Dixie Flatline
@meursalt.bsky.social
ANTIFA. Putting the BS in BSD since 1998. Software tsundere. Semianonymous former greyhat/cowboy dev. Bad jokes, music links. BSD, C, Linux (ugh). ~Independent Security Researcher~ #YOLOsec
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Dixie Flatline
@meursalt.bsky.social
· Dec 2
I'm making an effort to be less politically engaged here than I was on silver age Twitter. This doesn't mean I don't care about those topics, but engaging on social media is too tied in to reward mechanisms, and I've come to think that mixing this with politics, is letting the propagandists win.
Looks like brand protection agencies are now obfuscating the signatures on their letters of authorization. Is this a response to the Adjustor?
December 12, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Looks like brand protection agencies are now obfuscating the signatures on their letters of authorization. Is this a response to the Adjustor?
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BREAKING: CEO shooter Luigi Mangione once participated in a ritual game where participants slowly hanged a man by guessing the letters of a secret word
December 11, 2024 at 2:41 AM
BREAKING: CEO shooter Luigi Mangione once participated in a ritual game where participants slowly hanged a man by guessing the letters of a secret word
Dark pattern: any website where "Sign Up" is displayed prominently on every visit, but "log in" is de-emphasized and difficult to find at a glance.
This tells you up front that the platform explicitly prioritizes growth and onboarding new users, over the user experience of existing users.
This tells you up front that the platform explicitly prioritizes growth and onboarding new users, over the user experience of existing users.
December 11, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Dark pattern: any website where "Sign Up" is displayed prominently on every visit, but "log in" is de-emphasized and difficult to find at a glance.
This tells you up front that the platform explicitly prioritizes growth and onboarding new users, over the user experience of existing users.
This tells you up front that the platform explicitly prioritizes growth and onboarding new users, over the user experience of existing users.
over here refusing ISP takedowns like always. fuck those overreaching brand protection racketeers.
Corporations today demand to be worshipped as gods. Thou shalt not take their name in vain.
"Any exploitation (including but not limited to the use) of ___ must be expressly authorized by our client"
Corporations today demand to be worshipped as gods. Thou shalt not take their name in vain.
"Any exploitation (including but not limited to the use) of ___ must be expressly authorized by our client"
December 11, 2024 at 3:02 AM
over here refusing ISP takedowns like always. fuck those overreaching brand protection racketeers.
Corporations today demand to be worshipped as gods. Thou shalt not take their name in vain.
"Any exploitation (including but not limited to the use) of ___ must be expressly authorized by our client"
Corporations today demand to be worshipped as gods. Thou shalt not take their name in vain.
"Any exploitation (including but not limited to the use) of ___ must be expressly authorized by our client"
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FINALLY, an upgrade for my Horse Destroyer
December 11, 2024 at 1:23 AM
FINALLY, an upgrade for my Horse Destroyer
more of a polite note than a manifesto, really.
December 11, 2024 at 2:37 AM
more of a polite note than a manifesto, really.
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www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
Honestly, it is surprisingly cogent, and not crazy sounding at all.
Honestly, it is surprisingly cogent, and not crazy sounding at all.
Exclusive: Luigi's Manifesto
Read the manifesto the media refused to publish
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 10, 2024 at 10:59 PM
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
Honestly, it is surprisingly cogent, and not crazy sounding at all.
Honestly, it is surprisingly cogent, and not crazy sounding at all.
Idea: A search engine flag which attempts to filter out AI slop.
December 10, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Idea: A search engine flag which attempts to filter out AI slop.
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It's interesting how intensely *hostile* basically all tech is now. Everything you own is spitting in your face all the time and daring you to do something about it.
December 10, 2024 at 7:19 AM
It's interesting how intensely *hostile* basically all tech is now. Everything you own is spitting in your face all the time and daring you to do something about it.
Hmm, the malware is written in rust. don't see that every day.
December 10, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Hmm, the malware is written in rust. don't see that every day.
it just occurred to me that W is a fucking vowel (sorry Deutschland) and we've been lied to all this time
December 9, 2024 at 9:03 AM
it just occurred to me that W is a fucking vowel (sorry Deutschland) and we've been lied to all this time
Dear young people,
You are permitted, in fact encouraged, to use profanity on the Internet.
You are permitted, in fact encouraged, to use profanity on the Internet.
December 9, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Dear young people,
You are permitted, in fact encouraged, to use profanity on the Internet.
You are permitted, in fact encouraged, to use profanity on the Internet.
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An AI-generated social network app where you execute indulgence of cruelty on the long dead, replying to ancient Egyptians "the sea people are coming rip bozo"
December 8, 2024 at 8:32 AM
An AI-generated social network app where you execute indulgence of cruelty on the long dead, replying to ancient Egyptians "the sea people are coming rip bozo"
I ran this "veilid" thing, and now UDP packets are flying and I'm questioning my life choices
December 7, 2024 at 7:56 AM
I ran this "veilid" thing, and now UDP packets are flying and I'm questioning my life choices
Isn't it interesting how, just at the moment many of us are swearing off propaganda and making great efforts not to engage with it as we revamp our social media, an *irresistably good* propaganda narrative pops up for us to engage with. #DenyDefendDepose
December 6, 2024 at 5:07 AM
Isn't it interesting how, just at the moment many of us are swearing off propaganda and making great efforts not to engage with it as we revamp our social media, an *irresistably good* propaganda narrative pops up for us to engage with. #DenyDefendDepose
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the question remains
do we denounce the popular street drug named 'veilid'
or do we lean into it
so yea it makes you wrestle alligators but it seems cool
do we denounce the popular street drug named 'veilid'
or do we lean into it
so yea it makes you wrestle alligators but it seems cool
December 5, 2024 at 1:09 PM
the question remains
do we denounce the popular street drug named 'veilid'
or do we lean into it
so yea it makes you wrestle alligators but it seems cool
do we denounce the popular street drug named 'veilid'
or do we lean into it
so yea it makes you wrestle alligators but it seems cool
December 5, 2024 at 9:55 AM
it just occurred to me that "Nickelodeon" is probably a portmanteau of "nickel Odeon," and not of "Nick.... elodeon" as the 80's era jingle would suggest.
December 5, 2024 at 8:55 AM
it just occurred to me that "Nickelodeon" is probably a portmanteau of "nickel Odeon," and not of "Nick.... elodeon" as the 80's era jingle would suggest.
Does the #DenyDefendDepose guy have a podcast yet?
December 5, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Does the #DenyDefendDepose guy have a podcast yet?
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Tired: fuck marry kill
Wired: deny defend depose
Wired: deny defend depose
December 5, 2024 at 6:50 AM
Tired: fuck marry kill
Wired: deny defend depose
Wired: deny defend depose
wouldn't it be great if CEO assassinations became the new school shootings?
December 5, 2024 at 5:55 AM
wouldn't it be great if CEO assassinations became the new school shootings?
is this website down?
December 5, 2024 at 4:21 AM
is this website down?
all your hawk are belong tuahs
Oh no, all my hawks were tuah’ed
December 5, 2024 at 3:53 AM
all your hawk are belong tuahs
After Twitter got thoroughly enshittified (pre Musk), I spent some time on Reddit, and that was fun for a minute, but it's just rife with bots, trolls, engagement bait now. It was bad before but it's a ghost town after the failed mod protest.
December 4, 2024 at 1:32 PM
After Twitter got thoroughly enshittified (pre Musk), I spent some time on Reddit, and that was fun for a minute, but it's just rife with bots, trolls, engagement bait now. It was bad before but it's a ghost town after the failed mod protest.
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#BadActorBingo note for the morning: the last few days have seen an increase in accounts that automate "Reply Guys as a service" by pulling random posts and having ChatGPT write a comment that superficially agrees but pivots to trying to start a fight halfway through.
December 3, 2024 at 8:56 PM
#BadActorBingo note for the morning: the last few days have seen an increase in accounts that automate "Reply Guys as a service" by pulling random posts and having ChatGPT write a comment that superficially agrees but pivots to trying to start a fight halfway through.