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@fl4re.bsky.social
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@fl4re.bsky.social
· Sep 10
Hey all, I’m starting my search for internships. If you know of a good company looking for interns, I’d love to know.
I’m a second year in computer engineering, hoping to go into cyber something. I’m adaptable to nearly everything, and I’m open to just about anywhere.
#infosec #cybersecurity
I’m a second year in computer engineering, hoping to go into cyber something. I’m adaptable to nearly everything, and I’m open to just about anywhere.
#infosec #cybersecurity
Say I had an idea to outsource the hard parts of an SAO to badges instead. How often have you all found badges that can output stuff to the GPIO pins of the SAO?
#defcon #badgelife #pcb
#defcon #badgelife #pcb
November 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Say I had an idea to outsource the hard parts of an SAO to badges instead. How often have you all found badges that can output stuff to the GPIO pins of the SAO?
#defcon #badgelife #pcb
#defcon #badgelife #pcb
I’m well aware I’m the black sheep of the family.
But please, can I go one week without being reminded of that?? Telling me how everyone else doesn’t struggle with basic things and isn’t a freak does not help me in any way, and just makes me less and less excited to go home for breaks. Argh.
But please, can I go one week without being reminded of that?? Telling me how everyone else doesn’t struggle with basic things and isn’t a freak does not help me in any way, and just makes me less and less excited to go home for breaks. Argh.
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I’m well aware I’m the black sheep of the family.
But please, can I go one week without being reminded of that?? Telling me how everyone else doesn’t struggle with basic things and isn’t a freak does not help me in any way, and just makes me less and less excited to go home for breaks. Argh.
But please, can I go one week without being reminded of that?? Telling me how everyone else doesn’t struggle with basic things and isn’t a freak does not help me in any way, and just makes me less and less excited to go home for breaks. Argh.
Hmm… might have an SAO idea. Have to come up with a fun implementation of it and check that the group would be interested, but it could be fun.
My 6 page essay waiting to get started on is not happy about all the badge research I’m currently doing.
My 6 page essay waiting to get started on is not happy about all the badge research I’m currently doing.
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hmm… might have an SAO idea. Have to come up with a fun implementation of it and check that the group would be interested, but it could be fun.
My 6 page essay waiting to get started on is not happy about all the badge research I’m currently doing.
My 6 page essay waiting to get started on is not happy about all the badge research I’m currently doing.
Trying to come up with gift ideas for some hackers. Everyone comes up with such cool ideas and I’m at a complete loss of what to make.
I might (??) try making an SAO but then there’s so many options there it doesn’t help to narrow anything down.
I might (??) try making an SAO but then there’s so many options there it doesn’t help to narrow anything down.
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Trying to come up with gift ideas for some hackers. Everyone comes up with such cool ideas and I’m at a complete loss of what to make.
I might (??) try making an SAO but then there’s so many options there it doesn’t help to narrow anything down.
I might (??) try making an SAO but then there’s so many options there it doesn’t help to narrow anything down.
November has all the interesting days. Today marks 55 years since Oregon’s beached whale incident.
It’s probably good no one else has tried dynamite since then.
It’s probably good no one else has tried dynamite since then.
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
November has all the interesting days. Today marks 55 years since Oregon’s beached whale incident.
It’s probably good no one else has tried dynamite since then.
It’s probably good no one else has tried dynamite since then.
TIL that when the @andnxor.bsky.social badge mentions chip clips they don’t mean the things to hold a bag of chips closed.
I was really confused why/how someone had a special chip clip. I’ll be inventing something very jank as a substitute now.
I was really confused why/how someone had a special chip clip. I’ll be inventing something very jank as a substitute now.
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
TIL that when the @andnxor.bsky.social badge mentions chip clips they don’t mean the things to hold a bag of chips closed.
I was really confused why/how someone had a special chip clip. I’ll be inventing something very jank as a substitute now.
I was really confused why/how someone had a special chip clip. I’ll be inventing something very jank as a substitute now.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking.
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is playing on repeat at my school. Surprised that’s the only thing so far today.
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is playing on repeat at my school. Surprised that’s the only thing so far today.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking.
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is playing on repeat at my school. Surprised that’s the only thing so far today.
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is playing on repeat at my school. Surprised that’s the only thing so far today.
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How do they not get that people are going to die?
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
How do they not get that people are going to die?
Today’s random project. Saw this at an estate sale and couldn’t pass up the awesome shiny box.
If InstallShield ever works I might be able to share photos of the game too.
If InstallShield ever works I might be able to share photos of the game too.
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Today’s random project. Saw this at an estate sale and couldn’t pass up the awesome shiny box.
If InstallShield ever works I might be able to share photos of the game too.
If InstallShield ever works I might be able to share photos of the game too.
First snow of the season. Lightsaber fights and Christmas music blasting. Also one dude skidding (intentionally) down the hill in what appears to be crocs.
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
First snow of the season. Lightsaber fights and Christmas music blasting. Also one dude skidding (intentionally) down the hill in what appears to be crocs.
We have snow, sledders, and a few brave carolers (they’re actually in tune!).
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
We have snow, sledders, and a few brave carolers (they’re actually in tune!).
Smelly’s life must be so fascinating.
I have the source code to Lockbit 5.0
Someone randomly messaged me saying they had the source code. I didn't believe them.
They sent me the source code.
They disappeared.
I have no idea what's going on
Someone randomly messaged me saying they had the source code. I didn't believe them.
They sent me the source code.
They disappeared.
I have no idea what's going on
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Smelly’s life must be so fascinating.
Met someone with a tattoo of Johnny Cash today. I was the first to identify him correctly the first time. Past guesses included Elvis (fair, similar hair), Ray somebody (jazz maybe?) and others.
Someone else guessed it was Elon Musk. I need a moment to cry somewhere.
Someone else guessed it was Elon Musk. I need a moment to cry somewhere.
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Met someone with a tattoo of Johnny Cash today. I was the first to identify him correctly the first time. Past guesses included Elvis (fair, similar hair), Ray somebody (jazz maybe?) and others.
Someone else guessed it was Elon Musk. I need a moment to cry somewhere.
Someone else guessed it was Elon Musk. I need a moment to cry somewhere.
TIL Hughesnet exists, and is not just multiple people mispronouncing Usenet.
Whoops.
Whoops.
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
TIL Hughesnet exists, and is not just multiple people mispronouncing Usenet.
Whoops.
Whoops.
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The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
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I am older than gender markers on passports! How do you regulate gender? By making it a form of government ID. It has nothing to do with state security, only regulation
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I am older than gender markers on passports! How do you regulate gender? By making it a form of government ID. It has nothing to do with state security, only regulation
WE HAVE SNOW!!! THISIS NOT A DRILL, WE HAVE SNOW!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WE HAVE SNOW!!! THISIS NOT A DRILL, WE HAVE SNOW!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉
Currently discovering
a) there’s a really good reason stand mixers were invented
b) bagel dough is a brick and is not fun to mix by hand
a) there’s a really good reason stand mixers were invented
b) bagel dough is a brick and is not fun to mix by hand
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Currently discovering
a) there’s a really good reason stand mixers were invented
b) bagel dough is a brick and is not fun to mix by hand
a) there’s a really good reason stand mixers were invented
b) bagel dough is a brick and is not fun to mix by hand
Getting around to having some fun with this.
It’s a very fun puzzle so far, and I suspect I’ve barely touched the surface.
It’s a very fun puzzle so far, and I suspect I’ve barely touched the surface.
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Getting around to having some fun with this.
It’s a very fun puzzle so far, and I suspect I’ve barely touched the surface.
It’s a very fun puzzle so far, and I suspect I’ve barely touched the surface.