r00k
@r00k.net
responsible tech, science nerd, comics spouse. He/Him
Posts are short form opinions and should be post scripted with "in some relevant situations"
Posts are short form opinions and should be post scripted with "in some relevant situations"
I’m not on social media as much as I used to be, so most of my interactions with it go something like this:
Phone: youve got a new notification in Facebook
Facebook: actually, the notification is in Instagram
Instagram: HEY! Have you checked out Threads? Someone you might know just posted there!
😤🤬
Phone: youve got a new notification in Facebook
Facebook: actually, the notification is in Instagram
Instagram: HEY! Have you checked out Threads? Someone you might know just posted there!
😤🤬
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I’m not on social media as much as I used to be, so most of my interactions with it go something like this:
Phone: youve got a new notification in Facebook
Facebook: actually, the notification is in Instagram
Instagram: HEY! Have you checked out Threads? Someone you might know just posted there!
😤🤬
Phone: youve got a new notification in Facebook
Facebook: actually, the notification is in Instagram
Instagram: HEY! Have you checked out Threads? Someone you might know just posted there!
😤🤬
Bug is fixed in next update github.com/mozilla-mobi...
November 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Bug is fixed in next update github.com/mozilla-mobi...
I cannot express how angry this makes me. Not only do we have to deal with the Ticketmaster monopoly, but if you want to see a band playing here, you have to get an additional app and give Intuit all of your data too! How exciting!
blog.ticketmaster.com/intuit-dome-...
blog.ticketmaster.com/intuit-dome-...
How To Get Inside Intuit Dome & Access Your Tickets
Intuit Dome has various requirements when it comes to attending an event. Here's how to access your tickets and get inside.
blog.ticketmaster.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I cannot express how angry this makes me. Not only do we have to deal with the Ticketmaster monopoly, but if you want to see a band playing here, you have to get an additional app and give Intuit all of your data too! How exciting!
blog.ticketmaster.com/intuit-dome-...
blog.ticketmaster.com/intuit-dome-...
Just my quarterly shout into the ether that single click "phishing training" doesn't represent the real world risks of phishing and is basically useless as an education tool.
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Just my quarterly shout into the ether that single click "phishing training" doesn't represent the real world risks of phishing and is basically useless as an education tool.
Hey @firefox.com , why is my iOS Firefox mobile app resetting google to the default search engine constantly, despite my not only changing the default but disabling google all together? I use you because you're one of the only non chromium browsers left. Please don't make me go searching again...
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Hey @firefox.com , why is my iOS Firefox mobile app resetting google to the default search engine constantly, despite my not only changing the default but disabling google all together? I use you because you're one of the only non chromium browsers left. Please don't make me go searching again...
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Finalizing the design for a block print greeting card, I’ve been making a new one each year for vending at a local dark holiday market with a Wild Hunt procession. Looking forward to busting out my carving tools and little print press (I gifted myself a press last year and oh the time it saves).
October 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Finalizing the design for a block print greeting card, I’ve been making a new one each year for vending at a local dark holiday market with a Wild Hunt procession. Looking forward to busting out my carving tools and little print press (I gifted myself a press last year and oh the time it saves).
"Hey cursor, do you think you can add a gitlab instance to the app stack defined in the compose.yml?"
"sure, here you go!"
"cool, thanks....but...uhhh....this doesn't actually run."
"You're absolutely right. Allow me to waste a bunch more api calls while you walk me through the correct solution!"
"sure, here you go!"
"cool, thanks....but...uhhh....this doesn't actually run."
"You're absolutely right. Allow me to waste a bunch more api calls while you walk me through the correct solution!"
October 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"Hey cursor, do you think you can add a gitlab instance to the app stack defined in the compose.yml?"
"sure, here you go!"
"cool, thanks....but...uhhh....this doesn't actually run."
"You're absolutely right. Allow me to waste a bunch more api calls while you walk me through the correct solution!"
"sure, here you go!"
"cool, thanks....but...uhhh....this doesn't actually run."
"You're absolutely right. Allow me to waste a bunch more api calls while you walk me through the correct solution!"
I was today years old when I learned that Rutherford from Lower Decks is Pillboy from The Good Place.
Also, if you haven't watched one of those shows, definitely do.
Also, if you haven't watched one of those shows, definitely do.
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I was today years old when I learned that Rutherford from Lower Decks is Pillboy from The Good Place.
Also, if you haven't watched one of those shows, definitely do.
Also, if you haven't watched one of those shows, definitely do.
The number of times I've accidentally bought pirated media from eBay, Walmart, etc. This is what happens when you don't make media available to buy. I'd rather buy something and support the people that created it. But investors value subscription dollars more than "regular" dollars, so here we are.
October 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The number of times I've accidentally bought pirated media from eBay, Walmart, etc. This is what happens when you don't make media available to buy. I'd rather buy something and support the people that created it. But investors value subscription dollars more than "regular" dollars, so here we are.
Unscheduled live fire exercise at Camp Pendleton over I5 closes down the freeway in a location that basically doesn’t have any detour. Ordered by the White House. Blocks a major La <-> SD corridor. In the middle of the day. A very specific day. I’m sure it’s a coincidence
dot.ca.gov/news-release...
dot.ca.gov/news-release...
Unscheduled Closure of I-5 near Camp Pendleton | Caltrans
State of California
dot.ca.gov
October 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Unscheduled live fire exercise at Camp Pendleton over I5 closes down the freeway in a location that basically doesn’t have any detour. Ordered by the White House. Blocks a major La <-> SD corridor. In the middle of the day. A very specific day. I’m sure it’s a coincidence
dot.ca.gov/news-release...
dot.ca.gov/news-release...
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Someone recently said a very sweet and kind thing in my comments section, about liking my voice any watching my content just because it's soothing. That inspired me to list the creators who resonate with me in the same way...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4l7...
...what a list that turned out to be!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4l7...
...what a list that turned out to be!
Zero Clearance Vestibules: Just How Far CAN You Go When Securing An Elevator?
YouTube video by DeviantOllam
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Someone recently said a very sweet and kind thing in my comments section, about liking my voice any watching my content just because it's soothing. That inspired me to list the creators who resonate with me in the same way...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4l7...
...what a list that turned out to be!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4l7...
...what a list that turned out to be!
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!
October 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!
Feds, If you want to open up a dialog with offensive security professionals in the area, showing up at their house without context is going to skew that conversation towards defensiveness and suspicion. start a conversation first. Email, phone, etc. if they don’t respond, maybe don’t just show up.
October 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Feds, If you want to open up a dialog with offensive security professionals in the area, showing up at their house without context is going to skew that conversation towards defensiveness and suspicion. start a conversation first. Email, phone, etc. if they don’t respond, maybe don’t just show up.
I've been declining Win11 update ads for months. There was a full screen one at login the other day that took 3 clicks to get passed.
Last night Win11 was installed during what looked like a normal OS update. I should have read closer, but none of the previous indicators were present.
Last night Win11 was installed during what looked like a normal OS update. I should have read closer, but none of the previous indicators were present.
September 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I've been declining Win11 update ads for months. There was a full screen one at login the other day that took 3 clicks to get passed.
Last night Win11 was installed during what looked like a normal OS update. I should have read closer, but none of the previous indicators were present.
Last night Win11 was installed during what looked like a normal OS update. I should have read closer, but none of the previous indicators were present.
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Come play in one of the two Kubernetes Capture the Flag events we're facilitating at #DEFCON 33!
Fri – Sun : Learning CTF w/ Walkthrough
Saturday: Competitive CTF
First Place Prize (for a team on-site at DEF CON) is a Bambu Labs A1 Mini 3D printer!
containersecurityctf.com
@defcon.bsky.social
Fri – Sun : Learning CTF w/ Walkthrough
Saturday: Competitive CTF
First Place Prize (for a team on-site at DEF CON) is a Bambu Labs A1 Mini 3D printer!
containersecurityctf.com
@defcon.bsky.social
Container Security Capture the Flag
Container Security Capture the Flag
containersecurityctf.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Come play in one of the two Kubernetes Capture the Flag events we're facilitating at #DEFCON 33!
Fri – Sun : Learning CTF w/ Walkthrough
Saturday: Competitive CTF
First Place Prize (for a team on-site at DEF CON) is a Bambu Labs A1 Mini 3D printer!
containersecurityctf.com
@defcon.bsky.social
Fri – Sun : Learning CTF w/ Walkthrough
Saturday: Competitive CTF
First Place Prize (for a team on-site at DEF CON) is a Bambu Labs A1 Mini 3D printer!
containersecurityctf.com
@defcon.bsky.social
The good news is that the LLM I'm using to assist class development is inserting a lot of vulnerabilities.
The bad news is that they're not the vulns I want or need.
It does save me time, but I cannot imagine just letting these things develop an entire codebase and then just...shipping it.
The bad news is that they're not the vulns I want or need.
It does save me time, but I cannot imagine just letting these things develop an entire codebase and then just...shipping it.
August 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The good news is that the LLM I'm using to assist class development is inserting a lot of vulnerabilities.
The bad news is that they're not the vulns I want or need.
It does save me time, but I cannot imagine just letting these things develop an entire codebase and then just...shipping it.
The bad news is that they're not the vulns I want or need.
It does save me time, but I cannot imagine just letting these things develop an entire codebase and then just...shipping it.
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I have _TWO_ new songs dropping at @defcon.bsky.social this year.
One is on the @defconmusicorg.bsky.social soundtrack, it’s an ode to Hacker Jeopardy in collaboration with @lintile.lol called DFIU.
One is a 56-bar free verse that will be exclusively available on The Subnet (details below).
One is on the @defconmusicorg.bsky.social soundtrack, it’s an ode to Hacker Jeopardy in collaboration with @lintile.lol called DFIU.
One is a 56-bar free verse that will be exclusively available on The Subnet (details below).
July 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I have _TWO_ new songs dropping at @defcon.bsky.social this year.
One is on the @defconmusicorg.bsky.social soundtrack, it’s an ode to Hacker Jeopardy in collaboration with @lintile.lol called DFIU.
One is a 56-bar free verse that will be exclusively available on The Subnet (details below).
One is on the @defconmusicorg.bsky.social soundtrack, it’s an ode to Hacker Jeopardy in collaboration with @lintile.lol called DFIU.
One is a 56-bar free verse that will be exclusively available on The Subnet (details below).
New word of the day: Quixotic. "foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals"
Growing up with Don Coyote and seeing Man of La Mancha got me interested in Quixote, but it wasn't till much later that I read it.
You'll hear me occasionally refer to things as windmills because of this.
Growing up with Don Coyote and seeing Man of La Mancha got me interested in Quixote, but it wasn't till much later that I read it.
You'll hear me occasionally refer to things as windmills because of this.
July 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New word of the day: Quixotic. "foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals"
Growing up with Don Coyote and seeing Man of La Mancha got me interested in Quixote, but it wasn't till much later that I read it.
You'll hear me occasionally refer to things as windmills because of this.
Growing up with Don Coyote and seeing Man of La Mancha got me interested in Quixote, but it wasn't till much later that I read it.
You'll hear me occasionally refer to things as windmills because of this.
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Your mission briefing awaits. Time is of the essence, submit your talk before the gate closes. wkf.ms/45fLrjH
Priority Deadline: Friday, Aug. 29, 2025
Final Deadline: Monday, Nov. 3, 2025
#WWHF #MileHigh2026
Priority Deadline: Friday, Aug. 29, 2025
Final Deadline: Monday, Nov. 3, 2025
#WWHF #MileHigh2026
July 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Your mission briefing awaits. Time is of the essence, submit your talk before the gate closes. wkf.ms/45fLrjH
Priority Deadline: Friday, Aug. 29, 2025
Final Deadline: Monday, Nov. 3, 2025
#WWHF #MileHigh2026
Priority Deadline: Friday, Aug. 29, 2025
Final Deadline: Monday, Nov. 3, 2025
#WWHF #MileHigh2026
One of the things I really love about teaching is that it forces me to really learn things. Not just the thing itself, but how it works, why it works that way, where it came from, etc. Not just how to get something done, but how to do it properly.
But man is it easy to get nerd sniped 😅
But man is it easy to get nerd sniped 😅
July 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
One of the things I really love about teaching is that it forces me to really learn things. Not just the thing itself, but how it works, why it works that way, where it came from, etc. Not just how to get something done, but how to do it properly.
But man is it easy to get nerd sniped 😅
But man is it easy to get nerd sniped 😅
Spent 10 minutes trying to figure out why my sql script fails on setting up a default user's password.
Turns out ALTAR != ALTER. I guess my spoopy was showing.
Turns out ALTAR != ALTER. I guess my spoopy was showing.
July 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Spent 10 minutes trying to figure out why my sql script fails on setting up a default user's password.
Turns out ALTAR != ALTER. I guess my spoopy was showing.
Turns out ALTAR != ALTER. I guess my spoopy was showing.
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Remember your Homeland’s Heritage.
July 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Remember your Homeland’s Heritage.