omg, i suggested to them maybe it's mycoplasma, because that doesn't raise CRP and doesn't respond to the antibiotics I had, because it's a bacteria without cell walls, and as such it is treated completely differently

and now i finally […]

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a box of azitromycine, with the strip out, one pill has been taken
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM