Matthew Slowe
@fooflington.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy
𝚆𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚄𝚙: 𝚕𝚍𝚛 𝚛𝟶, 𝟶𝚡𝟶𝟶𝚌𝟶𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎; 𝚋𝚕 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔; 𝚖𝚘𝚟 𝚙𝚌,𝚕𝚛; /* 𝚅𝚒𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚛'𝚜. */ […]
🌉 bridged from https://infosec.exchange/@fooflington on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
🌉 bridged from https://infosec.exchange/@fooflington on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
Reposted by Matthew Slowe
No moee American #bigtech
"So stop surrendering our society to America. Have the courage to use different software and services. Even if it takes some getting used to.
And maybe, once in a while, European governments should have the guts to actually attempt to buy something else."
#democracy […]
"So stop surrendering our society to America. Have the courage to use different software and services. Even if it takes some getting used to.
And maybe, once in a while, European governments should have the guts to actually attempt to buy something else."
#democracy […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
No moee American #bigtech
"So stop surrendering our society to America. Have the courage to use different software and services. Even if it takes some getting used to.
And maybe, once in a while, European governments should have the guts to actually attempt to buy something else."
#democracy […]
"So stop surrendering our society to America. Have the courage to use different software and services. Even if it takes some getting used to.
And maybe, once in a while, European governments should have the guts to actually attempt to buy something else."
#democracy […]
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Reposted by Matthew Slowe
Reposted by Matthew Slowe
Troll research station via https://www.npolar.no/en/troll/webcam/ #southpole #antarctica #view #webcam
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Troll research station via https://www.npolar.no/en/troll/webcam/ #southpole #antarctica #view #webcam
⚠️ This Wednesday has failed to load correctly. Please insert more cheese and try again.
December 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
⚠️ This Wednesday has failed to load correctly. Please insert more cheese and try again.
Reposted by Matthew Slowe
Kira: Stop asking questions. You're only going to hurt yourself
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Kira: Stop asking questions. You're only going to hurt yourself
Well that was quite a week.
It started on Monday with our #docker clusters in degraded state after a routine reboot of some of the nodes and the Docker engine not coming back because `runc` had updated and an old (not updated for a while) glusterfs plugin didn't like it. This wrote off Monday […]
It started on Monday with our #docker clusters in degraded state after a routine reboot of some of the nodes and the Docker engine not coming back because `runc` had updated and an old (not updated for a while) glusterfs plugin didn't like it. This wrote off Monday […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Well that was quite a week.
It started on Monday with our #docker clusters in degraded state after a routine reboot of some of the nodes and the Docker engine not coming back because `runc` had updated and an old (not updated for a while) glusterfs plugin didn't like it. This wrote off Monday […]
It started on Monday with our #docker clusters in degraded state after a routine reboot of some of the nodes and the Docker engine not coming back because `runc` had updated and an old (not updated for a while) glusterfs plugin didn't like it. This wrote off Monday […]
Reposted by Matthew Slowe
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
Reposted by Matthew Slowe
While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #unix v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #unix v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
And so we come full circle …
> General Availability of Microsoft 365 Local was confirmed, which brings Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Skype for Business Server to Azure Local.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/microsoft_announces_strengthening_of_sovereignty/
#digitalsovereignty […]
> General Availability of Microsoft 365 Local was confirmed, which brings Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Skype for Business Server to Azure Local.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/microsoft_announces_strengthening_of_sovereignty/
#digitalsovereignty […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
And so we come full circle …
> General Availability of Microsoft 365 Local was confirmed, which brings Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Skype for Business Server to Azure Local.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/microsoft_announces_strengthening_of_sovereignty/
#digitalsovereignty […]
> General Availability of Microsoft 365 Local was confirmed, which brings Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Skype for Business Server to Azure Local.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/microsoft_announces_strengthening_of_sovereignty/
#digitalsovereignty […]
Reposted by Matthew Slowe
I am getting increasingly irritated by #booking_dot_com weaselling their way into search tools and, by default, spinning up a second tab with "hotels in the place you're going".
It's underhand and they just need to stop.
Like this pre-enabled "Explore […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
It's underhand and they just need to stop.
Like this pre-enabled "Explore […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I am getting increasingly irritated by #booking_dot_com weaselling their way into search tools and, by default, spinning up a second tab with "hotels in the place you're going".
It's underhand and they just need to stop.
Like this pre-enabled "Explore […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
It's underhand and they just need to stop.
Like this pre-enabled "Explore […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
Reposted by Matthew Slowe
Morning Twters, and happy #defaidodonday #dydddefaidodon! It's a great excuse to share this absolute gem again!
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Morning Twters, and happy #defaidodonday #dydddefaidodon! It's a great excuse to share this absolute gem again!
Reposted by Matthew Slowe
Two young mathematicians just broke a 330-year-old geometry riddle. Jakob Steininger, 30, and Sergey Yurkevich, 29, friends since maths-Olympiad days, have discovered the first known shape that can’t pass through a copy of itself, overturning a belief dating back to Prince Rupert’s 17th-century […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Two young mathematicians just broke a 330-year-old geometry riddle. Jakob Steininger, 30, and Sergey Yurkevich, 29, friends since maths-Olympiad days, have discovered the first known shape that can’t pass through a copy of itself, overturning a belief dating back to Prince Rupert’s 17th-century […]
I am getting increasingly irritated by #booking_dot_com weaselling their way into search tools and, by default, spinning up a second tab with "hotels in the place you're going".
It's underhand and they just need to stop.
Like this pre-enabled "Explore […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
It's underhand and they just need to stop.
Like this pre-enabled "Explore […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I am getting increasingly irritated by #booking_dot_com weaselling their way into search tools and, by default, spinning up a second tab with "hotels in the place you're going".
It's underhand and they just need to stop.
Like this pre-enabled "Explore […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
It's underhand and they just need to stop.
Like this pre-enabled "Explore […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
Reposted by Matthew Slowe
Each day I like to play the game "how many articles on the BBC News site mention the BBC in the heading"
Four in the first eight headlines this morning.
Four in the first eight headlines this morning.
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Each day I like to play the game "how many articles on the BBC News site mention the BBC in the heading"
Four in the first eight headlines this morning.
Four in the first eight headlines this morning.
Yippe! New series of #shetland on #bbc #iplayer :blobhappy:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p01s711r/shetland
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p01s711r/shetland
Shetland
The dark side of one of the most beautiful places on earth. Uncovering secrets and lies from the past - detective drama starring Douglas Henshall, Ashley Jensen and Alison O'Donnell.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Yippe! New series of #shetland on #bbc #iplayer :blobhappy:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p01s711r/shetland
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p01s711r/shetland
Reposted by Matthew Slowe
For those wondering why Dutch trains are so substantially built, this is why. Yesterday, a lorry got stuck on a level crossing, and the train (a VIRM) went right through it like it was made of butter.
Even so, it's fortunate that nobody died.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvL...
Even so, it's fortunate that nobody died.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvL...
Aanrijding vrachtwagen met trein in Meteren
YouTube video by ProRail
m.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
For those wondering why Dutch trains are so substantially built, this is why. Yesterday, a lorry got stuck on a level crossing, and the train (a VIRM) went right through it like it was made of butter.
Even so, it's fortunate that nobody died.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvL...
Even so, it's fortunate that nobody died.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvL...
#python is quite nice for a lot of things (spake the Perl/Java programmer).
Please don't hate me but there are a few things about it that really wind me up.
1. Seemingly inconsistent functional or OO ways of doing things (like `list(thing)` rather than `.toList()` and `len(thing)` rather […]
Please don't hate me but there are a few things about it that really wind me up.
1. Seemingly inconsistent functional or OO ways of doing things (like `list(thing)` rather than `.toList()` and `len(thing)` rather […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#python is quite nice for a lot of things (spake the Perl/Java programmer).
Please don't hate me but there are a few things about it that really wind me up.
1. Seemingly inconsistent functional or OO ways of doing things (like `list(thing)` rather than `.toList()` and `len(thing)` rather […]
Please don't hate me but there are a few things about it that really wind me up.
1. Seemingly inconsistent functional or OO ways of doing things (like `list(thing)` rather than `.toList()` and `len(thing)` rather […]
Wondering if someone forgot to renew their domain at openssh.com as it appears to have recently changed hands and is offline…
#openssh #cybersquatting #security
#openssh #cybersquatting #security
October 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Wondering if someone forgot to renew their domain at openssh.com as it appears to have recently changed hands and is offline…
#openssh #cybersquatting #security
#openssh #cybersquatting #security
Reposted by Matthew Slowe
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM